Patents by Inventor Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos
Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos 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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Patent number: 9067775Abstract: A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Louis Mattos, Jr., Quichen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Publication number: 20140261858Abstract: A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Louis Mattos, Jr., Quichen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Patent number: 8757222Abstract: A product dispenser for use with a container. The product dispenser may include a container motion detector to detect the container in motion, a graphical user interface, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor receives a plurality of data associated with the container in motion from the container motion detector and implements instructions that perform the steps of determining the motion of the container, enabling a user to interact with the graphical user interface, and allowing the user to rotate or move the container to select a product type from the graphical user interface.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Arthur G. Rudick, Louis Mattos, Jr., Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Qiuchen Peter Zhang, H. Brock Kolls
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Patent number: 8739840Abstract: A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Louis Mattos, Jr., Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Patent number: 8565916Abstract: A method of printing indicia on a container to control a product dispenser. The method may include the steps of printing indicia on the container, the indicia controlling access to dispense from the product dispenser, reading the indicia about the product dispenser, determining if the container is authorized to use the product dispenser, and allowing a user to dispense a selected product type into the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Louis Mattos, Jr., Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Publication number: 20110260828Abstract: A method of printing indicia on a container to control a product dispenser. The method may include the steps of printing indicia on the container, the indicia controlling access to dispense from the product dispenser, reading the indicia about the product dispenser, determining if the container is authorized to use the product dispenser, and allowing a user to dispense a selected product type into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Louis Mattos, JR., Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Publication number: 20110264285Abstract: A method for managing orders and dispensing products into a container. The method may include the steps of prompting a user selection of a product type at an order entry station, printing indicia on the container indicating at least the product type selected, reading the indicia at a product dispensing station, and dispensing the product type selected into the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Louis Mattos, JR., Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Arthur G. Rudick, H. Brock Kolls
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Publication number: 20110264284Abstract: A product dispenser for use with a container. The product dispenser may include a container motion detector to detect the container in motion, a graphical user interface, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor receives a plurality of data associated with the container in motion from the container motion detector and implements instructions that perform the steps of determining the motion of the container, enabling a user to interact with the graphical user interface, and allowing the user to rotate or move the container to select a product type from the graphical user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Arthur G. Rudick, Louis Mattos, JR., Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Qiuchen Peter Zhang, H. Brock Kolls
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Patent number: 8020359Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of using a combination permanent partial decoration and temporary decoration to mass customize refillable glass vessels. The method comprising: decorating a glass vessel with a permanent partial decoration, receiving the glass vessel at a filling facility, washing the glass vessel in caustic solution to remove presence of a temporary decoration, filling the glass vessel with a product contents, printing the temporary decoration on the glass vessel, distributing the glass vessel to a marketplace for use by a consumer, receiving the consumer used glass vessel at the filling facility, and recycling the glass vessel by returning to the step of washing. Other embodiments include not using the permanent partial decoration and printing the temporary decoration on the glass vessel, wherein at least some of the temporary decoration is printed on top of a background region to increase the luminance qualities of the temporary decoration.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Louis Mattos, Jr., Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos
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Publication number: 20110049180Abstract: The present application provides a product dispensing system for dispensing one of a number of predetermined products. The product dispensing system may include a product dispenser with a number of micro-ingredients to create the predetermined product, a reading device configured to read or receive data, a container for receiving the predetermined product, and a data storage medium with the data thereon.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Gregg Carpenter, David R. Newman, Nilang Patel, Paul A. Phillips, Arthur G. Rudick, Lawrence B. Ziesel, Louis Mattos, JR., Qiuchen Peter Zhang, Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, H. Brock Kolls, Michael J. Kline
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Publication number: 20100281833Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of using a combination permanent partial decoration and temporary decoration to mass customize refillable glass vessels. The method comprising: decorating a glass vessel with a permanent partial decoration, receiving the glass vessel at a filling facility, washing the glass vessel in caustic solution to remove presence of a temporary decoration, filling the glass vessel with a product contents, printing the temporary decoration on the glass vessel, distributing the glass vessel to a marketplace for use by a consumer, receiving the consumer used glass vessel at the filling facility, and recycling the glass vessel by returning to the step of washing. Other embodiments include not using the permanent partial decoration and printing the temporary decoration on the glass vessel, wherein at least some of the temporary decoration is printed on top of a background region to increase the luminance qualities of the temporary decoration.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2009Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: THE COCA-COLA COMPANYInventors: Louis Mattos, Jr., Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos
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Patent number: 7753192Abstract: An apparatus for orienting a spheroidal container comprising a spheroidal body and a neck portion and the method for using the same, the apparatus comprising a container feeder, a channel having a longitudinal gap and arranged for receiving the spheroidal containers from the container feeder and operative to orient the spheroidal containers in an upside down orientation with the body supported by the channel and the neck portion extending below the spheroidal body and into the longitudinal gap; and a twister for receiving the spheroidal containers in the upside down orientation and inverting the spheroidal containers. An apparatus for packaging a beverage in a spheroidal container and the method for using the same, comprising the apparatus for orienting a spherical container and further comprising a filler for receiving the spheroidal containers and filling the spheroidal containers with the beverage, and a sealer for sealing the beverage in the spheroidal containers.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: The Coca-Cola CompanyInventors: Nilton Antonio Moreira Mattos, Alexandre Guedes Simões, Paulo Roberto da Silva