Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Niederst

Jeffrey Niederst 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: 10526502
    Abstract: A multi-coat coating system having an undercoat composition and an overcoat composition, wherein the undercoat, overcoat or both the undercoat and overcoat contain a polymer having segments of a specified formula and are substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of food or beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Patent number: 10435199
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be used in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Publication number: 20190256735
    Abstract: Food and beverage containers and other packaging articles having a coating composition on a substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises: a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer derived from: a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20190241764
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Patent number: 10316211
    Abstract: Coating compositions that include a thermoplastic dispersion and an epoxy-functional stabilizer having polyhydric phenols that exhibit estrogenic activity less than bisphenol S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Patent number: 10294388
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Publication number: 20190062589
    Abstract: The invention provides polymer particles useful in a variety of applications, including coating applications such as packaging coatings. The polymer particles preferably have a volume-averaged particle size of less than 40 microns, more preferably less than 20 microns. In preferred embodiments, the polymer particles are precipitated particles, more preferably precipitated polyester particles, which are optionally free of low-molecular weight surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Jeffrey Niederst, Grant Schutte
  • Publication number: 20190048126
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Lan Deng, Richard H Evans, David J. Santure, Benoit Prouvost
  • Publication number: 20190031816
    Abstract: A liquid epoxy resin composition is provided. In preferred embodiments, the liquid epoxy resin composition is free of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, and bisphenol S, including epoxides thereof, and is useful in preparing a polyether polymer having utility in coating compositions, including, e.g., coating compositions for use on food or beverage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Benjamin J. Webster, Robert M. O'Brien, Jeffrey Niederst
  • Publication number: 20180346199
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be used in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Patent number: 10113027
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Lan Deng, Richard H Evans, David J. Santure, Benoit Prouvost
  • Publication number: 20180112101
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer that is useful in a variety of applications, including as a binder polymer of a coating composition, and especially a packaging coating composition. Packaging articles (e.g., containers) comprising the polymer and methods of making such packaging articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Benoit Prouvost, Kevin Romagnoli, Grant Schutte, Paul Stenson, Tom Van Kuren
  • Publication number: 20180112102
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer that is useful in a variety of applications, including as a binder polymer of a coating composition, and especially a packaging coating composition. Packaging articles (e.g., containers) comprising the polymer and methods of making such packaging articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Benoit Prouvost, Kevin Romagnoli, Grant Schutte, Paul Stenson, Tom Van Kuren
  • Patent number: 9944749
    Abstract: Polycarbonates made from polyhydric phenols that preferably exhibit estrogenic activity less than bisphenol S exhibit properties such as high impact strengths, moderate to high glass transition temperatures, chemical resistance, and good color and clarity similar to conventional BPA-derived polycarbonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SWIMC, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, T. Howard Killilea, Mark S. Von Maier, Dan G. Hartinger
  • Patent number: 9920217
    Abstract: The invention provides polymer particles useful in a variety of applications, including coating applications such as packaging coatings. The polymer particles preferably have a volume-averaged particle size of less than 40 microns, more preferably less than 20 microns. In preferred embodiments, the polymer particles are precipitated particles, more preferably precipitated polyester particles, which are optionally free of low-molecular weight surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SWIMC, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Jeffrey Niederst, Grant Schutte
  • Patent number: 9724276
    Abstract: Dental materials may be made from polyhydric phenols that are non-genotoxic and exhibit estrogenic activity less than that of bisphenol S, while exhibiting properties such as strength and flexibility comparable to those of conventional BPA-derived dental materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Carl Cavallin, T. Howard Killilea, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Publication number: 20170096521
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Lan Deng, Richard H Evans, David J. Santure, Benoit Prouvost
  • Publication number: 20170029657
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Patent number: 9475328
    Abstract: A thermally responsive composition includes a dye and a developer that is free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic agonist activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The thermally responsive composition can be used to make BPA-free thermally responsive record materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, T. Howard Killilea, Mark S. Von Maier, Lan Deng
  • Patent number: 9409219
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be used in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier