Patents by Inventor Dennis D. McCain

Dennis D. McCain 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).

  • Stabilizing a solvent mixture of ethylene carbonate and an alkyl diester
    Patent number: 5078897
    Abstract: To avoid freezing out of ethylene carbonate from a mixture of the carbonate and at least one alkyl diester, such as ethylene diacetate, the mixture is "well mixed" at an elevated temperature between the melting point of the carbonate and the denaturing point of the mixture for a predetermined time. The product can be cooled to at least about 32.degree. F. (0.degree. C.) without the formation of carbonate crystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Dennis D. McCain