Patents by Inventor Bruce Owen Griffin

Bruce Owen Griffin 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: 8491671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mixture of at least two different dispersing agents, an aqueous dispersion containing a UV absorber selected from benzotriazoles, benzotriazines and benzophenones and a mixture of at least two different dispersing agents and a method for reducing the differential pressure in the static dyeing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Byron Scott Bailey, Sr., Bruce Owen Griffin, Brenda W. Lyons, Martin Weber, Bruno Saretto, Heinrich Schlingmann, Georges Mahler
  • Publication number: 20090263655
    Abstract: The present invention discloses mixtures of dyes, dye compositions comprising them and the use of said mixtures and compositions, optionally in combination with UV absorbers, to dye or print textile materials, particularly hydrophobic textile materials such as polyester, that must meet stringent lightfastness requirements. Fibers dyed with the inventive dye mixtures exhibit exceptional high temperature light fastness and good all-round fastness properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Owen Griffin, Jack Thurman Larkins, JR., Margo Roome Atkins
  • Patent number: 7527656
    Abstract: A process for enhancing the thermal, oxidative and photochemical stability of dyed or printed polyamide fiber material, comprises treating the polyamide fiber material, before, during or after a dyeing or printing step, with an effective stabilizing amount of a stabilizer mixture which comprises at least one compound of the formula and at least one compound of the formula in which R1 and R1? independently of one another are each linear or branched C1-C18alkyl, C3-C8cycloalkyl, C3-C6alkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl or C7-C12aralkyl, and R2, R2?, R3, R3?, R4 and R5 are as described herein. The treated polyamide fiber materials have excellent thermal, oxidative and photochemical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Bruce Owen Griffin, Jack Thurman Larkins, Jr., George Dukes Crosby