Patents by Inventor Bruce Jerome Kokko

Bruce Jerome Kokko has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods, systems and products involving sheet products
    Patent number: 9296172
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Methods, systems and products involving sheet products
    Patent number: 9296173
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Methods, systems and products involving sheet products
    Patent number: 9272483
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Methods, systems and products involving sheet products
    Patent number: 9227374
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Methods, systems, and products involving sheet products
    Patent number: 8747721
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Use of hydrophobically modified polyaminamides with polyethylene glycol esters in paper products
    Patent number: 8067524
    Abstract: The present invention uses hydrophobically modified polyaminamide with standard wet strength agent to produce a softer and more absorbent paper material. The hydrophobically modified polyaminamide is substantive to cellulosic fibers, thus is able to carry polyethylene glycol esters or ethers, a non-substantive material to cellulosic fiber as stable complexes, into the paper product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventor: Bruce Jerome Kokko
  • Methods, Systems, And Products Involving Sheet Products
    Publication number: 20110095117
    Abstract: A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Ehteshamul Haque, Chiehlung Jay Hsu, David L. B. Knudsen, Bruce Jerome Kokko, Steven B. Mattheeussen
  • Use of hydrophobically modified polyaminamides with polyethylene glycol esters in paper products
    Patent number: 6673205
    Abstract: The present invention uses hydrophobically modified polyaminamide with standard wet strength agent to produce a softer and more absorbent paper material. The hydrophobically modified polyaminamide is substantive to cellulosic fibers, thus is able to carry polyethylene glycol esters or ethers, a non-substantive material to cellulosic fiber as stable complexes, into the paper product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Jerome Kokko
  • Use of hydrophobically modified polyaminamides with polyethylene glycol esters in paper products
    Publication number: 20030024669
    Abstract: The present invention uses hydrophobically modified polyaminamide with standard wet strength agent to produce a softer and more absorbent paper material. The hydrophobically modified polyaminamide is substantive to cellulosic fibers, thus is able to carry polyethylene glycol esters or ethers, a non-substantive material to cellulosic fiber as stable complexes, into the paper product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce Jerome Kokko
  • Wet strength thermosetting resin formulations and polyaminamide polymers suitable for use in the manufacture of paper products
    Patent number: 6222006
    Abstract: An aqueous formulation of a high solid content fully functional thermosettable wet strength resin designed for use in the manufacture of paper products is disclosed. The wet strength resin is the product of reaction of an epihalohydrin and an end-capped polyaminamide polymer. The thermosetting wet strength resins are useful in the manufacture of improved absorbent paper products such as bathroom tissues, facial tissues, napkins, towels, and paperboard products such as dairy cartons and bag paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Jerome Kokko, Elroy Wayne Post