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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Diem P Tran, Fremont, CA (US);
Mary C Au, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
f.m.e. Corporation, Hayward, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446403 ; 36446402 ; 177 2515 ;
Abstract
An improved postage scale (2). The scale contains a central processing unit (200) which calculates the amount of postage required for an article to be mailed. The central processing unit inputs rate information from battery augmented random access memory (208). A user programs the random access memory using the same keyboard (6) used for normal weighing operations. In preferred embodiments memory pack, including the battery augmented random access memory (208), is inserted in external slot (10) in the postage scale for added versatility.