Patents by Inventor Ian M. Shirley

Ian M. Shirley 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: 6514439
    Abstract: Microcapsules of a microcapsule formed of a polyurea shell wall and an encapsulated ingredient or ingredients enclosed within the wall, the wall comprising at least one oligomeric acetal having the moiety in which R is (a) a moiety containing a chain of from 5 to about 40 optionally substituted carbon atoms, (b) a moiety containing a chain of from 4 to about 40 carbon atoms and one or more internally linked oxygen or sulfur atoms or —NH-groups, or (c) an optionally substituted ethylene or propylene moiety Z is (a) an optionally substituted phenyl group, (b) an optionally substituted C1-C20 alkyl, C2-C20 alkenyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl or C5-C8 cycloalkenyl group, or (c) benzoyl, and n is 1 if R is (a) or (b), or is 2-20 if R is (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Syngenta Ltd.
    Inventors: Juanita E. Van Koppenhagen, Herbert B. Scher, Kuo-shin Lee, Ian M. Shirley, Philip Wade, Richard Follows
  • Patent number: 5169983
    Abstract: An organic polymeric material, which is preferably perfluorinated and which comprises a polymeric chain and at least one group pendant from the chain, in which the group pendant from the chain comprises a saturated cyclic group and at least one ion-exchange group or group convertible thereto, and in which the ion-exchange group of group convertible thereto is linked to the polymeric chain through the cyclic group. Also an ion-exchange membrane produced from the polymeric material, an electrolytic cell containing the membrane, vinyl monomers from which the organic polymeric material may be produced and intermediates useful in production of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Harold C. Fielding, Philip H. Gamlen, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 5001163
    Abstract: An organic polymeric material, which is preferably perfluorinated and which comprises a polymeric chain and at least one group pendant from the chain, in which the group pendant from the chain comprises a saturated cyclic group and at least one ion-exchange group or group convertible thereto, and in which the ion-exchange group or group convertible thereto is linked to the polymeric chain through the cyclic group. Also an ion-exchange membrane produced from the polymeric material, an electrolytic cell containing the membrane, vinyl monomers from which the organic polymeric material may be produced and intermediates useful in production of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Harold C. Fielding, Philip H. Gamlen, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4849504
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymeric compositions which comprise novel polymers and copolymers of certain 1,2-disubstituted-cyclohexadienes, aromatization of such polymers in the form of inter alia fibers, and novel aromatic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Andrew Courtis, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4798742
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a polyphenylene layer which comprises the steps of treating a copolycyclohexa-3,4-diene under first conditions to aromatize a portion of the aromatic rings and then under second conditions to aromatize the residual cyclohexadiene rings from the first treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Paul A. Holmes, Alan Nevin, Ian M. Shirley, David L. Twose
  • Patent number: 4618454
    Abstract: An electrically conducting composition is described which comprises a polyarylene, e.g. polyphenylene, and a suitable doping agent, e.g. ferric chloride. The polyarylene is prepared from a poly(1,2-disubstitutedcyclohexa-3,5-diene).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1986
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Kenneth T. Moran, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4548737
    Abstract: An electrically conducting composition is described which comprises a polyarylene, e.g. polyphenylene, and a suitable doping agent, e.g. ferric chloride. The polyarylene is prepared from a poly(1,2-disubstitutedcyclohexa-3,5-diene).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Kenneth T. Moran, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4536555
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymeric compositions which comprise novel polymers and copolymers of certain 1,2-disubstituted-cyclohexadienes, aromatization of such polymers in the form of inter alia fibres, and novel aromatic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Andrew Courtis, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4524198
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymeric compositions which comprise novel polymers and copolymers of certain 1,2-disubstituted-cyclohexadienes, aromatization of such polymers in the form of inter alia fibres, and novel aromatic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Andrew Courtis, Ian M. Shirley
  • Patent number: 4476296
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymeric compositions which comprise novel polymers and copolymers of certain 1,2-disubstituted-cyclohexadienes, aromatization of such polymers in the form of inter alia fibers, and novel aromatic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Denis G. H. Ballard, Andrew Courtis, Ian M. Shirley