Patents by Inventor Katherine Sue Neighbor

Katherine Sue Neighbor 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).

  • Process for preparing a dialkyl acetal of a C8 to C30 aldehyde
    Patent number: 6512146
    Abstract: Improved water resistant acetal sizing agents including 1,1-octadecoxyoctadecane are provided along with methods for their synthesis including methods in which C8 to C30 alkyl bromides are reacted with a polyol under basic conditions and those in which a C8 to C30 primary alcohol is reacted with an organic base in the presence of a suitable oxidizing agent under basic conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Penford Corporation
    Inventors: Edward P. Pauley, Katherine Sue Neighbor
  • Novel sizing compounds
    Publication number: 20010015267
    Abstract: Improved water resistant acetal sizing agents including 1,1-octadecoxyoctadecane are provided along with methods for their synthesis including methods in which C8 to C30 alkyl bromides are reacted with a polyol under basic conditions and those in which a C8 to C30 primary alcohol is reacted with an organic base in the presence of a suitable oxidizing agent under basic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: August 23, 2001
    Applicant: Penford Corporation
    Inventors: Edward P. Pauley, Katherine Sue Neighbor
  • Method of sizing substrates
    Patent number: 6165321
    Abstract: The invention relates to the sizing of substrates including paper, paperboard, wood and textiles, using an acetal sizing agent including 1,1-octadecoxyoctadecane, the distearyl acetal of stearyl aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: Penford Corporation
    Inventors: Edward P. Pauley, Katherine Sue Neighbor