Margaret Mary Blevins

Title: Margaret Mary Blevins and Her Patent for Interleaved Letter and Envelope Printing.

Introduction

Margaret Mary Blevins is an inventor associated with Lexington, Kentucky, and International Business Machines Corporation. Her patent describes a system for printing form letters and envelopes together with variable recipient information.

Latest Patents

Blevins is credited with 1 patent, titled “Text Merge with Copies and Envelopes.” The invention stores the fixed text and control codes for a form letter and envelope, then merges them with variable data for each recipient. It can print multiple copies of a letter before printing its envelope, and it can direct selected data fields to appear only in the letter or only on the envelope. By completing the printing for one record before moving to the next, the system supports unattended operation and allows distribution to begin as subsequent records are processed.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work on automating document production, combining stored form content with recipient-specific information, and coordinating the printing of letters and envelopes. Blevins’s listed company affiliation is International Business Machines Corporation.

Collaborations

Robert Glenn Bluethman is identified as Blevins’s coworker. The available information does not specify his role in the patent or the nature of their collaboration.

Conclusion

Margaret Mary Blevins’s patent presents a practical approach to unattended, record-by-record printing of personalized letters and matching envelopes.