Patents by Inventor Jeremy Gantz

Jeremy Gantz 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).

  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11597996
    Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural color, and methods of making articles having structural color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Yuanmin Wang
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11560617
    Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural color, and methods of making articles having structural color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Yuanmin Wang
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220334288
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide components for an article of manufacture, having a film with an optical element that imparts a structural color to the component. The present disclosure also provide methods for making components with the films and optical element, and articles of manufacture including the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220326410
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to components having an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or article. The present disclosure is also directed to articles of manufacture including the component having an optical element, and methods for making components and articles having an optical element that imparts structural color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220244427
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11402545
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11402544
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide components for an article of manufacture, having a film with an optical element that imparts a structural color to the component. The present disclosure also provide methods for making components with the films and optical element, and articles of manufacture including the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11402546
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11397283
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11391867
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to components having an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or article. The present disclosure is also directed to articles of manufacture including the component having an optical element, and methods for making components and articles having an optical element that imparts structural color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11385382
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220187501
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • LASER ETCHED ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20220160076
    Abstract: A bladder includes a first polymeric film, a second polymeric film attached to the first polymeric film to form a chamber, and one or more grooves formed in an exterior surface of the chamber. In one configuration, the grooves are formed in the exterior surface of the chamber by subjecting the chamber to a laser-etching process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Edwards, Jeremy Gantz, Dervin A. James, Honam Ho, Adam Kohn, Harry Lam Pham, Eric S. Schindler, Yuanmin Wang
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220163712
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for articles having structural color and methods of making articles having structural color. In an aspect, the present disclosure provides for articles that exhibit structural colors through the use of an optical unit. The optical unit, which is composed of at least two units, is disposed on a substrate (e.g., the surface of the article) and when exposed to visible light, the optical unit imparts a first structural color and a second structural to the article, where each structural color is visible color produced, at least in part, through optical effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel, Yuanmin Wang
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220155489
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11333799
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220113452
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide optical element transfer structures that include an optical element releasably coupled with a transfer medium and methods of making and using the optical element transfer structures. The optical element transfer structures can be used to dispose an optical element onto an article, whereby the optical element imparts a structural color to the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING STRUCTURALLY-COLORED ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20220107443
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11294101
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11294100
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to bladders that incorporate a multi-layer optical film that impart a structural color to the bladder. The present disclosure is also directed to articles including the bladders having a multi-layer optical film, and methods for making articles and bladders having a multi-layer optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel