Patents by Inventor Amanda Jane Dutton

Amanda Jane Dutton 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).

  • Acrylic fingernail removal strip
    Patent number: 6367485
    Abstract: An acrylic fingernail removal strip having a foil strip with adhesive on each end. An absorbent pad element is affixed to the center portion, allowing the user to apply acetone onto the absorbent pad and wrap the removal strip about the finger nail to be removed, thereby causing the nail to be soaked in solvent and not the entire hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Inventors: Audrey Shelby Dutton-Davis, Amanda Jane Dutton
  • Polymers having improved processability
    Patent number: 6255445
    Abstract: Poly(lactones) are provided. The poly(lactones) are obtained by polymerization of a lactone with an initiator system comprising at least one polyfunctional initiator. The poly(lactones) have a shear viscosity at some temperature in the range of from 35 to 45° C. above the melting temperature of the poly(lactone) of at least 6 kPas at 0.1 s−1 shear rate and no greater than 3.5 kPas at 100 s−1 shear rate, and a shear viscosity activation energy of greater than 40 kJ/mol. Preferably, the poly(lactone) is poly(caprolactone).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Solvay Interox Limited
    Inventors: Amanda Jane Dutton, Robert Craig Wasson, Ivan Lode André Maria Claeys