Patents by Inventor Marcello Vitale
Marcello Vitale has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20200079971Abstract: The present invention refers to an insulating composition, to a kit comprising such composition and a coating composition based on the “Real Michael Addition” chemistry, to its use, and to a method for the coating of a substrate employing such kit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Franco FOGLIANI, Marcello VITALE, Giada PELLICCI
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Publication number: 20140356522Abstract: A photographic material for image display including an intimately sorbed contrast agent that provides a contrast layer against which the recorded image can be seen regardless of the nature and colour of the background.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: SMARTWATER RESEARCH LIMITEDInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale, Sharon Robinson
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Patent number: 8852947Abstract: A photographic material for image display including an intimately sorbed contrast agent that provides a contrast layer against which the recorded image can be seen regardless of the nature and color of the background.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Smartwater Research LimitedInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale, Sharon Robinson
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Patent number: 8596526Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Smartwater Research LimitedInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 8579188Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Smartwater Research LimitedInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 8505237Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for enhancing plant growth in greenhouses or plant tunnels or over mulches by incorporating one or more yellow pigments or dyes into a greenhouse, mulch film or glazing and exposing the plants through or over such film to solar radiation so that specific and defined ratios of the light transmitted, emitted or reflected between 410 to 450 nm, 380 to 410 nm and 450 to 500 nm are obtained. A further aspect of the invention is the use of one or more yellow pigments or dyes as plant growth enhancing additive in polymeric films for greenhouses, plant tunnels or mulches or a coating for greenhouse glazing so that specific and defined ratios of the light transmitted, emitted or reflected between 410 to 450 nm, 380 to 410 nm and 450 to 500 nm are obtained.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2007Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Marcello Vitale, Rayyan G. Hashem, David M. Lines, Federica Rossi, Rita Baraldi
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Publication number: 20130001299Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SMARTWATER RESEARCH LIMITEDInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20130001300Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: Smartwater Research LimitedInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 8267311Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2009Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Smartwater Research LimitedInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20120068449Abstract: A photographic material for image display including an intimately sorbed contrast agent that provides a contrast layer against which the recorded image can be seen regardless of the nature and colour of the background.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2010Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: SMARTWATER RESEARCH LIMITEDInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20110017611Abstract: An oxygen-scavenging mixture comprising the components (I) a nano-sized oxidizable metal component wherein the average particle size of the metal is 1 to 1000 nm and wherein the metal is unsupported or supported by a carrier material, (II) an electrolyte component, and (III) a non-electrolytic, acidifying component.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2008Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Edoardo Menozzi, Nazzareno Ruggeri, Claudia Pasti, Marcello Vitale, Enrico Galfre, Walter Fischer
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Publication number: 20110006110Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of unique markers in the identification and tracking of objects. The present invention provides large numbers of unique markings for application to items as part of a marking system. The present invention provides a new approach to laboratory analysis and a means of rapid in-field identification of goods using a hand-held scanner. It provides data that can be used as a means of product tracking, identification of counterfeit product and to prove ownership of stolen goods.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Applicant: SMARTWATER RESEARCH LIMITEDInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20100279119Abstract: A medium is provided in which nano-crystalline semiconductors or quantum dots are stable for extended periods when subjected to exterior lighting. The colour emission of the resultant quantum dots provides a fingerprint which is still effective after one year of exposure to exterior conditions. Such encapsulation protects the quantum dots in exterior conditions, so that they may be used as pigments or coding systems based on their optical emission.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: SMARTWATER RESEARCH LIMITEDInventors: Michael Cleary, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20100186294Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process for enhancing plant growth in greenhouses or plant tunnels or over mulches by incorporating one or more yellow pigments or dyes into a greenhouse, mulch film or glazing and exposing the plants through or over such film to solar radiation so that specific and defined ratios of the light transmitted, emitted or reflected between 410 to 450 nm, 380 to 410 nm and 450 to 500 nm are obtained. A further aspect of the invention is the use of one or more yellow pigments or dyes as plant growth enhancing additive in polymeric films for greenhouses, plant tunnels or mulches or a coating for greenhouse glazing so that specific and defined ratios of the light transmitted, emitted or reflected between 410 to 450 nm, 380 to 410 nm and 450 to 500 nm are obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2007Publication date: July 29, 2010Inventors: Marcello Vitale, Rayyan G. Hashem, David M. Lines, Federica Rossi, Rita Baraldi
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Publication number: 20100000598Abstract: A photovoltaic cell of high efficiency may be obtained using metallic nanoparticles or nanostructures as the main light absorbing element in the photosensitive layer of the cell, which absorb the light through a surface plasmon or polaron mechanism. The cell comprises at least one photosensitive layer containing nanoparticles or nanostructures each between a n-doped and a p-doped charge transport layer, characterized in that • the nanoparticles or nanostructures are the main light absorbing element in the photosensitive layer, • the nanoparticles or nanostructures have metallic conductivity and absorb near infrared, visible and/or ultraviolet light through a surface plasmon or polaron mechanism, and • the nanoparticles or nanostructures have at least one of their dimensions of size between 0.1 and 500 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Cesare Lorenzetti, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20090247406Abstract: The instant invention relates to encapsulated luminescent pigments, which are encapsulated by a polymeric shell. Further aspects of the invention are polymeric compositions containing these encapsulated luminescent pigments and their use in electronic devices and agricultural films.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2006Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: David De Corte, Mara Destro, Cesare Lorenzetti, Kishor Kumar Mistry, Michael Tinkl, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 6455242Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one of (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and (2) a non-silver containing light insensitive layer, said at least one layer containing a compound with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does not react with oxidized developer and that has a ClogP sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to the same element without the compound. The invention provides improved light sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2001Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Philip A. Allway, Bernard A. Clark, John D. Goddard, Louis E. Friedrich, James A. Friday, Stephen P. Singer, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 6426180Abstract: Disclosed is a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support bearing: (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer; (2) a nitrogen heterocycle with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does not react with oxidized developer, does not contain free thiol substituents, and has a C log P sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to the same element without the compound, said heterocycle compound located either in said light sensitive layer or in a layer adjacent to it; and (3) an ETARC, in or adjacent to said light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, that releases, upon reaction with oxidized developer, an electron transfer agent having a C log P of at least 2.40. The invention provides improved light sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2000Date of Patent: July 30, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, James A. Friday, Stephen P. Singer, Marcello Vitale
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Publication number: 20020042033Abstract: Disclosed is a color photographic element comprising at least one of (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and (2) a non-silver containing light insensitive layer, said at least one layer containing a compound with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does not react with oxidized developer and that has a ClogP sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to the same element without the compound. The invention provides improved light sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2001Publication date: April 11, 2002Inventors: Philip A. Allway, Bernard A. Clark, John D. Goddard, Louis E. Friedrich, James A. Friday, Stephen P. Singer, Marcello Vitale
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Patent number: 6350564Abstract: Disclosed is a color silver halide photographic element comprising a support bearing: (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer; (2) a nitrogen heterocycle with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does not react with oxidized developer, does not contain free thiol substituents, and has a ClogP sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to the same element without the compound, said heterocycle compound located either in said light sensitive layer or in a layer adjacent to it; and (3) a light reflecting silver halide material; provided that the heterocycle compound and the light reflecting material are located either (a) in different layers of the element located close enough to each other so that a super-additive speed increase is realized or (b) in the same light sensitive layer. The invention provides improved light sensitivity.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, James A. Friday, Stephen P. Singer, Marcello Vitale