Patents by Inventor E. Vaughan Yancey

E. Vaughan Yancey 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).

  • Method and apparatus for making NIBS and ink reservoirs for writing and marking instruments and the resultant products
    Patent number: 6840692
    Abstract: Melt blown bicomponent fibers comprising a sheath of polyethylene terephthalate or a copolymer thereof and a core of nylon 6,6 and a reservoir or a nib in a writing or marking instrument comprising a porous element formed from such fibers bonded to each other at spaced points of contact. For use as a nib the core polymer may also be polybutylene terephthalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Filtrona Richmond, Inc.
    Inventors: Bennett C. Ward, Robert D. Long, Donald F. Nelson, Raymond J. Nelson, Jackie F. Payne, Jr., E. Vaughan Yancey
  • Method and apparatus for making NIBS and ink reservoirs for writing and marking instruments and the resultant products
    Publication number: 20030194260
    Abstract: Melt blown bicomponent fibers comprising a sheath of polyethylene terephthalate or a copolymer thereof and a core of nylon 6,6 and a reservoir or a nib in a writing or marking instrument comprising a porous element formed from such fibers bonded to each other at spaced points of contact. For use as a nib the core polymer may also be polybutylene terephthalate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Bennett C. Ward, Robert D. Long, Donald F. Nelson, Raymond J. Nelson, Jackie F. Payne, Jr., E. Vaughan Yancey