Patents by Inventor Francis J. Woerner

Francis J. Woerner 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: 11518894
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition of (a) a coating base selected from a water-dispersed coating, an epoxy polymer coating, an alkyd coating, a Type I urethane coating, or an unsaturated polyester coating; and (b) a fluorinated ester compound having a plurality of fluoroalkyl thioether groups, wherein the number average molecular weight of the fluorinated ester compound is ?30,000 Da; and where the fluorinated group Rf is independently a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by one or more CH2, CFH, ether oxygens —O—, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated ester compounds provide cleanability to the resulting coating made from the present composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Jelena Lasio, Michael Henry Ober, Francis J Woerner, Hing Yim
  • Publication number: 20210139716
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition of (a) a coating base selected from a water-dispersed coating, an epoxy polymer coating, an alkyd coating, a Type I urethane coating, or an unsaturated polyester coating; and (b) a fluorinated ester compound having a plurality of fluoroalkyl thioether groups, wherein the number average molecular weight of the fluorinated ester compound is ?30,000 Da; and where the fluorinated group Rf is independently a straight or branched perfluoroalkyl group of 2 to 20 carbon atoms, which is optionally interrupted by one or more CH2, CFH, ether oxygens —O—, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated ester compounds provide cleanability to the resulting coating made from the present composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: JELENA LASIO, MICHAEL HENRY OBER, FRANCIS J WOERNER, HING YIM
  • Publication number: 20170066653
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a process for making hollow inorganic particles comprising: providing a recyclable template particle in an aqueous dispersion, wherein the recyclable template particle is prepared from an organic monomer; coating the recyclable template particle with a water-based silica precursor; maintaining the pH at about 2 to about 10 to form core/shell particles comprising a silica treatment on the recyclable template particle; removing the core/shell particles; and removing the recyclable template particle from the core/shell particles to form a hollow silica particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY TT, LLC
    Inventors: JELENA LASIO, HAU-NAN LEE, BRAD M ROSEN, DEVIN T WHIPPLE, FRANCIS J. WOERNER
  • Publication number: 20170066676
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a process for making hollow inorganic particles comprising: providing a recyclable template particle in an aqueous dispersion, wherein the recyclable template particle is prepared from an organic monomer; coating the recyclable template particle with a solvent based silica precursor; maintaining the pH at about 7 to about 10 to form core/shell particles comprising a silica treatment on the recyclable template particle; removing the core/shell particles; and removing the recyclable template particle from the core/shell particles to form a hollow silica particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: JELENA LASIO, BRAD M ROSEN, DEVIN T. WHIPPLE, FRANCIS J WOERNER
  • Patent number: 9206448
    Abstract: In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is chemically converted into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be chemically converted into a reaction product, such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty amides, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty acid glycol esters, and hydroxylated triglycerides, and mixtures thereof, which forms a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be chemically converting into the fermentation product extractant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Butamax Advanced Biofuels LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Jelena Cirakovic, Bruce A. Diner, Michael Charles Grady, Francis J. Woerner
  • Patent number: 9175315
    Abstract: An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Stephane Francois Bazzana, Keith H Burlew, Jelena Cirakovic, Robert Dicosimo, Bruce A Diner, Michael Charles Grady, Brian Michael Roesch, Francis J Woerner
  • Patent number: 9040263
    Abstract: An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BUTAMAX ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Stephane Francois Bazzana, Keith H. Burlew, Jelena Cirakovic, Robert Dicosimo, Bruce A. Diner, Michael Charles Grady, Brian Michael Roesch, Francis J. Woerner
  • Publication number: 20120208246
    Abstract: An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Stephane Francois Bazzana, Keith H. Burlew, Jelena Cirakovic, Robert Dicosimo, Bruce A. Diner, Michael Charles Grady, Brian Michael Roesch, Francis J. Woerner
  • Publication number: 20120156738
    Abstract: An alcohol fermentation process and composition that includes production of alcohol esters by esterification of product alcohol in a fermentation medium with a carboxylic acid (e.g., fatty acid) and a catalyst (e.g., lipase) capable of esterifying the product alcohol, such as butanol, with the carboxylic acid to form the alcohol esters. The alcohol esters can be extracted from the fermentation medium, and the product alcohol recovered from the alcohol esters. The carboxylic acid can also serve as an extractant for removal of the alcohol esters from the fermentation medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: Douglas Robert Anton, Stephane Francois Bazzana, Keith H. Burlew, Jelena Cirakovic, Robert Dicosimo, Bruce A. Diner, Michael Charles Grady, Brian Michael Roesch, Francis J. Woerner
  • Publication number: 20110312044
    Abstract: In an alcohol fermentation process, oil derived from biomass is chemically converted into an extractant available for in situ removal of a product alcohol such as butanol from a fermentation broth. The glycerides in the oil can be chemically converted into a reaction product, such as fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty amides, fatty acid methyl esters, fatty acid glycol esters, and hydroxylated triglycerides, and mixtures thereof, which forms a fermentation product extractant having a partition coefficient for a product alcohol greater than a partition coefficient of the oil of the biomass for the product alcohol. Oil derived from a feedstock of an alcohol fermentation process can be chemically converting into the fermentation product extractant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BUTAMAX(TM) ADVANCED BIOFUELS LLC
    Inventors: DOUGLAS ROBERT ANTON, JELENA CIRAKOVIC, BRUCE A. DINER, MICHAEL CHARLES GRADY, FRANCIS J. WOERNER
  • Patent number: 6599926
    Abstract: The present application describes heteroaryl-phenyl substituted compounds and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Donald J. P. Pinto, Mimi L. Quan, Francis J. Woerner
  • Patent number: 6506771
    Abstract: The present application describes heteroaryl-phenyl heterobicycles and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company
    Inventors: Donald J. P. Pinto, Mimi L. Quan, Francis J. Woerner, Renhua Li
  • Publication number: 20020119986
    Abstract: The present application describes heteroaryl-phenyl heterobicycles and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Donald J.P. Pinto, Mimi L. Quan, Francis J. Woerner, Renhua Li
  • Publication number: 20020103202
    Abstract: The present application describes heteroaryl-phenyl substituted compounds and derivatives thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug forms thereof, which are useful as inhibitors of factor Xa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Donald J.P. Pinto, Mimi L. Quan, Francis J. Woerner
  • Patent number: 5506355
    Abstract: The present invention discloses processes for the preparation of substituted cyclic sulfamides which are useful as intermediates for the synthesis of cyclic sulfamide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors. Such substituted cyclic sulfamide intermediates contain a cyclic acetal-protected diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical Company
    Inventors: Prabhakar K. Jadhav, Wayne F. Daneker, Francis J. Woerner