Patents by Inventor Andrea Victoria Firth

Andrea Victoria Firth 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: 10414194
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of Canada
    Inventors: Andrea Victoria Firth, Steven Paul McGarry, Alasdair Patrick Rankin
  • Patent number: 10166809
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Bank of Canada
    Inventors: Andrea Victoria Firth, Steven Paul McGarry, Alasdair Patrick Rankin
  • Publication number: 20160280000
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Andrea Victoria FIRTH, Steven Paul MCGARRY, Alasdair Patrick RANKIN
  • Publication number: 20160258114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Andrea Victoria Firth, Steven Paul Mcgarry, Alasdair Patrick Rankin
  • Publication number: 20160257160
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are devices that change their appearance and/or physical properties when under an external influence, and methods for their production and use. Such devices may be used as features of any type of items, documents, billboards, posters, display devices, advertisements and other items etc. and may be adapted to include decipherable content. Such devices also afford new techniques for a user to check quickly and easily whether the item is a legitimate or a counterfeit copy, either by hand-manipulation of the device, or with the assistance of an additional screening tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Andrea Victoria Firth, Steven Paul Mcgarry, Alasdair Patrick Rankin