Patents by Inventor Frank J. Olsen, Jr.

Frank J. Olsen, Jr. 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).

  • Card Printing and Protection Method and System
    Publication number: 20140261025
    Abstract: A method and system for card printing and protection provides for single step construction of a card having an image and a protective overlay. A blank card is fed into a hot stamp module, through which is also fed a supply of overlay or patch film. A thermal transfer printer prints an image onto the overlay or patch before it enters the hot stamp module. The blank card is registered with the printed overlay or patch and then hot stamped together to create the finished card construction. A security printing/application module can also selectively apply a security feature or element to the overlay or patch before it enters the hot stamp module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Frank J. Olsen, JR., John H. Schneider
  • Preserved and enhanced holographic and optically variable devices and method for making the same
    Patent number: 7982930
    Abstract: An optically variable device has a substrate with an optically variable relief and a coating on the optically variable relief. The coating is applied as a liquid dispersion including a plurality of optical enhancer particles in a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc
    Inventors: Wilhelm P. Kutsch, Frank J. Olsen, Jr.