Patents by Inventor Brian Mentz

Brian Mentz 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).

  • Holographic digital watermark
    Patent number: 7551750
    Abstract: A digital watermark which is incorporated, perceptibly or imperceptibly, into a diffractive device such as a hologram. When applied to protect and/or authenticate a document of value or a product, the device provides an increased degree of overt and covert security, and permits tracking of the sale, use or other parameters associated with the product and/or document of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
    Inventors: Sal D'Amato, Brian Mentz, George Karcich
  • Continually variable demetallization of metallized films and similar objects
    Patent number: 7525705
    Abstract: A method of generating a variable demetallized pattern in a holographic web and a security device using such method. A holographic microstructure pattern is imparted to an oligomer disposed on a surface of a substrate. A metal layer, such as aluminum, is deposited to the holographic microstructure pattern of the substrate and then covered with a variable resist pattern. The variable demetallized pattern in the holographic web is then generated by removing the metal layer not covered by said variable resist pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
    Inventors: William C. Morwald, Brian Mentz
  • Continually variable dementalization of metalized films and similar objects
    Publication number: 20060114530
    Abstract: A method of generating a variable demetallized pattern in a holographic web and a security device using such method. A holographic microstructure pattern is imparted to an oligomer disposed on a surface of a substrate. A metal layer, such as aluminum, is deposited to the holographic microstructure pattern of the substrate and then covered with a variable resist pattern. The variable demetallized pattern in the holographic web is then generated by removing the metal layer not covered by said variable resist pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2005
    Publication date: June 1, 2006
    Applicant: AMERICAN BANK NOTE HOLOGRAPHICS, INC.
    Inventors: William Morwald, Brian Mentz
  • Invisible encoded indicia comprised of latent image
    Publication number: 20050094811
    Abstract: A security device and method for visually scrambling a graphic element to provide a scrambled image and imparting the scrambled image to a substrate to form an invisible latent image that can be visualized by rendering the invisible latent image temporarily visible and descrambling the temporarily visible latent image. The device further comprises a decoding device for visualizing the graphic element by rendering the latent image temporarily visible and descrambling the temporarily visible latent image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventor: Brian Mentz
  • Holographic digital watermark
    Publication number: 20030223616
    Abstract: A digital watermark which is incorporated, perceptibly or imperceptibly, into a diffractive device such as a hologram. When applied to protect and/or authenticate a document of value or a product, the device provides an increased degree of overt and covert security, and permits tracking of the sale, use or other parameters associated with the product and/or document of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Sal D'Amato, Brian Mentz, George Karcich