Patents by Inventor Robert H. Burroughs

Robert H. Burroughs 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).

  • Hand printer designed to enable a handicapped person to apply a signature to a document
    Patent number: 4537128
    Abstract: A system designed to enable persons incapable of manipulating a writing implement to sign papers and/or documents comprising a holder for the document to be signed, a holder for a transfer sheet for holding the transfer sheet adjacent that portion of the document to be signed and an implement defining the signature to be applied to the document for pressing the transfer sheet into transferring engagement with the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Robert H. Burroughs, John D. Wright, Jeffrey A. Secunda, Ronald S. Newbower