Patents by Inventor Gary Peter Richardson

Gary Peter Richardson 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).

  • Manufacture of paper and paperboard
    Patent number: 6524439
    Abstract: According to the present invention a process is provided for making paper or paper board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension, flocculating the suspension, draining the suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, characterised in that the suspension is flocculated using a flocculation system comprising a siliceous material and organic microparticies which have an unswollen particle diameter of less than 750 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Cheng I. Chen, Gary Peter Richardson
  • Manufacture of paper and paperboard
    Publication number: 20020066540
    Abstract: According to the present invention a process is provided for making paper or paper board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension, flocculating the suspension, draining the suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet,
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventors: Gordon Cheng I. Chen, Gary Peter Richardson
  • Manufacture of paper and paperboard
    Patent number: 6395134
    Abstract: A process of making paper or paper board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension, flocculating the suspension, draining the suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, characterised in that the suspension is flocculated using a flocculation system comprising a siliceous material and an anionic branched water soluble polymer that has been formed from water soluble ethylenically unsaturated anionic monomer or monomer blend and branching agent and wherein the polymer has (a) intrinsic viscosity above 1.5 dl/g and/or saline Brookfield viscosity of above about 2.0 mPa.s and (b) rheological oscillation value of tan delta at 0.005 Hz of above 0.7 and/or (c) deionised SLV viscosity number which is at least three times the salted SLV viscosity number of the corresponding unbranched polymer made in the absence of branching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Water Treatments Ltd.
    Inventors: Gordon Cheng I Chen, Gary Peter Richardson
  • Manufacture of paper and paperboard
    Patent number: 6391156
    Abstract: A process of making paper or paper board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension, flocculating the suspension, draining the suspension on a screen to form a sheet and then drying the sheet, characterized in that the suspension is flocculated using a flocculation system comprising a clay and an anionic branched water soluble polymer that has been formed from water soluble ethylenically unsaturated anionic monomer or monomer blend and branching agent and wherein the polymer has (a) intrinsic viscosity above 1.5 dl/g and/or saline Brookfield viscosity of above about 2.0 mPa.s and (b) rheological oscillation value of tan delta at 0.005 Hz of above 0.7 and/or (c) deionised SLV viscosity number which is at least three times the salted SLV viscosity number of the corresponding unbranched polymer made in the absence of branching agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignees: AB CDM Vastra Frolunda, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Watertreatments Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Hjalmarson, Hans Åsberg, Per-Ola Eriksson, Torbjörn Ljungqvist, Gary Peter Richardson, Gordon Cheng I Chen