Patents by Inventor Benjamin TIXIER

Benjamin TIXIER 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 fabricating a metal decoration on a dial and dial obtained by this method
    Patent number: 12072632
    Abstract: A method for fabricating metal decorations on a domed dial made of insulating material, wherein the method includes the steps of forming a photosensitive resin mould by a UV LIGA type process, and electrodepositing a layer of at least one metal starting from the conductive layer to form a block, which substantially reaches the upper surface of the photosensitive resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Elias Laforge, Alexandre Haemmerli, Benjamin Tixier, Pascal Grossenbacher, Pierry Vuille
  • External element or timepiece dial made of non-conductive material
    Patent number: 11577544
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an external element or a timepiece dial from non-conductive material, by performing or repeating a basic cycle of making a base from a non-conductive, or ceramic, or glass. or sapphire substrate; dry coating the base with a first sacrificial protective metal layer; etching a decoration with an ultrashort pulse laser to a depth at least equal to the local thickness of the first layer; dry coating the decoration and the remaining part of the first layer with a second metal and/or coloured decorative treatment layer; chemically removing each first layer; and before or after chemical removal of each first layer, mechanically levelling on the upper level of the base the compound thus formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Rubattel & Weyermann S.A.
    Inventors: Mehdy Larriere, Benjamin Tixier
  • EXTERNAL ELEMENT OR TIMEPIECE DIAL MADE OF NON-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20190302697
    Abstract: A method for fabricating an external element or a timepiece dial from non-conductive material, by performing or repeating a basic cycle of making a base from a non-conductive, or ceramic, or glass. or sapphire substrate; dry coating the base with a first sacrificial protective metal layer; etching a decoration with an ultrashort pulse laser to a depth at least equal to the local thickness of the first layer; dry coating the decoration and the remaining part of the first layer with a second metal and/or coloured decorative treatment layer; chemically removing each first layer; and before or after chemical removal of each first layer, mechanically levelling on the upper level of the base the compound thus formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Rubattel & Weyermann S.A.
    Inventors: Mehdy LARRIERE, Benjamin TIXIER
  • METHOD FOR FABRICATING A METAL DECORATION ON A DIAL AND DIAL OBTAINED BY THIS METHOD
    Publication number: 20190278182
    Abstract: A method for fabricating metal decorations on a domed dial made of insulating material, wherein the method includes the steps of forming a photosensitive resin mould by a UV LIGA type process, and electrodepositing a layer of at least one metal starting from the conductive layer to form a block, which substantially reaches the upper surface of the photosensitive resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Elias LAFORGE, Alexandre HAEMMERLI, Benjamin TIXIER, Pascal GROSSENBACHER, Pierry VUILLE