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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael J. Critelli, Darien, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A postage metering system that dispenses postage on a mailpiece, the postage metering system including accounting circuitry to account for the postage dispensed; apparatus for providing on the mailpiece evidence of postage paid and third party certified, cryptographically secured, non-shipping information about the sender of the mailpiece. A method implements the postage metering system described above.