Patents Examined by Nathan L Van Sell
  • Patent number: 11826996
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film which exhibits elastic-like behavior along at least one axis when stretched or elongated and then released. The thermoplastic film comprises a plurality of raised rib-like elements extending in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the thermoplastic film. The thermoplastic film further includes a plurality of web areas positioned about the plurality of raised rib-like elements. The plurality of raised rib-like elements and plurality of web areas are arranged in a complex pattern. The complex pattern provides visual and tactile cues as the films are stretched or elongated. The complex pattern can cause the thermoplastic film to have a complex stretch profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Shaun T. Broering, Michael G. Borchardt, Ranyi Zhu, Jason R. Maxwell, Daniel Charles Peck, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Robert T. Dorsey, Lehai Minh Pham Vu, Karen Denise McAffry
  • Patent number: 11788290
    Abstract: This invention, in embodiments, relates to a roofing material having (a) a front surface, (b) a back surface, and (c) a sealant attachment zone disposed on at least the front surface of the roofing material, the sealant attachment zone including surfacing media that comprise at least one of mineral particles, polymeric particles, and combinations thereof. The sealant attachment zone has an average surface coverage of the surfacing media of 30% to 70%. The roofing material exhibits an increased wind uplift resistance, as measured according to ASTM D6381, as compared to a roofing material without a sealant attachment zone having an average surface coverage of surfacing media of 30% to 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Liang Shiao, Joey Ferraro, Luis Duque, Brian Lee, Tim Lock, Daniel E. Boss
  • Patent number: 11781033
    Abstract: A curable resin film of the present invention forms a first protective film (1a) by attaching the curable resin film containing an epoxy-based thermosetting component having a weight-average molecular weight of 200 to 4,000 to a surface (5a) of a semiconductor wafer (5) having a plurality of bumps (51) with an average peak height (h1) of 50 to 400 ?m, an average diameter of 60 to 500 ?m, and an average pitch of 100 to 800 ?m, heating the attached curable resin film at 100° C. to 200° C. for 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masanori Yamagishi, Akinori Sato
  • Patent number: 11773545
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a road marking paint composition for painting a coating a road substrate adapted for accelerated cure by exposure to UV light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Damar Industries Limited
    Inventors: Victor Holmes, Kishor Soma
  • Patent number: 11767436
    Abstract: Tunable thermoplastic polymer powder feedstock formulations and tunable conductive thermoplastic polymer powder feedstock formulations are disclosed for delivery to a high-velocity sprayer, along with tunable coatings made from the disclosed formulations and methods for coating installed fasteners, and fasteners, fastener/substrate interfaces and substrates coated with the tunable thermoplastic polymer coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Weidong Song
  • Patent number: 11745470
    Abstract: The polyester film according to the embodiment can maintain its original characteristics even after a plurality of repeated folding by adjusting the deformed dimension as compared with the initial dimension of the film, in particular, by adjusting the ratio between the deformed dimensions in two in-plane directions perpendicular to each other to a specific range, in the cycle of straining and relaxing the film. Accordingly, the polyester film can be applied to a cover of a flexible display device, in particular, a foldable display device to exhibit excellent characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SK microworks Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun Uk Kim, Young Min Heo, Sechul Lee, Sang Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11731390
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film which exhibits elastic-like behavior along at least one axis when stretched or elongated and then released. The thermoplastic film comprises a plurality of raised rib-like elements extending in a direction perpendicular to a main surface of the thermoplastic film. The thermoplastic film further includes a plurality of web areas positioned about the plurality of raised rib-like elements. The plurality of raised rib-like elements and plurality of web areas are arranged in a complex pattern. The complex pattern provides visual and tactile cues as the films are stretched or elongated. The complex pattern can cause the thermoplastic film to have a complex stretch profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Glad Products Company
    Inventors: Shaun T. Broering, Michael G. Borchardt, Ranyi Zhu, Jason R. Maxwell, Daniel Charles Peck, Hugh Joseph O'Donnell, Robert T. Dorsey, Lehai Minh Pham Vu, Karen Denise McAffry
  • Patent number: 11732097
    Abstract: A low shrinkage low oligomer polyester film and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The method includes forming at least one polyester composition into an unstretched polyester thick film and stretching the unstretched polyester thick film in a machine direction (MD) and a transverse direction (TD) at a stretch ratio of two to six times. The polyester composition includes 94% to 99.974% by weight of a polyester resin, 0.01% to 1% by weight of a primary antioxidant, 0.01% to 1% by weight of a secondary antioxidant, 0.003% to 2% by weight of a nucleating agent, and 0.003% to 2% by weight of a flow aid. The polyester resin has an intrinsic viscosity between 0.60 dl/g and 0.80 dl/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Wen-Cheng Yang, Wen-Jui Cheng, Chia-Yen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11713277
    Abstract: Glass or glass ceramic substrates are provided that have a decorative coating. Methods for coating a glass or glass ceramic substrate with a decorative coating are also provided. In the method, a first, textured layer is applied which is filled with a further layer, so that a layer material of graded composition is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Silke Knoche, Angelina Milanovska, Lutz Klippe, Ulf Hoffmann, Ella Ruhl
  • Patent number: 11688825
    Abstract: A composite substrate including a substrate, a buffer layer, and a strain release layer. The buffer layer is disposed on the substrate is provided. The strain release layer is disposed on the buffer layer, wherein the buffer layer is between the substrate and the strain release layer. A material of the strain release layer includes Al1-xGaxN, where 0?x<0.15. The strain release layer is doped with silicon to release a compressive strain due to the buffer layer. A concentration of silicon doped in the strain release layer is greater than 1019 cm?3. A defect density of the strain release layer is less than or equal to 5×109/cm2. A light-emitting diode is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, OPTO TECH CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Yen Huang, Chang Da Tsai
  • Patent number: 11676739
    Abstract: A transparent electroconductive layer 3 includes a first main surface 5 and a second main surface 6 facing each other in a thickness direction. The transparent electroconductive layer 3 is a single layer extending in a plane direction perpendicular to the thickness direction. The transparent electroconductive layer 3 has a plurality of crystal grains 4, a plurality of first grain boundaries 7 partitioning the plurality of crystal grains 4 and having each of one end edge 9 and another end edge 10 in the thickness direction open in each of the first main surface 5 and the second main surface 6, and a second grain boundary 8 branching from a first intermediate portion 11 of one first grain boundary 7A and reaching a second intermediate portion 12 of another first grain boundary 7B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nozomi Fujino
  • Patent number: 11673829
    Abstract: A window panel includes: a substrate having a thickness of less than 100 ?m and including a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; first ions dispersed in the substrate and each having a first ion radius; and second ions dispersed in the substrate and each having a second ion radius which is greater than the first ion radius, wherein the second ions generate a compressive stress, the compressive stress is reduced with depth from the first surface or the second surface within a range from the first surface or the second surface to a ½ point of the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoikwan Lee, Seung Kim, Seungho Kim
  • Patent number: 11668008
    Abstract: A sheet material includes a resin layer containing a binder and catalyst particles, an electroless plating film on the side of one main surface of the resin layer and including first electroless plating films and a second electroless plating film, and a base material on the side of the other main surface of the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Orikasa, Yuhei Horikawa, Yoshihiro Kanbayashi, Hisayuki Abe
  • Patent number: 11661374
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a chemically-strengthened glass exhibiting both surface strength and abrasion-resistant anti-fingerprint (AFP) properties. The present invention relates to a plate-shaped chemically-strengthened glass which has a compressive stress layer provided to a glass surface layer, a glass surface hydrogen concentration profile in a specific range, and a surface strength and abrasion-resistant anti-fingerprint (AFP) properties which are in specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Michinori Suehara, Yusuke Fujiwara, Lilin Zhou
  • Patent number: 11654664
    Abstract: A composite cooling film including a reflective nonporous inorganic-particle-filled organic polymeric layer, an ultra-violet-protective layer or layers, and an antisoiling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, Milind B. Sabade, Laura R. Nereng, Caleb T. Nelson, James P. Burke, Vivian W. Jones
  • Patent number: 11642825
    Abstract: A polyester-based film having excellent scratch resistance, durability, transparency, and visibility and a process for preparing the same. The polyester-based film comprises a base layer and a coating layer on at least one side of the base layer. The light passage according to Relationship 1 is 91% or more, or the total transmittance for light of 380 nm to 780 nm is 92% or more, it has excellent optical properties, durability, visibility, and reliability. Thus, it can be applied to display devices such as smartphones, tablet PCs, and laptops. In addition, in the polyester-based film according to an embodiment, the strain with respect to tensile load satisfies a specific range, whereby it is possible to achieve the flexibility that hardly causes deformation even when a certain load is maintained for a long period of time. Thus, it can be applied to flexible display devices, particularly, foldable display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SKC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: A Rim Yu, Gun Uk Kim, Sechul Lee, Sun Ki Lee, Sang Min Choi, Jin-Seok Park, Jung Won Yu
  • Patent number: 11634613
    Abstract: A composite cooling film including non-fluorinated organic polymeric layer, a metal layer disposed inwardly of the non-fluorinated organic polymeric layer, and an antisoiling, ultraviolet-absorbing hardcoat layer that is disposed outwardly of the non-fluorinated organic polymeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Timothy J. Hebrink, Michelle M. S. Mok, Vivian W. Jones, Milind B. Sabade, James P. Burke, James A. Phipps
  • Patent number: 11629498
    Abstract: A non-asphaltic breathable sheet is provided that includes at least one breathable polymer layer and at least one nonwoven layer. The breathable sheet may include an open-mesh reinforcing fabric embedded in a breathable polymer layer. The breathable sheet has an advantageous balance of strength, water resistance, and permeability to water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Martin Vido, Ronald Boisvert, Steve Thaxton
  • Patent number: 11629241
    Abstract: The use of titanium dioxide particles coated by an organic coating for increasing the hydrolysis resistance of an oriented polyester film, particularly wherein the organic coating does not comprise or is not derived from a silane, and particularly wherein the organic coating is selected from an organophosphorus compound and a polymeric organic coating; and oriented polyester films comprising such titanium dioxide particles coated by an organic coating; and photovoltaic cells comprising such films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Allan Lovatt, Anthony Whitehead, Emily Parnham
  • Patent number: 11622664
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example pre-moistened fibrous structures, having a novel contact surface (micro protrusion surface) and methods for using the fibrous structures and making the fibrous structures are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Cunming Song, Hailing Bao, Antonius Lambertus DeBeer