Patents by Inventor Tom Ceulemans

Tom Ceulemans 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).

  • Device and kit for visualizing a cutting regime of a diamond, and a method for determining a cutting regime
    Patent number: 7487870
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for visualising a cutting regime of a rough diamond comprising: (a) a solid, translucent substance into which three dimensional images are marked, said markings indicating: (i) the outer surface of the original rough diamond, (ii) optionally, the internal defects of the rough diamond, said markings indicating the position and shape of said defects with respect of the rough diamond,(iii) optionally, the outer surface of one or more cut diamonds, said markings indicating the position and shape of said cut diamonds with respect of the rough diamond, and (b) solid, physical representations of one or more diamonds indicated by the markings of item (iii), and/or solid, physical representation of the rough diamond, corresponding to the markings of item (i), and/or one or more actual cut diamonds indicated by the markings of item (iii). The present invention further relates to a computer readable medium comprising data regarding the cut stone and the original rough diamond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Inventor: Tom Ceulemans
  • DEVICE AND KIT FOR VISUALIZING A CUTTING REGIME OF A DIAMOND, AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CUTTING REGIME
    Publication number: 20070186918
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for visualising a cutting regime of a rough diamond comprising: (a) a solid, translucent substance into which three dimensional images are marked, said markings indicating: (i) the outer surface of the original rough diamond, (ii) optionally, the internal defects of the rough diamond, said markings indicating the position and shape of said defects with respect of the rough diamond,(iii) optionally, the outer surface of one or more cut diamonds, said markings indicating the position and shape of said cut diamonds with respect of the rough diamond, and (b) solid, physical representations of one or more diamonds indicated by the markings of item (iii), and/or solid, physical representation of the rough diamond, corresponding to the markings of item (i), and/or one or more actual cut diamonds indicated by the markings of item (iii).The present invention further relates to a computer readable medium comprising data regarding the cut stone and the original rough diamond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventor: Tom Ceulemans