Patents by Inventor Nicholas Francis Borrelli

Nicholas Francis Borrelli 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).

  • UV photobleaching of glass having UV-induced colorization
    Patent number: 9834473
    Abstract: A method of UV photobleaching a glass sample having UV-induced colorization is disclosed. The processed includes first irradiating the glass sample with colorizing UV radiation having a colorizing wavelength of ?C<300 nm to form the colorized glass, which has a pink hue. The method then includes irradiating the colorized glass with bleaching UV radiation having a bleaching wavelength of ?B, wherein 248 nm??B?365 nm, to substantially remove the pink hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Timothy Michael Gross
  • PHOSPHOROUS CONTAINING GLASS HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY
    Publication number: 20170283317
    Abstract: A strengthened antimicrobial glass including greater from about 50.0 mol. % to about 65.0 mol. % SiO2, about 14.0 mol. % to about 22.0 mol. % Al203, about 14.0 mol. % to about 22.0 mol. % R2O, wherein R is an alkali metal, and about 4.0 mol. % to 10.0 mol. % P2O5. The glass may have a compressive stress layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to about 20 ?m less than or equal to about 60 ?m and having a compressive stress of greater than or equal to about 700 MPa. The glass may have an antimicrobial activity greater than or equal to about 1.0 log kill at about 23 ° C. and about 40.0% relative humidity. A method for making the glass may include obtaining a glass article, strengthening the glass article by contact with a first ion-exchange liquid, and contacting the glass article with second ion-exchange liquid comprising an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross
  • MEASUREMENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION OF GLASSES
    Publication number: 20170241863
    Abstract: Optical techniques for determining thermal properties of materials are described. Optical techniques include Raman scattering and thermal properties include relative length change and coefficient of thermal expansion. Correlations of features of bands observed in the Raman spectra of several glasses with thermal properties of the glasses are demonstrated. The technique provides a convenient method for determining thermal expansion properties of materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Kenneth Edward Hrdina, Galan Gregory Moore, Lisa Anne Tietz Moore
  • PHOTOSENSITIVE GLASSES AND GLASS CERAMICS AND COMPOSITE GLASS MATERIALS MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20170210665
    Abstract: Photosensitive lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses that can be selectively irradiated and cerammed to provide patterned regions of glass and lithium-based glass ceramic, and composite glass articles made from such glasses and glass ceramics are provided. Compressive and tensile stress at the interface of the lithium-based glass-ceramic and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glass may be used to frustrate crack propagation in such a composite glass/glass ceramic article. Methods of making composite glass articles comprising such lithium-based glass ceramics and lithium zinc aluminosilicate glasses are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Thomas Philip Seward, III
  • Phosphorous containing glass having antimicrobial efficacy
    Patent number: 9708216
    Abstract: A strengthened antimicrobial glass including greater from about 50.0 mol. % to about 65.0 mol. % SiO2, about 14.0 mol. % to about 22.0 mol. % Al2O3, about 14.0 mol. % to about 22.0 mol. % R2O, wherein R is an alkali metal, and about 4.0 mol. % to 10.0 mol. % P2O5. The glass may have a compressive stress layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to about 20 ?m to less than or equal to about 60 ?m and having a compressive stress of greater than or equal to about 700 MPa. The glass may have an antimicrobial activity greater than or equal to about 1.0 log kill at about 23° C. and about 40.0% relative humidity. A method for making the glass may include obtaining a glass article, strengthening the glass article by contact with a first ion-exchange liquid, and contacting the glass article with second ion-exchange liquid comprising an antimicrobial agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Matthew John Dejneka, Timothy Michael Gross
  • BISMUTH BORATE GLASS ENCAPSULANT FOR LED PHOSPHORS
    Publication number: 20170190609
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass frits containing phosphors that can be used in LED lighting devices and for methods associated therewith for making the phosphor containing glass frit and their use in glass articles, for example, LED devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Nadja Teresia Lonnroth, Mark Alejandro Quesada
  • PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS WITH SHARP CUTOFF
    Publication number: 20170174558
    Abstract: A photochromic glass that includes a base glass and a photochromic agent is described. The base glass is a modified boroaluminosilicate glass and the photochromic agent is a nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase. The photochromic glass exhibits a sharp cutoff in the UV or short wavelength visible portion of the spectrum along with an absorption band at longer wavelengths in the visible. The nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase includes Cu2+, which provides states within the bandgap of the cuprous halide that permit the glass to absorb visible light. Absorption of visible light drives a photochromic transition without compromising the sharp cutoff. The nanocrystalline cuprous halide phase may optionally include Ag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Roger Jerome Araujo, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, David Lathrop Morse, Thomas Philip Seward, III
  • COATED, ANTIMICROBIAL, CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20170164617
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass having antimicrobial properties and to a method of making such glass. In particular, the disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass with antimicrobial properties and with a low surface energy coating on the glass that does not interfere with the antimicrobial properties of the glass. The antimicrobial has an Ag ion concentration on the surface in the range of greater than zero to 0.047 ?g/cm2. The glass has particular applications as antimicrobial shelving, table tops and other applications in hospitals, laboratories and other institutions handling biological substances, where color in the glass is not a consideration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, David Lathrop Morse, Wageesha Senaratne, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Ying Wei
  • ANTIMICROBIAL GLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20170129809
    Abstract: Described herein are various antimicrobial glass articles that have improved resistance to discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. The improved antimicrobial glass articles described herein generally include a glass substrate that has a low concentration of nonbridging oxygen atoms, a compressive stress layer and an antimicrobial silver-containing region that each extend inward from a surface of the glass substrate to a specific depth, such that the glass article experiences little-to-no discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. Methods of making and using the glass articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Timothy Michael Gross, Odessa Natalie Petzold, Wageesha Senaratne
  • Bismuth borate glass encapsulant for LED phosphors
    Patent number: 9624124
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to glass frits containing phosphors that can be used in LED lighting devices and for methods associated therewith for making the phosphor containing glass frit and their use in glass articles, for example, LED devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, Mark Alejandro Quesada
  • Coated, antimicrobial, chemically strengthened glass and method of making
    Patent number: 9609873
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass having antimicrobial properties and to a method of making such glass. In particular, the disclosure is directed to a chemically strengthened glass with antimicrobial properties and with a low surface energy coating on the glass that does not interfere with the antimicrobial properties of the glass. The antimicrobial has an Ag ion concentration on the surface in the range of greater than zero to 0.047 ?g/cm2. The glass has particular applications as antimicrobial shelving, table tops and other applications in hospitals, laboratories and other institutions handling biological substances, where color in the glass is not a consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, David Lathrop Morse, Wageesha Senaratne, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, Ying Wei
  • Photoformable glass-ceramics comprising nepheline crystal phases
    Patent number: 9604874
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are glasses that are capable of forming nepheline crystal phases when exposed to light, photoformable glass-ceramics comprising at least one nepheline crystal phase, products containing such glasses and glass ceramics, and methods for making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III
  • LAYERED GLASSY PHOTOSENSITIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20170080688
    Abstract: A method includes forming a glassy article. The glassy article includes a first glassy layer and a second glassy layer adjacent to the first glassy layer. The second glassy layer includes a photosensitive glass. The glassy article is exposed to radiation to form an exposed glassy article. The exposed glassy article is subjected to a heat treatment, whereby a plurality of inclusions is formed in the photosensitive glass of the second glassy layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Joseph Michael Matusick, Joseph Francis Schroeder III, Natesan Venkataraman
  • MULTI-PANE WINDOW WITH A LOW EMISSIVITY LAYER AND A PHOTOCHROMIC GLASS
    Publication number: 20170075049
    Abstract: A multi-pane window having a low emissivity layer and a photochromic glass. The window includes at least two panes of glass. An outside pane for interaction with the outdoors and an inside pane spaced apart from the outside pane. The outside pane includes a low emissivity coating. The inside pane includes a photochromic glass. The outside pane transmits solar light wavelengths. The photochromic glass is darkened upon exposure to light transmitted by the outside pane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Nadja Teresia Lönnroth, Michel Prassas, Paul Michael Then, Luis Alberto Zenteno
  • ENGINEERED ANTIGLARE SURFACE TO REDUCE DISPLAY SPARKLE
    Publication number: 20170075127
    Abstract: A transparent substrate having an antiglare surface with reduced display sparkle. The transparent substrate has a roughened antiglare surface and a diffraction element below the antiglare surface. The diffraction element reduces sparkle by filling gaps between sub-pixels in a pixelated display with orders of diffraction. A display system comprising the transparent substrate and a pixelated display is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Jacques Gollier, Ellen Marie Kosik Williams, James Andrew West
  • Glass articles with discrete metallic silver layers and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 9586861
    Abstract: A glass article that includes a first surface, a second surface and a body extending between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of discrete layers of metallic silver are formed in the body. Each discrete layer may have a thickness T such that 100 nm?T?250 nm and may be spaced apart from adjacent layers of metallic silver by a spacing S?500. The glass article also includes a layer of compressive stress extending into the body, a depth of layer of up to about 60 ?m and a magnitude of compression ?200 MPa. Further, the first layer of the plurality of discrete layers is spaced apart from the first surface by a distance D, wherein D?5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Karl William Koch, III, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III
  • Antimicrobial glass articles and methods of making and using same
    Patent number: 9567259
    Abstract: Described herein are various antimicrobial glass articles that have improved resistance to discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. The improved antimicrobial glass articles described herein generally include a glass substrate that has a low concentration of nonbridging oxygen atoms, a compressive stress layer and an antimicrobial silver-containing region that each extend inward from a surface of the glass substrate to a specific depth, such that the glass article experiences little-to-no discoloration when exposed to harsh conditions. Methods of making and using the glass articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Timothy Michael Gross, Odessa Natalie Petzold, Wageesha Senaratne
  • ANTIMICROBIAL ARTICLES WITH SILVER-CONTAINING ALKALI SILICATE COATING AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170036949
    Abstract: An antimicrobial article having a substrate, and a coating on a surface of the substrate. The coating includes a silver-containing alkali silicate. The antimicrobial article has an antimicrobial efficacy of greater than or equal to about 90.0% according to EPA Test Method for Efficacy of Copper Alloy Surfaces as a Sanitizer. The coating may further include at least one of a boron-containing compound and an aluminum-containing compound. A method for forming antimicrobial articles includes coating a substrate with a mixture comprising an alkali silicate; curing the coating at a temperature from greater than or equal to about 300° C. to less than or equal to about 620° C. for a duration of greater than or equal to about 15 minutes to less than or equal to about 120 minutes; and contacting the coating with an antimicrobial medium comprising silver nitrate and an alkali nitrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Wageesha Senaratne, Ying Wei
  • GLASS ARTICLES WITH INFRARED REFLECTIVITY AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170008796
    Abstract: Glass articles with infrared reflectivity and methods for making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, glass article having infrared reflectivity includes a first surface, a second surface and a body extending between the first and second surfaces. A plurality of discrete layers of metallic silver are formed in the body creating at least one optical cavity in the body. Each discrete layer may have a thickness T such that 100 nm?T?250 nm and may be spaced apart from adjacent layers of metallic silver by a spacing S?500. The glass article reflects at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 800 nm to 2500 nm and transmits at least a portion of electromagnetic radiation incident on the glass article having a wavelength from 390 nm to 750 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Karl William Koch, III, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III
  • Engineered antiglare surface to reduce display sparkle
    Patent number: 9535280
    Abstract: A transparent substrate having an antiglare surface with reduced display sparkle. The transparent substrate has a roughened antiglare surface and a diffraction element below the antiglare surface. The diffraction element reduces sparkle by filling gaps between sub-pixels in a pixelated display with orders of diffraction. A display system comprising the transparent substrate and a pixelated display is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Jacques Gollier, Ellen Marie Kosik Williams, James Andrew West