Patents by Inventor Kevin Heilman

Kevin Heilman 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: 20240093050
    Abstract: A UV curable inkjet ink containing covert or overt ultraviolet or infrared reactive material. The ultraviolet or infrared reactive materials are processed in acrylate monomer or combination of acrylate monomer and acrylate oligomer media, along with photoinitiators and surfactants to produce an inkjet ink for printing on non-porous substrates such as plastic, glass, ceramic or metal with high adhesion, scratch and chemical resistance and providing a security feature responsive to ultraviolet or infrared radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaorong Cai, Malissa Marie Wolfe, Kevin Heilman, Michael R. Riley
  • Publication number: 20070231725
    Abstract: A toner for printing documents that are difficult to chemically or physically forge and that are readily easy to visually verify and methods of using and forming the toner are disclosed. The toner includes a colorant for printing an image on a surface of a document, a fluorescent pigment that under normal lighting is masked by the colorant but creates a visible image on the first surface of the a substrate when irradiated by black or ultra-violet light, and a dye for forming a latent version of the image underneath a surface of a substrate. An image formed using the toner of the invention is readily verified by comparing the colorant-formed image and the dye-formed image. In addition, if a solvent is used in an attempt to alter the printed image on the substrate, the dye migrates or diffuses to indicate tampering with the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Applicant: Troy Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Riley, Kevin Heilman, Carrie Gilson, Linda Barnum, Bruce Littleton
  • Publication number: 20050282077
    Abstract: A toner for printing documents that are difficult to chemically or physically forge and that are readily easy to visually verify and methods of using and forming the toner are disclosed. The toner includes a colorant for printing an image on a surface of a document and a dye for forming a latent version of the image underneath a surface of a substrate. An image formed using the toner of the invention is readily verified by comparing the colorant-formed image and the dye-formed image. In addition, if a solvent is used in an attempt to alter the printed image on the substrate, the dye migrates or diffuses to indicate tampering with the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Riley, Kevin Heilman
  • Publication number: 20050058921
    Abstract: A system and a method for printing a secure document that is difficult to forge and readily easy to visually verify are disclosed. The system includes a colorant for printing an image on a surface of a document, a dye for forming a latent version of the image underneath the surface, a substrate, and a migration agent for facilitating the migration of the dye through at least a portion of the substrate. The migration agent may be coated onto a portion of the substrate or embedded within the substrate. An ink may serve as the migration agent, in which case, the ink contains a solute for the dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Kevin Heilman, Michael Riley
  • Patent number: 6810373
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for modeling using a hardware-software software co-verification environment is provided. An instruction set simulator is coupled to a simulator circuit to determine if the hardware design is correct. Specifically, the instruction set simulator acts as a “master” to the simulator circuit, thus providing a faster simulation environment. The simulator circuit contains a bus functional model, a hardware model, transfer memory, and the hardware design to be tested. The hardware model is designed to emulate a micro-controller. By disabling a processor within the hardware model, the speed of the simulation is restricted only by the speed of the instruction set simulator or the hardware design. Furthermore, the hardware design may be uncoupled from the simulator circuit in order to initialize the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Synopsis, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Harmon, Michael Butts, Gordon Battaile, Kevin Heilman, Levent Caglar, Raju Marchala, Larry Carner, Kamal Varma