EP1474250A4 - INTEGRATED NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - Google Patents

INTEGRATED NETWORK AND ASSOCIATED METHOD

Info

Publication number: EP1474250A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: associated method; integrated network; network; integrated
Prior art date: 2002-01-22
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP03707489A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1474250B1 (en

EP1474250A1 (en

Inventor

Pranab Shah

Paul Vogel

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

US Postal Service (USPS)

Original Assignee

Individual

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2002-01-22

Filing date

2003-01-22

Publication date

2007-09-26

2003-01-22 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

2004-11-10 Publication of EP1474250A1 publication Critical patent/EP1474250A1/en

2007-09-26 Publication of EP1474250A4 publication Critical patent/EP1474250A4/en

2014-04-23 Application granted granted Critical

2014-04-23 Publication of EP1474250B1 publication Critical patent/EP1474250B1/en

2023-01-22 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
- B07C5/04—Sorting according to size
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C1/00—Measures preceding sorting according to destination
- B07C1/10—Sorting according to size or flexibility

EP03707489.5A 2002-01-22 2003-01-22 A method for transporting mail items based on their shape Expired - Lifetime EP1474250B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US34937902P	2002-01-22	2002-01-22
US349379P		2002-01-22
PCT/US2003/001953 WO2003078081A1 (en)	2002-01-22	2003-01-22	Integrated network and method

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1474250A1 EP1474250A1 (en)	2004-11-10
EP1474250A4 true EP1474250A4 (en)	2007-09-26
EP1474250B1 EP1474250B1 (en)	2014-04-23

Family

ID=28041676

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP03707489.5A Expired - Lifetime EP1474250B1 (en)	2002-01-22	2003-01-22	A method for transporting mail items based on their shape

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1474250B1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2006505381A (en)
AU (1)	AU2003209335B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA2474276C (en)
WO (1)	WO2003078081A1 (en)

Families Citing this family (1)

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US7707038B2 (en) *	2003-03-10	2010-04-27	United States Postal Service	Method and system for distributing and transporting large numbers of items

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2003
- 2003-01-22 WO PCT/US2003/001953 patent/WO2003078081A1/en active Application Filing
- 2003-01-22 EP EP03707489.5A patent/EP1474250B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2003-01-22 JP JP2003576125A patent/JP2006505381A/en active Pending
- 2003-01-22 AU AU2003209335A patent/AU2003209335B2/en not_active Ceased
- 2003-01-22 CA CA2474276A patent/CA2474276C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related

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Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4136780A (en) *	1977-12-27	1979-01-30	Burroughs Corporation	Mail singulation and culling system
US5051914A (en) *	1989-10-03	1991-09-24	Pitney Bowes Inc.	Optimizing mail delivery systems by merging mailings
DE4429469A1 (en) *	1994-08-19	1996-02-22	Licentia Gmbh	Method for routing control
DE19650875C1 (en) *	1996-12-07	1997-10-16	Aeg Electrocom Gmbh	Mail sorting method for non-standard size large letters

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
See also references of WO03078081A1 *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JP2006505381A (en)	2006-02-16
AU2003209335B2 (en)	2008-07-10
CA2474276C (en)	2014-07-08
AU2003209335A1 (en)	2003-09-29
CA2474276A1 (en)	2003-09-25
WO2003078081A1 (en)	2003-09-25
EP1474250B1 (en)	2014-04-23
EP1474250A1 (en)	2004-11-10

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