Patents by Inventor Robert J. Fermin

Robert J. Fermin 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).

  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MICROREPLICATION
    Publication number: 20080274225
    Abstract: A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and separating the sheet and the tool. The radiant energy may travel through a solid material that is relatively transparent to radiation, on its way to being absorbed by a relatively-absorptive material. The relatively-transparent material may be an unheated portion of the sheet, and the relatively-absorptive material may be either the tool or the heated portion of the sheet. Alternatively, the relatively-transparent material may be the tool, and the relatively-absorptive material may be all or part of the sheet. The method may be performed as one or more roll-to-roll operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Rishikesh K. Bharadwai, Eng-Pi Chang, Philip Yi Zhi Chu, Hsiao Ken Chuanq, David N. Edwards, Robert J. Fermin, Ali R. Mehrabi, Reza Mehrabi, Ronald F. Sieloff, Chunhwa Wang
  • Process and apparatus for microreplication
    Patent number: 7416692
    Abstract: A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and separating the sheet and the tool. The radiant energy may travel through a solid material that is relatively transparent to radiation, on its way to being absorbed by a relatively-absorptive material. The relatively-transparent material may be an unheated portion of the sheet, and the relatively-absorptive material may be either the tool or the heated portion of the sheet. Alternatively, the relatively-transparent material may be the tool, and the relatively-absorptive material may be all or part of the sheet. The method may be performed as one or more roll-to-roll operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Rishikash K. Bharadwai, Eng-Pi Chang, Philip Yi Zhi Chu, Hsiao Ken Chuang, David N. Edwards, Robert J. Fermin, Ali R. Mehrabi, Reza Mehrabi, Ronald F. Sieloff, Chunhwa Wang
  • Process and apparatus for microreplication
    Publication number: 20040130057
    Abstract: A method of embossing a sheet material includes: heating at least a portion of the sheet directly or indirectly with radiant energy from a radiant energy source; pressing a tool against the heated portion of the sheet, thereby patterning a surface of the sheet; and separating the sheet and the tool. The radiant energy may travel through a solid material that is relatively transparent to radiation, on its way to being absorbed by a relatively-absorptive material. The relatively-transparent material may be an unheated portion of the sheet, and the relatively-absorptive material may be either the tool or the heated portion of the sheet. Alternatively, the relatively-transparent material may be the tool, and the relatively-absorptive material may be all or part of the sheet. The method may be performed as one or more roll-to-roll operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Reza Mehrabi, David N. Edwards, Robert J. Fermin, Ali R. Mehrabi, Chunhwa Wang, Rishikesh K. Bharadwaj, Ronald F. Sieloff, Hsiao Ken Chuang, Dennis I. Couzin, Karen L. Spilizewski, William J. Buttermore, Donald J. Davis, Christopher P. Frank, Barbara B. Hyde, Michael F. Lang, Keith A. Lutz, Austin E. Short, Mark Wisniewski