Patents by Inventor Jean-Pierre Graziano Houri

Jean-Pierre Graziano Houri 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: 6962496
    Abstract: Educational/diversionary apparatus is arranged to present a user with various different scents and data thereon in order to aid scent recognition and enable a user to decide upon a combination of scent types which would be desirable to him/her. The apparatus takes the forms of a kit having a number of different scents and data carrying means, such as a CD Rom, which holds data on the nature, geographical origin and/or source of each of the said scents, wherein the data held on the data carrying means includes a map showing a number of geographical regions and cross-referencing means for cross-referencing each region with an associated scent. The selection of a region by the user can thus result in an associated scent being identified and data on that scent being presented to the user. The data on the carrier preferably comprises a computer program having instructions for causing a computer to display an image of the map and to provide means for selecting an area on the map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Quest International Servces B.V.
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Graziano Houri, Shibani Mohindra, Phillipe Durand, Isabelle Pupier Stefanesco
  • Publication number: 20040191750
    Abstract: Educational/diversionary apparatus is arranged to present a user with various different scents and data thereon in order to aid scent recognition and enable a user to decide upon a combination of scent types which would be desirable to him/her. The apparatus takes the forms of a kit having a number of different scents and data carrying means, such as a CD Rom, which holds data on the nature, geographical origin and/or source of each of the said scents, wherein the data held on the data carrying means includes a map showing a number of geographical regions and cross- referencing means for cross-referencing each region with an associated scent. The selection of a region by the user can thus result in an associated scent being identified and data on that scent being presented to the user. The data on the carrier preferably comprises a computer program having instructions for causing a computer to display an image of the map and to provide means for selecting an area on the map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Graziano Houri, Shibani Mohindra, Philippe Durand, Isabelle Pupier Stefanesco