Patents by Inventor Kurt W. Olson

Kurt W. Olson 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).

  • FILM THICKNESS GAUGE BY NEAR-INFRARED HYPERSPECRAL IMAGING
    Publication number: 20220082371
    Abstract: The present teachings include a method of measuring an entire film thickness. The method may include forming a polymeric film (10) and measuring the thickness of the film (10) with a camera (20) collecting spatial and spectral images of a plurality of points at one time. The camera may collect a line image from a line of the film. The camera may be a hyperspectral near-infrared camera. In analyzing raw data collected during the measuring step, fringes of the raw data may be corrected using a classical least squares analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoyun Chen, Jin Wang, Michael M. Bishop, Christopher M. Thurber, Matthew Benedict, Hyunwoo Kim, Eric L. Marchbanks, Kurt W. Olson
  • Method for production of methyl methacrylate by oxidative esterification using a heterogeneous catalyst
    Patent number: 10745341
    Abstract: A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol. The method comprises contacting in a tubular reactor having at least four zones a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol, oxygen and a base with a catalyst bed of heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein reaction zones comprising catalyst beds alternate with mixing zones not comprising catalyst beds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Dmitry A. Krapchetov, Kirk W. Limbach, Daniel A. Hickman, Jeffrey Herron, Kurt W. Olson, D. Wayne Blaylock
  • A METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF METHYL METHACRYLATE BY OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION USING A HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST
    Publication number: 20200199059
    Abstract: A method for preparing methyl methacrylate from methacrolein and methanol. The method comprises contacting in a tubular reactor having at least four zones a mixture comprising methacrolein, methanol, oxygen and a base with a catalyst bed of heterogeneous catalyst comprising a support and a noble metal, wherein reaction zones comprising catalyst beds alternate with mixing zones not comprising catalyst beds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Dmitry A. Krapchetov, Kirk W. Limbach, Daniel A. Hickman, Jeffrey Herron, Kurt W. Olson, D. Wayne Blaylock
  • Composition, a film made therefrom and an article including the film
    Patent number: 10233321
    Abstract: A polymer blend including a vinylidene chloride interpolymer; an ethylene-acrylate interpolymer; and optionally one or more additives selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, plasticizers, and processing aids is provided. Also provided is an extruded film and a packaging or container which includes the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas E. Beyer, Steven R. Jenkins, Kurt W. Olson
  • Striped Multilayer Film
    Publication number: 20180215121
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer film. The multilayer film includes a core component comprising from 10 to 50,000 alternating stripes of a layer A and a layer B. Layer A has a width from 10 ??? to 10 mm and comprises a film material. Layer B has a width from 10 ?m to 10 mm and comprises a transport material. The core component has a CO2 transmission rate (CO2TR) from 50,000 to 300,000 cc-mil/m2/24 hour/atm and water transmission rate (WVTR) from 50 to 500 g-mil/m2/24 hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Chang Dong Lee, Bruce Menning, Yijian Lin, Robert E. Wrisley, Kurt W. Olson, Joseph Dooley
  • A COMPOSITION, A FILM MADE THEREFROM AND AN ARTICLE INCLUDING THE FILM
    Publication number: 20170226334
    Abstract: A polymer blend including a vinylidene chloride interpolymer; an ethylene-acrylate interpolymer; and optionally one or more additives selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, plasticizers, and processing aids is provided. Also provided is an extruded film and a packaging or container which includes the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Douglas E. Beyer, Steven R. Jenkins, Kurt W. Olson