Kevin William Mccarthy

US Patent:

6372033, Apr 16, 2002

Filed:

Feb 11, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/503625

Inventors:

Devi Chalasani - Painted Post NY
Michael Fischer - Corning NY
Christopher J. Malarkey - Corning NY
Kevin R. McCarthy - Horseheads NY
Brian E. Stutts - Horseheads NY
Michael E. Zak - Canandaigua NY

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

C08L 8900

US Classification:

1061401, 1062033, 1061791, 106665, 106807, 106810, 10620401, 1061461, 1061572, 1061628, 106661, 1062179, 106243, 106244

Abstract:

Powder mixtures and a method of forming and shaping the mixtures. The method involves compounding the components of powder materials, binder, solvent for the binder, surfactant, and non-solvent with respect to at least the binder, the solvent, and the powder materials. The non-solvent is lower in viscosity than the binder combined with the solvent. The solvent is present in an amount that is less than the amount that would be present otherwise. The components are mixed and plasticized, and shaped to form a green body. The choice of components results in improved wet green strength in the green body. The method is especially useful for extrusion processing of aqueous binder systems such as water and cellulose ethers and hydrophobic non-solvents, to form structures such as honeycombs. In the body, the ratio, upon subsequent firing, of the isostatic strength to the A-axis strength is at least about 20% higher than in bodies made without the mixture composition of the invention. A honeycomb body having a ratio of the isostatic strength to the A-axis strength of at least about 0.

US Patent:

6869981, Mar 22, 2005

Filed:

Mar 1, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/087481

Inventors:

Edward J. Fewkes - Horseheads NY, US
Gregory F. Jacobs - Elmira NY, US
Inna I. Kouzmina - Corning NY, US
Kevin R. McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Kristi L. Simonton - Horseheads NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

C08F002/46

US Classification:

522 33, 522 38, 522 64, 522 90, 522 96, 522182, 522113, 522114, 522119, 522120, 522121, 522150, 522157, 522158, 522159, 522160, 522109, 522111, 428378, 428380, 428383, 385147

Abstract:

The invention includes an optical fiber coating that exhibits the characteristics of a pressure sensitive adhesive. A viscoelastic window for the coating will include at least one set of coordinates that is within Quadrants 2, 3, or 4 or the Transition Flow Region of the Chang viscoelastic of the rheological master curves or will not include at least one set of coordinates that is not within Quadrant 1 of the Chang viscoelastic of the rheological master curves.

US Patent:

7010205, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Sep 29, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/675720

Inventors:

Michelle D. Fabian - Horseheads NY, US
Kevin R. McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Michael J. Winningham - Big Flats NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

G02B 6/02
G02B 6/16
G02B 6/22

US Classification:

385128, 385123

Abstract:

The present invention provides optical fiber coating systems and coated optical fibers having hydrophilic primary coatings. According to one embodiment of the invention, a coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and a cladding; a hydrophilic primary coating encapsulating the optical fiber, the primary coating having a Young's modulus less than about 2 MPa; and a secondary coating encapsulating the primary coating, wherein the primary coating exhibits substantially no water bubble formation and substantially no delamination when the coated optical fiber is soaked in water at 23 C. for 30 days.

US Patent:

7010206, Mar 7, 2006

Filed:

Sep 8, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/937069

Inventors:

Linda S. Baker - Addison NY, US
Kevin R. McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Michael J. Winningham - Big Flats NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

G00B 6/02
B05D 5/06
C03C 17/00
G02B 1/10

US Classification:

385128, 385127, 4271631

Abstract:

The present invention provides optical fiber coating systems and coated optical fibers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and a cladding; and a primary coating encapsulating the optical fiber, the primary coating having a Young's modulus of about 5 MPa or less, the primary coating being the cured reaction product of a primary curable composition having a gel time less than about 1. 4 seconds at a UV intensity of 3. 4 mW/cm.

US Patent:

7221842, May 22, 2007

Filed:

Mar 2, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/368205

Inventors:

Linda S. Baker - Addison NY, US
Kevin R. McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Michael J. Winningham - Big Flats NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

G02B 6/02
G02B 1/10
B05D 5/06
C03C 17/00
B29D 11/00

US Classification:

385128, 385127, 4271631, 264 124, 65385, 65430

Abstract:

The present invention provides optical fiber coating systems and coated optical fibers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a coated optical fiber includes an optical fiber having a core and a cladding; and a primary coating encapsulating the optical fiber, the primary coating having a Young's modulus of about 5 MPa or less, the primary coating being the cured reaction product of a primary curable composition having a gel time less than about 1. 4 seconds at a UV intensity of 3. 4 mW/cm.

US Patent:

8022112, Sep 20, 2011

Filed:

Nov 29, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/998349

Inventors:

Michelle Dawn Fabian - Horseheads NY, US
Edward John Fewkes - Horseheads NY, US
Kevin Robert McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

C08F 2/50
B29C 35/08
H05B 6/00

US Classification:

522 85, 522 84, 522 81, 522 83, 522113, 522114, 522120, 522121, 522178, 522182, 522150, 522153, 264430, 264433, 264466, 264464, 264470, 264477, 264478, 264488, 264494, 264496

Abstract:

A plasticized ceramic-forming mixture and a method for stiffening the mixture, the mixture comprising a combination of inorganic powder, one or more plasticizing organic binders, a radiation-curable monomer, a photoinitiator, and water, and the method comprising stiffening the surfaces of extruded shapes of the mixture by applying electromagnetic energy to the surfaces following extrusion.

US Patent:

8257828, Sep 4, 2012

Filed:

Jul 27, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/844255

Inventors:

Kevin Robert McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Simon Kelly Shannon - Horseheads NY, US
Florence Verrier - Corning NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

B32B 5/16
B32B 9/00
B32B 15/02
B32B 17/02
B32B 19/00
B32B 21/02
B32B 23/02
B32B 27/02
C12N 5/00
C12N 5/02

US Classification:

428402, 428403, 428407, 435402

Abstract:

A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.

US Patent:

8404485, Mar 26, 2013

Filed:

Jul 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/557771

Inventors:

Kevin Robert McCarthy - Horseheads NY, US
Simon Kelly Shannon - Horseheads NY, US
Florence Verrier - Corning NY, US

Assignee:

Corning Incorporated - Corning NY

International Classification:

B32B 5/16
B32B 9/00
B32B 15/02
B32B 17/02
B32B 19/00
B32B 21/02

US Classification:

435402, 435325, 435395, 435363, 435366, 435383, 435397, 435403

Abstract:

A coated microcarrier for cell culture includes a microcarrier base and a polymeric coating grafted to the base via a polymerization initiator. A method for forming the coated microcarrier includes (i) conjugating a polymerization initiator to the microcarrier base to form an initiator-conjugated microcarrier base; (ii) contacting the initiator-conjugated microcarrier base with monomers; and (iii) activating the initiator to initiate polymerization and graft the polymer to the base.