Patents by Inventor Mark Fagan
Mark Fagan 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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Publication number: 20170164706Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lighted purse that provides light inside the purse as soon as the Zipper is pulled open and the purse remains in lighted condition until it is fully unzipped. The lighted purse is further embodied with the LED lights such that there is a set of LEDs at each side of the purse. The lighted purse is provided with components: two sets of LED lights, two battery packs for LED, two sets wires: 5 inches long and 3 inches wide, a sensor placed at the zipper. Also the LEDs are placed on each side of the purse, connected to reversible zipper.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventor: Mark Fagan
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Publication number: 20140311051Abstract: Deployment shelter systems and methods of articulation thereof are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Dynamic Global LLCInventor: Mark Fagan
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Publication number: 20140174684Abstract: Expandable microspheres formed by suspension polymerization using a shot growth method are provided. The microspheres are formed of a continuous, gas impermeable shell surrounding a blowing agent. The shell includes a first polymer layer formed from primary monomers and a second layer that includes a chemically reactive monomer or a high Tg monomer. To form the microspheres, the primary monomers are polymerized in a reaction vessel to an approximate 90% polymerization, at which time a secondary monomer that is either a monomer having a Tg of at least 85° C. or a chemically reactive monomer, is added to the reaction vessel to drive the polymerization reaction to completion. The outer layer thus contains either a larger amount of the high Tg monomer or a chemically reactive monomer that possesses the ability to covalently bond a cationic species. The microspheres may be used in papermaking processes to increase the paper bulk.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYInventors: YAOLIANG HONG, KOSARAJU KRISHNA MOHAN, VICTORIA LAURENTIA DIMONIE, MARK FAGAN, ANDREW KLEIN, ERIC SCOTT DANIELS, BRIAN BOYARS, PETER M. FROASS, CHRISTOPHER D. ANDERSON, EDWARD DAVID SUDOL
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Publication number: 20140157685Abstract: Deployment shelter systems and methods of articulation thereof are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2013Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventor: Mark Fagan
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Patent number: 8382945Abstract: Expandable microspheres formed by suspension polymerization using a shot growth method are provided. The microspheres are formed of a continuous, gas impermeable shell surrounding a blowing agent. The shell includes a first polymer layer formed from primary monomers and a second layer that includes a chemically reactive monomer or a high Tg monomer. To form the microspheres, the primary monomers are polymerized in a reaction vessel to an approximate 90% polymerization, at which time a secondary monomer that is either a monomer having a Tg of at least 85° C. or a chemically reactive monomer, is added to the reaction vessel to drive the polymerization reaction to completion. The outer layer thus contains either a larger amount of the high Tg monomer or a chemically reactive monomer that possesses the ability to covalently bond a cationic species. The microspheres may be used in papermaking processes to increase the paper bulk.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Yaoliang Hong, Kosaraju Krishna Mohan, Peter M. Froass, Mark Fagan, Christopher D. Anderson, Brian Boyars, Eric Scott Daniels, Victoria Laurentia Dimonie, Edward David Sudol, Andrew Klein
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Publication number: 20100051220Abstract: Expandable microspheres formed by suspension polymerization using a shot growth method are provided. The microspheres are formed of a continuous, gas impermeable shell surrounding a blowing agent. The shell includes a first polymer layer formed from primary monomers and a second layer that includes a chemically reactive monomer or a high Tg monomer. To form the microspheres, the primary monomers are polymerized in a reaction vessel to an approximate 90% polymerization, at which time a secondary monomer that is either a monomer having a Tg of at least 85° C. or a chemically reactive monomer, is added to the reaction vessel to drive the polymerization reaction to completion. The outer layer thus contains either a larger amount of the high Tg monomer or a chemically reactive monomer that possesses the ability to covalently bond a cationic species. The microspheres may be used in papermaking processes to increase the paper bulk.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYInventors: Yaoliang Hong, Kosaraju Krishna Mohan, Peter M. Froass, Mark Fagan, Christopher D. Anderson, Brian Boyars, Eric Scott Daniels, Victoria Laurentia Dimonie, Edward David Sudol, Andrew Klein
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Publication number: 20090274920Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable polymer composition useful for manufacturing biodegradable in which, the process comprising: (1) providing a renewable polymer and/or natural fiber having: (a) a Ts value of up to about 90° C.; and (b) a heat distortion index of up to about 90° C.; (2) providing a heat-resistant polymer having: (a) a Ts of greater than about 60° C.; and (b) a heat distortion index greater than about 50° C., wherein the Ts value and heat distortion index of the heat-resistant polymer is greater than that of the renewable polymer and/or natural fiber; and (3) coextruding the heat-resistant polymer and the renewable polymer to provide a thermoformable composite comprising a core comprising the renewable polymer and/or natural fiber, wherein the renewable polymer and/or natural fiber comprises at least about 50% by weight of the composite and a heat-resistant outer layer comprising the heat-resistant polymer which substantially surrounds the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2009Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: International Paper CompanyInventors: Wei Li, Zheng Tan, Thomas Robert Christie, Bruce J. Thoman, Richard A. Tedford, Mark Fagan
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Publication number: 20070137791Abstract: A method is disclosed. The method comprises combining at least a polymer adhesive material, a thickener, and water to form adhesive compositions having a pH of 4 to 10, and identifying the adhesive compositions having a stringing length of 9 cm or less and one or more of the following properties: a set time of 180 seconds or less, a phase lag of 45 degrees or less, a viscosity of 3,000 to 50,000 cP, a complex shear modulus of 50 to 1000 Pa, and a sag distance of 10 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2007Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Kurt Melancon, Mark Fagan, Scott Pearson, William Hunt
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Publication number: 20060118005Abstract: An aqueous adhesive composition includes a polymer adhesive material having a pH of less than 7, a cationic thickener or an anionic thickener formed from at least one anionic monomer having a pKa of less than 3, and water. The adhesive composition has a stringing length of 9 cm or less and a sag distance of 10 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2005Publication date: June 8, 2006Inventors: Cordell Hardy, Mark Fagan, Scott Pearson, Kurt Melancon, Matthew Scholz
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Publication number: 20060021272Abstract: A device for supporting a substantially planar article, such as a photograph. The device includes a support layer having a size substantially similar to the substantially planar article. The device also includes a plurality of mounts arranged for receiving portions of the substantially planar article therein to secure the substantially planar article relative to the support layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2004Publication date: February 2, 2006Inventors: Charles Kleissler, Mark Fagan, Janet Keller
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Publication number: 20060003131Abstract: An indicia-bearing adhesive article display sheet includes a substrate having a first major side and a second major side, indicia, a layer of primer material, a layer of adhesive, and a transparent or translucent cover sheet. The indicia is disposed on at least a portion of the first major side of the substrate. The layer of primer material is disposed over the indicia on at least a first portion of the first major side of the substrate. The layer of adhesive is disposed over the primer material on the first major side of the substrate. The transparent or translucent cover sheet is aligned to cover at least the layer of adhesive on the first major side of the substrate. The cover sheet is repositionable relative to the layer of adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2005Publication date: January 5, 2006Inventor: Mark Fagan
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Publication number: 20050285898Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for printing an image using the printhead of an ink jet printer. The printhead ejects ink drops on a print medium in a series of scanning passes, and different addressing patterns are selected in each scanning pass to address ink drop locations for different portions of the raster lines addressed by each scanning pass. Addressing patterns having various interlacing percentages are selected in order to produce overlapping boundary regions between passes. The overlapping boundary regions minimize the banding effects that occur with inexact ink drop placement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: December 29, 2005Inventors: Mark Fagan, Michael Marra III, Randall Mayo
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Publication number: 20050271850Abstract: A coated film is provided having a textured film with a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein at least one LAB coated area and at least one uncoated area are on the top surface of a textured film, and the appearance of the coated and uncoated areas on a textured film is visibly uniform and generally provides a coated film that has a surface that has visually indiscernible areas, even when at least one portion of the films is coated with particulate filled LAB, and the remainder of the film is uncoated.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Inventors: Mark Fagan, Susan Bohlke, Neil Randen
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Publication number: 20050207816Abstract: A method for reducing the effects of printhead carrier disturbance during printing with an imaging apparatus having a printhead carrier for carrying at least one printhead includes the steps of accelerating the printhead carrier from a first position in a first direction; printing with the printhead in the first direction; and changing a rate of acceleration of the printhead carrier for a subsequent accelerating of the printhead carrier from the first position in the first direction prior to a subsequent printing with the printhead in the first direction to phase shift the printhead carrier disturbance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2004Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: Mark Fagan, Frederick Griesemer, Michael Marra, Randall Mayo
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Publication number: 20050137320Abstract: An adhesive composition includes a polymer adhesive material and a thickener. The adhesive composition has a stringing length of 9 cm or less and a phase lag of 45 degrees or less or a sag distance of 5 mm or less. The adhesive can be formed by combining a vinyl acetate polymer, an alkali swellable thickener, an alkali material, and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2004Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Kurt Melancon, Mark Fagan, Scott Pearson, William Hunt
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Publication number: 20050024405Abstract: A method of informing a user of an imaging apparatus of an event, the imaging apparatus having a plurality of print modes, includes the steps of defining a notice threshold that is associated with the event; determining whether the notice threshold has been reached; and upon reaching the notice threshold, progressively reducing an image density of an image formed by the imaging apparatus based on a print mode the imaging apparatus was operating in when the notice threshold was reached. Alternatively, imaging density may be progressively reduced based on reaching a next fade area of a plurality of fade areas for the print medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2003Publication date: February 3, 2005Inventors: Mark Fagan, Brian Jones
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Patent number: 5966891Abstract: When installing vinyl siding on homes or other type buildings, a drawback to the trim pieces around windows, doors, etc., is the method of connecting two (2) retainer strips (J-Channels) together. The original method is to miter the horizontally and vertically placed retainer strips together. This method has proven to be too time consuming and is not neat in appearance. Since then, another way was invented. The new method being a corner piece that must be affixed to the structure having the siding installed. This, too, proved to be time consuming. Our invention is a corner siding piece having an L-shaped base plate with a first leg integral with a second leg, both of which have a first flange and a second flange extending inwardly at the bottom and a curved channel along the top of said first leg and second leg.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1998Date of Patent: October 19, 1999Assignee: Mark A. FaganInventors: Mark A Fagan, Michael A Fagan