Patents Examined by Michael C. Miggins
  • Breathable film and method for manufacturing same
    Patent number: 11203190
    Abstract: A breathable film includes a substrate, a membrane disposed on the substrate, and an adhesive interposed between the substrate and the membrane. The membrane includes a plurality of fibers of polyvinylidene fluoride. The breathable film has an air transmission rate equal to or greater than 4000 ml/min/cm2 under air pressure of 70 mbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: 4C Air, Inc.
    Inventors: Lei Liao, Mervin Zhao, Qiqi Wang, Wang Xiao, Haotian Wang
  • Layered sheet, layered sheet pre-product, and method for producing layered sheet
    Patent number: 11186018
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a layered sheet having improved mechanical properties and excellent interlayer adhesion. The object can be fulfilled by a layered sheet formed by layering a modified-polyolefin layer (3), a copolymerized polyamide layer, (4), and a thermoplastic polyurethane-based resin layer (5) in this order on at least one surface of a cloth layered sheet (2) formed by layering a plurality of cloths comprised of thermoplastic resin strands or a layered sheet formed by layering a modified-polyolefin layer (3), a copolymerized polyamide layer, (4), and a polyamide-based resin layer (6) in this order on at least one surface of a cloth layered sheet (2) formed by layering a plurality of cloths comprised of thermoplastic resin strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: DIATEX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Mizushima, Ken Itoh, Yohei Tanabe
  • Multilayer non-cross-linked heat-shrinkable packaging films
    Patent number: 11179920
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer packaging film characterized by an improved sealability even through contamination with excellent shrinkability good optics and strength without using internal layers of stiff resins and cross-linking, to flexible containers made therefrom, such as bags, pouches and the like, useful for packaging articles, in particular food items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Cryovac, LLC
    Inventor: Giuliano Zanaboni
  • Free radical polymerizable adhesion-promoting interlayer compositions and methods of use
    Patent number: 11173692
    Abstract: Adhesion-promoting compositions and the use of the adhesion-promoting compositions to provide adhesion-promoting interlayers to enhance adhesion between adjoining layers of sulfur-containing sealants are disclosed. In repair applications, the adhesion-promoting compositions can enhance the adhesion of an overlying radiation-curable sulfur-containing sealant to a damaged or aged sulfur-containing sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: JianCheng Liu, Chu Ran Zheng, Kevin Cheng, Bruce Virnelson
  • Multilayer thermoplastic articles with improved recyclability
    Patent number: 11167536
    Abstract: A multilayer thermoplastic article blended with hydrolytically unstable polymers and a material component for improved recyclability. The multilayer thermoplastic article having an inner layer being made of a thermoplastic material, an outer layer being made of a thermoplastic material, and an intermediate layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer. The intermediate layer is made of a blended material comprising 50 to 99 wt. % of a hydrolytically unstable polymer and 1 to 50 wt. % of the material component selected from the group consisting of an oxygen scavenger, an oxidizable organic polymer, a passive barrier material, Iron, Ascorbic Acid, and potassium sulfite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING USA, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Beuerle, Dan Witham, John Brace
  • Process for making a functionalized hollow body, having a layer of glass, including a superposition of one or more siloxanes and contacting with a plasma
    Patent number: 11167885
    Abstract: A process for making a functionalized hollow body includes: providing a hollow body including a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body, the wall including a layer of glass and having a wall surface with a surface region; at least partially superimposing the layer of glass in the surface region with a functionalizing composition precursor on a side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume, the functionalizing composition precursor including one or more siloxanes; and at least partially contacting the functionalizing composition precursor with a plasma, thereby obtaining the functionalized hollow body including a functionalizing composition which at least partially superimposes the layer of glass in the surface region on the side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventors: Eveline Rudigier-Voigt, Stephanie Mangold, Jovana Djordjevic-Reiß, Thorsten Schneider, Andrea Anton
  • Humidity-management packaging systems and methods
    Patent number: 11166801
    Abstract: Packaging systems and methods are disclosed for storing a bioprosthetic device comprising a bioprosthetic tissue and maintaining a target relative humidity across a temperature range. The packaging system includes a sealed package defining an internal space having an internal volume, and a humidity control device and bioprosthetic device within the internal space. The humidity control device includes a barrier defining an enclosed space and a humidity control solution comprising glycerol in the enclosed space. At least a portion of the barrier comprises a gas-permeable membrane. The target relative humidity is provided within the internal volume of the sealed package and the control device maintains the target relative humidity across the temperature range by selectively liberating and absorbing water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Mourhatch, Gregory G. Liburd
  • Resealable packaging device and method for packaging food product
    Patent number: 11161672
    Abstract: A packaging device incorporating a breathable peel/reseal film and enabling a preservation process for allowing for the distribution, storage and multiple servings of a food product, particularly perishable food product(s), and initiating and controlling the transmission rates, respiration rates or deterioration of the perishable food product(s) and thereby, maintaining good internal and external food quality and normal development of flavor and aroma characteristics. The packaging device includes a plurality of atmospheric control attributes that modulates or controls the atmosphere within the packaging device as the food product(s) respire in order to promote the extended shelf-life of the food product and the maintenance of the quality and desirable marketable characteristics of the food product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Nazir Mir
  • Diamond coating
    Patent number: 11161176
    Abstract: A method for coating a metal based component surface wherein said metal based component has an inner and/or outer surface portion that is to be coated, and which surface portion comprises a carbide forming composition. A cavity having one or more cavity walls, wherein said at least one inner and/or outer surface portion forms at least a portion of said one or more cavity walls is provided, and a portion of the cavity is filled with diamond powder. Thereafter gas is removed from the interface between said diamond powder and said at least one inner and/or outer surface portion, and the cavity is subjected to a hot pressing process for a predetermined time at a predetermined pressure and a predetermined temperature such that said diamond powder diffusion bonds to said at least one one inner and/or outer surface portion. Finally at least a part of said diamond powder is removed from said at least one cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: HIPtec AS
    Inventor: David Jarvis
  • Polymeric material for an insulated container
    Patent number: 11155689
    Abstract: A formulation includes a polymeric material, a nucleating agent, a blowing, and a surface active agent. The formulation can be used to form a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Chris K. Leser, Philip A. Driskill, Charles T. Wallace, John B. Euler, Jason J. Paladino, Milan C. Maravich, Daniel O. Davis, Jeffrey A. Mann, Randy A. Bowlds, Svetlana I. Contrada
  • Heat-resistant multilayer container and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 11148402
    Abstract: A multilayer container including: an outermost layer (1) containing a propylene-based polymer A containing homopolypropylene as a main component having a melt flow rate in a range of 2.0 to 10.0 g/10 min; an inner layer (2) containing 50 to 99% by weight of a propylene-based polymer B containing homopolypropylene as a main component having a melt flow rate of not more than 5.0 g/10 min and an isotactic index of not less than 93%, and 1 to 50% by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer C; and a barrier layer (4) occupying 5 to 20% by weight of the whole container. The ratio (L/D) of container height (L) to diameter (D) is not less than 0.5, and a volume shrinkage based on volume measured before and after heat sterilization at 121° C. for 30 minutes is not more than 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki Tashiro, Takayuki Ishihara, Azusa Otsuki, Kenji Ichikawa, Toshiki Yamada, Seishi Yoshikawa, Koki Shibata
  • Passivation, pH protective or lubricity coating for pharmaceutical package, coating process and apparatus
    Patent number: 11148856
    Abstract: A method for providing a passivation layer or pH protective coating on a substrate surface by PECVD is provided, the method comprising generating a plasma from a gaseous reactant comprising polymerizing gases. The lubricity, passivation, pH protective, hydrophobicity, and/or barrier properties of the passivation layer or pH protective coating are set by setting the ratio of the O2 to the organosilicon precursor in the precursor feed, and/or by setting the electric power used for generating the plasma. In particular, a passivation layer or pH protective coating made by the method is provided. Pharmaceutical packages coated by the method and the use of such packages protecting composition contained in the vessel against mechanical and/or chemical effects of the surface of the package without a passivation layer or pH protective coating material are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SiO2 Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Felts, Thomas E. Fisk, Robert S. Abrams, John Ferguson, Jonathan R. Freedman, Robert J. Pangborn, Peter J. Sagona, Christopher Weikart
  • Preform extended finish for processing light weight ecologically beneficial bottles
    Patent number: 11142364
    Abstract: Disclosed are preforms which incorporate improvements in the region of the neck and upper segment of the body to allow the production of lightweight containers, such as bottles suitable for containing water or other beverages. In accordance with certain embodiments, the improvements include a thinner neck finish area than conventional bottles, where the thinner area is extended into the upper segment of the body portion below the support ring. Reducing the thickness in these areas of the bottle allows for less resin to be used in forming the preform and bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Niagara Bottling, LLC
    Inventor: Jay Clarke Hanan
  • EVOH-coated, biaxially oriented, high-density, polyethylene films with metal-oxide deposition
    Patent number: 11135820
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for multilayer films, which, in one embodiment may include a core layer comprising a polyethylene stabilizer optionally in a masterbatch solution and at least 50 wt. % of high-density polyethylene. Further, the multilayer film may include a first skin layer comprising at least 90 wt. % ethylene-propylene polymer and antiblock, and a second skin layer consisting of an ethylene-propylene copolymer or terpolymer. Further still, the multilayer film may include a primer layer on the second skin, an aqueous barrier layer of ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer, polyvinyl alcohol polymer, or combinations thereof on the primer layer. And, further still, multilayer film may include a metallization layer on the aqueous barrier layer, wherein the multilayer film may be oriented in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Jindal Films Americas LLC
    Inventors: Eric T. Gohr, Robert M. Sheppard, Ting Chen
  • Multilayer pipe and polyethylene tube containing a multilayer pipe
    Patent number: 11123947
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a multilayer pipe consisting of layers in a structure: the first layer, which is polyethylene LDPE or a combination of 80% polyethylene LDPE and 20% polyethylene HOPE; the second layer, which is a combination: 50-70% LDPE polyethylene or a combination of 80% LDPE polyethylene and 20% HOPE polyethylene with 30-50% recycled polyethylene granulate; a third layer which is the binding layer; a fourth layer which is the barrier layer of EVOH; the fifth layer, which is the binding layer; the sixth layer, which is made of LDPE polyethylene or a combination of 80% LDPE polyethylene and 20% HOPE polyethylene, characterized in that the first layer contains dispersed particles of zinc oxide in the amount of 5×102 to 1×104 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventor: Michal Kisieliński
  • Polarizing plate and liquid crystal display device including same
    Patent number: 11126031
    Abstract: Provided are a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device including same, the polarizing plate including a polarization film, a contrast-improving layer, and an anti-reflection film that are sequentially laminated. The minimum reflectance of the anti-reflection film is no greater than 0.45%. The anti-reflection film has a first substrate layer, a high-refraction layer and a low-refraction layer that are laminated in order from the contrast-improving layer. The contrast-improving layer includes a first resin layer and a second resin layer facing the first resin layer. The second resin layer is provided with a pattern part having optical patterns and a flat part between the optical patterns. The pattern part satisfies Equation 1 and the optical patterns have a base angle (?) of 75° to 90°. The slope of the reflectance of the polarization plate in Equation 2 is no greater than 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Un Jung, Young Oh, Dong Ho Wee, Young Hyun Ju
  • Blood sample collection tube
    Patent number: 11116695
    Abstract: A blood sample collection tube and other vessels are described including an article surface and a coating set comprising a tie coating or layer of SiOxCy or SiNxCy applied to the article surface, a barrier coating or layer of SiOx, and a pH protective layer of SiOxCy or SiNxCy. The vessels optionally contain a fluid with a pH of 4 to 8, alternatively 5 to 9. The barrier coating or layer prevents oxygen from penetrating into the thermoplastic vessel, and the tie coating or layer and pH protective coating or layer together protect the barrier layer from the contents of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Weikart, Becky L. Clark, Adam Stevenson, John T. Felts
  • Transfer film, method for producing a transfer film, use of a transfer film, and method for coating a component
    Patent number: 11104047
    Abstract: A transfer film includes a carrier film and a transfer ply, wherein the transfer film is provided for transferring the transfer ply to a component. A deep-drawing membrane is arranged between the carrier film and the transfer ply. A method for producing a transfer film as well as the use of a transfer film and a method for coating a component with a transfer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Hehn, Steffen Falgner
  • Packaging and process for the sterile packaging of objects for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications
    Patent number: 11097884
    Abstract: Packaging for the sterile storage and transport of objects for medical, pharmaceutical or cosmetic applications and a packaging process are provided. The packaging includes at least one bag made of a first and a second web, bonded to one another, a feature thereof being that the first web consists of a selectively permeable nonwoven fabric and that the second web consists of a laminated film with at least three layers, where the first layer is a polymer film arranged on the external side of the bag, the second layer is a lamination adhesive and the third layer is a polymer film arranged on the internal side of the bag. At least one of the layers of the second web includes one or more pigments. In an 8-bit greyscale image, the seal seam, imaged in transmitted light and contrast-standardized, is depicted within a greyscale value range of 50-200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Patrick Wolf, Gregor Fritz Deutschle, Volker Rupertus
  • Multilayer films and laminates containing slip agents
    Patent number: 11090852
    Abstract: The coextruded multilayer film has at least two layers, including a sealant layer and a second layer in contact with the sealant layer. The sealant layer contains (A) a first ethylene-based polymer having a density from 0.865 g/cc to 0.930 g/cc and a melt index from 0.5 g/10 min to 25 g/10 min; (B) an unsaturated primary fatty acid amide having a melting point of 100° C. or less; and (C) a saturated primary fatty acid amide having a melting point greater than 100° C. The unsaturated primary fatty acid amide and the saturated primary fatty acid amide have a weight ratio of from 3:1 to 1:6. The second layer contains a second ethylene-based polymer. The present disclosure also provides a laminate containing said sealant layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Fengyi Su, Andong Liu, Hongyu Chen, Jianping Pan, Xiao Bing Yun, Thomas Allgeuer, Erqiang Chen, Tipeng Zhao, Guihong Liao