Patents
US 12454622 B2: Coating providing controlled absorption and scattering
- Granted
- 2025-10-28
- Filed
- 2021-12-08 application 17545058
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An article includes a substrate with a surface, a coating disposed over the surface, and a subtractive colorant which absorbs electromagnetic radiation according to a specified absorption spectrum. The coating includes a binder material and a plurality of porous polymer particles having pores with a distribution of pore sizes adapted to scatter electromagnetic radiation in one or more specified wavelength bands, wherein the porous polymer particles have a shell which is impermeable to a liquid.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251028.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY 2,417 patents | US company or organization | Rochester, NY | EASTMAN 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
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin D. Lofftus | Fairport, NY | 15 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nair Mridula | Penfield, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Sreekumar Cumar | Penfield, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| C09D | Coating 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 therefor | C09D5/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A41D | Outerwear; protective garments; accessories | A41D31/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| D06M | Treatment, not provided for elsewhere in class d06, of fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics, feathers or fibrous goods made from such materials | D06M11/83 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| D06N | Wall, 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 for | D06N3/0043 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| D06P | Dyeing or printing textiles; dyeing leather, furs or solid macromolecular substances in any form | D06P1/004 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| D06Q | Decorating textiles | D06Q1/04 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F41H | Armour; armoured turrets; armoured or armed vehicles; means of attack or defence, e.g. camouflage, in general | F41H3/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-25 | Assignment 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, NY | 63425/547 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2022-03-22 | Security 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, MA | 59336/405 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-12-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LOFFTUS, KEVIN D. signed 2021-12-07 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY | 58332/417 | ECORSEXC, 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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