Patents by Inventor George B. Edelmann

George B. Edelmann 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).

  • System for detecting unaccounted for printing in a value printing system
    Patent number: 4775246
    Abstract: A system for detecting fraudulent imprints on documents is disclosed. The system comprises a metering device, a host and a verifying facility. The metering device provides a validation signal to the host and its associated printer. Thereafter, the printer prints information which includes information from the validation signal. Thereafter the information printed on a mailpiece can be validated at the verifying facility by detecting the validation information provided by the metering device. The system provides a method to make a secure metering device without an integral printer. This value printing system provides for a secure system that will allow for the detection of fraudulent imprints at a verifying facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: George B. Edelmann, Kevin D. Hunter, Arno Muller, Alfred C. Schmidt, Jr.
  • System for detecting unaccounted for printing in a value printing system
    Patent number: 4757537
    Abstract: A system for detecting fraudulent imprints on documents is disclosed. The system comprises a metering device, a host and a verifying facility. The metering device provides a validation signal to the host and its associated printer. Thereafter, the printer prints information which includes information from the validation signal. Thereafter the information printed on a mailpiece can be validated at the verifying facility by detecting the validation information provided by the metering device. The system provides a method to make a secure metering device without an integral printer. This value printing system provides for a secure system that will allow for the detection of fraudulent imprints at a veryfying facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: George B. Edelmann, Arno Muller