Patents

US 12428566 B2: Coating providing panchromatic scattering

Granted
2025-09-30
Filed
2021-12-08 application 17545044
Type
Utility · 13 claims
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Abstract

An article includes a substrate with a surface, and a coating disposed over the surface. The coating includes a binder material and a plurality of porous polymer particles having pores with a variety of pore sizes including a first set of pores having a first average pore size d1 in the range 0.3≤d1/λ1≤0.7, wherein λ1 is a wavelength in the range of 250-400 nm, a second set of pores having a second average pore size d2 in the range 0.3≤d2/λ2≤0.7, wherein λ2 is a wavelength in the range of 400-700 nm, and a third set of pores having a third average pore size d3 in the range 0.3≤d3/λ3≤0.7, wherein λ3 is a wavelength in the range of 700-3000 nm, wherein the porous polymer particles have a shell which is impermeable to a liquid.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250930.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2,417 patentsUS company or organizationRochester, NYEASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state
EASTMAN KODAK CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally
PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Kevin D. LofftusFairport, NY15PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Mridula NairPenfield, NY81PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Cumar SreekumarPenfield, NY11PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
C09DCoating compositions, e.g. paints, varnishes or lacquers; filling pastes; chemical paint or ink removers; inks; correcting fluids; woodstains; pastes or solids for colouring or printing; use of materials thereforC09D5/30PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
D06NWall, floor, or like covering materials, e.g. linoleum, oilcloth, artificial leather, roofing felt, consisting of a fibrous web coated with a layer of macromolecular material; flexible sheet material not otherwise provided forD06N3/0059PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
D06PDyeing or printing textiles; dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any formD06P1/004PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
C08KUse of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredientsC08K7/22PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2023-04-25Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
NAIR, MRIDULA signed 2023-04-03
SREEKUMAR, CUMAR signed 2023-04-03
LOFFTUS, KEVIN D. signed 2023-04-20
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY63425/797ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2022-03-22Security interest Security interest
Security interest
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2022-03-15
EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC. signed 2022-03-15
FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2022-03-15
KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. signed 2022-03-15
KODAK AMERIACAS, LTD. signed 2022-03-15
KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. signed 2022-03-15
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS AGENT BOSTON, MA59336/405ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2021-12-08Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
LOFFTUS, KEVIN D. signed 2021-12-07EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY58331/655ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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