Patents by Inventor Roger P. Smith
Roger P. Smith 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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Publication number: 20160158712Abstract: A beverage package includes a bottle including a base, a sidewall extending from the base, a shoulder extending from the sidewall, and a neck extending from the shoulder and including an interior, an interior surface, and a mouth having an end surface. The beverage package also includes an aerator separate from the bottle, extending across the interior of the bottle neck, and disposed entirely within the interior of the neck and spaced axially from the end surface of the bottle neck, and including an inlet end, an outlet end axially spaced from the inlet end, an outer wall in contact with the interior surface of the bottle neck, and a baffle disposed radially inwardly of the outer wall and axially between the inlet and outlet ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Publication number: 20160153919Abstract: A soda-lime-silica glass container and related methods of manufacturing. A black-strikable glass composition having a base glass portion and a latent colorant portion is prepared. The base glass portion includes soda-lime-silica glass materials and one or more blue colorant materials, and the latent colorant portion includes cuprous oxide (Cu2O), stannous oxide (SnO), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), and carbon (C). Glass containers may be formed from the black-strikable glass composition, and these glass containers may be heated to a temperature greater than 600 degrees Celsius to strike black therein. The glass containers formed from the black-strikable glass composition may be inspected—before or after striking—by infrared inspection equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Carol A. Click, Rebecca Mullen, Stephen Daniel Barton
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Patent number: 9334084Abstract: A product includes a container, and an indicator that is carried inside the container and that exhibits a first visible characteristic, and a second, different visible characteristic when exposed to air.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: 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: 9296641Abstract: A soda-lime-silica glass container and related methods of manufacturing. A black-strikable glass composition having a base glass portion and a latent colorant portion is prepared. The base glass portion includes soda-lime-silica glass materials and one or more blue colorant materials, and the latent colorant portion includes cuprous oxide (Cu2O), stannous oxide (SnO), bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), and carbon (C). Glass containers may be formed from the black-strikable glass composition, and these glass containers may be heated to a temperature greater than 600 degrees Celsius to strike black therein. The glass containers formed from the black-strikable glass composition may be inspected—before or after striking—by infrared inspection equipment.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2012Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Carol A. Click, Rebecca Mullen, Stephen Daniel Barton
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Patent number: 9283526Abstract: A beverage package includes a bottle including a base, a sidewall extending from the base, a shoulder extending from the sidewall, and a neck extending from the shoulder and including an interior, an interior surface, and a mouth having an end surface. The beverage package also includes an aerator separate from the bottle, extending across the interior of the bottle neck, and disposed entirely within the interior of the neck and spaced axially from the end surface of the bottle neck, and including an inlet end, an outlet end axially spaced from the inlet end, an outer wall in contact with the interior surface of the bottle neck, and a baffle disposed radially inwardly of the outer wall and axially between the inlet and outlet ends.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Publication number: 20160039556Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Patent number: 9193494Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20150122838Abstract: An anti-refill product includes a container including a neck with an interior surface, an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component, and a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2015Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Shawn Eric Kellogg, Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: 8955717Abstract: An anti-refill product includes a container including a neck with an interior surface, an anti-refill dispensing fitment positioned in the neck of the container, and including at least one ceramic or glass component, and a bonding material between the container and the component that non-removably secures the fitment to the container and thereby renders the product tamper-evident.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Shawn Eric Kellogg, Roger P. Smith
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Publication number: 20150028110Abstract: An article, for example, a container, having an outer surface, at least a portion of Which is curved, and a data matrix disposed on the curved portion of the outer surface that is optically-readable to provide information associated with the article. The data matrix comprises a plurality of optically-readable elements, one or more of which has a different dimension in a direction of curvature of the outer surface than one or more other of the elements so that the plurality of elements appear to have an expected size and shape when optically viewed in a plane perpendicular to a radial line extending from the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Jessica R. Bryant, Roger P. Smith
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Publication number: 20140263152Abstract: A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Owens-Brookway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Kenneth S. Bloom
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Publication number: 20140263156Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Daniel L. Newsom, Roger P Smith, Jessica R Bryant, Oleg Feygenson, Igor Kachko, Vladimir Vasikyev
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Patent number: 8830076Abstract: A product includes an indicator at least a portion of which is carried by a container and responsive to a change in at least one state of the container to irreversibly modify a visual characteristic visible from outside the container.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Brad Malcolm, Chris Anderson, Phyllis A. Cresswell, Oleg Feygenson, Anatoly Solunin, Igoris Misiucenko
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Publication number: 20130319253Abstract: A beverage package including a bottle including a base, a sidewall extending from the base, a shoulder extending from the sidewall, and a neck extending from the shoulder and including an interior, an interior surface, and a mouth having an end surface. The beverage package also includes an aerator separate from the bottle, extending across the interior of the bottle neck, and disposed entirely within the interior of the neck and spaced axially from the end surface of the bottle neck, and including an inlet end, an outlet end axially spaced from the inlet end, an outer wall in contact with the interior surface of the bottle neck, and a baffle disposed radially inwardly of the outer wall and axially between the inlet and outlet ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: 7534378Abstract: A method of manufacturing and certifying operation of a system for producing plastic containers using equipment having at least one controllable action that affects quality of containers produced by the equipment includes inspecting raw materials for parameters that affect manufacturability and acceptability of containers produced from such materials, monitoring operation of the equipment including the at least one controllable action, inspecting containers produced by the equipment for variations that affect acceptability of the containers, automatically controlling operation of the equipment to eliminate variations in response to information obtained during the inspecting and monitoring steps, and certifying acceptability of containers produced by the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: May 19, 2009Assignee: Rexam Prescription Products Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: 7357967Abstract: A method of making an identifiable article such as a container or container preform. A molded plastic container or container preform is provided that includes a wall having at least one layer of matrix resin and at least one layer of barrier resin that is blended with an additive. The wall has at least one localized portion of predetermined geometry in which the barrier layer is thicker than surrounding portions of the wall, and within which the additive is discernable under visible or UV light so as to provide a means to prevent use of counterfeit containers.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Owens-Illinois Prescription Products Inc.Inventors: Louis S. Osika, Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: D696115Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: D723923Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: D724947Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith
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Patent number: D740119Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventor: Roger P. Smith