Patents by Inventor Neville Pattinson

Neville Pattinson 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).

  • Patent number: 8487828
    Abstract: A document with a cover having a first cover part, a second cover part, at least one internal page located between the two cover parts when the document is closed, a radiofrequency microcontroller, an antenna electrically connected to the radiofrequency microcontroller, and an electromagnetic shield capable of disrupting, at least partially, the wireless communication with the radiofrequency microcontroller when the document is closed and not disrupting the wireless communication when the document is opened. The electromagnetic shield is a wire grid. The wire mesh distance between each two adjacent wires of the wire grid is smaller than a radio-frequency wavelength used for communicating with the radiofrequency microcontroller, and is at least 0.1 millimeters and at most 40 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Gemalto, SA
    Inventors: Bart Bombay, Neville Pattinson, Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Jean-Pierre Lafon, Joseph Leibenguth, Denis Groeninck, Yves Reignoux, Severine Cheramy
  • Publication number: 20100141547
    Abstract: A document with a cover having a first cover part, a second cover part, at least one internal page located between the two cover parts when the document is closed, a radiofrequency microcontroller, an antenna electrically connected to the radiofrequency microcontroller, and an electromagnetic shield capable of disrupting, at least partially, the wireless communication with the radiofrequency microcontroller when the document is closed and not disrupting the wireless communication when the document is opened. The electromagnetic shield is a wire grid. The wire mesh distance between each two adjacent wires of the wire grid is smaller than a radio-frequency wavelength used for communicating with the radiofrequency microcontroller, and is at least 0.1 millimeters and at most 40 millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: AXALTO SA
    Inventors: Bart Bombay, Neville Pattinson, Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Jean-Pierre Lafon, Joseph Leibenguth, Denis Groeninck, Yves Reignoux, Severine Cheramy
  • Patent number: 7701408
    Abstract: A document which includes a cover, one or more internal pages, a radiofrequency microcontroller, an antenna electrically connected to the radiofrequency microcontroller, an electromagnetic shield capable of partially disrupting wireless communication with the radiofrequency microcontroller when the document is closed, and not disrupting the wireless communication when the document is opened is described. The electromagnetic shield included in the document is implemented using metal, conductive plastic, conductive ink or magnetic ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Axalto SA
    Inventors: Bart Bombay, Neville Pattinson, Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Yves Reignoux, Severine Cheramy, Joseph Leibenguth, Denis Groeninck, Jean-Pierre Lafon
  • Publication number: 20070205953
    Abstract: A document which includes a cover, one or more internal pages, a radiofrequency microcontroller, an antenna electrically connected to the radiofrequency microcontroller, an electromagnetic shield capable of partially disrupting wireless communication with the radiofrequency microcontroller when the document is closed, and not disrupting the wireless communication when the document is opened is described. The electromagnetic shield included in the document is implemented using metal, conductive plastic, conductive ink or magnetic ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: AXALTO SA
    Inventors: Bart Bombay, Neville Pattinson, Ksheerabdhi Krishna, Yves Reignoux, Severine Cheramy, Joseph Leibenguth, Denis Groeninck, Jean-Pierre Lafon
  • Patent number: 6591229
    Abstract: A metrology device incorporates a programmable smart card. The smart card may be a Java programmable smart card and allows the metrology device to access Java applications and resources while still retaining independent control over its metrological functions. A smart card interface allows the smart card and metrological device to communicate with each other using the ISO 7816 protocol. The smart card may be external to the metrology device, or it may be fixedly installed in the metrology device. Java applications may be pre-loaded or downloaded on the smart card. The metrological device may select which applications to be run on the smart card. The smart card may have an enhanced operating system that includes various metrological functions as native functions. Alternatively, the metrological functions may be included as part of a Java class library which may be accessed by the operating system or Java applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: Schlumberger Industries, SA
    Inventors: Neville Pattinson, Tibor Somogyi, Jean-Marc Pietrzyk, Bertrand Du Castel