Patents Examined by Elizabeth E Mulvaney
  • Patent number: 11865812
    Abstract: A material includes a glass sheet, one of the faces of which includes a first zone and a second zone, only the first zone being coated with a layer of opaque mineral paint obtained from a water-based paint composition including pigments and an aqueous solution of alkaline silicate, the layer of mineral paint and the second zone of the glass sheet being coated with a thin layer stack including at least one electrically conductive thin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Juliette Jamart
  • Patent number: 11866846
    Abstract: In a SiC substrate of the present invention, in a case where a point 10 mm inside from an outer peripheral edge in a [11-20] direction from a center is defined as a first outer peripheral point and any point within a circle having a diameter of 10 mm from the center is defined as a first center point, the tensile stress of the first outer peripheral point in a <1-100> direction, which is a circumferential direction of the first outer peripheral point, is larger than the tensile stress of the first center point in the <1-100> direction, which is the same direction as the circumferential direction of the first outer peripheral point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromasa Suo, Rimpei Kindaichi, Tamotsu Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11851891
    Abstract: Ceramic tile having a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer including a printed pattern, where the surface of the ceramic tile has a relief having structural features corresponding to the printed pattern. The relief being basically formed as a plurality of excavations present in the generally plane upper surface of the ceramic tile and the structural features have a depth such that they are completely situated above the ceramic base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FLOORING INDUSTRIES LIMITED, SARL
    Inventors: Bernard Thiers, Christine Walmsley-Scott, Bart Van Der Stockt
  • Patent number: 11852977
    Abstract: A method of coating an optical substrate with a transparent, electrically conductive coating includes depositing a semiconductor coating over a surface of an optical substrate, wherein the semiconductor coating has broadband optical transmittance. A doped semiconductor is applied in a pattern over the semiconductor coating. The doped semiconductor in the pattern is activated for electrical conductivity in the doped semiconductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Danbury Mission Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Bradley Dean Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11840602
    Abstract: Provided are a laminate, a circuit board, and a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) film comprised therein. The laminate comprises a metal foil and an LCP film. The LCP film in the laminate has a dissipation factor before water absorption (Df?0), a dissipation factor after water absorption (Df?1), and a relative percentage difference between dissipation factors (?Df?), which is calculated by the following equation: ? ? Df ? ( % ) = ? "\[LeftBracketingBar]" Df 1 ? - Df 0 ? ? "\[RightBracketingBar]" Df 0 ? × 100 ? % ; wherein ?Df? may be less than or equal to 16%. By controlling ?Df? of the LCP film in the laminate, the insertion loss of a circuit board comprising a laminate during signal transmission in low-, medium-, and/or high-frequency bands is decreased and/or inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: CHANG CHUN PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: An-Pang Tu, Chien-Chun Chen, Chia-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 11839520
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to ornamental indicia carrier and method of producing the same. In some embodiments, the ornamental indicia carrier comprises an ultraviolet light (“UV”) cured ink printed on a thin flexible film and combined with an adhesive layer. The ornamental indicia carrier is capable of enduring the conditions inside the mouth for an extended period of time and can be used in conjunction with a dental appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sriram Venkatasanthanam, Ramin Heydarpour, John Y. Morton, Jun Sato, Michael Christopher Cole, Mehdi Mojdeh, Prashanth Vanchy, Natalia Lysaya Powers, Sibel Narin, Jeremy Riley
  • Patent number: 11832679
    Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural achromatic color, and methods of making articles having structural achromatic color. The present disclosure provides for articles that exhibit structural color upon exposure to white light (e.g., sunlight, artificial light, or a combination) that shifts based on the angle of observation and/or incident light. At least one shift in the structural color is between an achromatic structural color and a chromatic structural color. The shift occurs at different angles of observation and/or angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Yuanmin Wang
  • Patent number: 11837632
    Abstract: Provided is a wafer including a ring part and a processed part. The processed part is connected to the ring part. The processed part has a top surface which has been grounded and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. The processed part is surrounded by the ring part. A region where the top surface connects to the ring part is a curved surface curved upwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GlobalWafers Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan-Ju Wen, Chih-Wei Chang, Su Lien Chou
  • Patent number: 11827819
    Abstract: The present invention is an assembly layer for a flexible device. The assembly layer is derived from precursors that include about 0 to about 50 wt % C1-C9 alkyl(meth)acrylate, about 40 to about 99 wt % C10-C24 (meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 30 wt % hydroxyl (meth)acrylate, about 0 to about 10 wt % of a non-hydroxy functional polar monomer, and about 0 to about 5 wt % crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jason D. Clapper, Ross E. Behling, Christopher J. Campbell, Albert I. Everaerts
  • Patent number: 11820885
    Abstract: A resin composition, a metal laminate, and a printed circuit board which use the resin composition are disclosed. A method for manufacturing the metal laminate is also disclosed. The resin composition contains at least one elastomer selected from the group consisting of a fluoroelastomer or a styrene-based elastomer; a fluororesin filler; and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DOOSAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jinsoo Lee, Hyungkyu Kim, Kyeongwoon Cho
  • Patent number: 11822103
    Abstract: A privacy film may have a light-blocking layer that is interposed between first and second transparent substrates. The light-blocking layer may have a plurality of opaque portions and a plurality of transparent portions. The opaque portions may be shaped to ensure light from the display is directed only to the primary viewer of the display. Each opaque portion of the light-blocking layer may extend along a respective longitudinal axis between the first and second transparent substrates. Privacy films used to cover curved displays may have opaque portions that extend along longitudinal axes that have different angles relative to the transparent substrates. Opaque portions in the edge of the privacy film may have longitudinal axes that are at non-perpendicular angles with respect to the transparent substrates. A privacy film for a curved display may also include a light-redirecting layer such as a prism layer or a liquid crystal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Steven M. Scardato, ByoungSuk Kim, Jun Qi, Victor H. Yin, Wenyong Zhu
  • Patent number: 11825286
    Abstract: A non-planar chemical vapour deposition polycrystalline diamond body has a dome body having an apex and an outer periphery. The dome body has an average radius of curvature in a range of 4 mm to 25 mm and a maximum linear dimension at the outer periphery of the dome body of no more than 26 mm. The average radius of curvature is no less than 0.6 times the maximum linear dimension at the outer periphery. A method of fabricating the non-planar diamond body is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Element Six Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Wickham, Ian Friel
  • Patent number: 11807078
    Abstract: A protective barrier affixable to a curved substrate comprises a stack of two or more lenses, each of the two or more lenses including a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, a hard coat on a first side of the PET film, and an adhesive layer on a second side of the PET film opposite the first side. The stack of two or more lenses may have a modulation transfer function that exhibits a contrast value greater than 75% for a spatial resolution of one line-pair per 0.0003 radians at 65 degrees angle of incidence. Heat and pressure may be applied to conform the stack of two or more lenses to the shape of the curved substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Racing Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bart E. Wilson, Stephen S. Wilson, Seth Wilson
  • Patent number: 11805903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gap-free epidemic-preventing partition board structure, which includes a transparent board, a plurality of arc surfaces, two lateral side edges, a flat form, and a plurality of arc surface transitions. The arc surfaces are arranged on a bottom portion of the transparent board. The arc surfaces gradually change in an upward direction into the flat form. The two lateral side edges are arranged on two opposite sides of the arc surfaces and are on the same plane as the flat form. The arc surfaces include the arc surface transitions. The arc surfaces, the flat form, the two lateral side edges, and arc surface transitions that make up the gap-free epidemic-preventing partition board structure are integrally formed together as a unitary structure. The bottom in the form of multiple arc surfaces helps increase a contact area with a tabletop for securely standing thereon to achieve separation for epidemic prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: WEN'S DESIGN INC.
    Inventors: Haur-Wen Lu, Althea Chen
  • Patent number: 11802080
    Abstract: A glass substrate 10 has a mark provided on a surface 10A of the glass substrate 10, the mark including plural dots 104, a depth H of each of the dots 104 is 0.5 ?m or larger and 7.0 ?m or smaller, and an inclination angle of a side surface 104B of each of the dots 104 is 5° or larger and 56° or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yuha Kobayashi, Shigeto Kumano, Kaede Katsuno, Keisuke Hanashima, Kohei Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 11801669
    Abstract: A structural panel for a recreational vehicle includes a plurality of layers laminated together to form a lamination. The lamination forms an outer surface of the structural panel, which is configured to form a sidewall, a ceiling, or a floor of the recreational vehicle when mounted in the recreational vehicle relative to the vehicle chassis. The structural panel further includes an image that is formed on or in one of the plurality of layers in or internal to the structural panel and which is visible at the outer surface. The image is in a location that is in a known fixed registry with a structural reference, such as the outer perimeter, of the structural panel prior to the panel being mounted in the recreational vehicle wherein the location of the image is known relative to the structural reference of the structural panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Thor Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd B. Lozier, Steven J. Romanowski
  • Patent number: 11795577
    Abstract: A SiC epitaxial wafer includes a SiC substrate and an epitaxial layer laminated on the SiC substrate, wherein the epitaxial layer contains an impurity element which determines the conductivity type of the epitaxial layer and boron which has a conductivity type different from the conductivity type of the impurity element, and the concentration of boron is less than 1.0×1014 cm?3 at any position in the plane of the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Resonac Corporation
    Inventors: Kensho Tanaka, Yoshikazu Umeta
  • Patent number: 11793262
    Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural achromatic color, and methods of making articles having structural achromatic color. The present disclosure provides for articles that exhibit structural color upon exposure to white light (e.g., sunlight, artificial light, or a combination) that shifts based on the angle of observation and/or incident light. At least one shift in the structural color is between an achromatic structural color and a chromatic structural color. The shift occurs at different angles of observation and/or angle of incident light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Yuanmin Wang
  • Patent number: 11795563
    Abstract: A decorative component includes a plateable resin body portion that is light-transmissive. A thin intermediate layer of material is electrolessly deposited over the body portion. The intermediate layer is laser ablated to selectively remove the intermediate layer and expose the light transmissive portion. The part is then subjected to electroplating. The ablated areas do not receive the metal layers of the electroplating, thereby defining a pattern defined by the ablation. The laser ablation may define an outline, leaving the thin intermediate layer within the outline that is electrically isolated from areas outside of the outline. The electroplating process will not apply layers to the isolated areas, and the intermediate layer therein will dissolve, exposing the light transmissive body portion. An opposite side of the part is also exposed and transmissive, such that light will pass through the body portion and illuminate the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LACKS ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael LaVallee, David Walters, Thomas Hawkins
  • Patent number: 11794377
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for making prepregs are disclosed. A method may include depositing a resin material onto a surface of a fiber bed and forming a number of discrete resin regions thereon. A distance between the resin regions may be measured to provide desired exposed portions of the surface to facilitate permeation of air through the exposed portions of the surface in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the fiber bed during a curing process of the prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: University of Southern California
    Inventors: Steven Nutt, Lessa Grunenfelder, Timotei Centea, Mark Anders, William Thomas Edwards, Sarah Grace Katz Schechter