Patents by Inventor Karen Berger

Karen Berger 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: 20160122104
    Abstract: A spout assembly including a spout, a base film and a coupling member. The spout has a base flange and an upstand. The base flange has a top surface, a lower surface and an outer surface. The upstand extends from the base flange toward a distal end spaced therefrom. The upstand defines a passageway with a lower opening and an upper opening. The base film has a top surface and a bottom surface. At least a portion of the top surface of the base film overlies at least a portion of the lower surface of the base flange. The coupling member couples the base film to the spout. In turn, the base film is maintained in the overlying orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger
  • Patent number: 9248632
    Abstract: A film for a bag. The film includes a plurality of extruded layers, with the layers including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer. The first layer is a mixture of metallocene polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene. The second layer contacting the first layer and comprising a tie layer. The third layer contacts the second layer opposite the first layer. The third layer comprises ethylene vinyl alcohol having a mol % ethylene of at least approximately 24 mol % and a thickness of between approximately 0.01 mil and 0.40 mil. The fourth layer contacts the third layer opposite of the second layer. The fourth layer comprises a tie layer. The fifth layer contacts the fourth layer opposite the third layer. The fifth layer comprises a metallocene polyethylene and liner low density polyethylene. The film includes a thickness that is between approximately 0.46 mil and 10.4 mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: SCHOLLE CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger
  • Publication number: 20150049964
    Abstract: A film for a bag. The film includes a plurality of extruded layers, with the layers including a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a fourth layer, and a fifth layer. The first layer is a mixture of metallocene polyethylene and linear low density polyethylene. The second layer contacting the first layer and comprising a tie layer. The third layer contacts the second layer opposite the first layer. The third layer comprises ethylene vinyl alcohol having a mol % ethylene of at least approximately 24 mol % and a thickness of between approximately 0.01 mil and 0.40 mil. The fourth layer contacts the third layer opposite of the second layer. The fourth layer comprises a tie layer. The fifth layer contacts the fourth layer opposite the third layer. The fifth layer comprises a metallocene polyethylene and liner low density polyethylene. The film includes a thickness that is between approximately 0.46 mil and 10.4 mil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger
  • Patent number: 8834977
    Abstract: A bag in box packaging comprising an outer carton having a plurality of sides, thereby defining a cavity, and an inner bag having a wall structure comprising a plurality of layers of a co-extrusion. The inner bag being formed from at least one film having a plurality of seals to define a fluid tight configuration, the inner bag co-extrusion having a plurality of layers with a tie layer having at least 0.5% maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene. Films made through an orientation process for bag in box packaging is likewise disclosed, as are manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Scholle Corporation
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger, Gail Becke
  • Publication number: 20130126592
    Abstract: A bag in box packaging comprising an outer carton having a plurality of sides, thereby defining a cavity, and an inner bag having a wall structure comprising a plurality of layers of a co-extrusion. The inner bag being formed from at least one film having a plurality of seals to define a fluid tight configuration, the inner bag co-extrusion having a plurality of layers with a tie layer having at least 0.5% maleic anhydride-grafted polyethylene. Films made through an orientation process for bag in box packaging is likewise disclosed, as are manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger, Gail Becke
  • Publication number: 20100129008
    Abstract: A bag for a flowable material comprising a plurality of walls coupled together by way of a plurality of seals to define a substantially fluid tight cavity. The plurality of walls each comprising a laminate structure comprising a sealant layer of a polyethylene material, a core layer of an oriented polypropylene material, and a cap layer of an EVOH material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: David Bellmore, Karen Berger
  • Publication number: 20090087876
    Abstract: The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids, polypeptides, oligonucleotides, vectors, host cells, antibodies, compositions, and kits relating to happyhour. Also provided are methods of screening for agents capable of modulating happyhour activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ulrike Heberlein, Karen Berger, Ammon Ben Corl
  • Publication number: 20060238706
    Abstract: The invention includes a computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium having computer-executable modules for judging changes in components of an eye. The inventive computer-implemented method includes the steps of acquiring, displaying, and superimposing at least two digital images of the components of the eye. The method further includes the step of processing at least one of the digital images such that the superimposed images may be compared, and the step of flickering among the superimposed digital images. The step of acquiring the images may include the step of converting a photographic representation of the components of the eye to the digital image. The step of processing may include registering, warping, and/or aligning the digital images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Applicant: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Jeffrey Berger, Richard Stone, Karen Berger