Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Fisher, Christen & Sabol
  • Patent number: 6905418
    Abstract: A Golf Short Game Training, Practice and Contest Game assemblage, which is easy to assemble, disassemble and transport from location to location (in, for example, the provided carrying bag) and which includes a main frame which is assembled from various steel pipes and connecting parts, a netting which is supported by the frame and which includes an inclined chute-shaped floor net which is affixed to or integral with the bottom floor of the netting, the front side of which is lower than the back portion of the netting; and a target which is suspended from the top portion of the netting and has at least one hole in it which is larger than a golf ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Inventor: Yong Su Rhee
  • Patent number: 6899353
    Abstract: The seat belt incorporates a self-adjusting retractable shoulder belt and a continuous lap belt into an arrangement that is easy to use and provides increased safety in the case of front end collision or roll over.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventor: Karl E. Volk
  • Patent number: 6896139
    Abstract: A child-safe packing for tablets, capsules and similar pharmaceutical products, with a blister pack (52) with at least one cup (64) to hold the tablets (60) sealed by a push-through cover film (66). Over the blister pack (52) fitted with an outer pack (50) is arranged an intermediate part (56). The cover film (66) of the blister pack (52) faces towards the intermediate part (56). Between the blister pack (52) and intermediate part (56) is arranged a first adhesive (70). The intermediate part (56) is partly covered by a removable separating part (57). A cover part (58) lies on the separating part (57). Between the intermediate part (56) and the separating part (57) is arranged a second adhesive (74). Between the intermediate part (56) not covered by the separating part (57) and the separating part (57) and cover part (58) is arranged a third adhesive (78).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6891049
    Abstract: The method for producing N-alkoxy-N-alkylamides of general formula (I): wherein R1 represents C1-10-alkyl, cyclo-C5-7-alkyl, cyclo-C5-7-alkenyl, C2-10-alkenyl, aryl, aryl-C1-3-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-C1-3-alkyl or heterocyclyl; and R2 represents C1-6 alkyl. In the process, an ester of general formula (II): R1COOR3, wherein R1 has the above-mentioned meaning, and R3 represents C1-6-alkyl, 4-nitrophenyl, 2,4-dinitrophenyl, succinimido or benzotriazole-1-yl, is reacted with hydroxylamine, a hydroxylamine derivative or with a hydroxylammonium salt, and the reaction product is alkylated in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Paul Hanselmann, Stefan Hildbrand, Etienne Sterren
  • Patent number: 6884570
    Abstract: A method of forming a resist pattern film. A positive type actinic ray decomposing and developing dry film is applied onto a surface of a coating substrate so that the surface of the coating substrate may face to the urethane resin layer of the dry film. Then, the dry film may be heat treated. The non-actinic ray-curable substrate of the dry film, then, is optionally stripped, and is heat treated if it has not already been heat treated. Then, an actinic ray is irradiated through a mask or directly onto the surface of the dry film so as to obtain an intended pattern and is optionally heat treated. The non-actinic ray-curable substrate which was not previously stripped is, then, stripped. Then, the positive type actinic ray-curable urethane resin layer is subjected to a developing treatment. Finally, an unnecessary area of the urethane resin layer to form a resist pattern film is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Genji Imai, Takeya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6881254
    Abstract: An inorganic film-forming coating composition prepared by adding a basic compound (B) to a titanium-containing water based solution (A) obtained by reacting a hydrogen peroxide water with at least one titanium compound selected from the group consisting of a hydrolizable titanium compound, a low condensation product of the hydrolizable titanium compound, titanium hydroxide and a low condensation product of the titanium hydroxide; and an inorganic film-forming method by use of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Akui, Hideo Kogure, Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6878229
    Abstract: A film composite for packaging purposes. The film composite efficiently blocks the passage of water vapor and gas after sterilization in a water bath or in water vapor at temperatures of more than 90° C., and is a film consisting of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with a coextruded layer consisting of polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate (PEN) on at least one side. The film has a 10 nm to 200 nm thick ceramic layer on at least one of the sides that are coated with PEN. The layer is produced by simultaneously vaporizing silicon dioxide (SiO2) and metallic silicon in a vacuum. The layer consists of SiOx, x being a number between 0.9 and 2. The composite film blocks the passage of water vapor and gases to a large extent after sterilization in a water bath or in water vapor at temperatures of more than 90° C. A process for preparing the film composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Lohwasser, Olaf Frei
  • Patent number: 6878829
    Abstract: ?-alaninamides of the general formula Wherein R1 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with hyroxy, amino, carboxy, carbamoyl, methylmercapto, guanidino, unsubstituted or substituted aryl or heteroaryl, and R2 is hydrogen, or R1 and R2 together form a group of the formula —(CH2)n— where n is 3 or 4, and R3 is hydrogen, a negative charge compensated by an equivalent of an inorganic or organic cation or is C1-6 alkyl, are prepared, without using an amino-protective group, by reacting the corresponding ?-amino acid or the corresponding ?-amino acid ester with a cyanoacetic ester to give a cyanoacetamide and by subsequent catalytic hydrogenation. The method is particularly suitable for preparing carnosine (?-alanyl-L-histidine, R1=imidazol-4-yl-methyl, R2=R3=H), a naturally occurring dipeptide which used as a dietary supplement with antioxidative action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Stefan Hildbrand, Thomas Ruppen, Dario Veghini
  • Patent number: 6848797
    Abstract: A reflector with high total reflection which is resistant to mechanical stresses. The reflector comprises a reflector body and superimposed thereon (a) a functional coating such as a varnish, (b) a reflecting layer structure composed of a reflecting metallic layer and optionally arranged thereon one or several transparent ceramic layers, for example, layers having an optical depth of ?/2. The reflecting layer structure contains, as its surface layer, a protective layer. The protective layer is a silicon oxide of general formula SiOx, wherein x is a number from 1.1 to 2.0, or it is aluminum oxide of formula Al2O3, in a thickness of 3 nm or more. The protective layer protects the underlying layers from mechanical damages. In the DIN 58196 abrasion test the protected surface does not show any damages after 50 test cycles with 100 abrasion strokes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignees: Alanod Aluminium-Veredelung GmbH & Co., Allusuisse Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Volkmar Gillich, Renato Kirin, Roman Fuchs
  • Patent number: 6844029
    Abstract: A photocurable primer composition containing (A) an acrylic resin having through an urethane linkage a polymerizable unsaturated group on its side chain and containing the polymerizable unsaturated group in an amount of 0.2 to 2.0 mol/kg in a solid content of the resin (A), (B) an urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer containing at least one polymerizable unsaturated group in one molecule, and (E) a photopolymerization initiator, and a coating method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventors: Toshikazu Okada, Shinji Tomita, Tsutomu Nagasao, Hajime Sukejima, Takao Matoba
  • Patent number: 6828389
    Abstract: A method for producing polymer-bound 2-chlorotrityl chloride of the formula (I): wherein is a polymer support, preferably cross-linked polystyrene, by reacting a corresponding carboxylic acid with hydrogen chloride. The method enables the support resin from the solid-phase peptide synthesis produced after the splitting off of the peptide to be reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventor: Carsten Meininghaus
  • Patent number: 6821569
    Abstract: A repair coating method which comprises coating a photocurable processing composition (I) onto a damaged area of a substrate to form a processed layer, followed by coating a colored base coating composition (II) onto the processed layer to form a colored base layer, and coating a photocurable clear composition (III) onto the colored base layer to form a clear layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Okada, Takashi Wakimoto, Takao Matoba, Tsutomu Nagasao
  • Patent number: 6800721
    Abstract: The unsaturated oligophenol cyanates of the general formula [A—]n[B—A—]xB[—A]m   (I) in which A is a group of formula: and B is a group of formula: where R1, R2 and R3 are each hydrogen or a bond with a group B, there being either one or two bonds with group B; and both R4 and R4′ as well as R5 and R5′ separately or jointly represent a direct bond or hydrogen and a bond with a group A, there being either one or two bonds with A. The indices m and n are 0 or 1 but not both 1 at the same time and x is a whole number between 0 and 10, where at least one of the numbers, m, n and x is not 0. The unsaturated oligophenol cyanates can be prepared by reacting the corresponding oligophenols with cyanogen chloride. The have a low viscosity and owing to their double bonds are able to undergo free-radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Ulrich Daum, Alessandro Falchetto
  • Patent number: 6793077
    Abstract: A child-resistant yet senior-friendly packaging for tablets, capsules or similar pharmaceutical products. The packaging is a blister pack (12) with at least one cup (24) that receives tablets in an external package (10), arranged between a base part (14) and an intermediate part (16), and that is closed by a cover film (26) that can be pressed through. The intermediate part (16) is covered by a cover part (18). A first adhesive (30) is arranged between the base part (14) or the blister pack (12) and the intermediate part (16). A second adhesive (32) is arranged between the intermediate part (16) and the cover part (18). The second adhesive (32), in the closed state of the external package (10), has a lower adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30) and, once the cover part (18) is released from the intermediate part (16), a higher adhesiveness vis-à-vis the first adhesive (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Kancsar, Laurenz Zellweger, Michael Krohn, Claudia Schmauder, Susanne Marti
  • Patent number: 6784311
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of 3-aminoalkanoic acid esters of the general formula: in which R is C1-6-alkyl and R1 is hydrogen, C1-6-alkyl or phenyl, or their salts, by catalytic hydrogenation of the corresponding 3-amino-2-alkenoic acid esters of the general formula: in which R and R1 have the above mentioned meanings. The hydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a strong acid and the salt of the 3-aminoalkanoic acid ester (I) and the strong acid formed is optionally converted into the free 3-aminoalkanoic acid ester (I) or into another salt in a manner known per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventor: Rudolf Fuchs
  • Patent number: 6761848
    Abstract: Lids, for example lids for machine-lidding of e.g. beakers, dishes, menu dishes, goblets, small packages etc., containing a substrate material featuring, with respect to a container on which the lids are used, a smooth outward facing surface bearing printing. On the inward facing side of the lid is a sealing layer deposited by extrusion laminate coating. The sealing layer exhibits on the free surface embossing with a depth of roughness of up to 50 &mgr;m. The embossing is transferred to the sealing layer in the form of a roughness pattern on the cooling roll on depositing the laminate coating of the substrate material and extruded sealing layer. The free side of the substrate material is smooth and exhibits no embossing. Printing on the free surface is therefore of higher quality. The extruded sealing layer on the substrate material exhibits embossing on the free side. If the lids are drawn from a stack of lids, for example in a filling machine, the embossing allows them to be separated individually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Alcan Technology & Management Ltd.
    Inventor: Wilfried Jud
  • Patent number: 6733580
    Abstract: A method for preparing an inorganic film-forming coating composition. The method involves reacting a titanium monomer and/or a low condensation product thereof containing a group hydrolyzed to form a hydroxyl group with a hydrogen peroxide water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Kansei Paint Co., LTD
    Inventor: Osamu Isozaki
  • Patent number: 6734135
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a vanadium/phosphorus mixed oxide catalyst precursor is described, comprising the reaction of a vanadium source in selected organic media in the presence of a phophorus source. The medium comprises: (a) isobutyl alcohol or a mixture of isobutyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol and (b) a polyol in the weight ratio (a) to (b) of 99:1 to 5:95. After its activation, the vanadium/phosphorus mixed oxide catalyst precursor is an excellent catalyst in the conversion of non-aromatic hydrocarbons like n-butane to malic anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza S.p.A.
    Inventors: Stefania Albonetti, Fabrizio Cavani, Simone Ligi, Gianluca Mazzoni
  • Patent number: 6734324
    Abstract: A method for producing compounds of general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2, each time they occur and independently of each other, mean hydroxyl, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, halogen, phenyl or phenoxy; R3 means hydrogen or C1-6-alkyl; m is a whole number from 0 to 4; and n is a whole number from 0 to 5. According to the method, diketene is reacted with an N-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine of general formula (II): wherein R1, R2, R3, m and n have the meanings given above, in the presence of 3 to 40 percent acetic acid and at temperatures of 20 to 100° C. The compounds (I) with R3 is C1-6-alkyl and the enamines can be obtained from these by reaction with ammonia, and their hydration products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Lonza AG
    Inventors: Uta Glufke, Paul Hanselmann
  • Patent number: 6730203
    Abstract: A multi-layer coating film-forming method which comprises coating a cationic electrodeposition coating composition (A) containing a blocked polyisocyanate compound as a crosslinking agent and bismuth hydroxide to form a non-cured electrodeposition coating film, coating a water based intercoat coating composition (B1) containing a hydroxyl group and carboxyl group-containing base resin, a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinking agent, a fine aluminum powder and a titanium oxide white pigment onto the non-cured electrodeposition coating film to form a non-cured intercoat coating film, followed by heat curing both coating films simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Syuichi Ikenoue, Akira Kasari