Patents by Inventor Charles Wayne Smith

Charles Wayne Smith 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).

  • Conservation of organic and inorganic materials
    Patent number: 6881435
    Abstract: The use of certain siloxane and silane materials for the conservation of organic and inorganic materials. More specifically, this invention deals with a method of impregnating organic and inorganic materials with siloxanes and silanes and ultimately curing such materials to provide preservation properties to such materials. An especially significant use of the method is to preserve and conserve ancient artifacts. The curable materials are represented by silanol containing polymers crosslinked with trialkoxysilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith, Donny Leon Hamilton
  • Conservation of organic and inorganic materials
    Patent number: 6835411
    Abstract: The use of certain siloxane and silane materials for the conservation of organic and inorganic materials. More specifically, this invention deals with a method of impregnating organic and inorganic materials with siloxanes and silanes and ultimately curing such materials to provide preservation properties to such materials. An especially significant use of the method is to preserve and conserve ancient artifacts. The curable materials are represented by silanol containing polymers crosslinked with trialkoxysilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith, Donny Leon Hamilton
  • Method of conserving waterlogged materials
    Patent number: 6432553
    Abstract: A method of preserving waterlogged materials and more specifically, preserving artifacts that have been submerged in water for long periods of time. A method of treating waterlogged materials that have been subjected to preservation techniques using polyethylene glycol as the preservative, and a method of restoring such materials from the deleterious effects of the glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith, Donny Leon Hamilton
  • Conservation of organic and inorganic materials
    Patent number: 6022589
    Abstract: The use of certain siloxane and silane materials for the conservation of organic and inorganic materials. More specifically, this invention deals with a method of impregnating organic and inorganic materials with siloxanes and silanes and ultimately curing such materials to provide preservation properties to such materials. An especially significant use of the method is to preserve and conserve ancient artifacts. The curable materials are represented by silanol containing polymers crosslinked with trialkoxysilanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith, Donny Leon Hamilton
  • Method of conserving waterlogged materials
    Patent number: 6020027
    Abstract: A method of preserving waterlogged materials and more specifically, preserving artifacts that have been submerged in water for long periods of time. A method of treating waterlogged materials that have been subjected to preservation techniques using polyethylene glycol as the preservative, and a method of restoring such materials from the deleterious effects of the glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith
  • Method of conserving waterlogged materials
    Patent number: 5789087
    Abstract: A method of preserving waterlogged materials and more specifically, preserving artifacts that have been submerged in water for long periods of time. A method of treating waterlogged materials that have been subjected to preservation techniques using polyethylene glycol as the preservative, and a method of restoring such materials from the deleterious effects of the glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome Melvin Klosowski, Charles Wayne Smith