Patents by Inventor Eric Lacot

Eric Lacot 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).

  • Active optical detector
    Patent number: 6476916
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modidied acrylic coating composition cured with melamine characterized by improved inpact resistance which comprises: An acrylic polyol dissolved in a suitable solvent to 40-90% solids; 2 to 50% by weight of said acrylic polyol subatituted with a polytrimethylene carbonate polyol selected from a polytrimethylene carbonate diol, a polytrimethylene carbonate triol, or a higher functionality polytrimethylene carbonate polyol; a melamine crosslinking agent; optionally a catalyst; and optionally pigments and other additives commonly used in coatings. Also disclosed in a related embodiment is a melamine/urea formaldehyde polytrimethylene carbonate coating composition that is prepared without acrylic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Universite Joseph Fourier
    Inventors: Eric Lacot, Frederic Stoeckel