Patents by Inventor Eric Kenneth Lam

Eric Kenneth Lam 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).

  • Spray-dried phenol formaldehyde resins
    Patent number: 6608162
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulations and methods of manufacturing spray-dried phenol-formaldehyde resin that contain highly reactive phenolic compounds that include resorcinol, alkyl resorcinols, meta-amino phenol or/and phloroglucinol. The powder resin contains 0.02 to 0.09 moles of the free (unreacted) highly reactive phenolic compound per 100 parts of the solids of the dried phenol-formaldehyde resin. The powder resin composition has fast curing property and desirable shelf life for manufacturing wood composite products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Assignee: Borden Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Shui-Tung Chiu, Curtis Michael Shelast, Eric Kenneth Lam