Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Janini

Thomas E. Janini 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).

  • Differential gloss covering and method for making same
    Publication number: 20040137205
    Abstract: The foregoing differential gloss covering comprises a backing substrate, an ink layer, and a cured top layer having a first surface portion with a first gloss and a second surface portion, made by the process comprising providing the backing substrate; depositing an ink formulation comprising a curing agent over at least a first area of a top side of the backing substrate to form said ink layer; coating the top side of the backing substrate with a radiation curable formulation to form a top curable layer; diffusing at least a portion of the curing agent into the top curable layer; curing the top curable layer to form the cured top layer and thereby forming a differential gloss covering having said first surface portion above the first area of said top of said backing substrate having the first gloss and the second surface portion having the second gloss that is different from said first gloss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Congoleum Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. MacQueen, Thomas E. Janini, Anthony A. Parker
  • Method for making differential gloss coverings
    Patent number: 6759096
    Abstract: The foregoing differential gloss covering comprises a backing substrate, an ink layer, and a cured top layer having a first surface portion with a first gloss and a second surface portion, made by the process comprising providing the backing substrate; depositing an ink formulation comprising a curing agent over at least a first area of a top side of the backing substrate to form said ink layer; coating the top side of the backing substrate with a radiation curable formulation to form a top curable layer; diffusing at least a portion of the curing agent into the top curable layer; curing the top curable layer to form the cured top layer and thereby forming a differential gloss covering having said first surface portion above the first area of said top of said backing substrate having the first gloss and the second surface portion having the second gloss that is different from said first gloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Congoleum Corporation
    Inventors: Richard C. MacQueen, Thomas E. Janini, Anthony A. Parker
  • Surface treated embossing catalyst and the use thereof
    Patent number: 6746625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new class of blowing inhibitors and a method for discovering such inhibitors with determinable inhibition activities. The new class of blowing inhibitors are organo-silanes that may be directly adsorbed onto active catalytic sites of blowing catalysts and that can inhibit the thermo-catalytic efficiency of such catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Congoleum Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony A. Parker, Thomas E. Janini, Peter Rohrbacher
  • Surface treated embossing catalyst and the use thereof
    Publication number: 20030216247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new class of blowing inhibitors and a method for discovering such inhibitors with determinable inhibition activities. The new class of blowing inhibitors are organo-silanes that may be directly adsorbed onto active catalytic sites of blowing catalysts and that can inhibit the thermo-catalytic efficiency of such catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony A. Parker, Thomas E. Janini, Peter Rohrbacher
  • Differential gloss covering and method for making same
    Publication number: 20030129369
    Abstract: The foregoing differential gloss covering comprises a backing substrate, an ink layer, and a cured top layer having a first surface portion with a first gloss and a second surface portion, made by the process comprising providing the backing substrate; depositing an ink formulation comprising a curing agent over at least a first area of a top side of the backing substrate to form said ink layer; coating the top side of the backing substrate with a radiation curable formulation to form a top curable layer; diffusing at least a portion of the curing agent into the top curable layer; curing the top curable layer to form the cured top layer and thereby forming a differential gloss covering having said first surface portion above the first area of said top of said backing substrate having the first gloss and the second surface portion having the second gloss that is different from said first gloss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Richard C. MacQueen, Thomas E. Janini, Anthony A. Parker