Patents by Inventor James Leigh Zorab

James Leigh Zorab 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).

  • Remote authentication system
    Patent number: 7684652
    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating a plurality of items each of which has a respective readable validation reference, in which information is read from the validation references, one or more items of the items is identified based on information read by the reading means, and the information is verified by comparison with stored data relating to location, origin or ownership of the one or more items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Ascent Group
    Inventors: James Leigh Zorab, Michael Jacobs
  • Remote Authentication System
    Publication number: 20080156874
    Abstract: A system and method for authenticating a plurality of items each of which has a respective readable validation reference, in which information is read from the validation references, one or more items of the items is identified based on information read by the reading means, and the information is verified by comparison with stored data relating to location, origin or ownership of the one or more items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: James Leigh Zorab, Michael Jacobs
  • Remote authentication system
    Patent number: 7277601
    Abstract: An authentication and/or tracking system for identifying, tracking, authenticating and/or otherwise checking the legitimacy of one or more items which include a coded identity tag or mark, the system comprising identification means for reading said coded identity tag or mark and identifying said one or more items, storage means for storing information relating to the location, whether actual or intended, origin and/or ownership of said one or more items, and means for displaying or otherwise providing or verifying said information relating to an item when its identity tag or mark has been read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: The Ascent Group Limited
    Inventors: James Leigh Zorab, Michael Jacobs
  • Remote authentication system
    Publication number: 20030177095
    Abstract: An authentication and/or tracking system for identifying, tracking, authenticating and/or otherwise checking the legitimacy of one or more items which include a coded identity tag or mark, the system comprising identification means for reading said coded identity tag or mark and identifying said one or more items, storage means for storing information relating to the location, whether actual or intended, origin and/or ownership of said one or more items, and means for displaying or otherwise providing or verifying said information relating to an item when its identity tag or mark has been read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: James Leigh Zorab, Michael Jacobs