Patents by Inventor Curtis N. Zimmermann

Curtis N. Zimmermann 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).

  • Hybrid inorganic/organic color effect materials and production thereof
    Publication number: 20030091813
    Abstract: A color effect material is composed of a plurality of encapsulated substrate platelets in which each platelet is encapsulated with a first layer which acts as a reflector to light directed thereon, a visibly transparent second organic layer encapsulating the first layer in which the second layer provides an optically variable reflection of light impinging thereon and a third layer encapsulating the second layer and being selectively transparent to light directed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel S. Fuller, Curtis N. Zimmermann