Patents by Inventor Ville Nurminen

Ville Nurminen 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).

  • Expandable polymeric beads and their production
    Publication number: 20140205644
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antimicrobial expandable polystyrene (EPS) beads, comprising as main antimicrobial agent metal ions selected from silver and copper and combinations thereof, which antimicrobial agent(s) may be either mixed into the polymer matrix or coated onto the beads. The invention also concerns a method for producing the coated form of these antimicrobial beads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: StyroChem Finland Oy
    Inventors: Jyri Nieminen, Ville Nurminen, Markus Mäki
  • Heat and oil resistant thermoplastic elastomer
    Publication number: 20040176548
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer. It is produced by impregnating a heat resistant polycondenzation copolymer containing soft segments with acrylate monomers and radical initiators and polymerizing the monomers inside the pellets. By incorporating a cross-linked polyacrylate phase into a block-elastomer based on an engineering polymer, such as polyester, polyamide or polyurethane, softer compounds having excellent heat and oil resistance are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Tomi Heiskanen, Christer Bergstrom, Johanna Lampinen, Ville Nurminen