Patents by Inventor Jean-Francois Marquet

Jean-Francois Marquet 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).

  • Publication number: 20090110334
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bag assembly for foods, in particular granular foods, including at least one bag which comprises two main walls joined by two side faces forming a gusset (S1, S2, S) along each side edge of the said main walls, and gripping means for the bag assembly, characterized in that the gripping means are implanted close to a side edge of each bag of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: MARS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Marquet, Michel Colas
  • Patent number: 7494279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bag assembly for foods, in particular granular foods, including at least one bag which comprises two main walls joined by two side faces forming a gusset (S1, S2, S) along each side edge of the said main walls, and gripping means for the bag assembly, characterized in that the gripping means are implanted close to a side edge of each bag of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Mars Incorporated
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Marquet, Michel Colas
  • Publication number: 20040146223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bag assembly for foods, in particular granular foods, including at least one bag which comprises two main walls (11, 12) joined by two side faces forming a gusset (S1, S2, S) along each side edge of the said main walls, and gripping means for the bag assembly, characterized in that the gripping means are implanted close to a side edge of each bag of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Marquet, Michel Colas
  • Publication number: 20040112784
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a packaging comprising the stages consisting in producing a packaging which is open at its upper end and then in sealing the upper part of the packaging along a leaktight sealing line so as to constitute a top band with the upper end of the packaging, characterized in that the method comprises a supplementary stage consisting in folding said top band down towards the bottom of the packaging and in fixing it onto the packaging so as to form a handle. The invention also proposes a packaging produced by such a method, characterized in that it has a folded-down top band forming a handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Colas, Jean-Francois Marquet
  • Publication number: 20040114835
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bag for foodstuffs including a base, and also two principal walls and two lateral flanks extending from said base, these walls and flanks being made from a material of flexible-sheet type, the two walls being, at their end opposite the base, assembled together along an assembling line, the two flanks, at their end opposite the base, being shaped as a gusset. The bag also includes an opening line which extends, in the region shaped as a gusset, of one lateral flank, in the vicinity of one end of the region opposite the base, said region forming a gusset being capable of adopting two positions when the opening line is open. One position corresponds to its position when the bag is closed, the other being one in which the gusset shape is turned out and defines a pouring spout capable of guiding the foodstuffs as far as the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Colas l, Jean-Francois Marquet
  • Patent number: 4321596
    Abstract: A method of aligning videotex characters on the screen of a television set, said characters being arranged in horizontal rows each occupying a number of scanning lines, wherein the vertical dimension of the characters and therefore of the rows may be doubled by repetition of the display of a line in the following line, said method comprising the steps of reading the data of a row during the scanning of the first, not displayed, line of said row and adjusting the alignment of the characters in accordance with the read data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Telediffusion de France
    Inventors: Charles Hernandez, Jean-Francois Marquet
  • Patent number: 4308558
    Abstract: A page selection device for a videotext system in which the incoming data are arranged in blocks comprising a data group following a prefix, some of the blocks having within said group specific codes called page headers, a page comprising the data between a page header and an end of page code, the page to be displayed being transferred to a page memory, said device comprising an input buffer having a capacity of at least one block, in which data are entered as they appear, an additional buffer with a capacity of at least one block, in which the incoming data are only entered if a page header has been detected, a main buffer with a capacity of at least one page, in which the content of the input buffer is transferred when a page header is detected, and means for comparing the page number entered in the additional buffer with the selected number and for controlling, according to whether the comparison is positive or not, either reading of the data entered in the main buffer for transfer to said memory or resett
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: Telediffusion de France
    Inventors: Charles Hernandez, Jean-Francois Marquet