Patents by Inventor Richard Schoonmaker

Richard Schoonmaker 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).

  • Multiple carrier mailing machine
    Patent number: 8160974
    Abstract: Systems and methods including mailing machines having postage meters including multiple postal security devices are described. In one illustrative configuration, a postage meter having multiple postal security devices for use with different postal carriers is described. In another illustrative configuration, a postage meter is configured to apply two postage payment information indicia to a single mail piece using two separate postal security devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Schoonmaker, Edilberto I. Salazar, David W. Beckstrom, Boris Rozenfeld, Robert A. Cordery, George M. Macdonald
  • MULTIPLE CARRIER MAILING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20100169241
    Abstract: Systems and methods including mailing machines having postage meters including multiple postal security devices are described. In one illustrative configuration, a postage meter having multiple postal security devices for use with different postal carriers is described. In another illustrative configuration, a postage meter is configured to apply two postage payment information indicia to a single mail piece using two separate postal security devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Richard Schoonmaker, Edilberto I. Salazar, David W. Beckstrom, Boris Rozenfeld, Robert A. Cordery, George M. Macdonald
  • MULTIPLE CARRIER MAIL SORTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100169242
    Abstract: Systems and methods including mailing machines configured to selecting a route and carrier or carriers for delivery of the mail and for finishing the mail according the selection are described. In one illustrative configuration, the mailing machine tags mail pieces according to the result of a carrier selection process and sorts the outgoing mail by carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Edilberto I. Salazar, Robert A. Cordery, Leon A. Pintsov, Richard Schoonmaker, Boris Rozenfeld, David W. Beckstrom