Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Fogel

Thomas C. Fogel 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).

  • Patent number: 7328085
    Abstract: Handling of undeliverable mail is improved so that mailers may take appropriate action to respond to nondelivery of mailpieces. Returned mail is received from a postal authority. Each mailpiece of the returned mail was part of a respective mailing and was determined not to be deliverable by the postal authority. The mailer determines for each mailpiece at least one of (a) the respective mailing to which the mailpiece belonged and (b) the reason why the mailpiece was found to be undeliverable. The mailer selects a course of action based on one or both of the results of these determinations. Returned mailpieces may be sorted by the mailings from which they come.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Fogel, Stewart H. Gibson, Joann Martin, Jeff Stangle, Paul A. Kovlakas