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1 May 2015 Category: Announcement

Status Update on Arctran International Patent Applications (PCT)

Country Application No. Case Status United Arab Emirates P1008/14 Exam requested Australia 2013234512 Application filed Brazil 1120140231869 Application filed Canada 2867501 Application filed People’s Republic of China CN104428780A Exam requested Colombia 14231894 Exam requested Egypt 1472/2014 Application filed European Patent Office 2828785 Exam requested Indonesia P00201406317 Application filed Israel 234676 Application filed India 8647/DELNP/14 Application filed Japan 2015-500860 Application filed Republic of Korea 2014-7029545 Application filed Mexico MX/A/14/011151 Application filed Nigeria F/P/2014/313 Application filed New Zealand 630813 Application filed Russian Federation 2014138193 Application filed Singapore 11201405935U Exam requested Ukraine A201410469 […]
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9 October 2014 Category: Announcement

Arctran PCT application enters national phase in 20 countries

The Arctran Group has instructed attorneys in the following jurisdictions to enter the national phase from its International Patent Application No. PCT/EP2013/055478: Australia Brazil Canada India Israel Japan Mexico New Zealand China South Korea Russia Singapore South Africa United Arab Emirates Nigeria Egypt Ukraine Colombia Indonesia United States In addition, considering the 38 designated states in the European patent application – already in the regional phase – Arctran has sought patent protection in 58 countries, comprising over 4.5 billions of potential users.
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12 September 2014 Category: Announcement

PCT/EP2013/055478 enters regional phase at the European Patent Office

Arctran International (PCT) Patent Application No. PCT/EP2013/055478 has entered the regional phase at the European Patent Office. The 38 designated states in the European patent application are: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.  
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5 August 2014 Category: Announcement

Second US Patent Granted | Publication Number US8800004 B2

On the 5th August 2014 the second patent filed at the US Patent Office by the Arctran Group has now been granted and given publication number US8800004 B2. This gives Arctran the opportunity to offer a secure out-of-band channel to its users, to confirm actions performed on their behalf are not compromised. Arctran users would be able to practise multi-factor control and authorization on their most sensitive digital activities. By way of example, in the computer system and computerized method described herein, the person or people who authorize an electronically-made […]
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6 May 2014 Category: Announcement

US Patent Granted | Publication number US8719907 B2

The Arctran Group are delighted to announce that the first of our US patent applications has been granted and given Publication Number US8719907 B2. The Group are confident that our second US patent application will have the same result and be granted shortly. This will allow Arctran to move forward within the Two-Factor Authentication and Authorization market. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the method described, widely known as phishing, is only one way in which a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack can be perpetrated. Many variants or […]
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22 November 2013 Category: Announcement

Hong Kong Patent Granted | number HK1177070

On 27 April 2012 the Arctran Group  applied to the Hong Kong Patent Office for a patent on their “A Computerized Authorization System and Method”. We are happy to announce that our patent application has now been granted. Patent number HK1177070 In one embodiment of the present invention, a centralized alarm method is provided for temporarily blocking electronic activities and collecting further authorization before deciding whether to conduct or abort the original activities, the method comprising: receiving, from a reliable source, a description of an activity which is currently paused, […]
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11 May 2012 Category: Announcement

Arctran files second US Patent Application | number US 13/469,780

On 11 May 2012 the Arctran Group applied to the US Patent Office for a second patent on their Centralised Blocking Alarm System (CBAS) and multipurpose voting solution. An auto-response mechanism may be provided to automatically cast a vote on behalf of a requested recipient according to certain rules, the configuration stated by the user in his or her profile and the characteristics of the current activity. Computerized authorization system and method / US 13/469,780
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27 April 2012 Category: Announcement

Arctran files Hong Kong Patent Application | number HK20130104514 20130415

On 27 April 2012 the Arctran Group also applied to the Hong Kong Patent Office for a patent on their “A Computerized Authorization System and Method”. In one embodiment of the present invention, a centralized alarm method is provided for temporarily blocking electronic activities and collecting further authorization before deciding whether to conduct or abort the original activities, the method comprising: receiving, from a reliable source, a description of an activity which is currently paused, waiting for the authorization of one or more users enrolled in the program; receiving, in […]
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