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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:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cyrus Abumehdi, Harlow, GB;
Assignee:
Neopost Ltd., Essex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36446402 ;
Abstract
Security is provided to a franking impression printed on mail items by including a multi-character code in the franking impression. The multi-character code includes a two digit code derived from a security key and a postage charge for an item, a two digit code derived from the postage charge for the item and the date of franking and a four digit item count.