Patents by Inventor Diane E. M. Ness

Diane E. M. Ness 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).

  • Flame-retardant fillers in silane-grafted ethylene polymer process
    Patent number: 4921916
    Abstract: A flame-retardant cross-linkable polymer composition for extrusion which is capable of producing non-porous products comprises: at least one flame-retardant filler of the class that evolve substantial amounts of bound water on heating at temperatures above a value T.sub.d that lies in the range 120.degree.-250.degree. C.; a compatible ethyelene copolymer base in which the filler is dispersed; a hydrolysable unsaturated silane; and a free-radical grafting initiator having a half-life of less than 10 minutes at a temperature 25.degree. C. below T.sub.d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: BICC plc
    Inventors: Barry G. Howell, Diane E. M. Ness, Ronald A. Harvey