Patents by Inventor Vance P. Mattison

Vance P. Mattison 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: 9108422
    Abstract: An apparatus useful in the assembly of printer cartridges includes a plurality of accumulator bags removeably secured to a carrier sheet. Each accumulator bag includes a first polymer film panel and a second polymer film panel welded together to form a pressurizable chamber with an aperture formed in the bag to provide access to the pressurizable chamber. An annular adhesive element is secured to each bag such that an aperture of the annular adhesive element is generally concentric with the aperture of the accumulator bag. The carrier sheet includes an upper adhesive stripe, a lower adhesive stripe, and a silicone stripe. The plurality of accumulator bags is removeably secured to the carrier sheet by adhering an upper portion of each bag to the upper adhesive stripe, adhering a lower portion of each bag to the lower adhesive stripe, and positioning the annular adhesive element in contact with the silicone stripe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: CCL Label, Inc.
    Inventors: John Walsh, Dirk Lovelace, Vance P. Mattison, Paul Janousek
  • Publication number: 20110123752
    Abstract: A sheet of printed labels where the facestock and the liner are microperforated around and through the depth of the perimeter of each of the labels provided in the sheet of printed labels. An attachment pattern or feature is provided on one or both of the facestock or shelf area to facilitate attachment of the shelf taker. Combining the microperforations along the perimeter with a connecting smooth full cut portion provides a smooth full cut for ease of removal of the label from the sheet and removal of the facestock from the liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mathew S. Mellis, Dirk Lovelace, Vance P. Mattison, John Walsh
  • Publication number: 20020185856
    Abstract: A stamp product is described which is self-adhesive and adheres to a release liner. The product is imprinted with stamp graphics and perforated about the periphery of the graphics and through the liner to define each stamp. The liner is cut opposite each stamp making each stamp accessible by tearing both liner and stamp at the perforations or by removal of the liner at each stamp and then tearing the stamp at the perforations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: Unicover Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Hanefeld, Max A. DeHerrera, James A. Helzer, Alan Green, Vance P. Mattison, Julia J. Souther
  • Patent number: 6394499
    Abstract: A stamp product is described which is self-adhesive and adheres to a release liner. The product is imprinted with stamp graphics and perforated about the periphery of the graphics and through the liner to define each stamp. The liner is cut opposite each stamp making each stamp accessible by tearing both liner and stamp at the perforations or by removal of the liner at each stamp and then tearing the stamp at the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignees: Unicover Corporation, Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Hanefeld, Max A. DeHerrera, James A. Helzer, Alan Green, Vance P. Mattison, Julia J. Souther