Patents by Inventor Vincent COURTET

Vincent COURTET 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: 11981155
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather including the steps of: jetting a decorative image with one or more radiation curable inkjet inks on a leather surface; and curing the radiation curable inkjet inks jetted on the leather surface; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include a colorant and a polymerizable composition containing 0 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds with the weight percentages based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include 0 to 35.0 wt % of organic solvent; and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the glass transition temperature of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks (I) is less than 25° C.; and wherein one of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks includes a white pigment in an amount of at least 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li
  • Publication number: 20240109358
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing decorated natural leather including the steps of: a) providing a jig layer (11) with a hole (12) corresponding to the external contour of a leather piece (14); b) attaching an adhesive back layer (13) to the jig layer (11) having the hole (12); c) positioning a leather piece (14) in the hole (12) wherein the corium side is attached to the adhesive back layer; and d) inkjet printing a decorative image on the leather piece (14) to deliver a decorated leather piece (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Agfa NV
    Inventors: Mark Donders, Angela Maliali, Vincent Courtet, Dieter Jancart
  • Patent number: 11466168
    Abstract: A free radical UV curable inkjet ink set includes a free radical UV curable primer containing: one or more photoinitiators; a mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I): wherein n represents an integer 0 or 1, k represents an integer selected from the range of 0 to 3, and R represents hydrogen or phenyl; 0.0 to 4.0 wt % of a polyfunctional monomer; 0.0 to 2.0 wt % of an organosilane coupling agent; and 0.0 to 10.0 wt % of a N-vinyllactam monomer; and one or more free radical UV curable inkjet inks containing: a colour pigment; one or more photoinitiators; and at least 50.0 wt % of one or more monoacrylate monomers; wherein the mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I) includes 3.0 to 50.0 wt % of a first monomer having n=1 and R representing phenyl and 35.0 to 90.0 wt % of a second monomer having n=0 and R representing phenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: AGFA NV
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Matthieu Retailleau
  • Patent number: 11236249
    Abstract: A method of preparing a conductive pattern on a substrate includes the steps of applying a receiving layer on a substrate, applying a metallic nanoparticle dispersion on the white receiving layer thereby forming a metallic pattern, and sintering the metallic pattern, characterized in that the receiving layer has a roughness Rz between 1 and 75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: AGFA-GEVAERT NV
    Inventors: Fernando Cortes Salazar, Koen Steert, Vincent Courtet, Karl Van Den Bossche, Willem Gilbert, Gert Daelemans, Peter Willaert
  • Publication number: 20210332255
    Abstract: A radiation curable white inkjet ink including at least 18.5 wt % of white pigment and 0 to 35 wt % of organic solvent, both weight percentages based on the total weight of the radiation curable white inkjet ink and a polymerizable composition containing 0 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds, and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and a specific polymerizable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li, Matthieu Retailleau
  • Publication number: 20210292859
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather employing a radiation curable white inkjet ink including more than 16 wt % of white pigment and 0 to 35 wt % of organic solvent, both weight percentages based on the total weight of the radiation curable white inkjet ink and a polymerizable composition containing 0 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds, and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and a specific polymerizable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Matthieu Retailleau, Yiru Li
  • Publication number: 20210260905
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather including the steps of: jetting a decorative image with one or more radiation curable inkjet inks on a leather surface; and curing the radiation curable inkjet inks jetted on the leather surface; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include a colorant and a polymerizable composition containing 0 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds with the weight percentages based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include 0 to 35.0 wt % of organic solvent; and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the glass transition temperature of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks (I) is less than 25° C.; and wherein one of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks includes a white pigment in an amount of at least 17.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li
  • Publication number: 20210221156
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for decorating natural leather including the steps of: jetting a decorative image with one or more radiation curable inkjet inks on a leather surface; and curing the radiation curable inkjet inks jetted on the leather surface; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include a colorant and a polymerizable composition containing 0 5 to 15.0 wt % of one or more polyfunctional polymerizable compounds and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds with the weight percentages based on the total weight of the polymerizable composition; wherein the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks include 0 to 35.0 wt % of organic solvent; and at least 85.0 wt % of one or more monofunctional polymerizable compounds; and wherein the glass transition temperature of the one or more radiation curable inkjet inks (I) is less than 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Vincent Courtet, Jens Lenaerts, Yiru Li
  • Publication number: 20200392358
    Abstract: A free radical UV curable inkjet ink set includes a free radical UV curable primer containing: one or more photoinitiators; a mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I): wherein n represents an integer 0 or 1, k represents an integer selected from the range of 0 to 3, and R represents hydrogen or phenyl; 0.0 to 4.0 wt % of a polyfunctional monomer; 0.0 to 2.0 wt % of an organosilane coupling agent; and 0.0 to 10.0 wt % of a N-vinyllactam monomer; and one or more free radical UV curable inkjet inks containing: a colour pigment; one or more photoinitiators; and at least 50.0 wt % of one or more monoacrylate monomers; wherein the mixture of at least two monomers according to Formula (I) includes 3.0 to 50.0 wt % of a first monomer having n=1 and R representing phenyl and 35.0 to 90.0 wt % of a second monomer having n=0 and R representing phenyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Vincent COURTET, Matthieu RETAILLEAU
  • Publication number: 20200362186
    Abstract: A method of preparing a conductive pattern on a substrate includes the steps of applying a receiving layer on a substrate, applying a metallic nanoparticle dispersion on the white receiving layer thereby forming a metallic pattern, and sintering the metallic pattern, characterized in that the receiving layer has a roughness Rz between 1 and 75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Fernando CORTES SALAZAR, Koen STEERT, Vincent COURTET, Karl VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Willem GILBERT, Gert DAELEMANS, Peter WILLAERT