Patents Examined by Sow-Fun Hon
  • Food casing release coating comprising polyglyceryl esters
    Patent number: 6991836
    Abstract: A food casing having an internal surface coating of a dried aqueous emulsion including at least one polyglyceryl ester. The polyglyceryl ester in the coating covers the internal surface of the food casing in an amount of from about 200 to about 1200 mg per square meter. The polyglyceryl ester may be almost any polyglyceryl ester having from about 1 to about 4 ester groups formed with carboxylic acids having from about 6 to about 18 carbon atoms. The polyglyceryl ester may for example be selected from triglyceryltetraoleate and triglycerylmonooleate. The food casing has superior meat release characteristics in certain applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Teepak Properties, LLC
    Inventor: Harsh Gopal
  • Absorber and method of manufacturing the absorber
    Patent number: 6977102
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a water absorbent material and materials to be sucked included in a water permeable bag type member form a water absorber. Thus, the water absorber is small both in weight and volume upon its transportation, and accordingly, the water absorber can be rapidly conveyed in large quantities without depending on a human power. The water absorber absorbs water upon its use to adequately satisfy a function of a form traceability for weight, volume and outline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Watanabe, Yasuhito Inagaki, Tsutomu Noguchi
  • Dimensionally stable balloons
    Patent number: 6977103
    Abstract: An inflatable medical balloon comprises a polymer matrix material and a plurality of fibers distributed in the matrix material. The plurality of fibers operatively adhere to the matrix material and provide reinforcement thereof. The fibers may be parallel or angularly oriented relative to the longitudinal balloon axis, and may be helically disposed thereabout. The fibers may be composed of material which has a greater tensile strength than the matrix material. The fibers may be microfibers formed by phase separation of a melt blend material during extrusion or polymer cores coextruded with the matrix material and surrounded thereby. The balloon may be formed of alternating layers of fiber-free polymer and layers of fiber-containing polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jianhua Chen, Lixiao Wang, Yiqun Wang, Albert C. C. Chin
  • Cellulose ester film, cellulose ester dope, protective film of polarizing plate and polarizing plate
    Patent number: 6974608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester film comprising a polymer prepared by polymerizing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from vinyl esters, vinyl esters having a functional group, acrylic esters, and acrylic esters having a functional group, wherein the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of not more than 5,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
  • Multilayer optical compensator, liquid crystal display, and process
    Patent number: 6964795
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical compensator for liquid crystal displays comprising a first polymeric layer having an out-of-plane birefringence not more negative than ?0.005 and a second polymeric layer having an out-of-plane birefringence more negative than ?0.005. The invention also provides an LC display and a process for making such compensators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: James F. Elman, Tomohiro Ishikawa, Paul D. Yacobucci, Dennis J. Massa
  • Plastic-based multilayer structure and tube having a multilayer structure
    Patent number: 6964800
    Abstract: The invention concerns a plastic-based multilayer structure, in particular for making tubes or conduits for transporting liquid fluids such as alcohol, liquid fuels derived from petrol, fuels containing oxygen compounds such as, for instance alcohol. More particularly it concerns a multilayer structure comprising an external layer (A) formed from a polyamide based composition with and an internal adjacent layer (B) formed from a polyfluorovinylidene based composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Nyltec Italia
    Inventor: Nicolangelo Peduto
  • Laminated package material, method for manufacturing the same, and a package
    Patent number: 6964797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laminated packaging material suitable for use especially in heat-sealable packages for liquid food, such as milk, cream and juice cartons, and to a manufacturing method of the material, and to a food package manufactured of the material. The material comprises a core of paper or cardboard, and oxygen and aroma proof barrier layers of EVOH and polyamide. The EVOH layer and the polyamide layer are joined together directly without any intermediate adhesive layer, and the barrier layers and the core are interposed between polymeric heat-sealing layers on both sides of the material. The material is manufactured by extrusion so that at least the materials of the said barrier layers are placed against each other in a molten state and forwarded to the core in one web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignee: Stora Enso OYJ
    Inventors: Matti Salste, Tapani Penttinen, Jalliina Järvinen, Risto Salminen, Terttu Heinonen, Tuomo Kuuppo
  • Liquid crystal display device having thin glass substrate on which protective layer formed and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6955840
    Abstract: The LCD according to present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate, two protective layers including at least one layer formed on outer surface of the first and second substrates, a transparent electrode formed on inner surface of the first substrate or the second substrate, an alignment layer formed on the transparent electrode, and two polarizers attached on the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: LG. Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woong Kwon Kim
  • Polythiophene xerographic component coatings
    Patent number: 6953615
    Abstract: A xerographic component having a substrate and thereover a coating with a thiophene-based material is set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Schlueter, Jr., James F. Smith, Lucille M. Sharf
  • High performance thermoplastic
    Patent number: 6949277
    Abstract: A high performance thermoplastic hose useful as a power steering hose, the high performance thermoplastic hose comprising a high performance engineering thermoplastic such as polyurethane and a chlorine-containing polyolefin such as chlorinated polyethylene, chlorinated polypropylene, chlorinated copolymers containing ethylene and propylene, chlorosulfonated polyethylene, chlorosulfonated polypropylene, chlorosulfonated copolymers of ethylene and propylene or mixture thereof, is disclosed. Also disclosed are a method for manufacturing the high performance thermoplastic hose, and a thermoplastic vulcanizate capable of resisting chemical attack and withstanding temperatures up to about 300° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Dayco Products, LLC
    Inventor: Jayanta Bhattacharyya
  • Resin sheets containing dispersed particles, processes for producing the same, and liquid crystal displays
    Patent number: 6942906
    Abstract: A resin sheet containing dispersed particles which is thin and lightweight, and has excellent mechanical strength and light-diffusing properties. The resin sheets may be used in liquid crystal displays. A resin sheet having a hard coat layer, an epoxy resin layer containing 100 parts by weight of the resin to 200 parts by weight of a diffuser having a refractive index different from that of the epoxy resin and having an average particle diameter from 0.2 to 100 ?m, and a thin metal layer as a reflecting layer, wherein the diffuser localizes so as to have a concentration distribution in the direction of the thickness of the epoxy resin layer. A resin sheet having dispersed particles which is obtained by superposing a reflecting layer, an inorganic gas barrier layer, or a color filter layer thereon. A process for producing the resin sheet having a color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Sakata, Toshiyuki Umehara, Kiichi Shimodaira, Kazutaka Hara, Yoshihiro Kitamura, Katsuhiro Nakano
  • Resin sheets containing dispersed particles, processes for producing the same, and liquid crystal displays
    Patent number: 6936313
    Abstract: A resin sheet containing dispersed particles which is thin, lightweight, and has excellent mechanical strength and light-diffusing properties. The resin sheets may be used in liquid crystal displays. A resin sheet having a hard coat layer, an epoxy resin layer containing 100 parts by weight of the resin to 200 parts by weight of a diffuser having a refractive index different from that of the epoxy resin and having an average particle diameter from 0.2 to 100 ?m, and a thin metal layer as a reflecting layer, wherein the diffuser localizes so as to have a concentration distribution in the direction of the thickness of the epoxy resin layer. A resin sheet having dispersed particles which is obtained by superposing a reflecting layer, an inorganic gas barrier layer, or a color filter layer thereon. A process for producing the resin sheet having a color filter layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Sakata, Toshiyuki Umehara, Kiichi Shimodaira, Kazutaka Hara, Yoshihiro Kitamura, Katsuhiro Nakano
  • Polyamide-based sausage skin which can be filled manually
    Patent number: 6919112
    Abstract: The invention concerns a biaxially stretched and thermoset tubular seamless single- or multi-layered foodstuff skin wherein the layer, or, a multi-layered skin wherein at least one of the layers, contains a block copolymer with “hard” aliphatic polyamide blocks and “soft” aliphatic polyether blocks, the block copolymer corresponding to one of formulae (I) to (III), Ea—(NH—[CH2]x—CO)m—Xa—(A—O)n—A Xa—(CO—[CH2]x—NH)m—Ea (I), (II), —[X—(CO—[CH2]x—NH)o—Y—X—(A—O)p—A]-(III). The invention is particularly suitable as a skin for a sausage which is to be boiled or heated in water, and does not form folds when the filling is introduced manually, with no or only slight pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Kalle Nalo GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ulrich Delius
  • Anti-reflection film and image display device
    Patent number: 6908647
    Abstract: An anti-reflection film, having a low-refractive-index layer formed by hardening a composition, the composition containing a polysiloxane compound having a reactive organic functional group represented by formula 1, and a perfluoroolefin copolymer: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 each are a substituent having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R1s, R2s, R3s or R4s each are the same or different; at least one of R1, R3 and R4 is the reactive organic functional group; x is an integer of 1?x?4; y is an integer of 10?y?500; z is an integer of 0?z?500; and the polysiloxane compound may be a random or block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Obayashi, Takafumi Hosokawa
  • Anisotropic scattering film and liquid crystal display using the same
    Patent number: 6908646
    Abstract: An anisotropic scattering film, wherein said film has a sea-island structure comprising a matrix phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, and a dispersed phase consisting of at least one polymeric material, wherein the dispersed phase is rod-like, the dispersed phase substantially orientates to one direction, the refractive index of the dispersed phase in the major axis direction differs from the refractive index of the matrix phase in the corresponding direction, the diameter of the dispersed phase is 200 nm or less, and the length of the dispersed phase is 800 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazunori Akiyoshi, Shigeaki Chika, Koichi Fujisawa
  • Stock material for container body of insulating paper container, insulating paper container and process for making them
    Patent number: 6908651
    Abstract: An insulating paper container's body has a low m.p. thermoplastic synthetic resin film laminated on its outer wall surface and a compatibly expansile ink applied to the outer surface either as a primer or as indicia to provide stock material improved in its printability for bar codes or the like as well as in its insulating property. In addition there is provided a process for making such stock material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Sanyo Pax Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Watanabe, Isao Kuwahara
  • Dimensionally stable balloons
    Patent number: 6905743
    Abstract: A medical balloon composed of a micro-composite material which provides for radial expansion of a balloon to a predetermined extent, but which has minimal longitudinal growing during balloon inflation. The micro-composite material includes a fibril component, a matrix component, and optionally, a compatibilizer. The fibril component may preferably be liquid crystal polymer fibers randomly scattered through out the balloon material. The liquid crystal polymers are created by extrusion at high speed. An alternative fibril component may be a PET fibers which are uniformly spaced about the balloon material and extend through out the length of the balloon material tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Boston Scientific SciMed, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jianhua Chen, Lixiao Wang, Yiqun Wang, Albert C. C. Chin
  • Edible molded bodies, especially flat and flexible tubular films
    Patent number: 6902783
    Abstract: The invention relates to edible molded bodies in the form of a flat or tubular film based on plastifiable biopolymers, the cleavage products or derivatives thereof and/or synthetic polymers from natural monomers, characterized in that they are produced according to a method comprising the following steps: a) the biopolymers, cleavage products or derivatives thereof and/or synthetic polymers are mixed with at least one edible plasticizer, at least one lubricating agent and at least one cross-linking agent, b) the mixture thus obtained is melted into a thermoplastic material, c) said material is extruded and d) the product obtained by extrusion is calendered and/or stretched or blown and deformed into the edible molded body. The molded bodies cited in the invention are suitable for use as food wrappers for sausages and boiled ham, and are particularly suitable for use as seamless sausage casings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Kalle Nalo GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Klaus-Dieter Hammer, Gerhard Grolig, Michael Ahlers, Ulrich Delius
  • Anisotropic polymer layer
    Patent number: 6899929
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical retardation film comprising two layers of an anisotropic polymer adjacent to each other or adjacent to both sides of a substrate, characterized in that each layer exhibits a tilted structure with an optical symmetry axis having a tilt angle ? relative to the plane of the layer, to a means to produce substantially linear polarized light comprising such an optical retardation film and to a liquid crystal display comprising such an optical retardation film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Verrall, Mark Goulding, Quentin Hodges, Ben Godden
  • Glare protection device
    Patent number: 6887531
    Abstract: The glare protection device for welding applications contains an active electro-optical filter element (2) with an electronic control circuit (3). The active filter element (2) absorbs the UV-radiation up to 380 nm. An IR-plastic filter (10) is completely joined with the active electro-optical filter element by a compact adhesive layer (11) and together with it forms a single optical and mechanical unit (1) having a high transmittance in the visual region of the spectrum. The IR-plastic filter (10) contains a dye that absorbs the infrared radiation in a wavelength range of 780-1400 nm. With this, a robust, cheap and safe in operation glare protection device for various applications is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Optrel AG
    Inventor: Peter Hones