Patents by Inventor Susan L. Smith
Susan L. Smith 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: 12065375Abstract: This disclosure describes substrate(s) having a three-dimensional (3D) feature formed thereon and methods of forming the features. One method involves applying a first layer of UV-curable material on a surface of the glass container around a circumference of the container and curing the first layer of UV-curable material to produce a first cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a first 3D feature. The method further comprises applying a second layer of UV-curable material on the surface of the glass container, spaced apart from the first 3D feature, around the circumference of the container, and curing the second layer of UV-curable material to produce a second cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a second 3D feature. The portion of the glass container between the first and second 3D features has a circumference less than that of the first or second 3D features.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Cedric Charretton, Olivier Dangmann, Eva Mifsud, Susan L. Smith, Ludovic Valette
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Publication number: 20230174417Abstract: This disclosure describes substrate(s) having a three-dimensional (3D) feature formed thereon and methods of forming the features. One method involves applying a first layer of UV-curable material on a surface of the glass container around a circumference of the container and curing the first layer of UV-curable material to produce a first cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a first 3D feature. The method further comprises applying a second layer of UV-curable material on the surface of the glass container, spaced apart from the first 3D feature, around the circumference of the container, and curing the second layer of UV-curable material to produce a second cured material layer that forms at least a portion of a second 3D feature. The portion of the glass container between the first and second 3D features has a circumference less than that of the first or second 3D features.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2023Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Cedric Charretton, Olivier Dangmann, Eva Mifsud, Susan L. Smith, Ludovic Valette
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Patent number: 11577991Abstract: This disclosure describes substrate(s) formed with a three-dimensional (3D) feature thereon, and method(s) of printing the same. One method includes identifying a plurality of locations on a substrate surface where the three-dimensional feature will be formed, determining a height value of the three-dimensional feature at each location, assigning a grayscale value to each location based on the height value, and applying ink to the substrate surface at each location according to the assigned grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Cedric Charretton, Olivier Dangmann, Eva Mifsud, Susan L. Smith, Ludovic Valette
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Publication number: 20220306512Abstract: A cooling panel for a melter is disclosed that includes first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the first and second outer walls. The first and second outer walls and the plurality of side walls define an interior space. Each of the first and second outer walls, moreover, has a plurality of openings. The cooling panel further includes a plurality of baffles disposed in the interior space. The baffles include a plurality of projections. The respective openings of the outer walls and projections of the baffles fit together and are connected from outside of the cooling panel so that the outer walls and the baffles are fixed together, and the side walls are fixed to the outer walls so that the cooling panel is fluid-tight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Shane T. Rashley, Robert Kuhlman, David Soley, Jian Jiao, Walter Anderson, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20220306511Abstract: A cooling panel for a melter includes first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the first and second outer walls. The first and second outer walls and the plurality of side walls define an interior space. The cooling panel also includes a plurality of baffles disposed in the interior space. The baffles divide the interior space into a plurality of rows, wherein the rows have widths W, and further have first and second longitudinal surfaces and an open transverse surface. The open transverse surfaces of the baffles are spaced away from adjacent side walls by a distance D that is 70% to 80% of the widths W of the rows.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Shane T. Rashley, Robert Kuhlman, David Soley, Jian Jiao, Walter Anderson, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 11390551Abstract: A cooling panel for a melter and method for fabricating the cooling panel are disclosed. In particular, the cooling panel can include first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the outer walls that define an interior space. A plurality of baffles is disposed in the interior space, where projections in the baffles fit into respective openings in the outer walls and can be connected from outside the cooling panel. The cooling panel can be formed by way of welding and/or additive manufacturing, as discussed herein.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Shane T. Rashley, Robert Kuhlman, David Soley, Jian Jiao, Walter Anderson, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 11091304Abstract: A package that includes a container and a container closure having a vacuum-indicating pull tab. The container includes a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, a mouth, and a sealing surface. The container closure includes a seal membrane sealingly and removably coupled to the container sealing surface to seal the container, and a pull tab configured to extend from the seal membrane. Manipulation of the pull tab provides an indication of the presence or absence of a vacuum in the package.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Brian J Chisholm, Susan L Smith
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Publication number: 20210094863Abstract: A cooling panel for a melter and method for fabricating the cooling panel are disclosed. In particular, the cooling panel can include first and second outer walls and a plurality of side walls coupled to the outer walls that define an interior space. A plurality of baffles is disposed in the interior space, where projections in the baffles fit into respective openings in the outer walls and can be connected from outside the cooling panel. The cooling panel can be formed by way of welding and/or additive manufacturing, as discussed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Shane T. Rashley, Robert Kuhlman, David Soley, Jian Jiao, Walter Anderson, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20200346971Abstract: This disclosure describes substrate(s) formed with a three-dimensional (3D) feature thereon, and method(s) of printing the same. One method includes identifying a plurality of locations on a substrate surface where the three-dimensional feature will be formed, determining a height value of the three-dimensional feature at each location, assigning a grayscale value to each location based on the height value, and applying ink to the substrate surface at each location according to the assigned grayscale value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Cedric Charretton, Olivier Dangmann, Eva Mifsud, Susan L. Smith, Ludovic Valette
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Patent number: 10752538Abstract: This disclosure describes substrate(s) formed with a three-dimensional (3D) feature thereon, and method(s) of printing the same. One method includes identifying a plurality of locations on a substrate surface where the three-dimensional feature will be formed, determining a height value of the three-dimensional feature at each location, assigning a grayscale value to each location based on the height value, and applying ink to the substrate surface at each location according to the assigned grayscale value.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Cedric Charretton, Olivier Dangmann, Eva Misfud, Susan L. Smith, Ludovic Valette
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Patent number: 10351301Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop. The container may include a wall and the medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20190202612Abstract: A package that includes a container and a container closure having a vacuum-indicating pull tab. The container includes a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, a mouth, and a sealing surface. The container closure includes a seal membrane sealingly and removably coupled to the container sealing surface to seal the container, and a pull tab configured to extend from the seal membrane. Manipulation of the pull tab provides an indication of the presence or absence of a vacuum in the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Brian J. Chisholm, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20180162596Abstract: A package includes a container, a closure coupled to the container, a flaccid loop, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 9919840Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 9637271Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Publication number: 20160311576Abstract: A container may include a wall and a medal retained to the wall by container material of integral one-piece construction with the wall and extending over at least a portion of the medal. The medal and one or more portions of the container adjacent the medal have a shared unique appearance. A package may include a flaccid loop coupled between a closure and a container to which the closure is coupled, and a medal coupled to the flaccid loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Roger P. Smith, Jessica R. Bryant, Douglas Laib, Susan L. Smith
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Patent number: 9193508Abstract: A product includes a closure having a radially inner portion, and being removably securable to a container, and a pendant releasably coupled to the radially inner portion of the closure, and being releasable from the closure into the container upon removal of the closure from the container. A package may include the product and a container, wherein the closure is removably secured to a neck of the container to removably close the container, and the pendant is suspended from the closure in an interior of the container neck, such that when the closure is removed from the container, the pendant releases from the closure and drops into the container and is non-removably carried therein to provide an indication that the package has been opened from its original factory sealed condition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.Inventors: Jessica R. Bryant, Susan L. Smith, Mark Bakhrakh, Igor Kachko, Vladimir Vasilyev
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Patent number: 6344502Abstract: A non-aqueous dispersion of a polymer in a non-polar hydrocarbon. The polymer is produced by a free-radical addition polymerization reaction of a group of monomers including at least one polar monomer and at least one amine-functional monomer which takes place in the presence of an alkyd resin.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1999Date of Patent: February 5, 2002Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams CompanyInventors: John R. Babjak, Liza A. Capino, John D. Kraan, Mohamad D. Shalati, Susan L. Smith, Demetri L. Vallion, Richard S. Valpey, III, Thomas W. Yokoyama
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Patent number: 5516820Abstract: Novel, non-aqueous dispersions and coatings made therefrom particularly suited for use as automotive primers, sealers, topcoats and as industrial coatings.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: May 14, 1996Inventors: John R. Babjak, Liza A. Capino, John D. Kraan, Mohamad D. Shalati, Susan L. Smith, Demetri L. Vallion, Richard S. Valpey, Thomas W. Yokoyama
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Patent number: D356741Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1993Date of Patent: March 28, 1995Inventor: Susan L. Smith