Patents by Inventor Mark A. Paine

Mark A. Paine 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).

  • Appearance and positioning annotation text string and base text string specifying a rule that relates the formatting annotation, base text characters
    Patent number: 6332148
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method to embellish text in a document by setting composite text properties for formatting an annotation text string and a base text string in a composite text unit, selecting text in a displayed text document as the base text string for a composite text unit, generating text as an annotation text string for the composite text unit, and displaying the composite text unit in the text document in accordance with the composite text properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark A. Paine, Jeff Young