Patents by Inventor Tom V. Faris

Tom V. Faris 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).

  • Anti-reflective coating
    Patent number: 7794831
    Abstract: An anti-reflection coating comprising a first polymeric layer having a refractive index between about 1.64 and about 1.85 is disposed on a substrate. A second polymeric layer is also provided having a refractive index between about 1.29 and about 1.55, and overlies the first polymeric layer. An inorganic metal oxide layer 30 also overlies the first polymeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Vampire Optical Coating, Inc.
    Inventor: Tom V. Faris
  • High heat distortion temperature methacrylate polymer blends
    Patent number: 6653405
    Abstract: An acrylate ester polymer composition having the desirable optical properties of poly(meth)acrylates and an enhanced Tg comprises a blend of a conventional PMMA polymer or copolymer with a high Tg acrylate ester polymer prepared by pyrolyzing a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and t-butyl methacrylate. The blend exhibits a single Tg, intermediate between the Tg of the conventional PMMA polymer and that of the pyrolyzed methyl methacrylate/t-butyl methacrylate copolymer. The blend can be formed into products that have good clarity, low haze and low color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Plaskolite, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom V. Faris, Greg T. Gordon, David T. Chan
  • High heat distortion temperature methacrylate polymer blends
    Publication number: 20030004271
    Abstract: An acrylate ester polymer composition having the desirable optical properties of poly(meth)acrylates and an enhanced Tg comprises a blend of a conventional PMMA polymer or copolymer with a high Tg acrylate ester polymer prepared by pyrolyzing a copolymer of methyl methacrylate and t-butyl methacrylate. The blend exhibits a single Tg, intermediate between the Tg of the conventional PMMA polymer and that of the pyrolyzed methyl methacrylate/t-butyl methacrylate copolymer. The blend can be formed into products that have good clarity, low haze and low color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Tom V. Faris, Greg T. Gordon, David T. Chan
  • Polysiloxane abrasion and static resistant coating
    Patent number: 6099971
    Abstract: A curable coating composition for preparing an anti-static coating contains from about 50% by weight to about 90% by weight of a dispersion of colloidal silica and a curable methylsilsesquioxane in a lower (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkanol, and from about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight of an aminofunctional silane component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Plaskolite, Inc.
    Inventors: Tom V. Faris, Steven C. Akey, David T. Chan
  • Acrylate polymer abrasion and static resistant coating
    Patent number: 6004484
    Abstract: A curable coating composition for preparing an anti-static coating contains at least one addition polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a perfluoro ionic surfactant, and a polyethoxy or fluorinated polyethoxy auxiliary compound. The perfluoro ionic surfactant and the polyethoxy or fluorinated polyethoxy auxiliary compound are present in the composition in amounts effective to impart static-dissipative properties to polymerized coatings prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Plaskolite Inc.
    Inventors: Tom V. Faris, Steven C. Akey, David T. Chan