Patents Examined by Ellen S Wood
  • Packaging material comprising magnetisable portions
    Patent number: 9359118
    Abstract: A packaging material comprising a plurality of magnetisable portions thereon comprising at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging material is disclosed. At least one of the magnetisable portions provides a first magnetic mark carrying a magnetic field pattern providing position information related to finishing of respective package to be formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Tommy Nilsson, Lars Bergholtz, Ann-Charlotte Klint
  • Modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder and modified polytetrafluoroethylene molded product
    Patent number: 9346903
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder which can be processed into molded articles high in thermal stability, chemical resistance and transparency and for which the extrusion pressure can be lowered. The present invention is a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder, wherein the cylinder extrusion pressure at a reduction ratio of 1600 is not higher than 50 MPa and the haze value of molded article a for measurement formed therefrom is not higher than 60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Taira, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Taketo Kato, Yasuhiko Sawada
  • Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings
    Patent number: 9327871
    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: May 3, 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
  • Optical compensation films based on fluoropolymers
    Patent number: 9255192
    Abstract: An optical compensation film composition is disclosed herein wherein the optical compensation film is stretched to yield a negative A-plate having a refractive index profile of nx<ny=nz. or a biaxial polymer film having a refractive index profile of nx<ny<nz, the film having been stretched from a film cast from a polymer solution comprising a solvent and a polymer having a moiety of wherein R1, R2, and R3 are each independently hydrogen atoms, alkyl groups, substituted alkyl groups, or halogens, wherein at least one of R1, R2, and R3 is a fluorine atom, and wherein R is hydrogen or a substituent on the styrenic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Akron Polymer Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Zheng, Dong Zhang, Jiaokai Jing, Frank W. Harris, Brian King, Ted Germroth, Thauming Kuo
  • Delamination resistant pharmaceutical glass containers containing active pharmaceutical ingredients
    Patent number: 9241869
    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, LEVEMIR, NOVOLOG, NOVOLIN 70-30, NOVOLIN R, NOVOLIN N, NOVOLOG MIX 70-30 and NOVOLIN L.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Wendell Porter Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Packaging material comprising magnetisable portions
    Patent number: 9238535
    Abstract: A packaging material comprises a plurality of magnetizable portions thereon. The magnetizable portions are provided as at least one spot per package to be formed from the packaging material. The spots comprises magnetizable particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A.
    Inventors: Tommy Nilsson, Ann-Charlotte Klint, Lars Bergholtz, Istvan Ulvros
  • Fiber-reinforced film processes and films
    Patent number: 9233509
    Abstract: A blown-film process for making a fiber-reinforced film comprises providing and melting at least one thermoplastic resin. The at least one thermoplastic resin is extruded through an extension die to form a film bubble. A plurality of fibers is introduced inside of the film bubble. The fibers are distributed inside of the film bubble. The film bubble is collapsed after introducing the plurality of fibers so as to form a fiber-reinforced film. The fiber-reinforced film has a first thermoplastic layer, a second thermoplastic layer, and a plurality of fibers dispersed therebetween. The film may be formed in a bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Brent L Hild, William P. Belias, Steven F. Nielsen
  • Plastic injection molding and process
    Patent number: 9216836
    Abstract: Plastic containers are described herein that are injection molded with an high density polyethylene (HDPE) blow molding grade resin having a density of about 0.960 to about 0.965 g/cc and a melt index of about 0.7 to about 1.0 g/10 min. at injection temperatures of about 570° F. to about 670° F. and mold cavity pressures of about 20,000 psig to about 27,000 psig. Relatively thin walled, rigid, containers, such as livestock feed containers, may be manufactured as described using about 20% to 50% less material while retaining strength and durability comparable to containers molded of HDPE injection molding grade resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Maxi-Lift, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor A. Sahm, III, Charles Hansen
  • Use of meltable acrylate polymers for producing contact adhesive layers
    Patent number: 9212291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of meltable acrylate polymers for producing contact adhesive layers in resealable packagings. Moreover, the invention relates to multiple-layer films which have a contact adhesive layer on the basis of meltable acrylate polymers, to a method for producing said multiple-layer films, and to the use of said multiple-layer films for producing resealable packagings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cornelis Petrus Beyers, Stefan Kirsch, Ulrike Licht
  • Label for wet applications
    Patent number: 9202392
    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: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignees: Collotype Services Pty Ltd., Avery Dennison Materials Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: John Frankhuisen
  • Touch sensing type liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9201259
    Abstract: A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate including a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including a conductive polymer, a UV-setting binder and transparent silica and having a sheet resistance of several tens of Mega ohms per square (?/sq) to several Giga ohms per square (?/sq); and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Hee Kim, Jin-Wuk Kim, Joong-Pill Park
  • Delamination resistant pharmaceutical glass containers containing active pharmaceutical ingredients
    Patent number: 9198829
    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, NEUPOGEN® (filgrastim), NEULASTA® (pegfilgrastim), (epoetin alfa) or ENBREL® (etanercept).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    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: 9186295
    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, LANTUS (insulin glargine [rDNA]), LOVENOX (Enoxaparin), PENTACT-HIB (Hemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide conjugated to tetanus protein, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and inactivated poliovirus vaccines) or FLUZONE or VAXIGRIP (influenza virus vaccine).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Wendell Porter Weeks, Robert Anthony Schaut, Steven Edward DeMartino, John Stephen Peanasky
  • Liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 9188811
    Abstract: An alignment film is given a 2-layer structure comprising a photoalignment film that is photoalignable and a low-resistivity alignment film whose resistivity is smaller than that of the photoalignment film. The photoalignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid alkyl ester, the number molecular weight of the photoalignment film is large, and the stability of alignment of the photoalignment film by photoalignment is excellent. The low-resistivity alignment film is formed by a polyimide whose precursor is polyamide acid, the number molecular weight of the low-resistivity alignment film is small, and the resistivity of the low-resistivity alignment film is small. The 2-layer structure alignment film can be maintaining an excellent photoalignment characteristic, so DC afterimages can be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chikae Matsui, Noboru Kunimatsu, Hidehiro Sonoda
  • Containers for cooking foodstuffs
    Patent number: 9174774
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with flexible cooking containers which the user can fill with selected foodstuff and then seal same prior to inserting in the microwave oven for preferably cooking the contents at greater than atmospheric pressure for improved health/hygiene reasons and for improved taste and flavor. The user can thus select the nature of the foodstuffs which are to be cooked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Excelsior Technologies Limited
    Inventor: Mark Peplinski
  • Encapsulated fire extinguishing agents
    Patent number: 9149672
    Abstract: The encapsulated fire extinguishing agents include a sealed outer shell containing at least one fire extinguishing agent therein. The shell is formed of material that melts when exposed to extreme heat, as in a fire. One embodiment has a single outer shell with a single fire retardant agent therein. Other embodiments may have a second shell within the outer shell, each shell defining an interior volume containing a separate fire extinguishing agent. The agents may combine to form a more effective fire extinguishing agent when the two shells melt. The shells may be formed to melt at different temperatures. Another embodiment includes an outer shell filled with a large number of smaller capsules, each of the smaller capsules filled with a fire extinguishing agent. The smaller capsules may each contain identical agents, or two or more different agents from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Bader Shafaqa Al-Anzi
  • Retortable composition
    Patent number: 9132615
    Abstract: Retortable, flexible essentially polyolefin composition, mono- or multi-layer structures including at least one layer comprising such a composition, containers made from such structures and specific applications thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: SOLVAY INDUSTRIAL FOILS MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH SA
    Inventors: Petrus Karsten, Piet De Vries
  • Food tray
    Patent number: 9132951
    Abstract: A food tray has a lower tray containing a first food product and an upper tray nested stably at least partly inside the lower tray, with the upper tray containing a second food product. An air permeable interface is provided between the upper tray and lower tray to allow venting of steam from the lower tray during cooking. A cover is provided for the food tray. Each of the lower tray and the upper tray are formed of a material that is suitable for use in a microwave or conventional oven. Various constructions may be used to create the air permeable interface, such as lugs, ledges and lips. The upper tray may sit above the lower tray. The trays are nested loosely for ease of removal of the upper tray from the lower tray. Various configurations of cover may be used such as a sleeve, carton or lid. The upper tray may contain the higher value food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven M. Parsons
  • Non-symmetric multiple layer injection molded products and methods
    Patent number: 9114906
    Abstract: A mold for molding an injection molded article comprises a mold cavity with a non-symmetrical portion. At least one flow leader in the non-symmetrical portion of the cavity may produce a symmetrical flow boundary in a multilayer flow downstream of the non-symmetrical portion of the mold cavity. The at least one flow leader may be a variable thickness flow leader. The multilayer flow comprising an inner layer, an outer layer, and an interior layer. Co-injection molding apparatus and methods that may use the foregoing mold are disclosed. Similarly, co-injection molded articles and containers that may result from the foregoing mold, apparatus, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Kortec, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul M. Swenson
  • Cellulose ester optical films
    Patent number: 9096691
    Abstract: Regioselectively substituted cellulose esters having a plurality of aryl-acyl substituents and a plurality of alkyl-acyl substituents are disclosed along with methods for making the same. Such cellulose esters may be suitable for use in optical films, such as optical films having certain Nz values, ?A optical films, and/or +C optical films. Optical films prepared employing such cellulose esters have a variety of commercial applications, such as, for example, as compensation films in liquid crystal displays and/or waveplates in creating circular polarized light used in 3-D technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Michael Buchanan, Michael Eugene Donelson, Elizabeth Guzman-Morales, Peter Borden Mackenzie, Bin Wang