Patents by Inventor Jack Leong Hung Lum

Jack Leong Hung Lum 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).

  • Container with reclosable fitment
    Patent number: 6957763
    Abstract: A reclosable locking container and method for packaging dry materials, comprising a box formed from a foldable substrate and a molded reclosable, locking fitment, said fitment being lockable in the open or closed position. The container of the invention may be adapted to provide barrier packaging of materials to extend the shelf life thereof by incorporating a barrier material, fin seal closure elements and optionally a skived side seam, and a tearable perforated opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Todd H. Huffman, Christopher J. Parks, Christopher J. Hession, Jack Leong Hung Lum
  • Container with reclosable fitment
    Publication number: 20040069843
    Abstract: A reclosable locking container and method for packaging dry materials, comprising a box formed from a foldable substrate and a molded reclosable, locking fitment, said fitment being lockable in the open or closed position. The container of the invention may be adapted to provide barrier packaging of materials to extend the shelf life thereof by incorporating a barrier material, fin seal closure elements and optionally a skived side seam, and a tearable perforated opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Todd H. Huffman, Christopher J. Parks, Christopher J. Hession, Jack Leong Hung Lum
  • Bagless container with reclosable fitment
    Patent number: 6688515
    Abstract: A reclosable locking container and method for packaging dry materials, comprising a box formed from a foldable substrate and a molded reclosable, locking fitment, said fitment being lockable in the open or closed position. The container of the invention may be adapted to provide barrier packaging of materials to extend the shelf life thereof by incorporating a barrier material, fin seal closure elements and optionally a skived side seam, and a tearable perforated opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: MeadWestvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Todd H. Huffman, Christopher J. Parks, Christopher J. Hession, Jack Leong Hung Lum
  • Method and apparatus for reducing ink spreading on paper in inkjet printing
    Patent number: 6068368
    Abstract: An inkjet printer is described in which ink is prevented from spreading on paper by application of an electric field between an inkjet printhead and the paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jack Leong Hung Lum, Dudley Albert Saville
  • Bagless barrier paperboard container with a tamper evident reclosable fitment
    Patent number: 6047883
    Abstract: This invention relates to a fin sealed box, an integrate barrier coating and a relockable fitment closure that are combine to create a novel package which is easily formed, filled and sealed by the packager and easily opened and reclosed by the consumer. Such structures of this type, generally, employ reclose feature such as an audibly relockable fitment breakaway button snap, an tear-away tab, to add even more convenience and tamper-evidence for the consumer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Westvaco Corporation
    Inventors: Barry Gene Calvert, Janice Lynn Kirkham, Jack Leong Hung Lum