Patents by Inventor Bruce Menning
Bruce Menning 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).
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Patent number: 10407237Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: AgroFresh Inc.Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Publication number: 20190246657Abstract: Provided is a method of storing persimmons comprising the step of exposing persimmons to an atmosphere that contains a cyclopropene compound, wherein either (a) the persimmons are in a modified-atmosphere package during exposure to the cyclopropene compound, or (b) the persimmons are placed into a modified-atmosphere package after exposure to the cyclopropene compound, and the persimmons remain in the modified atmosphere package for at least two hours. In some embodiments, the modified-atmosphere package is constructed so that the transmission rate of oxygen for the entire package is from 200 to 40,000 cubic centimeters per day per kilogram of persimmons.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Fernando K. EDAGI, Nazir MIR, Evan F. McCASKEY, Robert L. McGEE, Bruce A. MENNING
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Publication number: 20190168944Abstract: There is provided an enclosure comprising: a polymeric film; wherein said polymeric film comprises one or more copolymers of ethylene with a polar monomer; and wherein the oxygen transmission rate of said enclosure is 8,000 to 16,000 cm3/hour. Also provided is a method of handling bananas comprising: (a) harvesting green bananas; (b) then placing said green bananas into such an enclosure; (c) then storing said enclosure at 20° C. or lower for 1 week or longer; (d) then ripening said bananas or allowing said bananas to ripen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Aishwaraya BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nazir MIR, Robert L. MCGEE, Bruce A. MENNING, William JAMES
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Patent number: 10160186Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coextruded multilayer film. The coextruded multilayer film includes a core component having from 10 to 1000 alternating layers of layer A and layer B. Layer A has a thickness from 30 nm to 1000 nm and includes a polymer selected from an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer, an ethylene vinyl acetate polymer (EVA), an ethylene methyl-acrylate copolymer (EMA), an ethylene n-butyl acetate polymer (EnBA), and combinations thereof. Layer B has a thickness from 30 nm to 1000 nm. Layer B is a blend composed of (i) a polymer selected from an ethylene-based polymer, an EVA, an EMA, an EnBA, and combinations thereof, and (ii) a particulate filler material. The core component has a water vapor transmission rate from 50 to less than 500 g-mil/m2/24 hr and a carbon dioxide transmission rate from 50,000 to 300,000 cc-mil/m2/24 hr/atm.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Bruce A. Menning, Robert L. McGee, Patrick Chang Dong Lee, Rajen M. Patel
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Publication number: 20180215121Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multilayer film. The multilayer film includes a core component comprising from 10 to 50,000 alternating stripes of a layer A and a layer B. Layer A has a width from 10 ??? to 10 mm and comprises a film material. Layer B has a width from 10 ?m to 10 mm and comprises a transport material. The core component has a CO2 transmission rate (CO2TR) from 50,000 to 300,000 cc-mil/m2/24 hour/atm and water transmission rate (WVTR) from 50 to 500 g-mil/m2/24 hour.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2015Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Patrick Chang Dong Lee, Bruce Menning, Yijian Lin, Robert E. Wrisley, Kurt W. Olson, Joseph Dooley
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Publication number: 20180118447Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Patent number: 9868586Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: AGROFRESH INC.Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Patent number: 9845188Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: AgroFresh Inc.Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Publication number: 20170305651Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. McGee, Bruce A. Menning
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Publication number: 20170239921Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coextruded multilayer film. The coextruded multilayer film includes a core component having from 10 to 1000 alternating layers of layer A and layer B. Layer A has a thickness from 30 nm to 1000 nm and includes a polymer selected from an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer, an ethylene vinyl acetate polymer (EVA), an ethylene methyl-acrylate copolymer (EMA), an ethylene n-butyl acetate polymer (EnBA), and combinations thereof. Layer B has a thickness from 30 nm to 1000 nm. Layer B is a blend composed of (i) a polymer selected from an ethylene-based polymer, an EVA, an EMA, an EnBA, and combinations thereof, and (ii) a particulate filler material. The core component has a water vapor transmission rate from 50 to less than 500 g-mil/m2/24 hr and a carbon dioxide transmission rate from 50,000 to 300,000 cc-mil/m2/24 hr/atm.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Bruce A. Menning, Robert L. McGee, Patrick Chang Dong Lee, Rajen M. Patel
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Patent number: 9265268Abstract: There is provided a method of storing bananas comprising the steps of (a) exposing said bananas to an atmosphere that contains one or more ethylene-active compound, and (b) after said step (a), exposing said bananas to an atmosphere that contains one or more cyclopropene compound while said bananas have color stage 2 to 6 on the seven-stage scale, wherein said bananas are kept in a modified-atmosphere package for a time period that includes at least a time interval that lasts for 1 hour, wherein said time interval begins between the conclusion of said step (b) and 72 hours from the conclusion of said step (b), and wherein said modified-atmosphere package is constructed so that the transmission rate of carbon dioxide for the entire package (PCT) is from 2,400 to 120,000 cubic centimeters per day per kilogram of bananas.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Inventors: Nazir Mir, Deirdre Margaret Holcroft, William Nixon James, Jr., Alvaro R. Ureña-Padilla, Bruce Menning
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Publication number: 20150321823Abstract: There is provided an enclosure comprising: a polymeric film; wherein said polymeric film comprises one or more copolymers of ethylene with a polar monomer; and wherein the oxygen transmission rate of said enclosure is 8,000 to 16,000 cm3/hour. Also provided is a method of handling bananas comprising: (a) harvesting green bananas; (b) then placing said green bananas into such an enclosure; (c) then storing said enclosure at 20° C. or lower for 1 week or longer; (d) then ripening said bananas or allowing said bananas to ripen.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2013Publication date: November 12, 2015Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Aishwaraya BALASUBRAMANIAN, Nazir MIR, Robert L. MCGEE, Bruce A. MENNING, William JAMES
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Publication number: 20150274406Abstract: Provided is a perforated plastic bag wherein the volume of said bag is 100 liters or more; wherein the average perforation diameter is 500 micrometers or less; wherein said plastic bag comprises a lower zone and a top zone, wherein the perforation density of said lower zone is greater than the perforation density of said top zone. Also provided is a method of using such a plastic bag.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicants: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Aishwaraya Balasubramanian, Nazir Mir, Robert L. Mcgee, Bruce A. Menning
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Publication number: 20150237877Abstract: Provided is a method of storing persimmons comprising the step of exposing persimmons to an atmosphere that contains a cyclopropene compound, wherein either (a) the persimmons are in a modified-atmosphere package during exposure to the cyclopropene compound, or (b) the persimmons are placed into a modified-atmosphere package after exposure to the cyclopropene compound, and the persimmons remain in the modified atmosphere package for at least two hours. In some embodiments, the modified-atmosphere package is constructed so that the transmission rate of oxygen for the entire package is from 200 to 40,000 cubic centimeters per day per kilogram of persimmons.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Applicant: AgroFresh Inc.Inventors: Fernando K. Edagi, Nazir Mir, Evan McCaskey, Robert L. McGee, Bruce Menning
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Patent number: 8735471Abstract: Polyolefin dispersions, froths, and foams and articles manufactured therefrom are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for generating a thermoplastic foam from an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion may include a thermoplastic resin, water, and a stabilizing agent. The method may include adding at least one frothing surfactant to the aqueous dispersion to form a mixture, adding a flame retardant and/or a phase change material, frothing the mixture to create a froth, and removing at least a portion of the water to produce the foam.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Bruce Menning
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Publication number: 20130302583Abstract: Polyolefin dispersions, froths, and foams and articles manufactured therefrom are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for generating a thermoplastic foam from an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion may include a thermoplastic resin, water, and a stabilizing agent. The method may include adding at least one frothing surfactant to the aqueous dispersion to form a mixture, adding a flame retardant and/or a phase change material, frothing the mixture to create a froth, and removing at least a portion of the water to produce the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Bruce A. Menning
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Patent number: 8507589Abstract: Polyolefin dispersions, froths, and foams and articles manufactured therefrom are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for generating a thermoplastic foam from an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion may include a thermoplastic resin, water, and a stabilizing agent. The method may include adding at least one frothing surfactant to the aqueous dispersion to form a mixture, adding a flame retardant and/or a phase change material, frothing the mixture to create a froth, and removing at least a portion of the water to produce the foam.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Bruce A. Menning
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Patent number: 8349920Abstract: Polyolefin dispersions, froths, and foams and articles manufactured therefrom are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for generating a thermoplastic foam from an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion may include a thermoplastic resin, water, and a stabilizing agent. The method may include adding at least one frothing surfactant to the aqueous dispersion to form a mixture, adding a flame retardant and/or a phase change material, frothing the mixture to create a froth, and removing at least a portion of the water to produce the foam.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2007Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventor: Bruce A. Menning
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Publication number: 20120282380Abstract: There is provided a method of storing bananas comprising the steps of (a) exposing said bananas to an atmosphere that contains one or more ethylene-active compound, and (b) after said step (a), exposing said bananas to an atmosphere that contains one or more cyclopropene compound while said bananas have color stage 2 to 6 on the seven-stage scale, wherein said bananas are kept in a modified-atmosphere package for a time period that includes at least a time interval that lasts for 1 hour, wherein said time interval begins between the conclusion of said step (b) and 72 hours from the conclusion of said step (b), and wherein said modified-atmosphere package is constructed so that the transmission rate of carbon dioxide for the entire package (PCT) is from 2,400 to 120,000 cubic centimeters per day per kilogram of bananas.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Nazir Mir, Deirdre Margaret Holcroft, William Nixon James, JR., Alvaro R. Ureña-Padilla, Bruce Menning
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Publication number: 20110183565Abstract: Polyolefin dispersions, froths, and foams and articles manufactured therefrom are disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for generating a thermoplastic foam from an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion may include a thermoplastic resin, water, and a stabilizing agent. The method may include adding at least one frothing surfactant to the aqueous dispersion to form a mixture, adding a flame retardant and/or a phase change material, frothing the mixture to create a froth, and removing at least a portion of the water to produce the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventor: Bruce Menning