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ES&S patents and published patent applications.

Patents and other intellectual property are an important asset of innovative companies. As such, ES&S and its affiliates (“ES&S”) are diligent in policing our patents to protect from unauthorized use or infringement. The chart below provides the numbers of the U.S. patents owned by ES&S in association with the patented products, in compliance with the “virtual marking” requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 287(a).

Patent Number 标题 产品名称
8,991,701 Voting Station For Printing A Vote Summary And Enabling Voter Confirmation Of Printed Voting Selections ExpressVote, ExpressVote XL
8,840,022 System & Method for Decoding Marks on a Paper Ballot DS200, DS450, DS850
8,814,045 Universal Voting Station and Tabulation Device ExpressVote, AutoMark
8,812,594 System and Method for Synchronizing Electronic Poll Book Voter Databases ExpressPoll5000
8,814,045 Universal Voting Station and Tabulation Device ExpressVote & AutoMark®
8,740,058 Integrated Vote by Mail Processing System Inbound Mail Systems
8,733,646 Integrated Voting System and Method for Accommodating Paper Ballots and Audio Ballots DS200 / ExpressVote
7,344,071 Voting System and Apparatus Using Voter Selection Card AutoMark, ExpressVote, ExpressVote XL
8,261,984 Ballot Processing System DS-850, DS450
D643,876 Hinged Paper Voting Ballot Ballot for use with all Optical Scanning systems produced that are used to process folded ballots, including but not limited to Model 100®, DS200®, Model 650®, & DS850® optical scanners.
D534,583 Ballot Envelope Envelope for use with VoteRemote®,
8,352,312 System and Method for Controlling Actions Taken on Voting Devices All precinct based election products including, E-Pollbooks, ballot marking devices & tabulators e.g. DS200, AutoMark, ExpressPoll-5000.
7,387,244 Electronic Voting System and Method with Voter Verifiable Real-Time Audit Log iVotronic®
5,583,329 EXPIRED Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine and Voting Process iVotronic®
6,854,644 Method Of Analyzing Marks Made On A Response Sheet Model 100®, DS200®, DS850®, DS450®
8,136,729 Ballot Tabulation Device and Method for Tabulating Paper Ballots Printed According to Ballot Style DS200®, ExpressVote, ExpressVote XL
7,840,742 Unidirectional USB Interface Circuit AutoMark®
8,096,471 Ballot Marking Device Having Attached Ballot Box AutoMark®
8,063,885 投票系统和仪表atus Utilizing Pivotal Touchscreen AutoMark®
7,566,006 Pre-Printed Document Marking System and Apparatus AutoMark®
7,753,273 投票系统和仪表atus Utilizing Multiple Key Switch Voter Interface AutoMark®
7,314,172 投票系统和仪表atus Having Periodic Ballot Alignment Compensation AutoMark®
7,314,171 投票系统和仪表atus Having Ballot Alignment Compensation AutoMark®
7,222,787 投票系统和仪表atus Utilizing Single Print Head AutoMark®
7,100,828 Voting System Utilizing Hand and Machine Markable Ballots AutoMark®
7,080,779 投票系统和仪表atus AutoMark®
ES&S also owns the following U.S. patents that are not identified in the chart above.
Patent Number 标题
D578,564 Table-Top Voting Machine
7,163,147 投票系统和仪表atus Utilizing Dual Print Heads
7,344,071 Voting System and Apparatus Using Voter Selection Card
7,240,835 Integrated Vote by Mail Processing System
8,191,764 System and Method for Detecting Security Features on Paper Ballots
8,260,660 System & Method for Un-issuing Voter Credits
8,225,998 Secure Ballot Box
8,352,312 System and Method for Controlling Actions Taken on Voting Devices
8,944,326 System & Method for Monitoring a Precinct-Based Tabulation Device
9,092,923 System & Method for Monitoring Voting Devices
9,105,139 System & Method for Reporting Precinct Results
9,240,085 Ballot Processing System for Printing Identifiers on Paper Ballots
10,147,259 Ballot Adjudication System and Method
ES&S also owns the following U.S. published patent applications. This listing is intended to provide actual notice of the published patent applications, in compliance with the “provisional rights” requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 154(d).
Publication Number 标题
There are currently no Published applications, however there are 3 pending filed applications.
Patents and other intellectual property are an important asset of innovative companies. As such, ES&S and its affiliates (“ES&S”) are diligent in policing our patents to protect from unauthorized use or infringement. The chart below provides the numbers of the Canadian patents owned by ES&S in association with the patented products.
Patent Number 标题 产品名称
2823575年 System & Method for Decoding Marks on a Paper Ballot DS200, DS450, DS850
2806098年 Universal Voting Station and Tabulation Device ExpressVote
2,574,163 Integrated Vote by Mail Processing System VoteRemote
2,701,273 Ballot Processing System DS450, DS850
ES&S also owns the following U.S. patents that are not identified in the chart above
Patent Number 标题
2,846,699 System & Method for Monitoring a Precinct-Based Tabulation Device
2,708,010 Ballot Processing System for Printing Identifiers on Paper Ballots

Expired Provisional Patents:

Voter Research Provisional Patent

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