Patents by Inventor Arnoldus J M Van Der Stappen

Arnoldus J M Van Der Stappen 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a record carrier as well as such a record carrier
    Patent number: 7023785
    Abstract: A record carrier, and method for manufacturing such record carrier, which can be copies with the aid of a copying apparatus, while the copied record carrier is unreadable. During copying with the aid of the copying apparatus, merge bits are selected such that consecutive channel bits or a first type, the type “1”, are separated by at least Ia and at most Ib consecutive and continuous bits of the second type, the type “0”, and vice versa. The original record carrier, at least over a number of neighboring blocks of channel bits, is provided with specific blocks of merge bits, while consecutive channel bits of one type are separated by Ic or Id consecutive bits of the other type, with Ic<Ia and Id>Ib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Singulus Mastering B.V.
    Inventor: Arnoldus J M Van Der Stappen
  • Method for manufacturing a record carrier as well as such a record carrier
    Publication number: 20040057367
    Abstract: A record carrier, and method for manufacturing such record carrier, which can be copies with the aid of a copying apparatus, while the copied record carrier is unreadable. During copying with the aid of the copying apparatus, merge bits are selected such that consecutive channel bits or a first type, the type “1”, are separated by at least Ia and at most Ib consecutive and continuous bits of the second type, the type “0”, and vice versa. The original record carrier, at least over a number of neighboring blocks of channel bits, is provided with specific blocks of merge bits, while consecutive channel bits of one type are separated by Ic or Id consecutive bits of the other type, with Ic<Ia and Id<Ib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventor: Arnoldus J M Van Der Stappen