Patents by Inventor Daniel Stevenson Fuller

Daniel Stevenson Fuller 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).

  • Color effect materials and production thereof
    Patent number: 8083846
    Abstract: A color effect material is described as composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a highly reflective layer which acts as a reflector to light directed thereon and a spacer pigment layer which is selectively transparent to light directed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis J. Zimmermann, James D. Christie, Vivian K. Doxey, Daniel Stevenson Fuller
  • Transparent Goniochromatic Multilayer Effect Pigment
    Publication number: 20110113984
    Abstract: A multilayer effect pigment includes a transparent substrate, a layer of high refractive index material on the substrate, and alternating layers of low refractive index and high refractive index materials on the first layer, the total number of layers being an odd number of at least three, all adjacent layers differing in refractive index by at least about 0.2 and at least one of the layers having an optical thickness which is different from all of the other layers. The resulting multilayer effect pigment is not a quarter-wave stack. The present effect pigments may be used in cosmetic and industrial applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Stevenson Fuller, JR., Curtis James Zimmermann
  • Multi-layer effect pigment
    Patent number: 6875264
    Abstract: A multilayer effect pigment includes a transparent substrate, a layer of high refractive index material on the substrate, and alternating layers of low refractive index and high refractive index materials on the first layer, the total number of layers being an odd number of at least three, all adjacent layers differing in refractive index by at least about 0.2 and at least one of the layers having an optical thickness which is different from all of the other layers. The resulting multilayer effect pigment is not a quarter-wave stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis J. Zimmermann, Daniel Stevenson Fuller
  • Color effect materials and production thereof
    Patent number: 6821333
    Abstract: A color effect material is described as composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a highly reflective layer which acts as a reflector to light directed thereon and a spacer pigment layer which is selectively transparent to light directed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis J. Zimmermann, James D. Christie, Vivian K. Doxey, Daniel Stevenson Fuller
  • Multi-layer effect pigment
    Publication number: 20040139889
    Abstract: A multilayer effect pigment includes a transparent substrate, a layer of high refractive index material on the substrate, and alternating layers of low refractive index and high refractive index materials on the first layer, the total number of layers being an odd number of at least three, all adjacent layers differing in refractive index by at least about 0.2 and at least one of the layers having an optical thickness which is different from all of the other layers. The resulting multilayer effect pigment is not a quarter-wave stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Curtis J. Zimmermann, Daniel Stevenson Fuller
  • Color effect materials and production thereof
    Publication number: 20040112252
    Abstract: A color effect material is described as composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a highly reflective layer which acts as a reflector to light directed thereon and a spacer pigment layer which is selectively transparent to light directed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Curtis J. Zimmermann, James D. Christie, Vivian K. Doxey, Daniel Stevenson Fuller
  • Precious metal color effect materials and production thereof
    Patent number: 6325847
    Abstract: A precious metal color effect material is composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a first layer selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, iridium and the alloys thereof, which acts as a reflector to light directed thereon, a second layer encapsulating the first layer in which the second layer provides an optically variable reflection of light impinging thereon and a third layer encapsulating the second layer and being selectively transparent to light directed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: James Douglas Christie, Daniel Stevenson Fuller, William Joseph Sullivan, Curtis James Zimmermann