Patents by Inventor Erika Molchan

Erika Molchan 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).

  • Optical assembly lock/unlock apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7724276
    Abstract: An optical assembly lock/unlock apparatus includes an interlock mechanism configured to selectively lock an optical assembly in a fixed position relative to a scan engine and unlock the optical assembly relative to the scan engine when the scan engine is to be removed from and secured to a print engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Erika Molchan, Rich Young, Elias Garcia
  • Systems and methods for providing recipient-end security for transmitted data
    Publication number: 20050097337
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing recipient-end security for transmitted data. In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to scanning a hard copy document to generate scanned data, configuring the scanned data so as to require recipient-end security, transmitting the scanned data to an intended recipient, determining if the transmitted data may be accessed at the recipient end, and denying access to the transmitted data if it is determined that the transmitted data may not be accessed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Sesek, Erika Molchan, Dale Young
  • Optical assembly lock/unlock apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20050094217
    Abstract: An optical assembly lock/unlock apparatus includes an interlock mechanism configured to selectively lock an optical assembly in a fixed position relative to a scan engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Erika Molchan, Rich Young, Elias Garcia