Patents by Inventor John P. Michell

John P. Michell 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 and method for processing international mail
    Patent number: 5459670
    Abstract: There is provided a system for processing international mail. The system includes a weigh in station for weighing the total weight of received mail, a recordal station for recording the total number of pieces of received mail and for establishing criteria to identify the mail in the system, an affixing station, located downstream of the weighing and recordal stations, for affixing an indicia onto the mail and a sorting station, located downstream of the affixing station, for sorting the mail by country. The system also includes a processing unit that stores received information and processes the stored information to derive processed information, and a weighing and processing station located downstream of the sorting station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1995
    Assignee: Johnson & Hayward, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob C. Johnson, Henriette Glazer, DeBorah Johnson, John P. Michell, Michael Michell, Mark Lev