Patents by Inventor Erin Goodreau

Erin Goodreau 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).

  • Light-transmitting and/or coated article with removable protective coating and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 6849328
    Abstract: A method and coating are provided for temporarily protecting a substrate or article during shipping, handling or storage by applying a removable protective coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate may be flat or curved and may have zero, one or more functional coatings. A plurality of substrates with the protective coating of the invention may be arranged in a shipping container so that the protective coating reduces the possibility of damage to the substrate or optional functional coating. In one embodiment, the protective coating is the evaporation or reaction product of an aqueous coating composition containing a polyvinyl alcohol polymer which may be subsequently removed by aqueous washing, thermal decomposition or combustion. In another embodiment, the protective coating is formed by sputtering a substantially carbon coating onto the substrate. The carbon coating is subsequently removed by combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, Erin Goodreau, Ernest L. Lawton, James J. Finley, George M. Martin, James P. Thiel, Gary J. Marietti, Roger L. Scriven
  • Light-transmitting and/or coated article with removable protective coating and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 6682773
    Abstract: A method and coating are provided for temporarily protecting a substrate or article during shipping, handling or storage by applying a removable protective coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate may be flat or curved and may have zero, one or more functional coatings. A plurality of substrates with the protective coating of the invention may be arranged in a shipping container so that the protective coating reduces the possibility of damage to the substrate or optional functional coating. In one embodiment, the protective coating is the evaporation or reaction product of an aqueous coating composition containing a polyvinyl alcohol polymer which may be subsequently removed by aqueous washing, thermal decomposition or combustion. In another embodiment, the protective coating is formed by sputtering a substantially carbon coating onto the substrate. The carbon coating is subsequently removed by combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, Erin Goodreau, Ernest L. Lawton, James J. Finley, George M. Martin, James P. Thiel, Gary J. Marietti, Roger L. Scriven
  • Light-transmitting and/or coated article with removable protective coating and methods of making the same
    Publication number: 20020176988
    Abstract: A method and coating are provided for temporarily protecting a substrate or article during shipping, handling or storage by applying a removable protective coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The substrate may be flat or curved and may have zero, one or more functional coatings. A plurality of substrates with the protective coating of the invention may be arranged in a shipping container so that the protective coating reduces the possibility of damage to the substrate or optional functional coating. In one embodiment, the protective coating is the evaporation or reaction product of an aqueous coating composition containing a polyvinyl alcohol polymer which may be subsequently removed by aqueous washing, thermal decomposition or combustion. In another embodiment, the protective coating is formed by sputtering a substantially carbon coating onto the substrate. The carbon coating is subsequently removed by combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, Erin Goodreau, Ernest L. Lawton, James J. Finley, George M. Martin, James P. Thiel, Gary J. Marietti, Roger L. Scriven