Patents by Inventor Brian L. Swift

Brian L. Swift 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: 9193894
    Abstract: Binder compositions and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the binder composition can include at least one unsaturated compound having two or more unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds and at least one free radical precursor. At least one of the unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds can be a pi-bond that is not conjugated with an aromatic moiety and can be capable of free radical addition. The free radical precursor can be present in an amount of about 7 wt % to about 99 wt %, based on the weight of the one or more unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Bobby L. Williamson, Adam K. Sniady, Brian L. Swift, Ramji Srinivasan, Feng Jing, Cornel Hagiopol
  • Publication number: 20150284561
    Abstract: Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The composition can include a binder and a dedusting agent. The dedusting agent can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Phillip W. Hurd, Kelly A. Shoemake, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Publication number: 20150259859
    Abstract: Strengthening resins and methods for making and using same. The strengthening resin can include a polyamine partially cross-linked with a bridging moiety and having azetidinium ions. The bridging moiety can be derived from a functionally symmetric cross-linker. The functionally symmetric cross-linker can include a diisocyanate, a 1,3-dialkyldiazetidine-2,4-dione, a dianhydride, a diacyl halide, a dienone, a dialkyl halide, or any mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Clay E. Ringold, Cornel Hagiopol, Dexter C. Johnson, Brian L. Swift, David R. Snead
  • Patent number: 9133334
    Abstract: Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The composition can include a binder and a dedusting agent. The dedusting agent can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Phillip W. Hurd, Kelly A. Shoemake, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Publication number: 20150129506
    Abstract: Methods for removing particulates from an aqueous suspension are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the method can include mixing a polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin with an aqueous suspension comprising one or more first particulates to produce a treated mixture. An amount of the polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin resin in the treated mixture can be less than 500 g/tonne of the one or more first particulates. The method can also include recovering from the treated mixture a purified water having a reduced concentration of the one or more first particulates relative to the aqueous suspension, a purified first particulate product having a reduced concentration of water relative to the aqueous suspension, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: David R. Snead, Clay E. Ringold, Brian L. Swift
  • Publication number: 20150096925
    Abstract: Collector compositions and methods for making and using same to purify one or more crude materials are provided. The collector composition can include one or more amidoamines having the chemical Formula I and one or more amines having the chemical Formula IV, where a weight ratio of the amidoamine to the amine can be about 99:1 to about 1:99.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift
  • Publication number: 20140275360
    Abstract: Binder compositions and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the binder composition can include at least one polyphenolic compound, at least one unsaturated compound, and at least one free radical precursor. The unsaturated compound can have two or more unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds. At least one of the unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds can be a pi-bond that is not conjugated with an aromatic moiety and is capable of free radical addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Bobby L. Williamson, Adam K. Sniady, Brian L. Swift, Ramji Srinivasan, Cornel Hagiopol
  • Publication number: 20140275361
    Abstract: Binder compositions and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the binder composition can include at least one unsaturated compound having two or more unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds and at least one free radical precursor. At least one of the unsaturated carbon-carbon bonds can be a pi-bond that is not conjugated with an aromatic moiety and can be capable of free radical addition. The free radical precursor can be present in an amount of about 7 wt % to about 99 wt %, based on the weight of the one or more unsaturated compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Bobby L. Williamson, Adam K. Sniady, Brian L. Swift, Ramji Srinivasan, Feng Jing, Cornel Hagiopol
  • Patent number: 8741171
    Abstract: Compositions for reducing the formation of dust and methods for making and using same are provided. The composition can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof. The composition can also include one or more film forming polymers, one or more oils, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemical LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Pablo G. Dopico, Kelly A. Shoemake
  • Publication number: 20140088225
    Abstract: Composite Maillard-resole binders to produce or promote cohesion in non-assembled or loosely assembled matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventor: Brian L. Swift
  • Publication number: 20140034871
    Abstract: Compositions for reducing the formation of dust and methods for making and using same are provided. The composition can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof. The composition can also include one or more film forming polymers, one or more oils, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Pablo G. Dopico, Kelly A. Shoemake
  • Publication number: 20140001396
    Abstract: Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The composition can include a binder and a dedusting agent. The dedusting agent can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Phillip W. Hurd, Kelly A. Shoemake, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Patent number: 8580139
    Abstract: Compositions for reducing the formation of dust and methods for making and using same are provided. The composition can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof. The composition can also include one or more film forming polymers, one or more oils, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Lisa M. Arthur, Kelly A. Shoemake, Michael C. Peck, John B. Hines, Pablo G. Dopico
  • Patent number: 8557138
    Abstract: An emulsion of pitch in water preferably characterized by having a lower level of tack on drying by virtue of using as the emulsifying agent a fatty acid, a chemically modified fatty acid, a rosin acid, a chemically modified rosin acid, or combinations thereof, especially a tall oil fatty acid, or a chemically modified tall oil fatty acid, where the pitch emulsion is useful for reducing the development of fugitive dust in a dust-forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico, Michael C. Peck, Roger Scott Johnson
  • Patent number: 8551355
    Abstract: Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The composition can include a binder and a dedusting agent. The dedusting agent can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Kelly Shoemake, Phillip W. Hurd, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Patent number: 8460776
    Abstract: Fiberglass-based materials and fire retardant compositions are described, wherein the fiberglass materials and the fire retardant compositions are encapsulated in a plastic cover. Methods for making encapsulated fiberglass articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: William Scott Miller, Brian L Swift
  • Patent number: 8425781
    Abstract: Use of a Maillard reaction product as an adjuvant in a variety of applications including solid-liquid separations, corrosion inhibition, emulsification, dust suppression, slow release fertilization, viscosity modification and others and especially as a depressant or collector in separation processes, including the selective separation of solids and/or ionic species from aqueous media, such as in the process of froth flotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico
  • Patent number: 8226848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for inhibiting the formation or accumulation of ice on a solid surface and for reducing the salt out temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8182648
    Abstract: Binders to produce or promote cohesion in non or loosely assembled matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Ruijian Xu, Ronald E. Kissell
  • Patent number: 8133408
    Abstract: An emulsion of pitch in water characterized by having a lower level of tack on drying by virtue of the incorporation of a finely divided filler, where the emulsion is useful for reducing the development of fugitive dust in a dust-forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Roger Scott Johnson