Patents Examined by Michael C Romanowski
  • Patent number: 12187512
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a water soluble pouch including at least two sealed compartments, the pouch including outer walls including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, and an inner wall including water soluble film including a water soluble resin, the outer wall films being sealed to the inner wall film, the outer wall films being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the outer wall films having a viscosity in a range of 14.5 cP to 25 cP, and a pouch strength of at least 200 N, and the inner wall film being characterized by: a dissolution time of 300 seconds or less, the water soluble resin of the inner film having viscosity in a range of 12 cP to 14.5 cP, and a tackiness value of at least 1500 g/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MONOSOL, LLC
    Inventors: Robby Renilde Francois Keuleers, Steven G. Friedrich, Lee K. Yeung, Shinsuke Nii
  • Patent number: 12157160
    Abstract: A can lid comprising: a main body comprising a laminate metal sheet, the laminate metal sheet comprising a metal sheet and a first resin film on a major surface of the metal sheet, the major surface having a score line delimiting an opening piece, the first resin film comprising a first resin layer comprising a dimer acid-copolymerized polyester resin and being amorphous; and a tab attached to the main body and adapted to cause a cleavage along the score line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DAIWA CAN COMPANY
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ohkoshi, Hirokazu Konagaya, Tadayosi Iwamaru, Akira Yamamoto, Katsumi Ohshima, Junji Matsumura
  • Patent number: 12151452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite laminate plate, a housing and a mobile communication device. The composite laminate includes a top metal layer with a through hole and an array antenna, and an area ratio of the array antenna to the through hole meets a specific range, thereby enhancing wave transmissivity of a millimeter wave. Moreover, the composite laminate has a specific material structure, such that it has good mechanical properties and low density. The housing and the mobile communication device made by the composite laminate have advantages of metallic texture, high signal intensity and excellent effect for light weight tendency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
    Inventors: Yen-Lin Huang, Pei-Jung Tsai, Li-De Wang, Chun-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 12152310
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to Nickel-free (Ni-free) sealing of anodized metal substrates. In an example mentation of the present subject matter, an anodized metal substrate is disposed with a first layer of a Ni-free sealing material over a surface of the anodized metal substrate. Further, a second layer of a second sealing material is disposed atop the first layer to sandwich the first layer of Ni-free sealing material between the surface of the anodized metal substrate and the second layer, to form a sealed metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Ya-Ting Yeh, Chih-Hsiung Liao
  • Patent number: 12139600
    Abstract: The invention relates to blends of sulfo-modified copolyester and polyalkylene furanoate such as polyethylene-, polybutylene-, or polytrimethylene-furanoate, or a mixture thereof. The sulfo-modified copolyester comprises at least about 75 mole % of polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate or a mixture thereof; and at least about 0.1 mole % to about 5 mole % of units of the Formula (I) wherein n is an integer from 3 to 10 and wherein M+ is an alkali metal ion, earth alkali metal ion, phosphonium ion or ammonium ion. Articles requiring high gas barrier are bottles for beer, juices, carbonated soft drinks, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Auriga Polymers, Inc.
    Inventor: Sanjay Mehta
  • Patent number: 12138890
    Abstract: A multilayer film comprising two layers, A and B, having a A/B/A arrangement, wherein layers A and B differ from each other. Layer A comprises an aliphatic and/or aliphatic-aromatic biodegradable polyester or a polyvinyl alcohol or copolymers thereof and does not contain starch. Layer B comprises 30-95% by weight of at least an aliphatic-aromatic polyester (AAPE), 0.1-50% by weight of at least a polymer of natural origin, and 1-40% by weight of at least a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA). The multilayer biodegradable film which is particularly suitable for the manufacture of packaging and has appreciable optical transparency properties in addition to high level mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOVAMONT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Ponti, Claudio Russo
  • Patent number: 12134679
    Abstract: The invention provides a polyester resin for heat-shrinkable film which contains terephthalic acid as a main component of a dicarboxylic acid component, contains ethylene glycol as a main component of a diol component, and contains from 18 to 32% by mole of neopentyl glycol and from 7 to 15% by mole of diethylene glycol when a total amount of the whole diol component in total polyester resin components is taken as 100% by mole. The polyester resin has (i) an intrinsic viscosity (IV) of not less than 0.65 and less than 0.70 dl/g, (ii) a carboxyl end group concentration (AV) of 8-25 eq/t, (iii) a color b value of 1.0-8.0 in an L*a*b* color system, and (iv) aluminum and phosphorus atoms, wherein the aluminum atoms are present in an amount of 15-40 ppm, and wherein the molar ratio of the phosphorus atoms to the aluminum atoms is 1.8-2.6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoru Nakagawa, Kosuke Uotani, Hideto Ohashi, Masayuki Haruta, Shintaro Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 12129102
    Abstract: A high-strength packaging bag with effects of heat preservation and watertightness is made of a composite paper. The composite paper includes an outer waterproof layer, an outer paper layer, a first adhesive layer, a heat-insulation and cushioning layer, a second adhesive layer, an inner paper layer and an inner waterproof layer arranged in sequence; and the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are both elastic adhesive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN TAIHONG PACKAGING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Deran Lyu, Haijiang Lan, Chao Xu, Long Xie, Wenxiu Wang
  • Patent number: 12129090
    Abstract: A package or container contains a biodegradable resin and a microcapsule including therein a decomposition accelerator for the biodegradable resin. The microcapsule includes an outer shell containing a resin composition having photodegradability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Motoaki Sato, Junichiro Iri
  • Patent number: 12123144
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a food contact article. According to one embodiment, the food contact article includes at least one food contact surface. This at least one food contact surface is made up of at least 50 weight percent of at least one biodegradable polymer, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates, and from about 0.1 weight percent to about 1.0 weight percent of at least one antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Danimer IPCo, LLC
    Inventors: Carol G. Leggett, Phillip Van Trump, Thomas K. Leggett, III, Russell Mullins
  • Patent number: 12115713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to molded foam having no hollow space caused in a plate-shaped portion. The molded foam comprises a tube body and a plate-shaped portion joined to the outer side of the tube body. The expansion ratio of the molded foam is lower than two, and a value of a thickness B/a thickness A as a relationship between the thickness A of the tube body at the periphery of a point joined to the plate-shaped portion and the thickness B of the plate-shaped portion is less than 2.82.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Kyoraku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiko Watanabe, Masaaki Onodera
  • Patent number: 12115764
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a multilayer film having a sealant layer and a first layer, where the first layer is formed from a first polyolefin composition, and a laminate that includes the multilayer film. The first polyolefin composition of the first layer consists essentially of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin and a propylene-ethylene copolymer thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). In addition to the first layer of the first polyolefin composition and the sealant layer, the laminate also includes a substrate film and an adhesive layer comprising polyurethane in adhering contact with the substrate film and the first layer, where when the adhesive layer is formed from a solvent-free adhesive the adhesive layer has an elastic modulus of greater than 25 MPa, and when the adhesive layer is formed from a solvent-based adhesive the adhesive layer has an elastic modulus of greater than 0.30 MPa, the elastic modulus being measured for the polyurethane in accordance with ASTM D412.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Elodie Hablot, Salma El Marrasse Zarioui, Peter Hermann Roland Sandkuehler
  • Patent number: 12116193
    Abstract: The present invention provides a water-soluble film having high solubility in cold water and high extensibility. The present invention also provides a method for simply producing such a water-soluble film. One aspect of the present invention relates to a water-soluble film including a polyamine backbone-containing compound and a water-soluble resin. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method for producing a water-soluble film containing a polyamine backbone-containing compound and a water-soluble resin including mixing the polyamine backbone-containing compound and the water-soluble resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daisuke Michitaka, Hirotaka Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 12112923
    Abstract: A reaction chamber lining including an annular side wall and a flange arranged on an upper portion of the side wall. An end face of the flange extends from the side wall in a radial direction, an outer edge of the flange extends in the radial direction to form fixing flanging parts, and a hole is in each of the fixing flanging parts. The side wall includes a rectangular slot, and a position of the rectangular slot corresponds to a position of a robotic arm access hole in a side wall of a reaction chamber. The side wall includes through holes and honeycomb-shaped apertures. A face joined to the bottom of the side wall includes a disc extending inwards in the radial direction, an extending end of the disc is fitted with an outer edge of an electrode assembly. A plurality of circles of slotted holes are in the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU LEUVEN INSTRUMENTS CO. LTD
    Inventors: Na Li, Shiran Cheng, Haiyang Liu, Zhaochao Chen, Yonggang Hou, Chengyi Wang, Dongdong Hu, Kaidong Xu
  • Patent number: 12110151
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a pharmaceutical package may include a glass container and a coating. The glass container may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface may be an outer surface of the glass container. The coating may be positioned over at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container. The coating may include one or more polyimide compositions and one or more metal oxide compositions. The one or more polyimide compositions and the one or more metal oxide compositions may be mixed in the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Henry, Valerie Claudine Lacarriere
  • Patent number: 12103734
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments, a pharmaceutical package may include a glass container and a coating. The glass container may include a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface may be an outer surface of the glass container. The coating may be positioned over at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container. The coating may include one or more polyimide compositions and one or more metal oxide compositions. The one or more polyimide compositions and the one or more metal oxide compositions may be mixed in the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: David Henry, Valerie Claudine Lacarriere
  • Patent number: 12091208
    Abstract: A synthetic resin-made container is a synthetic resin-made container that has an outer layer body and an inner layer body separably laminated on an inner surface of the outer layer body and is formed by stretch blow molding, and includes: a tubular mouth portion; a barrel portion connected to and located below the mouth portion; and a bottom portion closing a lower end of the barrel portion, wherein the outer layer body contains polyethylene terephthalate, the inner layer body contains polyethylene terephthalate, a laminate containing polyethylene terephthalate, or a blend containing polyethylene terephthalate, and has a vapor-deposited film having a gas barrier property on an inner surface thereof, and a rib that prevents the inner layer body from peeling away from the outer layer body when forming the vapor-deposited film is formed in at least one of a lower part of the barrel portion and the bottom portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yano, Kazunari Niida, Hironori Tateno
  • Patent number: 12065768
    Abstract: A protective cover for a motor vehicle body has a main body with a first coating and a second coating. The main body is formed from a flame-retardant fabric. The first coating is an adhesive layer and the second coating is a metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Marc Krasselt-Cachaj
  • Patent number: 12049527
    Abstract: A bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition consisting of a higher molecular weight component and a lower molecular weight component and, when in melted form at 190 degrees Celsius, is characterized by a melt property performance defined by a combination of melt index (5 kg), melt strength, and, optionally, shear thinning properties, and, when in solid form, is characterized by a slow crack growth property performance defined by a combination of strain hardening modulus and accelerated full-notch creep test performance. A pipe consisting of the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition. A method of synthesizing the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition. A method of making the pipe. A manufactured article, which is not a pipe, comprising the bimodal ethylene-co-1-hexene copolymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Cliff R. Mure, Timothy R. Lynn, Roger L Kuhlman, John F. Szul, Angela I. Padilla-Acevedo
  • Patent number: 12030702
    Abstract: A can lid made of a resin laminate steel sheet for a resin-metal composite container, includes: a top sheet portion; and a curved portion located at an outer periphery of the top sheet portion, in which the resin laminate steel sheet includes a steel sheet, a thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer provided at a first surface of the steel sheet, a modified polypropylene-based resin layer provided at a second surface of the steel sheet, a polypropylene-based resin layer, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer, a melting point of the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 135° C. or higher and 150° C. or lower, a melting point of the thermoplastic polyester-based resin layer is higher than a melting point of the polypropylene-based resin layer by 40° C. or more, and a range of a proportion of the ethylene component in the ethylene-propylene copolymer in the ethylene-propylene copolymer resin layer is 1.0 mass % or more and 45.0 mass % or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuo Kadowaki, Kazushi Iwakiri, Tomohiro Mizutani, Satoshi Kato