Patents by Inventor Paul Kenneth Whittingham

Paul Kenneth Whittingham 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).

  • Ratioing algorithm for a label printing system using plates
    Patent number: 7171903
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc. For lithographic printing or other printing methods using plates, a ratioing algorithm is used to determine the optimum number of plates and label layout on each plate to minimize production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Paxar Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Mandy Jane Smith
  • Internet label production system
    Patent number: 7117211
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The system and method also allows the ordering of labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with the server and central database via the internet. Automatic typesetting for label production is provided wherein various types of production, image data files are generated in accordance with different requirements from various customers and wherein the generated production files can be used directly by the production machines for which they were generated, different types of production files being automatically generated for different types of production machines or printing methods. The system and method of the present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Paxar Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Thomas Malcolm Potts, Mandy Jane Smith
  • Ratioing algorithm for a label printing system using plates
    Publication number: 20030076538
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc. For lithographic printing or other printing methods using plates, a ratioing algorithm is used to determine the optimum number of plates and label layout on each plate to minimize production costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Mandy Jane Smith
  • Internet label production system
    Publication number: 20030061217
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The system and method also allows the ordering of labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with the server and central database via the internet. Automatic typesetting for label production is provided wherein various types of production, image data files are generated in accordance with different requirements from various customers and wherein the generated production files can be used directly by the production machines for which they were generated, different types of production files being automatically generated for different types of production machines or printing methods. The system and method of the present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Thomas Malcolm Potts, Mandy Jane Smith