Patents by Inventor Amit Lathia

Amit Lathia 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 preparing biodegradable modified-starch moldable products and films
    Patent number: 5869647
    Abstract: A method of preparing biodegradable moldable products and films includes the steps of preparing biodegradable, hydrophobic, modified starch, and forming a thermoplastic product, comprising the modified starch, and optionally a miscible and biodegradable plasticizer, and/or a compatible filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Evercorn, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramani Narayan, Steven Bloembergen, Amit Lathia
  • Soluble, solid or crosslinked graft copolymers of lignin (2-propenamide)-(2-methyl-3-oxo-4-oxybut-1-ene-(p-ethoxy-(3*p+3)-ol), methods of making the same and uses therefore
    Patent number: 5194552
    Abstract: A soluble, solid, or crosslinked graft copolymer of lignin-(2-propenamide)-(2-methyl-3-oxo-4-oxybut-1-ene-(p-ethoxy-(3*p+3)-ol ) having a central lignin network and at least one grafted side chain, R, having randomly repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## such that the central lignin network has a molecular weight of about 1,000 to 150,000; the number of ethoxyl repeat units, p, in the polyol repeat unit is between 1 and 300,000; and the total number of random units in the grafted side chain, n+m, or chains, x*(n+m), is in the range of 1 to 300,000 units, such that the total copolymer molecular weight is in the range of 1,000 to 300,000,000.The copolymers of the present invention are useful as 1) thickeners for water and aqueous solutions or 2) plastics and elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Inventors: John J. Meister, Amit Lathia, Fu-Fong Chang
  • Soluble, solid, or crosslinked graft copolymers of lignin (2-propenamide)-(2-methyl-3-oxo-4-oxybut-1-ene- (p-ethoxy-(3*p+3)-0l), methods of making the same and uses therefore
    Patent number: 5116904
    Abstract: A soluble, solid, or crosslinked graft copolymer of lignin-(2-propenamide)-(2-methyl-3-oxo-4-oxybut-1-ene-(p-ethoxy-(3*p +3)-ol) having a central lignin network and at least one grafted side chain, R, having randomly repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## such that the central lignin network has a molecular weight of about 1,000 to 150,000; the number of ethoxyl repeat units, p, in the polyol repeat unit is between 1 and 300,000; and the total number of random units in the grafted side chain, n+m, or chains, x*(n+m), is in the range of 1 to 300,000 units, such that the total copolymer molecular weight is in the range of 1,000 to 300,000,000.The copolymers of the present invention are useful as 1) thickeners for water and aqueous solutions or 2) plastics and elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Inventors: John J. Meister, Amit Lathia, Fu-Fong Chang