Patents by Inventor Mark D. Schneider
Mark D. Schneider 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: 10471642Abstract: A process is provided for making a blow-molded PET container comprising a wall having a density of between about 1.370 g/cc and 1.385 g/cc, a heat-induced crystallinity of from about 18% to about 25%, and a strain-induced crystallinity of from about 55% to about 75%, wherein the PET container, when filled with a liquid having a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 132° C. or when subjected to a pasteurization or retort process, will not experience a change in volume of greater than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Kerry W. Silvers, Mark D. Schneider, Sergey B. Bobrov, Samuel E. Evins
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Patent number: 10421098Abstract: A PET container comprising a wall having an inside surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface is coated with a silicon oxide barrier coating and having a barrier improvement factor (BIF) for oxygen as a result of the silicon oxide barrier coating, wherein the coated PET container retains at least 17% of BIF after the PET container is exposed to a thermal sterilization process.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider
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Patent number: 10279530Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having a first end and a second end and an opening at the first end into the chamber. A base of the container extends from the sidewall and closes the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a horizontal line of greater than about 80°, a centrally disposed pushup section in the shape of an axially inwardly extending truncated cone, and a toroidal-shaped channel circumscribing and connecting the perimeter wall to the pushup section. The toroidal-shaped channel has a surface that is asymmetrical about a central axis of the container when the container is under static pressure conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Matt Vogel, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Publication number: 20170297057Abstract: A PET container comprising a wall having an inside surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface is coated with a silicon oxide barrier coating and having a barrier improvement factor (BIF) for oxygen as a result of the silicon oxide barrier coating, wherein the coated PET container retains at least 17% of BIF after the PET container is exposed to a thermal sterilization process.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider
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Patent number: 9725802Abstract: A process for applying a silicon oxide barrier coating to a PET container, wherein the PET container comprises a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the process comprising the steps of: (a) heating a PET container such that at least the outer surface is at a temperature of from about 200° F. to about 383° F.; (b) forming a coated PET container by applying at least one silicon oxide barrier layer on at least the inner surface of the PET container while the temperature of at least the outer surface of the PET container is at a temperature of from about 200° F. to about 383° F.; and (c) cooling the coated PET container after step b.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider
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Publication number: 20170021549Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having a first end and a second end and an opening at the first end into the chamber. A base of the container extends from the sidewall and closes the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a horizontal line of greater than about 80°, a centrally disposed pushup section in the shape of an axially inwardly extending truncated cone, and a toroidal-shaped channel circumscribing and connecting the perimeter wall to the pushup section. The toroidal-shaped channel has a surface that is asymmetrical about a central axis of the container when the container is under static pressure conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: Graham Packaging PET Technologies Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Matt Vogel, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Patent number: 9481485Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having a first end and a second end and an opening at the first end into the chamber. A base of the container extends from the sidewall and closes the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a horizontal line of greater than about 80°, a centrally disposed pushup section in the shape of an axially inwardly extending truncated cone, and a toroidal-shaped channel circumscribing and connecting the perimeter wall to the pushup section. The toroidal-shaped channel has a surface that is asymmetrical about a central axis of the container when the container is under static pressure conditions.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Graham Packaging PET Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Matt Vogel, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Patent number: 9377308Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining an estimated user location performed on a computer system programmed to perform the method includes determining in physical sensors, movements in response to movement of the computer system, determining in a processor a physical context, in response to the movements, determining in the processor whether the physical context is substantially similar to a map-based context associated with a location on the map, when a map-based context is substantially similar to the physical context, the method includes determining in the processor the location on the map associated with the map-based context, determining in the processor a graphical user interface in response to the location on the map, and displaying the graphical user interface on a display of the computer system.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: mCube Inc.Inventors: Joe Kelly, Jobe Price, Rahul Bakshi, Mark D. Schneider
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Publication number: 20160130697Abstract: A process for applying a silicon oxide barrier coating to a PET container, wherein the PET container comprises a wall having an inner surface and an outer surface, the process comprising the steps of: (a) heating a PET container such that at least the outer surface is at a temperature of from about 200° F. to about 383° F.; (b) forming a coated PET container by applying at least one silicon oxide barrier layer on at least the inner surface of the PET container while the temperature of at least the outer surface of the PET container is at a temperature of from about 200° F. to about 383° F.; and (c) cooling the coated PET container after step b.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider
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Publication number: 20150209996Abstract: A process is provided for making a blow-molded PET container comprising a wall having a density of between about 1.370 g/cc and 1.385 g/cc, a heat-induced crystallinity of from about 18% to about 25%, and a strain-induced crystallinity of from about 55% to about 75%, wherein the PET container, when filled with a liquid having a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 132° C. or when subjected to a pasteurization or retort process, will not experience a change in volume of greater than 3%.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2015Publication date: July 30, 2015Inventors: Kerry W. Silvers, Mark D. Schneider, Sergey B. Bobrov, Samuel E. Evins
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Patent number: 9023446Abstract: A blow-molded PET container comprising a wall having a density of between about 1.370 g/cc and 1.385 g/cc, a heat-induced crystallinity of from about 18% to about 25%, and a strain-induced crystallinity of from about 55% to about 75%, wherein the PET container, when filled with a liquid having a temperature of from about 100° C. to about 132° C. or when subjected to a pasteurization or retort process, will not experience a change in volume of greater than 3%.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Graham Packaging LC, L.P.Inventors: Kerry W. Silvers, Mark D. Schneider, Sergey B. Bobrov, Samuel E. Evins
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Patent number: 8942784Abstract: An electromagnetic receiver assembly is included in a navigation element for a therapy delivery system. If the system is modular, the navigation element may be an insertable module thereof and/or include a lumen to receive another insertable module.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Michael R. Neidert, Kenneth C. Gardeski, Johnson E. Goode, Mark D. Schneider
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Patent number: 8919601Abstract: A pressure-motion compensating diaphragm for air and liquid tight sealing, in combination with a cap, of a container. The diaphragm has (1) an edge engaging at least one of the cap and the container, and positioning the diaphragm horizontally in the container proximate the neck of the container and under the cap; (2) a center deflector button; and (3) a plurality of silfon tori segments extending from the edge to the center deflector button. The dimensions and geometries of the edge, center deflector button, and tori segments are predetermined to compensate uniquely for forces applied to the diaphragm and created by pressure changes inside and outside the container that occur as the container is filled with a product and processed through filling, pasteurization, or cooling steps. Also provided is an apparatus including the cap, the container, and the diaphragm for releasably storing the product.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Publication number: 20140149069Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining an estimated user location performed on a computer system programmed to perform the method includes determining in physical sensors, movements in response to movement of the computer system, determining in a processor a physical context, in response to the movements, determining in the processor whether the physical context is substantially similar to a map-based context associated with a location on the map, when a map-based context is substantially similar to the physical context, the method includes determining in the processor the location on the map associated with the map-based context, determining in the processor a graphical user interface in response to the location on the map, and displaying the graphical user interface on a display of the computer system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: mCube, IncorporatedInventors: Joe Kelly, Jobe Price, Rahul Bashki, Mark D. Schneider
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Patent number: 8591783Abstract: The preparation and use of medical devices having radiopaque and echogenic materials including coated tungsten and/or tungsten carbide particles are disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2009Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Ebert, Steven L. Waldhauser, Mark D. Schneider, Gregory P. Shipe
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Publication number: 20130248539Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having a first end and a second end and an opening at the first end into the chamber. A base of the container extends from the sidewall and closes the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a horizontal line of greater than about 80°, a centrally disposed pushup section in the shape of an axially inwardly extending truncated cone, and a toroidal-shaped channel circumscribing and connecting the perimeter wall to the pushup section. The toroidal-shaped channel has a surface that is asymmetrical about a central axis of the container when the container is under static pressure conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: Graham Packaging LC, LP.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Matt Vogel, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Patent number: 8507063Abstract: The present invention provides a blow molded heat set PET container having enhanced thermal properties and a first glass transition temperature and a second endothermic transition temperature substantially higher than the glass transition temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Graham Packaging LC, L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Kerry W. Silvers
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Patent number: 8444002Abstract: A plastic container having a sidewall defining a chamber and having an opening at one end into the chamber; a base extending from the sidewall and closing the second end, the base having an outer perimeter portion defining a support structure, an axially inwardly extending perimeter wall spaced radially inwardly from the support structure forming an angle with a plane normal to an axis of the container of less than about 90°, and a flexing panel closing an end of the perimeter wall, the flexing panel moveable along an axis of the container from a first position where a central portion of the panel is below a top portion of the perimeter wall to a second position where the central portion is above the top portion of the perimeter wall to change the volume of the container; and a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial grooves on the panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Graham Packaging LC, L.P.Inventors: Mark D. Schneider, Matt Vogel, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Publication number: 20120205339Abstract: A pressure-motion compensating diaphragm for air and liquid tight sealing, in combination with a cap, of a container. The diaphragm has (1) an edge engaging at least one of the cap and the container, and positioning the diaphragm horizontally in the container proximate the neck of the container and under the cap; (2) a center deflector button; and (3) a plurality of silfon tori segments extending from the edge to the center deflector button. The dimensions and geometries of the edge, center deflector button, and tori segments are predetermined to compensate uniquely for forces applied to the diaphragm and created by pressure changes inside and outside the container that occur as the container is filled with a product and processed through filling, pasteurization, or cooling steps. Also provided is an apparatus including the cap, the container, and the diaphragm for releasably storing the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2011Publication date: August 16, 2012Applicant: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Sergey B. Bobrov, Mark D. Schneider, Samuel E. Evins, Kerry W. Silvers
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Patent number: D982445Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.Inventors: Raymond A. Pritchett, Jr., Mark D. Schneider