Patents by Inventor Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis 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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Publication number: 20220241449Abstract: Closure mechanisms for closing and sealing sterilization containers and indicators for indicating the seal integrity sterilization containers are provided. For example, a container closure mechanism may be configured to distribute a closure force along a gasket to seal a container lid to a container body. Further, a seal indicator may visibly indicate at the container exterior whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is a first state, and if the sterilization container is not sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in a second state. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a state change when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed or from sealed to unsealed, such that a user can ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain sterility or whether the seal and sterility of the container have been compromised.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Brian E. Lin, Joseph D. Hurdle, Sharon Shuh-Shin Chang, Anthony Stephen Spencer, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
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Patent number: 11338051Abstract: Closure mechanisms for closing and sealing sterilization containers and indicators for indicating the seal integrity sterilization containers are provided. For example, a container closure mechanism may be configured to distribute a closure force along a gasket to seal a container lid to a container body. Further, a seal indicator may visibly indicate at the container exterior whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is a first state, and if the sterilization container is not sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in a second state. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a state change when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed or from sealed to unsealed, such that a user can ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain sterility or whether the seal and sterility of the container have been compromised.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: O&M Haylard, Inc.Inventors: Brian E. Lin, Joseph D. Hurdle, Sharon Shuh-Shin Chang, Anthony Stephen Spencer, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
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Patent number: 10744739Abstract: A splash resistant multi-layered structure is provided. The structure includes a specific arrangement of layers of material and a plurality of three-dimensional spacers that helps prevent penetration through the structure by a fluid that contacts an outer surface of the structure due to a state of forced separation that exists between two adjacent layers of the structure due to the presence of the plurality of three-dimensional spacers positioned between the layers. The plurality of three-dimensional spacers can be positioned on one of the adjacent layers of the structure such that a distance at least as large as the maximum height of the plurality of three-dimensional spacers separates the two layers from each other and can be present on a layer of material in a continuous or discontinuous pattern or can be present on a layer of material in a random fashion.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.Inventors: Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Christena Nash, Eric C. Steindorf
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Publication number: 20200147250Abstract: Closure mechanisms for closing and sealing sterilization containers and indicators for indicating the seal integrity sterilization containers are provided. For example, a container closure mechanism may be configured to distribute a closure force along a gasket to seal a container lid to a container body. Further, a seal indicator may visibly indicate at the container exterior whether the container is sufficiently sealed to prevent an ingress of contaminants into the container. If the container is sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is a first state, and if the sterilization container is not sufficiently sealed, the seal indicator is in a second state. Thus, the seal indicator undergoes a state change when the sterilization container transitions from unsealed to sealed or from sealed to unsealed, such that a user can ascertain whether the container is properly sealed to maintain sterility or whether the seal and sterility of the container have been compromised.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Brian E. Lin, Joseph D. Hurdle, Sharon Shuh-Shin Chang, Anthony Stephen Spencer, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
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Publication number: 20190126585Abstract: A splash resistant multi-layered structure is provided. The structure includes a specific arrangement of layers of material and a plurality of three-dimensional spacers that helps prevent penetration through the structure by a fluid that contacts an outer surface of the structure due to a state of forced separation that exists between two adjacent layers of the structure due to the presence of the plurality of three-dimensional spacers positioned between the layers. The plurality of three-dimensional spacers can be positioned on one of the adjacent layers of the structure such that a distance at least as large as the maximum height of the plurality of three-dimensional spacers separates the two layers from each other and can be present on a layer of material in a continuous or discontinuous pattern or can be present on a layer of material in a random fashion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: O&M Halyard, Inc,Inventors: Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Christena Nash, Eric C. Steindorf
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Patent number: 8377027Abstract: Absorbent articles having form fitting properties are disclosed. In particular, the absorbent articles include at least one waist elastic member that extends a substantial distance in the longitudinal direction. The waist elastic member, for instance, may be positioned in a front region of the article, in a back region of the article or in both the front and back regions. The waist elastic member includes a breathable elastic film. In order for the film to be breathable, the film includes apertures. The apertures appear on the film according to a particular pattern and having a particular diameter so that the film retains desired stretch properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2005Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Janis W. Hughes, Varunesh Sharma, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Gregory Hall, Thomas H. Roessler, Peiguang Zhou, Stephen C. Baumgartner
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Patent number: 8034440Abstract: An elastomeric film includes a first layer co-extruded with a second layer. The first layer includes a single-site catalyzed ethylene-alpha olefin copolymer having a density of about 0.860 to about 0.900 grams per centimeter. The second layer includes a styrene copolymer selected from styrene-butadiene-styrene, styrene-isoprene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene, styrene-ethylene/propylene-styrene, or styrene-(ethylene/propylene)-styrene-(ethylene/propylene). The first layer may optionally include filler particles. An extensible laminate including the elastomeric film is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, David Michael Matela, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer, Gregory Tod Sudduth, Randall James Palmer
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Patent number: 7855316Abstract: An elastic laminate having an expandable facing layer, e.g., a nonwoven web with off-axis perforations, and an elastic film layer is produced to provide a preferential direction of extendability and retraction in the laminate. The elastic laminate is particularly useful as a waist area panel in disposable pant-like garments.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Meyer, Alvin C. Jalonen, Susan L. Bronk, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer
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Patent number: 7517579Abstract: A bonded structure including one or more substrates bonded together with a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition. One method of making such a bonded structure is carried out by applying a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition to one or more substrates at a temperature of about 170 degrees Celsius or lower, and joining the substrates to themselves or to one another. The bonded structure has a dynamic peel strength between about 400 and about 1000 grams per 25 millimeters. The bonding efficiency of the bonded structure renders the bonded structure suitable for incorporation into a variety of articles, including personal care products, health/medical products, and household/industrial product, for example.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2007Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Michael Campbell, Daniel William Hesse, Richard D. Schultz, Mark J. Jung, Richard M. Hansen, Cristian M. Neculescu, Sandra Marie Rogers, Violet May Grube, Rhiannon L. Thoresen, Thomas Michael Killian, Jonathan K. Rice, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Courtney Eileen Shea, Jason Sybren Fairbanks, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Randall J. Palmer
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Patent number: 7329621Abstract: Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The stretchable film laminates may include a film layer bonded to the layer of elastomeric openwork, with the film layer having cross-directional stretch and the laminate having a multi-phase stretchability profile. The stretchable film laminates may be made by extruding a film from a die, stretching the film, forming and stretching a layer of elastomeric openwork, conveying the stretched elastomeric openwork onto the film while the film is stretched, and passing the film and the elastomeric openwork through a nip. The invention also includes a machine capable of producing machine-direction, cross-direction, and biaxial stretch materials. The machine includes at least one extruder, at least one filament die and at least one film die both attached to the extruder(s), and at least one nip downstream of the extruder(s).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 12, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Leslie Warren Collier, IV, Susan Elaine Shawver, Bryon Paul Day, Raymond Jeffrey May, James Russell Fitts, Jr., Michael Tod Morman, Monica Varriale, Matthew Boyd Lake, David Michael Matela, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Randall James Palmer, Charles John Morell, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Rasha Wafik Zaki Guirguis, Cristian M. Neculescu, Peiguang Zhou
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Patent number: 7320948Abstract: An extensible laminate having improved set and hysteresis is disclosed. The extensible laminate includes an extensible nonwoven web laminated to an elastomeric sheet that have been mechanically stretched in the cross direction after lamination. A method for making the extensible laminate includes laminating an extensible nonwoven web to an elastomeric sheet to form a laminate and mechanically stretching the laminate in a cross direction by at least about 50 percent.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: January 22, 2008Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Randall James Palmer, David Michael Matela, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
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Patent number: 7270889Abstract: A bonded structure including one or more substrates bonded together with a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition. One method of making such a bonded structure is carried out by applying a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition to one or more substrates at a temperature of about 170 degrees Celsius or lower, and joining the substrates to themselves or to one another. The bonded structure has a dynamic peel strength between about 400 and about 1000 grams per 25 millimeters. The bonding efficiency of the bonded structure renders the bonded structure suitable for incorporation into a variety of articles, including personal care products, health/medical products, and household/industrial product, for example.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2003Date of Patent: September 18, 2007Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Michael Campbell, Daniel William Hesse, Richard D. Schultz, Mark J. Jung, Richard M. Hansen, Cristian M. Neculescu, Sandra Marie Rogers, Violet May Grube, Rhiannon L. Thoresen, Thomas Michael Killian, Jonathan K. Rice, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Courtney Eileen Shea, Jason Sybren Fairbanks, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Randall J. Palmer
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Patent number: 6821915Abstract: A breathable, substantially liquid impermeable film and laminate are provided for use in a wide variety of personal care garments and protective garments. The film, and laminate containing the film, are extendible in a cross-direction to a stretched width which is at least 25% greater than an original, unstretched width. The film and laminate have a first water vapor transmission rate of at least about 500 grams/m2-24 hours coinciding with the unstretched width. The film and laminate have a much higher second water vapor transmission rate which is at least about 225% of the first water vapor transmission rate, and not less than about 4000 grams/m2-24 hours, coinciding with a stretched width that is only 25% greater than the stretched width.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2000Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Patricia Hsiaoyin Hwang, Audrie Tomoko Ono, Howard Martin Welch, Charles John Morell, Faris Ohan, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Michael Allen Daley, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer
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Patent number: 6811865Abstract: A breathable, substantially liquid impermeable film and laminate are provided for use in a wide variety of personal care garments and protective garments. The film, and laminate containing the film, are extendible in a cross-direction to a stretched width which is at least 25% greater than an original, unstretched width. The film and laminate have a first water vapor transmission rate of at least about 500 grams/m2-24 hours coinciding with the unstretched width. The film and laminate have a much higher second water vapor transmission rate which is at least about 225% of the first water vapor transmission rate, and not less than about 4000 grams/m2-24 hours, coinciding with a stretched width that is only 25% greater than the stretched width.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Patricia Hsiaoyin Hwang, Audrie Tomoko Ono, Howard Martin Welch, Charles John Morell, Faris Ohan, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Michael Allen Daley, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer
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Publication number: 20040182499Abstract: Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The stretchable film laminates may include a film layer bonded to the layer of elastomeric openwork, with the film layer having cross-directional stretch and the laminate having a multi-phase stretchability profile. The stretchable film laminates may be made by extruding a film from a die, stretching the film, forming and stretching a layer of elastomeric openwork, conveying the stretched elastomeric openwork onto the film while the film is stretched, and passing the film and the elastomeric openwork through a nip. The invention also includes a machine capable of producing machine-direction, cross-direction, and biaxial stretch materials. The machine includes at least one extruder, at least one filament die and at least one film die both attached to the extruder(s), and at least one nip downstream of the extruder(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: September 23, 2004Inventors: Leslie Warren Collier, Susan Elaine Shawver, Bryon Paul Day, Raymond Jeffrey May, James Russell Fitts, Michael Tod Morman, Monica Varriale, Matthew Boyd Lake, David Michael Matela, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Randall James Palmer, Charles John Morell, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Rasha Wafik Zaki Farag, Cristian M. Neculescu, Peiguang Zhou
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Publication number: 20040122404Abstract: An elastic laminate having an expandable facing layer, e.g., a nonwoven web with off-axis perforations, and an elastic film layer is produced to provide a preferential direction of extendability and retraction in the laminate. The elastic laminate is particularly useful as a waist area panel in disposable pant-like garments.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Stephen C. Meyer, Alvin C. Jalonen, Susan L. Bronk, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer
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Publication number: 20040121687Abstract: An extensible laminate having improved set and hysteresis is disclosed. The extensible laminate includes an extensible nonwoven web laminated to an elastomeric sheet that have been mechanically stretched in the cross direction after lamination. A method for making the extensible laminate includes laminating an extensible nonwoven web to an elastomeric sheet to form a laminate and mechanically stretching the laminate in a cross direction by at least about 50 percent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Randall James Palmer, David Michael Matela, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis
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Publication number: 20040110442Abstract: A method of forming fibers into a web includes the steps of co-extruding a first elastomeric component and a second thermoplastic component; directing the first and second components through a fiber spin pack to form a plurality of continuous molten fiber spinlines, where the first elastomeric component is present in an amount greater than about 70 percent by weight of the molten fibers and the second thermoplastic component is present in an amount of between about 10 and 30 percent by weight of the molten fibers; attenuating the spinlines and routing the plurality of molten fibers through a quench chamber to form a plurality of cooled fibers; routing the plurality of cooled fibers through a fiber draw unit, whereby the fibers are pulled downward; allowing the pulled fibers to be deposited onto a forming surface thereby forming a web wherein the fibers are relaxed; stabilizing the web; and bonding the web to produce a web demonstrating greater than about 25 percent machine direction stretch recovery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Inventors: Hannong Rhim, Sjon-Paul Conyer, Paul Windsor Estey, Ramonica Frances Green, Bernhardt Edward Kressner, Michael Tod Morman, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Susan Elaine Shawver, Vasily Aramovich Topolkaraev, Duane Girard Uitenbroek
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Publication number: 20040102125Abstract: An extensible laminate includes a sheet of an extensible nonwoven material that has a fabric side and a film side, a sheet of an elastomeric film, and an adhesive. The adhesive is applied to at least a portion of the film side of the extensible nonwoven material. The extensible nonwoven material is selectively attached to the elastomeric film by a plurality of intermittent adhesive bonds. The extensible nonwoven material is further selectively attached to the clastomeric film by a plurality of thermal point bonds. The intermittent adhesive bonds cover a greater percentage of an interfacial plane between the extensible nonwoven material and the elastomeric film material than the thermal point bonds. A process for making the extensible laminate is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2002Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Gregory Todd Sudduth, Leslie Warren Collier, David Michael Matela, Randall James Palmer, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer, Charles John Morell, Rasha Wafik Zaki Guirguis
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Publication number: 20040091752Abstract: A breathable, substantially liquid impermeable film and laminate are provided for use in a wide variety of personal care garments and protective garments. The film, and laminate containing the film, are extendible in a cross-direction to a stretched width which is at least 25% greater than an original, unstretched width. The film and laminate have a first water vapor transmission rate of at least about 500 grams/m2-24 hours coinciding with the unstretched width. The film and laminate have a much higher second water vapor transmission rate which is at least about 225% of the first water vapor transmission rate, and not less than about 4000 grams/m2-24 hours, coinciding with a stretched width that is only 25% greater than the stretched width.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2003Publication date: May 13, 2004Inventors: Michael Tod Morman, Patricia Hsiaoyin Hwang, Audrie Tomoko Ono, Howard Martin Welch, Charles John Morell, Faris Ohan, Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Michael Allen Daley, Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer