Patents by Inventor Charles D. Rowe

Charles D. Rowe 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).

  • Repulpable moisture vapor barrier
    Patent number: 5897411
    Abstract: The present invention provides a repulpable moisture vapor barrier. The moisture vapor barrier comprises a resin latex and a hydrophobic component having a crystalline platelet structure. Suitable resin latexes include polystyrene, styrene-acrylonitrile, styrene-acrylonitrile-butadiene, styrene acrylates, styrene-butadiene, carboxylated styrene butadiene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, waterborne polyurethanes, alkyl acrylates, polyvinylidene chloride, ethyl vinyl chloride, and copolymers and terpolymers thereof. Preferably the hydrophobic component is suspended in means for suspending the component such as fully hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Stark, Charles D. Rowe