Patents by Inventor Kirsi Pentikainen

Kirsi Pentikainen 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).

  • Cover translucent to backlighting and opaque in exterior ambient lighting
    Patent number: 8483781
    Abstract: A cover for an apparatus including a substrate defining the cover and having an exterior surface; a layer over the exterior surface of the substrate; a first portion of the substrate, underlying the layer, having a first composition and defining a first portion of the cover; a second portion of the substrate, underlying the layer, having a second composition and defining a second portion of the cover; wherein the first portion of the cover and the second portion of the cover are substantially opaque in exterior ambient lighting and the second portion of the cover is translucent to backlighting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Soilikki Kotanen, Kirsi Pentikainen, Marko Hemmila, Eero Suontila, Tim Sobig, Ulrich Buschmann, Sandra Kimmig, Franz Pfeiffer, Gunnel Gustaver, Daniel Tocha
  • Cover for a display of an apparatus
    Patent number: 8364216
    Abstract: A user replaceable cover for a flip part of an apparatus, such as a mobile cellular telephone. The user replaceable cover may overlie a display on the exterior of the flip part of the phone. The display is not visible through the cover in ambient lighting. However, when the display is activated the content of the display is visible through the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eero Ilmari Suontila, Franz Pfeiffer, Sandra Kimmig, Tim Sobig, Ulrich Buschmann, Soilikki Kotanen, Kirsi Pentikainen, Marko Hemmila
  • Cover
    Publication number: 20110168590
    Abstract: A cover for an apparatus including a substrate defining the cover and having an exterior surface; a layer over the exterior surface of the substrate; a first portion of the substrate, underlying the layer, having a first composition and defining a first portion of the cover; a second portion of the substrate, underlying the layer, having a second composition and defining a second portion of the cover; wherein the first portion of the cover and the second portion of the cover are substantially opaque in exterior ambient lighting and the second portion of the cover is translucent to backlighting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: Eppendorf AG
    Inventors: Soilikki Kotanen, Kirsi Pentikainen, Marko Hemmila, Eero Sountila, Tim Sobig, Ulrich Buschmann, Sandra Kimmig, Franz Pfeiffer, Gunnel Gustaver, Daniel Tocha