Patents by Inventor Frank Grosch Roberts

Frank Grosch Roberts 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).

  • Expanded starch for odor control
    Publication number: 20080058739
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, and an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent article includes expanded starch particles to control odors. The expanded starch particles may be corn starch with an amylase content of at least 20% and a surface area of at least 100 m2/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Grosch Roberts, Corey Thomas Cunningham
  • Derivatized expanded starch for odor control
    Publication number: 20080058738
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes a plurality of derivatized expanded starch particles to control odor. The derivatized expanded starch particles include an expanded starch particle base and at least one transition metal chemically bonded to the expanded starch particle base. The transition metal is coordinatively bonded to a bridging compound and the bridging compound is covalently bonded or physically absorbed to a surface of the expanded starch particle bases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Frank Grosch Roberts, Corey Thomas Cunningham