Patents by Inventor Serge Goepfert

Serge Goepfert 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: 4454170
    Abstract: A method of tinting a sheet of transparent polyurethane comprising a coloring operation followed by a fixation operation.The aforesaid coloring operation is carried out through immersion of the polyurethane into a bath maintained under continuous agitation and formed of a dispersion of one or several colorants in an aqueous solution containing a surfactant or wetting agent, while the aforesaid fixation operation is carried out through rinsing in a boiling aqueous solution of sodium alkyl sulfonate of the type known under the mark "Teepol".The application to a double or composite sheet preformed to a thin laminate, that is to say, one layer of a thermoplastic polyurethane and one other layer of a thermosetting polyurethane.In a particularly useful embodiment of the invention the tinted polyurethane serves as a selective filter having almost zero transmission in the so-called cutoff range of wavelengths lying between about 350-560 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1984
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Serge Goepfert, Serge G. Marsaud, Serge A. M. Renault, Francoise M. M. Roger