Patents by Inventor Herman D. Watts, Jr.

Herman D. Watts, Jr. 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).

  • Bonding wood composites with a calcium-modified phenol-formaldehyde resin
    Patent number: 9109074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin prepared by reacting phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a source of calcium ions, to a curable powdered (particulate) resole resin made by spray drying the aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin, to a method of preparing a wood composite using the curable, powdered resin, and the related wood composite bonded with the curable, powdered resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Breyer, Paul S. Baxter, James H. Knight, John D. Cothran, Robert M. Meacham, Jessica D. Jennings, Herman D. Watts, Jr., Derek L. Atkinson, Daniel C. Yeager
  • Wood composites bonded with phenol-formaldehyde by steam injection pressing
    Patent number: 8007698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a wood composite, and the related wood composite itself formed by steam injection pressing using a phenol-formaldehyde resin binder composition capable of rapidly curing in a saturated or superheated steam atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Paul S. Baxter, Robert A. Breyer, Melissa J. Cannon, John D. Cothran, Jessica D. Jennings, James H. Knight, Herman D. Watts, Jr., Daniel C. Yeager
  • BONDING WOOD COMPOSITES WITH A CALCIUM-MODIFIED PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESIN
    Publication number: 20100273917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin prepared by reacting phenol and formaldehyde in the presence of a source of calcium ions, to a curable powdered (particulate) resole resin made by spray drying the aqueous phenol-formaldehyde resole resin, to a method of preparing a wood composite using the curable, powdered resin, and the related wood composite bonded with the curable, powdered resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Breyer, Paul S. Baxter, James H. Knight, John D. Cothran, Robert M. Meacham, Jessica D. Jennings, Herman D. Watts, JR., Derek L. Atkinson, Daniel C. Yeager
  • WOOD COMPOSITES BONDED WITH PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE BY STEAM INJECTION PRESSING
    Publication number: 20100171233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a wood composite, and the related wood composite itself formed by steam injection pressing using a phenol-formaldehyde resin binder composition capable of rapidly curing in a saturated or superheated steam atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Paul S. Baxter, Robert A. Breyer, Melissa J. Cannon, John D. Cothran, Jessica D. Jennings, James H. Knight, Herman D. Watts, JR., Daniel C. Yeager