Patents by Inventor Stuart C. Gillow

Stuart C. Gillow 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).

  • Automated coupon processing system employing coupon with identifying code and chosen second identifying code uniquely identifying the coupon
    Patent number: 5581064
    Abstract: An automated coupon processing system inputs information from a manufacturer coupon, discerns a first identifying code from the coupon, correlates the first identifying code with one or more second identifying codes, and chooses a particular one of the second identifying codes, where the first identifying code and the chosen second identifying code uniquely identify the coupon. The system can prompt an operator to select one of the second identifying codes or to enter a coupon expiration date that corresponds to one of the second identifying codes. Coupons information can be entered using a bar code reader, an OCR scanner, a combination bar code reader/OCR scanner, and/or manual entry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association
    Inventors: Roger K. Riley, Stuart C. Gillow