Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Torres Oyola Law Offices, P.S.C.
  • Method and apparatus for ecological burial
    Patent number: 6516501
    Abstract: An urn which comprises a series of pod-like containers made of compressed organic matter, porcelain, and glass, designed to function as cinerary urns (i.e. receptacles for human ashes) is disclosed. The urn is meant to interact with its surroundings by dissolving into it, and eventually producing a living monument, in the form of a tree, or a plant, in memory of the deceased person whose ashes it contains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: José Fernando Vázquez-Pérez