Patents by Inventor Kathleen Marie Plate

Kathleen Marie Plate 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).

  • Recycled glass items and method of making
    Patent number: 8091386
    Abstract: A method of making decorative glass objects of any of a wide variety of appearances, structures and functions teaches that recycled glass bottles may be cut into disks, rings and other shapes using a diamond dust blade on a bandsaw, then firing the glass objects in a glass kiln to the point of slumping but not to melting, and finally by grinding the objects with a diamond head glass grinder. Glass objects made by the method of the invention betray their recycled origins with an eye-pleasing organic quality to finish and shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Kathleen Marie Plate
  • Recycled glass items and method of making
    Publication number: 20090139266
    Abstract: A method of making decorative glass objects of any of a wide variety of appearances, structures and functions teaches that recycled glass bottles may be cut into disks, rings and other shapes using a diamond dust blade on a bandsaw, then firing the glass objects in a glass kiln to the point of slumping but not to melting, and finally by grinding the objects with a diamond head glass grinder. Glass objects made by the method of the invention betray their recycled origins with an eye-pleasing organic quality to finish and shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventor: Kathleen Marie Plate