Patents by Inventor Grace Naguit Mercado

Grace Naguit Mercado 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).

  • Patent number: 11661252
    Abstract: A closure for a container is described where the container has an open end and a closed end, the closure engaging the open end of the container, wherein the closure comprises: a collar engaging the container; a lid connected to the collar by at least one hinge; wherein to facilitate engagement the collar extends over and surrounds the open end of the container such that an inner surface impinges on, or is immediately adjacent to, an outer surface of the open end of the container; wherein a plurality of beads extend outwardly from the inner surface of the collar to fixedly hold the collar in engagement with the container, wherein said beads are located substantially uniformly relative to each other and occupy less than 50% of the inner surface of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Grace Naguit Mercado, Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld
  • Publication number: 20200391915
    Abstract: A closure for a container is described where the container has an open end and a closed end, the closure being configured to engage the open end of the container, wherein the closure comprises: a collar configured to engage the container; a lid connected to the collar by at least one hinge; wherein to facilitate engagement the collar is configured to extend over and surround the open end of the container such that an inner surface impinges on, or is immediately adjacent to, an outer surface of the open end of the container; characterised in that a plurality of beads extend outwardly from the inner surface of the collar to fixedly hold the collar in engagement with the container, wherein said beads are located substantially uniformly relative to each other and occupy less than 50% of the inner surface of the collar. A container is also described in which is provided with a docking on an inner wall of the collar suitable for releasably suspending a scoop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: MJN U.S. Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie DEFOIS, Grace Naguit MERCADO, Christianus Petrus Johannes VAN LANKVELD
  • Patent number: D904905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION COMPANY
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Grace Naguit Mercado, Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld
  • Patent number: D927302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION COMPANY
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Grace Naguit Mercado, Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld
  • Patent number: D940560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION COMPANY
    Inventors: Sophie Claude Marie Defois, Grace Naguit Mercado, Christianus Petrus Johannes Van Lankveld