Patents by Inventor Torben Fogtmann

Torben Fogtmann 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: 11787158
    Abstract: A sheet laminate for being used as a puncturable top web for a blister package, comprising: an aluminium base sheet layer; at least one tie layer comprising polyolefin; a welding layer comprising polyester or polypropylene; wherein the welding layer and the tie layer are coextrusion coated on the base sheet layer so that the at least one tie layer is disposed between the base sheet layer and the welding layer, whereby the welding layer is attached to the base sheet layer by the at least one tie layer. A blister package, wherein the sheet laminate is attached to a bottom web with product cavities. A method of manufacture of the sheet laminate and of the blister package, wherein the coextrusion coating step of the manufacture of the blister package is carried out simultaneously with extrusion lamination of a paper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Danapak Flexibles A/S
    Inventors: Torben Fogtmann, Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen
  • Publication number: 20220274392
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new laminate films whereby a contact layer is adhesive laminated to a base layer, such as a metal foil, or whereby a co-extrusion layer comprising a contact layer and at least one tie layer is adhered to a base layer, as well as uses of the laminate films to wrap APIs such as nicotine, fentanyl, lidocaine and rivastigmine, wherein the contact layer comprises COC, PA, EVOH, CBC, PVDF, COP, HDPE or EMAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Torben Fogtmann, Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen
  • Publication number: 20220258454
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminate film including a water resistant or oxygen resistant base layer, and co-extrusion layer. The co-extrusion layer may include a tie layer and a contact layer, and the contact layer may include a polymer such as cyclic olefin copolymer, a polyamide, or an ethylene vinyl alcohol. A total loading of the tie layer may be in the range of 3-9 g/m2 and wherein a loading of the contact layer is: loadingcontact=x*loadingtie, wherein loadingcontact is the loading of the contact layer, loadingtie is the total loading of the tie layer, and x is in the range of 0.8 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Peter JOHANSEN, Lars Christensen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Publication number: 20220250373
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to new laminate films whereby a contact layer is adhesive laminated to a base layer, such as a metal foil, or whereby a co-extrusion layer comprising a contact layer and at least one tie layer is adhered to a base layer, as well as uses of the laminate films to wrap APIs such as nicotine, fentanyl, lidocaine and rivastigmine, wherein the contact layer comprises COC, PA, EVOH, CBC, PVDF, COP, HDPE or EMAA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Torben Fogtmann, Pater Johansen, Lars Christensen
  • Patent number: 11376814
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer that is one or more of water resistant or oxygen resistant, coextruding a layer that may include a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer, coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer, and allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to provide the film that may include the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer, wherein the tie layer may include at least one layer; and wherein the contact layer may include a polymer having a RED value based on a Hansen's Solubility parameter (HSP) towards an aggressive chemical of greater than 0.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Danapak Flexibles A/S
    Inventors: Lars Christensen, Peter Johansen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Publication number: 20220168998
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Lars CHRISTENSEN, Peter Johansen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Patent number: 11325350
    Abstract: The present present disclosure relates to a laminate film including a water resistant or oxygen resistant base layer, and co-extrusion layer. The coextrusion layer may include a tie layer and a contact layer, and the contact layer may include a polymer such as cyclic olefin copolymer, a polyamide, or an ethylene vinyl alcohol. A total loading of the tie layer may be in the range of 3-9 g/m2 and wherein a loading of the contact layer is: loadingcontact=x*loadingtie, wherein loadingcontact is the loading of the contact layer, loadingtie is the total loading of the tie layer, and x is in the range of 0.8 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Danapak Flexibles A/S
    Inventors: Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Patent number: 11260624
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Danapak Flexibles A/S
    Inventors: Lars Christensen, Peter Johansen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Publication number: 20200269544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer that is one or more of water resistant or oxygen resistant, coextruding a layer that may include a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer, coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer, and allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to provide the film that may include the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer, wherein the tie layer may include at least one layer; and wherein the contact layer may include a polymer having a RED value based on a Hansen's Solubility parameter (HISP) towards an aggressive chemical of greater than 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Lars Christensen, Peter Johansen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Publication number: 20200269546
    Abstract: A sheet laminate for being used as a puncturable top web for a blister package, comprising: an aluminium base sheet layer; at least one tie layer comprising polyolefin; a welding layer comprising polyester or polypropylene; wherein the welding layer and the tie layer are coextrusion coated on the base sheet layer so that the at least one tie layer is disposed between the base sheet layer and the welding layer, whereby the welding layer is attached to the base sheet layer by the at least one tie layer. A blister package, wherein the sheet laminate is attached to a bottom web with product cavities. A method of manufacture of the sheet laminate and of the blister package, wherein the coextrusion coating step of the manufacture of the blister package is carried out simulataneously with extrusion lamination of a paper layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Torben Fogtmann, Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen
  • Publication number: 20200223185
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for providing a film. The method may include providing a base layer, wherein the base layer is resistant to one or more of water or oxygen; coextruding a tie layer and a contact layer to provide a coextrusion layer; coating the coextrusion layer to the base layer; allowing the coextrusion layer coated to the base layer to adhere to form the film, wherein the film comprises the tie layer and the contact layer formed as a coextrusion layer coated to the base layer; wherein the tie layer comprises one or more layers, and wherein the tie layer, or the one or more layers of the tie layer, has a loading in the range of 7 to 20 g/m2; wherein the contact layer comprises a cycloolefin copolymer (COC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Lars Christensen, Peter Johansen, Torben Fogtmann
  • Publication number: 20200079000
    Abstract: A method for making a sheet laminate for being pre-punched to a sheet lid for a container, comprising the steps of providing a base sheet layer, and coextrusion coating an additional sheet layer, which comprises a tie layer comprising polyolefin and a welding layer comprising polystyrene (PS), onto said base sheet layer, so that the tie layer is disposed between the base sheet layer and the welding layer. The additional layer is coextrusion coated onto the base sheet layer. A sheet lid with a similar structure may be manufactured by punching the sheet laminate. The sheet lid may be used to close a container to form a package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Steen Midtiby, Torben Fogtmann, Peter Johansen
  • Publication number: 20200047461
    Abstract: The present present disclosure relates to a laminate film including a water resistant or oxygen resistant base layer, and co-extrusion layer. The coextrusion layer may include a tie layer and a contact layer, and the contact layer may include a polymer such as cyclic olefin copolymer, a polyamide, or an ethylene vinyl alcohol. A total loading of the tie layer may be in the range of 3-9 g/m2 and wherein a loading of the contact layer is: loadingcontact=x*loadingtie, wherein loadingcontact is the loading of the contact layer, loadingtie is the total loading of the tie layer, and x is in the range of 0.8 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Johansen, Lars Christensen, Torben Fogtmann