Patents by Inventor Nyle Bishop
Nyle Bishop 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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Patent number: 11802358Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: AVINTIV SPECIALTY MATERIALS INC.Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Publication number: 20220162786Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Patent number: 11280035Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Publication number: 20210363690Abstract: A fabric suitable as an alcohol repellent fabric is provided. The fabric includes a fibrous substrate including a first outermost surface and a second outermost surface, in which a digitally printed or sprayed alcohol repellent composition is located on at least a portion the first outermost surface, at least a portion of the second outermost surface, or both. The fabric also includes an antistatic composition located on at least a portion the first outermost surface, at least a portion of the second outermost surface, or both.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop, Fernando Marin
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Publication number: 20210354062Abstract: A filtration media including at least a first nonwoven fabric having at least one meltblown layer in provided. The at least one meltblown layer includes a plurality of meltblown fibers having an average diameter from about 1 to about 5 microns. Methods of making a filtration media are also provided. Facemasks including such filtration media are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Ralph A. Moody, III, Nyle Bishop, Mehmet Selcuk Sinangil, Robert Garcia, Rainer Nawroth, Victor Gnoatto, Elisabeth Torres Cano
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Publication number: 20210146652Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics including a first outermost spunbond layer, a second outermost spunbond layer, and at least a first meltblown and/or melt-fibrillated layer disposed directly or indirectly between the first outermost spunbond layer and the second outermost spunbond layer. The first outermost spunbond layer comprises a first plurality of continuous fibers that are thermally fused and compacted against one another and define a microporous film on an outermost surface of the nonwoven fabric. The first plurality of continuous fibers comprises a first polymeric composition having a first melting point and the first meltblown layer and/or melt-fibrillated layer comprises a first plurality of meltblown fibers and/or melt-fibrillated fibers comprising a third polymeric composition having a third melting point, in which the first melting point is lower than the third melting point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop, Jonathan T. Nix, Zhang Tianlei, Jin Yongji, Gao Junying
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Publication number: 20210087725Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Patent number: 10889921Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials, Inc.Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Publication number: 20190021913Abstract: Absorbent composites are provided that include a nonwoven top layer having hydrophilic fibers and an absorbent core layer directly or indirectly attached to the nonwoven top layer, wherein the absorbent core layer comprises a through-air-bonded nonwoven. The absorbent composites may include a combination of (i) a composite-run-off value of less than 50% as determined by ISO 9073-11, (ii) a composite-absorption capacity of at least 600% as determined by ISO 9073, and (iii) a composite-rate of absorption of less than 10 seconds for a 5 ml liquid sample as determined by D824-94. The absorbent composites may include an optional film layer attached to the absorbent core layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop, Gregory Wagner Farell, Pierre Grondin
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Publication number: 20170107651Abstract: Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Rongguo Zhao, Nyle Bishop
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Publication number: 20160348307Abstract: Alcohol repellent fabrics having a wide variety of uses (e.g., surgical drapes, surgical gowns, etc.) are provided. The alcohol repellent fabric includes a fibrous substrate and an alcohol repellent composition (ARC). The ARC includes at least one fluorochemical and at least one binder.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop
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Publication number: 20160206393Abstract: Absorbent composites suitable for a wide variety of uses (e.g., sorbent drapes, sorbent patches around a fenestration area, tray liners for surgical tools, incontinence pads and liners, other liners, etc.) are provided. The composite includes an absorbent nonwoven. The absorbent nonwoven may comprise a hydroentangled spunbond web. The composite also may comprise a liquid-impermeable film. One or more absorbent nonwovens of a composite may additionally comprise a three-dimensional pattern, for example, a three-dimensional pattern that has been imaged using hydroentanglement. Optionally, any one or more layers of the composites may comprise an antimicrobial additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: Polymer Group, Inc.Inventors: Lei Wang, Nyle Bishop, Ralph A. Moody, III, Jerry Snider, Pierre Grondin
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Patent number: 7968480Abstract: Nonwoven polymer materials and articles made therefrom. Materials of the invention include at least one nonwoven polymer web with at least one layer of at least about 50% by weight of a multi-lobal fiber. Materials and articles of the invention have improved properties, such as particle retention capacity, acoustic absorption, stiffness, crop color uniformity, and crop yield, when compared with nonwoven polymer materials and articles made with round fiber in place of all of the multi-lobal fiber.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.Inventors: Nyle Bishop, Enrique Martinez, Pierre D. Grondin, Michel Delattre, Jorge Santisteban
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Publication number: 20090246492Abstract: Nonwoven polymer materials and articles made therefrom. Materials of the invention include at least one nonwoven polymer web with at least one layer of at least about 50% by weight of a multi-lobal fiber. Materials and articles of the invention have improved properties, such as particle retention capacity, acoustic absorption, stiffness, crop color uniformity, and crop yield, when compared with nonwoven polymer materials and articles made with round fiber in place of all of the multi-lobal fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2007Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicant: POLYMER GROUP, INC.Inventors: Nyle Bishop, Enrique Martinez, Pierre D. Grondin, Michel Delattre, Jorge Santisteban
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Patent number: 7326314Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low-linting laminated nonwoven fabric comprised of a reticulated film layer and an associated absorbent layer, which is suitable for medical, hygiene, and industrial applications, wherein said nonwoven fabric performs to absorb liquids, such as human exudates, while significantly reducing the amount of particulates released. The reticulated film of the invention is comprised of a series or network of small, geometrically profiled, depressed areas, wherein the depressed areas of the film are able to collect liquids such as blood, and channel such liquids through openings in the film layer into the associated absorbent layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.Inventors: Charles Fuller, John Steffen, Nyle Bishop, David Bye
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Publication number: 20030227106Abstract: The present invention is directed to a low-linting laminated nonwoven fabric comprised of a reticulated film layer and an associated absorbent layer, which is suitable for medical, hygiene, and industrial applications, wherein said nonwoven fabric performs to absorb liquids, such as human exudates, while significantly reducing the amount of particulates released. The reticulated film of the invention is comprised of a series or network of small, geometrically profiled, depressed areas, wherein the depressed areas of the film are able to collect liquids such as blood, and channel such liquids through openings in the film layer into the associated absorbent layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2003Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: Polymer Group, Inc.Inventors: Charles Fuller, John Steffen, Nyle Bishop, David Bye