Patents by Inventor Barbara DEL CURTO

Barbara DEL CURTO 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).

  • Highly environmentally sustainable composite material
    Patent number: 11059957
    Abstract: The present invention related to a thermoplastic composition, suitable to be submitted to common methods of heat forming, or thermoforming, of thermoplastic materials, as well as the thermoformed composite material which is obtained/can be obtained from said thermoplastic composition, said thermoplastic composition and said thermoformed composite material derived therefrom comprising the combination of cellulose with a thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer, such as starch or a polymer based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), wherein cellulose is available in an amount ranging from 30 to 60% by Weight, preferably from 40 to 60% by weight, said percentages being calculated on 100 parts by weight of the combination of cellulose with the thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: NEXTMATERIALS S.R.L
    Inventors: Alberto Cigada, Mauro Profaizer, Barbara Del Curto, Maria Cristina Tanzi, Silvia Faré, Nadia Barelli
  • Highly Environmentally Sustainable Composite Material
    Publication number: 20200040163
    Abstract: The present invention related to a thermoplastic composition, suitable to be submitted to common methods of heat forming, or thermoforming, of thermoplastic materials, as well as the thermoformed composite material which is obtained/can be obtained from said thermoplastic composition, said thermoplastic composition and said thermoformed composite material derived therefrom comprising the combination of cellulose with a thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer, such as starch or a polymer based on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), wherein cellulose is available in an amount ranging from 30 to 60% by Weight, preferably from 40 to 60% by weight, said percentages being calculated on 100 parts by weight of the combination of cellulose with the thermoplastic material comprising a hydrolysable or hydrosoluble polyhydroxylated polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Alberto CIGADA, Mauro PROFAIZER, Barbara DEL CURTO, Maria Cristina TANZI, Silvia FARÉ, Nadia BARELLI