Patents by Inventor Nathan Ehrlich

Nathan Ehrlich 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A THREE DIMENSIONAL STORED VALUE TOKEN THAT CONTAINS MOVABLE CONSUMER GOODS
    Publication number: 20120175417
    Abstract: A method and system provides a stored value token that includes a three dimensional, closed volume which can include a movable cover for allowing access to the closed volume. The closed volume can contain various movable objects such as consumer goods, like plant seeds, edible food stuffs like mints, and/or utilitarian objects that can be used by the consumer such as screws, nails, nuts, bolts, etc. The closed volume can comprise human readable printed media on one side that identifies the volume as a stored value card and that identifies the contents being contained within the closed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Nathan Ehrlich
  • Method and system for providing a three dimensional stored value token that contains movable consumer goods
    Patent number: 8151991
    Abstract: A method and system provides a stored value token that includes a three dimensional, closed volume which can include a movable cover for allowing access to the closed volume. The closed volume can contain various movable objects such as consumer goods, like plant seeds, edible food stuffs like mints, and/or utilitarian objects that can be used by the consumer such as screws, nails, nuts, bolts, etc. The closed volume can comprise human readable printed media on one side that identifies the volume as a stored value card and that identifies the contents being contained within the closed volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Ehrlich
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A THREE DIMENSIONAL STORED VALUE TOKEN THAT CONTAINS MOVABLE CONSUMER GOODS
    Publication number: 20110048979
    Abstract: A method and system provides a stored value token that includes a three dimensional, closed volume which can include a movable cover for allowing access to the closed volume. The closed volume can contain various movable objects such as consumer goods, like plant seeds, edible food stuffs like mints, and/or utilitarian objects that can be used by the consumer such as screws, nails, nuts, bolts, etc. The closed volume can comprise human readable printed media on one side that identifies the volume as a stored value card and that identifies the contents being contained within the closed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Ehrlich
  • Portable radiotelephone unit
    Patent number: D305888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Goldstar Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ernest M. Bevilacqua, Nathan Ehrlich, Anthony D. Franks, Henry G. Grilk, Wen-Jeng Li, Arthur B. Nichols, IV