Patents by Inventor Brian Hawkett

Brian Hawkett 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).

  • CHEMICAL INHIBITORS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND REACTIVE GROUND
    Publication number: 20240190788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of explosives. In particular, the present invention relates to explosive formulations for use or when used in reactive ground. The present invention also relates to uses of the explosive formulations and a method of blasting a reactive ground using the explosive formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Pramith Priyananda, Brian Hawkett, Alexander Djerdjev, Emma McPhail, Hannah Fellows, Jeff Gore, Skye Moore, Ben De Vries, Brendan Griggs
  • Aqueous dispersions of polymer particles
    Publication number: 20060223936
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for preparing an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising the following steps: (i) preparing a dispersion having a continuous aqueous phase, a dispersed organic phase comprising one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and an amphiphilic RAFT agent as a stabiliser for said organic phase, and (ii) polymerising said one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers under the control of said amphiphilic RAFT agent to form said aqueous dispersion of polymer particles, novel amphiphilic RAFT agents for use in this method, novel RAFT agents useful in making these amphiphilic RAFT agents and methods for their manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher Such, Ezio Rizzardo, Algirdas Serelis, Brian Hawkett, Robert Gilbert, Christopher Ferguson, Robert Hughes, Edna Olejnik