Patents by Inventor Donald Horning

Donald Horning 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).

  • Self-steaming compositions, articles comprising such compositions and methods of preparing such compositions
    Publication number: 20050262757
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions which are exothermic upon contact with oxygen and are self-steaming. The various described embodiments include compositions comprising: (a) a fuel component; (b) a water manager component; and (c) water. In one embodiment, the water manager component, has a mean particle size distribution of greater than about 250 microns. Alternatively or additionally, the ratio of the water manager component to the water is from about 0.001:1 to about 0.2:1, by weight. Alternatively or additionally, the fuel component comprises sponge iron. Alternatively or additionally, the composition comprises a volatile component. In yet another embodiment, articles comprising the compositions are described. Further, methods of making the compositions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Vincent Wong, Kenneth Edelman, Donald Horning, Robert Rohrbaugh, Brian Roselle