Patents by Inventor Jean S Leandre

Jean S Leandre 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).

  • Method and apparatus for inserting checks into a bank statement mail piece
    Patent number: 6826445
    Abstract: An enclosure feeder system (500) and corresponding method for use in combining collations in a sequence of collations with a given number of respective corresponding specific enclosures, the enclosures for each successive collation ordinarily being separator by a divider indicator, the enclosure feeder system (500) including: an enclosure feeder (210) for feeding the enclosures, and a supervisory controller (300) for providing to the enclosure feeder (210) a dynamic over-count number, corresponding to a specific collation, equal to one more than the expected number of enclosures for the collation, with the enclosure feeder (210) implemented so as to continue feeding enclosures for a collation until either encountering a divider indicator or until the number of enclosures actually fed is equal to the expected number of enclosures for the collation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Scott C DiNapoli, Jean S Leandre, Richard F Stengl
  • Method and apparatus for inserting checks into a bank statement mail piece
    Publication number: 20030163220
    Abstract: An enclosure feeder system (500) and corresponding method for use in combining collations in a sequence of collations with a given number of respective corresponding specific enclosures, the enclosures for each successive collation ordinarily being separator by a divider indicator, the enclosure feeder system (500) including: an enclosure feeder (210) for feeding the enclosures, and a supervisory controller (300) for providing to the enclosure feeder (210) a dynamic over-count number, corresponding to a specific collation, equal to one more than the expected number of enclosures for the collation, with the enclosure feeder (210) implemented so as to continue feeding enclosures for a collation until either encountering a divider indicator or until the number of enclosures actually fed is equal to the expected number of enclosures for the collation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Scott C. DiNapoli, Jean S. Leandre, Richard F. Stengl