Patents by Inventor Bernerd A. Koch

Bernerd A. Koch 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).

  • Publication number: 20200209442
    Abstract: There is provided a reticulated reflective article, having a longitudinal direction and a width direction, comprising: a plurality of strands of a reflective material attached to one another at bridging regions in the reflective material and separable from one another between the bridging regions to provide openings in the reflective material, wherein the openings are expandable in at least one direction to provide a variably expandable area, and wherein the reflective materials comprises a reflective major surface and a non-reflective major surface, wherein each of the openings has a longitudinal dimension, a width dimension, and each of the plurality of strands has a thickness, and wherein the reticulated reflective article is expandable in at least both of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. There is also provided a reticulated reflective article, wherein the reticulated reflective article is expandable in at least two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Anne C. Gold, Silvia G. B. Guttmann, Thomas J. Gilbert, Corey D. Voelker, Bernerd A. Koch
  • Publication number: 20190187345
    Abstract: There is provided a reticulated reflective article, having a longitudinal direction and a width direction, comprising: a plurality of strands of a reflective material attached to one another at bridging regions in the reflective material and separable from one another between the bridging regions to provide openings in the reflective material, wherein the openings are expandable in at least one direction to provide a variably expandable area, and wherein the reflective materials comprises a reflective major surface and a non-reflective major surface, wherein each of the openings has a longitudinal dimension, a width dimension, and each of the plurality of strands has a thickness, and wherein the reticulated reflective article is expandable in at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction. There is also provided a reticulated reflective article, wherein the reticulated reflective article is expandable in at least two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Anne C. Gold, Silvia G.B. Guttmann, Thomas J. Gilbert, Corey D. Voelker, Bernerd A. Koch
  • Patent number: D948223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Anne C. Gold, Silvia G. B. Guttmann, Thomas J. Gilbert, Corey D. Voelker, Bernerd A. Koch
  • Patent number: D965990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Anne C. Gold, Silvia G. B. Guttmann, Thomas J. Gilbert, Corey D. Voelker, Bernerd A. Koch