Patents by Inventor Bruce Kokko

Bruce 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).

  • Wet strength and softness enhancement of paper products
    Publication number: 20060124264
    Abstract: A method for making paper to enhance its wet strength includes adding separately to a cellulosic paper pulp furnish the following additives to form a treated pulp: a cationic wet strength resin whose cationic sites bond to anionic sites of cellulose fibers contained in the paper pulp furnish, and a hydrophobically modified anionic polyelectrolyte whose anionic sites bond with cationic sites of the cationic wet strength resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Bruce Kokko, David White
  • Method of making absorbent sheet from recycle furnish
    Publication number: 20060060319
    Abstract: A process for making absorbent sheet material from recycle furnish includes treatment with a synergistic debonder composition. The debonder is capable of reducing tensile strength by 40 percent or more by way of a quaternary ammonium surfactant component and a nonionic surfactant component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventor: Bruce Kokko
  • Creping adhesive modifier and process for producing paper products
    Publication number: 20050006040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a quaternary ammonium complex comprising at least one non-cyclic amide as a modifier for a creping adhesive used on a creping cylinder, e.g., a Yankee dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffery Boettcher, Nancy Clungeon, Bruce Kokko, Elroy Post, Phuong Luu, Gary Worry, Greg Wendt