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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, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Bell and Howell, Llc, Durham, NC (US);
Inventors:
Mark Van Gorp, Cary, NC (US);
Elizabeth L. Manning, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gerard A. Derome, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
Bell and Howell, LLC, Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 27/06 (2006.01); B42D 15/04 (2006.01); B43M 3/04 (2006.01); B43M 5/04 (2006.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 27/06 (2013.01); B42D 15/045 (2013.01); B43M 3/04 (2013.01); B43M 5/04 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2013.01); G07B 17/00467 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00491 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present teachings relate to a mailpiece and method for assembling a mailpiece using a document processing system such as a wrapper system. The assembled mailpiece has outgoing and reply envelope functionality. In the outgoing format, the mailpiece may optionally contain advertisements, inserted documents, or coupons.