Apparatus and method for the processing of mail
CA 2003141 C · Owner: Pitney Bowes Inc. · Inventors: Sansone, Ronald P.
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A system has been conceived whereby the capability of a postage meter can be expanded through use of an interface device. A device is put into electrical communication with an electronic postage meter, and this device in turn is connected to a number of other devices. The other devices can include a computer, a printer, a scale and the like, whereby mail may be processed the postage required to mail, such mail pieces accumulated and the final amount of postage, required to mail a batch of mail communicated to the postage meter. The postage meter would then print an indicia either upon a tape or upon a statement sheet thereby providing the required postage for accompaniment with a batch of …
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- Filed November 16, 1989 and granted February 22, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 16, 2009.
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