Patents Examined by Ramsey Zacharia
  • Patent number: 11969987
    Abstract: A contacting member contacts a region of a contacted member to which a liquid composition has been applied. The contacting member has a substrate and a fluororesin fiber layer containing a fluororesin fiber. One side of the fluororesin fiber layer is directly or indirectly fixed to the substrate and another side of the fluororesin fiber layer contacts the contacted member. A ratio X/Y is less than 1.00, wherein X is a presence ratio of the fluororesin fiber in the fluororesin fiber layer on the side which is directly or indirectly fixed to the substrate and Y is a presence ratio of the fluororesin fiber in the fluororesin fiber layer on the other side which contacts the contacted member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Mizutani, Tomohiro Tamai
  • Patent number: 11970593
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hard coat film having excellent adhesion to a hard coat layer when a cycloolefin polymer film is used as a base material. The hard coat film of the present invention comprises a hard coat layer containing an ionizing radiation curable resin laminated on at least one surface of a cycloolefin polymer base film through a primer layer. This primer layer contains a modified polyolefin resin in which a polyolefin resin is graft-modified with an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, and a (meth)acrylic acid ester. In this modified polyolefin resin, the graft weight of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivative thereof is 0.4 to 7 wt. % when the amount of the modified polyolefin resin is taken as 100 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeo Suzuki, Narihiro Ilo, Takashi Ino, Yusuke Sugiyama, Yasuaki Yoshida, Takuya Takahashi, Syunji Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: 11951731
    Abstract: Provided are a multilayer body in which base materials composed of a metal, a resin or the like are firmly bonded to each other even when not subjected to primer treatment or the like, and a method for producing the multilayer body. The multilayer body has a base material (X), an adhesive layer (Y), and a base material (Z) in this order, wherein the adhesive layer (Y) contains a hydrogenated block copolymer (A) obtained by hydrogenating a block copolymer (P) containing a polymer block (a) composed of a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a polymer block (b) composed of a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene, the mass ratio [(a)/(b)] of the polymer block (a) to the polymer block (b) is 1/99 to 50/50, and the adhesive layer (Y) has a storage modulus G? at 100° C. of 1.2×105 to 4.0×105 Pa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Konishi, Hiromitsu Sasaki, Yuta Tomishima
  • Patent number: 11951721
    Abstract: A BOPP multilayer film having at least three layers made from or containing a nucleated propylene polymer composition having: A) from 77 wt % to 91 wt %, of a propylene homopolymer having a fraction insoluble in xylene at 25° C. higher than 95%; B) from 9 wt % to 23 wt %, of a copolymer of propylene with from 28.0 wt % to 42.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; and C) a nucleating agent selected from aromatic or aliphatic carboxylic acids, aromatic metal phosphates, sorbitol derivatives and talc, wherein the composition has an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. between 1.0 dl/g and 1.9 dl/g, a fraction soluble (Xs) in xylene at 25° C. between 9.0 wt % and 21.0 wt %, a total melt flow rate (MFR) between 1.5 and 5 g/10 min and the value of the relation (I): 22.5+0.2*MFR?1.2*Xs+0.2*IV??(I) higher than 5.9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Andrea Felisati, Marco Izzi, Paola Massari
  • Patent number: 11952446
    Abstract: To provide a decorative film whereby formation of wrinkles is suppressed when attached to a three dimensional molded product in a stretched state, and a method for producing a decorative film-attached three dimensional molded product. The decorative film of the present invention is a decorative film having at least a base film and a top layer containing a fluorinated polymer, the top layer being disposed on one surface, wherein the surface reflection intensity Wa at a wavelength of from 0.1 to 0.3 mm and the surface reflection intensity Wb at a wavelength of from 0.3 to 1.0 mm, of the top layer as measured by using a wave scan apparatus in such a state that the decorative film is stretched by 1.5 times, are both at most 30.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Shuhei Ochi, Tomoaki Gomi, Shun Saito
  • Patent number: 11945968
    Abstract: Disclosed are an anti-fingerprint film for automobile interiors and methods of producing the same. The anti-fingerprint film for automobile interior parts may include a base layer and an outermost layer located on the base layer including a fluorine-based compound, thus reducing the attachment area of the fingerprint composed of water and oil by virtue of the outermost layer having high water and oil repellency, ultimately removing fingerprint visibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Jung Kim, Jae Sik Seo, Ho Tak Jeon, Hee Do Kim, Hyun Don Kim, Seong Uk Juen
  • Patent number: 11945197
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multilayer structure, such as a film or a sheet, and articles made from such multilayer structures. The present invention provides a multilayer structure comprising at least three different layers A, B and C, wherein said layer B is disposed between said layer A and said layer C and is capable of binding said layer A to said layer C, wherein layer A comprises a polylactide (PLA) polymer, layer B comprises a lactide-rich poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer, and layer C comprises a polyglycolide (PGA) polymer and/or a glycolide-rich poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer. The present invention also provides a multilayer structure comprising at least one barrier layer, providing gas barrier properties, wherein said barrier layer comprises a glycolide-rich poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOTALENERGIES CORBION CV
    Inventor: Martin Doornheim
  • Patent number: 11937493
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device including a display module that has at least one folding area, a first film disposed on the display module and having a first modulus, a second film disposed on the first film, being farther from the display module than the first film, and having a second modulus less than the first modulus, and a third film disposed on the second film, being farther from the display module than the second film, and having a third modulus less than the second modulus. The third modulus is equal to or less than about one-sixth of the first modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joohyeon Lee, Jeoungsub Lee, Heonjung Shin, Taehyeog Jung, Hyun Joon Oh, Minhyuck Kang, Su-Hyoung Kang, Jeongeun Kim
  • Patent number: 11926756
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid excellent in chemical resistance, an article having a surface layer excellent in chemical resistance and a method for producing it, and a method for producing a fluorinated ether compound excellent in chemical resistance. A fluorinated ether compound which has a first partial structure represented by the following formula (1) and a second partial structure represented by the following formula (2), and which has at least five first partial structures, or has at least two second partial structures: —ORf12—??(1) —ORf13—??(2) wherein Rf12 is a C1-6 fluoroalkylene group, and Rf13 is a group having a fluorinated cyclic structure which may have a hetero atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Motoshi Aoyama
  • Patent number: 11926126
    Abstract: The present application realizes an anti-reflection film or the like that is a layered product having low surface reflectivity, excellent thermoformability, and satisfactory abrasion resistance. This anti-reflection film includes: a base material layer including a thermoplastic resin; and a low-refractive-index layer which is stacked on at least one surface of the base material layer and which has a refractive index that is lower than the refractive index of the base material layer, wherein the low-refractive-index layer includes a polymer of a first resin material including a fluorine-containing urethane acrylate and a (meth)acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kakeya, Yasutaka Fukunaga, Ryota Kato
  • Patent number: 11926140
    Abstract: Provided is a glass film-resin composite body which makes it possible to obtain a long-length (e.g., 500 m or more-long) glass roll. The glass roll with resin film comprises a glass film, and a resin film laminated to at least one surface of the glass film through an adhesive, wherein a creep amount a of the adhesive is 50 ?m or less, as measured after applying a tensile shear load per unit area of the adhesive of 5 g/mm2, to the resin film for 48 hours, in a state in which the glass film is fixed in 23° C. and 50% RH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Murashige, Junichi Inagaki, Kazuhito Hosokawa, Kota Nakai, Toshihiro Kanno
  • Patent number: 11919205
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a mold-release film that docs not contaminate the mold or the formed body. This invention provides a mold-release film comprising a base material layer formed from a thermoplastic resin, and a surface layer formed from a resin composition layered on at least one surface of the base material layer. The mold-release film has a trouser tear strength, conforming to JIS K 7128-1, of 5 N/mm or stronger. The resin composition has a peel strength of 15 mN/30 mm or weaker, as measured at 175° C. in accordance with JIS Z0237. The resin composition has an elongation at break of 70% or greater, as measured at 175° C. in accordance with JIS K 7127.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sakai, Nanae Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11904578
    Abstract: Provided is a stretchable film including an elastomer layer, and a surface layer provided on any one or both of a first surface and a second surface of the elastomer layer, in which the surface layer contains one or more polypropylene-based resins selected from the group consisting of block polypropylene, which is a copolymer with ethylene, and random polypropylene, which is a copolymer with ethylene, and calcium carbonate, a content of the calcium carbonate in the surface layer is 10% to 75% by mass with respect to a total mass of the surface layer, a thickness of the elastomer layer is 20 ?m to 55 ?m, and a thickness of the surface layer is 0.4 ?m to 5.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: C.I. TAKIRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hirano, Takaaki Maeda, Akihiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11898066
    Abstract: An adhesive member includes a polymer derived from a resin composition. The resin composition includes at least one (meth)acrylate monomer, at least one urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, and at least one photoinitiator. The adhesive member has a glass transition temperature in a range of about ?70° C. to about ?30° C., a 180° peel force of about 800 gf/25 mm or greater at a temperature of 25° C., and a deformation recovery rate in a range of about 75% to about 100% at temperatures of ?20° C. and 60° C. The deformation recovery rate satisfies the following equation: X2=[1?(X1/25)]×100%, where X1 denotes a shear strain measured 600 seconds after removing a shear stress applied in a way such that the adhesive member has a shear strain of 25% at the temperatures of ?20° C. and 60° C., and X2 denotes the deformation recovery rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11898055
    Abstract: The invention relates to polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings and, methods for their preparation and application to substrates to enhance the bioactivity and corrosion protection of the substrates' surface. The invention is particularly suitable for coating substrates employed for medical applications, such as but not limited to medical implant devices for drug and/or biologics delivery in a patient. The substrate has a positive or negative charge. The polyelectrolyte multilayer coatings include at least a first polymer layer and a second polymer layer. The first polymer and second polymer have opposite charges. Each of the polymer layers is individually applied using a layer-by-layer such that an alternating charge multilayer coating is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: Prashant N. Kumta, Sangeetha Kunjukunju, Nicole J. Ostrowski, Abhijit Roy, Boeun Lee, Madhumati Ramanathan
  • Patent number: 11884838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymeric film, which may have but is not limited to Biaxially oriented polyester, polypropylene & polylactic acid that has a soft-touch matte coating applied via an in-line coating process. This film also has an increased coefficient of friction of this surface, with a total thickness from 5 to 80 ?m. The film of this invention has excellent suitability as external packaging bags with an excellent matte appearance and soft haptic feel which, when the bags are stacked A side to A side (A side being coated), are not subject to slippage between the same. At the same time, this film has also low friction with metal, so it is easy to handle the film in the film making process which contributes to the excellent productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventors: Tracy Paolilli, Joshua Cloutier, Yu Abe, Samuel Hogan
  • Patent number: 11884785
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a composition for preparing bio-based elastomer film with high moisture permeability, and a bio-based elastomer film and a laminate therefrom, wherein the composition comprises: 5%-95% bio-based elastomer material, 0-80% resin polymer, 0.01-90% inorganic powder material having a particle size within 100 ?m and/or organic low molecular material having a molecular weight within 2000 Daltons, and 0-10% organic anti-blocking agent (dispersant). The bio-based elastomer film and laminate of the present invention have excellent moisture permeability and mechanical performance, which can be widely used in various fields including outdoor sporting goods, clothing, medical treatment, food packaging and shoe materials, and which are environmentally friendly and green products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN KING WONDER HI-TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuwei Lin, Yaogen Wu, Donghui Zeng, ZhiJian Yan, Yingbo Xu, Qiang Qi
  • Patent number: 11884054
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-reflection film laminate which is for manufacturing an anti-reflection film having low surface reflectance and good anti-reflection properties, as well as excellent thermoformability and scratch resistance. The aforementioned problem is resolved by the following anti-reflection film laminate. This anti-reflection film laminate comprises: a first laminate having a base film that has a release surface, and an optical interference layer laminated on the release surface; and a second laminate having a substrate layer that contains a thermoplastic resin, and an uncured hardcoat layer that is laminated on one surface of the substrate layer and comprises a curable hardcoat composition. The first and second laminate bodies are pressure bonded such that the optical interference layer of the first laminate and the uncured hardcoat layer of the second laminate are in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kakeya, Yasutaka Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11885982
    Abstract: A liquid lens architecture includes a transparent substrate, a multilayer thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)-based membrane overlying at least a portion of the transparent substrate, and a liquid layer disposed between and abutting the transparent substrate and the multilayer thermoplastic polyurethane-based membrane. The TPU-based membrane may exhibit a reversible elastic response to imposed strains of up to approximately 2% and is configured to limit the transpiration of fluid to less than approximately 10?2 g/m2/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Christopher Stipe, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Hayden Erik Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11878493
    Abstract: A polymer bilayer includes a layer of a porous fluoropolymer directly overlying a layer of polyethylene. The polyethylene layer may be porous or dense and may include an ultra-high molecular weight polymer. The polymer bilayer may be co-integrated with structures (e.g., wearable devices) exposed to high thermal loads (>0-1000 W/m2) and provide passive cooling thereof. For instance, passive cooling of AR/VR glasses under different solar loads may be achieved by a polymer bilayer that is both highly reflective across solar heating wavelengths and highly emissive in the long-wavelength infrared. The high reflectance decreases energy absorption across the solar spectrum while the high emissivity promotes radiative heat transfer to the surroundings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Arman Boromand, Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Christopher Stipe