Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Neubauer

Christopher M. Neubauer 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).

  • Method of monitoring extent of cure
    Patent number: 7043326
    Abstract: Method of measuring extent of cure of a coating comprising operating a metal-containing substrate coating operation to provide a coated metal-containing substrate; positioning an investigative apparatus near the coated metal-containing substrate; and operating the investigative apparatus to obtain an extent of cure reading, the reading corresponding to an area on the coated metal-containing substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Neubauer, Jeffrey Niederst, David M. Riddle, Jeffrey R. Kubala
  • Method of monitoring extent of cure
    Publication number: 20030074095
    Abstract: Method of measuring extent of cure of a coating comprising operating a metal-containing substrate coating operation to provide a coated metal-containing substrate; positioning an investigative apparatus near the coated metal-containing substrate; and operating the investigative apparatus to obtain an extent of cure reading, the reading corresponding to an area on the coated metal-containing substrate
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventors: Christopher M. Neubauer, Jeffrey Niederst, David M. Riddle, Jeffrey R. Kubala
  • Color effect coating compositions having reflective organic pigments
    Patent number: 6299979
    Abstract: By use of polymeric color effect pigment, comprising a plurality of particles essentially free from metallic material, preferably free from inorganic material, and formed from a large number of layers of polymeric materials whose refractive indices differ from each other, metallic, reflective, or colored appearance is provided to coatings or other polymeric products without the use of relatively dense pigments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2001
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Neubauer, Calum H. Munro