Patents by Inventor Noel Mitchell

Noel Mitchell 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).

  • Publication number: 20230212432
    Abstract: The present application relates to a linerless self-adhesive label, method for labelling an item, and to a labelled item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia MAJEWSKA, Jan-Erik Forsstrom, Tom Saxberg
  • Patent number: 11624005
    Abstract: A printed linerless face laminate includes a release layer including a release agent, a second layer including a thermoplastic polymer, a second adhesive layer, a first layer including a thermoplastic polymer or fiber-based material, and a first adhesive layer including a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the print is on one or more printable surface(s) between the first layer and the second layer. A method for producing the printed linerless face laminate is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Korman, Jan-Erik Forsstrom, Tom Saxberg
  • 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: 11230089
    Abstract: A wash-off label includes a face film. According to an embodiment the face film is at least uniaxially oriented and comprises at least one of the polyolefins: cyclic olefin copolymer, propylene terpolymer, propylene random copolymer, propylene homopolymer, heterophasic polypropylene and linear low density polyethylene. The face film has density between 0.85 and 0.94 g/cm3 at room temperature (23±2° C.). Further the invention relates to a labelled item comprising the wash-off label.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • Patent number: 11059273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer shrink film capable to shrink under exposure to external energy and a shrink label including said film. According to an embodiment the shrink film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer and a core layer in between the skin layers, and wherein the core layer includes copolymer of ethylene and butyl acrylate(s) and further heterophasic polypropylene block copolymer(s) or random copolymer(s) of propylene. The invention further relates to a combination of a shrink label and an item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10981363
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrink face film and a shrink label comprising said face film. According to an embodiment the shrink face film includes a first skin layer and a second skin layer comprising propylene terpolymer(s) between 1 and 99 wt. %, and a core layer comprising random copolymer(s) of propylene or propylene terpolymer(s), and a modifier, which is at least one of the following: olefinic plastomer, olefinic elastomer and ethylene-octene block copolymer. The invention further relates to a method for providing a shrink face film and a method for labelling of an item with a shrink label comprising said face film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • Patent number: 10703078
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrink face film and a shrink label comprising said face film. According to an embodiment the shrink face film includes a core layer comprising propylene random copolymer(s) and a modifier which is at least one of the following: olefinic plastomer, olefinic elastomer and ethylene-octene block copolymer. The invention further relates to a method for providing a shrink face film and a method for labelling of an item with a shrink label comprising said face film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • 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: 10532533
    Abstract: An adhesive label and an adhesive label laminate includes a uniaxially in machine direction oriented multilayer facestock comprising a printable skin layer comprising more than 50 wt. % of linear low density polyethylene(s) and less than 50 wt. % of propylene polymer(s), and an adhesive receiving skin layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of propylene homopolymer(s) and at least one of the following modifiers: hydrocarbon resin, styrene block copolymer, and olefin block copolymer. Further use of an adhesive label for labelling of an article and a labelled article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Päivi Kangas
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10233359
    Abstract: A method for labeling items comprises: separating a label from a release liner by using peel plate, moving the surface of an item in a first direction, moving the label in a second direction, and bringing a leading edge of the label into contact with a surface of the item such that the angle between the first direction and the second direction is in the range of 10° to 30°, wherein the label comprises: a face layer, and an adhesive layer, wherein the face layer comprises semi-crystalline polymeric film, the adhesive layer consists of one or more adhesive sub-layers, a lowermost adhesive sub-layer of said adhesive sub-layers comprises transparent polymeric adhesive, the thickness of the face layer is in the range of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, the thickness of the adhesive layer is in the range of 8 ?m to 25 ?m, and the thickness of the adhesive layer is smaller than 95% of thickness of the face layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Kirit Naik, Patrick Goss, Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Ismo Pietari
  • Publication number: 20180215127
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multilayer shrink film capable to shrink under exposure to external energy and a shrink label comprising said film. According to an embodiment the shrink film includes a first skin layer, a second skin layer and a core layer in between the skin layers, and wherein the core layer comprises copolymer of ethylene and butyl acrylate(s) and further heterophasic polypropylene block copolymer(s) or random copolymer(s) of propylene. The invention further relates to a combination of a shrink label and an item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Majewska
  • Patent number: 10023359
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shrink label. According to an embodiment the shrink label comprises an uniaxially oriented multilayer face film comprising skin layers including polyethylene polymer(s) and at least two cyclic polymers comprising different glass transition temperatures between 30 and 100° C. and the difference between the glass transition temperatures being between 5 and 60° C., and wherein the multilayer face film is seamed by a solvent. The invention further relates to a method for providing a shrink label, use of the shrink label, method for providing a shrink label and method for labelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OY
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Korman, Markus Kivelä
  • Publication number: 20180147806
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive label and an adhesive label laminate comprising an uniaxially in machine direction oriented multilayer facestock comprising a printable skin layer comprising more than 50 wt. % of linear low density polyethylene(s) and less than 50 wt. % of propylene polymer(s), and an adhesive receiving skin layer comprising at least 50 wt. % of propylene homopolymer(s) and at least one of the following modifiers: hydrocarbon resin, styrene block copolymer, and olefin block copolymer. Further the invention relates to use of an adhesive label for labelling of an article and to a labelled article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Päivi Kangas
  • Publication number: 20180022966
    Abstract: A method for labeling items comprises: separating a label from a release liner by using peel plate, moving the surface of an item in a first direction, moving the label in a second direction, and bringing a leading edge of the label into contact with a surface of the item such that the angle between the first direction and the second direction is in the range of 10° to 30°, wherein the label comprises: a face layer, and an adhesive layer, wherein the face layer comprises semi-crystalline polymeric film, the adhesive layer consists of one or more adhesive sub-layers, a lowermost adhesive sub-layer of said adhesive sub-layers comprises transparent polymeric adhesive, the thickness of the face layer is in the range of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, the thickness of the adhesive layer is in the range of 8 ?m to 25 ?m, and the thickness of the adhesive layer is smaller than 95% of thickness of the face layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Kirit Naik, Patrick Goss, Tom Saxberg, Noel Mitchell, Ismo Pietari