Patents by Inventor Robert Tegtmeier

Robert Tegtmeier 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).

  • Method for fabricating imprinted ticket with scratch-off coating
    Patent number: 4787950
    Abstract: Blank tickets, for use in an instant lottery game or the like, can be imprinted in a secure manner in an enclosed point of sale ticket-issuing apparatus under the control of a central computer. Prior to exposure of the ticket, an adhesive-backed sheet with a scratch-off material coating on areas aligned with the printing is applied to the surface of the ticket. The adhesive will cause obvious damage to the ticket to void same if an attampt is made to remove the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1988
    Assignee: General Instrument Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Meloni, Robert Tegtmeier
  • Ticket with scratch-off coating and method and apparatus for fabricating same at point of sale
    Patent number: 4738473
    Abstract: Blank tickets, for use in an instant lottery game or the like, can be imprinted in a secure manner in an enclosed point of sale ticket-issuing apparatus under the control of a central computer. Prior to exposure of the ticket, an adhesive-backed sheet with a scratch-off material coating on areas aligned with the printing is applied to the surface of the ticket. The adhesive will cause obvious damage to the ticket to void same if an attempt is made to remove the label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: General Instrument Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Meloni, Robert Tegtmeier