Patents by Inventor Richard W. Wien
Richard W. Wien 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: 7405480Abstract: A flexible electronic display device is provided comprising a substrate; an imaging layer zone; a transparent superstrate; and a thermal control layer. The device is able to resist thermal deformation caused by the heating generated by the operation of the display.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 29, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Edward P. Furlani, Richard W. Wien, Tabrez Y. Ebrahim, David L. Patton
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Patent number: 7384545Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent and/or antimicrobial agent provided in a localized area of the container formed by a two shot molding, insert molding or two shot injection stretch blow molding process, said metal ion sequestering agent provided for the removing and/or inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat, William J. Harrison
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Patent number: 7381334Abstract: A method for making a web having a metal-ion sequestering agent and treating a liquid using the web. The method of making the web includes electrostatically providing at least one metal-ion sequestering agent and/or antimicrobial agent. The web can be used to tread a liquid by placing the web into a tank and subjecting the liquid to the web.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat, Narasimharao Dontula
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Patent number: 7361275Abstract: A method and article for removing a selected metal-ion from a solution. The method included providing a container for holding a liquid, the container having an internal surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent provided on at least a portion of the internal surface for removing a designated metal-ions from the liquid; filling the container with the liquid in an open environment; closing the container with the liquid contained therein; and shipping the container for use of the liquid without any further processing of the container containing the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Richard W. Wien, David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7357863Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent and antimicrobial agent for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7357979Abstract: This invention is related to a composition of matter useful for sequestering target metal-ions from an environment, said composition comprising a polymer and derivatized nanoparticles comprising inorganic nanoparticles having an attached metal-ion sequestraint, wherein said inorganic nanoparticles have an average particle size of less than 200 nm and the derivatized nanoparticles have a stability constant greater than 1010 with iron (III).Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 15, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, David L. Patton
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Patent number: 7347946Abstract: A method for inhibiting growth of microbes in a liquid having a pH equal to or greater than about 2.5 by using a filter bed assembly or filter for filtering the liquid having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing designated metal ion from the liquid. The liquid is passed through the filter bed or filter for a sufficient time so as to substantially reduce the designated metal ion from the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat, Narasimharao Dontula
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Patent number: 7344642Abstract: A fluid filter assembly and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the filter assembly having an filter having a metal-ion sequestering agent for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 18, 2008Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7311933Abstract: A packaging material used for wrapping foodstuffs and for inhibiting the growth of micro-organisms in foodstuffs, the packaging material having a metal-ion sequestering agent capable of removing designated metals ions from the surfaces of the foodstuffs and from liquid extrudates of foodstuffs.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2004Date of Patent: December 25, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, David L. Patton, Richard W. Wien, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7309462Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7306777Abstract: This invention relates to an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial compound and a polyethylene-polyvinylalcohol copolymer. It further relates to a medium having antimicrobial properties comprising a support and a layer comprising an antimicrobial composition comprising an antimicrobial compound and a polyethylene-polyvinylalcohol copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Joseph F. Bringley, Yannick J. F. Lerat, Nancy B. Liebert, Richard W. Wien, David L. Patton
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Patent number: 7258787Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7258786Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2004Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7258804Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7258916Abstract: A fluid container and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes in liquid nutrient in a container, the container having an interior surface having a metal-ion sequestering agent for removing a designated metal ion from the liquid nutrient for inhibiting growth of microbes in the liquid nutrient.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 21, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: David L. Patton, Joseph F. Bringley, Richard W. Wien, John M. Pochan, Yannick J. F. Lerat
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Patent number: 7251126Abstract: A system for displaying images includes: (a) a base; (b) a movable, arcuate-shaped receptacle that rotates into and from the base; and (c) a display attached to the receptacle so that the display is visible when the receptacle is rotated from the base and the display is partially or entirely not visible when the receptacle is rotated into the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas M. Stephany, Richard W. Wien
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Publication number: 20040145536Abstract: A hand-held device having a window for permitting an image to be viewed, the hand-held device includes a housing: and a display having two display portions each of which display images, which display may be extracted from or retracted into the housing; wherein, when the display is retracted, one of the two displays is displayed through the window, and when the display is extracted, the two portions of the display displays either one image on the two portions or displays two individual images on the two portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2003Publication date: July 29, 2004Inventors: Thomas M. Stephany, Richard W. Wien, James G. Chase
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Patent number: 6676292Abstract: A packaging enclosure for containing an article of manufacture, the packaging enclosure includes an enclosed enclosure formed from a sheet material having an internal side forming a boundary for an internal portion of the enclosure which internal side includes a notched portion that is manually removable by an end user.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: January 13, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas M. Stephany, Daniel C. Robeson, Richard W. Wien
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Publication number: 20030215164Abstract: A packaging enclosure for containing an article of manufacture, the packaging enclosure includes an enclosed enclosure formed from a sheet material having an internal side forming a boundary for an internal portion of the enclosure which internal side includes a notched portion that is manually removable by an end user.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2002Publication date: November 20, 2003Applicant: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Thomas M. Stephany, Daniel C. Robeson, Richard W. Wien