Patents by Inventor Christopher Lee Timmons
Christopher Lee Timmons 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: 9763852Abstract: Low-friction coatings and glass articles with low-friction coatings are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a coated glass article may include a glass body comprising a first surface and a low-friction coating positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. The coated glass article may be thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 260° C. for 30 minutes. A light transmission through the coated glass article may be greater than or equal to about 55% of a light transmission through an uncoated glass article for wavelengths from about 400 nm to about 700 nm. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 9744099Abstract: A coated glass pharmaceutical package may include a body formed from borosilicate glass that meets the Type 1 criteria according to USP <660>. The body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. A low-friction coating having a thickness of less than 100 microns may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface. The portion of the exterior surface with the low-friction coating may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass pharmaceutical package formed from the same glass composition and the coefficient of friction may not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation cycle at a temperature of from 250° C. to 400° C. for a time period of from 30 seconds to 72 hours.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2016Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 9668936Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. In embodiments, a coated pharmaceutical package may include a glass body comprising a first surface. A low-friction coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. The coated pharmaceutical package may be thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 260° C. for 30 minutes. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2015Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Publication number: 20170087058Abstract: Glass pharmaceutical packages with coatings are disclosed herein. According to one embodiment, the glass pharmaceutical package includes a glass body enclosing an inner volume and having an exterior surface. A coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The coating may include a coupling agent layer having a first thickness of greater than or equal to 25 nm and less than or equal to 100 nm. A polymer layer having a second thickness of less than 50 nm may be positioned over the coupling agent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2016Publication date: March 30, 2017Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Publication number: 20170036951Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coated glass package may include a glass body having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719. The glass body may include an interior surface and an exterior surface. A lubricous coating having a thickness of ?100 microns may be positioned on the exterior surface. The portion of the exterior surface with the coating may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing depyrogenation. A horizontal compression strength of the coated glass package is at least 10% greater than an uncoated glass package and the horizontal compression strength is not reduced by more than 20% after depyrogenation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
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Publication number: 20170036950Abstract: A coated glass pharmaceutical package may include a body formed from a Type 1 Class glass according to ASTM Standard E438-92. The body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The body may also have at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719 and a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP <660>. A coating having a thickness of ?100 microns may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface. The portion of the exterior surface with the coating may have a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass pharmaceutical package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2016Publication date: February 9, 2017Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Publication number: 20160332909Abstract: According to embodiments disclosed herein, an apparatus may hold and retain glass articles during processing. The apparatus may define a plurality of receiving volumes for holding glass articles. The apparatus may include a bottom support floor, a glassware-securing member positioned above the bottom support floor, and a cover plate positioned above the glassware-securing member. The bottom support floor may include a plurality of fluid passages, the glassware-securing member may include a plurality of glassware-retaining openings, and the cover plate may include a plurality of fluid passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Steele Abbott, JR., Kevin Robert Kaelin, Peter Knowles, Brent Charles Schuld, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20160251260Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to coated glass articles which reduce glass particle formation caused by glass to glass contact in pharmaceutical glass filling lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Frederick Bayne, Kyle Christopher Hoff, Jamie Lynne Morley, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 9428302Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
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Patent number: 9327871Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
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Publication number: 20150360999Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. In embodiments, a coated pharmaceutical package may include a glass body comprising a first surface. A low-friction coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. The coated pharmaceutical package may be thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 260° C. for 30 minutes. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Publication number: 20150329416Abstract: Coated pharmaceutical packages are disclosed. In embodiments, a coated pharmaceutical package includes a glass body comprising a first surface. A low-friction coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the first surface of the glass body. The low-friction coating may include a polymer chemical composition. A light transmission through the coated pharmaceutical package may be greater than or equal to about 55% of a light transmission through an uncoated pharmaceutical package for wavelengths from about 400 nm to about 700 nm. The low-friction coating may have a mass loss of less than about 5% of its mass when heated from a temperature of 150° C. to 350° C. at a ramp rate of about 10° C./minute.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2015Publication date: November 19, 2015Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky
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Patent number: 9034442Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass container may include a body formed from a Type I, Class B glass composition according to ASTM Standard E438-92. The body may have an inner surface, an outer surface and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The body may also include a compressively stressed layer extending into the wall thickness from at least one of the outer surface and the inner surface. A lubricous coating may be positioned on at least a portion of the outer surface of the body, wherein the outer surface of the body with the lubricous coating has a coefficient of friction less than or equal to 0.7.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Theresa Chang, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20150084217Abstract: A method of making a microplate, including: injection molding a resin to form a substrate (900) having a grating region feature on a surface of the substrate, and at least one micro-feature (910) in the vicinity of the grating region feature; waveguide treating (920) the resulting molded substrate; and over-molding the resulting waveguide treated molded substrate with a compatible resin to from the integral well plate (935) on the microplate. Also disclosed is a method of making a microplate, including: surface roughening to form a bonding area on a waveguide coated surface of a polymeric substrate having an integral grating region; and over-molding the resulting surface roughened substrate and a compatible resin to form the integral microplate, as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Claude Cadotte, JR., Christopher Lee Timmons, Tyler Wezner
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Publication number: 20150085365Abstract: A resonant waveguide article, including: a polymeric substrate having at least one integral grating region, wherein the article has a low birefringence property of for example, from about 5 to 270 nm/cm, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a microplate including the resonant waveguide article, and an integral well plate bonded to the sensor article, as defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of making a sensor article, and a method of making and using the microplate including the sensor article, as defined herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: John Claude Cadotte, JR., John Stephen Peanasky, Christopher Lee Timmons, Srinivasa Rao Vaddiraju, Nikhil Baburam Vasudeo, Tyler Wezner
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Publication number: 20140069886Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Stephen Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib, James Patrick Hamilton, Susan Lee Schiefelbein
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Publication number: 20140001076Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Theresa Chang, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Santona Pal, Chandan Kumar Saha, Steven Edward DeMartino, Christopher Lee Timmons, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Paul Steven Danielson, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Kaveh Adib