Patents by Inventor Fred Runnels

Fred Runnels 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).

  • Hydrophilic silicones
    Patent number: 7687592
    Abstract: A process for producing a soluble silicone product is provided. The process includes the steps of chemically reacting a polydialkoxysiloxane with an aliphatic alcohol with or without a catalyst in a reaction mixture, removing produced alcohol from the mixture; recovering the water soluble portion of produced silicone product, purifying the water soluble portion; and recovering hydrophilic material in the water insoluble portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: One Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred Runnels, Walter Dandliker, Leonard William Luria
  • Hydrophilic silicones
    Publication number: 20080085986
    Abstract: A process for producing a soluble silicone product is provided. The process includes the steps of chemically reacting a polydialkoxysiloxane with an aliphatic alcohol with or without a catalyst in a reaction mixture, removing produced alcohol from the mixture; recovering the water soluble portion of produced silicone product, purifying the water soluble portion; and recovering hydrophilic material in the water insoluble portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Fred Runnels, Walter Dandliker, Leonard William Luria