Patents Examined by Callie E. Shosho
  • Patent number: 11911931
    Abstract: A multi-layered article including a substrate; a release layer including polyvinyl alcohol and at least one cross-linking agent; and a first selective light modulator layer; wherein the release layer crosslinks and is water insoluble is disclosed. Also, disclosed is a multi-layered article including a substrate; a waterborne release layer; and a first selective light modulator layer including a cross-linking agent. Methods of making the multi-layered articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kangning Liang, Alberto Argoitia, Jaroslaw Zieba, Johannes P. Seydel
  • Patent number: 11911974
    Abstract: Provided are: a metal-resin composite structure, including a surface-roughened metal member and a resin member bonded to the metal member and composed of a polyarylene sulfide resin (PAS) composition; a PAS resin composition and a resin member, for use in the metal-resin composite structure; and a method. More specifically, provided are: a PAS resin composition including a PAS resin (A) and a phenol resin (B) in an amount of 0.05 to 20 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the resin (A); a resin member obtained by melt-molding the PAS resin composition; and a metal-resin composite structure including a surface-roughened metal member and a resin member bonded to the metal member and composed of the PAS resin composition, wherein the metal member is made of aluminum, copper, magnesium, iron, titanium or an alloy containing at least one of them; and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventor: Kenta Hiwatashi
  • Patent number: 11897231
    Abstract: A package film is described. The package film comprises a first foil layer having a thickness of 0.5 mil or less but greater than 0 mil and a second foil layer having a thickness of 0.5 mil or less but greater than 0 mil. The package film also comprises a multilayer structure positioned between the first foil layer and the second foil layer. The multilayer structure has a thickness of from 0.75 mil to 2 mil and comprises (a) a high modulus layer having a secant modulus in each of the machine direction and the transverse direction of greater than 120,000 psi or having an elongation at break in each of the machine direction and the transverse direction of less than 150% and (b) a bulk layer comprising polyethylene, polypropylene, ionomer, or blends thereof. The package film further comprises a sealant film, and the sealant film is positioned interior the second foil layer. Various embodiments of the package film are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AMCOR FLEXIBLES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ross K Gruetzmacher, Brent G. Martins
  • Patent number: 11891538
    Abstract: This disclosure provides corrosion-resistant coatings that significantly improve corrosion resistance compared to the prior art. The corrosion protection system senses gradients in electrical potential, pH, and metal ion concentration, and then automatically halts corrosion. Some variations provide a gradient-responsive corrosion-resistant coating comprising: a first layer comprising a transition metal oxide and mobile cations; a second layer comprising a biphasic polymer, wherein the biphasic polymer contains ionic groups, wherein the biphasic polymer comprises a discrete phase and a continuous transport phase, wherein the continuous transport phase is capable of delivering oligomers in response to corrosion byproducts, and wherein the oligomers are ionically crosslinkable with metal cations from a base metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Gross, John Vajo, Jason Graetz
  • Patent number: 11884806
    Abstract: A resin composition contains an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, wherein the ratio (Y/Z) of a lactone ring content (Y) to the sum (Z) of a carboxylic acid content (X) and the lactone ring content (Y) in terminal structures of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer is not less than 55 mol %, and at least one of a cinnamic acid component, a lubricant, a boron compound, and a conjugated polyene compound is present as a thermally stabilizing substance in a predetermined proportion based on the weight of the resin composition. Therefore, the resin composition is excellent in high-temperature thermal decomposition suppressing effect and thermal stability, and is free from odor emanation and coloration even if being processed at a higher temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Inoue, Honoka Hashimoto, Nobuaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11885983
    Abstract: A liquid lens includes a transparent substrate, a multilayer polyurethane-based membrane overlying the transparent substrate, and a liquid layer disposed between and abutting the transparent substrate and the multilayer polyurethane-based membrane. The multilayer polyurethane-based membrane, which may include thermoplastic and/or thermoset polymer layers, may be formed by slot die coating or gravure coating one or more constituent layers and may exhibit a reversible elastic response to imposed strains of up to approximately 5% while limiting the transpiration of fluid therethrough to less than approximately 10?2 g/m2/day.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Christopher Stipe, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Hayden Erik Hernandez
  • Patent number: 11867873
    Abstract: A multilayer optical film including: an A layer formed of an alicyclic structure-containing polymer resin; and a B layer disposed on at least one surface of the A layer to be in direct contact therewith, the B layer serving as a masking layer, wherein the B layer is a cured product of a material Y including a dispersion of a crosslinkable polymer (a) and solid particles (b), and the B layer has a thickness tB of 10 ?m or more and 25 ?m or less. A production method including the steps of applying the material Y onto a surface of the A layer, to form a layer of the material Y; and curing the layer of the material Y.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironari Sudeji
  • Patent number: 11866620
    Abstract: A hotmelt composition comprises at least three co-polymers defined by their chemistry and molecular weight. The hotmelt composition may be without tackifiers. The hotmelt can be used in absorbent articles such as diapers comprising two substrates at least partially attached by the hotmelt composition. The hotmelt provides especially good nonwoven-nonwoven bond and nonwoven-film bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Robert Haines Turner, Torsten Lindner, William L. Bunnelle
  • Patent number: 11866573
    Abstract: The thermoplastic resin composition of the invention includes: 10% to 70% by mass of (A) a rubber-reinforced vinyl-based resin containing a rubbery part derived from an acrylic rubbery polymer and a resin pan having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a structural unit derived from a cyanidated vinyl compound; 5% to 80% by mass of (B) a (meth)acrylic resin (excluding component (A)) including a (co)polymer which has a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester compound and which does not have a structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene; and 5% to 70% by mass of (C) an ?-methylstyrene-based resin (excluding component (A)) containing a (co)polymer which has a structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene and which does not have a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester compound based on 100% by mass of a total content of components (A) to (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Techno-UMG Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuuki Omata, Shinsuke Fujioka
  • Patent number: 11851821
    Abstract: A heat sealable paper-based substrate is provided with at least the first surface covered with at least one primer coat and at least one topcoat over the primer coat, wherein: the primer coat is formed from a substantially wax-free aqueous dispersion of at least one polymer or copolymer, has a coefficient of thermal expansion equal to or less than about 200 ?m/(m·° C.) for at least one operating temperature, and has a complex viscosity of at least about 80000 poises at a heat seal temperature; the topcoat has a different composition than the primer coat and is formed from an aqueous dispersion of at least one thermoplastic polymer or copolymer, and has a complex viscosity of at least about 3000 poises at a heat seal temperature. The heat sealable paper-based substrate can be used to make articles to contain goods such as cold or hot beverages or food products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Cascades Sonoco Inc.
    Inventors: Yvon Mongrain, Etienne Levert, Simon Provencher
  • Patent number: 11840057
    Abstract: A reinforced carbon composite can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate. For example, a reinforced carbon composite can include a first layer, a second layer, and a resin adhered to the first layer and the second layer. The first layer can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate. The second layer can include a carbon substrate and a metal organic framework bonded to the carbon substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc.
    Inventor: Marwan Al-Haik
  • Patent number: 11834390
    Abstract: An adhesive composition having excellent adhesive properties and adhesiveness to a variety of plastics such as polypropylene, polyethylene, or a cycloolefin resin. The adhesive composition includes a polymer having a repeating unit derived from a polymerizable compound of the following formula (I): in which X1 and X2 each independently represent a C7 to C20 alkyl group or a C7 to C20 alkoxy group; n represents 0 or 1; Z1 and Z2 each independently represent a single bond or a C1 to C3 alkylene group; R each independently represents an organic group or a halogeno group; m1 and m2 each independently represent any integer of 0 to 4; and Y represents a polymerizable functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIPPON SODA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taiki Yamate
  • Patent number: 11833781
    Abstract: A power storage device packaging material includes at least a substrate layer, a metal foil layer having an anticorrosion treatment layer on one or both sides thereof, and a sealant layer in this order. In the packaging material, the sealant layer includes a propylene-based branched polymer-containing layer that contains a propylene-based branched polymer having branched chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu Ogiwara, Junya Imamoto, Masayoshi Suzuta
  • Patent number: 11820105
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a prepreg including a resin composition or a semi-cured product of the resin composition and a fibrous base material, in which the resin composition contains a modified polyphenylene ether compound terminally modified with a substituent having an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond, and a crosslinkable curing agent having an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond in a molecule, the fibrous base material is quartz glass cloth, the prepreg contains a silane coupling agent having an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond in a molecule, in an amount of 0.01% by mass or more and less than 3% by mass with respect to the prepreg, and a cured product of the prepreg has a dielectric loss tangent of 0.002 or less at 10 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Sato, Hiroaki Fujiwara, Yuki Kitai, Masashi Koda, Yasunori Hoshino
  • Patent number: 11820854
    Abstract: A molecularly resilient and high-energy transferable material and method of reinforcing and strengthening substrates with the same. The material includes aliphatic polyurea moieties coated on the surface of a pre-curing or curing epoxy, that may or may not compose a fiber reinforced epoxy (F/E) layer, constituting an isophorone diisocyanate amine (IDA) epoxy-surface modification (reaction) to form an interfacial epoxy-polyurea hybridized-matrix (IEPM) material between the epoxy (that may reside on an F/E layer) and a cured polyurea layer. Through its unique set of molecular vibrational properties, which are designed into the IEPM by controlling the thermodynamic IPA reaction, the chemically bonded and molecularly resilient (regenerative) IEPM material incorporates significant fracture toughness, loss modulus (material damping), and reduced elastic modulus into structural substrates and high-tenacity fibers to which it is adhered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Thomas Attard
  • Patent number: 11814795
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to weatherproof or moisture-resistant writable or printable paper or paper-containing substrates, which includes recyclable cellulosic sheets coated with a coating layer. Sheets are suitable for writing and printing and are prepared by impregnantly coating a cellulosic substrate. In addition, a composition used for coating paper sheets and related substrates to obtain general-purpose weatherproof sheets comprising a substrate, a polymer, a cross-linking agent and methods for producing and using the same are disclosed. The sheets resist degradation, remain legible, can be written upon when wet, and are recyclable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: JL Darling LLC
    Inventors: John T. Mattingly, Paul Snowwhite
  • Patent number: 11807795
    Abstract: Optical devices comprising at least one optical layer and at least one antistatic layer disposed on at least one surface of the optical layer wherein the antistatic layer comprises the reaction product of: (a) at least one polymerizable onium salt; and (b) at least one polymerizable, non-onium, silicone or perfluoropolyether moiety-containing monomer, oligomer, or polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Bryan V. Hunt, Brandt K. Carter, Maureen C. Nelson, Thomas P. Klun, Jason S. Petaja, Yizhong Wang, Joel D. Oxman
  • Patent number: 11794452
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer film comprising a multilayer film having an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) layer and a polymer layer is provided. The multilayer thermoplastic polymer film may possess beneficial and desirable properties useful in protecting surfaces from harmful environmental conditions or elements, such as for example, stain and scratch resistance as well as high gloss. Methods of making the multilayer film with interpenetrating polymer network are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Inventors: David Collette, Ray Stewart, Nathaniel Williams, James Galica
  • Patent number: 11795293
    Abstract: An epoxy resin has a mesogenic structure and a siloxane structure. An epoxy resin composition includes the epoxy resin having the mesogenic structure and the siloxane structure, and a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuya Kiguchi, Tomoo Nishiyama, Daisuke Fujimoto, Norihiko Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11788827
    Abstract: The present strain gauge includes a substrate having flexibility; and a resistor formed from a material containing at least one of chromium and nickel, on the substrate, wherein a first substance having a function of preventing crystal grains as the main component of the resistor from cohering, is added to the resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
    Inventors: Shintaro Takata, Shinya Toda, Toshiaki Asakawa, Keiki Maeno