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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:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thyagaraj Sarada, Norwalk, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
101 9311 ;
Abstract
A postage meter printer for printing a postage indicia with authentication information. The printer has two printheads. One printhead is supplied with an ink that has the characteristic of being readable by an optical character reader and the second printhead is supplied with a second ink that includes a fluorescent ink. The printer is of a size such that both printheads are able to print in an area prescribed by the postal service as the area to be occupied by a postage indicia.