Patents by Inventor John Muehlbauer

John Muehlbauer 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).

  • COATING PROVIDING ULTRAVIOLET SCATTERING
    Publication number: 20220196880
    Abstract: An article includes a substrate with a surface, and a coating disposed over the surface. The coating includes a binder material and a plurality of UV scattering porous polymer particles having pores with a light scattering effective pore size of no more than 100 nm. The coating has a scattering opacity of no more than 20% in the wavelength band from 500 to 3000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Kevin D. Lofftus, John Muehlbauer
  • Thermal dye-transfer receiving element with microvoided substrate and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6825150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal dye-transfer receiving element comprising a dye-image receiving layer on its top surface and, beneath the dye-image receiving layer, a microvoided layer containing a continuous phase polymer matrix having dispersed therein crosslinked organic microbeads, wherein the microbeads exhibit a glass transition temperature Tg that is below 80° C. Also disclosed is a method for making such thermal dye-transfer receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dennis E. Smith, John Muehlbauer, Peter D. Rollinson, Thomas M. Laney, Teh-Ming Kung
  • Thermal dye-transfer receiving element with microvoided substrate and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20040167027
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal dye-transfer receiving element comprising a dye-image receiving layer on its top surface and, beneath the dye-image receiving layer, a microvoided layer containing a continuous phase polymer matrix having dispersed therein crosslinked organic microbeads, wherein the microbeads exhibit a glass transition temperature Tg that is below 80° C. Also disclosed is a method for making such thermal dye-transfer receiving elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Dennis E. Smith, John Muehlbauer, Peter D. Rollinson, Thomas M. Laney, Teh-Ming Kung