Patents by Inventor John E. Brink

John E. Brink 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).

  • Process and apparatus for personalizing magazines, books and other print media
    Patent number: 5114128
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for incorporating pre-personalized signatures within magazines, books, catalogs, etc. which are intelligently matched to recipient name and address information printed on the covers of the magazines, books, etc. In one embodiment, pre-personalized signatures are printed off-line and later supplied to a signature feeder in the bindery line. Before or after deposit on the bindery chain conveyor, coded indicia on the pre-personalized signatures are machine read and processed through a control processor and related storage memory for locating and printing recipient name and address information on the magazine cover, matched to the pre-personalized signature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: U.S. News & World Report, L.P.
    Inventors: William H. Harris, Jr, William E. Nussbaum, Michael J. Armstrong, Victor H. Deming, John E. Brink