Patents by Inventor Eric Jude Joffre

Eric Jude Joffre 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).

  • Publication number: 20080200612
    Abstract: Ionically-modified saccharide siloxane copolymers that comprises a reaction product between an ionic monomer or oligomer and a saccharide-siloxane copolymer, wherein the saccharide-siloxane copolymer has a specified formula, are provided. Dispersions, including emulsions, comprising the ionic saccharide-siloxane copolymers, and methods for manufacturing these compositions, dispersions, and emulsions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Joseph Charles McAuliffe
  • Publication number: 20080199417
    Abstract: A personal care composition comprising at least one saccharide-siloxane copolymer having a saccharide component and an organosiloxane component and linked by a linking group, wherein the saccharide-siloxane copolymer has a specified formula, is provided. The personal care composition is adapted to provide at least one benefit to the at least one portion of the body to which it is applied. Emulsions, methods for preparing emulsions comprising saccharide-siloxane copolymers, and personal care products comprising the personal care compositions and emulsions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Bethany K. Johnson, Brian Jeffery Swanton, Michael Stephen Starch
  • Publication number: 20080182833
    Abstract: A silicone emulsion comprising a polyorganosiloxane, a cholic acid derivative, and water, wherein the emulsion contains not greater than 10% (w/w) of cyclic organosiloxane tetramer; a method of preparing the emulsion; and a cosmetic composition containing the emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Eric Jude Joffre
  • Publication number: 20080138386
    Abstract: The invention provides a cross-linkable composition comprising a saccharide-siloxane copolymer according to a specified structural formula, a crosslinking agent, and, optionally, solvent. Cross-linked polymeric networks, cured coatings, and articles of manufacture formed from the inventive compositions are also provided, as well as processes and methods of manufacturing the inventive cross-linkable compositions and applications thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Joseph C. McAuliffe, Csilla Kollar, Xavier Thomas, David C. Gantner
  • Patent number: 5994459
    Abstract: A crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising a product of a siloxane polymer or polymer mixture having a viscosity of greater than 5000 mPa.s but less than 500,000 mpa.s, and at least one self catalyzing crosslinker, a surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Eric Jude Joffre
  • Patent number: 5939478
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solvent is modified by thickening the solvent with a silicone latex. A silicone latex having a plurality of crosslinked polysiloxane particles is first prepared by mixing the siloxane polymer, a surfactant, and water; emulsifying the mixture to a gel phase; diluting the emulsion with water; adding a cure package (i.e., a catalyst, a crosslinker, or both, or a self catalytic crosslinker); and then without removing the water from the latex and after the particles of siloxane polymer in the latex have been cured, mixing the latex and solvent to thicken the solvent, forming viscous liquids, gels, and pastes. Water in the latex thickened solvent composition can be stabilized by adding a silicone polyether during mixing of the latex and the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: James Anderson Beck, Vicky Sue Cobb, Cassie Emelia Cuthbert, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Burt Michael Wrolson
  • Patent number: 5895794
    Abstract: A crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising a siloxane polymer, polymer mixture, or polymer/solvent mixture, capable of crosslinking via condensation, addition or free radical reactions, and having a viscosity of greater than 5000 mPa.s but less than 500,000 mPa.s, if required, 0.1 to 10 weight parts of a crosslinking agent, and, if required, depending on the nature of the catalyst and silicon cure system, 0.000001 to 10 weight parts of a catalyst, 0.5 to 10 weight parts of a surfactant or surfactant mixture, and 0.5 to 25 weight parts water per 100 weight parts siloxane polymer. Optionally, adhesion promoters, pigments, reinforcing or non-reinforcing fillers, silicone resins, stabilizers, freeze/thaw additives, etc. may also be added to the dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Donald Taylor Liles, Leon Andre Marteaux, Nick Evan Shephard, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf, Eric Jude Joffre
  • Patent number: 5840800
    Abstract: A crosslinked polymer dispersion comprising a preformed polymer, selected from the group consisting of silicon modified organic polymers, mixtures of silicon modified organic polymers, mixtures of silicon modified organic polymer(s) with regular organic polymers, mixtures of silicon modified organic polymer(s) with siloxane polymers, mixtures of above polymers, and mixtures of above polymer(s) with organic plasticizers or solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Arthur James Tselepis, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf
  • Patent number: 5777026
    Abstract: An aqueous silicone emulsion which upon the evaporation of the water forms a surface modified elastomeric silicone material providing improved coverage and adhesion of paint and reduced staining and coefficients of friction, each relative to other silicone elastomers from aqueous emulsions. The silicone emulsion comprises (A) water; (B) a plurality of particles dispersed in the water comprising a crosslinked product of a diorganosiloxane polymer; (C) a surfactant; and (D) an amount of an oxygen curing compound or a salt thereof effective for the surface modification. If a surface active salt of an oxygen curing compound is used, it may not be required to add additional surfactant in order to form the silicone emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Leon Grant Anthony Hides, Eric Jude Joffre, Virginia Kay O'Neil, Arthur James Tselepis, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf
  • Patent number: 5744199
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of sealing openings in structural components of a building to reduce the amount of smoke which may pass through the opening in the event of a fire. The method comprises filling an opening in a structural component of a building with a support material; applying a coating of a silicone composition over the filled opening and allowing the silicone composition to cure into a continuous elastomeric film having certain properties. These silicone compositions exhibit pseudo plastic rheology which facilitates their application by spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Robert Mark Schroeder, Arthur James Tselepis, Andreas Thomas Franz Wolf
  • Patent number: 5708070
    Abstract: An aqueous silicone emulsion which crosslinks by a Michael addition reaction, yielding a cured composition upon removal of the water has been prepared. The aqueous silicone emulsion comprises the product formed by mixing an organosiloxane polymer containing at least two Michael acceptor groups per organosiloxane molecule, water, a surfactant and an effective amount of a crosslinker having sufficient reactive hydrogens of a Michael donor per crosslinker molecule. The invention also describes a method for making these silicone emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Jude Joffre, Donald Taylor Liles, David Logan Murray, Anthony Revis
  • Patent number: 5674937
    Abstract: A crosslinked polysiloxane dispersion comprising a product of a siloxane polymer or polymer mixture having a viscosity of greater than 5000 mPa.s but less than 500,000 mPa.s, and at least one self catalyzing crosslinker, a surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Trent Berg, Eric Jude Joffre
  • Patent number: 5665804
    Abstract: The viscosity of a solvent is modified by thickening the solvent with a silicone latex. A silicone latex having a plurality of crosslinked polysiloxane particles is first prepared by mixing the siloxane polymer, a surfactant, and water; emulsifying the mixture to a gel phase; diluting the emulsion with water; adding a cure package (i.e., a catalyst, a crosslinker, or both, or a self catalytic crosslinker); and then without removing the water from the latex and after the particles of siloxane polymer in the latex have been cured, mixing the latex and solvent to thicken the solvent, forming viscous liquids, gels, and pastes. These latex thickened solvent compositions have beneficial properties such as clarity, shelf stability, and ease of preparation; and therefore have wide areas of application, especially as additives in antiperspirants, deodorants, and other personal care applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Philip Louis Hill, Eric Jude Joffre, Linda Moy Madore