Patents by Inventor Thomas Beihoffer

Thomas Beihoffer 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).

  • Publication number: 20070250024
    Abstract: A continuous sheet having a combination of acidic and basic water-absorbing resin particles that are essentially not neutralized and can be continuously manufactured on conventional papermaking apparatus, using a wet, dry, or wet-dry process to manufacture a water-absorbent sheet-like substrate containing 50%-100% by weight of the combination of acidic and basic water-absorbent particles. The acidic and basic essentially unneutralized resins can be contained in the sheet material articles of the present invention as separate acidic and basic resin particles, or as multicomponent particles containing both the acidic and basic resins. The sheet materials can be manufactured having new and unexpected structural integrity, with little or no shakeout or loss of superabsorbent particles during or after manufacture while exhibiting exceptional water absorption and retention properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: BASF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Michael Mitchell, Mark Anderson, Thomas Beihoffer
  • Publication number: 20070178057
    Abstract: A sunscreen composition, either impregnating a wipe substrate or comprising a sunscreen spray, wherein the composition comprises an oil phase dispersed stably as emulsion droplets in a water phase that contains i) a booster for the sun protection factor (SPF), comprising a combination of water-dispersible particulate materials, one of which is smectite clay, and a water-soluble or water-dispersible phenolic polymer; and ii) a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymer having a weak acid group, a weight average molecular weight of 1,000-100,000 Dalton, and an anionic charge density of no less than 4 milliequivalent per gram of the polymer; the said sunscreen composition meeting the following specifications: i) the in-vivo sun protection factor (SPF) is ?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Publication date: August 2, 2007
    Applicant: AMCOL International Corporation
    Inventors: Ashoke SenGupta, Kevin Cureton, Ilona Lin, Thomas Beihoffer