WO1994015725B1 - Return mail piece and method of marking the same - Google Patents

Return mail piece and method of marking the same

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WO1994015725B1
WO1994015725B1 PCT/US1994/000151 US9400151W WO9415725B1 WO 1994015725 B1 WO1994015725 B1 WO 1994015725B1 US 9400151 W US9400151 W US 9400151W WO 9415725 B1 WO9415725 B1 WO 9415725B1
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subclassification
indicia
mail piece
site location
zone
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PCT/US1994/000151
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French (fr)
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Priority claimed from US08/002,195 external-priority patent/US5324927A/en
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Priority to EP94906039A priority Critical patent/EP0679111B1/en
Priority to DE69409362T priority patent/DE69409362D1/en
Priority to JP6516185A priority patent/JPH08505563A/en
Priority to AU59922/94A priority patent/AU5992294A/en
Publication of WO1994015725A1 publication Critical patent/WO1994015725A1/en
Publication of WO1994015725B1 publication Critical patent/WO1994015725B1/en

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Abstract

A return mail piece (10) includes a generally rectangular sheet of material with a delimited mailing address zone (22), a bar code zone (24) in the lower right corner of the sheet, and a subclassification zone (26) in the upper left hand corner of the sheet. Site location indicia (29, 30, 32) is printed within the mailing address zone (22) to identify the address of the site location. Separate subclassification indicia (38) is printed within the subclassification zone (26) so as to identify one of a plurality of end locations as the site locations.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 1 July 1994 (01.07.94); original claims unchanged; new claims 9-16 added (3 pages)]
9. A return mail piece for a site location having a plurality of end locations, comprising: a mail piece having a front surface and a rearward surface; said front surface having a predetermined address zone with site location indicia printed therein in an upright orientation, identifying the address of the site location; and said mail piece having a predetermined subclassification zone thereon, separate from said address zone, with subclassification indicia printed therein in an orientation other than upright relative to said site location indicia.
10. A return mail piece for a site location having a plurality of end locations, comprising: a generally rectangular sheet of material having a front surface and rear surface; said front surface having a predetermined address zone with site location indicia printed therein in an upright orientation, identifying the address of the site location; and said mail piece having a predetermined subclassification zone thereon, separate from said address zone, with subclassification indicia printed therein in an orientation other than upright relative to said site location indicia.
11. The mail piece of claim 9, wherein said subclassification indicia is machine readable code.
12. The mail piece of claim 10, wherein said subclassification indicia is machine readable code.
13. The mail piece of claim 11, wherein said subclassification indicia is bar code. 14. The mail piece of claim 12, wherein said subclassification indicia is bar code.
15. A method for sorting return mail pieces received at a site location into categories based upon subclassification criteria, comprising the steps of: printing site location indicia in an upright orientation in a predetermined mailing address zone on a front surface of a mail piece; printing subclassification indicia in a predetermined subclassification zone on said mail piece, the subclassification zone located separate from the mailing address zone, and the subclassification indicia printed in an orientation other than upright with respect to the site location indicia; mailing the return mail piece to a predetermined entity; receiving the mail piece at the site location indicated by the site location indicia; manipulating the mail piece to orient the subclassification indicia in an upright position; reading the subclassification indicia from the mail piece; and sorting the mail piece according to the subclassification indicia read in the reading step.
16. A method for sorting return mail pieces received at a site location into categories based upon subclassification criteria, comprising the steps of: printing site location indicia in an upright orientation in a predetermined mailing address zone on a front surface of a generally rectangular sheet of material forming a mail piece; printing subclassification indicia in a predetermined subclassification zone on said mail piece, the subclassification zone located separate form the mailing address zone, and the subclassification indicia printed in an orientation other than upright with respect to the site location indicia; mailing the return mail piece to a predetermined entity; receiving the mail piece at the site location indicated by the site location indicia; manipulating the mail piece to orient the subclassification indicia in an upright position; reading the subclassification indicia from the mail piece; and sorting the mail piece according to the subclassification indicia read in the reading step.
STATEMENT UNDER ARTICLE19
The amendment consisting of the addition of new claims 9 - 16 does not go beyond the disclosure of the international application as filed since full support for these claims can be found in the description, in particular on page 5, lines 29 - 34, page 6, lines 1 - 14 and lines 19 - 29, and page 7, lines 4 - 16.
PCT/US1994/000151 1993-01-08 1994-01-05 Return mail piece and method of marking the same WO1994015725A1 (en)

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EP94906039A EP0679111B1 (en) 1993-01-08 1994-01-05 Return mail piece and method of sorting the same
DE69409362T DE69409362D1 (en) 1993-01-08 1994-01-05 RETURN MAIL AND METHOD FOR SORTING THE SAME
JP6516185A JPH08505563A (en) 1993-01-08 1994-01-05 Reply mail and how to mark it
AU59922/94A AU5992294A (en) 1993-01-08 1994-01-05 Return mail piece and method of marking the same

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