Patents by Inventor Catherine A. Wenz

Catherine A. Wenz 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).

  • Structured reactive latex
    Patent number: 5849837
    Abstract: A latex comprising a free radically polymerized product, said product comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated monomers, at least one of said monomers having an isocyanate group which is sterically hindered or blocked and at least one other of said ethylenically unsaturated monomers being free of isocyanate functional groups, in an aqueous emulsion in the presence of a free-radical polymerization catalyst, in a manner such that the sterically hindered or blocked isocyanate groups distribute in the outer layer of the latex particle and the method of making such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: H. B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Wei, Wayne P. Miller, Catherine A. Wenz