Patents by Inventor Steven James Adamson

Steven James Adamson 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).

  • Magnetic card and reader system
    Patent number: 5714747
    Abstract: A credit and access control card and reader system comprising: a magnetically encodable card comprising a body having upper and lower surfaces and side and end edges, the body being formed of plastic material having magnetic particles uniformly dispersed throughout the plastic material; and a reader having a magneto resistive (MR) head for reading the magnetically encodable card as it is moved past the MR head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bradford Drake West, Greg A. Burg, Steven James Adamson, Frederick Rockwell Chamberlain, IV, Tomasz Mark Jagielinski, Frederick John Jeffers, Robert Owen James, Neil Smith