STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 26, 2012--
Pitney
Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) announced that Robert
Cordery of Monroe, Conn., was recently granted his 144th
U.S. patent, making him the most prolific inventor in Pitney Bowes
history. The milestone patent is a postage meter that conveniently
processes mail for multiple different postal carriers by using separate
corresponding secure postage vaults in the meter. In addition, Cordery’s
145th patent was issued today, and the latest invention provides a way
to secure data being sent from a meter’s accounting device to its
printing device, to prevent counterfeit or altered data from being
processed and printed, without having to encrypt the data.
“Bob has reached a company milestone in his 28-year R&D career with
Pitney Bowes,” said chairman, president and CEO Murray Martin. “Bob,
like so many other great inventors at Pitney Bowes, has succeeded in
fulfilling real market needs. His achievements have contributed greatly
to the innovative spirit at the heart of Pitney Bowes’s success.”
Cordery played a key role in the evolution of cryptographically secured
postage evidencing at Pitney Bowes and currently participates in ISO
standards for 2D barcode verification. He is a United States Patent and
Trademark Office patent agent, was a judge at this year’s Connecticut
Invention Convention, and since 2009, has served as a mentor to high
school students in the Bridgeport area through the WiMentor
program. Cordery is also a member of a variety of organizations,
including the American Physical Society, the IEEE Computer Society and
the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He has authored 18
science and engineering related articles and is the recipient of 12
awards honoring him for his work in the field, including one of the
Pitney Bowes Inventors of the Year in 1995, 2000 and 2007. Cordery holds
a Ph.D. in theoretical statistical physics from the University of
Toronto, and has held positions in the physics departments at Rutgers
and Northeastern Universities where he researched scaling properties of
materials near phase transitions and field theories. His current
research interests include modeling the state of a customer based on
communications, secure protocols and geo-demographic modeling.
“Our customers depend on Pitney Bowes’s portfolio of digital and
physical communications channels to – first and foremost -- provide
security,” said Cordery. “Continuous innovation is key to meeting the
fast-paced requirements of a competitive marketplace, and I am pleased
to help our customers excel in this area,” said Cordery.
About Pitney Bowes
Delivering more than 90 years of innovation,
Pitney Bowes provides software,
hardware
and services
that integrate physical and digital communications channels. Long known
for making its customers more productive, Pitney Bowes is increasingly
helping other companies grow their business through advanced customer
communications management. Pitney Bowes is a $5.3 billion company with
29,000 employees worldwide. Pitney Bowes: Every connection is a new
opportunity™.
Source: Pitney Bowes Inc.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Colette Cote, 203-351-6132
Colette.cote@pb.com
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