Patents by Inventor James M. Patterson, Jr.

James M. Patterson, Jr. 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).

  • Apparatus for imprinting a document with secure, machine readable information
    Patent number: 4852478
    Abstract: An imprinter for imprinting a document with two lines of information forming two rows of alphanumeric characters wherein the two rows of imprinted characters have corresponding characters and corresponding relative character positions such that each line contains the same informational content, one of the lines of rows being substantially tamperproof and the other being machine readable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: Data Card Corporation
    Inventors: James L. Young, James M. Patterson, Jr.