Patents Examined by Christopher M Polley
  • Patent number: 11661495
    Abstract: An organic board of the present disclosure has a resin component comprising at least one resin selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin, a polyimide resin, a phenolic resin, an amino resin, a polyester resin, a polyphenylene resin, a cyclic olefin resin, and a Teflon (registered trademark) resin as the main component, and a non-resin component including at least one of an inorganic filler and a flame retardant, in which the non-resin component is dispersed in the resin component, at least a part of the non-resin component is agglomerated to form an aggregate, a part of the resin component forms a resin material part having a particle shape, the resin material part exists within the aggregate, or the resin component forms a matrix phase surrounding the aggregate, and there are voids at some interfaces between the resin component and the aggregate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Chie Chikara
  • Patent number: 11656552
    Abstract: A device having color resists pattern and method for manufacturing are disclosed. The device includes a substrate, at least two color resist layers. The at least color resist layers are formed on the curved and construct a visible pattern, wherein at a boundary of the color resist pattern, the at least two color resist layers form a ramp structure and each of the at least two color resist layers contacts the substrate; and the ramp structure is formed in sequential order by one exposure process, one removal process and one baking process of the at least two color resist layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Ming-An Hsu, Wen-Fu Lin
  • Patent number: 11646297
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a glass member having a flat portion and a side portion extending from an edge of the flat portion in at least a partially slanted or curved manner. The side portion includes a first curved portion extending from the flat portion, a second curved portion extending from the first curved portion and connected to the flat portion through the first curved portion, and at least one processing portion formed by at least a part of a border region between the first curved portion and the second curved portion. The at least one processing portion has a different refractive index from at least another portion of the side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jeongwon Lee, Kyungmin Kwak, Heongap Kim
  • Patent number: 11643823
    Abstract: A floor board including a decorative surface layer applied to a substrate, where the substrate has MDF or HDF material at a side edge thereof, where the side edge is treated both with an impregnation agent and/or a sealing agent based on a super absorbing material. Also, a method for manufacturing such floor boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dieter D'Hondt, Aaron Shaw
  • Patent number: 11642739
    Abstract: A method of securing a first component part and a second component part together, the method comprising providing an electrically conductive member between a first surface of the first component part and a facing first surface of the second component part and securing the first and second components together by passing a current through the electrically conductive member. The electrically conductive member is distributed across at least 50% of the surface area of the first surface of the first component part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Omachron Intellectual Property Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Ernest Conrad
  • Patent number: 11639448
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a white ink comprising an aqueous ink vehicle, a white colorant, and latex particles. The colorant can consist essentially of metal oxide particles present at from 2 wt % to 50 wt %, can have an average particle size from 100 nm to 1000 nm, and can have a high refractive index from 1.8 to 2.8. The latex can be present in the ink at from 2 wt % to 20 wt %, can have a glass transition temperature from 0° C. to 130° C., and can have a low refractive index from 1.3 to 1.6. The metal oxide particles and latex particles can be present in the white ink at weight ratio is from 6:1 to 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vladek Kasperchik, Phillip C. Cagle, David Michael Ingle, Paul Joseph Bruinsma
  • Patent number: 11629258
    Abstract: Described is an energy curable ink for use in the production of layered composites the ink comprising 3 to 50% by weight of aminoacrylate as defined herein, 5 to 60% by weight of hydroxyl functional acrylate monomer and wherein the non-volatile content of the ink is not less than 45% by weight. Also described is a layered composite having a layer of the energy curable ink on a substrate and a process for producing a layered composite in which the energy curable ink according to the present invention is printed onto a substrate and then cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen Anthony Hall, Thomas Michael Budden
  • Patent number: 11623994
    Abstract: A surface covering is provided. The surface covering includes a laminated panel having top layer and an ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating applied to the laminated panel. The ultra-violet (UV) curable surface coating has a composition with an oligomer, a monomer, a photoinitiator, abrasive resistant particles, and an antimicrobial additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Decoria Materials (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Allen Chen, Kun He, Shangfei Sun
  • Patent number: 11624156
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11618054
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-, oil- and grease-resistant multilayer coating for a paper-based substrate comprising a water-based inner primer coating, an intermediate polymeric extrusion coating, and a water-based top barrier coating, wherein a surface of the paper-based substrate coated therewith has water, oil and grease barrier properties, and wherein the paper-based substrate coated therewith is repulpable and recyclable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: CASCADES GROUPE PRODUITS SPÉCIALISÉS
    Inventor: Yvon Mongrain
  • Patent number: 11618241
    Abstract: A glass roll (1) includes a laminate film (5) taken up into a roll shape, the laminate film including a glass film (2), a protective film (3), and an adhesive layer (4), which is arranged between the glass film (2) and the protective film (3), and is configured to bond the glass film (2) to the protective film (3). A width (A) of the protective film (3) is larger than a width (B) of the glass film (2), and both end portions (3x) of the protective film (3) in a width direction each protrude with respect to the glass film (2). The width (B) of the glass film (2) is larger than a width (C) of the adhesive layer (4), and both end portions (2x) of the glass film (2) in the width direction each protrude with respect to the adhesive layer (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Mori
  • Patent number: 11607863
    Abstract: A deformable assembly may include a first structural layer, a first bonding layer bonded to the structural layer, and a pattern of functional material entrapped between the first structural layer and first the bonding layer. The functional material has a viscous characteristic, an elastic characteristic and/or a viscoelastic characteristic. The assembly may further include a second structural layer bonded to the first bonding layer. The first structural layer may include a first piece of fabric, the second structural layer may include a second piece of fabric, and the functional material may be electrically conductive. The functional material may include a conductive gel. The assembly may further include a second bonding layer bonded to the first bonding layer and the first structural layer, and the pattern of functional material may be entrapped between the first and second bonding layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Liquid Wire Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Ronay
  • Patent number: 11596560
    Abstract: Provided are a composite sheet whose recess-protrusion shape can easily be made crush-resistant in a state that the soft feel against the skin is maintained, and a device and method for manufacturing said composite sheet. A first sheet has a curved part in which one surface thereof rises and the other surface thereof is recessed, and a boundary part adjacent to the curved part. A second sheet is joined to the boundary part of the first sheet so as to cover the other surface of the curved part. A region of the second sheet facing the curved part has a protruding part in which an inside surface on the first sheet side rises so as to approach the curved part and an outside surface on the reverse side thereof is recessed, and a flat part surrounding the periphery of the protruding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZUIKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 11597190
    Abstract: A cover window includes a protective film including a first protective member, an adhesive layer disposed on the first protective member, a second protective member disposed on at least a part of the adhesive layer, at least one cut line in which at least a part thereof is spaced apart from the second protective member and faces the second protective member and which includes ends spaced apart from each other, and at least one bridge portion disposed in an area in which the cut lines are spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyu Hyeong Cheon
  • Patent number: 11591491
    Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for an inkjet print steel plate, an inkjet print steel plate using the same, and a method for producing an inkjet print steel plate. The ink composition comprises: a linear acrylate-based oligomer; a reactive acrylate-based monomer; an ultraviolet curable initiator; at least one selected from the group consisting of a dye and a pigment; and at least one selected from the group consisting of an antioxidant, an antifoaming agent, and a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Tae Kim, Jung-Hwan Lee, Ha-Na Choi, Yon-Kyun Song
  • Patent number: 11587696
    Abstract: Aspects relate to patterned nanostructures having a feature size not including film thickness of below 5 microns. The patterned nanostructures are made up of nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 100 nm. A nanoparticle composition, which, in some cases, includes a binder, is applied to a substrate. A patterned mold used in concert with electromagnetic radiation function to manipulate the nanoparticle composition in forming the patterned nanostructure. In some embodiments, the patterned mold nanoimprints a pattern onto the nanoparticle composition and the composition is cured through UV or thermal energy. Three-dimensional patterned nanostructures may be formed. A number of patterned nanostructure layers may be prepared and joined together. In some cases, a patterned nanostructure may be formed as a layer that is releasable from the substrate upon which it is initially formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: James Watkins, Michael R. Beaulieu, Nicholas R. Hendricks
  • Patent number: 11578226
    Abstract: An inkjet ink set consisting of a black inkjet ink, a cyan inkjet ink and two inkjet inks A and B, optionally complemented by a white ink and/or a colourless ink, wherein the inkjet ink A has a hue angle H* between 70 and 85 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; the inkjet ink B has a hue angle H* between 20 and 40 and a chroma C* between 30 and 80; and the CIE L* a* b* coordinates were determined on polyethylene coated white paper for a 2° observer under a D50 light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Jürgen Jung, Rita Torfs, Marc Bernard Graindourze, Rene Geelen
  • Patent number: 11576469
    Abstract: A cap for capping an upper surface of a shoe a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. The first layer has an outer surface that has a coefficient of friction that is greater than that of the upper surface of the shoe that that the cap caps. The second layer is an adhesive layer. Third layer is a release layer that can be peeled off the adhesive layer to expose it, thereby enabling said adhesive layer to stick to said shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Terraignota Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Sophia I. de Castro, José Tadeo V. de Castro
  • Patent number: 11578488
    Abstract: A 3D printed and combined building wall element having a 3D printed external wallboard; a 3D printed internal wallboard; and a cement concrete layer sandwiched there between. A structural reinforcement component includes a plurality of vertical and horizontal steel reinforcements, the latter being continuously bent in a meander shape with a convex edge and a concave edge of each horizontal steel reinforcement being located in the 3D printed external wallboard and the 3D printed internal wallboard, respectively. The plurality of vertical steel reinforcements are located in the 3D printed external wallboard and the 3D printed internal wallboard and are fixed at inner folding angles of the plurality of horizontal steel reinforcements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Yingchuang Building Technique (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yihe Ma
  • Patent number: 11571921
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a thermosensitive recording medium comprising at least: —a support layer; —a thermosensitive colouring layer over the support layer, the thermosensitive colouring layer containing a leuco dye; and —a protective layer over the thermosensitive colouring layer; wherein the thermosensitive colouring layer comprises a developer having the general formula (I) below: wherein R1 to R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxyl group, a C1-C6 fluoroalkyl group; characterized in that the protective layer comprises particles of wax with an average particle size of at least 0.05 ?m and at most 2.0 ?m. In further aspects, the present invention relates to a label for attachment to a product comprising the thermosensitive recording medium of the invention, and to a consumer product package to which a thermosensitive recording medium or a label of the invention has been attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pauline Bie, Daiki Iwata, Erkan Kocak