Patents by Inventor Melissa Ann Skidmore

Melissa Ann Skidmore 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).

  • Photochromic compositions and light transmissible articles
    Patent number: 7807075
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photochromic polymeric composition comprising a polymer matrix and a photochromic compound which is an adduct comprising a photochromic moiety and at least one pendant oligomer group to provide a rate of fade of the photochromic polymeric composition which is significantly changed when compared with the corresponding composition comprising the photochromic compound without said pendent oligomer. The invention also relates to a photochromic compound which is an adduct comprising a photochromic moiety and at least one pendent oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Advanced Polymerik Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Evans, Melissa Ann Skidmore, Lachlan Hartley Yee, Tracey Lee Hanley, David Andrew Lewis
  • Photochromic compositions and light transmissible articles
    Patent number: 7247262
    Abstract: The invention related to a photochromic polymeric composition comprising a polymer matrix and a photochromic compound which is an adduct comprising a photochromic moiety and at least one pendant oligomer group to provide a rate of fade of the photochromic polymeric composition which is significantly changed when compared with the corresponding composition comprising the photochromic compound without said pendent oligomer. The invention also relates to a photochromic compound which is an adduct comprising a photochromic moiety and at least one pendent oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Polymers Australia Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Evans, Melissa Ann Skidmore, Lachlan Hartley Yee, Tracey Lee Hanley, David Andrew Lewis