Patents
US 12686198 B2: Method of making transparent composite articles
- Granted
- 2026-07-21
- Filed
- 2023-12-07 application 18532087
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Transparent composite articles can be prepared to have one or more electrically-conductive metal-containing patterns. Such method includes steps A), B′), and C), in order. Step A) is providing one or more electrically-conductive metal-containing patterns on a surface of a first substrate. Step B′) is transferring the one or more electrically-conductive metal-containing patterns to a surface of a second substrate thereby providing an electrically-conductive metal-containing pattern on the surface of the second substrate, wherein the second substrate is a transparent laminating film. Step C) is laminating the second substrate with the transferred electrically-conductive metal-containing pattern between two panes of glass to provide the composite article that can be used in various ways, such as antennae in windshields or other transparent structures.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 (ipgb20260721.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 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James S. Honan | Spencerport, NY | 16 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 | |
| Danielle A. Farmer | Rochester, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 | ||
| Kevin Edward Spaulding | Spencerport, NY | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B32B | Layered products, i.e. products built-up of strata of flat or non-flat, e.g. cellular or honeycomb, form | B32B17/10935 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 |
| C23C | Coating metallic material; coating material with metallic material; surface treatment of metallic material by diffusion into the surface, by chemical conversion or substitution; coating by vacuum evaporation, by sputtering, by ion implantation or by chemical vapour deposition, in general | C23C18/38 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 |
| H01Q | Antennas, i.e. radio aerials | H01Q1/1271 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-07-21 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-24 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY signed 2024-03-14 EASTMAN KODAK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL COMPANY, INC. signed 2024-03-14 FAR EAST DEVELOPMENT LTD. signed 2024-03-14 KODAK (NEAR EAST), INC. signed 2024-03-14 KODAK AMERICAS, LTD. signed 2024-03-14 KODAK PHILIPPINES, LTD. signed 2024-03-14 GRAPHIC SYSTEMS SERVICES, INC. signed 2024-03-14 KODAK REALTY, INC. signed 2024-03-14 KODAK PE TECH, LLC signed 2024-03-14 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT BOSTON, MA | 67203/989 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2023-12-07 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HONAN, JAMES S. signed 2023-12-07 FARMER, DANIELLE A. signed 2023-12-07 SPAULDING, KEVIN EDWARD signed 2023-12-07 | EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY ROCHESTER, NY | 65798/66 | PASDL, file of 2026-08-13 |
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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