Patents by Inventor Mark Allen Sherman

Mark Allen Sherman 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).

  • Stiff, strong, tough glass-filled olefin polymer
    Patent number: 5916953
    Abstract: A tough, strong, stiff glass-filled polyolefin composition comprisesa propylene polymer having an nmr tacticity index of at least 94 and a molecular weight distribution of about 7 to 15;a stiffness-enhancing amount of glass fiber;an impact-modifying amount of a plastomer copolymer of ethylene with a C.sub.4 -C.sub.6 alpha-olefin having a density of about 0.865 to about 0.910 g/cc; anda functionalized olefin polymer in a sufficient amount to act as a compatibility agent between polymeric materials and the glass fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: BP Amoco Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Jacoby, Mark Allen Sherman