Patents by Inventor Katherine Ard

Katherine Ard 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).

  • COMPOSITE PANEL HAVING BONDED NONWOVEN AND BIODEGRADABLE RESINOUS-FIBER LAYERS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190134962
    Abstract: A composite panel having bonded nonwoven and biodegradable resinous-fiber layers and method of construction thereof is provided. The panel includes a nonwoven mat including cardboard and heat bondable textile fibers thermally bonded together to a desired thickness. The panel further includes a biodegradable polymeric composition comprising a protein and a first strengthening agent bonded to the mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Clayton Poppe, Marc Daly, Katherine Ard
  • Method for making contact lenses
    Patent number: 9802339
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a method and a fluid composition for producing contact lenses with improved lens quality and with increased product yield. The method of the invention involves applying to a molding surface of the mold a layer of mold releasing agent selected from a group consisting of fatty amines of carbon chain length C18 or less and silicones bearing pendant substituted pyrrolidone groups solution to reduce an averaged mold separation force by at least about 50% in comparison with that without the releasing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Arturo Norberto Medina, Jinyu Huang, Katherine Ard, Honghui Lu, Uwe Haken
  • METHOD FOR MAKING CONTACT LENSES
    Publication number: 20150165653
    Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a method and a fluid composition for producing contact lenses with improved lens quality and with increased product yield. The method of the invention involves applying to a molding surface of the mold a layer of mold releasing agent selected from a group consisting of fatty amines of carbon chain length C18 or less and silicones bearing pendant substituted pyrrolidone groups solution to reduce an averaged mold separation force by at least about 50% in comparison with that without the releasing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Arturo Norberto Medina, Jinyu Huang, Katherine Ard, Honghui Lu, Uwe Haken
  • COMPOSITE PANEL HAVING BONDED NONWOVEN AND BIODEGRADABLE RESINOUS-FIBER LAYERS AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120070609
    Abstract: A composite panel having bonded nonwoven and biodegradable resinous-fiber layers and method of construction thereof is provided. The panel includes a nonwoven mat including cardboard and heat bondable textile fibers thermally bonded together to a desired thickness. The panel further includes a biodegradable polymeric composition comprising a protein and a first strengthening agent bonded to the mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventors: Clayton Poppe, Marc Daly, Katherine Ard