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Articles having invertible lettering thereon

Assignee: UG Licensing Services Inc
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Filing: 1983-12-19
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Granted: 1986-03-11
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Expires: 2003-12-19
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Abstract

Abstract An article (e.g., a tire, a package, a label) having upon a surface thereof one or more identifying words composed of a plurality of letters chosen from an alphabet of distinctive letters. The letters, when uninverted, are readily distinguishable from one another upon comparison of the characteristic features of one letter with those of the remaining letters in the alphabet. In the particular embodiment illustrated, twenty-four of the twenty-six letters in the alphabet are invertible and form, when inverted, either the same letters or other letters of the alphabet. This allows uninverted words or groups of words to be selectively composed from the letters, which words, when inverted, form either the same words as or different words from the uninverted words.

Inventors

  • 👤 Pierre J. Augier

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 18:31
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60C; B60C13/00; B60C13/001; G; G09; G09F; G09F21/00; G09F21/04; G09F21/043; G09F3/00; G09F23/00; G09F2023/0016

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
An article bearing upon the material thereof one or more identifying words composed of a plurality of letters chosen from an alphabet comprising twenty-six distinctive letters wherein: a. said twenty-six distinctive letters have substantially the configuration shown in FIG. 3 hereof; b. twnety-four of said twenty-six distinctive letters are invertible and each of said twenty-four letters form, when inverted, either the same letter as before that letter was inverted or another letter from said alphabet so that uninverted words may be selectively composed of said twenty-four letters, and said words when inverted, can form either the same words or different words from the uninverted words; and c. said twenty-six distinctive letters, when univerted, are readily distinguishable from one another upon comparison of the characteristic features of each of the twenty-six distinctive letters.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
An article bearing upon the material thereof one or more identifying words composed of a plurality of letters chosen from an alphabet comprising twenty-six distinctive letters wherein: a. said twenty-six distinctive letters have substantially the configuration shown in FIG. 3 hereof; b. twnety-four of said twenty-six distinctive letters are invertible and each of said twenty-four letters form, when inverted, either the same letter as before that letter was inverted or another letter from said alphabet so that uninverted words may be selectively composed of said twenty-four letters, and said words when inverted, can form either the same words or different words from the uninverted words; and c. said twenty-six distinctive letters, when univerted, are readily distinguishable from one another upon comparison of the characteristic features of each of the twenty-six distinctive letters.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US3611291A Cited
US3709525A Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1989-03-10 1989-09-09 1990-03-11 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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