Patents by Inventor Ryan Dirkx

Ryan Dirkx 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).

  • High optical purity copolymer film
    Patent number: 7811659
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high optical purity toughened copolymer film or coating. The copolymer is a graft or block copolymer, preferably acrylic, preferably produced by a controlled radical polymerization having an extremely low degree of particulate contamination and excellent optical properties. The film or coating is preferably formed by solvent-casting on a temporary substrate or solvent-coating on a permanent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Brian Edgecombe, Florence Mehlmann, Ryan Dirkx, Manuel Garcia
  • High optical purity copolymer film
    Publication number: 20070178325
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high optical purity toughened copolymer film or coating. The copolymer is a graft or block copolymer, preferably acrylic, preferably produced by a controlled radical polymerization having an extremely low degree of particulate contamination and excellent optical properties. The film or coating is preferably formed by solvent-casting on a temporary substrate or solvent-coating on a permanent substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Inventors: Brian Edgecombe, Florence Mehlmann, Ryan Dirkx, Manuel Garcia
  • Electrochromic element, materials for use in such element, processes for making such element and such materials and use of such element in an electrochromic glass device
    Patent number: 5276547
    Abstract: An electrochromic element useful in an electrochromic glass or mirror device and a process for making such element. The element is a five-layered structure including an electrolyte ion conducting layer interposed between first and second inorganic electrochromic layers which are interposed between a pair of conductive electrodes. The first and second inorganic electrochromic layers are different and are capable of exhibiting color-forming properties complementary to one another upon the incorporation of an alkali metal or Ag ion, a mixture of alkali metal or Ag ions or a mixture of alkali metal or Ag and hydrogen ions. The electrolyte ion conducting layer may be a copolymer of ethylene oxide, butylene oxide or methyl glycidyl ether, and optionally a small amount of allyl glycidyl ether, along with an ionizable salt, or may be a polyurethane gel formed by reacting the copolymer with triisocyanate, along with an ionizable salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignees: Elf Atochem North America, Inc., Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine
    Inventors: Jean P. Couput, Guy Campet, Jean M. Chabagno, Daniel Muller, Maurice Bourrel, Ryan Dirkx, Didier Ferry, Regine Garie, Claude Delmas
  • Method of pretreatment for the high-deposition-rate production of fluorine-doped tin-oxide coatings having reduced bulk resistivities and emissivities
    Patent number: 5102691
    Abstract: A method for producing coatings on a heated substrate, preferably glass, comprises pretreating the substrate with a gaseous composition of water, air and a fluorine compound, and thereafter depositing a fluorine-doped tin-oxide coating on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Atochem North America, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Russo, Ryan Dirkx, Jerome L. Buchanan