Inventor · Norwalk, CT, US

Richard A. Bernard

27Patents
14h-index
32Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Jul 9, 1975 → Dec 29, 2008

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5569317A Fluorescent and phosphorescent tagged ink for indicia Chemistry; Metallurgy 138 Expired
US6028517A Status indicating system for indicating the deposit and withdrawal of items in a receptacle Human Necessities 119 Expired
US5554842A Luminescent facing marks for enhanced postal indicia discrimination Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 112 Expired
US4015131A Multi-detectable ink compositions and method of use Chemistry; Metallurgy 46 Expired
US6142380A Usage of dual luminescent inks to produce a postal orienting and sorting identification mark for an information-based indicia Physics 39 Expired
US6502912B1 Method of printing postage indicia using ink jet technology Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Expired
US5458772A Adjustable filter holder assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 35 Expired
US5075000A Filter pad holder Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 28 Expired
US5143604A One-way guided filter pad assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 25 Expired
US4402593A Grounding device for moving photoconductor web Electricity 23 Expired
US4001975A Twist drill sharpener and aligning fixture Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Expired
US6827769B2 Photosensitive optically variable ink heterogeneous compositions for ink jet printing Chemistry; Metallurgy 17 Expired
US4485596A Twist drill point splitting/web thinning apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 16 Expired
US4471581A Universal twist drill sharpener apparatus Performing Operations; Transporting 14 Expired
US6270213A Fluorescent and phosphorescent ink for use with an information based indicia Chemistry; Metallurgy 12 Expired
US4093247A Chuck Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US5988807A Fluorescent valve jet ink Chemistry; Metallurgy 11 Expired
US6284027A Machine readable water based red fluorescent ink compositions Chemistry; Metallurgy 9 Expired
US5136968A Sustained release ink dispenser Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Expired
US6391103B1 Color imparting compositions for ink jet printer inks and machine readable ink compositions containing same Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US6623229B1 Envelope that is conducive to printing a facing identification mark with an information based indicia Physics 1 Expired
US7972425B2 Postal blue ink with improved durability Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active
US5273582A Absorption material for a flat-bed mail processing inking system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired
US7959186B2 Signaling labels and fluorescent ink compositions Physics 0 Active
US7077307B2 Envelope that is conducive to printing a facing identification mark with an information based indicia Physics 0 Expired

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