Patents by Inventor Paul Merkel

Paul Merkel 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: 11529786
    Abstract: A method of erecting a carton from a blank, including: engaging the blank with a punch head against which the carton is formed, folding side portions of the blank against the punch head to form sides of the carton; folding outer portions of the side portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external side of the carton; folding end portions of the blank against the punch head to form end portions of the carton; folding outer portions of the end portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external end of the carton; and securing corner gussets formed between the side and end portions against sides or ends of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Mercer Stainless Limited, Visy R & D Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Grant Antony Crackett, Adrian Michael Dalgleish, Paul Merkel, Leighton Markham
  • Publication number: 20170361559
    Abstract: A method of erecting a carton from a blank, including: engaging the blank with a punch head against which the carton is formed, folding side portions of the blank against the punch head to form sides of the carton; folding outer portions of the side portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external side of the carton; folding end portions of the blank against the punch head to form end portions of the carton; folding outer portions of the end portions of the blank away from the punch head and against an external end of the carton; and securing corner gussets formed between the side and end portions against sides or ends of the carton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Grant Antony Crackett, Adrian Michael Dalgleish, Paul Merkel, Leighton Markham
  • Publication number: 20050136357
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical recording material comprising: a polymeric matrix; a dewarbenzene derivative reactant capable of undergoing isomerization to a benzene product upon triplet excitation, thereby causing a change in optical properties; and a sensitizer capable of absorbing actinic radiation to cause triplet energy transfer to said reactant, wherein the algebraic sum of the excitation energy of said sensitizer and its reduction potential is at least 0.05 eV less than the oxidation potential of said reactant, thereby precluding one-electron oxidation of said reactant. The invention further relates to an optical device comprising regional variations in concentrations of reactants and products produced by triplet chain isomerization, thereby providing a pattern of intelligence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Samir Farid, Douglas Robello, Joseph Dinnocenzo, Paul Merkel, Lorraine Ferrar, Yeonsuk Roh, Mark Mis
  • Publication number: 20050089806
    Abstract: A process for making a direct dispersion of a photographically useful material comprising: mixing (i) an aqueous phase and (ii) a liquid organic phase under conditions of shear or turbulence to form a dispersion of the organic phase dispersed in the aqueous phase; wherein the liquid organic phase comprises one or more photographically useful materials and one or more organic solvents having a boiling point of at least 150° C., a molecular weight less than or equal to 300, and a solvatochromic parameter ? value greater than or equal to 0.50, wherein the weight ratio of the sum of the solvents having a boiling point of at least 150° C., a molecular weight less than or equal to 300, and a solvatochromic parameter ? value greater than or equal to 0.50 to the photographically useful materials does not exceed 0.25.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Zengerle, Richard Rothrock, Jerrold Poslusny, Stephen Singer, Peter Garrisi, Paul Merkel
  • Publication number: 20050013947
    Abstract: The invention relates to an image-recording element comprising a support and an image-receiving layer, wherein the image-receiving layer comprises anionic colloidal silica particles, hydrophilic polymeric binder, and fluorosurfactant, wherein the binder is present in an amount of between 2% and 15% weight of the image-receiving layer, the image-recording element has a 60-degree gloss of greater than 25, and a dry time of less than 1 minute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Merkel, Gary Barber, Alan Pitt, Trevor Wear