Patents by Inventor Anne M. Keirs

Anne M. Keirs 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).

  • Production of pigment compositions
    Patent number: 5366546
    Abstract: A process for the production of a pigment composition, comprising combining a) a dispersion of one or more non-polar components of a surface coating vehicle, or a non-polar additive for the pigment composition in an aqueous solution of a salt of a polar pigment additive, with b) an aqueous slurry of a pigment or a precursor thereof, before, during or after the synthesis of the pigment; and then isolating the pigment composition so obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1994
    Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation
    Inventors: James M. McCrae, Anne M. Keirs, John A. Nimmo