Patents by Inventor Gerhard Schuler

Gerhard Schuler 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).

  • Marking element
    Patent number: 6347906
    Abstract: An approximately cuboidal or frustopyramidal, partially hollow marking element has a flat bottom plate and a main body which is stiffened by ribs and which is connected at two mutually opposite sides to preferably reflecting bars. The marking element comprises only the bars and the main body which is integral with the bottom plate and in the interior of which a plurality of ribs extend normal to the bars. At most one rib extends parallel to the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: D. Swarovski & Co.
    Inventor: Gerhard Schuler
  • MARKING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20020003987
    Abstract: An approximately cuboidal or frustopyramidal, partially hollow marking element provided with a flat bottom plate, with a main body which is stiffened by ribs and which is connected at two mutually opposite sides to preferably reflecting bars, wherein the marking element only comprises the bars (1) and the main body (2) which is integral with the bottom plate (3) and in the interior of which a plurality of ribs (5) extend normal to the bars (1) but on the other hand at most one rib (4) extends parallel to the bars (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 1999
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventor: GERHARD SCHULER