Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Dickerson

Christopher M. Dickerson 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).

  • Soft touch polyolefin compositions
    Patent number: 6949605
    Abstract: The present invention provides a soft touch soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition. The soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition comprises a polypropylene-ethylene copolymer and a cross-linked or uncross-linked ethylene-propylene thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer is present in a sufficient amount that the soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition has a 1% flexural secant modulus from about from about 10,000 psi to about 80,000 psi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: Equistar Chemicals, L.P.
    Inventors: Manivakkam J. Shankernarayanan, Christopher M. Dickerson
  • Soft touch polyolefin compositions
    Publication number: 20040249080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a soft touch soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition. The soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition comprises a polypropylene-ethylene copolymer and a cross-linked or uncross-linked ethylene-propylene thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer is present in a sufficient amount that the soft touch thermoplastic olefin composition has a 1% flexural secant modulus from about from about 10,000 psi to about 80,000 psi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Manivakkam J. Shankernarayanan, Christopher M. Dickerson