Patents by Inventor Ralph Gielissen

Ralph Gielissen 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: 20150136731
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to durable solar mirror films, methods of making durable solar mirror films, and constructions including durable solar mirror films. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods of making solar mirror films that do not include a reflective layer material across the entire weatherable layer. Some embodiments relate to a method of making a solar mirror film involving providing a weatherable layer having a first major surface and a second major surface; depositing a reflective material on the first major surface of the weatherable layer; and removing a portion of the reflective material (e.g., ultrasonically, mechanically, or thermally).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Attila Molnar, Andrew J. Henderson, Joseph H. Eaton, Ralph Gielissen, Daniel T. Chen, Mark B. O'Neill