Patents Examined by Gwendolyn Blackwell
  • Composition suitable for thermoformable sheets and articles made therefrom
    Patent number: 8399079
    Abstract: Thermoformable sheet having a thickness of at least 300 micrometers comprising a blend of: (A) from 5 to 20% by weight of a propylene-ethylene copolymer having substantially isotactic propylene sequences, the propylene-ethylene copolymer having a melt flow rate from 4 to 30 g/10 min and comprising at least 70% by weight units derived from propylene and from about 10 to 20% by weight units derived from ethylene; and (B) from 80 to 95% by weight of a polypropylene having a melt flow rate of from 2 to 8 grams/10 minutes, wherein the melt flow rate of the blend is from 2 to 7 grams/10 minutes and wherein the blend exhibits: (1) room temperature Charpy toughness of at least 15 KJ/m2, (2) flexural modulus of at least 1000 MPa, (3) 00 Charpy toughness of at least 2 KJ/m2, and (4) a value for haze of less than 40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ana Rosell-Uriz, Enrique Torres, Olaf Henschke
  • Resin film and method for producing it, polarizer and liquid crystal display device
    Patent number: 8394309
    Abstract: A resin film including a resin and an organic acid represented by the following formula (1), wherein the ratio of the organic acid to the resin is from 0.1 to 20% by mass: X-L-(R1)n??Formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Naito, Nobutaka Fukagawa, Yoshio Ishii, Jun Takeda, Akiko Watano, Masaki Noro, Masato Nagura
  • Heat-sealable and shrinkable multi-layer polymeric film
    Patent number: 8394470
    Abstract: An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptacle for a ready-prepared ovenable meal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Mark Edward Dawes, Gary Victor Rhoades, Stephen William Sankey
  • Rare-earth-containing glass material and substrate and device comprising such substrate
    Patent number: 8187715
    Abstract: A rare-earth-containing glass material having a composition, expressed in mole percentages on and oxide basis, comprising: SiO2: 66-75 Al2O3: 11-17 B2O3: 0-4 MgO: 1-6.5 CaO: 2-7 SrO: 0-4 BaO: 0-4 Y2O3: 0-4 La2O3: 0-4 Y2O3+La2O3: 0.1-4. The inclusion of Y2O3 and/or La2O3 in the composition reduces the T2.3 of the glass thereby allowing higher annealing-point glasses to be produced. The glass is particularly useful for low-temperature polycrystalline silicon-based semiconductor devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul Stephen Danielson, Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, Timothy J Kiczenski
  • Protective glass against ionizing radiation
    Patent number: 8187682
    Abstract: An element, particularly a transparent element, including at least one glass element, configured as a protective glass against ionizing radiation and/or UV radiation, wherein at least a portion of the surface of the glass element is covered by a film that includes a substance that can be switched into at least two states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Bernd Albrecht, Daniel Grimm, Angelika Ullmann, Marten Walther, Ernst-Friedrich Düsing, Horst Schillert, Matthias Anton, Peter Kracht, Stephen Reimann, Susanne Buchner-Nagel
  • Transparent substrate provided with an electrode
    Patent number: 8187714
    Abstract: Transparent substrate, especially made of glass, associated with an electrode, especially one suitable for solar cells, characterized in that the electrode comprises a first transparent electrically conducting layer composed of an undoped mineral oxide, said first layer being coated with a second transparent electrically conducting layer composed of the same mineral oxide, said mineral oxide however being doped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: David Le Bellac, Bertrand Kuhn
  • Composite
    Patent number: 8168294
    Abstract: A ceramic and metal composite and method of manufacture, is provided in which a ceramic phase is mixed with a metal phase to form a composite able to be applied to a substrate or formed to any shape/configuration required. For example, the composite can form, or be applied to a substrate for use as biomedical implants which can assist in and enhance osteo development or at least provide a material of better biocompatibility/bioactivity and osteo integration or infiltration with the composite. Advantageously, the ceramic and metal phases are bioactive/biocompatible. In a preferred embodiment, the composite is a homogenous mix ceramic and metal phase (and/or bioglasses) when analyzed on a micro meter scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Tibone Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoxia Luo, Danyang Ying
  • Articles for high temperature service and methods for their manufacture
    Patent number: 8168259
    Abstract: An article for use in aggressive environments is presented. In one embodiment, the article comprises a substrate and a self-sealing and substantially hermetic sealing layer disposed over the bondcoat. The substrate may be any high-temperature material, including, for instance, silicon-bearing ceramics and ceramic matrix composites. A method for making such articles is also presented. The method comprises providing a substrate; disposing a self-sealing layer over the substrate; and heating the sealing layer to a sealing temperature at which at least a portion of the sealing layer will flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Reza Sarrafi-Nour, Krishan Lal Luthra, Peter Joel Meschter, Curtis Alan Johnson
  • Blackened electromagnetic interference shield glass and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 8168300
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing an electromagnetic interference shield glass, which comprises (a) forming a conductive pattern on at least one side of a front side and a rear side of the glass by using a conductive paste comprising a colored glass frit, and (b) firing the conductive pattern to blacken the conductive pattern, and a blackened electromagnetic interference shield glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Wook Kim, Dong-Wook Lee, Sang-Ki Chun, In-Seok Hwang
  • Epitaxial layers on oxidation-sensitive substrates and method of producing same
    Patent number: 8163403
    Abstract: This invention disclosure describes methods for the fabrication of metal oxide films on surfaces by topotactic anion exchange, and laminate structures enabled by the method. A precursor metal-nonmetal film is deposited on the surface, and is subsequently oxidized via topotactic anion exchange to yield a topotactic metal-oxide product film. The structures include a metal-oxide layer(s) and/or a metal-nonmetal layer(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Inventor: Mark A. Zurbuchen
  • Anti-dazzling optical laminate
    Patent number: 8163372
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-dazzling laminate which has anti-dazzling properties and can realize excellent glare preventive properties and black color reproducibility (gradation rendering of black color at low brightness). The anti-dazzling laminate is an optical laminate comprises a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material, wherein the outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer has a concavoconvex shape, and the optical laminate satisfies the following requirements: Ha is more than 0% and less than 90%, Hi is more than 0% and less than 90%, and Hi/Ha is not less than 0.8 and less than 1.0, wherein Ha represents the whole haze value of the optical laminate; and Hi represents the internal haze value of the optical laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Furui, Yukimitsu Iwata, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Glass ceramic self-supporting film and process for its production
    Patent number: 8163382
    Abstract: A glass ceramic self-supporting film that includes silica (SiO2) matrix glass and fine crystalline zirconia (ZrO2) particles dispersed in the matrix glass. A process for production of a glass ceramic self-supporting film wherein the process includes the steps of combining a colloidal silica sol having a pH of 4 or less, a zirconium-containing compound and an organic binder to produce a mixture, coating the mixture onto a base material, drying the mixture on the coated base material to form a precursor film on the base material, releasing the precursor film from the base material, and firing the released precursor film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Toshihiro Kasai
  • Anti-dazzling optical laminate
    Patent number: 8163393
    Abstract: An anti-dazzling laminate which is an optical laminate comprising a light transparent base material and an anti-dazzling layer provided on the light transparent base material. The outermost surface of the anti-dazzling layer has a concavoconvex shape, and the optical laminate satisfies the following requirements: Ha is more than 0% and less than 8%, Hi is more than 0% and not more than 6%, and Hi/Ha is not less than 0.013 and less than 0.8, wherein Ha represents the whole haze value of the optical laminate; and Hi represents the internal haze value of the optical laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukimitsu Iwata, Gen Furui, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Takashi Kodama
  • Low emissivity glazing
    Patent number: 8158263
    Abstract: A low emissivity glazing on a pane of glass, includes a set of thin layers formed by vacuum deposition assisted by magnetron, the set of thin layers including at least one metal layer reflecting infra-red rays between one or more dielectric layers located between the metal layer and the glass sheet, the metal layer being provided with a protective barrier coating, including a layer of titanium oxide or sub-oxide, deposited in a weakly oxidizing atmosphere at reduced pressure via a conducting titanium oxide cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: AGC Glass Europe
    Inventors: Daniel Decroupet, Jean-Michel Depauw, Yvan Novis
  • Article treated with silica particles and method for treating a surface of the article
    Patent number: 8153249
    Abstract: An article including a substrate, and a base layer formed on a surface of the substrate, and methods for treating the surface of the substrate are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventor: Jin-Kyu Lee
  • ALOceramic tools with diffusion bonding enhanced layer
    Patent number: 8147992
    Abstract: The present invention relates to ceramic cutting tools, such as, an aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide ceramic cutting tool with diffusion bonding enhanced layer and CVD coatings, particularly useful for machining modern metal materials. The method comprises a chemical reaction with a mixture including nitrogen and aluminum chloride introduced to form a diffusion bonding enhanced layer between the ceramic substrate and the CVD coatings. Thus formed diffusion bonding enhanced layer is highly adherent to the aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide ceramic substrate and significantly enhances the CVD coating properties, thus improving the machining performance in terms of the tool life of zirconium-based aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide ceramic cutting tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: TDY Industries, LLC
    Inventors: X. Daniel Fang, David J. Wills, Gilles Festeau
  • Anti-scratch coating, procedure for its production and use of same
    Patent number: 8147970
    Abstract: The invention concerns an anti-scratch coating on a substrate, comprising one or several anti-scratch means and a pH buffer system which has in a watery solution a pH value ranging from neutral to highly alkaline, especially a pH value ranging between app. 7 and app. 12, preferably a pH value ranging from neutral to slightly alkaline, in particular a pH value ranging between app. 7 and app. 9. It is also the objective of the invention to produce and use the anti-scratch coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Folker Steden, Jorg Hinrich Fechner
  • Coated article with ion treated underlayer and corresponding method
    Patent number: 8147972
    Abstract: A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. Ion beam treatment is performed on a layer(s) of the coating. For example, a silicon nitride layer of a low-E coating may be ion beam treated. It has been found that ion beam treatment, for example, of a silicon nitride underlayer is advantageous in that sodium migration from the glass substrate toward the IR reflecting layer(s) can be reduced during heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventor: Vijayen S. Veerasamy
  • Plasma display panel including frameless EMI filter, and/or method of making the same
    Patent number: 8147975
    Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a frameless EMI filter supported by a glass substrate for blocking/shielding substantial amounts of electromagnetic waves, with the filter being supported by a side of the substrate opposite a viewer. In certain example embodiments, the PDP filter includes a transparent conductive coating (TCC) for electromagnetic interference (EMI) and near infrared (NIR) blocking without the need for a conductive, peripheral buss bar. Additionally, in certain example embodiments, the need for a conductive frame is reduced or eliminated. The filter has high visible transmission, and is capable of blocking/shielding electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Willem den Boer, Philip J. Lingle
  • Silver-free low-E solar control coating
    Patent number: RE43388
    Abstract: A multi-layer, low-emissivity, solar control article comprises a dielectric substrate, a first dielectric metal oxide layer deposited on the substrate, a first highly conductive, silver-free metal oxide layer deposited on the first dielectric metal oxide, and a second dielectric metal oxide deposited on the first highly conductive, silver-free metal oxide layer. The aforementioned coating layer sequence may be repeated as necessary to achieve the desired properties. An iridescence suppressing interlayer may, optionally, be utilized in connection with the low-emissivity, solar control coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Pilkington North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Strickler, Srikanth Varanasi