Patents by Inventor Robert Francis Eaton

Robert Francis Eaton 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 for enhancing the toughness of cycloaliphatic epoxide-based coatings
    Patent number: 6201070
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for enhancing the toughness, e.g., resistance to cracking upon flexation, of coatings made from cycloaliphatic epoxide derivatives wherein the cycloaliphatic epoxide derivative is a cycloaliphatic epoxide ester of a hydroxy-functional compound containing at least one branched, 1,2-alkylene oxide unit. Processes for making the cycloaliphatic epoxide derivatives and coating formulations comprising the cycloaliphatic epoxide derivatives are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Kumabe, Thomas Andrew Upshaw, Robert Francis Eaton, Bharat Kanaiyalal Patel, John Kellis Braddock
  • Method for the preparation of water-borne coating compositions using thermoplastic polyhydroxyether resins having narrow polydispersity
    Patent number: 6034160
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water-borne thermoplastic polyhydroxyether resins having narrow polydispersity (M.sub.w /M.sub.n <4.0 and 7,000>M.sub.n >12,000), and the use of such resins in water-borne coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: InChem Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Francis Eaton, Robert Norman Johnson