Patents by Inventor Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9851823Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Charles Leo Bauer, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
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Publication number: 20170147101Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Charles Leo Bauer, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
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Patent number: 9650533Abstract: Articles can be formed with either a dried layer or a dried pattern of a non-aqueous photocurable composition on one or both sides of a substrate. This composition includes a photocurable component and dispersed carbon-coated metal particles present in an amount of at least 10 weight % based on the total weight of the non-aqueous photocurable composition. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter of less than 0.6 ?m, and a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 10,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units, the median diameter being determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Such articles can be used for various purposes including the formation of electrically-conductive grids, and can be incorporated into various devices including those having touch screen displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Karen M. Kosydar, Mary Christine Brick, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, Gary L. Slater
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Patent number: 9650716Abstract: A method is used to provide an electrically conductive article. The method includes: (i) providing a continuous polymeric web of a transparent polymeric substrate; (ii) forming a first photocurable pattern on at least a first portion on a first supporting side of the continuous polymeric web using a photocurable composition comprising metal particles; (iii) exposing the photocurable pattern to form a photocured pattern on the first portion of the first supporting side; (iv) electrolessly plating the photocured pattern with an electrically-conductive metal to form an electrically-conductive metal pattern; and (v) forming a dry outermost polymeric coating over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 9637659Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane, James Stephen Honan, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, Charles Leo Bauer
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Patent number: 9606652Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Charles Leo Bauer, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
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Patent number: 9557841Abstract: An electronic device has a touch screen comprising a transparent substrate having a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side. The first supporting side of the touch screen has at least one electrically-conductive pattern, and a dry outermost polymeric coating disposed over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive metal pattern. The dry polymeric coating has a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 9545025Abstract: An article comprises a transparent substrate having a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side. An electrically-conductive pattern is disposed on at least the first supporting side. A dry outermost polymeric coating disposed over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry outermost polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 9516760Abstract: A method is used to provide an electrically-conductive article. This method includes: forming an electrically-conductive pattern on first supporting side of a transparent substrate that also comprises an opposing second supporting side; and forming a dry outermost polymeric coating over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 9505942Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2014Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, Charles Leo Bauer, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
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Patent number: 9447501Abstract: A non-aqueous photocurable composition contains dispersed carbon-coated metal particles in an organic diluent in an amount of at least 10 weight %. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter equal to or less than 0.6 ?m, and are dispersed using a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 100,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units. The median diameter of the dispersed particles is determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Moreover, when the non-aqueous composition contains up to and including 25 weight % of the dispersed carbon-coated metal particles, it exhibits no visual settling when subjected to a settling test of at least 24 hours at 20° C. Such non-aqueous photocurable compositions include photocurable components and are useful to prepare photocurable and photocured electrically-conductive patterns and layers in various articles, including touch screen devices having touch screen displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Karen M. Kosydar, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, Gary L. Slater, Mary Christine Brick
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Patent number: 9434852Abstract: A non-aqueous photocurable composition contains dispersed carbon-coated metal particles in an amount of at least 10 weight %, and the dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter of less than 0.6 ?m. These particles are dispersed with a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 100,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units. Such compositions include an organic diluent as well as suitable photocurable components that can be used for example in acid-catalyzed or free radical chemistries. When the non-aqueous photocurable composition contains up to and including 25 weight % of the dispersed carbon-coated metal particles, it exhibits no visual settling when subjected to a settling test of at least 24 hours at 20° C. The non-aqueous photocurable compositions can be used to provide photocured metallic patterns for various devices that have a touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Karen M. Kosydar, Gary L. Slater, Mary Christine Brick, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20160219736Abstract: An article comprises a transparent substrate having a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side. An electrically-conductive pattern is disposed on at least the first supporting side. A dry outermost polymeric coating disposed over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry outermost polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20160216812Abstract: An electronic device has a touch screen comprising a transparent substrate having a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side. The first supporting side of the touch screen has at least one electrically-conductive pattern, and a dry outermost polymeric coating disposed over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive metal pattern. The dry polymeric coating has a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20160214137Abstract: A method is used to provide an electrically conductive article. The method includes: (i) providing a continuous polymeric web of a transparent polymeric substrate; (ii) forming a first photocurable pattern on at least a first portion on a first supporting side of the continuous polymeric web using a photocurable composition comprising metal particles; (iii) exposing the photocurable pattern to form a photocured pattern on the first portion of the first supporting side; (iv) electrolessly plating the photocured pattern with an electrically-conductive metal to form an electrically-conductive metal pattern; and (v) forming a dry outermost polymeric coating over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20160219718Abstract: A method is used to provide an electrically-conductive article. This method includes: forming an electrically-conductive pattern on first supporting side of a transparent substrate that also comprises an opposing second supporting side; and forming a dry outermost polymeric coating over at least part but not all of the electrically-conductive pattern, the dry polymeric coating having a dry thickness of less than 5 ?m, an integrated transmittance of at least 80%, and comprising a non-crosslinked thermoplastic polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) that is equal to or greater than 65° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Marcus Stephen Bermel, Lisa Baxter Todd, Linda Mae Franklin, Thomas Henry Mourey, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Patent number: 9381698Abstract: A laser-engraveable layer is used in a laser-engraveable element to provide relief images. The resulting laser-engraved elements can take various forms and can be used to apply various inks to receiver materials in an imagewise fashion. The laser-engraveable element has a thermally crosslinked laser-engraveable layer containing a crosslinked elastomeric fluoropolymer and a fluoro-functionalized near-infrared radiation absorber. The crosslinked fluoropolymer has a glass transition temperature of less than and including 0° C. and the crosslinked laser-engraveable layer is formed from a reactive fluoropolymer composition comprising a reactive fluoropolymer, the fluoro-functionalized near-infrared radiation absorber, and a compound that causes crosslinking of the reactive fluoropolymer during thermal curing.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Anna C. Greene, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, Steven Evans
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Patent number: 9359517Abstract: A non-aqueous composition contains dispersed carbon-coated metal particles in an organic diluent in an amount of at least 10 weight %. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter equal to or less than 0.6 ?m, and are dispersed using a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 100,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units. The median diameter of the dispersed particles is determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Moreover, when the non-aqueous composition contains up to and including 25 weight % of the dispersed carbon-coated metal particles, it exhibits no visual settling when subjected to a settling test of at least 24 hours at 20° C. Such non-aqueous compositions can include photocurable components and are useful to prepare photocurable and photocured electrically-conductive patterns and layers in various articles, including touch screen devices having touch screen displays.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Karen M. Kosydar, Gary L. Slater, Mary Christine Brick, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Albert Reczek
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Patent number: 9346239Abstract: A method is used to provide a pattern of a functional material for example on a receiving element. To provide this pattern, a laser-engraveable patternable element is imagewise exposed with laser-engraving radiation. This element has a laser-engraveable layer comprising a thermoplastic elastomeric interpolymer alloy. This interpolymer alloy comprises a non-crosslinked halogenated polymer, a partially crosslinked polyolefin, and a polyester. A laser-engraved patterned element is formed that has a relief image in the laser-engraveable layer, and this relief image can be contacted with a suitable functional material that is then transferred to the receiving element to provide the desired pattern.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANYInventors: Lawrence A. Rowley, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain
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Publication number: 20160108266Abstract: A non-aqueous composition contains dispersed carbon-coated metal particles in an organic diluent in an amount of at least 10 weight %. The dispersed carbon-coated metal particles have a median diameter equal to or less than 0.6 ?m, and are dispersed using a particle dispersing agent that has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 2,000 and up to and including 100,000 and comprises nitrogen-containing units. The median diameter of the dispersed particles is determined using a dynamic light scattering method. Moreover, when the non-aqueous composition contains up to and including 25 weight % of the dispersed carbon-coated metal particles, it exhibits no visual settling when subjected to a settling test of at least 24 hours at 20° C. Such non-aqueous compositions can include photocurable components and are useful to prepare photocurable and photocured electrically-conductive patterns and layers in various articles, including touch screen devices having touch screen displays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: Karen M. Kosydar, Gary L. Slater, Mary Christine Brick, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Albert Reczek