Patents by Inventor Philip A. Cautilli

Philip A. Cautilli 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 manufacture of a water-permeable-hydrophobic membrane
    Patent number: 4387121
    Abstract: A method of making a hydrophobic membrane comprising stabilizing a hydrophobic latex binder by admixture with a fugitive, heat decomposable, hydrophilic surfactant which upon heating yields a hydrophobic residue; applying the latex thus stabilized to a hydrophobic web or substrate of non-woven fibers and then heating the coated web to decompose the surfactant to provide a dry hydrophobic web containing the hydrophobic residue of the surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Philip A. Cautilli, Edward Wotier
  • Glass fiber mat with improved binder
    Patent number: 4258098
    Abstract: A glass fiber mat having excellent tensile strength and flexibility is provided herein. The mat includes a plurality of glass fibers and a binder therefor which is characterized by comprising about 25% to 90% by weight of a urea-formaldehyde resin and about 10% to 75% by weight of a styrene-butadiene latex copolymer containing about 0.1% to 5% by weight of an acrylamide type monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1981
    Assignee: GAF Corporation
    Inventors: Alfredo A. Bondoc, Philip A. Cautilli