Patents by Inventor Erik Shepard Thiele

Erik Shepard Thiele 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).

  • Patent number: 8475582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a titanium dioxide pigment consisting of titanium dioxide and single layer of inorganic surface treatment consisting of aluminum phosphate wherein the pigment is characterized by and isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of at a pH of 7.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Erik Shepard Thiele, John Davis Bolt, Scott Richard Mehr
  • Patent number: 8043715
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a laminate paper and a paper laminate made from such paper. More specifically, the laminate paper contains an amino organosilane surface-modified titanium dioxide pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Erik Shepard Thiele
  • Patent number: 7824486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for making a decorative base paper for a paper laminate comprising impregnating a base paper with a pigment mixture of titanium dioxide and water wherein the titanium dioxide pigment is made by treating a mixture of titanium dioxide pigment and water with a source of phosphorus and a source of aluminum; drying the treated mixture to form a treated pigment, the treated pigment having surface hydroxyl groups; and removing a major proportion of the surface hydroxyl groups of the treated pigment. Preferably the surface hydroxyl groups are removed by thermal treatment, for example at temperatures ranging from 300° C. to 800° C. The source of phosphorus is typically phosphoric acid and the source of aluminum is typically sodium aluminate. The pigment can be characterized by an isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of at least 20 mV at a pH of 7.5 or more and wherein the pigment has improved light fastness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Erik Shepard Thiele
  • Publication number: 20080308009
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for making a titanium dioxide pigment comprising a thermally treated titanium dioxide having an inorganic surface treatment of comprising a source of phosphorus, typically phosphoric acid, and a source of aluminum, typically sodium aluminate, wherein the pigment is characterized by an isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of at least 20 mV at a pH of 7.5 or more and wherein the pigment has improved light fastness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Inventor: Erik Shepard Thiele
  • Publication number: 20080160267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a titanium dioxide pigment having consisting of titanium dioxide and single layer of inorganic surface treatment consisting of aluminum phosphate wherein the pigment is characterized by and isoelectric point which is greater than pH 6 and a negative zeta potential of at a pH of 7.5 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Erik Shepard Thiele, John Davis Bolt, Scott Richard Mehr