Patents by Inventor Gretchen Tobol

Gretchen Tobol 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).

  • Printer cleaning card integrated into web of printable labels
    Patent number: 6129019
    Abstract: A printer cleaning cloth is described having multiple plies sonically or thermally bonded together. An embossed pattern of the cleaning cloth provides stiffness and rigidity to the cloth and imparts a roughened surface texture to the cloth. The cleaning cloth is soaked in a terpene cleaning solvent. The cleaning cloth is attached to a roll of printing labels and passes through the printer at the beginning or end of the label roll. As the cloth passes through the printer, the cloth wipes clean the printer, especially the printheads to the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Moore U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Gretchen Tobol, Dom Monico
  • CD-ROM label with positioning means
    Patent number: 5715934
    Abstract: A label for applying to a CD includes a label adhering section and a detachable centering section integral therewith. The centering section is shaped so that the label registers exactly on center on the CD when the outside edge of the centering section abut the inside surfaces of the portable container in which the CD is housed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Avery Dennison
    Inventors: Gretchen Tobol, Omar Attia, Brett Ulrich