Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Michael S. Kerns
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Patent number: 8258084Abstract: Spray dried emulsifier compositions are described, which have desirable emulsifying and wetting characteristics. Among other advantages, the solid particulate emulsifier compositions greatly reduce transportation costs and simplify the logistics and environmental concerns associated with shipping large volumes of solvent-containing liquids. The emulsifier comprises (1) a carboxylic acid terminated fatty amine condensate or (2) a modified tall oil or (3) a blend of (1) and (2) that is converted to its alkali or alkaline earth metal salt and spray dried.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Phillip Wayne Hurd, Gary D. Fultz, Jalandar Y. Jadhav
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Patent number: 8222167Abstract: An aqueous binder composition for use in making fiber mats comprising as a major component a thermosetting urea-formaldehyde resin and as a minor component a water-soluble additive is at least one styrene/acrylate solution polymer having a bi-modal molecular weight and comprising a first molecular weight species and a second molecular weight species.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2006Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Kelly Shoemake, Norwin Wolff
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Patent number: 8193107Abstract: Binder compositions for making fiberglass products and methods for making and using same are provided. The binder composition can include a phenol-aldehyde resin or a mixture of Maillard reactants and one or more modifiers selected from the group consisting of a copolymer comprising one or more vinyl aromatic derived units and at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid; an adduct of styrene, at least one of maleic anhydride and maleic acid, and at least one of an acrylic acid and an acrylate; and one or more latexes.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Kim Tutin, John B. Hines, Stacey L. Wertz, Kelly A. Shoemake, Ramji Srinivasan
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Patent number: 8173219Abstract: The present invention relates to formaldehyde scavenger treatments for porous fiberglass material having formaldehyde emitting binders thereon. The invention also relates to methods of making porous fiberglass material having reduced formaldehyde emissions.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Kim Tutin, Ramji Srinivasan, Natasha Wright, Peter Boyer, Kurt Gabrielson, Robert Fleming
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Patent number: 8133970Abstract: Oxidized and maleated derivative compositions, such as chemically modified oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, concrete admixtures, and in reverse flotation mining applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Roger Scott Johnson, John B. Hines, Brett A. Neumann
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Patent number: 8133587Abstract: The present invention provides thermoplastic coated proppants and methods for preparing the thermoplastic coated proppants. Methods for using these proppants in subterranean well formations and hydraulic fracturing operations, for example, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2008Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Richard Rediger, Michael J. Aron, Bedford W. Fennell, Roger Scott Johnson
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Patent number: 8133408Abstract: An emulsion of pitch in water characterized by having a lower level of tack on drying by virtue of the incorporation of a finely divided filler, where the emulsion is useful for reducing the development of fugitive dust in a dust-forming material.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Brian L. Swift, Roger Scott Johnson
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Patent number: 8133933Abstract: Phenolic resin binder systems for sand molds, used in metal casting, which improve the quality of thermally reclaimed sand, are described. The substantial or complete elimination of calcium compounds (e.g., calcium stearate and calcium hydroxide, conventionally employed as a mold lubricant and a resin curing catalyst, respectively) allows the thermally reclaimed sand to be reused over multiple thermal reclamation cycles without the adverse effects previously encountered.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2006Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Richard Rediger, Edward Lucas
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Patent number: 8127930Abstract: Amine-aldehyde resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants, for example in the beneficiation of value materials (e.g., bitumen, coal, or kaolin clay) to remove impurities such as sand. The resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to remove solid particulates, as well as for removing metallic ions in the purification of water.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: James T. Wright, Carl R. White, Kurt Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Lisa M. Arthur, Michael J. Cousin
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Patent number: 8092686Abstract: Modified resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These modified resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the beneficiation of many types of materials (e.g., mineral and metal ores), including the beneficiation of impure coal comprising clay impurities, as well as in the separation of valuable bitumen from solid contaminants such as sand. The modified resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to facilitate the removal of solid particulates, as well as the removal of metallic ions in the purification of water. The modified resins comprise a base resin that is modified with a coupling agent, which is highly selective for binding to solid contaminants and especially siliceous materials such as sand or clay.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: James T. Wright, Carl R. White, Kurt Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Lisa M. Arthur, Michael J. Cousin
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Patent number: 8071715Abstract: An oxidized and maleated fatty acid composition, especially an oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid-containing product useful in formulating corrosion inhibitors and for use as an emulsifier, especially for petroleum-related applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2007Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Gary D. Fultz, Brett A Neumann
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Patent number: 8058213Abstract: A composite proppant having an increased buoyancy comprising a proppant substrate such as a porous ceramic or a silica sand coated with a material of a lesser actual density than the apparent density of the proppant substrate to increase the buoyancy of the composite proppant.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2007Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Richard Rediger, Jesse Petrella, Michael Joseph Aron, Bedford W. Fennell
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Patent number: 8048332Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the formation or accumulation of ice on a solid surface and for reducing the salt out temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
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Patent number: 8043383Abstract: A method for reducing formaldehyde emissions from articles prepared from, or which otherwise comprise formaldehyde-emitting compositions, such as formaldehyde-containing resins, is described. The method relates especially to a method for reducing formaldehyde emissions from products such as cellulose laminates, permanent press (wrinkle-free) textiles, floral foams and ceiling or acoustical tiles, which involves isolating the article in an enclosed space with a formaldehyde scavenger, particularly a formaldehyde scavenger carried by a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 25, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Kim K. Tutin, Kurt Gabrielson, Richard Rediger
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Patent number: 8034416Abstract: Mold- and moisture-resistant gypsum boards and methods for making them are disclosed, the method comprising applying a slurry that forms a gypsum core to an upper or a lower facing sheet impregnated with a thermoset resin (e.g., a phenol-formaldehyde resin) in an amount effective to (i) allow water vapor passage through the facing sheet when the thermoset resin is in its uncured state and (ii) provide mold and moisture resistance to the facing sheet when the thermoset resin is in its cured state and heating sufficiently to cure said resin and dry said gypsum core, thereby yielding said gypsum board.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2005Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Frederick C. Dupre, Jr., Kathleen Dalburg
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Patent number: 8011514Abstract: Modified resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These modified resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the beneficiation of many types of materials (e.g., mineral and metal ores), including the beneficiation of impure coal comprising clay impurities, as well as in the separation of valuable bitumen from solid contaminants such as sand. The modified resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to facilitate the removal of solid particulates, as well as the removal of metallic ions in the purification of water. The modified resins comprise a base resin that is modified with a coupling agent, which is highly selective for binding to solid contaminants and especially siliceous materials such as sand or clay.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: James T. Wright, Carl R. White, Kurt Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Lisa M. Arthur, Michael J. Cousin
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Patent number: 8007698Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a wood composite, and the related wood composite itself formed by steam injection pressing using a phenol-formaldehyde resin binder composition capable of rapidly curing in a saturated or superheated steam atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Paul S. Baxter, Robert A. Breyer, Melissa J. Cannon, John D. Cothran, Jessica D. Jennings, James H. Knight, Herman D. Watts, Jr., Daniel C. Yeager
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Patent number: 8003214Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved thermoplastic material-coated particulate composition useful for hydraulic fracturing treatments, gravel packing for sand control or other well formation treatments and especially the related methods of its use and is particularly directed to using a thermoplastic material as part of a particulate composition in a method for enhancing the stabilization of and reducing particulate flowback and fines transport in a well formation.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Richard Rediger, Michael J. Aron, Bedford W. Fennell
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Patent number: 7989367Abstract: A process for making a fibrous product using a binder based on a formaldehyde-containing resin and especially for making fiberglass insulation products, and to the fibrous products themselves, wherein the fibrous product has a backing sheet affixed thereto and the backing sheet is coated or impregnated with a formaldehyde scavenger composition, with the result that the fibrous products exhibit a reduced level of formaldehyde emission.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Peter Boyer, Kim Tutin, Ramji Srinivasan
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Patent number: 7913852Abstract: Modified resins are disclosed for removing a wide variety of solids and/or ionic species from the liquids in which they are suspended and/or dissolved. These modified resins are especially useful as froth flotation depressants in the beneficiation of many types of materials (e.g., mineral and metal ores), including the beneficiation of impure coal comprising clay impurities, as well as in the separation of valuable bitumen from solid contaminants such as sand. The modified resins are also useful for treating aqueous liquid suspensions to remove solid particulates, as well as for removing metallic ions in the purification of water. The modified resins comprise a base resin that is modified with a coupling agent, which is highly selective for binding to solid contaminants and especially siliceous materials such as sand or clay.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2005Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: James Wright, Carl R. White, Kurt Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Phillip W. Hurd, Lisa M. Arthur, Paul Hart, Richard Rediger, Robbie D. Kelly