Patents Examined by Ellen S Hock
  • Patent number: 11878502
    Abstract: The invention comprises a fracture film for sealing a peelable membrane to a container comprising a first layer of high density polyethelene, a second layer of polybutene-1/ethylene-vinyl acetate, wherein the second layer is bonded to the first layer, and a third layer of ethylene-acrylic acid, wherein the third layer is bonded to the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: Allyson Smith
  • Patent number: 11827007
    Abstract: A system for abating noise emanating from a kitchen electric appliance includes a base of a predetermined size, comprising a first instance of a noise reflecting material, so that said base is disposed underneath, supporting, and contiguous to said kitchen electric appliance, and a sleeve of a predetermined size, including a second instance of a noise reflecting material, one or more layers of at least one noise absorbing material, one closed end, and one open end, so that said one open end slides over said kitchen electric appliance and is contiguous to said base. Said noise is effectively abated by reverberating between said first instance of said noise reflecting material and said second instance of said noise reflecting material and is attenuated by said one or more layers of said at least one noise absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Bradley Gill Wells
  • Patent number: 11813835
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a flexible pouch. In an embodiment, a flexible pouch is provided and includes opposing flexible laminates sealed along a common peripheral edge to form a storage compartment. Each flexible laminate has at least three layers comprising (A) a seal layer, (B) an outermost layer, and (C) an adhesive layer between the seal layer and the outer layer. The adhesive layer comprises a solvent-free polyurethane adhesive composition. An alcoholic beverage is present in the storage compartment. The flexible pouch has a solvent residue less than 1.0 mg/m2, and a bond strength greater than 200 gm/15 mm after a 60-day liquor resistance test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Shailendra Ashok Nagotkar
  • Patent number: 11772869
    Abstract: A multi-chamber pouch is provided having two or more three separate chambers that are stacked. The pouch includes two outer sheets formed of low-oxygen transfer material and one or more interior sheets are disposed between facing inside surfaces of the outer sheets such that all the sheets are stacked face-to-face. Peripheral edges of the sheets are sealed together (e.g., in conjunction with insertion of product) to form fluid tight chambers. In an arrangement using two interior sheets, three chambers are formed between the outer sheets. In an arraignment, alcohol containing liquid products are sealed within the chambers. Such a product may be frozen to provide an alcoholic ice-confection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Slim Chillers, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip Hurley
  • Patent number: 11767405
    Abstract: A water-soluble film including a polyvinyl alcohol resin blend is disclosed herein. Also disclosed are related packets incorporating the film, and related methods of making and using the film and packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Friedrich, David M. Lee, Shinsuke Nii
  • Patent number: 11759985
    Abstract: A metal component has a shape including a flat plate-shaped part, and the flat plate-shaped part has a through-hole formed therein. A resin component has a shape including a covering part that covers a surface of the flat plate-shaped part, and the covering part has a surface in which a gate mark is present. The through-hole formed in the flat plate-shaped part of the metal component is located opposite to the gate mark. The resin component has a filler part with which the through-hole is filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: NAKANISHI METAL WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11745483
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a stand-up pouch for retort which has a high rate of gas barrier property recovery after retort processing and can stably retain high gas barrier properties. The stand-up pouch for retort of the invention comprises a laminate which comprises a base film and, disposed over one surface of the base film, a polyamide resin layer, a saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer layer, and a heat-sealing resin layer, wherein the polyamide resin layer adjoins the saponified ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shintaro Usui
  • Patent number: 11745926
    Abstract: A seal for use with a container for storing and dispensing consumer products is described. The seal includes a cover layer having pre-formed lines of separation defining one or more releasable portions, an adhesive layer on the cover layer, and one or more patches on the adhesive layer. Each patch is associated with a respective one of the releasable portions 6 and consists of a hot melt polymer. The hot melt polymer can be applied to the adhesive layer using a suitable coating or spraying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: MEDI-CLEAR LTD
    Inventor: Mark Paul Hogan
  • Patent number: 11732101
    Abstract: An expanded bead having a through hole and including a foamed core layer which defines the through hole therein and which is constituted of a resin composition containing two kinds of polypropylene-based resins having different melting points, and a cover layer covering the foamed core layer and constituted of a polyolefin-based resin. The expanded bead gives a DSC curve in which an endothermic peak intrinsic to the resin composition and another endothermic peak on a higher temperature side thereof appear in a specific heat of fusion ratio. Molded articles include a multiplicity of the expanded beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: JSP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohito Shimada, Hajime Ohta
  • Patent number: 11715393
    Abstract: A label for a bottle where the label is comprised of a laminate where an outer layer (3) is a material susceptible to losing opaqueness when made wet, and an inner layer (5) behind this first layer which is a material that is opaque, and such that it will maintain such opaqueness when wet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: John Frankhuisen
  • Patent number: 11707412
    Abstract: A glass vial includes a base including a boron-containing multicomponent glass and a vial opening and holds a liquid active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation. The glass vial has a total volume of <4.5 mL. A filling level of the glass vial with the active pharmaceutical ingredient formulation is not more than 0.25 and a concentration of boron ions, measured at a measurement site below a plane of a middle of the glass vial using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm, has a value, averaged over the measurements of the concentration depth profile, that has an excess increase of not more than 30% compared to a concentration of boron ions measured using a concentration depth profile at a depth in a range from 10 to 30 nm with a measurement site in the plane of the middle of the glass vial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SHOTT Pharma AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Robert Frost, Uwe Rothhaar, Florence Buscke, Bernhard Hladik
  • Patent number: 11702262
    Abstract: A polyester film laminated with other polymers to form a sheet. A laminated tube for liquid and paste products such as toothpastes, and the like can be manufactured from said sheet. The laminate comprises an outer polyethylene film, adhesive agent layers, a polyester film, and a composite polyethylene film comprising at least one co-extruded polyethylene layer sandwiched by at least one polyethylene film and an inner polyethylene film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: KIMPAI LAMITUBE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sumet Limatibul
  • Patent number: 11702263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging container (1, 2) for loose or free-flowing filling material, said packaging container consisting of plastic monofilm or composite film with at least one layer of plastic and forming, in a filled and closed form, a wrapping of the filling material with two mutually opposing main walls (3, 4) which act as bearing faces in a stack with other filled packaging containers and consist of thermoplastic, at least on the outer surfaces (15) thereof. The packaging container according to the invention is designed to be stackable in a non-slip manner but also easily removable from the stack and to this end, for practical production and processing, is designed such that the two surfaces (15) are embossed for a surface roughness having a roughness depth of 20-40 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Bischof + Klein SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Frank Heermann, Albert Prigge
  • Patent number: 11684519
    Abstract: A medical dressing including: a flexible base layer including a front surface configured to face a skin of a patient and a back surface opposite the front surface, wherein the flexible base layer includes a first opening; an adhesive layer on the front surface of the base layer; a flexible cover layer entirely covering the opening of the base layer; a flexible intermediate layer sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer, wherein the base layer, cover layer and intermediate layer joined together along an annular pattern extending entirely around the first and second openings, wherein the annular pattern joints the base layer to the intermediate layer entirely around the first and second openings, and the annular pattern joins the layers around the first and second openings except at slots extending beyond an outer edge of the cover layer and ending before an outer edge of the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: SAFEGUARD MEDICAL HOLDCO, LLC
    Inventors: Paul X. Harder, Jeffrey B. Gray, John Biddle
  • Patent number: 11655380
    Abstract: A multilayered flexible package comprises a polymeric coating (2) that contains a dispersion of antioxidant capsules (3) having a particle size distribution comprised between 0.1 and 10 ?m and a core-shell structure comprising a core (4), of an antioxidant with a reduction potential comprised between 0.1 and 0.5 V, and a polymeric shell (5) covering the core (4) at least by 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
    Inventors: Miriam Riva, Paolo Vacca, Katarzyna Fidecka
  • Patent number: 11654660
    Abstract: Laminate structure comprising an alternating stack of layers from polymer blends AC and BD having the sequence -AC-[BD-AC-]n with n from 4 to 36, wherein the layer thickness of layers AC and layers BD is less than 3 ?m, wherein A and B are thermoplastic polymers and C and D are thermoplastic elastomers, wherein the thermoplastic polymer B has functional barrier properties, wherein the amount of the thermoplastic elastomers C and D in the polymer blends AC and BD is each from 3 to 45 wt.-%, and polymer B and elastomer D are essentially incompatible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: RENOLIT SE
    Inventors: Jakob Robert Blok, Hans Paul Henning Von Kirchbach, Petrus Johannes Antonius Karsten
  • Patent number: 11654432
    Abstract: A sample holder includes sample carrier and sealing foil thermally sealing microfluidic sample carrier cavities. The sealing foil has a sealing layer connected with the sample carrier. Sealing layer softening temperature is near sealing temperature of the sealing layer during sealing. The sealing foil outer layer use temperature is greater than sealing heating temperature and greater than or equal to sealing temperature. The sealing foil includes a height equalizing layer having softening temperature below sealing heating temperature. The equalizing layer is ductile at temperature less than or equal to sealing heating temperature and greater than or equal to sealing temperature. A sealing foil decoupler layer, at layer temperature less than or equal to sealing heating temperature or greater than or equal to sealing temperature, is stiffer than the equalizing and sealing layers. The equalizing layer is between outer and decoupler layers and sealing layer is outwardly of decoupler layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SpinDiag GmbH
    Inventor: Pierre Dominique Kosse
  • Patent number: 11654667
    Abstract: Flexible packages, transdermal drug delivery devices, and methods for fabricating packages are provided. An exemplary flexible package includes a chemical and moisture resistant layer formed from poly(chlorotrifluoroethylene-co-vinylidene fluoride) (“P(CTFE-co-VDF)”) copolymer. Further, the exemplary flexible package includes a substance to be delivered. The substance is applied to or enclosed by the chemical and moisture resistant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gary M. Skwarek, Carl Altman, Jong Lee, Eric Rainal, Awdhoot Vasant Kerkar, Alagappan Thenappan
  • Patent number: 11639434
    Abstract: A closure made of metal or plastic for a container for accommodating beverages or food has a mouth opening which is to be closed by the container closure. The container closure has a sealing insert which is arranged such that it closes the mouth opening with sealing action when the container closure is fitted on the container. The container closure, including the sealing insert, does not contain any halogen-containing material, and the sealing insert comprises at least two different polymers, of which at least one is a barrier polymer with a Shore D hardness of at most 40 and oxygen permeability of at most 1000 cm3·100 ?m/m2·d·bar and, without the Shore D hardness being limited, with oxygen permeability of at most 10 cm3·100 ?m/m2·d·bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ACTEGA DS GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kern, Simon Heyder
  • Patent number: 11618244
    Abstract: A package arrangement comprising a structure formed by a plurality of layers including an outer layer formed of a polymer material, one or more interior layers formed of a semi-aromatic polyamide composite material, and an inner layer formed of a polymer material, and an amount of water contained within the structure, the water including an amount of ozone dissolved therein, wherein the interior layer of the structure is configured to absorb oxygen and induce the degradation of the ozone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AdvanSix Resins & Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Haiming Chen, Min Wang