Patents Examined by Gerard Higgins
  • Color conversion panel and display device including the same
    Patent number: 10580364
    Abstract: A color conversion panel according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; and a plurality of color conversion layers and a transmission layer that are disposed on the substrate, the plurality of color conversion layers including nanocrystals, wherein at least one color conversion layer of the plurality of color conversion layers includes a first color conversion layer and a second color conversion layer, the first color conversion layer is disposed between the substrate and the second color conversion layer, and the first and second color conversion layers are configured so that a wavelength of light color-converted in the first color conversion layer is shorter than a wavelength of light color-converted in the second color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Won Park, Min Ki Nam, Seon-Tae Yoon, Baek Hee Lee, Young Min Kim, Hae Il Park
  • Firefighter protective garment having varying composite structures to increase dissipation of metabolic heat
    Patent number: 10576312
    Abstract: A firefighter's protective garment including an outer shell, moisture barrier and thermal barrier in which the composite structure varies according to the sweating cartography of the human body and in so doing enhances the evacuation of metabolic heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: INNOTEX INC.
    Inventors: Claude Barbeau, Eric St-Arneault
  • Printable Medium Including Glitter
    Patent number: 10562332
    Abstract: A printable glitter paper includes a first adhesive layer onto which glitter has been deposited, and a second adhesive layer covering the first adhesive layer and glitter. A coating covers the second adhesive layer. Another adhesive layer covers the back side of the printable glitter paper. The printable glitter paper provides excellent retention of the glitter, and a high level of smoothness for high quality printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: HARMONY PAPER COMPANY, GUANGZHOU QKH IMP. & EXP. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony Grinnell, Ya Li
  • Thermal transfer sheet
    Patent number: 10556457
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer sheet including at least a transfer layer and a substrate. The transfer layer includes at least a protective layer adapted to be peelable from the substrate, and the transfer layer has a peel force in a non-heated state of 1 N/m or more and a peel force in a heated state of 10 N/m or less. The thermal transfer sheet exhibits a high level of adhesion therebetween, even when used in a compact printer that causes the thermal transfer sheet to be heated by the heat of a thermal head. The transfer layer exhibits a high level of releasability when being transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusaku Akiyama, Kazuki Enokida
  • Solid and liquid textile-treating compositions
    Patent number: 10550356
    Abstract: Provided herein are solid textile treating compositions; compositions containing colorants stabilized with one or more colorant stabilizers; compositions containing colorants that do not need to be stabilized by one or more colorant stabilizers; solid wash cycle conditioning agents; liquid textile treating compositions; cleaning agent compositions containing these; methods of making these; methods of treating textiles with these; textiles treated by these; containers containing the compositions; and methods of visually designating when a composition has reached or passed its pull date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: David VanBlarcom, Makarand S. Shevade, Alla Tartakovsky, Ewa U. Sidwa
  • Retortable self-heating food container with air access structure
    Patent number: 10549899
    Abstract: A flexible, self-heating food container capable of withstanding high temperatures is provided. The container comprises a two-layer laminate structure having an air access flap that can be lifted by the consumer to allow air to enter the part of the container where an exothermic reaction takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott William Huffer
  • Touch panel and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10551657
    Abstract: A touch panel having a central region and a peripheral region, including: a substrate; a touch sensing layer disposed on the substrate; a wiring layer disposed on the peripheral region of the substrate electrically connected to the touch sensing layer; a first decorative layer disposed on the peripheral region and covering the wiring layer; a transparent adhesive layer disposed on the touch sensing layer and the first decorative layer; a cover substrate disposed on the transparent adhesive layer; and a second decorative layer disposed between the cover substrate and the transparent adhesive layer, and corresponding to the peripheral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: TPK Touch Solutions (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Jing Yu, Huilin Ye, Tsung-Ke Chiu
  • Transfer film
    Patent number: 10538119
    Abstract: The present invention provides a transfer film that allows a transfer layer to have satisfactory transferability and can provide a print with high durability. The present invention solves the above problem by a transfer film 100 in which an adhesion layer 7, a release layer 2, and a transfer layer 10 are provided in this order on a substrate 1, wherein the transfer layer 10 has a layered structure in which a protective layer 3 and an adhesive layer 5 are layered in this order from the side of the substrate, the protective layer 3 is allowed to contain an active ray-cured resin formed by curing an active ray-curable resin by an active ray, and the adhesion layer 7 is allowed to contain a cured binder resin which is a cured product of a binder resin and a curing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imakura, Ryoji Hattori, Kazuya Yoshida, Hiroyuki Hasegawa
  • Hydrogel tie layer
    Patent number: 10531705
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the articles have substrate body, a tie layer secured to the substrate body, and a material including a hydrogel secured to the tie layer. The material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. The presence of the tie layer can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Hossein A. Baghdadi, Jay Constantinou, Caleb W. Dyer, Myron Maurer, Denis Schiller, Jeremy D. Walker, Richard Watkins, Zachary C. Wright
  • Needles made of a particular plastic material
    Patent number: 10532152
    Abstract: Needle comprising a polyarylene material comprising a polyarylene. The needle can meet all the advantages of metal, while avoiding its drawbacks. It has a high rigidity and ductility, and is excellent in penetrability and ability to hold a sharp edge. It is easily disposable and recyclable. It is non toxic and non irritant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Bonnadier, Daniel J. Ireland, Henri Massillon
  • Case for a mobile device with a screen
    Patent number: 10524551
    Abstract: A case for a mobile device with a screen, the case comprising a band arranged to surround the edge of the device. The band comprises a layer of flexible polymer and a layer of a damping material which is softer than the flexible polymer provided within the flexible polymer layer. The damping material has a plurality of integrally formed protrusions projecting inwardly protrusions projecting inwardly from a substantial portion of the inner periphery of the band to engage with the device. The protrusions are provided at least in the corner regions of the case and the protrusions are arranged such that, in normal use there is substantially no contact between the band and the device other than through the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TECH 21 LICENSING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Roberts, Wilhelm Marschall, Benjamin Thorpe
  • Thermal transfer sheet, coating liquid for colorant layer, method for manufacturing thermal transfer sheet, and image forming method
    Patent number: 10525757
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer sheet which can prevent a kick and a scumming, and can form a photographic tone color image of high quality with a continuous tone image by sublimation transfer, while expanding the range of choices for colorants to be included in a colorant layer; a coating liquid for colorant layer to be used for forming the colorant layer of this thermal transfer sheet; a method for manufacturing this thermal transfer sheet; and image forming method employing this thermal transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuya Yoshida, Hiroaki Segawa, Tomohiko Imoda, Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Tomoko Suzuki, Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Kano Sakamoto
  • White plastic sheet with low metamerism
    Patent number: 10518570
    Abstract: A metamerism-resistant printable plastic sheet, especially white sheet, in which the desired shade of white can be easily specified or adjusted. This is achieved by separately controlling the opacity and the brightness. The opacity is controlled by the concentration of white pigment in a plastic base layer and the brightness is controlled by the concentration of an optical brightener in a plastic print layer bonded to, and preferably coextruded with, the base layer. Such a sheet can be bonded to one or both sides of a rigid core to create a graphics board, or used as a stand-alone flexible print sheet. Preferably, the plastic print layer comprises a polymer resin that is inherently resistant to a yellowing reaction from exposure to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Gilman Brothers Company
    Inventor: Evan Gilman
  • Method for producing nanoheterostructured permanent magnet
    Patent number: 10522275
    Abstract: A method for producing a nanoheterostructured permanent magnet includes a first step of preparing a raw material solution by dissolving, in a solvent, (1) a block copolymer comprising polymer block components that are immiscible but linked to each other, (2) a first inorganic precursor which is one of a hard magnetic material precursor and a soft magnetic material precursor, and (3) a second inorganic precursor which is the other of the hard magnetic material precursor and the soft magnetic material precursor, and a second step including a phase-separation treatment for forming a nanophase-separated, a conversion treatment for converting the hard magnetic material precursor and the soft magnetic material precursor to a hard magnetic material and a soft magnetic material, respectively, and a removal treatment for removing the block copolymer from the nanophase-separated structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA CHUO KENKYUSHO
    Inventors: Hiroaki Wakayama, Hirotaka Yonekura, Yasuaki Kawai
  • Microsphere-based coatings for radioactive cooling under direct sunlight
    Patent number: 10514215
    Abstract: The present prevention provides a surface coating for cooling a surface by light scattering comprising a plurality of successive layers, each of the layers may be comprised of a plurality of spheres arranged to form a structure comprised of packed spheres. Each layer may have a different arrangement of packed spheres to create to a different light scattering property in each of the layers. The coating of the structures may also be formed by randomly packed spheres and the spheres may have a uniform diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: STC. UNM
    Inventors: Sang Eon Han, Sang M. Han
  • Thermosensitive recording medium
    Patent number: 10513137
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a thermosensitive recording medium excellent in color developing property, especially excellent in bar code readability, under severe environment. Provided is a thermosensitive recording medium having a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale colored electron donating leuco dye and an electron accepting color developing agent on a substrate, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer contains a specific sulfone compound and a specific urea-urethane-based compound in a specific ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Matsumori, Akihito Ogino, Yoshimi Midorikawa
  • Self-transforming structures
    Patent number: 10513089
    Abstract: A self-transforming structure is formed from a flexible, fibrous composite having a weave pattern of fibers woven at intersecting angles, the weave pattern having a boundary and one or more axes for the fibers, and an added material coupled to the flexible, fibrous composite to form a structure, wherein the flexible, fibrous composite and the added material have different expansion or contraction rates in response to an external stimulus to cause the structure to self-transform, and wherein the added material has a grain pattern oriented relative the weave pattern of the flexible, fibrous composite. Applications of the self-transforming structures include aviation, automotive, apparel/footwear, furniture, and building materials. One particular example is for providing adaptive control of fluid flow, such as in a jet engine air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carbitex, Inc.
    Inventors: Skylar J. E. Tibbits, Athina Papadopoulou, Junus Ali Khan
  • Glass containers with improved strength and improved damage tolerance
    Patent number: 10507164
    Abstract: A coated glass container having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660 (2011), a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719. The glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface. A lubricous coating having a thickness of <100 microns positioned on the exterior surface. The portion of the exterior surface with the coating having a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass container formed from the same glass composition and does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing depyrogenation at about 260° C. for 30 minutes. A horizontal compression strength of the coated glass container is at least 10% greater than an uncoated glass container formed from the same glass composition and is not reduced by more than 20% after heat treatment at about 260° C. for 30 minutes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
  • Curable composition for optical imprinting and pattern forming method
    Patent number: 10504739
    Abstract: A curable composition for optical imprinting which is excellent in ink jet adequacy and releasability, a pattern forming method, a fine pattern, and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. The curable composition for optical imprinting contains a polymerizable compound (A), a photopolymerization initiator (B), and a compound (C) expressed by General Formula (I); in General Formula (I), A represents a dihydric to hexahydric polyhydric alcohol residue. p represents 0 to 2, l q represents 1 to 6, p+q represents an integer of 2 to 6, each of m and n independently represents 0 to 20. r expressed by Formula (1) is 6 to 20. Each R independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group, or an acyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kitagawa, Yuichiro Goto
  • Thermal sensitive media with internal RF printing matrix
    Patent number: 10500884
    Abstract: A thermal sensitive media for use with labeling or identification methods is disclosed. The thermal sensitive media comprises a media layer and a thermally sensitive record layer formed upon at least one surface of the media layer. The thermally sensitive record layer forms a visually discernable colored image in response to heat. However, the colored image is subject to degradation as a result of exposure to ultraviolet radiation within a known photodegradative wavelength range. An ultraviolet protective coating layer may then disposed over the thermally sensitive record layer. A lamination layer is positioned internal to the media layer and comprises a matrix of micro heating elements driven by radio frequency (RF) power. The matrix of micro heating elements are arranged in a pin array to energize the micro heating elements within the laminated media structure to create a simple numeric image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: AVERY DENNISON RETAIL INFORMATION SERVICES LLC
    Inventor: Mark W. Roth