Patents Examined by Sathavaram I Reddy
  • Patent number: 12145391
    Abstract: An ink set includes: a water-based ink for ink-jet recording that contains water and at least one of a direct dye and an acid dye; and a fixing agent that contains a water-soluble polymer having diallyl amines as a constituent unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinpei Ito, Yasuhiro Taga
  • Patent number: 12122928
    Abstract: A radiation curable inkjet ink set comprising a cyan inkjet ink containing a beta-copper phthalocyanine pigment and a polymerizable composition; a magenta inkjet ink containing a magenta or red pigment and a polymerizable composition; a yellow inkjet ink containing a yellow pigment and a polymerizable composition; and a black inkjet ink containing a carbon black pigment and a polymerizable composition; wherein the polymerizable compositions of the cyan, magenta, yellow and black inkjet inks include on average: a) 20.0 to 40.0 wt % of phenoxyethyl acrylate; b) 23.0 to 32.0 wt % of isobornyl acrylate; c) 1.0 to 14.4 wt % of monomer selected from the group consisting of 4-acryloylmorpholine and a monomer according to Formula (I), wherein X represents C or O, n represents 1, 2 or 3 and m represents 0 or 1; and d) up to 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Matthieu Retailleau, Bart Waumans
  • Patent number: 12116480
    Abstract: The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester-based film, where the heat-shrinkage ratio in the width direction is high and the irregularity of thickness is small. The heat-shrinkable polyester-based film of the present invention contains 90 mol % or more of ethylene terephthalate unit based on 100 mol % of whole ester unit, wherein, the heat-shrinkable polyester-based film satisfies the requirements: (1) heat-shrinkage ratio in a width direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is 50%-75%, (2) heat-shrinkage ratio in a longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 90° C. hot water is ?6% or more and 14% or less, (3) heat-shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction measured by shrinking the film for 10 seconds in 70° C. hot water is ?6% or more and 6% or less, and (4) irregularity of thickness in the width direction is 1%-20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
  • Patent number: 12109790
    Abstract: The disclosed panels generally comprise a protective layer composed of a paper impregnated with a melamine resin. The protective layer may be incorporated into a panel comprising a rigid composite core, such as a plastic composite core or a mineral composite core. Disclosed are also methods for manufacturing the panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anthony Drevet, Philippe Erramuzpe
  • Patent number: 12110408
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive laminate including a base material and a conductive ink film provided on the base material, in which a region that extends from a first main surface toward a second main surface to a position being away from the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 50% of a thickness of the conductive ink film has a first void ratio of 15% to 50%, a region that extends from a position being away from the second main surface toward the first main surface by a distance equivalent to 10% of the thickness of the conductive ink film to the second main surface has a second void ratio which is smaller than the first void ratio, and the conductive ink film comprises at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, platinum, nickel, palladium, and copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kotaro Maeda, Norihide Shimohara
  • Patent number: 12103270
    Abstract: Disclosed are a display device and a method for manufacturing a cover thereof. A method for manufacturing a cover of a display device comprises: (a) a step in which a BM printing layer is formed on the front surface of a transparent film, and a release film is attached thereto; (b) a step in which the release film is cut along the BM printing layer; (c) a step in which the release film attached to the front surface of the transparent film is removed; (d) a step in which an abrasion-resistant coating layer is formed on the front surface of the transparent film; and (e) a step in which the release film attached to the BM printing layer is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Su Song, Min Soo Kim, Sung Gab Kim, Seung Yeop Song
  • Patent number: 12070963
    Abstract: A method of producing an image recorded material is a method including an image recording of sequentially applying a pretreatment liquid containing an aggregating agent, a first ink containing a first resin, and a second ink containing a second resin onto an impermeable base material to record an image, in which in the image recording, the image is recorded under a condition in which a ratio of a total applied mass of the first resin and the second resin per unit area to an applied mass of the aggregating agent per unit area in an overlapping region formed such that a region where the pretreatment liquid is applied, a region where the first ink is applied, and a region where the second ink is applied overlap each other in plan view is generated is 16.0 or greater and 30.0 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ayato Sato, Masaharu Kawai, Takeshi Miyato
  • Patent number: 12023948
    Abstract: The recording medium according to the present invention includes a substrate, an ink receiving layer (1), and an ink receiving layer (2) arranged on the outermost surface. The ink receiving layer (2) has a thickness of 10 nm or more and 4000 nm or less. The ink receiving layer (1) contains a first inorganic particle and a first binder, and the ink receiving layer (2) contains a second inorganic particle and a second binder. The first binder and the second binder are each a water-insoluble resin. The contact angle ?1 formed between water and a surface of the ink receiving layer (1) is 90° or more, and the contact angle ?2 formed between water and the surface of the ink receiving layer (2) is 60° or more and 85° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Olivia Herlambang, Yoshiyuki Nagase, Tetsufumi Shiba
  • Patent number: 12018436
    Abstract: There is provided a coated paperboard comprising a base board having a top side provided with a pigment coating, which pigment coating comprises a pigment mixture, a binder and a rheology modifier, wherein: the pigment mixture comprises, by dry weight, 0-17% of clay, 60-90% of a first CaCO3 pigment and 0-30% of a second CaCO3 pigment, provided that the amount of clay and second CaCO3 pigment combined is at least 10%; the d50 of the first CaCO3 pigment is 0.60-0.80???? and the d98 of the first CaCO3 pigment is at least 2.8????; the d50 of the second CaCO3 pigment is 0.63±0.10???? and the d75 of the second CaCO3 pigment is less than 1.2????; the binder comprises a styrene-butadiene copolymer or a styrene-acrylate copolymer; and the dry weight ratio of pigment to binder in the pigment coating is from 100:16 to 100:20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: BILLERUDKORSNAS AB
    Inventor: Johan Larsson
  • Patent number: 11970821
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11958233
    Abstract: An inkjet printing method and inkjet compositions are disclosed. The method includes selectively depositing by inkjet printing, layer by layer, a first composition and a second composition onto a receiving media from different dispensers to form polymerizable deposited layers. The first composition includes one or more free-radical polymerizable compounds and a cationic photoinitiator and is devoid of compounds able to undergo cationic photopolymerization within the first composition. The second composition includes one or more cationic polymerizable compounds and is devoid of cationic photoinitiators. At least one of the compositions includes a radical photoinitiator. The method further includes exposing the deposited layers to actinic radiation to initiate polymerization of the free-radical polymerizable compounds and the cationic polymerizable compounds within the deposited layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: STRATASYS LTD
    Inventors: Ira Yudovin-Farber, Eduardo Napadensky, Avi Levy, Daniel Dikovsky
  • Patent number: 11945972
    Abstract: A composition including a first color shifting pigment having a first color shift that extends from a starting color at normal through a plurality of colors as a viewing angle is increased to a final color, wherein the first color shift rotates counterclockwise relative to, and about, an origin of the L*a*b* color space; and a color filter that transmits a portion of the first color shift of the first color shifting pigment and absorbs a remainder of the first color shift of the first color shifting pigment; wherein the composition has a second color shift different from the first color shift; and wherein the second color shift has a first portion that rotates counterclockwise relative to the origin and a second portion that rotates clockwise relative to the origin is disclosed. A security device including the composition is included. A method of making the composition and a method of authenticating the security device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan Delst, Paul Thomas Kohlmann
  • Patent number: 11915623
    Abstract: A flexible display module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a flexible display device are provided. The flexible display module includes a flexible display panel; a back plate, a buffer material layer, a first adhesive layer, and a metal plate under the flexible display panel; a polarizer, a second adhesive layer, and a cover plate on the flexible display panel. The back plate is positioned in a non-bending area. The buffer material layer is positioned in a bending area and is disposed in a same layer as the back plate. A side of the first adhesive layer is bonded to the back plate and the buffer material layer, and another side thereof is bonded to the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11890855
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and an impact resistance layer. The display panel includes a first display area, a second display area, a first folding display area between the first display area and the second display area, a third display area, and a second folding display area between the second display area and the third display area. The first folding display area is out-foldable such that the first display area is faces outside the display device. The impact resistance layer includes a first portion corresponding to the first display area, the first folding display area and the second display area and a second portion corresponding to the second display area, the second folding display area, and the third display area. The first portion has an elastic modulus greater than the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11858250
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an electronic device member that is superior in ease of handling, without any loss of flatness or performance (e.g. flexibility and dielectric properties) despite being a dielectric sheet having a dielectric polymer cured material that is physically fragile. Disclosed herein is a layered body including (L1) a single layer or multiple layers of a high dielectric sheet that includes a polymer cured material having a dielectric functional group, and at least one (L2) pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and in general further having (L3) an electrode layer and/or (L4) a non-silicone thermoplastic resin layer, and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DOW TORAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukui, Takeaki Tsuda
  • Patent number: 11845879
    Abstract: A recording material including a support having at least one colored surface and a layer of polymeric material is described. The layer including polymeric particles has a core/shell structure, and the particles are either (i) particles having an outermost polymer shell having a calculated Tg of from 40° C. to 80° C., or (ii) particles having an inner polymer shell having a calculated Tg of from 40° C. to 130° C. and an outer polymer shell having a calculated Tg of from ?55° C. to 50° C. The calculated Tg of said outer polymer shell is lower than that of said inner polymer shell, the particles including, when dry, at least one void capable of providing opacity to said layer, and the colored surface has sufficient color density to be visibly contrasting to a surface of the subsequent layer including the polymeric particles disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY
    Inventors: Lan Deng, Brian R. Einsla, Chao-Jen Chung, Thomas William Kermis, Rebecca LuAnn Smith
  • Patent number: 11832680
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for color printing onto nonwhite substrates and articles. For example, an article of apparel is provided that includes multiple layers of ink with a combination of a white ink and at least one color ink, and each layer having a ratio of white ink to color ink, wherein the ratio is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd W. Miller
  • Patent number: 11795622
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fibrous structures including active agents and having a graphic printed thereon. In some embodiments, a nonwoven web may include a fibrous structure comprising filaments. In turn, the filaments may include filament forming material, and an active agent releasable from the filaments when exposed to conditions of intended use. In addition, a graphic may be printed directly onto the fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Thomas Weisman, Hui Yang, Alrick Vincent Warner, Andreas Josef Dreher, Mark Robert Sivik
  • Patent number: 11794505
    Abstract: A resin dispersion for dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, including a polyester resin particle and an aqueous medium. The polyester resin particle includes a polyester resin that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component including at least one of a propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, and a carboxylic acid component including an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less. A molar ratio of the propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in the alcohol component is 0/100 or more and 40/60 or less. A molar ratio of the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less is 2.1 or more and 15 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norihiro Fukuri, Hiroto Soma, Christopher Johnson
  • Patent number: 11795334
    Abstract: A photo-curable ink composition is provided, the composition including: a polymer including a structural unit represented by General Formula 1 below; and a radical-polymerizable monomer, in which a total content of a monofunctional radical-polymerizable monomer and a bifunctional radical-polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition: in which, in General Formula 1: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X represents an oxygen atom or —NR2—, R2 representing a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Y represents a group including at least one selected from the group consisting of a thioether structure, a phosphorus atom, and a hindered phenol structure; and * represents a bonding site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shota Suzuki, Noriaki Sato, Ichiro Koyama