Patents by Inventor Roman Fietze

Roman Fietze 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 controlling the flow of paper objects in a paper processing system
    Patent number: 6241404
    Abstract: A method for controlling the flow of paper objects in a paper processing system (PPS), having a main copier and/or printer unit with an output accessory manager (OAM) and at least one paper object processing device (POPD1, POPD2, . . . POPDn). The method is carried out by the following steps: generating a paper object header (POH) for each paper object (PO) in the output accessory manager (OAM); sending the paper object header (POH) to downstream paper object processing devices (POPDs) prior to the arrival of a paper object (PO) at the specific paper object processing device (POPD), wherein the paper object header (POH) is updated and modified by each paper object processing device (POPD); absorbing the paper object header (POH) in the last paper object processing device (POPD) in the route and generating in the last paper object processing device (POPD) a paper object header response (POHR) and sending the paper object header response (POHR) to the output accessory manager (OAM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Nex Press Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Roman Fietze, Gerhard Glemser, Russell Godshalk, Allen Heberling, Dirk Langebrake, Albrecht Proebstle