Patents by Inventor Eric Roach

Eric Roach 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).

  • Permanent marking of molded rubber products
    Patent number: 9545767
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a method for imparting a unique identifier to a molded polymeric article. The method includes providing a label comprising indicia having a thickness effective for embossing the polymeric article during molding and a melting point greater than the melting point of the molded polymeric article. The method also includes attaching the label to the article prior to vulcanization. The method further includes vulcanizing the article so that indicia emboss the molded polymeric article by forming indentations in the molded polymeric article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Computype, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Roach, Peter C. Baker
  • CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20110095082
    Abstract: An authentication method includes determining that a unique overt identifier is associated with a product; detecting that a random covert identifier is associated with the product, wherein the covert identifier includes at least one taggant particle, the unique overt identifier is combined with the random covert identifier, and the unique overt identifier is not a function of the random covert identifier; and comparing the unique overt identifier and the random covert identifier respectively to a unique overt number and a random covert number stored in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: Computype, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Baker, Eric Roach
  • Configuration system and method
    Patent number: 7871000
    Abstract: An authentication method includes determining that a unique overt identifier is associated with a product; detecting that a random covert identifier is associated with the product, wherein the covert identifier includes at least one taggant particle, the unique overt identifier is combined with the random covert identifier, and the unique overt identifier is not a function of the random covert identifier; and comparing the unique overt identifier and the random covert identifier respectively to a unique overt number and a random covert number stored in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Computype, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Baker, Eric Roach
  • Configuration system and method
    Patent number: 7469828
    Abstract: An authentication method includes reading a covert identifier associated with a product, reading an overt identifier associated with the product, and matching a covert identifier with an overt identifier to authenticate the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Computype, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Baker, Eric Roach
  • CONFIGURATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20080244701
    Abstract: An authentication method includes determining that a unique overt identifier is associated with a product; detecting that a random covert identifier is associated with the product, wherein the covert identifier includes at least one taggant particle, the unique overt identifier is combined with the random covert identifier, and the unique overt identifier is not a function of the random covert identifier; and comparing the unique overt identifier and the random covert identifier respectively to a unique overt number and a random covert number stored in a database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Computype, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Baker, Eric Roach
  • Configuration system and method
    Publication number: 20060261158
    Abstract: An authentication method includes reading a covert identifier associated with a product, reading an overt identifier associated with the product, and matching a covert identifier with an overt identifier to authenticate the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Baker, Eric Roach
  • Permanent marking of molded rubber products
    Publication number: 20060162846
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a method for imparting a unique identifier to a molded polymeric article. The method includes providing a label comprising indicia having a thickness effective for embossing the polymeric article during molding and a melting point greater than the melting point of the molded polymeric article. The method also includes attaching the label to the article prior to vulcanization. The method further includes vulcanizing the article so that indicia emboss the molded polymeric article by forming indentations in the molded polymeric article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Eric Roach, Peter Baker