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Systems and methods for sorting mail using a name/firm database

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AU2001293265A1
AU2001293265A1 AU2001293265A AU9326501A AU2001293265A1 AU 2001293265 A1 AU2001293265 A1 AU 2001293265A1 AU 2001293265 A AU2001293265 A AU 2001293265A AU 9326501 A AU9326501 A AU 9326501A AU 2001293265 A1 AU2001293265 A1 AU 2001293265A1
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name
systems
methods
sorting mail
firm database
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Abandoned
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AU2001293265A
Inventor
Lori Johnson
Gerard O'donohue
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US Postal Service (USPS)
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US Postal Service (USPS)
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    • 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
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/10—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination
    • B07C3/14—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination using light-responsive detecting means
    • 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
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail
AU2001293265A 2000-09-08 2001-09-10 Systems and methods for sorting mail using a name/firm database Abandoned AU2001293265A1 (en)

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US23131000P 2000-09-08 2000-09-08
US60231310 2000-09-08
PCT/US2001/042094 WO2002020183A1 (en) 2000-09-08 2001-09-10 Systems and methods for sorting mail using a name/firm database

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AU2001293265A1 true AU2001293265A1 (en) 2002-03-22

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AU (1) AU2001293265A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002020183A1 (en)

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