Patents by Inventor Alain Favier

Alain Favier 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: 11859412
    Abstract: There is disclosed a high Gauss magnetic lock comprising at least one high grade steel ball-bearing but typically 3 or 4 ball bearings, one generally non-ferrous ball basket that will carry and hold in a specific position the ball-bearing(s), at least one non-ferrous spring, one ferrous calibrating high precision element, and one generally non-ferrous and conical ball cage where the ball basket will evolve up and down pushed by the spring and pulled down by a magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: All-Tag Corporation
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20210285263
    Abstract: There is disclosed a high Gauss magnetic lock comprising at least one high grade steel ball-bearing but typically 3 or 4 ball bearings, one generally non-ferrous ball basket that will carry and hold in a specific position the ball-bearing(s), at least one non-ferrous spring, one ferrous calibrating high precision element, and one generally non-ferrous and conical ball cage where the ball basket will evolve up and down pushed by the spring and pulled down by a magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Applicant: All-Tag Corporation
    Inventor: Alain FAVIER
  • Patent number: 10930127
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic article surveillance label and a cover label for an electronic article surveillance label for small high value hard goods such as, but no limited to, cosmetics, perfumes, medication, health-care items, DIY accessories and the like. The electronic article surveillance label and cover label include a flexible support having a bottom section with a soft glue area and a top section with a strong glue area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: All-Tag Corporation
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20190244451
    Abstract: A system for managing the unlocking of a device for identifying a commercial item includes at least two elements capable of assuming a locked position in which they enclose the article between them, and an unlocked position. The system includes a device for unlocking the identification device, elements for preventing unlocking, which are activated, and decision elements for deciding whether to deactivate or not deactivate the elements for preventing unlocking. The decision elements are capable of deciding on the basis of the identification or lack of identification of the association of the identification device and the commercial item to which the device is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Alain FAVIER, Tamas LODI
  • Publication number: 20190244501
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electronic article surveillance label and a cover label for an electronic article surveillance label for small high value hard goods such as, but no limited to, cosmetics, perfumes, medication, health-care items, DIY accessories and the like. The electronic article surveillance label and cover label include a flexible support having a bottom section with a soft glue area and a top section with a strong glue area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: All-Tag Corporation
    Inventor: Alain FAVIER
  • Publication number: 20190012632
    Abstract: A device is provided for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), the article being packaged against theft or not. The device (12, 42) includes at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device. The device also includes elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool. The locking elements include a locking mechanism. At least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifies the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Patent number: 10134209
    Abstract: A system for managing the unlocking of a device for identifying a commercial item includes at least two elements capable of assuming a locked position in which they enclose the article between them, and an unlocked position. The system includes a device for unlocking the identification device, elements for preventing unlocking, which are activated, and decision elements for deciding whether to deactivate or not deactivate the elements for preventing unlocking. The decision elements are capable of deciding on the basis of the identification or lack of identification of the association of the identification device and the commercial item to which the device is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventors: Alain Favier, Tamas Lodi
  • Patent number: 10036183
    Abstract: Assembly for protecting a product against theft, includes a first part having a spike intended to pass through the product, and a second part provided in a first zone with an orifice for inserting the spike and locking elements to prevent the spike from being withdrawn after insertion. The second part includes at least one second zone for inserting the spike in a plurality of possible positions, the two parts are assembled with one another and kept in two possible modes of assembly. In a first protection mode, the spike is inserted into the orifice of the second part and the locking elements are activated so that a user cannot separate them without a tool; in a second temporary-assembly mode, the spike is inserted into the second zone and held therein in a temporary-assembly position such that a user can separate the two parts from one another without a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Patent number: 9875456
    Abstract: A device for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), that may or may not be packaged, against theft. The device (12, 42) includes: at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device; elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, the locking elements including a locking mechanism; and at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Patent number: 9702170
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for marking a commercial article, comprising two separable parts: a first part (12) including an axial spike (14), a second part comprising an orifice for axial insertion of the spike and means for locking the spike inserted in said orifice. One of the parts, referred to as the attachment part, comprises an attachment: member (32) that is able to pivot between a first position in which a free end of the member is far away from the attachment part and a second position in which the free end is disposed in a housing (50) of the attachment part. The attachment part is configured so that the free end (32a) of the attachment member is blocked in the housing (50; 108) by the presence of the other part of the device that is locked to the attachment part by way of the spike (14) and its locking means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Patent number: 9568482
    Abstract: Provided are antibodies specific for ZnT8. In particular, provided are monoclonal or polyclonal non-naturally occurring antibodies which specifically recognizes an epitope selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 8, SEQ ID NO. 9 and SEQ ID NO. 10 as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignees: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE, UNIVERSITE JOSEPH FOURIER
    Inventors: Michel Seve, Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20160163233
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for marking a commercial article, comprising two separable parts: a first part (12) including an axial spike (14), a second part comprising an orifice for axial insertion of the spike and means for locking the spike inserted in said orifice. One of the parts, referred to as the attachment part, comprises an attachment: member (32) that is able to pivot between a first position in which a free end of the member is far away from the attachment part and a second position in which the free end is disposed in a housing (50) of the attachment part. The attachment part is configured so that the free end (32a) of the attachment member is blocked in the housing (50; 108) by the presence of the other part of the device that is locked to the attachment part by way of the spike (14) and its locking means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20150187150
    Abstract: A system for managing the unlocking of a device for identifying a commercial item includes at least two elements capable of assuming a locked position in which they enclose the article between them, and an unlocked position. The system includes a device for unlocking the identification device, elements for preventing unlocking, which are activated, and decision elements for deciding whether to deactivate or not deactivate the elements for preventing unlocking. The decision elements are capable of deciding on the basis of the identification or lack of identification of the association of the identification device and the commercial item to which the device is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Alain Favier, Tamas Lodi
  • Publication number: 20150145680
    Abstract: A device for protecting a commercial article which is a physical object (10, 32), that may or may not be packaged, against theft. The device (12, 42) includes: at least one active or passive member that is capable of emitting electromagnetic waves out from the device or receiving electromagnetic waves from outside the device; elements for attaching and locking the device to the physical object or to the packaging of same in a locked position such that a user cannot separate the device from the physical object without an external tool, the locking elements including a locking mechanism; and at least one optically readable code (24) uniquely identifying the physical object to which the device is intended to be attached and which is separate from a commercial article code (EAN, EPC, etc.) assigned to the physical object, as a commercial article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20150002259
    Abstract: A device (1) for magnetically unlocking an assembly (10) for protection against theft of a packaged or unpackaged item includes a housing (3), containing at least one permanent magnet (4, 5, 6), and an unlocking surface (4a) for receiving a protective assembly (10) made up of two portions (14, 30) locked with each other to a packaged or unpackaged item so as to proceed to the magnetic unlocking of both portions (14, 30) of the protective assembly (10). The device (1) is characterized in that it includes, on the unlocking surface (4a), a mechanical stabilization element (50) for stabilizing the protective assembly according to a predetermined orientation. The predetermined orientation enables the magnetic field (B), generated by the at least one permanent magnet (4, 5, 6) in a manner perpendicular to the unlocking surface (4a), to magnetically unlock both portions (14, 30) of the protective assembly (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20140373407
    Abstract: A device for marking an article with a view to identifying same includes an information display area, a medium for storing the information to be displayed (26), a programmable clock (42), an electrical power supply system (44), a selection element (38, 40, 40a, 22b) for selecting information from the storage medium in order to display same in a display area and an element for attaching the device to the article or packaging thereof, wherein the selection element is enabled at one or more moments programmed into the programmable clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventors: Alain Favier, Tamas Lodi
  • Publication number: 20140321900
    Abstract: Assembly for protecting a product against theft, includes a first part having a spike intended to pass through the product, and a second part provided in a first zone with an orifice for inserting the spike and locking elements to prevent the spike from being withdrawn after insertion. The second part includes at least one second zone for inserting the spike in a plurality of possible positions, the two parts are assembled with one another and kept in two possible modes of assembly. In a first protection mode, the spike is inserted into the orifice of the second part and the locking elements are activated so that a user cannot separate them without a tool; in a second temporary-assembly mode, the spike is inserted into the second zone and held therein in a temporary-assembly position such that a user can separate the two parts from one another without a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Patent number: 8733138
    Abstract: An antitheft device (1) to be attached to an item capable of being stolen and including a control portion (2) that is rotatable relative to an attaching portion (3), the attaching portion (3) including an attaching element (4) that is translatably movable with an unlocked position, for placing of the item into the device (1) and for removing same, and wherein the rotation of the control portion (2) relative to the attaching portion (3) translates the attaching element (4), and with a locked position for maintaining the device (1) on the item and wherein the rotation of the control portion (2) relative to the attaching part (3) does not translate the attaching element (4). The control portion (2) includes a transmission mechanism (15) with a controller for the torque applied to the control portion so that the locked position is achieved for a predetermined value of the torque of forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Exaqtworld
    Inventor: Alain Favier
  • Publication number: 20130118043
    Abstract: An assembly for protecting an item against theft, includes a device (10) for marking the item with a view to identifying same, the device including an area (16) for displaying information, a storage medium (26) in which data to be displayed is stored, elements (22, 24) for selecting data from the storage medium (26) to be displayed in the display area (16), wherein the protection assembly includes a member (14) for attaching the assembly to the item to be protected or to the packaging thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventors: Alain Favier, Tamas Lodi
  • Publication number: 20120285206
    Abstract: A theft-prevention unit (10; 50) for an item, includes a first portion (12) having a spike (16) intended for passing through the item or a packaging containing the item and a second portion (30; 52) provided with an opening (32b; 54b) for inserting the spike and also includes a locking element to prevent the retraction of the spike after the insertion thereof. The two portions are assembled together and maintained in assembled position according to two possible assembly modes: in a first prevention mode, the spike of the first portion is inserted in the opening of the second portion and the locking element is activated such that a user cannot separate the portions without using a tool; in a second provisional assembly mode, the two portions are mutually attached by a provisional attachment member such that a user can separate the two portions from one another without using a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: EXAQTWORLD
    Inventor: Alain Favier