Patents by Inventor Cyriaque Boccard

Cyriaque Boccard 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).

  • Manufacture of a ceramic component
    Patent number: 11919817
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a ceramic powder with binder includes at least one additional element or compound, the ceramic powder with binder being in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina and/or strontium aluminate, wherein the process includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder with binder by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) and/or by a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and/or by an atomic layer deposition (ALD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Ollivier Pujol
  • Manufacture of a ceramic component
    Patent number: 11905220
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a ceramic component, in particular component containing zirconia and/or alumina, for a timepiece or a jewelry piece, is characterised in that it includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder, optionally bound, by atomic layer deposition (ALD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Ollivier Pujol
  • CERAMIC POWDER FOR TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20220348505
    Abstract: A ceramic powder for a ceramic component, in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina, in particular for a timepiece or jewelry piece. The powder includes at least one noble metal among platinum, rhodium, osmium, palladium, ruthenium and iridium, at a quantity of less than or equal to 5% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Laurent Mincone, Ollivier Pujol
  • PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20210311436
    Abstract: A timepiece or jewelry component comprising a substrate and at least one decoration joined to the substrate, wherein it comprises a transparent coating covering at least one part of the substrate and at least one part of the decoration, the coating changing the perceptible color of the substrate without changing the perceptible color of the at least one decoration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Jérôme Bouchet, Pierre Di Luna
  • Protective Coating For A Complex Watch Component
    Publication number: 20210222297
    Abstract: Provided is a method for protecting a complex watch component against gaseous environment, characterized in that the entire surface of the complex watch component or parts of said surface is/are coated with a protective coating, which is not visible by observation with the naked eye, by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Further provided are a method for obtaining a complex watch component, and a complex watch component comprising a protective ALD coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Xavier Multone, Pierre Di Luna, Alexandra Roulet
  • MANUFACTURE OF A CERAMIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200123064
    Abstract: The method for manufacturing a ceramic component, in particular a ceramic component containing zirconia and/or alumina, for a timepiece or a jewelry piece, is characterised in that it includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder, optionally bound, by atomic layer deposition (ALD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Ollivier Pujol
  • MANUFACTURE OF A CERAMIC COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20200115288
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a ceramic powder with binder includes at least one additional element or compound, the ceramic powder with binder being in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina and/or strontium aluminate, wherein the process includes a step (E3) of depositing at least one additional element or compound on a ceramic powder with binder by a physical vapour deposition (PVD) and/or by a chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and/or by an atomic layer deposition (ALD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Ollivier Pujol
  • Protective Coating For A Complex Watch Component
    Publication number: 20190078209
    Abstract: Provided is a method for protecting a complex watch component against gaseous environment, characterized in that the entire surface of the complex watch component or parts of said surface is/are coated with a protective coating, which is not visible by observation with the naked eye, by atomic layer deposition (ALD). Further provided are a method for obtaining a complex watch component, and a complex watch component comprising a protective ALD coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Xavier Multone, Pierre Di Luna, Alexandra Roulet
  • CERAMIC COMPONENT FOR TIMEPIECE
    Publication number: 20180305260
    Abstract: A ceramic component, in particular based on zirconia and/or alumina, for a timepiece or jewelry piece, comprising at least one noble metal among platinum, rhodium, osmium, palladium, ruthenium and iridium, at a quantity of less than or equal to 5% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: ROLEX SA
    Inventors: Cyriaque Boccard, Laurent Mincone, Ollivier Pujol