Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Morena
Robert Michael Morena 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: 11951072Abstract: A coated glass pharmaceutical package includes a glass body having a Type 1 chemical durability according to USP 660, at least a class A2 base resistance or better according to ISO 695, and at least a type HGB2 hydrolytic resistance or better according to ISO 719, the glass body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and a wall extending therebetween. A lubricous coating having a thickness of less than or equal to 90 nm may be positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body but not on any portion of the interior surface. The portion of the coated glass package with the lubricous coating comprises a coefficient of friction that is at least 20% less than an uncoated glass package and the coefficient of friction does not increase by more than 30% after undergoing a depyrogenation cycle including exposure to a temperature of 250° C. for a time period of 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Robert Anthony Schaut, Christopher Lee Timmons, Natesan Venkataraman, Ronald Luce Verkleeren
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Patent number: 11945749Abstract: A method of making a stoichiometric monazite (LaPO4) composition or a mixture of LaPO4 and LaP3O9 composition, as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of joining or sealing materials with the compositions, as defined herein.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 11814316Abstract: According to one embodiment, a glass article may include SiO2, Al2O3, Li2O and Na2O. The glass article may have a softening point less than or equal to about 810° C. The glass article may also have a high temperature CTE less than or equal to about 27×10?6/° C. The glass article may also be ion exchangeable such that the glass has a compressive stress greater than or equal to about 600 MPa and a depth of layer greater than or equal to about 25 ?m after ion exchange in a salt bath comprising KNO3 at a temperature in a range from about 390° C. to about 450° C. for less than or equal to approximately 15 hours.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Marie Jacqueline Monique Comte, Melinda Ann Drake, Karen Leslie Geisinger, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith, Randall Eugene Youngman
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Patent number: 11780769Abstract: A method includes depositing a glass frit on sidewalls of a plurality of cavities of a shaped article formed from a glass material, a glass ceramic material, or a combination thereof. The glass frit is heated to a firing temperature above a glass transition temperature of the glass frit to sinter the glass frit into a glaze disposed on the sidewalls of the plurality of cavities.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Melinda Ann Drake, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Linda Frances Reynolds-Heffer
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Publication number: 20230278910Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
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Patent number: 11718554Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
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Publication number: 20230132277Abstract: Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaveh Adib, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, James Patrick Hamilton, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Chandan Kumar Saha, Robert Anthony Schaut, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Patent number: 11608290Abstract: Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include a glass body having a Class HGA1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to the ISO 720:1985 testing standard. The glass body may have an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface of the glass body does not comprise a boron-rich layer when the glass body is in an as-formed condition. A heat-tolerant coating may be bonded to at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may have a coefficient of friction of less than about 0.7 and is thermally stable at a temperature of at least 250° C. for 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Kaveh Adib, Dana Craig Bookbinder, Theresa Chang, Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Andrei Gennadyevich Fadeev, James Patrick Hamilton, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, John Stephen Peanasky, Chandan Kumar Saha, Robert Anthony Schaut, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Christopher Lee Timmons
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Publication number: 20230049196Abstract: Methods of producing a glass article include melting a first glass composition and feeding a second glass composition into the melter. Both glass compositions include the same combination of components but at least one component has a concentration that is different in each. At least three glass articles may be drawn from the melter, including: a first glass article formed from the first glass composition; at least one intermediate glass article composed of neither the first nor the second glass composition; and a final glass article not composed of the first glass composition. The concentration of the at least one component in the intermediate glass article may be between the concentration in the first and second glass compositions. The first glass article and final glass article may have differing values for certain properties, and the intermediate glass article may have an intermediate set of values for the same properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Indrajit Dutta, Jean-Marc Galea, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang
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Publication number: 20230045976Abstract: Methods of producing a glass article include melting a first glass composition and feeding a second glass composition into the melter. Both glass compositions include the same combination of components but at least one component has a concentration that is different in each. At least three glass articles may be drawn from the melter, including: a first glass article formed from the first glass composition; at least one intermediate glass article composed of neither the first nor the second glass composition; and a final glass article not composed of the first glass composition. The concentration of the at least one component in the intermediate glass article may be between the concentration in the first and second glass compositions. The first glass article and final glass article may have differing values for certain properties, and the intermediate glass article may have an intermediate set of values for the same properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Indrajit Dutta, Jean-Marc Galea, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang
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Patent number: 11502330Abstract: A method of forming a solid, dense, hermetic lithium-ion electrolyte membrane comprises combing an amorphous, glassy, or low melting temperature solid reactant with a refractory oxide reactant to form a mixture, casting the mixture to form a green body, and sintering the green body to form a solid membrane. The resulting electrolyte membranes can be incorporated into lithium-ion batteries.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, George Halsey Beall, Curtis Robert Fekety, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Robert Michael Morena, Zhen Song
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Patent number: 11485663Abstract: Methods of producing a glass article include melting a first glass composition and feeding a second glass composition into the melter. Both glass compositions include the same combination of components but at least one component has a concentration that is different in each. At least three glass articles may be drawn from the melter, including: a first glass article formed from the first glass composition; at least one intermediate glass article composed of neither the first nor the second glass composition; and a final glass article not composed of the first glass composition. The concentration of the at least one component in the intermediate glass article may be between the concentration in the first and second glass compositions. The first glass article and final glass article may have differing values for certain properties, and the intermediate glass article may have an intermediate set of values for the same properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Indrajit Dutta, Jean Marc Galea, Melinda Ann Hourihan, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Robert Michael Morena, Jian-Zhi Jay Zhang
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Publication number: 20220320576Abstract: Solid lithium-ion ceramic electrolyte membranes have an average thickness of less than 200 micrometers. A constituent electrolyte material has an average grain size of less than 10 micrometers. The solid lithium-ion ceramic electrolyte is free-standing. Alternatively, solid lithium-ion electrolyte membranes have a composition represented by Li1+x?yMxM?2?x?yM?y(PO4)3, where M is a 3+ ion, M? is a 4+ ion, M? is a 5+ ion, 0?x?2 and 0?y?2.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Bruce Gardiner Aitken, Michael Edward Badding, George Halsey Beall, Curtis Robert Fekety, Lanrik Wayne Kester, Robert Michael Morena, Zhen Song
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Publication number: 20220274864Abstract: A silicate glass that is tough and scratch resistant. The toughness is increased by minimizing the number of non-bridging oxygen atoms in the glass. In one embodiment, the silicate glass is an aluminoborosilicate glass in which ?15 mol %?(R2O+R?O—Al2O3—ZrO2)—B2O3?4 mol %, where R is one of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and R? is one of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 11407679Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure pertain to crystallizable glasses and glass-ceramics that exhibit a black color and are opaque. In one or more embodiments, the crystallizable glasses and glass-ceramics include a precursor glass composition that exhibits a liquidus viscosity of greater than about 20 kPa*s. The glass-ceramics exhibit less than about 20 wt % of one or more crystalline phases, which can include a plurality of crystallites in the Fe2O3—TiO2—MgO system and an area fraction of less than about 15%. Exemplary compositions used in the crystallizable glasses and glass-ceramics include, in mol %, SiO2 in the range from about 50 to about 76, Al2O3 in the range from about 4 to about 25, P2O5+B2O3 in the range from about 0 to about 14, R2O in the range from about 2 to about 20, one or more nucleating agents in the range from about 0 to about 5, and RO in the range from about 0 to about 20.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: David Eugene Baker, Matthew John Dejneka, Indrajit Dutta, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
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Publication number: 20220204384Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In embodiments, the glass composition may include 74-78 mol. % SiO2; X mol. % Al2O3, wherein X is 5-7; alkaline earth oxide comprising MgO and CaO, wherein: CaO is 0.1-1.0 mol. %; MgO is 4-7 mol. %; and a ratio (CaO (mol. %)/(CaO (mol. %)+MgO (mol. %)) is less than or equal to 0.5. The glass composition may further include Y mol. % alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises 9-13 mol. % Na2O and less than or equal to 0.4 mol. % of a fining agent. The glass composition may be free of boron and compounds of boron.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
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Patent number: 11370695Abstract: A silicate glass that is tough and scratch resistant. The toughness is increased by minimizing the number of non-bridging oxygen atoms in the glass. In one embodiment, the silicate glass is an aluminoborosilicate glass in which ?15 mol %?(R2O+R?O—Al2O3—ZrO2)—B2O3?4 mol %, where R is one of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and R? is one of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Adam James Ellison, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena
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Patent number: 11325855Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to chemically and mechanically durable glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In an embodiment the glass composition may include from about 67 mol. % to about 80 mol. % SiO2; from about 3 mol. % to about 13 mol. % alkaline earth oxide; from about 2 mol. % to about 10 mol. % Al2O3; from about 2 mol. % to about 18 mol. % alkali oxide, wherein the alkali oxide comprises non-zero amounts of Na2O; from 0 mol. % to about 4 mol. % B2O3; and from about 0.01 mol. % to about 1 mol. % of a fining agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Paul Stephen Danielson, Steven Edward DeMartino, Melinda Ann Drake, Robert Michael Morena, Santona Pal, Robert Anthony Schaut
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Publication number: 20220064052Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith
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Patent number: 11220452Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: George Halsey Beall, Matthew John Dejneka, Qiang Fu, Sinue Gomez, Robert Michael Morena, Charlene Marie Smith