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(11) EP 4 823 826 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
21.10.2026 Bulletin 2026/43

(21) Application number: 24905001.4

(22) Date of filing: 13.12.2024
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B29C 48/09(2019.01)
B29C 48/15(2019.01)
B29K 27/00(2006.01)
B29L 31/00(2006.01)
B29C 48/16(2019.01)
B29C 61/02(2006.01)
B29K 27/18(2006.01)
B29L 23/00(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
B29K 2995/0031; B32B 2307/704; B32B 2250/24; B32B 2307/414; B32B 2307/418; B29K 2995/0041; B29K 2027/12; B32B 2307/7375; B29L 2023/001; B32B 2597/00; B32B 2307/308; B29K 2995/0012; B29K 2027/16; B29K 2995/0029; B29C 48/022; B29C 48/10; B29C 48/21; B29C 48/09; B32B 1/08; B32B 27/304; B32B 27/08; B32B 27/322; G01K 7/02; G01K 1/08; B32B 2307/732; B32B 2307/736
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2024/060128
(87) International publication number:
WO 2025/129067 (19.06.2025 Gazette 2025/25)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA
Designated Validation States:
GE KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 13.12.2023 US 202363609527 P

(71) Applicant: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
Solon, OH 44139 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JIN, Jiezhu
    Westborough, Massachusetts 01581 (US)
  • CAMPBELL, Katie
    Northborough, Massachusetts 01532 (US)
  • TZIVANIS, Michael J.
    Chicopee, Massachusetts 01020 (US)
  • DUGAN, Sean
    Sicklerville, New Jersey 08081 (US)
  • CHASSEE, Stephan
    41564 Kaarst (DE)
  • RONG, Thomas
    52074 Aachen (DE)
  • GIERENS, Anne
    92300 Levallois-Perret (FR)
  • MOHANTY, Ashok
    Marlborough, Massachusetts 01752 (US)
  • GUESMAN, Josef E.
    Uniontown, Ohio 44685 (US)
  • FAROOQ, Muhammad Umer
    41462 Neuss (DE)

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