Patents by Inventor John Bruce Watkins

John Bruce Watkins 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 custom imprinting a variety of articles with images obtained from a variety of different sources
    Patent number: 5778164
    Abstract: A system and method for combining a first digital generated image and one or more prestored digital images. The system include means for selecting one of the prestored digital images for and the steps of selecting an output format for printing the first digital generated image and the selected prestored image, providing the first digital generated image, combining the first digital generated image with the selected prestored digital image such that the generated image is placed in the predetermined location so as to form a merged image in accordance with the requirements of the selected output format, and for printing out the merged image in a desired format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignees: Eastman Kodak Company, Hallmark Cards, Inc.
    Inventors: John Bruce Watkins, Jeffrey Robert Myers, John Randall Fredlund, Joseph Anthony Manico, Anthony Ronald Berardi, Michael Lynn Vandemark