Patents by Inventor Andre Heyvaerts

Andre Heyvaerts 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).

  • Process for producing metal-coated films in web form
    Patent number: 5888372
    Abstract: A metal-coated film can be produced continuously from a non-conducting film by successive electroless and galvanic metallization in such a way that a film of this kind is subjected, in a continuous "roll-to-roll" process, to the following operations:a) applying a metallizable primer,b) drying the applied primer,c) conditioning the applied primer,d) optionally activating the applied primer,e) treatment with an electroless chemical metallizing bath,f) optional treatment with a first rinsing liquid,g) treatment with a galvanic metallizing bath,h) treatment with a second rinsing liquid, andi) optional heat treatment of the metallized film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Louis Bollens, Andre Heyvaerts, Dirk Quintens, Gerhard Dieter Wolf, Henning Giesecke, Friedrich Jonas