Patents by Inventor Reinhard Banse

Reinhard Banse 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).

  • Unit for processing chip and/or magnetic stripe cards
    Patent number: 6176424
    Abstract: A unit for processing chip and/or magnetic stripe cards. The unit comprises a minimum of one card storage magazine to store cards to be processed, a minimum of one chip and/or magnetic stripe processing station to record data on the chip (semiconductor element) and/or the magnetic stripe of the card, and a minimum of one card body processing station to record visible, unmodifiable data on the card body. The unit further includes an optical identification station with an evaluation unit to verify accuracy and/or quality of the data recorded on the card body, with cards exhibiting incorrectly or defectively applied visible data being rejected as defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Orga Kartensysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Meyer-Wittreck, Hermann Ruebbelke, Frank Krupke, Steffen Roebke, Reinhard Banse
  • Unit for processing chip and/or magnetic stripe cards
    Patent number: 6016958
    Abstract: A unit for processing chip and/or magnetic stripe cards. The unit comprises a minimum of one card storage magazine to store cards to be processed, a minimum of one chip and/or magnetic stripe processing station to record data on the chip (semiconductor element) and/or the magnetic stripe of the card, and a minimum of one card body processing station to record visible, unmodifiable data on the card body. The unit further includes an optical identification station with an evaluation unit to verify accuracy and/or quality of the data recorded on the card body, with cards exhibiting incorrectly or defectively applied visible data being rejected as defective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Udo Meyer-Wittreck, Hermann Ruebbelke, Frank Krupke, Steffen Roebke, Reinhard Banse