Patents by Inventor William L. Kramer

William L. Kramer 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).

  • Electronic postal rating scale operable in metric and avoirdupois weight units
    Patent number: 5024282
    Abstract: An electronic postal scale measures the weight of an item in metric or in avoirdupois units, at the user's election. The scale also calculates a postal or shipping rate for the item, in accordance with a stored rate table defined in either metric or avoirdupois units. When the user selects a class of service, the scale determines whether there is a stored rate table for that class in the currently elected weight units. If not, the scale automatically changes to the other weight units and calculates a rate according to a stored table in those other units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1991
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Terry E. Raikes, William L. Kramer, John B. Howard, Wayne D. Moore, Louis Jackson, Jeffrey D. Kotecki
  • Electronic postal scale with multilingual operator prompts and report headings
    Patent number: 5009276
    Abstract: An electronic postal scale displays operator prompt messages and generates reports in more than one language. The language to be used in selectable by the operator of the scale. In a preferred embodiment there are two languages, English and French.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc.
    Inventors: Terry E. Raikes, William L. Kramer, John H. Howard, Wayne D. Moore, Louis Jackson, Jeffrey D. Kotecki