Patents by Inventor Colin Brogan

Colin Brogan 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).

  • Patent number: 11124606
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reaction products H of at least one cyclic urea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A and at least one polyol P, process for preparing thereof and compositions comprising thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Urvee Y. Treasurer, Zachary Wilde, Lawrence Flood, Sarah Quinn, Colin Brogan, Ram Gupta
  • Patent number: 11098220
    Abstract: This invention relates to coating compositions comprising at least one aminoplast crosslinker resin A, binder resins B that have active hydrogen functionality, and a catalyst composition C, wherein the catalyst composition C is a mixture of an organic sulfonic acid C1, and an amine C2 which may be primary, secondary, or tertiary, and which must have a pKa value of not more than 10, and preferably not less than 4, a process for the preparation thereof, and to a method of use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Kuang-Jong Wu, John Colin Brogan, Lon-Tang Wilson Lin
  • Patent number: 10647870
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, and a crosslinkable resin having at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl functional groups, acid functional groups, amide functional groups, amino functional groups, imino functional groups, mercaptan functional groups, phosphine functional groups, and carbamate functional groups, characterised in that the degree of etherification, measured as the ratio «(13 O—R)/«(U) of the amount of substance n(—O—R) of alkoxy groups as substituents of the aldehyde carbon atoms of the multifunctional aldehyde chemically bound in the reaction product UA to the amount of substance «(U) of cyclic urea U chemically bound in the reaction products, is less than 0.01 mol/mol, and to a process for the preparation of the reaction product UA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence Flood, Urvee Treasurer, Barry Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20200002475
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reaction products H of at least one cyclic urea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A and at least one polyol P, process for preparing thereof and compositions comprising thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Urvee Y. TREASURER, Zachary WILDE, Lawrence FLOOD, Sarah QUINN, Colin BROGAN, Ram GUPTA
  • Patent number: 10457776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reaction products H of at least one cyclic urea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A and at least one polyol P, process for preparing thereof and compositions comprising thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Urvee Y. Treasurer, Zachary Wilde, Lawrence Flood, Sarah Quinn, Colin Brogan, Ram Gupta
  • Publication number: 20190092962
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, and a crosslinkable resin having at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl functional groups, acid functional groups, amide functional groups, amino functional groups, imino functional groups, mercaptan functional groups, phosphine functional groups, and carbamate functional groups, characterised in that the degree of etherification, measured as the ratio «(13 O—R)/«(U) of the amount of substance n(—O—R) of alkoxy groups as substituents of the aldehyde carbon atoms of the multifunctional aldehyde chemically bound in the reaction product UA to the amount of substance «(U) of cyclic urea U chemically bound in the reaction products, is less than 0.01 mol/mol, and to a process for the preparation of the reaction product UA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Allnex Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ram GUPTA, Lawrence FLOOD, Urvee TREASURER, Barry LAWLESS, Colin BROGAN
  • Patent number: 10174219
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, and a crosslinkable resin having at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl functional groups, acid functional groups, amide functional groups, amino functional groups, imino functional groups, mercaptan functional groups, phosphine functional groups, and carbamate functional groups, characterized in that the degree of etherification, measured as the ratio <<(—O—R)/<<(U) of the amount of substance n(-O—R) of alkoxy groups as substituents of the aldehyde carbon atoms of the multifunctional aldehyde chemically bound in the reaction product UA to the amount of substance <<(U) of cyclic urea U chemically bound in the reaction products, is less than 0.01 mol/mol, and to a process for the preparation of the reaction product UA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Allnex Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence Flood, Urvee Treasurer, Barry Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Patent number: 10155836
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction product UA of at least one cyclic urea U and at least one multifunctional aldehyde A which reaction product has as substituents on the carbonyl carbon atoms of the aldehyde A at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups —OH and alkoxy groups —OR characterised in that the groups —OR comprise at least two kinds of alkoxy groups —OR1 and —OR2, where R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, where R1 and R2 may be the same or may be different from each other, to a process of making these, and to a method of use as crosslinker in coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20180346647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reaction products H of at least one cyclic urea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A and at least one polyol P, process for preparing thereof and compositions comprising thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Urvee Y. TREASURER, Zachary WILDE, Lawrence FLOOD, Sarah QUINN, Colin BROGAN, Ram GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20180044461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction product UA of at least one cyclic urea U and at least one multifunctional aldehyde A which reaction product has as substituents on the carbonyl carbon atoms of the aldehyde A at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups —OH and alkoxy groups —OR characterised in that the groups —OR comprise at least two kinds of alkoxy groups —OR1 and —OR2, where R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, where R1 and R2 may be the same or may be different from each other, to a process of making these, and to a method of use as crosslinker in coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ram GUPTA, Lawrence FLOOD, Urvee Y. TREASURER, Barry A. LAWLESS, Colin BROGAN
  • Patent number: 9605178
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, John Colin Brogan
  • Patent number: 9267028
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinker composition comprising a reaction product of a cyclic urea U and a multifunctional aliphatic aldehyde A, and at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of reaction products of an aminotriazine and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monoaldehydes and multifunctional aliphatic aldehydes having the structure Y(CHO)n, where Y is an n-functional aliphatic residue, and n is greater than 1; reaction products of urea and/or cyclic ureas and formaldehyde; alkoxycarbonyl-aminotriazines; multifunctional isocyanates which may be partially or completely blocked; reaction products of phenols and aliphatic monoaldehydes; multifunctional epoxides; multifunctional aziridines; and multifunctional carbodiimides, wherein any of the crosslinkers which have hydroxyl groups may be etherified with one or more linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20150361296
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Ram GUPTA, Lawrence A. FLOOD, Urvee Y. TREASURER, Barry A. LAWLESS, John Colin BROGAN
  • Publication number: 20150361295
    Abstract: This invention relates to coating compositions comprising at least one aminoplast crosslinker resin A, binder resins B that have active hydrogen functionality, and a catalyst composition C, wherein the catalyst composition C is a mixture of an organic sulfonic acid C1, and an amine C2 which may be primary, secondary, or tertiary, and which must have a pKa value of not more than 10, and preferably not less than 4, a process for the preparation thereof, and to a method of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.
    Inventors: Kuang-Jong WU, John Colin BROGAN, Lon-Tang Wilson LIN
  • Patent number: 9193885
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ALLNEX USA INC.
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20130217824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, and a crosslinkable resin having at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl functional groups, acid functional groups, amide functional groups, amino functional groups, imino functional groups, mercaptan functional groups, phosphine functional groups, and carbamate functional groups, characterised in that the degree of etherification, measured as the ratio <<(-0-R)/<<(U) of the amount of substance n(-O-R) of alkoxy groups as substituents of the aldehyde carbon atoms of the multifunctional aldehyde chemically bound in the reaction product UA to the amount of substance <<(U) of cyclic urea U chemically bound in the reaction products, is less than 0.01 mol/mol, and to a process for the preparation of the reaction product UA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence Flood, Urvee Treasurer, Barry Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20130203929
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction product UA of at least one cyclic urea U and at least one multifunctional aldehyde A which reaction product has as substituents on the carbonyl carbon atoms of the aldehyde A at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups —OH and alkoxy groups —OR characterised in that the groups —OR comprise at least two kinds of alkoxy groups —OR1 and —OR2, where R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, where R1 and R2 may be the same or may be different from each other, to a process of making these, and to a method of use as crosslinker in coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20130189442
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Publication number: 20130189438
    Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinker composition comprising a reaction product of a cyclic urea U and a multi-functional aliphatic aldehyde A, and at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of reaction products of an amino-triazine and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monoaldehydes and multifunctional aliphatic aldehydes having the structure Y(CHO)n, where Y is an n-functional aliphatic residue, and n is greater than 1; reaction products of urea and/or cyclic ureas and formaldehyde; alkoxycarbonyl-aminotriazines; multifunctional isocyanates which may be partially or completely blocked; reaction products of phenols and aliphatic monoaldehydes; multifunctional epoxides; multifunctional aziridines; and multifunctional carbodiimides, wherein any of the crosslinkers which have hydroxyl groups may be etherified with one or more linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
  • Patent number: 5817709
    Abstract: Sulfonimide cure catalysts are used with aminoplast crosslinking agents and resins capable of reacting with aminoplast crosslinking agents to prepare heat curable compositions capable of crosslinking to form coatings and articles. Liquid or solid curable compositions may be prepared. Solid sulfonimide catalysts used in combination with solid glycoluril type crosslinking agents are well suited for powder coating systems containing hydroxy- and carboxy-functional resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Jeno G. Szita, Subban Ramesh, William Jacobs, III, John Colin Brogan