Patents by Inventor Stefaan Smet

Stefaan Smet 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).

  • Publication number: 20220363846
    Abstract: A flame retardant film comprising a polyester containing film comprising on a side thereof, a flame retardant layer. The flame retardant layer comprises a colloidal metal oxide in an amount of 6 g/m2 of more, an inorganic binder in an amount of 2 g/m2 or more, a first flame retardant being a phosphorous containing compound in an amount of 10 g/m2 or more and a second flame retardant being a mineral compound selected from the group of aluminum hydroxide, aluminum trihydrate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium calcium carbonate, hydrated magnesium carbonate, aluminum oxide hydroxide, boron compounds, antimony trioxide and combinations thereof, the amount of the second flame retardant is 6 g/m2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT NV
    Inventors: Geert Vercruysse, Hubertus Van Aert, Dirk Quintens, Sarah Richardson, Stefaan Smet
  • Patent number: 10655027
    Abstract: A free radical radiation curable liquid includes a) a photoinitiator; and b) a monomer or oligomer including an alkali hydrolyzable group. The alkali hydrolyzable group is an oxalate group located in the atomic chain between two free radical polymerizable groups of the monomer or oligomer including the alkali hydrolyzable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AGFA GEVAERT NV
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Stefaan Smet
  • Publication number: 20170096572
    Abstract: An inkjet printing radiation curable inkjet ink for forming a protective layer during an etching process includes at least 70 percent by weight of a polymerizable composition based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein the polymerizable composition has an oxygen fraction OFR>0.250 and a weighted polymerizable functionality WPF?0.0050, and the polymerizable composition contains no polymerizable compound with an ethylenic double bond and including a phosphoester group or a carboxylic acid group in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Stefaan SMET, Freddy ZUTTERMAN, Peter VERMEERSCH, Johan LOCCUFIER, Ann WILLEMS
  • Patent number: 9556349
    Abstract: An inkjet printing radiation curable inkjet ink for forming a protective layer during an etching process includes at least 70 percent by weight of a polymerizable composition based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein the polymerizable composition has an oxygen fraction OFR>0.250 and a weighted polymerizable functionality WPF?0.0050, and the polymerizable composition contains no polymerizable compound with an ethylenic double bond and including a phosphoester group or a carboxylic acid group in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Stefaan Smet, Freddy Zutterman, Peter Vermeersch, Johan Loccufier, Ann Willems
  • Publication number: 20150210875
    Abstract: A free radical radiation curable liquid includes a) a photoinitiator; and b) a monomer or oligomer including an alkali hydrolyzable group. The alkali hydrolyzable group is an oxalate group located in the atomic chain between two free radical polymerizable groups of the monomer or oligomer including the alkali hydrolyzable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Johan Loccufier, Stefaan Smet
  • Publication number: 20140363632
    Abstract: An inkjet printing radiation curable inkjet ink for forming a protective layer during an etching process includes at least 70 percent by weight of a polymerizable composition based on the total weight of radiation curable inkjet ink, wherein the polymerizable composition has an oxygen fraction OFR>0.250 and a weighted polymerizable functionality WPF?0.0050, and the polymerizable composition contains no polymerizable compound with an ethylenic double bond and including a phosphoester group or a carboxylic acid group in the molecule thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA-GEVAERT
    Inventors: Stefaan Smet, Freddy Zutterman, Peter Vermeersch, Johan Loccufier, Ann Willems
  • Publication number: 20140354740
    Abstract: A white inkjet ink includes a liquid ink vehicle, a first inorganic pigment with a refractive index greater than 1.60 having an average particle size A larger than 200 nm, and a second inorganic pigment having an average particle size B between 40 nm and 90 nm; wherein the number of particles per mm3 NAB complies with the relation: NAB=?{square root over (NA×NB)}?7,500 particles/mm3 with NA representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of A?20 nm to A+20 nm, NB representing the number of particles per mm3 having a particle size in the range of B?20 nm to B+20 nm, the average particle size A is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 13,500× magnification, and the average particle size B is measured by transmission electron microscopy at a 58,000× magnification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
    Inventors: Stefaan Smet, Xavier Andre