Patents by Inventor Stephanie Mann

Stephanie Mann 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).

  • Direct marking of parts with encoded symbology method, apparatus and symbolody
    Patent number: 6533181
    Abstract: The present invention describes an automated method for creating impressions of machine-readable encoded symbology using thermojet type solid object printing technology. This is accomplished by electronically transmitting a software file containing a part identification symbol representation in Computer Assisted Drawing (CAD) software format to a ThermoJet™ type solid object printer where tiny droplets of a wax like material are deposited in successive layers to form a three-dimensional pattern insert containing representations of the encoded symbology for combination with a pattern replica of a part to be encoded by said symbology. A casting mold is thereafter formed from the combined pattern and a casting is made from the mold to result in a machine readable 2D Data Matrix type encoded, directly marked, part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Roboric Vision Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald L. Roxby, Stephanie Mann