Inventor · Darien, CT, US

Perry A. Pierce

25Patents
14h-index
22Co-inventors
77Inventor score

Filing activity: Nov 14, 1994 → Sep 26, 2005

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5988897A Method for preventing fraudulent printing of a postage indicium displayed on a personal computer Physics 82 Expired
US6175826A Postage metering system and method for a stand-alone meter having virtual meter functionality Physics 80 Expired
US5930796A Method for preventing stale addresses in an IBIP open metering system Physics 63 Expired
US6058384A Method for removing funds from a postal security device Physics 61 Expired
US6680783B1 Method for preventing the duplicate printing of an IBIP indicium Physics 41 Expired
US6296404A Postage printing system having label printing capability Physics 36 Expired
US6098058A Postage metering system and method for automatic detection of remote postage security devices on a network Physics 36 Expired
US6151591A Postage metering network system with virtual meter mode Physics 34 Expired
US6902265B2 Method for printing high information density machine-readable composite images Physics 31 Expired
US6085181A Postage metering system and method for a stand-alone meter operating as a meter server on a network Physics 24 Expired
US6948660B2 Method for improving the readability of composite images Physics 23 Expired
US6202057A Postage metering system and method for a single vault dispensing postage to a plurality of printers Physics 20 Expired
US6865558B1 Postage metering system having third party payment capability Physics 16 Expired
US6957196B1 Method for auditing a database and system for carrying out such method Physics 14 Expired
US6868407B1 Postage security device having cryptographic keys with a variable key length Physics 13 Expired
US6427139B1 Method for requesting and refunding postage utilizing an indicium printed on a mailpiece Physics 11 Expired
US6240196A Mail generation system with enhanced security by use of modified print graphic information Physics 8 Expired
US5666292A External interface unit having message routing and protocol conversion Physics 7 Expired
US5572429A System for recording the initialization and re-initialization of an electronic postage meter Physics 7 Expired
US5570280A Method for controlling electro-mechanical devices Physics 7 Expired
US5552691A Microprocessor motor control Physics 6 Expired
US7110965B1 Method and system for data repository Physics 6 Expired
US6813613B1 System for printing on a local printer coupled to a meter server postage requested from a remote computer Physics 2 Expired
US7337969B2 Method for improving the readability of composite images Physics 0 Active
US6138108A Postage metering system and method on a network General 0 Revoked

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