Patents by Inventor Matti Manner

Matti Manner 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).

  • Patent number: 11541646
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products. The invention provides a multilayer film for labelling, the multilayer film comprising a first skin layer, a second skin layer and a core layer between the first skin layer and the second skin layer, wherein at least one of the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprises cyclic olefin copolymer and the core layer comprises copolymer of ethylene and butyl acrylate or propylene terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: 10997877
    Abstract: A facestock for an adhesive label, an adhesive label and an adhesive label laminate including an uniaxially in machine direction oriented facestock is disclosed. According to an embodiment a core layer includes the following components: propylene homopolymer; a modifier consisting of at least one of the following: olefin elastomer, olefin plastomer and olefin block copolymer; and low density polyethylene. Further the use of the adhesive label for labelling of an article is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20200130339
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products. The invention provides a multilayer film for labelling, the multilayer film comprising a first skin layer, a second skin layer and a core layer between the first skin layer and the second skin layer, wherein at least one of the first skin layer and the second skin layer comprises cyclic olefin copolymer and the core layer comprises copolymer of ethylene and butyl acrylate or propylene terpolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: 10556410
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: 10406786
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: 10293587
    Abstract: The invention relates to a label laminate and a release liner of the label laminate. According to an embodiment release liner comprises a substrate comprising propylene block copolymer. The substrate may be oriented in a machine direction of the substrate. The substrate may have an elongation of the substrate in a machine direction of the substrate is less than 3% at a tension level between 200 and 1200 N/m. The substrate may have a ratio of 1% secant modulus in machine direction of the substrate to elongation in transverse direction of the substrate is between 2 and 15. Further the invention relates to a use of a release liner for self-adhesive label laminate and to a method for providing a label laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Tom Saxberg
  • Patent number: 10239294
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat shrink label (4) and a multilayer face film of the label (4). According to an embodiment multilayer face film is oriented in one direction. The multilayer face film includes at least one layer comprising first cyclic olefin copolymer and second cyclic olefin copolymer and the first cyclic olefin copolymer is different from the second cyclic olefin copolymer. A glass transition temperature of the first cyclic olefin copolymer and the second cyclic olefin copolymer is between 50 and 90° C. Further the application concerns a combination of a label (4) and an item (8), a method for providing a heat shrink label (4), a method for labelling an item (8) and a method for separating a label (4) from an item (8) labelled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: 10232594
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20170323589
    Abstract: The invention relates to a facestock for adhesive label, an adhesive label and an adhesive label laminate comprising an uniaxially in machine direction oriented facestock. According to an embodiment core layer comprises the following components: propylene homopolymer; a modifier consisting of at least one of the following: olefin elastomer, olefin plastomer and olefin block copolymer; and low density polyethylene. Further the invention relates to a use of the adhesive label for labelling of an article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20160251549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a label laminate and a release liner of the label laminate. According to an embodiment release liner comprises a substrate comprising propylene block copolymer. The substrate may be oriented in a machine direction of the substrate. The substrate may have an elongation of the substrate in a machine direction of the substrate is less than 3% at a tension level between 200 and 1200 N/m. The substrate may have a ratio of 1% secant modulus in machine direction of the substrate to elongation in transverse direction of the substrate is between 2 and 15. Further the invention relates to a use of a release liner for self-adhesive label laminate and to a method for providing a label laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Tom Saxberg
  • Publication number: 20160193815
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: UPM Raflatac OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20160152010
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20160136935
    Abstract: The invention relates to providing a method for obtaining a multilayer film for thermally inducible shrink labels, products thereof and use of such products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20160136934
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat shrink label (4) and a multilayer face film of the label (4). According to an embodiment multilayer face film is oriented in one direction. The multilayer face film includes at least one layer comprising first cyclic olefin copolymer and second cyclic olefin copolymer and the first cyclic olefin copolymer is different from the second cyclic olefin copolymer. A glass transition temperature of the first cyclic olefin copolymer and the second cyclic olefin copolymer is between 50 and 90° C. Further the application concerns a combination of a label (4) and an item (8), a method for providing a heat shrink label (4), a method for labelling an item (8) and a method for separating a label (4) from an item (8) labelled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner
  • Publication number: 20150213735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer facestock of a label, and to a label having a facestock, wherein the facestock is machine direction oriented and comprises a core layer, a first skin layer and a second skin layer, and wherein the thickness of the first skin layer is 10 to 90% of the thickness of the second skin layer. The invention further relates to a use of a facestock for self-adhesive labels, and to a method for providing a facestock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Martti Vähälä
  • Publication number: 20150190988
    Abstract: The invention relates to a facestock of a label and a label, wherein the facestock is a machine direction oriented and comprises at least a core layer, a first surface layer and a second surface layer. The facestock has a tensile modulus ratio in the machine direction to the transversal direction between 2.0 and 3.8. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a facestock and a use of the facestock for self-adhesive labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: UPM Raflatac Oy
    Inventors: Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Martti Vähälä
  • Publication number: 20150194078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer facestock of a label, and to a label having a multilayer facestock, wherein the facestock is machine direction oriented and comprises a core layer, a first skin layer and a second skin layer. The second skin layer comprises propylene homopolymer, hydrocarbon resin, styrene block copolymer, and low density polyethylene. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such facestocks. The invention further relates to a use of the facestock for self-adhesive labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Martti Vähälä
  • Publication number: 20150166846
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine direction oriented multilayer facestock of a label and a label, wherein the facestock comprises a core layer and a first skin layer. The core layer comprises propylene homopolymer, low density polyethylene, hydrocarbon resin and styrene block copolymer. The invention also relates to use of the facestock for self-adhesive labels. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing the facestock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: UPM Raflatac Oy
    Inventors: Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Matti Manner, Martti Vähälä
  • Publication number: 20140134430
    Abstract: A machine direction oriented multilayer facestock for labels. The facestock includes a skin layer including at least polyethylene and cyclic olefin copolymer(s). The facestock is annealed. Also a use of the multilayer facestock for self-adhesive labels and to a self-adhesive label including the multilayer facestock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel MITCHELL, Matti Manner
  • Patent number: D706881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: BeiZ Oy
    Inventors: Matti Manner, Miska Fredman, Minna Heikinheimo