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- 216 total patents issued
- 343 Total Apps Published
- Apr 23, 2013 most recent publication
Details
- 216 Issued Patents
- 105 Issued in last 3 years
- 54 Published in last 3 years
- 1,606 Total Citation Count
- Dec 11, 1978 Earliest Filing
- 8 Expired/Abandoned/Withdrawn Patents
Technologies
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Technology
# of Patents
Rank
Top Patents (by citation)
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Title
Filing Date
Issue Date
Intl Class
Cited #
6,211,781 Method and apparatus for tracking and locating a moveable articleMay 24, 99Apr 03, 01[G08B]87
6,289,323 System and method for completing monetary transactions by presentment of postage value to a postal authorityJun 18, 99Sep 11, 01[G06F]69
6,480,108 Method and apparatus for tracking and locating a moveable articleApr 03, 01Nov 12, 02[G08B]39
6,671,577 System and method for directly connecting an advanced facer canceler system to a delivery bar code sorterMay 08, 01Dec 30, 03[G06F]18
Recent Publications
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Title
Filing Date
Pub Date
Intl Class
2013/0064,447 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGESSep 14, 12Mar 14, 13[G06K]
2013/0024,326 CONTENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTION ITEMSJul 20, 12Jan 24, 13[H04N, G06Q, G06K]
2013/0011,052 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGESSep 14, 12Jan 10, 13[G06K]
2013/0011,053 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGESSep 14, 12Jan 10, 13[G06K]
Recent Patents
Patent #
Title
Filing Date
Issue Date
Intl Class
8,429,234 Methods and systems for providing an electronic account to a customerJun 11, 08Apr 23, 13[G06F]
8,417,958 Systems and methods for electronic postmarking of data including location dataJul 06, 10Apr 09, 13[H04L, G06F]
8,408,271 Apparatus and method for removing pressure adhesive labels from backing and affixing to target substrateFeb 02, 07Apr 02, 13[B23K, B32B, B29C]
8,401,976 Method and system for providing a barcode image over a networkDec 27, 06Mar 19, 13[G06Q, G06F]
8,370,165 Methods and systems for providing an alternative delivery point codeApr 09, 04Feb 05, 13[G06Q]
8,364,953 System and method for providing secured electronic transactionsOct 20, 08Jan 29, 13[H04L, G06Q, G06F]
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