Pc postage(trademark) service indicia design for shipping label
CA 2494124 A1 · Owner: Gullo, John F. · Inventors: Gullo, John F.; Wilkerson, Wayne A.; Gordon, Roy R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Systems and methods of insuring payment of a proper amount of postage comprise receiving payment for an amount of postage affixing a postage , indicia to a piece of mail wherein the postage indicia includes the postage amount in a format readable only by machine and adjusting the postage amount , at a time subsequent to receipt of payment.
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- Filed July 29, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 29, 2023.
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