Patents by Inventor Ralf Wilner

Ralf Wilner 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: 6372816
    Abstract: The invention provides a storage stable dental composition comprising a volatile organic solvent and a polymerizable material enclosed by a package, which includes a closure, such as a cover or plug and a container made of a copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention is provided a stored packaged dental product by the process including: enclosing a dental composition in a package with at least a substantial portion of an injection molded thermoplastic copolymer of a cycloolefin and an open chain olefin, and storing the dental composition in the package for at least 1 week.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: DENTSPLY DeTrey GmbH
    Inventors: Uwe Walz, Kai P. Pflug, Ralf Wilner, Markus Evers
  • Patent number: 6076709
    Abstract: Dental adhesive container dropping system, characterized by the combination of (a) a dental adhesive polymerizable with visible light dissolved in acetone or acetic acid ethyl ester; (b) a light impermeable bottle (1) for the dental-adhesive, elastically deformable for the drop formation, with a laminated wall (3) comprising (b1) at least one polymer layer (15) impermeable to acetone or acetic acid ethyl ester, and (b2) at least one light impermeable, elastically deformable polymer layer (13); (b3) a compatibilizer guaranteeing the laminate structure and which can be formed as at least one intermediate layer (17) or which can be admixed to the elastically deformable polymer layer (13); (c) a light impermeable and evaporation-proofsealable dropper insert (20) of light impermeable plastic material with a dropper conduit (50) enlarging from the inner to the outer part, whereby; (c1) the diameter at the inlet end corresponds to the desired drop size; and, (c2) the diameter at the discharge end is within the range
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: Dentsply DeTrey G.m.b.H.
    Inventor: Ralf Wilner