Patents by Inventor Ralph P. French

Ralph P. French 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).

  • Patent number: 10832015
    Abstract: An on-the-fly package label printing system for a variety of packages containing a variety of products printed on each package of a web of successive packages a permanent record indicative of the product weight and product ingredients in the package. The system comprises a package handling device, a clock, and a printer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Joseph A. Hattrup Trust dated July 16, 1996, as Amended
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen
  • Patent number: 10685191
    Abstract: An ON-THE-FLY PACKAGE LABEL PRINTING SYSTEM for a variety of packages containing a variety of products. A package handling device receives and guides a web through a package handling device. A printer system associated with the package handling device generates and prints on-the-fly a plurality of different, unique, individual scannable QR codes. Each QR code indicates the weight of the product in the package as indicated by a weighing system and/or indicates the ingredients of the product in each package as indicated by a ingredients device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen
  • Publication number: 20180025185
    Abstract: An on-the-fly package label printing system for a variety of packages containing a variety of products printed on each package of a web of successive packages a permanent record indicative of the product weight and product ingredients in the package. The system comprises a package handling device, a clock, and a printer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen
  • Publication number: 20160371512
    Abstract: An ON-THE-FLY PACKAGE LABEL PRINTING SYSTEM for a variety of packages containing a variety of products. A package handling device receives and guides a web through a package handling device. A printer system associated with the package handling device generates and prints on-the-fly a plurality of different, unique, individual scannable QR codes. Each QR code indicates the weight of the product in the package as indicated by a weighing system and/or indicates the ingredients of the product in each package as indicated by a ingredients device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen
  • Patent number: 9436770
    Abstract: A database device stores a plurality of data records comprising package parameters, each data record corresponding to a unique URL. Each unique URL corresponds to one of a plurality of different, unique, individual scannable codes printed on individual packages so that each data record corresponds to a scannable code which corresponds to an individual package. A parameter portal provides to the database device individual package parameters which correspond to an individual scannable code on each individual package. An access portal provides selective access to at least some of the individual package parameters stored in the database device based on the unique URL. Systems, methods, databases, and computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for individualized product packages are provided. An enabler processor provides the codes and a loader processor linked to the enabler processor populates a selectively accessible database with information corresponding to the code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Fastechnology Group, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen
  • Publication number: 20150231896
    Abstract: The system and method make individualized product packages. A memory device stores a plurality of different, unique, individual, inverted codes. A first printer prints the inverted codes on an exterior of packages on-the-fly and a second printer prints a background layer over the inverted codes. A controller linked to the memory device and the printers controls the operation of the printers to print the inverted codes and background layer at a selected transparent or translucent position on the packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson
  • Publication number: 20150102100
    Abstract: A database device stores a plurality of data records comprising package parameters, each data record corresponding to a unique URL. Each unique URL corresponds to one of a plurality of different, unique, individual scannable codes printed on individual packages so that each data record corresponds to a scannable code which corresponds to an individual package. A parameter portal provides to the database device individual package parameters which correspond to an individual scannable code on each individual package. An access portal provides selective access to at least some of the individual package parameters stored in the database device based on the unique URL. Systems, methods, databases, and computer readable media storing computer executable instructions for individualized product packages are provided. An enabler processor provides the codes and a loader processor linked to the enabler processor populates a selectively accessible database with information corresponding to the code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph A. Hattrup, Ralph P. French, Nathaniel Evert Lawson, Gregory J. Allen