Patents by Inventor Xavier Marguerettaz

Xavier Marguerettaz 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).

  • Patent number: 9773220
    Abstract: Master case tracking mesh for data transmission includes a shipping container for holding items to be transported therein. The shipping container may include a central data storage unit configured to receive data transmitted thereto, and a plurality of electronic tags configured to store data of the items, and further configured to transmit data of the items to the central data storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Hubert Blanchard, Giorgio Caset, Xavier Marguerettaz, Xavier Cedric Raemy
  • Publication number: 20160224929
    Abstract: Master case tracking mesh for data transmission includes a shipping container for holding items to be transported therein. The shipping container may include a central data storage unit configured to receive data transmitted thereto, and a plurality of electronic tags configured to store data of the items, and further configured to transmit data of the items to the central data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Hubert BLANCHARD, Giorgio CASET, Xavier MARGUERETTAZ, Xavier Cedric RAEMY
  • Patent number: 9200204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout is life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frederic Gremaud, Aurelien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Patent number: 8740088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout its life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding SA
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frédéric Gremaud, Aurélien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Patent number: 8734679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout its life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Sicpa Holding SA
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frédéric Gremaud, Aurélien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Patent number: 8734678
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout is life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: SICPA Holding SA
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frédéric Gremaud, Aurélien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Publication number: 20130069003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout is life cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Xavier MARGUERETTAZ, Frederic GREMAUD, Aurelien COMMEUREUC, Vickie ABOUTANOS, Thomas TILLER, Olivier ROZUMEK
  • Publication number: 20120273722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout its life cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Xavier MARGUERETTAZ, Frédéric GREMAUD, Aurélien COMMEUREUC, Vickie ABOUTANOS, Thomas TILLER, Olivier ROZUMEK
  • Patent number: 8268623
    Abstract: A method and means for identifying the authenticity and the genuine nature of a solid or liquid bulk material, by incorporating a marking composition containing at least one trace ion into the said bulk material, whereby the total concentration of the incorporated trace ions in the market bulk material is chosen to be lower than the corresponding concentration of the same ions in standard sea water. The authenticity and the genuine nature or the adulteration level of the marked bulk material can be tested in-the-field using electrochemical sensors, and confirmed in the laboratory using a method such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, ion chromatography or mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SICPA Holding SA
    Inventors: Thomas Tiller, Sylvain Jaquier, Xavier Marguerettaz
  • Publication number: 20120061470
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout is life cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frederic Gremaud, Aurelien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Publication number: 20120045839
    Abstract: A method and means for identifying the authenticity and the genuine nature of a solid or liquid bulk material, by incorporating a marking composition containing at least one trace ion into the said bulk material, whereby the total concentration of the incorporated trace ions in the market bulk material is chosen to be lower than the corresponding concentration of the same ions in standard sea water. The authenticity and the genuine nature or the adulteration level of the marked bulk material can be tested in-the-field using electrochemical sensors, and confirmed in the laboratory using a method such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, ion chromatography or mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING SA
    Inventors: Thomas TILLER, Sylvain JAQUIER, Xavier MARGUERETTAZ
  • Patent number: 8071386
    Abstract: A method and means for identifying the authenticity and the genuine nature of a solid or liquid bulk material, by incorporating a marking composition containing at least one trace ion into the said bulk material, whereby the total concentration of the incorporated trace ions in the market bulk material is chosen to be lower than the corresponding concentration of the same ions in standard sea water. The authenticity and the genuine nature or the adulteration level of the marked bulk material can be tested in-the-field using electrochemical sensors, and confirmed in the laboratory using a method such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, ion chromatography or mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: SICPA Holding SA
    Inventors: Thomas Tiller, Sylvain Jaquier, Xavier Marguerettaz
  • Publication number: 20110101088
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a marking of polymeric liquid crystal material having determined optical characteristics allowing its authentication and reading by a machine and its authentication by the human eye. The marking is applied onto an item, good or article by a variable information printing process. The marking is in the form of indicia representing a unique code which allows for an easy authentication by the human eye and a secure tracking and tracing of the marked item, good or article throughout its life cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Frédéric Gremaud, Aurélien Commeureuc, Vickie Aboutanos, Thomas Tiller, Olivier Rozumek
  • Patent number: 7735988
    Abstract: Non-visible ink jet printing ink composition for marking a substrate, having at least one marking compound absorbing light outside the visible wavelength range of about 400-700 nm, and which contains a hydrocarbon compound, having two to six carbon atoms carrying two or three hydroxyl groups, as a non-particulate matting agent, so as to adapt the gloss of the ink-jet printed marking to the gloss of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: SICPA Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Tiller, Xavier Marguerettaz
  • Patent number: 7402614
    Abstract: Re-dispersible pigmented printing ink compositions, preferably for the continuous ink jet printing process are obtained by the addition of a flocculating agent to the pigment dispersion in the printing liquid. The compositions do not form hard sediments and are easy to re-disperse on stopping and resuming the printing operations. Suitable flocculating agents bind the pigment particles in the sediment into three-dimensional “airy” structures, which are easy to break up. The ink compositions of the invention are furthermore characterized by a good printability in the dispersed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: SICPA Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Thomas Tiller, Edgar Muller, Frederic Gremaud, Sylvain Jaquier
  • Publication number: 20070165087
    Abstract: Non-visible ink-jet printing ink composition for marking a substrate, comprising at least one marking compound absorbing light outside the visible wavelength range of about 400-700 nm, and which comprises a hydrocarbon compound, having two to six carbon atoms carrying two or three hydroxyl groups, as a non-particulate matting agent, so as to adapt the gloss of the ink-jet printed marking to the gloss of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: SICPA Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Tiller, Xavier Marguerettaz
  • Publication number: 20060228802
    Abstract: A method and means for identifying the authenticity and the genuine nature of a solid or liquid bulk material, by incorporating a marking composition containing at least one trace ion into the said bulk material, whereby the total concentration of the incorporated trace ions in the market bulk material is chosen to be lower than the corresponding concentration of the same ions in standard sea water. The authenticity and the genuine nature or the adulteration level of the marked bulk material can be tested in-the-field using electrochemical sensors, and confirmed in the laboratory using a method such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, ion chromatography or mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Applicant: SICPA HOLDING S.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Tiller, Sylvain Jaquier, Xavier Marguerettaz
  • Publication number: 20060051494
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method, a device and a system for applying a detectable temporary mark of predefined life time of minutes to hours onto an object (0). The invention also concerns a coating composition comprising a short-lived radioactive isotope and the use of a short-lived radioactive isotope as a temporary marking. The temporary mark is applied to the object (O) by the means of a coating composition (3) comprising a low level of a short-lived radionuclide, generated in situ from a longer-lived precursor nucleus. The marking device comprises a radionuclide generator (1), a reservoir (2) for the in situ preparing the radioactively marked printing ink, and an ink-jet or alike printing or spraying head (8), preferably of the dropon-demand type. The marking is preferably detected and identified by a gamma-radiation counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: SICPA Holding S.A.
    Inventors: Edgar Muller, Thomas Tiller, Xavier Marguerettaz, Myron Seto
  • Publication number: 20040266908
    Abstract: Re-dispersible pigmented printing ink compositions, preferably for the continuous ink jet printing process are obtained by the addition of a flocculating agent to the pigment dispersion in the printing liquid. The compositions do not form hard sediments and are easy to re-disperse on stopping and resuming the printing operations. Suitable flocculating agents bind the pigment particles in the sediment into three-dimensional “airy” structures, which are easy to break up. The ink compositions of the invention are furthermore characterized by a good printability in the dispersed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Xavier Marguerettaz, Thomas Tiller, Edgar Muller, Frederic Gremaud, Sylvain Jaquier