Patents by Inventor Laura Ann Lewin

Laura Ann Lewin 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).

  • Publication number: 20040059067
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions containing spiroorthocarbonate groups and another functional group which reacts with hydroxyl groups are readily crosslinked on contact with water. These compositions are useful as sealants, coatings and encapsulants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Robert John Barsotti, Patrick Henry Corcoran, Neville Everton Drysdale, Laura Ann Lewin
  • Publication number: 20040010091
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to two component coating compositions that cure under ambient conditions and more particularly to those having low VOC (volatile organic content) that are suitable for use in automotive refinish and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) applications. The coating composition includes crosslinkable and crosslinking components, wherein the crosslinkable component includes a low polydispersity, low molecular weight copolymer having on an average 2 to 25 functional groups, such as hydroxyl, carboxyl, acetoacetoxy, primary and secondary amine, and epoxy. The copolymer is polymerized from a monomer mixture that includes one or more non-functional acrylate monomers and one or more functional methacrylate monomers provided with the functional groups. The crosslinking component includes polyisocyanate, polyamine, ketimine, melamine, epoxy, polyacid or a combination thereof. The invention is also directed to coating produced from the coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Donald Albert Paquet, Robert John Barsotti, Laura Ann Lewin, Carl Brent Douglas, Michael Charles Grady
  • Patent number: 6632880
    Abstract: A coating composition containing about 40-90% by weight of film forming binder and 10-60% by weight of an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder contains about (a) 10-70% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a dispersed gelled acrylic polymer having (i) a core of gelled polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers which is not soluble in the organic liquid carrier and having chemically grafted thereto (ii) substantially linear stabilizer polymeric components that are soluble in the organic liquid carrier and comprise polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers and have a weight average molecular weight of about 500-20,000 determined by GPC (gel permeation chromatography) using polystyrene as the standard; wherein the core, the stabilizer polymeric component, or both contain at least 3% by weight of polymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomers having isocyanate groups attached thereto that are capable of reacting with component (b); (b) 30-90% by weight, based on the weight of the b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Barsotti, Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi
  • Publication number: 20030018124
    Abstract: A coating composition containing about 40-90% by weight of film forming binder and 10-60% by weight of an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder contains about
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Robert J. Barsotti, Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi
  • Patent number: 6471185
    Abstract: This invention provides for a two-pack solvent based coating composition that cures in two stages when applied over substrates. The first stage of the cure takes place rapidly under ambient conditions to produce a coating surface that can be readily sanded or buffed. Thereafter, over a period of days a second stage cure takes place to produce a coating having excellent coating properties. Thus, a coated component, such as automotive body, can be speedily moved out from a spray booth without affecting the surface quality of the coated surface. As a result, coating operation productivity can be increased. The aforedescribed dual cure properties of the coating composition result from including in a binder component of the coating composition an acrylic polymer having secondary amine and hydroxyl functionalities. The composition is most suited for use in automotive refinish applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi, Douglas Matt Lamb
  • Publication number: 20020082351
    Abstract: This invention provides for a two-pack solvent based coating composition that cures in two stages when applied over substrates. The first stage of the cure takes place rapidly under ambient conditions to produce a coating surface that can be readily sanded or buffed. Thereafter, over a period of days a second stage cure takes place to produce a coating having excellent coating properties. Thus, a coated component, such as automotive body, can be speedily moved out from a spray booth without affecting the surface quality of the coated surface. As a result, coating operation productivity can be increased. The aforedescribed dual cure properties of the coating composition result from including in a binder component of the coating composition an acrylic polymer having secondary amine and hydroxyl functionalities. The composition is most suited for use in automotive refinish applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi, Douglas Matt Lamb
  • Patent number: 6326059
    Abstract: This invention provides for a two-pack solvent based coating composition that cures in two stages when applied over substrates. The first stage of the cure takes place rapidly under ambient conditions to produce a coating surface that can be readily sanded or buffed. Thereafter, over a period of days a second stage cure takes place to produce a coating having excellent coating properties. Thus, a coated component, such as automotive body, can be speedily moved out from a spray booth without affecting the surface quality of the coated surface. As a result, coating operation productivity can be increased. The aforedescribed dual cure properties of the coating composition result from including in a binder component of the coating composition an acrylic polymer having secondary amine and hydroxyl functionalities. The composition is most suited for use in automotive refinish applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi, Douglas Matt Lamb
  • Patent number: 6221494
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a two-pack solvent-based ambient curable coating composition comprising a binder of a hydroxyl and crosslinking components. The hydroxyl component includes a linear or branched cycloaliphatic moiety-containing reactive oligomer or blend of oligomers with a weight average molecular weight not exceeding 3,000, a polydispersity not exceeding about 1.7 with at least 2 hydroxyl groups, at least 1, on average, being a primary hydroxyl group. The reactive oligomer is formed by the reaction of an oligomeric acid with monofunctional epoxy. The crosslinking component includes one or more of an oligomeric crosslinker containing at least 2 isocyanate groups. The coating composition of the invention is particularly suited in automotive refinish coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert J. Barsotti, Patrick Henry Corcoran, Gary Delmar Jaycox, Laura Ann Lewin
  • Patent number: 5985956
    Abstract: An organic solvent-containing coating composition useful as a finish for automobiles and trucks in which the film-forming binder comprises a component having at least two acid groups, a polymer having both epoxy and silane functionality and an acrylic-core polymer having stabilizer components soluble in the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert John Barsotti, Ying Kao Lee, Laura Ann Lewin
  • Patent number: 5763528
    Abstract: A coating composition of a film forming binder and an organic liquid carrier; wherein the binder contains about(a) 10-90% by weight, based on the weight of the binder, of a dispersed gelled acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of at least 20.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Robert John Barsotti, Laura Ann Lewin, Christopher Scopazzi
  • Patent number: 5684084
    Abstract: A coating composition containing film forming binder and a volatile liquid carrier for the binder; wherein the binder containsa. an acrylic polymer of polymerized monomers selected from the group consisting of an alkyl methacrylate, an alkyl acrylate, each having 1-12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, isobornyl methacrylate, isobornyl acrylate, hydroxy alkyl methacrylate, hydroxy alkyl acrylate each having 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, styrene and any mixtures thereof;b. an acrylosilane polymer of polymerized monomers selected from the group consisting of an alkyl methacrylate, an alkyl acrylate, each having 1-12 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, isobornyl methacrylate, isobornyl acrylate, hydroxy alkyl methacrylate, hydroxy alkyl acrylate each having 1-4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, styrene and any mixtures thereof and an ethylenically unsaturated hydroxy functional acrylosilane monomer; andc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Laura Ann Lewin, Gary Warren Nickel