Patents Examined by Lawrence Ferguson
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Patent number: 9238315Abstract: The present invention relates to a film and a method for the production thereof, wherein a starting film web comprising at least one layer having a polypropylene content of at least 45% by weight and a polyethylene content in the same layer or in a further layer is produced, the starting film web is heated to the molten state of the polyethylene, yet to below the molten state of the polypropylene and the heated starting film web is passed through a cooled roller nip.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: RKW SEInventors: Achim Grefenstein, Florian Brandmaier, Leonhard Maier
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Patent number: 9234085Abstract: A polyimide film comprising a polyimide and a lithium iron phosphate and a polyimide laminate thereof are disclosed. The weight percentage of the lithium iron phosphate is between 1 wt % and 49 wt %, and the weight percentage of the lithium iron phosphate is based on the total weight of the polyimide film. The polyimide laminate comprises a substrate and a polyimide film. The polyimide film covers the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2013Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: MORTECH CORPORATIONInventors: Der-Jen Sun, Yen-Huey Hsu, Kuo-Wei Li
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Patent number: 9228067Abstract: A polycarbonate film having a thickness of 0.05 mm to 0.25 mm is formed from a thermoplastic composition that includes a first branched polycarbonate that has a peak melt viscosity of at least 7,000 poise when measured using a parallel plate melt rheology test at a heating rate of 10° C./min at a temperature of between 350° C. to 450° C., a second branched polycarbonate, and a perfluoroalkyl sulfonate salt.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Yuzhen Xu, Liang Wen, Zhe Chen, Yaming Niu, Jean-Francois Morizur
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Patent number: 9221222Abstract: In a molding die for multicolored molding, a second fixed die includes a hollow shape portion which is arranged at a portion associated with an optical functional surface. The second fixed die further includes an abutting portion which abuts on the optical element excluding the optical functional surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Olympus CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Otsuka, Kazuhiro Kikumori, Akihiro Hatori
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Patent number: 9212435Abstract: A cellulose pulp sheet is provided that is formed from never-dried kraft pulp and fibrillated fibers, such as lyocell. The pulp sheet provides several beneficial features as a result of both the use of fibrillated fibers and never-dried kraft pulp, particularly when the pulp sheet is used to form air-laid absorbent materials that include superabsorbent polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NRCompanyInventors: Brent A. Petersen, Andrew J. Dodd, Andre S. Hajnal, Noriko Suzuki
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Patent number: 9186873Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered structure that includes no less than 8 resin-layers, the resin-layer including a layer A constituted with a resin composition containing a gas barrier resin, and a layer B constituted with a resin composition containing a thermoplastic resin, at least one of the resin compositions included in the layer A and the layer B that are adjacent with each other containing a metal salt, the content of the metal salt being no less than 1 ppm and no greater than 10,000 ppm in terms of metal element equivalent, and an interlayer adhesive force between the layer A and the layer B being no less than 450 g/15 mm. The layer A and the layer B may be alternately laminated. Moreover, the average thickness of single layer of at least one selected from the layer A and the layer B is preferably no less than 0.01 ?m and no greater than 10 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Tai, Hiroshi Kawai, Satoshi Yamakoshi, Kouta Isoyama, Masao Hikasa, Kentaro Yoshida
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Patent number: 9187366Abstract: The invention relates to a glass panel, including at least one reflective layer deposited by cathode sputtering, said layer consisting of one or more oxides of one of the metals including Ta, Nb, Zr or the mixed oxides of said metals, the thickness of the layer in question and optionally other layers present in the assembly having a refractive index greater than 2.2 being selected such that, on a 4-mm thick sheet of clear “float” glass, said layer(s) result(s) in a reflection of at least 15% and a light transmission of at least 60%, the layer or system of layers in question further having a mechanical and/or chemical resistance comparable to those of layers produced by pyrolysis for obtaining products having the same type of optical properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: AGC Glass EuropeInventors: Laurent Dusoulier, Dominique Coster
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Patent number: 9187611Abstract: A polymeric foam has a thermoplastic polymer matrix defining multiple cells, the foam characterized by: (a) the polymer matrix having greater than 50 weight-percent copolymer containing at least two different monomers at least one of which is a methacrylate monomer, each monomer having a solubility parameter lower than 20 (megaPascals)0.5 and a chemical composition where twice the mass fraction of oxygen plus the mass fraction of nitrogen, fluorine and silicon is greater than 0.2; wherein the monomers comprise at least 90 weight-percent of all monomers in the copolymer; (b) at least one of the following: (i) a nucleation site density of at least 3×1014 effective nucleation sites per cubic centimeter of foamable polymer composition; (ii) an average cell size of 300 nanometer or less; (c) a porosity percentage greater than 30%; (d) an absence of nano-sized nucleating additive; and (e) a thickness of at least one millimeter.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Stephane Costeux, Lingbo Zhu, Hyun Jeon, Shana P. Bunker, Thomas H. Kalantar
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Patent number: 9175999Abstract: A glass-to-metal hermetic seal assembly in a sight glass assembly or a hermetic terminal assembly is disclosed and includes a glass component, an intermediate component, and an outer ring. The intermediate component is provided around the glass component. The glass component is fused to the intermediate component. The outer ring, which has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the glass component, compresses the intermediate component against the glass component to create a hermetic compression seal.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.Inventors: Franz Dieter Paterek, Albertus Jan Hendrik Kolkman
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Patent number: 9162421Abstract: A multi-layer bio-based composite film with a bio-based heat seal layer. The compostable bio-based film can comprise a crystalline bio-based heat seal layer and an amorphous bio-based barrier web layer. The heat seal layer has a second heat melting temperature which is lower than its first heat melting temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Frito-Lay North America, Inc.Inventors: Eldridge M. Mount, III, Deepali Palta
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Patent number: 9133369Abstract: A polymer film that includes a polymeric substrate having a first side and a second side; a back-side coating on the first side of the substrate, the back-side coating formed from at least an ionomer, an acrylic emulsion, and at least one inorganic material, said inorganic material comprising a majority of particles have a mean largest dimension in the range of 0.2 ?m to 25 ?m; and a polymeric surface layer in contact with the second side of the polymeric substrate is described. Articles, such as labels, and methods of making films and labels are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Inventors: Bruno R. Gringoire, Thierry J. Dabadie, William J. Grisard, Daniel L. Hinman
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Patent number: 9126269Abstract: A multilayer blown film with improved strength or toughness comprising a layer comprising a metallocene polyethylene (mPE) having a high melt index ratio (MIR), a layer comprising an mPE having a low MIR, and a layer comprising a HDPE, and/or LDPE. Other embodiments have skin layers and a plurality of sublayers. At least one sublayer includes an mPE, and at least one additional sublayer includes HDPE and/or LDPE. The mPE has a density from about 0.910 to about 0.945 g/cm3, MI from about 0.1 to about 15, and melt index ratio (MIR) from about 15 to 25 (low-MIR mPE) and/or from greater than 25 to about 80 (high-MIR mPE). A process is related to supplying respective melt streams for coextrusion at a multilayer die to form a blown film having the inner and outer skin layers and a plurality of sublayers, wherein the skin layers and at least one of the sublayers comprise mPE and at least one of the sublayers comprise HDPE, LDPE or both.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Stefan B. Ohlsson, Dirk J. Permentier, Michael J. Vinck
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Patent number: 9096921Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent conductive film excellent in pen sliding durability at the time of using the transparent conductive film for a touch panel and which enables to production a touch panel having excellent flatness. A transparent conductive film of the present invention comprises a transparent plastic film base and a transparent conductive thin film containing crystalline indium oxide as a main component laminated on at least one face of a transparent plastic film base, wherein an average circle-equivalent diameter of crystal grains of indium oxide of the transparent conductive thin film is 30 to 1000 nm, and a coefficient of variation of a circle-equivalent diameter of the crystal grains is 0.00 to 0.30. The transparent conductive film preferably contains indium oxide containing 0.5 to 8% by mass of tin oxide.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Naka Tatami, Toshiyuki Oya, Hideo Murakami
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Patent number: 9080098Abstract: A composite downhole article is disclosed. The article is selectively corrodible in a wellbore fluid. The article includes at least one corrodible core member comprising a first material that is corrodible in a wellbore fluid at a first corrosion rate. The article also includes at least one outer member disposed on the core member and comprising a second material that is corrodible in the wellbore fluid at a second corrosion rate, wherein the corrodible core member has a composition gradient or a density gradient, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first corrosion rate is substantially greater than the second corrosion rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Baker Hughes IncorporatedInventors: Zhiyue Xu, Michael Johnson
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Patent number: 9074058Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel monolayer and multilayer film that can be employed also for use in interior and exterior members of vehicles, and that have excellent transparency, surface hardness, chemical resistance, and stain resistance such as lactic acid resistance and sunscreen resistance. The present invention is directed to a fluororesin film formed with (C) a fluororesin comprising (B) a fluorinated (meth)acrylic resin that contains a fluorine-containing alkyl(meth)acrylate polymer component; and a fluororesin-laminated acrylic resin film, wherein the fluororesin film layer is laminated on at least one face of a film layer comprising (A) an acrylic resin.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji Morita, Yukihiro Shimamoto, Kazuhito Wada, Taizo Aoyama
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Patent number: 9068097Abstract: Disclosed is a biaxially oriented polypropylene film substrate free from primer coating, which comprises successively connected affinity layer, core layer and surface layer, said affinity layer comprises 10% to 80% by weight of polypropylene homopolymer, 10% to 80% by weight of polyolefin plastomer and 1% to 10% by weight of anti-adhesion agent; said core layer is polypropylene homopolymer; said surface layer is the same as the affinity layer or a non-coated surface layer that comprises 90% to 99% by weight of polypropylene homopolymer and 1% to 10% by weight of anti-adhesion agent. A film free from primer coating and its preparing method are also provided. The coated film of this invention does not need the process of primer pre-coating, which reduces the relevant equipment costs on one hand and avoids the safety risks when using and restoring solvent type primer on the other.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: HAINAN SHINER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Tan Li, Hongcun Huang, Lianqin Hu
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Patent number: 8986820Abstract: Thermoformed articles include cycloolefin/ethylene copolymer and LLDPE. The articles are formed with an areal draw ratio of 1.5 and greater and exhibit unexpectedly elevated stiffness along with ductility suitable for forming deep-draw parts. Multilayer sheet is used for achieving a desired set of properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Topas Advanced Polymers, Inc.Inventor: Paul D. Tatarka
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Patent number: 8968860Abstract: There is provided a laminated sheet producing apparatus that adds an edge material to at least one of the end portions in the width direction of a laminate in which a plurality of kinds of sheet materials are laminated as an edge portion at a confluence portion, wherein when an area of each region resulting from division of a cross-sectional configuration of the edge material perpendicular to the flow channel direction of each flow channel at the confluence portion by lines for dividing the configuration into 10 equal portions in the lamination direction is defined as Sn (n=1, 2, 3, 4, 5) in the direction from a central portion in the lamination direction toward an end portion in the lamination direction, the relationships of Formulae (1) S1?S2?S3?S4?S5 and (2) S1<S5 are simultaneously satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Takeshi Inomoto, Fumiyasu Nomura, Yoshiharu Furuno
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Patent number: 8962125Abstract: An anti-chipping sheet includes at least a substrate layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, wherein the substrate layer comprises laminated multiple ionomer layers, each of which comprises an ionomer produced by neutralizing carboxyl groups of an ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer with metal ions, one of the multiple ionomer layers is a high-rigidity ionomer layer, located at the outermost layer and not in contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the substrate layer, and having stiffness of 200 N/mm2 or higher, and another one of the multiple ionomer layers is a low-rigidity ionomer layer, located toward the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in relation to the outermost layer, and having stiffness of lower than 200 N/mm2.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Nichiban Co., Ltd.Inventors: Syuji Ichimura, Masataka Sudo
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Patent number: 8956719Abstract: A film or sheet composed of a resin composition including a poly lactic acid (A), an acidic functional group-modified olefinic polymer (B) including an acidic functional group and having an acid value of 10 to 70 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 80,000, a tetrafluoroethylene polymer (C), and an aromatic cyclic phosphazene-containing flame retardant (D) including a compound of Formula (I) and in which (D) is included in an amount of 10 to 70 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of (A), and a method for manufacturing the film or sheet by melt film formation.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: Nitto Denko CorporationInventors: Hiroki Senda, Shigeki Ishiguro