Patents by Inventor Eric William Kaler

Eric William Kaler 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).

  • METHOD OF BUILDING VISCOSITY AND VISCOELASTICITY IN SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS BY ADDING NANOPARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100264364
    Abstract: The invention comprises a method of enhancing viscosity and/or viscoelasticity of surfactant solution using nanoparticles. The particle allow a formulator to tailor-make a solution of defined rheology (viscosity and/or viscoelasticity) using nanoparticles to control these properties. Further, the particles allow independent control of each of the variable and further allow the variable to be controlled without use of additional surfactants, polymer and other components traditionally used for this end. The invention also comprises compositions thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Norman Joseph Wagner, Eric William Kaler, Matthew E. Helgeson, Florian Nettesheim, Matthew Walter Liberatore, Kavssery Parameswaran Ananthapadmanabhan, Martin Swanson Vethamuthu, Alexander Lips
  • Single phase silicone and water compositions
    Patent number: 6013683
    Abstract: A clear single phase composition contains 40-95% by weight of a cyclic or short chain linear methyl siloxane and water, and 5-60% by weight of a cationic surfactant and a nonionic surfactant. The cyclic or short chain linear methyl siloxane in the single phase composition has an average structure or droplet diameter of less than about 50 nanometer. The single phase composition spontaneously provides optically clear one phase silicone microemulsions when combined with only hand agitation. The clear single phase compositions are useful in personal care and textile applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, University of Delaware
    Inventors: Randal Myron Hill, Eric William Kaler, Larry Daniel Ryan, James Alexander Silas