Patents by Inventor Giorgio Macor

Giorgio Macor 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).

  • Publication number: 20250010572
    Abstract: The method object of the invention involves printing an image on a flexible film, applying an embossable formulation, consisting of a photo-crosslinkable formulation containing at least one thermoplastic resin, on it, laminating the printed and coated film with the embossable formulation to the substrate to be decorated, embossing the substrate on which the printed and coated film with the embossable formulation has been previously applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventor: Giorgio MACOR
  • Publication number: 20240399650
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for generating a surface structure includes the steps of: (A) applying a resin A on the surface of a material; (B) applying a liquid B on at least one portion of the resin A, when the resin A is liquid or partially solidified; (C) polymerizing, also separately, the resin A and the liquid B; and (D) removing the polymerized liquid B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio MACOR
  • Patent number: 12083735
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for generating a surface structure includes the steps of: (A) applying a resin A on the surface of a material; (B) applying a liquid B on at least one portion of the resin A, when the resin A is liquid or partially solidified; (C) polymerizing, also separately, the resin A and the liquid B; and (D) removing the polymerized liquid B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio Macor
  • Publication number: 20240116307
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for decorating a material comprising the steps of: applying a three-dimensional layer (110) by inkjet printing on at least a part of a support (100). Apply one or more of the following layers on at least a part of the support on which the three-dimensional layer has been created: release layer, texturing layer (120), decorative layer (130), white layer (140), colored layer, functional layer, adhesive layer (150). Apply the transferable decoration on at least part of a material (160) to be decorated. Remove the support (100). Reveal the 3D.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventor: Giorgio MACOR
  • Publication number: 20230302846
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a decorated panel composed as follows: a substrate; a decorative layer applied to at least part of the substrate; a photo-crosslinkable formulation applied directly or indirectly on a part of the substrate and/or on the decorative layer, that is, with the interposition of further layers of intermediate material on at least a part of the substrate and in one or more layers, containing at least one photo-crosslinkable resin; at least one thermoplastic resin; at least one polymerization initiator including but not limited to UV photoinitiators, organic peroxides, Electron Beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventor: Giorgio MACOR
  • Patent number: 11673364
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for producing an embossing on a substrate using a digital printing technology includes the application of an embossing liquid, for example a water-based liquid, on a non-polymerized resin layer and the subsequent polymerization of the resin with UV curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Giorgio Macor
  • Publication number: 20210187823
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for generating a surface structure includes the steps of: (A) applying a resin A on the surface of a material; (B) applying a liquid B on at least one portion of the resin A, when the resin A is liquid or partially solidified; (C) polymerizing, also separately, the resin A and the liquid B; and (D) removing the polymerized liquid B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Giorgio Macor
  • Publication number: 20190315087
    Abstract: A method and related apparatus for producing an embossing on a substrate using a digital printing technology includes the application of an embossing liquid, for example a water-based liquid, on a non-polymerized resin layer and the subsequent polymerization of the resin with UV curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventor: Giorgio Macor
  • Patent number: 7455891
    Abstract: A process for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate is provided, wherein in a first step a) a low temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied at normal pressure to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d1) the substrate so pretreated is provided with a coating and the coating is cured or dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Michael Bauer, Andreas Baranyai, Giorgio Macor
  • Publication number: 20070128441
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and to the corresponding apparatus for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate, wherein in a first step a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied at normal pressure to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and/or irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d) on the substrate so pretreated is deposited a metal, half-metal or metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Giorgio Macor, Rosanna Telesca, Eduardo Ruiz, Stephan Ilg
  • Publication number: 20060257575
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic metalized substrate, wherein in a first step a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and/or irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d) the substrate so pretreated is provided with a coating and the coating is cured or dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Giorgio Macor, Rosanna Telesca, Eduardo Ruiz, Stephan Ilg
  • Publication number: 20050147919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process and to the corresponding apparatus for the production of strongly adherent coatings on an inorganic or organic substrate, wherein in a first step: a) a low-temperature plasma, a corona discharge or a flame is caused to act on the inorganic or organic substrate, in a second step: b) one or more photoinitiators or mixtures of photoinitiators with monomers, containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, or solutions, suspensions or emulsions of the afore-mentioned substances, are applied at normal pressure to the inorganic or organic substrate, in a third step: c) using suitable methods those afore-mentioned substances are dried and/or irradiated with electromagnetic waves and, optionally, in a fourth step d) the substrate so pretreated is provided with a coating and the coating is cured or dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Kunz, Michael Bauer, Andreas Baranyai, Giorgio Macor