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).

  • FIRE RESISTANT ENCAPSULATED FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20120021161
    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: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: KNAUF INSULATION GMBH
    Inventors: Wiliam Scott Miller, Brian L. Swift
  • Method for Inhibiting Ice Formation and Accumulation
    Publication number: 20120006222
    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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
  • Method for inhibiting ice formation and accumulation
    Patent number: 8048332
    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: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Dennis L. Kennedy
  • Fire resistant encapsulated fiberglass products
    Patent number: 8039077
    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 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: William Scott Miller, Brian L. Swift
  • Pitch Emulsions
    Publication number: 20110168943
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico, Michael C. Peck, Roger Scott Johnson
  • DEDUSTING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20110049417
    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: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Pablo G. Dopico, Kelly Shoemake
  • DEDUSTING AGENTS FOR FIBERGLASS PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20110054098
    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 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Phillip W. Hurd, Kelly Shoemake, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Low formaldehyde emission fiberglass
    Patent number: 7872088
    Abstract: Disclosed are binders including urea-extended phenol-formaldehyde alkaline resole resins to which melamine-containing resin has been added, and non-woven fiber compositions made therewith. The disclosed binders may be cured to low formaldehyde-emission and low trimethylamine-emission, water-resistant thermoset binders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Brian L. Swift, Scott L. Stillabower
  • GUANIDINE-BASED POLYMERS FOR SEPARATION PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20100331484
    Abstract: Cationic polymers and methods for using the same are provided. The method can include contacting an aqueous medium with a cationic polymer. The cationic polymer can include a polymer formed by reacting an aldehyde, and optionally an aldehyde-reactive compound, in the presence of a sufficient amount of guanidine to provide the polymer with a net cationic charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico, Roger S. Johnson
  • METHOD FOR INHIBITING ICE FORMATION AND ACCUMULATION
    Publication number: 20100117023
    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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Pablo G. Dopico, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift
  • PITCH EMULSIONS
    Publication number: 20100025625
    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: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Swift, Roger Scott Johnson
  • MATERIALS AND PROCESS FOR ENHANCING SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS
    Publication number: 20090301972
    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: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico
  • Low Formaldehyde Emission Fiberglass
    Publication number: 20070191574
    Abstract: Disclosed are binders including urea-extended phenol-formaldehyde alkaline resole resins to which melamine-containing resin has been added, and non-woven fiber compositions made therewith. The disclosed binders may be cured to low formaldehyde-emission and low trimethylamine-emission, water-resistant thermoset binders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: William S. Miller, Brian L. Swift, Scott L. Stillabower