Patents by Inventor Alberto Argoitia

Alberto Argoitia has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11911931
    Abstract: A multi-layered article including a substrate; a release layer including polyvinyl alcohol and at least one cross-linking agent; and a first selective light modulator layer; wherein the release layer crosslinks and is water insoluble is disclosed. Also, disclosed is a multi-layered article including a substrate; a waterborne release layer; and a first selective light modulator layer including a cross-linking agent. Methods of making the multi-layered articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kangning Liang, Alberto Argoitia, Jaroslaw Zieba, Johannes P. Seydel
  • Patent number: 11898041
    Abstract: A pigment, including a flake including a metal core having a first surface and a second surface, a first dielectric layer interfacing with a first surface of the metal core, and a second dielectric layer interfacing with a second surface of the metal core; a first inorganic layer encapsulating the flake; and an organic layer encapsulating the first organic layer is disclosed. A colorant composition including the pigment is also disclosed. A method of making the pigment, and a method of making a colorant composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Alberto Argoitia
  • Patent number: 11891524
    Abstract: A particle including a core particle; and a vapor deposited colorant including an organic colored material that encapsulates the core particle. The particle can be a special effect pigment or a thin film interference pigment. Methods of making the particle are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Larry Meredith, Carole Thoraval, Vladimir Raksha
  • Publication number: 20240026103
    Abstract: An article including a substrate; a diffuser polymer; and a thin layer of optical material 14 that conforms to a surface of the diffuser polymer is disclosed. A method of making the article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kangning LIANG, Alberto ARGOITIA, Jaroslaw ZIEBA, Johannes P. SEYDEL
  • Patent number: 11802210
    Abstract: A thin film structure including a reflector layer; and a hybrid layer including an organic colored material and at least one of an organic filler and an inorganic filler; wherein a concentration of the at least one of an organic filler or an inorganic filler is in a range of from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. %. A method of making a thin film structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Raksha, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti
  • Publication number: 20230312933
    Abstract: A pigment, including a flake including a metal core having a first surface and a second surface, a first dielectric layer interfacing with a first surface of the metal core, and a second dielectric layer interfacing with a second surface of the metal core; a first inorganic layer encapsulating the flake; and an organic layer encapsulating the first organic layer is disclosed. A colorant composition including the pigment is also disclosed. A method of making the pigment, and a method of making a colorant composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Alberto ARGOITIA
  • Publication number: 20230150292
    Abstract: A sheet, including a substrate having a surface, wherein the surface includes a first marking that defines a boundary of a hollow flake, and a second marking that defines a boundary of a solid flake; wherein the first marking and the second marking are each, independently, configured to protrude from a plane of the surface or depress down from the plane of the surface; and wherein the first marking surrounds the second marking is disclosed. A complementary set of flakes, and a method of making the complementary set of flakes are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Alberto ARGOITIA
  • Publication number: 20230128872
    Abstract: A recorded and fixed color image, including: a plurality of pixels; in which a pixel, of the plurality of pixels, contains two or more additive process color areas; in which each additive process color area, of the two or more additive process color areas, has a centroid located within an area of the pixel; in which locations of the centroids, within the area of the pixel, are present in two or more configurations in the plurality of pixels is disclosed. A method of forming a color image is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
  • Publication number: 20230129015
    Abstract: A printing machine including a printing plate on a surface of a rotating cylinder, in which the printing plate has a fixed pattern for receiving a toner; a vessel containing the toner, which includes a pigment and a thermoplastic binder, in which the fixed pattern is a permanent pattern in a form of selected portions of an image is disclosed. A plate for use in the printing machine is also disclosed. A printing system is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
  • Publication number: 20230129906
    Abstract: A method of printing a toner, including: rotating a cylinder having a printing plate with a fixed pattern; transferring a toner from a vessel onto the fixed pattern of the printing plate, in which the toner includes a pigment with a metallic reflective layer; and transferring the toner onto a substrate; in which the fixed pattern defines select portions of an image; and in which the toner correlates to the selected portions of the image is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
  • Publication number: 20220236464
    Abstract: An optical device, including a first selective light modulator layer comprising infrared transparent particles; and at least one infrared reflective material chosen from an infrared reflective layer and a plurality of infrared reflective particles is disclosed. A method of making the optical device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Johannes P Seydel, John Edward Book, Alberto Argoitia, Kangning Liang, Jaroslaw Zieba
  • Publication number: 20220235235
    Abstract: A coating including an ordered spatial distribution of a plurality of nanoparticles; and a polymer medium is disclosed. Also disclosed is an article, such as an optical device, can include the coating, on a substrate. A multilayer structure can include the coating with a high refractive index layer adjacent to the coating. A method of making the coating, the article, and the multilayer structures is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Kangning LIANG, Jaroslaw ZIEBA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL
  • Publication number: 20220091313
    Abstract: A diffractive pigment includes diffractive pigment, includes a stack including alternating layers of a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the high refractive index layer is a composition including an organic material and high refractive index inorganic nanoparticles; in which at least one layer of the stack is embossed. A method of making a diffractive pigment is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Kangning Liang, Johannes P. Seydel, Jaroslaw Zieba
  • Publication number: 20210311235
    Abstract: An article including a stack of layers of low refractive index layers and high refractive index layers, wherein the stack includes at least one low refractive index layer and at least two high refractive index layers; wherein at least one layer of the stack includes a composition comprising a carrier and at least one nanoparticle chosen from organic nanoparticles and inorganic nanoparticles is disclosed. Additionally, there is disclosed a method of making the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL, Kangning LIANG
  • Publication number: 20210311237
    Abstract: An article including two external layers of absorbing nanoparticles; and at least one refractive index layer chosen from a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer, in which the at least one refractive index layer is between the two external layers of absorbing nanoparticles is disclosed. Additionally, there is disclosed a method of making the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL, Kangning LIANG
  • Publication number: 20210231849
    Abstract: An article including a thin film interference pigment; and a coating including a colored selectively absorbing nanoparticles is disclosed. The article can exhibit a change in hue, lightness, and/or chroma as compared to the thin film interference pigment alone. Methods of making the article are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, John Edward BOOK, Jaroslaw ZIEBA
  • Patent number: 11001720
    Abstract: The invention provides a plurality of substantially same planar pigment flakes, each formed of one or more thin film layers. Each flake has a face surface and a flake border delimiting the face surface; the flake border undulates in the plane of the flake. The flakes have a pre-selected shape, may have a symbol or a grating thereon. A method of manufacturing of these flakes including the steps of: (a) providing a substrate having a plurality of one-flake regions and a plurality of depressions or protrusions disposed therebetween and not extending into the one-flake regions, (b) coating the substrate with a releasable coating, and (c) removing the releasable coating and breaking it into the flakes; wherein two adjacent of the one-flake regions are separated by at least three of the depressions or protrusions for facilitating the breaking of the releasable coating into the flakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Cornelis Jan Delst, Laurence Holden
  • Publication number: 20210032473
    Abstract: A thin film structure including a reflector layer; and a hybrid layer including an organic colored material and at least one of an organic filler and an inorganic filler; wherein a concentration of the at least one of an organic filler or an inorganic filler is in a range of from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. %. A method of making a thin film structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir RAKSHA, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti
  • Patent number: 10870740
    Abstract: An omnidirectional structural color pigment having a protective coating. The pigment has a first layer of a first material and a second layer of a second material, the second layer extending across the first layer. In addition, the pigment reflects a band of electromagnetic radiation having a predetermined full width at half maximum (FWHM) of less than 300 nm and a predetermined color shift of less than 30° when the pigment is exposed to broadband electromagnetic radiation and viewed from angles between 0 and 45°. The pigment has a weather resistant coating that covers an outer surface thereof and reduces a relative photocatalytic activity of the pigment by at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Viavi Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Songtao Wu, Khoa Vo, Debasish Banerjee, Masahiko Ishii, Alberto Argoitia
  • Patent number: 10844227
    Abstract: A thin film structure including a reflector layer; and a hybrid layer including an organic colored material and at least one of an organic filler and an inorganic filler; wherein a concentration of the at least one of an organic filler or an inorganic filler is in a range of from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. %. A method of making a thin film structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Vladimir Raksha, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti