Franking module
CA 2043677 A1 · Owner: Gunther, Stephan · Inventors: Gunther, Stephan; Rogge, Hans-Peter; Hesshaus, Werner
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
27260-15, Franking module, Abstract, A franking module instead of a slide-in drive module is inserted into a personal computer. The franking functions are controlled by using the technically available means of the personal computer and the remote value is likewise charged and set by means of the personal computer utilizing a telecommunications module and a modem. To this end, the franking module contains a processor system and a printing mechanism as well as one memory for billing and one for graphic data for generating a data item.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 31, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 31, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 31, 2013.
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