Patents by Inventor Thomas Malcolm Potts

Thomas Malcolm Potts 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).

  • Internet label production system
    Patent number: 7117211
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The system and method also allows the ordering of labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with the server and central database via the internet. Automatic typesetting for label production is provided wherein various types of production, image data files are generated in accordance with different requirements from various customers and wherein the generated production files can be used directly by the production machines for which they were generated, different types of production files being automatically generated for different types of production machines or printing methods. The system and method of the present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Paxar Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Thomas Malcolm Potts, Mandy Jane Smith
  • Internet label production system
    Publication number: 20030061217
    Abstract: A system and method of producing labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with a server and central database via the internet is shown and described. The system and method also allows the ordering of labels at remote locations worldwide in communication with the server and central database via the internet. Automatic typesetting for label production is provided wherein various types of production, image data files are generated in accordance with different requirements from various customers and wherein the generated production files can be used directly by the production machines for which they were generated, different types of production files being automatically generated for different types of production machines or printing methods. The system and method of the present invention accommodates vastly different printing methods including thermal printing, lithographic printing, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Whittingham, Patrick Tony Kenny, Thomas Malcolm Potts, Mandy Jane Smith