Patents by Inventor Luigi V. DiCarlo

Luigi V. DiCarlo 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a high doi/high gloss multifunctional thermoplastic film
    Patent number: 6403005
    Abstract: A method of making a high gloss, multilayered thermoplastic film by pinning the extruding the molten thermoplastic film material onto a polished casting roll having a mirror finish. The thermoplastic film produced by this method has a superior gloss finish and has a ratio of distinctness of image in the machine direction to distinctness of image in the cross direction in the range of 1.3:1 to 1.0:1, and has a 20° gloss in the machine direction and the cross direction of at least 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard S. Mientus, Michael Hannington, Luigi V. DiCarlo