Patents by Inventor Thomas Mammen
Thomas Mammen 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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Publication number: 20230037894Abstract: A system and method for upgrading an executable chatbot is disclosed. The system may include a processor including a fallout utterance analyzer, a response identifier, a deviation identifier, a flow generator and enhancer. The fallout utterance analyzer may receive chats logs comprising a plurality of utterances and corresponding bot responses. The fallout utterance analyzer may classify the plurality of utterances into multiple buckets pertaining to at least one of an out-of-scope intent, a newly identified intent, and a new variation of an existing intent. The response identifier may generate auto-generated responses corresponding to new intents for upgrading the executable chatbot. The deviation identifier may overlay corresponding intent in the chat logs with the prestored flow dialog network to designate an extent of deviation with respect to flow prediction performance by the executable chatbot.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: ACCENTURE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LIMITEDInventors: Rinki ARYA, Tanuj Chawla, Shruti Chhabra, Sonam Gupta, Kiran Cskumar, Krishna Kummamuru, Vinay Narayana, Thomas Mammen Tharakan, Anurag Tripathi
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Publication number: 20180137787Abstract: A label sheet assembly and method is disclosed for improving the process of feeding label sheets through a printer. The label sheet assembly may include a facestock layer and a liner sheet. The facestock layer may include an adhesive layer along at least a portion of a first side and include a label surface along at least a portion of the second side opposite the adhesive layer. The liner sheet layer may include at least one surface feature provided along a back side of the liner sheet. In another embodiment, the facestock layer may include at least one surface feature provided along the front of the facestock layer. The surface features may create a zone of increased friction or increase tactile sensitivity along the various surfaces of the label sheet assembly to improve printer processing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: Martin Utz, Alan Jameson, Eric Cushing, Le-Hoa Hong, Sriram Venkatasanthanam, Adam Bratter, Heba Armand, Ana Trinh, Thomas Mammen, Martin Bögl
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Publication number: 20170004742Abstract: A label sheet including a facestock, and a liner releasably coupled to the facestock. The facestock includes a label and the liner includes a weakened separation line. The weakened separation line at least partially underlies the label. Also, the weakened separation line includes an apex.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Le-Hoa Hong, Martin Utz, Gerardo Veyna, Gildardo Ramirez, Thomas Mammen
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Patent number: 9443448Abstract: A label sheet including a facestock, and a liner releasably coupled to the facestock. The facestock includes a label and the liner includes a weakened separation line. The weakened separation line at least partially underlies the label. Also, the weakened separation line includes an apex.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.Inventors: Le-Hoa Hong, Martin Utz, Gerardo Veyna, Gildardo Ramirez, Thomas Mammen
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Patent number: 9189978Abstract: The present invention relates to self-adhesive labels, label sheet assemblies, and related methods. The label sheet assembly includes a release liner assembly having a detachable portion, and a label releasably coupled to the release liner assembly and overlying the detachable portion. Weakened separation lines, a U-shaped cut, and a transverse cut define the detachable portion. The detachable portion is configured to remain coupled to the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a first direction, and the detachable portion is configured to remain part of the release liner assembly and separate from the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.Inventors: Anahit Tataryan, Joshua David Petrie, Jay Kiyoshi Sato, Thomas Mammen
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Publication number: 20140242319Abstract: The present invention relates to self-adhesive labels, label sheet assemblies, and related methods. The label sheet assembly includes a release liner assembly having a detachable portion, and a label releasably coupled to the release liner assembly and overlying the detachable portion. Weakened separation lines, a U-shaped cut, and a transverse cut define the detachable portion. The detachable portion is configured to remain coupled to the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a first direction, and the detachable portion is configured to remain part of the release liner assembly and separate from the label as the label is peeled from the release liner assembly in a second direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATIONInventors: Anahit Tataryan, Joshua David Petrie, Jay Kiyoshi Sato, Thomas Mammen
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Publication number: 20120225246Abstract: The present invention includes a print-receptive medium including a print-receptive surface. The print-receptive surface having a plurality of peaks and a plurality of valleys. The print-receptive surface also has a primary profile that includes a mean surface. Each of the plurality of peaks has a height measured from the mean surface, and each of the valleys has a depth measured from the mean surface. The plurality of peaks has a mean peak height, Ppm, and the plurality of valleys has a mean valley depth, Pvm. The primary profile of the print-receptive surface has a value of Ppm-Pvm greater than about 0.23 micron.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2011Publication date: September 6, 2012Inventors: Haochuan Wang, Thomas Mammen, Arthur G. Castillo, Frank Yen-Jer Shih, Anahit Tataryan
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Publication number: 20100129583Abstract: A label sheet including a facestock, and a liner releasably coupled to the facestock. The facestock includes a label and the liner includes a weakened separation line. The weakened separation line at least partially underlies the label. Also, the weakened separation line includes an apex.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2009Publication date: May 27, 2010Inventors: Le-Hoa Hong, Martin Utz, Gerardo Veyna, Gildardo Ramirez, Thomas Mammen
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Publication number: 20090295142Abstract: A label that includes an adhesive and is configured to be applied to an item, and related method. The adhesive is characterized as having a permanence that starts to develop upon contact of the label with the item and builds over time so eventually the label is permanently coupled to the item. The item can be damaged as a result of the label being removed from the item after the label is permanently coupled to the item. If the label is applied to the item in a first position, then the adhesive is configured to allow a removal of the label from the item without damaging the items and a reapplication of the label to the item in a second position within a limited period of time.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Alan William Maule, Thomas Mammen, Michelle Ann Canellopoulos, Uyen Vu Phuong Tran, Galen Chia Lin Wong, Gregory Allen Bodager, Kenneth John Wolfe, James Probst Akeley
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Patent number: 7084191Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ink composition resistant to solvent evaporation which may be employed for use in retractable permanent marker pens. Generally, the ink composition of the present invention comprises n-propanol, a pyrrolidone, a tryglyceride, a terpene phenolic resin, and at least one colorant to yield a detectable color when the ink composition is applied to a writable substrate. Additionally, the ink composition may further comprise at least one of polyether modified dimethylpolysiloxane copolymer and silicone glycol surfactant. Optionally, the ink composition may further comprise water.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Thomas Mammen, Robert Valadez
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Patent number: 6946023Abstract: In general, a smear-resistant ink composition according to the present invention comprises: (1) water; (2) at least one glycol selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and propylene glycol; (3) a pyrrolidone selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone and 3-pyrrolidone; and (4) at least one colorant that produces a detectable fluorescent color when the ink composition is applied to paper. Preferably, the pyrrolidone is 2-pyrrolidone. In one preferred embodiment, the at least one glycol comprises diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. In another preferred embodiment, the at least one glycol comprises diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol. The composition can comprise other ingredients, such as a basic color stabilizer, a resin, a resin modifier that is a carbonate salt, a biocide, and a nonionic surfactant. The colorants can be formulated to produce a pink, yellow, blue, green, purple, or orange color; other colors are possible.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Thomas Mammen, Robert Valadez
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Publication number: 20040122129Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ink composition resistant to solvent evaporation which may be employed for use in retractable permanent marker pens. Generally, the ink composition of the present invention comprises n-propanol, a pyrrolidone, a tryglyceride, a terpene phenolic resin, and at least one colorant to yield a detectable color when the ink composition is applied to a writable substrate. Additionally, the ink composition may further comprise at least one of polyether modified dimethylpolysiloxane copolymer and silicone glycol surfactant. Optionally, the ink composition may further comprise water.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2002Publication date: June 24, 2004Inventors: Thomas Mammen, Robert Valadez
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Publication number: 20030226474Abstract: In general, a smear-resistant ink composition according to the present invention comprises: (1) water; (2) at least one glycol selected from the group consisting of diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, glycerol, and propylene glycol; (3) a pyrrolidone selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone and 3-pyrrolidone; and (4) at least one colorant that produces a detectable fluorescent color when the ink composition is applied to paper. Preferably, the pyrrolidone is 2-pyrrolidone. In one preferred embodiment, the at least one glycol comprises diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. In another preferred embodiment, the at least one glycol comprises diethylene glycol, ethylene glycol, and propylene glycol. The composition can comprise other ingredients, such as a basic color stabilizer, a resin, a resin modifier that is a carbonate salt, a biocide, and a nonionic surfactant. The colorants can be formulated to produce a pink, yellow, blue, green, purple, or orange color; other colors are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2002Publication date: December 11, 2003Applicant: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Thomas Mammen, Robert Valadez
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Patent number: 6506445Abstract: A versatile method for the manufacturing of image transfer sheets which provide users with cold transferring images without using supplemental heat in the course of image transfer to a wide variety of substrates includes printing an image with water-based ink onto an image transfer sheet that has a coating of water-accepting adhesive. A method of manufacturing image transfer sheets includes first applying a water impermeable layer onto a flexible substrate. A layer of water-activatable adhesive is applied upon the water impermeable layer. The adhesive is then dried in a dryer with dehumidified air. A water permeable detack layer is then applied upon the layer of adhesive. In a particular embodiment, the sheet further includes a water-accepting image holding layer in between the water-accepting adhesive layer and the water impermeable layer. The image holding layer becomes water-resisting when heated to within a range of activation temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2001Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Shiaonung Su, Thomas Mammen, Frederick Miekka, Andre Saint, Brett Ulrich, Omar Attia
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Publication number: 20020029843Abstract: A versatile method of cold transferring images without using supplemental heat in the course of image transfer to a wide variety of substrates includes printing an image with water-based ink onto an image transfer sheet that has a coating of water-accepting adhesive. The sheet is then applied to the substrate to transfer only the portions of the adhesive that bear the image onto the substrate, with the remainder of the adhesive remaining attached to the sheet. A method of manufacturing image transfer sheets includes first applying a water impermeable layer onto a flexible substrate. A layer of water-activatable adhesive is applied upon the water impermeable layer. The adhesive is then dried in a dryer with dehumidified air. A water permeable detack layer is then applied upon the layer of adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2001Publication date: March 14, 2002Inventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Shiaonung Su, Thomas Mammen, Frederick Miekka, Andre Saint, Brett Ulrich, Omar Attia
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Patent number: 6277229Abstract: A versatile method of cold transferring images without using supplemental heat in the course of image transfer to a wide variety of substrates includes printing an image with water-based ink onto an image transfer sheet that has a coating of water-accepting adhesive. The sheet is then applied to the substrate to transfer only the portions of the adhesive that bear the image onto the substrate, with the remainder of the adhesive remaining attached to the sheet. A method of manufacturing image transfer sheets includes first applying a water impermeable layer onto a flexible substrate. A layer of water-activatable adhesive is applied upon the water impermeable layer. The adhesive is then dried in a dryer with dehumidified air. A water permeable detack layer is then applied upon the layer of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1998Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Shiaonung Su, Thomas Mammen, Frederick Miekka, Andre Saint, Brett Ulrich, Omar Attia
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Patent number: 5662976Abstract: An assembly for creating laminated cards for printing by a laser printer has a backing sheet. The backing sheet has a first side with a release coating, and a second side with a printable surface. The assembly also has a card which has been cut from the backing sheet. A lamination sheet adhesively adheres to the first side of the backing sheet and to the cut card. A lamination strip which has been cut from the lamination sheet has a first portion which adheres to and covers one surface of the card. The lamination strip also has an integral second portion which adheres to the backing sheet adjacent to the cut card. The lamination strip maintains the cut card in the same position relative to the backing sheet that the card had prior to being cut. The assembly has a substantially constant thickness and substantially flat upper and lower surfaces so that the assembly can pass through a complex paper path without jamming. A method for creating laminated cards from such an assembly has several steps.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 1994Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Thomas Mammen, David Robertson, Andre M. Saint
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Patent number: 5275868Abstract: There is provided a label stock laminate which is adapted for passage through office copiers and desk top printers which comprises a laminate of 50 lbs. laminated to a layer of a hot pressure sensitive adhesive resistant to edge ooze, which is in turn laminated to a scored 30 to 35 supercalendared paper release liner, in which the scores require a force normal thereto of between 1 and 3 kilograms to achieve breakage at the score. It is also disclosed a method for manufacture of the improved label stock laminate.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Thomas Mammen
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Patent number: 5262216Abstract: A pressure sensitive label assembly includes labels mounted on a backing sheet with the labels having a pressure sensitive adhesive which includes between 45 wt. and 85 wt. % of a copolymer of propylene or ethylene with an aliphatic hydrocarbon having an open chain configuration with between 5 and 7, preferably 6, carbon atoms. The copolymer is preferably amorphous propylene-hexene. The pressure sensitive adhesive also includes liquid and solid tackifiers, and may include U.V. stabilizing and anti-oxidant material.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 1992Date of Patent: November 16, 1993Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Ghanshyam H. Popat, Thomas Mammen
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Patent number: D657869Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Inventor: Thomas Mammen