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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120024010 | ENHANCING THE OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A GEMSTONE Various embodiments described herein comprise a gemstone or other piece of jewelry, which incorporates one or more diffractive optical elements to enhance the fire displayed by the gemstone. In certain embodiments, the diffractive optical element comprises a diffraction... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120024009 | MULTI-FACETED GEMSTONE FOR MULTI-STONE JEWELRY ITEM A gemstone having a crown which includes a multi-faceted crown surface and planar opposed side facets. The multi-faceted crown surface is arcuate from the front to the back of the crown. The gemstone is mounted to form, along with like gemstones, an article of jewelry h... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120006056 | Gemstone Arrangement A gemstone arrangement that allows ambient light entering a primary gemstone through a pavilion to be directed out a crown at a desired location and angle is described. Ambient light is directed by at least one complementary gemstone comprising a crown and a pavilion. T... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110302959 | Precious stone setting The object of the present invention is a setting for a gemstone or diamond having a groove cut, based on gemstone or diamond shape, which acts as the setting. The groove in the gemstone or diamond is on the side surface or edge or other parameter which surrounds the fac... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110302960 | Gemstone cut shape providing a specific optical pattern A gemstone cut with a table facet, where the gemstone receives existing light from around the viewer and the facets on the bottom of the diamond effectively reflect the existing light back into the eyes of the beholder in such a manner as to maximize light performance, ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110296873 | MULTI-COATED METALLIC ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Provided is a jewelry ring comprising a substrate, a first coating of a metallic nitride or a metallic boride, and an external metallic coating. Also provided is a metallic article comprising a substrate comprising tungsten carbide, cobalt, tungsten, titanium, titanium ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110265514 | METHOD OF CUTTING DIAMONDS In a method of taking a star facet of a diamond and extending its length to the girdle (the outside perimeter) of the diamond, a shield style (obelisk-shaped) facet is produced in rounds and fancy cut diamonds, and on square and off squares it remains a three-sided face... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110252830 | INVISIBLE SETTING FOR GEMSTONES A gemstone comprising:
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| 20110239705 | DECORATIVE JEWEL AND METHOD FOR CUTTING DECORATIVE JEWEL The color stone 1 is formed of a material with a refractive index n of 1.55 to 2.40, and is subjected to round brilliant-cutting. The pavilion angle p and the crown angle c satisfy the correlation of,
| 10/06/2011 |
| 20110219821 | JEWELRY WITH ROTATING ELEMENT THEREIN A jewelry item, piece of jewelry, and ornament having a rotating design element therein. In one illustrative embodiment, a piece of jewelry can include an ornamental element maintained within a housing unit. The housing unit can be made so that the ornamental element ro... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110203315 | JEWELRY PIECE REINFORCED WITH NANO DIAMONDS A jewelry piece is formed with a jewelry body made of epoxy material, defining an outer surface and cast in the shape of a piece of jewelry in the form of a ring, pendant, earring, brooch, bracelet, anklet, necklace, and the like. The epoxy has a material density approx... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110203317 | JEWELRY WITH A GEM INVERTEDLY SET THEREIN A jewelry article with a gem invertedly set therein. A cut gem having a top and a bottom is set into the jewelry article in an inverted position such that the bottom of the cut gem faces out to be viewed when a user wears the jewelry article. The jewelry article may fur... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110146350 | ROUND BRILLIANT CUT GEMSTONE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING THE SAME The invention relates to a gemstone (10) comprises a girdle (13), a crown (11) and a pavilion (12). The crown (11) comprises a table (14), eight star facets (15) surrounding the table (14), eight first half facets ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110146349 | GEMSTONE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING THE SAME The invention relates to a gemstone (10) comprises a girdle (13), a crown (11) and a pavilion (12). The crown has a table (14), ten star facets (15) surrounding the table, ten bezel facets (16) aligned between the star fa... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110072851 | DIAMOND JEWELRY A diamond band made from solid diamond can be worn on a body part. Various pieces of jewelry are made from a diamond such as a plate of chemical vapor deposition formed diamond.... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110056243 | NOVEL JEWELRY PIECE OR ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING A piece or article of jewelry that is made from a metal support including a plate having an upper surface and lower surface with an upstanding peripheral rim on the upper surface that is mounted on the support to be normal to a viewer, and a sealed transparent dome fill... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110030422 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GLASS OR PLASTIC OR CRYSTAL PRODUCT AND GLASS OR PLASTIC OR CRYSTAL PRODUCT MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD The invention relates to a method of manufacturing glass, plastic or crystal products including jewels or noble metals attached thereto and a glass, plastic or crystal product including jewels or noble metals attached thereto, manufactured thereby. The method includes, ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110016918 | ORNAMENTAL DIAMOND HAVING TWO-STAGE PAVILION An ornamental diamond is provided as an extremely bright diamond with numerous reflection patterns when viewed from above its table facet and crown facets. The diamond has the same crown as the round brilliant cut and its pavilion consists of a first pavilion and a seco... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110000259 | GEMSTONE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING THE SAME A gemstone is provided that has an improved brilliance, especially at the crown portion of the gemstone. The gemstone has a crown angle that is less than an ideal cut round diamond and, preferably the crown angle is less than 27 degrees. By reducing the crown angle of t... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100326135 | DIAMOND MATERIAL A method of making fancy orange synthetic CVD diamond material is described. The method comprises irradiating a single crystal diamond material that has been grown by CVD to introduce isolated vacancies into at least part of the CVD diamond material and then annealing t... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100307194 | JEWELRY SETTING A jewelry setting for gemstones, including cabochons, faceted stones, or other stones, pearls, wood cabochons, or other decorative objects, having a mounting ring and multiple rear-mounted retaining arms is disclosed. A method for assembling a jewelry setting is also di... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100300149 | JEWELRY ARTICLE A jewelry piece is formed with a jewelry body made of epoxy material, defining an outer surface and cast in the shape of a piece of jewelry in the form of a ring, pendant, earring, brooch, bracelet, anklet, necklace, and the like. The epoxy has a material density approx... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100300150 | JEWELLERY ITEM INCLUDING SPHERICAL ELEMENTS The invention relates to a jewelry item including several spherical or near-spherical elements (hereinafter spherical elements) in which each spherical element (1) includes at least one bore (2) and is connected to at least one adjacent spherical element (... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100242540 | GEMSTONE HAVING A MIRROR-COATED FRONT Gemstone (1) having a back (2) tapering to a tip (3), and a front which is cut in a faceted manner (5), wherein regions opposing said tip (3) being mirrored (12).... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100154103 | GEMMED SEQUIN A sequin (4), comprising a carrier layer (1), a gemstone (2, 3) or a plurality of gemstones (2, 3) being arranged on one side of the carrier layer (1).... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100154473 | Round brilliant cut diamond and its incision method The present invention discloses a round brilliant cut diamond. The diamond includes a crown, a girdle, and a pavilion, the cut crown includes one regular octagon table, eight first facets, eight second facets, and sixteen third facets, wherein the cut pavilion has sixte... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100083703 | ARTICLE OF BUTTON JEWELRY One embodiment of an article of button jewelry for covering a button of apparel may include a plurality of stones. The article may also include a body member having a first surface, which may include a plurality of seats. These seats may be arranged in a pattern and may... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100020649 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TIME A device for displaying time, in particular a wrist watch, comprising a plurality of gemstones and a plurality of illumination elements which are arranged on or at a carrier and via which the gemstones can be selectively illuminated or have light shone through them in o... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100005834 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES A method for producing precious or semi-precious stones comprising the following steps is described:
| 01/14/2010 |
| 20100000507 | ANGLE CUT ON CVD DIAMOND A cut gemstone has one or more backside grooves cut into backside facets to form sub facets that operate to increase the brilliance of the cut gemstone.... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090308104 | GEMSTONE CUT A novel gemstone cut that has 162 facets such that the crown has 65 separate facets and the pavilion has 97 separate facets.... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090290141 | Matched pairs of gemstones A system is provided for certifying two or more gemstones as being a matched pair. The system includes measuring values for at least four physical properties of a multiplicity of gemstones, identifying a first gemstone, a second gemstone, and optionally still further ge... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090266109 | Sliced and cut diamond national jewelry Jewelry containing at least one stone being specifically cut for replicating a shape of a country of origin of a wearer. The jewelry includes a setting and a stone. The stone is set in the setting, and is specifically cut for replicating the shape of the country of orig... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090260396 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING ORNAMENTAL DIAMONDS AND CORRESPONDING ORNAMENTAL DIAMONDS A method for processing diamonds and corresponding ornamental diamond structures employ diamonds having visible cloud inclusions. The diamond is cut and polished to form crown and pavilion facets angled so as to form a light transmission window over a readily noticeable... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090229308 | HIGHLY INCLUDED DIAMOND JEWELRY A jewelry article having a highly included gemstone is set into a jewelry setting with a layer of black rhodium coated onto the top surface of the jewelry setting such that the layer of black rhodium is located adjacent the pavilion and below the crown of the highly inc... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090183525 | Cut Gemstone Exhibiting Excellent Optical Brilliance A gemstone including a substantially rectangular girdle, a crown extending in a first direction from the girdle, and a pavilion extending in a second direction from the girdle opposite the first direction. The gemstone has 65 uniquely arranged and angled facets, 25 of w... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090178438 | DECAGONAL SHAPED DIAMOND WHICH DISPLAYS HEARTS AND ARROWS PATTERN A decagonal shaped diamond, adapted to display a hearts and arrows pattern when exposed to light comparable to the hearts and arrows pattern in a round diamond. The decagonal shaped diamond should be cut to form ten main crown facets of substantially equal size symmetri... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090126402 | GEMSTONES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE APPEARANCE THEREOF Methods of fabricating improved gemstones and gemstones thus obtained are described. Roughness is introduced on facets of a gemstone through application of nanometer and/or micrometer sized features, to provide the facets with a hazy white-colored appearance. Alternativ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090056374 | Gemstone Facet Configuration A gemstone can include a crown portion having a table facet, a plurality of trapezoidal facets, a plurality of irregular-hexagonal facets, a plurality of irregular-pentagonal facets, and a plurality of triangular crown-facets. The gemstone can also include a pavilion po... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090038341 | Round brilliant cut diamond and its incision method The present invention discloses a round brilliant cut diamond. The diamond includes a crown, a girdle, and a pavilion, the cut crown includes one regular octagon table, eight first facets, eight second facets, and sixteen third facets, wherein the cut pavilion has sixte... | 02/12/2009 |