Patents by Inventor Gianfranco Chicarella, Jr.

Gianfranco Chicarella, 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).

  • Embossable thermoplastic polyester film and method for producing the film
    Patent number: 6761958
    Abstract: A directly embossable, coated polyethyleneterephthalate film including a dry, uniaxially oriented PET film, and a coating applied to the PET film, wherein the coating and the PET film have as a composite been transversely stretched, the coating resin being capable of impregnating the PET surface on drawing, rendering the film surface susceptible to embossing under pressure and the coating having low heat sealability and a method of producing a coated, directly embossable polyethyleneterephthalate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
    Inventors: John Fitch, Jan Moritz, Gianfranco Chicarella, Jr., Yuji Shimizu, Yasuo Nishigaki, Bonnie Adams, Michael G. Fatica, Steven J. Sargeant