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).
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Patent number: 11911931Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Kangning Liang, Alberto Argoitia, Jaroslaw Zieba, Johannes P. Seydel
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Patent number: 11898041Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Alberto Argoitia
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Patent number: 11891524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Larry Meredith, Carole Thoraval, Vladimir Raksha
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Publication number: 20240026103Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Kangning LIANG, Alberto ARGOITIA, Jaroslaw ZIEBA, Johannes P. SEYDEL
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Patent number: 11802210Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Vladimir Raksha, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti
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Publication number: 20230312933Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Alberto ARGOITIA
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Publication number: 20230150292Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Alberto ARGOITIA
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Publication number: 20230128872Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
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Publication number: 20230129015Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
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Publication number: 20230129906Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Cornelis Jan DELST, Vladimir P. RAKSHA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Paul Thomas KOHLMANN
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Publication number: 20220236464Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Johannes P Seydel, John Edward Book, Alberto Argoitia, Kangning Liang, Jaroslaw Zieba
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Publication number: 20220235235Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Kangning LIANG, Jaroslaw ZIEBA, Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL
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Publication number: 20220091313Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Kangning Liang, Johannes P. Seydel, Jaroslaw Zieba
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Publication number: 20210311235Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL, Kangning LIANG
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Publication number: 20210311237Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, Johannes P. SEYDEL, Kangning LIANG
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Publication number: 20210231849Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto ARGOITIA, John Edward BOOK, Jaroslaw ZIEBA
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Patent number: 11001720Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Alberto Argoitia, Cornelis Jan Delst, Laurence Holden
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Publication number: 20210032473Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Applicant: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Vladimir RAKSHA, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti
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Patent number: 10870740Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Viavi Solutions Inc.Inventors: Songtao Wu, Khoa Vo, Debasish Banerjee, Masahiko Ishii, Alberto Argoitia
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Patent number: 10844227Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Vladimir Raksha, Joe Garcia, Paul Kohlmann, Alberto Argoitia, Carole Thoraval, Robert Oberti