Patents Examined by Nancy R Johnson
  • Patent number: 11053416
    Abstract: Provided a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a substrate or a release material having thereon a resin layer that contains a resin part (X) containing a carbon atom-containing resin having a carbon atom in a main chain of a constitutional unit as a main component, and a particle part (Y) consisting of fine particles containing silica particles, a surface (?) having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, the surface (?) having a concave portion and a flat face existing thereon, a prescribed section (P1) having existing on the side of the surface (?) a concave portion having a prescribed maximum height difference, and a flat portion corresponding to a cut portion of the flat face existing in a region (P) and being substantially in parallel to a surface of the substrate or the release material in contact with the resin layer, and an absolute value of a ratio of an intensity ratio of a peak intensity derived from silicon atoms and a peak intensity derived from carbon atoms measured by EDX a for a prescribed re
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yumiko Amino, Kazue Uemura, Kiichiro Kato
  • Patent number: 11054744
    Abstract: Provided is a photosensitive element including a support film, and a photosensitive layer provided on the support film and formed from a photosensitive resin composition, in which the surface roughness of the surface of the support film that is in contact with the photosensitive layer is 200 to 4,000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshimasa Nagoshi, Shigeo Tanaka, Shizu Fukuzumi
  • Patent number: 10981827
    Abstract: An antiglare glass substrate includes a glass substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface that is opposite to the first main surface. The first main surface has undergone an antiglare treatment and a fluorine-containing organosilicon compound coating film as an antifouling film is laminated thereon. The first main surface partly includes a non-antiglare-treated portion that has not undergone the antiglare treatment. The non-antiglare-treated portion has a surface roughness Ra of less than 10 nm. A difference in height along a plate thickness direction of the glass substrate between the antiglare-treated portion that has undergone the antiglare treatment and the non-antiglare-treated portion is 10 ?m or larger and 200 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Mishiro, Keiko Koyama, Minoru Tamada
  • Patent number: 10976475
    Abstract: The antifouling film includes a substrate, and a polymer layer disposed on a surface of the substrate and including on a surface thereof an uneven structure provided with multiple projections at a pitch not longer than a wavelength of visible light. The polymer layer is a cured product of a polymerizable composition, the polymerizable composition containing, in terms of active constituents, 15 to 40 wt % of an urethane acrylate containing six or more functional groups, 35 to 60 wt % of a multifunctional acrylate containing four or more functional groups and 3 to 15 ethylene oxide groups for each functional group, 15 to 30 wt % of a monofunctional acrylate with no ethylene oxide group, 0.5 to 10 wt % of a fluorine release agent containing a perfluoropolyether group and having a fluorine atom concentration of 50 wt % or lower, and 0.5 to 5 wt % of a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibai, Ken Atsumo, Kenichiro Nakamatsu
  • Patent number: 10934405
    Abstract: A synthetic polymer film has a surface which has a plurality of raised or recessed portions, wherein the synthetic polymer film has a cross-linked structure, and the synthetic polymer film contains an antimicrobial additive which is permitted by law for addition to food and which has an antimicrobial effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Shibai, Miho Yamada
  • Patent number: 10920482
    Abstract: A glass building material according to the present disclosure includes: a first photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which has a shape extending in one direction; a second photovoltaic string of a bifacial light-receiving type which is arranged next to the first photovoltaic string in a width direction, and which has a shape extending in the one direction; a first glass substrate which is configured to cover one surface of the first photovoltaic string and one surface of the second photovoltaic string; and a reflective film which is arranged on at least part of another surface side of the first photovoltaic string and another surface side of the second photovoltaic string, which has a transmittance higher than a reflectance in a visible light region, and which has a reflectance higher than a transmittance in a near-infrared region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Umeda, Nobusato Kobayashi, Seiichi Kinoshita, Naoki Kadota, Hideki Matsuo, Tsukasa Makino, Nobuhisa Ohta, Akihiko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10863621
    Abstract: There is provided with a metal foil-releasable resin layer composite comprising a metal foil and a releasable resin layer on at least one surface of the metal foil, wherein the releasable resin layer includes 100 parts by mass, in total, of (A) 50 to 95 parts by mass of a nonpolar resin, (B) 4 to 40 parts by mass of a thermosetting resin, and (C) 1 to 25 parts by mass of a release agent, wherein the mass ratio (A/B) of the nonpolar resin (A) to the thermosetting resin (B) is 55/45 to 96/4. The metal foil-releasable resin layer composite can achieve release with significantly low release strength between the metal foil and the releasable resin layer without damage of the releasable resin layer and can withstand hot pressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Matsushima, Ayumu Tateoka, Fujio Kuwako, Shigeru Itabashi
  • Patent number: 10814594
    Abstract: A laminated foam interleaf sheet for being interposed between glass plates, having a foam layer of a polyethylene-based resin, and an antistatic layer which is laminated on each of both sides of the foam layer and contains a polyethylene-based resin, a polystyrene-based resin and a polymeric antistatic agent, the laminated foam interleaf sheet having a surface roughness Ra of 30 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Aoki, Takashi Nishimoto, Ryohei Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10744704
    Abstract: Diffractive microstructure comprising micro-protrusions or microgrooves or a combination thereof and method of producing the same. The microstructure is formed in a layer of a thermoplastic carbohydrate polymer or a polymer derived from a carbohydrate material, said polymer having a glass transition point of less than 210° C. The thermoplastic polymer is preferably selected from the group of native starch, dextrin, native hemicellulose, native cellulose, poly(lactic acid), polylactides, polycaprolactone, starch derivatives, dextrin derivatives, hemicellulose derivatives, cellulose derivatives, and mixtures thereof. The invention provides an inexpensive and reliable way of incorporating into the products safety markings, which allow for visual inspection or detection, such as holograms and barcodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY
    Inventors: Arto Maaninen, Pia Qvintus-Leino, Soili Peltonen
  • Patent number: 10747025
    Abstract: A polarizing lens including a polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film arranged between two pieces of a lens base material, where the polarizing polyvinyl alcohol film includes a hydrophobic region having higher hydrophobicity than other regions at least at a partial region of an outer periphery part including an edge surface thereof and the hydrophobic region is exposed at least at a part of an edge surface of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Ogaya, Masaki Ihara, Akinori Yamamoto, Toshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Tonouchi
  • Patent number: 10737467
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing a multilayer composite display cover include stacking a plurality of composite layers, each comprising an ultra-thin glass sheet covered in a polymer layer. After a cover glass sheet is placed on an exposed polymer layer, the composite layers may be bonded together. A ceramic coating may be applied to the external surfaces to increase hardness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Stefan Peana
  • Patent number: 10731298
    Abstract: Release base papers with improved surface properties and more efficient manufacturing potential are made using cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) along with high freeness, less refined pulp. Release papers serve as the backing for common adhesive labels, for industrial film coatings, and also for certain food processing uses. The CNF may be added to the furnish and processed to paper, or the CNF may be added as a coating onto a partially dried web of paper. The CNF may optionally be combined with a starch and a starch crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Stirling Consulting, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Bilodeau, Robert H. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 10724141
    Abstract: The invention relates to anti-multipactor coating deposited onto a substrate that can be exposed to the air and its procedure of obtainment by simple chemical methods. Furthermore, the present invention relates to its use for the fabrication of high power devices working at high frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC), TESAT-SPACECOMO GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Isabel Montero Herrero, Lydya Sabina Aguilera Maestro, David Raboso García-Baquero, Ulrich Wochner
  • Patent number: 10727410
    Abstract: A surface modifier for a transparent oxide electrode contains a reactive silyl compound represented by General Formula (1): Rf—X-A-SiR13-n(OR2)n??(1) in which, Rf is an aryl group having 10 or fewer carbon atoms that may have an alkyl substituent having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, wherein at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a fluorine atom, X represents a divalent group selected from —O—, —NH—, —C(?O)O—, —C(?O)NH—, —OC(?O)NH—, —NHC(?O)NH—, or a single bond, A represents a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic aliphatic divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aromatic divalent hydrocarbon group, or a single bond, a surface-modified transparent oxide electrode formed by coating with the surface modifier. A method for producing a surface-modified transparent oxide electrode is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ayumu Kiyomori, Yusuke Itoh
  • Patent number: 10723102
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to low emissivity films and articles comprising them. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reducing emissivity in an article comprising the use of low emissivity films. In some embodiments, the low emissivity films comprise a metal layer and one or more zirconium nitride layers adjacent the metal layer. This type of assembly may serve various purposes, including being used as a sun control film. These constructions may be used, for example, on glazing units for reducing transmission of infrared radiation across the film in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen P. Maki, Robert R. Owings, Gregory F. King
  • Patent number: 10696810
    Abstract: Described is a mono-axially oriented polyolefin film including a core or base layer containing a plurality of voids formed by a cavitating agent, wherein the film is oriented at least 4 times in the machine direction, and exhibits excellent tear resistance in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: TORAY PLASTICS (AMERICA), INC.
    Inventors: Matthew H. Brown, Harold Egon Koehn, Claudio M. Paulino
  • Patent number: 10682819
    Abstract: The present invention concerns preforms made with a new intermediate material composed of a unidirectional layer of carbon fibers with a weight of 100 to 280 g/m2, associated on each of its faces, with a web of thermoplastic fibers having a thickness of 0.5 to 50 microns, preferably 3 to 35 microns, the intermediate material having a total thickness of 80 to 380 microns, preferably from 90 to 320 microns, and a process for manufacturing composite parts from such preforms and the resulting composite parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: HEXCEL REINFORCEMENTS, S.A.S.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Beraud, Jean-Florent Lamethe, Jean-Christophe Minni
  • Patent number: 10684396
    Abstract: A protective cover includes a cover substrate, an anti-scattering coating layer on the cover substrate, and an adhesive layer on the anti-scattering coating layer, wherein the anti-scattering coating layer has a plurality of protrusions, wherein the cover substrate has a thickness of 10 ?m to 150 ?m, and wherein the cover substrate and the anti-scattering coating layer are configured to be folded with a curvature radius of 10 mm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Yeon Kim, Seong Jin Hwang, Myung Hwan Kim, Ik Hyung Park, Dae Ho Yoon
  • Patent number: 10669427
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a gas barrier laminate comprising a base, a primer layer, and a gas barrier layer, the primer layer and the gas barrier layer being sequentially stacked on at least one side of the base, the primer layer having a modulus of elasticity at 90° C. of 1.6 GPa or more, and a coefficient of static friction between a surface of one side of the gas barrier laminate and a surface of the other side of the gas barrier laminate being 0.35 to 0.8; a method for producing the gas barrier laminate; an electronic device member comprising the gas barrier laminate; and an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta Suzuki, Koichi Nagamoto, Takeshi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10654248
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive structure and an electronic device comprising same. The conductive structure comprises a first hafnium oxide layer, a metal layer, a second hafnium oxide layer and satisfies mathematical formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sujin Kim, Yong Chan Kim, Ki-Hwan Kim