Patents Examined by Ellen S Wood
  • Label for wet applications
    Patent number: 9561640
    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: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: Collotype Services Pty Ltd., Avery Dennison Materials Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: John Frankhuisen
  • Annular structure having excellent heat insulating and heat releasing properties
    Patent number: 9546820
    Abstract: A structure of the present invention is the structure which is formed of a base made of a metal and an inorganic material surface layer made of crystalline and amorphous inorganic materials, wherein thermal conductivity of the inorganic material surface layer is lower than the thermal conductivity of the base, infrared emissivity of the inorganic material surface layer is higher than the infrared emissivity of the base, and the base is an annular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Ito
  • White glass
    Patent number: 9546104
    Abstract: A phase-separated glass for chemical strengthening has a total light reflectance of 10% or more in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm and a value obtained by dividing a maximum value of the total light reflectance by a minimum value of the total light reflectance of more than 4.2, when measured in a form of a plate having a thickness of 1 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junko Miyasaka, Seiki Ohara
  • Paper wrapped foam cup and method of assembly
    Patent number: 9527620
    Abstract: A commercially viable paper wrapped foam cup comprising a taper portion that prevents the shrinkage-induced curling from interfering with the un-nesting of nested paper wrapped foam cups. The paper wrapped cup further comprises a fillet for strengthening the cup foot to retard shrinkage-induced curling of the foot. The paper wrapper has abutting to overlapping opposing ends to completely hide the foam cup to enhance the visual appearance of the cup. The overlapping portions of the paper wrapper are not bonded to each other to prevent wrinkling of the paper wrapper as the cup shrinks. A machine and corresponding method provide for automatically supplying foam cups and paper wrappers, wrapping the paper wrapped cup, and stacking the wrapped cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Dart Container Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Dart, Roger E. Payne, Steven C. Hills, Steven K. Makela, Brent M. Smith
  • Bezel structure for a display device and display device having the same
    Patent number: 9526166
    Abstract: A bezel structure for a display device includes a first resin layer capable of being cured by ultraviolet radiation, an ink layer including a non-volatile solvent disposed on the first resin layer, a second resin layer disposed in the ink layer, and an upper structure disposed on the ink layer. The second resin layer prevents an uncured portion of the first resin layer from permeating into a cavity in the ink layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Bin Jin, Kyoung-Woo Park
  • Thermoformable multilayer films and blister packs produced therefrom
    Patent number: 9511914
    Abstract: A multi-layer film structure for use in forming blister packaging. The multi-layer structure includes a first polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first polymeric layer comprising a metalized polyethylene teraphthalate, a second polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the first polymeric layer, the second polymeric layer comprising a cyclic olefin or a homopolymer of chlorotrifluoroethylene, and a third polymeric layer having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the third polymeric layer disposed adjacent the second surface of the second polymeric layer, the third polymeric layer comprising polypropylene or polyvinyl chloride. A method of making a multi-layer film structure and a packaging structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Bellamah, Ed Carmines, Rangaraj S. Sundar
  • Polarization plate and liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 9507202
    Abstract: A polarization plate includes a first protective film, a polarizer, and a second protective film in this order, in which the first protective film is a film including a (meth)acryl-based resin, a thickness of the first protective film is in a range of 20 ?m to 30 ?m, a thickness of the second protective film is in a range of 1.5 times to 1.8 times of the thickness of the first protective film, and a humidity dimensional change ratio of the second protective film in the direction orthogonal to an absorption axis of the polarizer is in a range of 0.45% to 0.8%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Saneto, Humitake Mitobe, Jun Noguchi
  • Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, polarization plate, and liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 9505960
    Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) composition including an interpenetrating polymer network structure in a cured state, and including an acrylic resin and a crosslinking agent component that consists of a bifunctional crosslinking agent, a polarizer and a liquid crystal display. Provided are the PSA composition, the polarizer including a cured product of the PSA composition, and the liquid crystal display, which have excellent workability and optical properties, durability and reliability, at high temperature or humidity condition, and significantly increase productivity of optical members such as a polarizer, since the time-dependent change of the pressure-sensitive adhesive strength is rapidly ended after fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Park, In Cheon Han, Ki Seok Jang
  • Acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition, protection film including the same, polarizer and liquid crystal display
    Patent number: 9505961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprising a monomer containing linear carbonate having an antistatic property. The acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive composition exhibits an excellent balance between low-rate peel strength and high-rate peel strength, and is capable of lowering the content of an antistatic agent. It also provides excellent releasable property, and protection of the surface of a polarizer due to proper wettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: No-Ma Kim, Jae-Gwan Lee, An-Na Lee, Suk-Ky Chang
  • Packaging material comprising magnetisable portions
    Patent number: 9505537
    Abstract: A packaging material comprises a plurality of magnetizable portions thereon, the magnetizable portions comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging laminate. The packaging material further comprises at least one preparation feature for enhancing finishing of packages, wherein the at least one preparation feature is aligned with a magnetic field mark in the at least one magnetizable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Tommy Nilsson, Ann-Charlotte Klint
  • Optical film, anti-reflection film, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9493620
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical film that has excellent adhesion and surface hardness between the film substrate and a hard coat layer or other functional layer, has improved brittleness, is transparent, and has low moisture absorption and high heat resistance. Additionally disclosed are an antireflective film, a polarizing plate, and a display device using the same. The optical film has at least a hard coat layer or a back coat layer as a functional layer containing a resin on a film substrate, and is characterized in that said film substrate contains a thermoplastic acrylic resin (A) and a cellulose ester resin (B), with the content ratio by mass of said thermoplastic acrylic resin (A) and said cellulose ester resin (B) being in a range thermoplastic acrylic resin (A):cellulose ester resin (B)=95:5 to 50:50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Okano, Nobuo Kubo, Daisuke Doi
  • Pressure sensitive adhesive compositions, polarizers and liquid crystal displays comprising the same
    Patent number: 9487680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions including interpenetrating polymer networks in a cured state, which comprise a multi-functional acrylate, a photo initiator and a thermal initiator; polarizers; and liquid crystal displays comprising the same. In the present invention, a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is provided, which can prevent light-leakage phenomenon, and has excellent physical properties such as endurance under high temperature and/or high humidity conditions and workability, such as removability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Soo Yoon, No Ma Kim, In Ho Hwang, Jeong Min Ha
  • Acrylic adhesive composition
    Patent number: 9482896
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic adhesive composition, more particularly, to an adhesive composition which: specifies the contents of a (meth)acrylic ester-based monomer and an aromatic group-containing monomer of an acrylic copolymer as a composition having little or no difference of birefringence; has excellent durability; and can reduce light leakage due to flexure by mixing a crosslinkable functional group-containing acrylic copolymer (A) and an acrylic copolymer (B) which does not contain the crosslinkable functional group, in a ratio of 1:9 to 5:5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Ra Kim, Kee Young Kim, Sung Soo Yoon, Min Ki Lee, No Ma Kim, In Cheon Han
  • Dry preform, annular structure made of a composite material, and manufacturing method for the annular structure
    Patent number: 9481442
    Abstract: A first reinforcing fiber layer is formed of reinforcing fibers which are wound around an outer periphery of a mandrel. The reinforcing fibers are aligned in parallel to a direction (+? direction) in which the reinforcing fibers intersect with an annular direction (0° direction) of the mandrel, and seamlessly continue in the annular direction of the mandrel by an amount of at least one rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: SHIKIBO LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Hirokawa, Shigeru Nishiyama
  • Delamination resistant pharmaceutical glass containers containing active pharmaceutical ingredients
    Patent number: 9474689
    Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient, for example, PROCRIT (epoetin alfa), REMICADE (Infliximab) or DORIBAX (doripenem).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Wendell Porter Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Delamination resistant pharmaceutical glass containers containing active pharmaceutical ingredients
    Patent number: 9474688
    Abstract: The present invention is based, at least in part, on the identification of a pharmaceutical container formed, at least in part, of a glass composition which exhibits a reduced propensity to delaminate, i.e., a reduced propensity to shed glass particulates. As a result, the presently claimed containers are particularly suited for storage of pharmaceutical compositions and, specifically, a pharmaceutical solution comprising a pharmaceutically active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Wendell Porter Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Heat-shrinkable tube having tearability
    Patent number: 9446171
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a tube which can be easily torn and has a large heat-shrinkability at a low temperature. The tube of the present invention is a heat-shrinkable tube having tearability, including a mixture of a fluorine resin and a different kind of resin from the fluorine resin, in which an amount of change in loss energy, ?E loss, with change in temperature from 175° C. to 185° C. is a positive value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Masahiro Suzuki, Kohei Yuri, Masaru Miyoshi
  • Cavity filling
    Patent number: 9427902
    Abstract: A laminar structure (1) for providing foam within cavities such as those in automobile pillars and rails is provided comprising a metal foil (4) having a central section (2) and two end sections (3, 4), the central section carrying a foamable material (5) and the end sections being securable to the flanges (8, 9, 15, 16) of the cavity forming members (7, 14). The cavity containing the foam after foaming is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Zephyros, Inc.
    Inventor: Dietmar Werner
  • Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings
    Patent number: 9428302
    Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
  • Opaque polyester containers
    Patent number: 9382028
    Abstract: The present invention describes both a stretch-blow-molded opaque polyester container and a method of making it. The container, typically a beverage bottle has less than 15% transmission of visible light (500 nm) through a 0.4 millimeter wall thickness. It contains from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of said opacifying material. The opacifying material may be any material compatible with polyester resin. The method of making the container includes introducing the opacifying material during polymerization, or prepared as a master batch for mixing with the polymer. Selection of certain opacifying materials can also result in favorable reheat properties, gas permeation-barrier improvements, and when the resin contains both opacifying material and oxygen scavenger there can be a synergistic effect with respect to CO2 permeation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Invista North America S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Geoffrey R. Scantlebury, Zhenguo Liu, Xiaoyan Huang