Patents by Inventor Paul Hubbard Ford

Paul Hubbard Ford 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).

  • Encoding information in chemical concentrations
    Patent number: 10837924
    Abstract: A method of extracting information encoded in a product includes: determining a concentration of a non-functional amount of a chemical in a product, where the concentration corresponds to one of a plurality of possible concentration ranges, where each of the plurality of possible concentration ranges indicates different non-composition manufacturing information about the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Howard Mazurkiewicz, Paul Hubbard Ford, Troy A Farrar, Jon R Hall
  • ENCODING INFORMATION IN CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS
    Publication number: 20190219526
    Abstract: A method of extracting information encoded in a product includes: determining a concentration of a non-functional amount of a chemical in a product, where the concentration corresponds to one of a plurality of possible concentration ranges, where each of the plurality of possible concentration ranges indicates different non-composition manufacturing information about the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: PAUL HOWARD MAZURKIEWICZ, PAUL HUBBARD FORD, TROY A. FARRAR, JON R HALL
  • Determining the geographic origin of metals
    Patent number: 9625436
    Abstract: A method of determining the geographic origin of a metal can comprise measuring a first isotope and a second isotope of the metal by high-resolution mass spectrometry; calculating a ratio of the first isotope and the second isotope; comparing the ratio to native ratios of isotopes of the metal of native samples from a plurality of geographic locations using a database; and matching the ratio to a geographic location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Howard Mazurkiewicz, Paul Hubbard Ford, Troy A. Farrar
  • DETERMINING THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF METALS
    Publication number: 20140324347
    Abstract: A method of determining the geographic origin of a metal can comprise measuring a first isotope and a second isotope of the metal by high-resolution mass spectrometry; calculating a ratio of the first isotope and the second isotope; comparing the ratio to native ratios of isotopes of the metal of native samples from a plurality of geographic locations using a database; and matching the ratio to a geographic location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Howard Mazurkiewicz, Paul Hubbard Ford, Troy A. Farrar