Patents by Inventor Ed Proffitt

Ed Proffitt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120091195
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a loss prevention system includes: providing a disc having a top planar surface; and applying an identification mark on the top planar surface, the identification mark containing covert security information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: SONY DADC US INC., SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward Allen Gehrich, Matthew Stewart Lindsey, Anthony Carson New, Ed Proffitt
  • Patent number: 5844593
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for serializing compact discs on which is optically readable digital information for corresponding serializing disc sleeves, and for inserting each of the serialized discs into correspondingly serialized sleeves. A laser printing device marks with a unique serial marking, each of the compact discs and a sleeve labeling device marks each of the sleeves with one of the unique serial markings. A sleeve conveyor formed of a pair of opposed endless belts of generally fixed lengths maintained under tension and in proximity to each other holds sleeves in place as the belts move along a path extending through the sleeve labeling device and a loading station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Assignees: Sony Corporation, Digital Audio Disc Corporation
    Inventors: Ed Proffitt, Bob DeWitt