Patents by Inventor Mark Edward Dawes
Mark Edward Dawes 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).
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Patent number: 9095899Abstract: A process for the preparation of particles with controlled dimensions comprising the steps of: (i) providing a laminar substrate having a patterned surface comprising a micro-relief repeat pattern comprising one or more discrete cells, each cell consisting of a floor portion and walls having a height (HW); (ii) depositing organic or inorganic material onto the patterned surface and into the cells to provide a thickness (T) of the deposited material wherein T?HW (iii) stripping the deposited organic or inorganic material from the surface of the substrate; and (iv) collecting the particles formed from said organic or inorganic material; and a composition obtainable from said process comprising a plurality of particles (P), wherein the number (n) of particles in said composition is at least 10, wherein said particles (P) are platelets exhibiting a planar geometry which is circular or which is made up of a number (x) of planar (y)-sided polygon(s), wherein x is from 1 to 20 and y is at least 3 wherein if x is greType: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Inventors: Andrew Henry Szuscik-Machnicki, Mark Edward Dawes
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Patent number: 8445085Abstract: A film according to the present invention, there is provided a multi-layer laminated polymeric film comprising a substrate layer having on one side thereof a heat-sealable peelable layer and having on the opposite side thereof a shrinkable layer, wherein said shrinkable layer has a degree of shrinkage in a first dimension of about 10-80 % over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a ratio of shrinkage at 100° C. said first dimension relative to a second, orthogonal dimension in the range of 1:1 to 1:1; a process for making the same; and the use of said film as a lid for a container, particularly a container used for packaging ready-prepared ovenable meals.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventor: Mark Edward Dawes
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Patent number: 8394470Abstract: An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptacle for a ready-prepared ovenable meal.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Mark Edward Dawes, Gary Victor Rhoades, Stephen William Sankey
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Publication number: 20110198359Abstract: An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptacle for a ready-prepared ovenable meal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Mark Edward Dawes, Gary Victor Rhoades, Stephen William Sankey
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Patent number: 7939147Abstract: An open-ended tube comprising walls of a heat-sealable multi-layer polymeric film, wherein said film comprises an outer shrinkable substrate layer and an inner heat-sealable layer, wherein said substrate layer has a degree of shrinkage in the longitudinal dimension of the tube of about 0% to about 50% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., and a degree of shrinkage in the transverse dimension of the tube of 5 to about 70% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C.; and use thereof in the manufacture of packaging for a container suitable as a receptable for a ready-prepared ovenable meal.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventors: Mark Edward Dawes, Gary Victor Rhoades, Stephen William Sankey
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Patent number: 7824749Abstract: A heat-sealable peelable multi-layer laminated polymeric film comprising a polymeric substrate layer having on one side thereof a polymeric heat-sealable peelable layer and having on the opposite side thereof a polymeric shrinkable layer, wherein said shrinkable layer has a degree of shrinkage in a first dimension of about 10-80% over the temperature range 55 to 100° C., a ratio of shrinkage at 100° C. said first dimension relative to a second, orthogonal dimension in the range of 1:1 to 10:1, and further comprising one or two intermediate layer(s) wherein an intermediate layer is disposed between the substrate layer and the shrinkable layer and/or between the substrate layer and the heat-sealable peelable layer, and one or more layer(s) of an electrically conductive material; and use thereof as packaging for ovenable meals or as a lid on an ovenable container wherein the packaging is self-peeling and self-venturing during a cooking cycle.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Dupont Teijin Films U.S. Limited PartnershipInventor: Mark Edward Dawes
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Publication number: 20090286665Abstract: A process for the preparation of particles with controlled dimensions comprising the steps of: (i) providing a laminar substrate having a patterned surface comprising a micro-relief repeat pattern comprising one or more discrete cells, each cell consisting of a floor portion and walls having a height (Hw); (ii) depositing organic or inorganic material onto the patterned surface and into the cells to provide a thickness (T) of the deposited material wherein T?Hw (iii) stripping the deposited organic or inorganic material from the surface of the substrate; and (iv) collecting the particles formed from said organic or inorganic material; and a composition obtainable from said process comprising a plurality of particles (P), wherein the number (n) of particles in said composition is at least 10, wherein said particles (P) are platelets exhibiting a planar geometry which is circular or which is made up of a number (x) of planar (y)-sided polygon(s), wherein x is from 1 to 20 and y is at least 3 wherein if x is greType: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2007Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicants: DUPONT TEIJIN FILMS U.S. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPInventors: Andrew Henry Szuscik-Machnicki, Mark Edward Dawes
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Publication number: 20040052993Abstract: A film according to the present invention, there is provided a multi-layer laminated polymeric film comprising a substrate layer having on one side thereof a heat-sealable peelable layer and having on the opposite side thereof a shrinkable layer, wherein said shrinkable layer has a degree of shrinkage in a first dimension of about 10-80 % over the temperature range 55 to 100 ° C., and a ratio of shrinkage at 100 ° C. said first dimension relative to a second, orthogonal dimension in the range of 1:1 to 1:1; a process for making the same; and the use of said film as a lid for a container, particularly a container used for packaging ready-prepared ovenable meals.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventor: Mark Edward Dawes
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Patent number: 5800911Abstract: A composite sheet having a thickness in the range from 30 to 400 .mu.m, has an opaque crystalline polyester first layer having a deformation index of greater than or equal to 2.5%, and a transparent crystalline polyester second layer. The first layer preferably contains titanium dioxide. The composite sheet is suitable for use as a replacement for aluminium foil, being particularly useful as a lid for a container.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1997Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Stephen William Sankey, Mark Edward Dawes, Paul David Lawrence