Inventor · Danbury, CT, US

Anthony E. Yap

36Patents
9h-index
36Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: Dec 18, 1996 → Feb 16, 2024

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6003857A Singulating apparatus for a mail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 46 Expired
US6270070A Apparatus and method for detecting and correcting high stack forces Performing Operations; Transporting 33 Expired
US5971391A Nudger for a mail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 22 Expired
US6328300A Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6161830A Method and apparatus for stacking mixed mail Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US5988057A Postal cancellation machine Physics 12 Expired
US6315286A Jogger system for a mixed mail cancellation feeder Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US5953034A Ink jet transfer printer Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6435498B1 Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 9 Expired
US6481712B1 Apparatus for preventing lead to trail edge collision of mailpieces in a sorter Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6759602B2 Apparatus and method for weighing mailpieces in motion Physics 8 Expired
US6588743B2 Adjustable urging force system for stacker paddle Performing Operations; Transporting 8 Expired
US6536756B2 Aligner mechanism for a mail handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 6 Expired
US8256760B2 System for controlling a drive belt in a mailpiece feeder Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Active
US6966711B2 Dynamic registration device for mailing system Physics 4 Expired
US7852021B2 Method and apparatus for minimizing forces on a web Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US6988842B2 Method and apparatus for continuous high speed digital metering using multiple print heads Physics 3 Expired
US7905076B2 Apparatus and method for conveying envelopes in a mailpiece insertion system Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US8596635B2 System for controlling mailpiece conveyance in a mailpiece feeder Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8540226B2 System and method for minimizing the conveyance feed path of a sheet material handling system Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11904626B2 Integrated envelope sealer and flip module Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8596634B2 System for controlling a singulating belt in a mailpiece feeder Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US11230139B2 Integrated envelope sealer and flip module Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US10532604B2 Pivoting envelope insertion guide Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US7475979B2 Dynamic registration device for mailing system Physics 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.