PATENT

BY:- RAVI SHANKAR ROLL NO.-17 F.P. TECH(II)

About Rolex.

Rolex SA and its subsidiary Montres Tudor SA design, manufacture, distribute and service high-quality wristwatches sold under the Rolex and Tudor brands. Founded by Hans Wildorf and Alfred Davis in London, England in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis, Rolex moved its base of operations to Geneva, Switzerland in 1919

PATENT

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission

The Rolex Watch Design Patent

This design patent is owned by Rolex, a Swiss Watch Manufacturer known for their highquality and luxury wrist watches. With prices ranging from about $2,000 at cheapest, to $350,000, Rolex brings new meaning to the word luxury. Though its design is not incredibly different than many other watches, it is unique and distinct to the Rolex name - an incredibly valuable property. As a result, this patent was acquired to protect this watch's image, which in some cases is worth up to $350,000.

The Rolex strap Design Patent

STRAP WITH ARTICULATED LINKS Said strap with articulated links, in particular for a watch, comprises at least three adjacent rows of links offset from one adjacent row to another, in which at least one friction surface

ALUMINA-BASED OPAQUE CERAMIC (Patent application no. 20130072373)

The invention relates to an alumina-based opaque ceramic, similar to ruby and having a high toughness. This ceramic comprises, by weight: 0.4% to 5% of at least from one oxide of a metal chosen from chromium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, vanadium, titanium and iron; 0.00080 to 0.5% of magnesium oxide; and 0.05 to 6% of at least one oxide of an element of the group of rare earths. The ceramic is applicable in particular in jewellery, fine jewellery and watch making. The invention also relates to methods of preparing such a ceramic Published:21stmarch,2012