Patents by Inventor Karena Kaye LINKENHOGER

Karena Kaye LINKENHOGER 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).

  • Modifiers for luxury vinyl tile to increase hardness and rigidity
    Patent number: 11834557
    Abstract: Modifiers for use in vinyl flooring applications reduce or eliminate the need for traditional, general-purpose plasticizers in applications that require increased hardness or rigidity. High solvating, fast fusing modifiers, such as dibenzoates, added to LVT formulations provide unexpectedly increased flexural strength, hardness, indentation resistance and deflection not heretofore known or recognized in luxury vinyl tile formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LANXESS Corporation
    Inventors: Emily McBride, Karena Kaye Linkenhoger, Bradley Les Farrell, Kyle Jeffrey Posselt, William D. Arendt
  • MODIFIERS FOR LUXURY VINYL TILE TO INCREASE HARDNESS AND RIGIDITY
    Publication number: 20210340339
    Abstract: Modifiers for use in vinyl flooring applications reduce or eliminate the need for traditional, general-purpose plasticizers in applications that require increased hardness or rigidity. High solvating, fast fusing modifiers, such as dibenzoates, added to LVT formulations provide unexpectedly increased flexural strength, hardness, indentation resistance and deflection not heretofore known or recognized in luxury vinyl tile formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Emily MCBRIDE, Karena Kaye LINKENHOGER, Bradley Les FARRELL, Kyle Jeffrey POSSELT, William D. ARENDT