Patents by Inventor Robert V. Ferrara

Robert V. Ferrara 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).

  • Reply mail processing system
    Patent number: 6804577
    Abstract: A business reply mail processing system is provided. A transport module feeds a business reply mail piece in a path of travel where the business reply mail piece includes a job ID code and field data. A scanner module scans the business reply mail piece to read the job ID code and the field data. A control module uses the job ID code to access processing data from a mail campaign job database corresponding to the job ID code and controls the scanner module using the processing data to read the field data from the business reply mail piece. Alternatively, the business reply mail piece includes the processing data that is read by the scanner and the control module uses the processing data read from the business reply mail piece to read the field data from the business reply mail piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Robert V. Ferrara, Ronald K. Rutledge, Martin A. Connelly, Steven J. Shapiro
  • Reply mail processing system
    Publication number: 20020169519
    Abstract: A business reply mail processing system is provided. A transport module feeds a business reply mail piece in a path of travel where the business reply mail piece includes a job ID code and field data. A scanner module scans the business reply mail piece to read the job ID code and the field data. A control module uses the job ID code to access processing data from a mail campaign job database corresponding to the job ID code and controls the scanner module using the processing data to read the field data from the business reply mail piece. Alternatively, the business reply mail piece includes the processing data that is read by the scanner and the control module uses the processing data read from the business reply mail piece to read the field data from the business reply mail piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Pitney Bowes Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert V. Ferrara, Ronald K. Rutledge, Martin A. Connelly, Steven J. Shapiro
  • Reply mail processing system
    Patent number: 6459953
    Abstract: A business reply mail processing system includes a transport module, a scanner module and a control module in operative communication with the scanner module. The transport module feeds a business reply mail piece in a path of travel where the business reply mail piece includes a job ID code and field data. The scanner module is located adjacent to the path of travel for scanning the business reply mail piece reading the job ID code and the field data. The control module includes a mail campaign job database. The control module uses the job ID code to access processing data from the mail campaign job database corresponding to the job ID code and controls the scanner module using the processing data to read the field data from the business reply mail piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Martin A. Connelly, Robert V. Ferrara, Ronald K. Rutledge