Patents by Inventor Mark Robert Fowkes

Mark Robert Fowkes 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).

  • VERIFICATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20100145867
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of verifying the authenticity of a product. The method comprises receiving an identification code associated with said product, and receiving at least one data item, the or each data item relating to a respective characteristic of said product. Said identification code is processed to determine at least one characteristic associated with said identification code; and output data indicating the authenticity of said product is generated by processing said at least one data item relating to a characteristic of said product and said at least one characteristic associated with said identification code.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Robert Fowkes, James Christopher Butcher
  • PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20090083848
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for printing a data item. The method comprises receiving at a printer a first component of said data item from an external data source; generating a second component of said data item at said printer; and printing said data item by printing said first and second components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Lawlor, Steven David Spencer, Mark Robert Fowkes, James Christopher Butcher