Patents by Inventor Linda Bruce-Gerz

Linda Bruce-Gerz 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).

  • Method of Strengthening a Brittle Oxide Substrate with a Weatherable Coating
    Publication number: 20080199618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of strengthening brittle oxide pieces such as glass pieces with a siloxane-acrylate coating system that has superior weatherability, particularly hydrolytic stability. The coating system comprises a combination of a silane solution and a radiation-curable acrylate solution. The mixture is applied to a clean, brittle oxide surface. The silane solution comprises one or more silanes in a non-aqueous solvent and the radiation-curable acrylate solution comprises one or more acrylate or methacrylate monomers, acrylate or methacrylate oligomers, and initiators, such as photoinitiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Mei Wen, Jean-Michel Chabagno, Gary S. Silverman, Maurice Bourrel, Thomas D. Culp, Haewon Uhm, Linda Bruce-Gerz