VistaPrint today announced that the company has been awarded its fifteenth patent for a total of 12 in the United States and 15 world-wide. The company has more than 40 pending patent applications world-wide.
Hamilton, Bermuda (PRWeb) December 15, 2006 -- VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT), the leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers, today announced that the company has been awarded its fifteenth patent for a total of 12 in the United States and 15 world-wide. The company has more than 40 pending patent applications world-wide.
Patent number 7,145,670 was issued on December 5, 2006 and relates to automated methods of creating gangs of similar print jobs. Specifically, it enables VistaPrint to group parts of many different short-run print jobs together based on their individual characteristics so they can be printed with greater efficiency and at a lower cost. This technology is part of what enables VistaPrint to realize substantial economies of scale and process an average of over 16,000 orders per day.
"One of the reasons VistaPrint is so successful is the state-of-the-art technology that drives our automated design and print processes," said Robert Keane, president and CEO of VistaPrint. "Our patent portfolio helps us to stand apart from traditional printers because we have used technology to revolutionize the short-run, full-color market to bring our customers high-quality, low-cost printed products in small quantities."
Unlike costly traditional graphic arts and printing techniques that produce custom printed orders one at a time, VistaPrint employs patented and proprietary technologies to aggregate custom orders from around the globe and to print them in groups at highly automated production facilities. VistaPrint produces large volumes of high-quality, customized orders simultaneously and for a fraction of the cost of graphic designers and traditional printers.
About VistaPrint
VistaPrint Limited (Nasdaq:VPRT) is the leading online supplier of high-quality graphic design services and customized printed products to small businesses and consumers. VistaPrint offers custom designed, full-color, low-cost printed products even in small quantities. Over 8 million small businesses and consumers have already chosen VistaPrint for products ranging from business cards and brochures to invitations and thank you cards. Products are printed at VistaPrint's two state-of-the-art plants in North America and Europe that total over 120,000 square feet of production space. A global company, VistaPrint employs more than 700 people and operates 17 localized Web sites serving over 120 countries around the world. A broad range of design options are available online at www.vistaprint.com. VistaPrint's printed products are satisfaction guaranteed.
VistaPrint, the VistaPrint logo and VistaPrint.com are registered trademarks and VistaBridge is a trademark of VistaPrint. All other brand and product names appearing on this announcement may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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