Patents by Inventor Flor Castillo

Flor Castillo 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).

  • Patent number: 9725559
    Abstract: Copolymers of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide have an inner block that contains from 65-90 weight percent oxyethylene units and from 10 to 35 weight percent oxypropylene units. This block has a molecular weight of from 150 to 350. The copolymer has an outer block which contains at least 95 weight % oxypropylene units and from 0 to 5% oxyethylene units. The equivalent weight of the copolymer is from 800 to 2000. The copolymers are useful in making polyurethane foams that have unexpectedly high tensile and/or tear strengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Carlos M. Villa, Jean-Paul Masy, Ricco B. Borella, David A. Babb, Flor A. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20150376332
    Abstract: Copolymers of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide have an inner block that contains from 65-90 weight percent oxyethylene units and from 10 to 35 weight percent oxypropylene units. This block has a molecular weight of from 150 to 350. The copolymer has an outer block which contains at least 95 weight % oxypropylene units and from 0 to 5% oxyethylene units. The equivalent weight of the copolymer is from 800 to 2000. The copolymers are useful in making polyurethane foams that have unexpectedly high tensile and/or tear strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Carlos M. Villa, Jean-Paul Masy, Ricco B. Borella, David A. Babb, Flor A. Castillo
  • Patent number: 9156936
    Abstract: Copolymers of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide have an inner block that contains from 65-90 weight percent oxyethylene units and from 10 to 35 weight percent oxypropylene units. This block has a molecular weight of from 150 to 350. The copolymer has an outer block which contains at least 95 weight % oxypropylene units and from 0 to 5% oxyethylene units. The equivalent weight of the copolymer is from 800 to 2000. The copolymers are useful in making polyurethane foams that have unexpectedly high tensile and/or tear strengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Carlos M Villa, Jean-Paul Masy, Ricco B. Borella, David A. Babb, Flor A. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20140309156
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition comprising at least one primary branched nonionic surfactant of Formula (I) wherein x is an integer from 1 to 11, y is an integer from 0 to 25, R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R2 is an alkyl group having 3 to 7 carbon atoms; and a secondary alcohol ethoxylate of Formula (II): wherein R3 and R4 are linear alkyl groups each having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and n is an integer from 1 to 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Cynthia L. Rand, Molly I. Busby, Lisa B. Quencer, Flor A. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20130143977
    Abstract: Copolymers of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide have an inner block that contains from 65-90 weight percent oxyethylene units and from 10 to 35 weight percent oxypropylene units. This block has a molecular weight of from 150 to 350. The copolymer has an outer block which contains at least 95 weight % oxypropylene units and from 0 to 5% oxyethylene units. The equivalent weight of the copolymer is from 800 to 2000. The copolymers are useful in making polyurethane foams that have unexpectedly high tensile and/or tear strengths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Carlos M Villa, Jean-Paul Masy, Ricco B. Borella, David A. Babb, Flor A. Castillo
  • Publication number: 20110029439
    Abstract: Methods and structures having and/or implementing integrated steps for use in a planning phase of high throughput research which can provide a process flow that can be used provide statistically defensible and reproducible data in high throughput research. The integrated steps can include quantifying systematic variation in a high throughput research system that is to process a candidate, wherein the high throughput research system has at least one physical attribute and at least one environmental attribute, identifying a design objective for the candidate, and providing an experimental design for the candidate that accounts for the systematic variation to produce the statistically defensible results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Flor A. Castillo, Jeffrey D. Sweeney, Wayne E. Zirk
  • Publication number: 20110029523
    Abstract: Methods and structures having and/or implementing integrated steps for use in a planning phase of experimentation, which can allow the researcher to explore the experimental space while reducing the number experiments performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Flor A. Castillo, Jeffrey D. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20100135907
    Abstract: A tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system. A two step method for oral drug compliance monitoring. The first step is to ingest a tablet, pill or capsule containing a material which produces sound waves when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system of a person. The second step is to detect the sound waves produced when the tablet, pill or capsule is exposed to the gastrointestinal system to confirm that the person has ingested the tablet, pill or capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Paul E. Cranley, Larry S. Sun, Malcolm W. Warren, Michelle A. Pressler, Kristine L. Danowski, Hamed Lakrout, Christopher M. Jones, Doug P. White, Flor A. Castillo, Bettina M. Rosner
  • Patent number: 7382263
    Abstract: A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or pill, the RFID tag comprising an antenna; (c) an object selected from the group consisting of a magnet, a ferromagnetic object, a ferrite object and an electromagnetic shielding object positioned within, over or adjacent the antenna of the RFID tag to alter the antenna characteristics of the RFID tag so that if the RFID tag is interrogated before the capsule, tablet or pill disperses in the gastrointestinal system, the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently altered or attenuated to determine that the capsule, tablet or pill has not dispersed in the gastrointestinal system and so that if the RFID tag is interrogated after the capsule, tablet or pill has dispersed in the gastrointestinal system, the object separates from the RFID tag so that the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently detectable to determine that t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kristine L. Danowski, Larry S. Sun, Peter K. Mercure, Robert P. Haley, Douglas P. White, Michelle A. Pressler, Susan J. Babinec, Flor A. Castillo, Jahne Simon, Paul E. Cranley, Malcolm W. Warren, II, Diedre A. Strand, Bettina M. Rosner, Robert B. Fletcher, Christopher M. Jones, Thomas H. Kalantar, Mark T. Bernius, W. Chris McDougall, Mark S. B. Felix
  • Publication number: 20060289640
    Abstract: A device useful for oral drug delivery device consisting of: (a) a capsule, tablet or pill designed to disperse in the gastrointestinal system; (b) an RFID tag positioned in the capsule, tablet or pill, the RFID tag comprising an antenna; (c) an object selected from the group consisting of a magnet, a ferromagnetic object, a ferrite object and an electromagnetic shielding object positioned within, over or adjacent the antenna of the RFID tag to alter the antenna characteristics of the RFID tag so that if the RFID tag is interrogated before the capsule, tablet or pill disperses in the gastrointestinal system, the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently altered or attenuated to determine that the capsule, tablet or pill has not dispersed in the gastrointestinal system and so that if the RFID tag is interrogated after the capsule, tablet or pill has dispersed in the gastrointestinal system, the object separates from the RFID tag so that the response of the RFID tag is sufficiently detectable to determine that t
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Mercure, Kristine Danowski, Larry Sun, Robert Haley, Douglas White, Michelle Pressler, Susan Babinec, Flor Castillo, Jahne Simon, Paul Cranley, Malcolm Warren, Diedre Strand, Bettina Rosner, Robert Fletcher, Christopher Jones, Thomas Kalantar, Mark Bernius, W. McDougall, Mark Felix