Patents by Inventor Jack N. Lindon

Jack N. Lindon 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).

  • Optical method and system to determine distribution of lipid particles in a sample
    Patent number: 7700360
    Abstract: The system and method of the present invention relate to characterizing lipoproteins in a sample. The system includes a light source that delivers electromagnetic energy in a predetermined range of wavelengths to the sample and a sensor that senses an intensity spectrum which emerges from the sample when the sample is illuminated by the light source. A processor determines a chemical composition of the sample to determine the presence of lipoprotein particles. The processor then characterizes lipoproteins that are within in the sample by deconvoluting the intensity spectrum into a scattering spectrum and absorption spectrum. The method includes illuminating the sample with electromagnetic energy having a predetermined range of wavelengths and sensing the electromagnetic energy that emerges from the sample. The method further includes transducing the sensed electromagnetic energy which emerges from the sample into an intensity spectrum that determines the types of lipoproteins that are within the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis S. Everhart, Jack N. Lindon, Luis Garcia-Rubio
  • Superabsorbent-containing composites
    Patent number: 6387495
    Abstract: Superabsorbent-containing composites containing at least one particle of a superabsorbent material covered with at least a first layer of at least one particle of at least one coating material. The superabsorbent materials are desirably stiff-gelling superabsorbent materials. The superabsorbent-containing composites of the present invention are particularly suitable for use in sanitary napkins, diapers and other disposable absorbent articles that handle complex fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Reeves, Emmanuelle C. Damay, Wendy L. Hamilton, Patsy A. Hansen, Jack N. Lindon, Heather A. Sorebo
  • Process for preparing superabsorbent-containing composites
    Patent number: 6376011
    Abstract: Superabsorbent-containing composites prepared in a fluidized bed coating apparatus according to the process of the present invention contain at least one particle of a superabsorbent material covered with at least a first layer of at least one particle of at least one coating material. The superabsorbent-containing composites prepared in a fluidized bed coating apparatus according to the process of the present invention are particularly suitable for use in sanitary napkins, diapers and other disposable absorbent articles that handle complex fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Reeves, Emmanuelle C. Damay, Wendy L. Hamilton, Patsy A. Hansen, Jack N. Lindon, Heather A. Sorebo