Patents by Inventor Claude Combette

Claude Combette 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).

  • Non-toxic composite projectiles having a biodegradable polymeric matrix for hunting or shooting cartridges
    Patent number: 6101949
    Abstract: Composite spherical projectiles are provided for shotgun cartridges which are environmentally compatible, relatively inexpensive and have ballistic properties similar to lead shot or projectiles and which consist of metal particles dispersed in a biogradable polymeric solid matrix which includes a hydrocarbon binder containing ester functional groups which are linked to C.sub.1-20 aliphatic hydrocarbon chains, starch, and titanium dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs
    Inventors: Jacques Maucourt, Claude Combette