Patents Examined by Michael C. Miggins
  • Patent number: 11970321
    Abstract: The disclosure provides ethylene/?-olefin copolymer based co-extruded, multi-layer films, including barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have improved flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films and articles that include the films have good barrier properties as the barrier films include a core layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer having a high ethylene content. The low amount of EVOH copolymer in the total film that is needed to achieve the flex-crack resistance, toughness, and good barrier properties, further allow for the recycling of the films and articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Liqui-Box Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Farkas, Lamy Chopin
  • Patent number: 11965085
    Abstract: A multilayer structure can include at least one layer that comprises an ethylene propylene diene copolymer compound that comprises: 60 parts per hundred rubber (phr) to 95 phr of a first ethylene propylene diene copolymer (EP(D)M) having an ethylene content of 62 wt % to 90 wt % based on the first EP(D)M and a heat of fusion (Hf) of 15 J/g or greater; 5 phr to 40 phr of an second EP(D)M having an ethylene content of 40 wt % to 60 wt % based on the second EP(D)M and a Hf of 0 J/g to 14 J/g, wherein the Hf of the first EP(D)M minus the Hf of the second EP(D)M is 5 J/g or greater; wherein the first EP(D)M and second EP(D)M combined are 100 parts; a filler at 40 phr to 500 phr; and a curing agent at 0.5 phr to 20 phr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company
    Inventors: Zhifeng Bai, Scott H. Loyd, Narayanaswami Dharmarajan, Rainer Kolb, David W. Abmayr, Jr., Khodabakhsh Irani
  • Patent number: 11964454
    Abstract: A laminated material for forming a flexible container, said laminated material comprising one or several polymeric layers and at least two paper layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ALBEA SERVICES
    Inventors: Nitin Mutha, Gilles Swyngedauw, Sanket Pandya
  • Patent number: 11952188
    Abstract: The disclosure provides co-extruded, multi-layer films, including metallized barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have good heat retention, and barrier properties, as well as good flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films and articles that include the films have a metallized barrier core layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer wherein both the metal and EVOH are in amounts that achieve the heat retention, flex-crack resistance, toughness, and barrier properties, while allowing for the recycling of the films and articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LIQUI-BOX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas Farkas, Paul Georgelos
  • Patent number: 11951718
    Abstract: Provided is a laminate that has excellent low-temperature impact resistance and bursting pressure strength at high temperatures despite having a thick modified polyolefin layer. The laminate has two or more layers including an (a) layer and a (b) layer, the (a) layer includes an aliphatic polyamide composition (A), and the (b) layer includes a modified polyolefin (B). The modified polyolefin (B) includes a unit derived from a monomer based on an ?-olefin having 2-10 carbon atoms, and a unit derived from an unsaturated compound having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of: unsaturated compounds having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, an epoxy group, an amino group, an amide group, an imide group, a nitrile group, a thiol group, and an isocyanate group; and derivatives of unsaturated compounds having a carboxyl group. The Shore hardness (D scale) of the modified polyolefin (B) as measured according to ASTM D2240 is 30-61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: UBE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Tsuboi, Daisuke Douyama, Hiroaki Fujii, Takaaki Kusumoto
  • Patent number: 11945198
    Abstract: A recyclable, laminated polyolefin-based film structure comprises two or more film plies laminated to each other. Each of the laminated film plies comprises one or more polyolefin-based films. The film structure has an energy-cured coating layer disposed on the outermost outward facing surface of the film structure and a printed ink layer on an interior surface of one of the polyolefin-based polyolefin layers. In certain embodiments, the outermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure has a melting temperature which is at least 100 degrees Celsius, and more preferably 180 degrees Celsius, higher than a melting temperature of the innermost surface of the laminated polyolefin-based film structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ProAmpac Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander David Jones, Amir Saffar, Patrick Allen Batten, Louann Susan Mueller, Louis Vance Fortenberry, Kylie Noel Diges, Seyed Hesamoddin Tabatabaei
  • Patent number: 11938709
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a process for making a package having a spout. The process includes heating a sealing area of a spout to a temperature at or above a melting point of the spout material; heating two multilayer structures around a portion of their peripheries to adhere the peripheries of sealant layers and form a partially sealed package having an opening; inserting the heated spout into the opening; and pressing opposing surfaces of the two multilayer structures around the spout to close the opening around the spout. Each multilayer structure includes a multilayer film having the sealant layer having at least 40% by weight of an ethylene-based polymer having a melting point below 112 C; an external layer including an ethylene-based polymer; and at least one intermediate layer disposed between the sealant layer and the external layer having a melting point at least 15 C higher than the sealant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Luis Alberto Santini, Radisa Boskovic, Peter Hermann Roland Sandkuehler, Ramon Pradas Cortina, Marti Nogué I Arbusa, Carlos Almor Morujo
  • Patent number: 11940081
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cabin pipeline using a super thermal insulation material and a preparation method thereof, comprising an electrically conductive inner pipe, an anti-corrosion coating coated on the electrically conductive inner pipe, a thermal insulation layer formed by a super thermal insulation material wound on the anti-corrosion coating, and a resin sealing layer coated on an outside of the thermal insulation layer. The electrically conductive inner pipe has excellent corrosion resistance to liquefied natural gas in the pipeline; the protective layer formed by the anti-corrosion coating and the resin sealing layer can prevent the electrically conductive inner pipe from being directly exposed to the environment due to long-term seawater infiltration or accidental damage of the outer layer, avoid electrochemical corrosion and further improve the corrosion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: CNBM Technology Innovation Academy (Shandong) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhonglun Zhang, Mingming Wang
  • Patent number: 11939104
    Abstract: A plastic container includes a hollow body portion including a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a support flange having an upper and lower surface, at least one thread, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Darr, Edward V. Morgan
  • Patent number: 11931237
    Abstract: Packaging systems and methods are disclosed for storing a bioprosthetic device comprising a bioprosthetic tissue and maintaining a target relative humidity across a temperature range. The packaging system includes a sealed package defining an internal space having an internal volume, and a humidity control device and bioprosthetic device within the internal space. The humidity control device includes a barrier defining an enclosed space and a humidity control solution comprising glycerol in the enclosed space. At least a portion of the barrier comprises a gas-permeable membrane. The target relative humidity is provided within the internal volume of the sealed package and the control device maintains the target relative humidity across the temperature range by selectively liberating and absorbing water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan Mourhatch, Gregory G. Liburd
  • Patent number: 11919280
    Abstract: A polyester-based film comprising at least one layer permitting printing as a result of laser irradiation; wherein not less than 100 ppm but not greater than 3000 ppm of laser-printable metal is present in all layers of the film. The film is capable of being printed in distinct fashion by a laser, excels with respect to unevenness in thickness, and is of high transparency, while at the same time provide packaging which employs such film and on which printing has been directly carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 11905093
    Abstract: A multi-layer film includes a skin layer, a core layer, and a seal layer. The multi-layer film may be used as a closure for a food container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventor: Bryan Gillespie
  • Patent number: 11884470
    Abstract: A void-fill package, and method of making the same, comprising at least 50%, on a weight basis of the package, recycled polyethylene; at least 40%, on a weight basis of the package, virgin polyethylene; at least one moisture scavenger; and at least one melt stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PPC Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Brewster, Allan Guillen, Renato Yutuc
  • Patent number: 11884446
    Abstract: A method for providing a passivation layer or pH protective coating on a substrate surface by PECVD is provided, the method comprising generating a plasma from a gaseous reactant comprising polymerizing gases. The lubricity, passivation, pH protective, hydrophobicity, and/or barrier properties of the passivation layer or pH protective coating are set by setting the ratio of the O2 to the organosilicon precursor in the precursor feed, and/or by setting the electric power used for generating the plasma. In particular, a passivation layer or pH protective coating made by the method is provided. Pharmaceutical packages coated by the method and the use of such packages protecting composition contained in the vessel against mechanical and/or chemical effects of the surface of the package without a passivation layer or pH protective coating material are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SIO2 Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Felts, Thomas E. Fisk, Robert S. Abrams, John Ferguson, Jonathan R. Freedman, Robert J. Pangborn, Peter J. Sagona, Christopher Weikart
  • Patent number: 11879586
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermally insulated conduit pipe, comprising at least one medium pipe, at least one thermal insulation arranged around the medium pipe, and at least one outer jacket arranged around the thermal insulation, wherein the outer jacket possibly comprises a barrier made of plastic, and wherein the thermal insulation comprises a foam, the cell gas of which contains at least 10 vol % HFOs. Such conduit pipe has good insulating behavior, good environmental balance, and is easily producible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: BRUGG ROHR AG HOLDING
    Inventors: Jürgen Kress, Christian Dambowy
  • Patent number: 11872789
    Abstract: A decorative film for insert molding includes a gravure-printed graphic layer and a light-transmissive patterned layer with high dimensional accuracy and has a reduced flow of gravure ink in manufacturing of a polycarbonate resin molded product. A multilayer film transmissive to visible light includes two acrylic resin layers and a first polycarbonate resin layer containing a polycarbonate-based resin and located between the acrylic resin layers. The gravure print layer includes a graphic layer with a gravure-printed graphic element. A first backer film contains an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene-based (ABS-based) resin transmissive to visible light. A second backer film includes two additional resin layers and a second polycarbonate resin layer located between the two additional acrylic resin layers. A light-transmissive patterned layer is located to allow visible light to pass through a predetermined portion in the graphic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiyasu Okuda, Yusuke Ueno, Shintaro Kuwasaka
  • Patent number: 11865819
    Abstract: A plastic barrier laminate having at least one at least partially crystallized layer containing polyethylene and a nucleating agent, and at least one pigmented layer containing polyethylene and a portion of flake-shaped pigments, wherein the portion of pigments is in the range from 1.5% by weight to 5.0% by weight relative to the weight of the at least one pigmented layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventor: Mayara Souza
  • Patent number: 11867342
    Abstract: A surface-treated fluidic channel is provided comprising a dispensing device that comprises a microarray of microchannels. The fluidic channel is made from metal and comprises a surface and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid adhered to the surface. A mesh nebulizer comprising a reservoir and a dispensing device comprising a microarray of microchannels is also provided. A metal surface layer is applied to the interior and exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device, and a hydrophobic coating layer comprising an organo-silicon or a self-assembled monolayer of an organophosphorus acid is adhered to the metal surface layer, usually on the exterior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device. A hydrophilic polymeric coating layer may be chemically bonded to and propagated from terminal functional groups on the hydrophobic coating layer on the interior surfaces of the reservoir and dispensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ACULON INC.
    Inventors: Eric Lee Hanson, Eric L. Bruner, Justin Hardin, Edward W. Hughes
  • Patent number: 11858240
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer container including a polyester layer containing a polyester resin (X), and a polyamide layer containing a polyamide resin (Y), a yellowing inhibitor (A), and an oxidation accelerator (B). The content of the polyamide resin (Y) is from 0.05 to 7.0 mass % relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers. The yellowing inhibitor (A) is a dye, and the content of the yellowing inhibitor (A) is from 1 to 30 ppm relative to the total amount of all polyamide layers and all polyester layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kosuke Otsuka, Masayuki Daito, Takumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11850830
    Abstract: The disclosure provides ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer and/or copolymer based co-extruded, multi-layer films, including high barrier films and non-barrier films, and articles of manufacture that include the films, such as flexible bags and containers for flowable materials. The films and articles that include the films have good flex-crak resistance and toughness. The films and articles that include the films have good high barrier properties as the barrier films include a core layer of ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer. The relatively low amount of EVOH copolymer in the total film that is needed to achieve the flex-crack resistance, toughness, and high barrier properties, further allow for the recycling of the films and articles of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Liqui-Box Corporation
    Inventor: Nicholas Farkas