Patents by Inventor Mel E. Foucht

Mel E. Foucht 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).

  • Intumescent composition and method
    Patent number: 6228914
    Abstract: An aqueous composition containing a hardenable binder of a melamine compound, such as an acid-hardenable melamine-formaldehyde resin, and an acidic phosphorus compound, such as a nitrogen-containing phosphorus compound made from either phosphoric acid or phosphorus acid, and expandable graphite flake, which composition is curable to an intumescent composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignees: Graftech Inc., Georgia-Pacific Resins Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Ford, David A. Hutchings, Mel E. Foucht, Shahid P. Qureshi, Chad E. Garvey, Daniel W. Krassowski