Modular mailing system
CA 2215451 C · Owner: Malin, Richard A. · Inventors: Malin, Richard A.; Steinmetz, John H.; Jackson, Jerome E.
Overview
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A mailing system includes a mailing machine having a printing mechanism for printing an indication of postage value on a mailpiece and structure for controlling relative movement between the printing mechanism and the mailpiece to ensure the mailpiece is properly positioned relative to the printing mechanism during printing of the indication of postage value; a meter vault having a securely sealed housing, and apparatus, within the securely sealed housing for, accounting for the printed indication of postage value wherein the, meter vault is removably mounted in the mailing machine for easy removal via a plug-in connector; and a printing mechanism control module for securely controlling …
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- Filed September 15, 1997 and granted November 25, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 15, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 15, 2019.
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