Patents by Inventor Adel Frad

Adel Frad 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).

  • Internet community based counterfeit and grey market combating method
    Patent number: 8413885
    Abstract: A method for combating counterfeiting and gray market is provided, the method including the steps of accessing a web platform comprising a network-connected server on which software that provides functionalities for the method executes, generating a unique identifier (“UID”) for every product unit being produced by a manufacturer, saving the UID in a database that is part of the web platform, communicating the UID to the manufacturer, associating the UID with a product unit such that the UID is hidden; verifying the authenticity of the UID, and, sending a message from the web platform indicating whether or not the verified UID is authentic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Inventors: Adel Frad, Marco Lallemand, Senthilkumar Vellaichamy
  • INTERNET COMMUNITY BASED COUNTERFEIT AND GREY MARKET COMBATING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120205439
    Abstract: A method for combating counterfeiting and gray market is provided, the method including the steps of accessing a web platform comprising a network-connected server on which software that provides functionalities for the method executes, generating a unique identifier (“UID”) for every product unit being produced by a manufacturer, saving the UID in a database that is part of the web platform, communicating the UID to the manufacturer, associating the UID with a product unit such that the UID is hidden; verifying the authenticity of the UID, and, sending a message from the web platform indicating whether or not the verified UID is authentic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Adel Frad, Marco Lallemand, Senthilkumar Vellaichamy