Patents by Inventor Benjamin William Bootle

Benjamin William Bootle 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 AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ITEMS
    Publication number: 20120242460
    Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying items are disclosed. One such method comprises the steps of: subjecting at least a portion of the item to a predefined activating condition (610); determining the location of at least one taggant associated with the item by detecting a response to the predefined activating condition (620); retrieving data from the at least one taggant using the determined location (630); and processing the data to uniquely identify the item (640). The at least one taggant is adapted to be substantially imperceptible by a human being in the absence of the predefined activating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: DataDot Technology Limited
    Inventors: Gerhard Frederick Swiegers, Benjamin William Bootle, Geoffrey Michael George