Patents by Inventor Bryan Henry Smith

Bryan Henry Smith 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).

  • Ultraviolet light-blocking coated pharmaceutical packages
    Patent number: 12365528
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a coated pharmaceutical package may comprise a glass container comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is an outer surface of the glass container, and wherein the glass container in an uncoated state has an average light transmittance in the UVB and UVC spectrum of at least 50% through a single wall of the coated package. The coated pharmaceutical package may further comprise a coating positioned over at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container, wherein the coated pharmaceutical package has an average light transmittance in the UVC spectrum of less than 50% through a single wall of the coated package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, David Henry, Valerie Claudine Lacarriere, John Stephen Peanasky, Shreya Roy Choudhury, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Bryan Henry Smith, Jean-Jacques Bernard Theron
  • AQUEOUS TREATING MEDIUM AND METHODS FOR TREATING GLASS ARTICLES WITH THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240067560
    Abstract: An aqueous treating medium may include water; an acid selected from the group consisting of: HCl, HBr, HNO3, H2SO4, H2SO3, H3PO4, H3PO2, HOAc, citric acid, tartaric acid, ascorbic acid, EDTA, methanesulfonic acid, toluenesulfonic acid, and combinations thereof, wherein a concentration of the acid in the aqueous treating medium is from 0.5 M to 1.5 M; a salt, wherein a concentration of the salt in the aqueous treating medium is from greater than 0 M to 2 M; a fluoride-containing compound selected from the group consisting of: HF, NaF, NH4HF2, and combinations thereof, wherein a concentration of the fluoride-containing compound in the aqueous treating medium is from 0.026 M to 0.26 M; and silica, wherein the aqueous treating medium is saturated with silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Gabriel Pierce Agnello, Dane Alphanso Christie, Richard Michael Fiacco, Eric Emil Leonhardt, Adam Robert Sarafian, Bryan Henry Smith
  • ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-BLOCKING COATED PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGES
    Publication number: 20220073256
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, a coated pharmaceutical package may comprise a glass container comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is an outer surface of the glass container, and wherein the glass container in an uncoated state has an average light transmittance in the UVB and UVC spectrum of at least 50% through a single wall of the coated package. The coated pharmaceutical package may further comprise a coating positioned over at least a portion of the first surface of the glass container, wherein the coated pharmaceutical package has an average light transmittance in the UVC spectrum of less than 50% through a single wall of the coated package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, David Henry, Valerie Claudine Lacarriere, John Stephen Peanasky, Shreya Roy Choudhury, Kristi Lynn Simonton, Bryan Henry Smith, Jean-Jacques Bernard Theron