Patents by Inventor Jessica R Bryant
Jessica R Bryant 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).
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Patent number: 11279532Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
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Patent number: 10810394Abstract: A system and method for use in authenticating one or both of a container and a product packaged therein. The method comprises obtaining images of each of two codes carried by a container system comprising the container. The method further comprises determining, for each image, a contrast ratio between one or more elements of the code in the image and the background of the code. The method still further comprises determining the authenticity of one or both of the container and the product packaged therein based at least in part on the contrast ratios for each image, and therefore, each code.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant
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Publication number: 20200285825Abstract: A system and method for use in authenticating one or both of a container and a product packaged therein. The method comprises obtaining images of each of two codes carried by a container system comprising the container. The method further comprises determining, for each image, a contrast ratio between one or more elements of the code in the image and the background of the code. The method still further comprises determining the authenticity of one or both of the container and the product packaged therein based at least n part on the contrast ratios for each image, and therefore, each code.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2019Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant
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Patent number: 10351301Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop. The container may include a wall and the medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 10040603Abstract: A product includes a container, and an indicator carried inside the container, and including an air-reactive material and a protective material on the air-reactive material, and having a first visible characteristic with the protective material, and a second visible characteristic when exposed to air without the protective material. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Conatiner Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Whitton, Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Diana Darvish, Anatoly Solunin, Nikolay Taratin
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Publication number: 20180186526Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2018Publication date: July 5, 2018Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
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Publication number: 20180162596Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 9994360Abstract: A product includes a bottle, and an indicator that is carried in a relief in an interior surface of at least one of a shoulder of the bottle or a neck of the bottle, and that is adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the bottle to indicate to a user that the product has been used. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Whitton, Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Diana Darvish, Anatoly Solunin, Nikolay Taratin
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Patent number: 9963269Abstract: A package for multi-instance photosensitive authentication includes a container, and a photochromic material non-removably carried by the container and irreversibly changeable upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The package also includes a UV protector carried over the photochromic material to protect the photochromic material from premature exposure to the UV light, and having multiple portions that are removable to expose multiple portions of the photochromic material to UV light and are irreplaceable once removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Jessica R. Bryant, Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: 9938058Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
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Patent number: 9919840Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 9815593Abstract: A package includes a container, a flowable product dispensably disposed within the container, a closure carried by the container, and an indicator within the container and adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the container to indicate to a user that the package has been used, wherein the closure includes a closure member carrying the indicator and having a wedge opening, and a wedge member carried in the wedge opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Whitton, Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Diana Darvish, Anatoly Solunin, Nikolay Taratin
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Patent number: 9637271Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20160376052Abstract: A bottle comprising a neck that includes a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, a neck finish, and a radially-facing interior surface. The neck further includes one or more internal projections projecting in a radially-inwardly direction from the interior surface of the neck and axially overlapping at least a portion of the neck finish.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Douglas Laib, Raul M. Paredes, Megan Herman, Karl A. Reisig, Brian J. Chisholm, Jessica R. Bryant
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Publication number: 20160340082Abstract: A package for multi-instance photosensitive authentication includes a container, and a photochromic material non-removably carried by the container and irreversibly changeable upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. The package also includes a UV protector carried over the photochromic material to protect the photochromic material from premature exposure to the UV light, and having multiple portions that are removable to expose multiple portions of the photochromic material to UV light and are irreplaceable once removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Jessica R. Bryant, Roger P. Smith
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Publication number: 20160311576Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20160251129Abstract: A product includes a container, a photosensitive material carried by the container and responsive to ultraviolet light, and a UV protector carried by the container to protect the photosensitive material from exposure to UV light. A method of producing a food or beverage container includes applying a photochromic material to a food or beverage container that is responsive to ultraviolet (UV) light so as to darken upon exposure thereto, and protecting at least a portion of the photochromic material from exposure to UV light.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Chris D. Anderson, Scott Cooper, Terence J. Clark, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin
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Patent number: 9409682Abstract: A product includes a container including a neck, and a ring non-removably secured to the neck of the container. The ring may be used to non-removably couple a fitment to the container and/or may be adapted irreversibly to change a characteristic of the ring that is visible from outside of the container to advise a user that the package has been opened.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Daniel L. Newsom, Roger P Smith, Jessica R Bryant, Oleg Feygenson, Igor Kachko, Vladimir Vasikyev
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Publication number: 20160221718Abstract: A product includes a bottle, and an indicator that is carried in a relief in an interior surface of at least one of a shoulder of the bottle or a neck of the bottle, and that is adapted, upon contact with air, irreversibly to change a characteristic of the indicator that is visible from outside of the bottle to indicate to a user that the product has been used. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Whitton, Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Diana Darvish, Anatoly Solunin, Nikolay Taratin
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Publication number: 20160221719Abstract: A product includes a container, and an indicator carried inside the container, and including an air-reactive material and a protective material on the air-reactive material, and having a first visible characteristic with the protective material, and a second visible characteristic when exposed to air without the protective material. A package including the product, and a method for making the package are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Inventors: Michael J. Whitton, Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Diana Darvish, Anatoly Solunin, Nikolay Taratin