Patents by Inventor Brett A. Neumann

Brett A. Neumann 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).

  • Patent number: 11814557
    Abstract: The present description provides esterified fatty acid and/or tall oil compositions and their use as alternative plasticizers in adhesives formulations. These esters demonstrate similar or improved performance over adhesives industry standard plasticizers. The description also provides methods of manufacturing and using the same, for example, to improve or modify the performance of adhesive materials, such as, hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives and hygienic adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Widders, Russ N. Fitzgerald, Olivia J. Jobes, Brett A. Neumann
  • Publication number: 20230028097
    Abstract: The present description provides esterified fatty acid and/or tall oil compositions and their use as alternative plasticizers in adhesives formulations. These esters demonstrate similar or improved performance over adhesives industry standard plasticizers. The description also provides methods of manufacturing and using the same, for example, to improve or modify the performance of adhesive materials, such as, hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives and hygienic adhesives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: John C. Widders, Russ N. Fitzgerald, Olivia J. Jobes, Brett A. Neumann
  • Publication number: 20180346724
    Abstract: A bio-based or biodegradable binder is provided that may be made by: (a) mixing tall oil pitch with (i) rosin or fatty acid material, (ii) rosin and a fatty acid material, (iii) a tall oil bio fraction and rosin or fatty acid material, or (iv) rosin, fatty acid material, and tall oil bio fraction, wherein pitch, rosin, fatty acid material, and/or tall oil bio fraction is a salt thereof; or (b) mixing at least one of acrylic acid, maleic acid, maleic anhydride, fumaric acid, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or a combination thereof, to a mixture of: (i) tall oil pitch, and rosin or fatty acid material; (ii) rosin, tall oil pitch, and fatty acid material; (iii) tall oil pitch, tall oil bio fraction, and rosin or fatty acid material; or (iv) rosin, tall oil pitch, fatty acid material, and tall oil bio fraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Russell N. Fitzgerald, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 9303195
    Abstract: Aliphatically modified rosin resins are prepared by reacting rosin esters with aliphatic monomers. These aliphatically modified rosin resins are compatible with metallocene catalyzed polyolefins and other aliphatic base polymers and are used as tackifiers in combination with metallocene catalyzed polyolefins and other aliphatic base polymers to form adhesive compositions for hot melt and pressure sensitive applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Ingevity South Carolina, LLC
    Inventors: Brett A. Neumann, John C. Widders, Russ N. Fitzgerald
  • Publication number: 20160060495
    Abstract: Aliphatically modified rosin resins are prepared by reacting rosin esters with aliphatic monomers. These aliphatically modified rosin resins are compatible with metallocene catalyzed polyolefins and other aliphatic base polymers and are used as tackifiers in combination with metallocene catalyzed polyolefins and other aliphatic base polymers to form adhesive compositions for hot melt and pressure sensitive applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Brett A. NEUMANN, John C. WIDDERS, Russ N. FITZGERALD
  • Patent number: 8334363
    Abstract: Oxidized and maleated compositions, such as oxidized and maleated tall oil compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers and corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Gary D. Fultz, Brett A. Neumann, John B. Hines
  • Patent number: 8133970
    Abstract: Oxidized and maleated derivative compositions, such as chemically modified oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, concrete admixtures, and in reverse flotation mining applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Roger Scott Johnson, John B. Hines, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 8071715
    Abstract: An oxidized and maleated fatty acid composition, especially an oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid-containing product useful in formulating corrosion inhibitors and for use as an emulsifier, especially for petroleum-related applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Gary D. Fultz, Brett A Neumann
  • Publication number: 20090194731
    Abstract: Oxidized and maleated derivative compositions, such as chemically modified oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors, concrete admixtures, and in reverse flotation mining applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Roger Scott Johnson, John B. Hines, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 7566759
    Abstract: A non-aqueous coating composition of very low volatility (i.e., low-VOC) that can be cured in a short period of time under an ambient temperature condition without the use of solvents consisting essentially of a mixture or blend of three components: (1) a complex ester made by reacting a monomeric monobasic fatty acid, a mixture of diacids and a polyol;(2) a drying oil (i.e., primarily an unsaturated fatty acid triglyceride); and (3) an unsaturated monomer of low volatility and its use for producing a coated substrate and especially a wood composite material substrate having a cured seal coat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Brett A. Neumann, Jianwen Ni, Anna F. Eley, Pablo Dopico
  • Publication number: 20080194795
    Abstract: Oxidized and maleated compositions, such as oxidized and maleated tall oil compositions, can be prepared and used in a variety of industrial applications, including as emulsifiers and corrosion inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Phillip W. Hurd, Gary D. Fultz, Brett A. Neumann, John B. Hines
  • Publication number: 20080179570
    Abstract: An oxidized and maleated fatty acid composition, especially an oxidized and maleated tall oil fatty acid-containing product useful in formulating corrosion inhibitors and for use as an emulsifier, especially for petroleum-related applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: PHILLIP W. HURD, Gary D. Fultz, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 6562888
    Abstract: Rosin esters that are both light-colored and color stable may be produced by reacting rosin with an organic compound containing two or more hydroxyl groups each separated from each other by at least four carbon atoms. With appropriate choices for the esterification catalyst and antioxidant(s), the rosin ester may be useful as a tackifier, and can be formulated into an adhesive composition. The adhesive compositions will further comprise an appropriate adhesive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Arizona Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles R. Frihart, Nelson E. Lawson, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 6022947
    Abstract: Light-colored phenolic-modified rosin esters, suitable for use as, for example, tackifiers in adhesive compositions, are prepared by reacting together rosin, a phenolic compound, formaldehyde or a reactive equivalent thereof, and a non-phenolic hydroxyl-containing organic compound in the presence of at least one lightening agent selected from phenol sulfide compounds, phosphorous acid, esters of phosphorous acid, and hypophosphite salts. The formaldehyde or reactive equivalent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.1 to about 3.5 equivalents of --CHO moieties per 1 equivalent of Ar--OH moiety of the phenolic compound, in order to obtain rosin esters having desirably low color, and adequately low molecular weight to effectively function as tackifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Union Camp Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Frihart, Kenneth E. Krajca, Brett A. Neumann