Patents by Inventor George Chester Zima

George Chester Zima 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).

  • Publication number: 20090092686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the recovery of a phytolipid composition from a vegetable oil by-product. The phytolipid composition produced comprises squalene, phytosterols, mixed tocopherols and tocotrieneols, and vegetable wax and is useful as an emollient. The phytochemical composition may be applied directly to the skin to provide emolliency. Alternatively, the phytolipid composition may be formulated in various aqueous or anhydrous cosmetic compositions such as creams, lotions, gels, ointments, lip balms, sticks, or pencils for treatment of the skin and lips. The phytolipid composition also may be incorporated into foods, beverages, and nutraceuticals to provide health benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: George Chester Zima, Terry Ann Oldfield, Suzanne Winegar Dobbs, Phillip Michael Cook, Charles Everette Kelly, Mary Caraway Crow, Craig Alan Hoyme
  • Patent number: 7491412
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the recovery of a phytolipid composition from a vegetable oil by-product. The phytolipid composition produced comprises squalene, phytosterols, mixed tocopherols and tocotrieneols, and vegetable wax and is useful as an emollient. The phytochemical composition may be applied directly to the skin to provide emolliency. Alternatively, the phytolipid composition may be formulated in various aqueous or anhydrous cosmetic compositions such as creams, lotions, gels, ointments, lip balms, sticks, or pencils for treatment of the skin and lips. The phytolipid composition also may be incorporated into foods, beverages, and nutraceuticals to provide health benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: George Chester Zima, Terry Ann Oldfield, Suzanne Winegar Dobbs, Phillip Michael Cook, Charles Everette Kelly, Mary Caraway Crow, Craig Alan Hoyme
  • Patent number: 7416756
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the recovery of a phytolipid composition from a vegetable oil by-product. The phytolipid composition produced comprises squalene, phytosterols, mixed tocopherols and tocotrieneols, and vegetable wax and is useful as an emollient. The phytochemical composition may be applied directly to the skin to provide emolliency. Alternatively, the phytolipid composition may be formulated in various aqueous or anhydrous cosmetic compositions such as creams, lotions, gels, ointments, lip balms, sticks, or pencils for treatment of the skin and lips. The phytolipid composition also may be incorporated into foods, beverages, and nutraceuticals to provide health benefits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: George Chester Zima, Terry Ann Oldfield, Suzanne Winegar Dobbs, Phillip Michael Cook, Charles Everette Kelly, Mary Caraway Crow, Craig Alan Hoyme
  • Publication number: 20080138450
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the recovery of a phytolipid composition from a vegetable oil by-product. The phytolipid composition produced comprises squalene, phytosterols, mixed tocopherols and tocotrieneols, and vegetable wax and is useful as an emollient. The phytochemical composition may be applied directly to the skin to provide emolliency. Alternatively, the phytolipid composition may be formulated in various aqueous or anhydrous cosmetic compositions such as creams, lotions, gels, ointments, lip balms, sticks, or pencils for treatment of the skin and lips. The phytolipid composition also may be incorporated into foods, beverages, and nutraceuticals to provide health benefits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
    Inventors: George Chester Zima, Terry Ann Oldfield, Suzanne Winegar Dobbs, Phillip Michael Cook, Charles Everette Kelly, Mary Caraway Crow, Craig Alan Hoyme
  • Patent number: 6800771
    Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized amido acid compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions of amido acids, such as 6-nonanoylamidohexanoic acid, stabilized with antioxidants. The stabilized amido acid compositions are useful in the manufacture of bleach activators such as sodium nonanamidohexanoyloxybenzenesulfonate. Bleach activators made from the stabilized amido acids of the invention are capable of possessing improved coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventors: Dale Elbert Van Sickle, George Chester Zima, Jeffrey Scott DuPont, Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Publication number: 20040053809
    Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized amido acid compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions of amido acids, such as 6-nonanoylamidohexanoic acid, stabilized with antioxidants. The stabilized amido acid compositions are useful in the manufacture of bleach activators such as sodium nonanamidohexanoyloxybenzenesulfonate. Bleach activators made from the stabilized amido acids of the invention are capable of possessing improved coloration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Dale Elbert Van Sickle, George Chester Zima, Jeffrey Scott DuPont, Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Patent number: 6660712
    Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized amido acid compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions of amido acids, such as 6-nonanoylamidohexanoic acid, stabilized with antioxidants. The stabilized amido acid compositions are useful in the manufacture of bleach activators such as sodium nonanamidohexanoyloxybenzenesulfonate. Bleach activators made from the stabilized amido acids of the invention are capable of possessing improved coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Inventors: Dale Elbert Van Sickle, George Chester Zima, Jeffrey Scott DuPont, Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Patent number: 6527690
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for purifying and decolorizing a phenyl ester salt. The process combines a phenyl ester salt with a solvent to form a mixture and then stirs the mixture to form a slurry. The phenyl ester salt is substantially insoluble in this solvent. The process then collects the phenyl ester salt from the slurry. The collected phenyl ester salt may then be optionally dried or recrystallized. The collected phenyl ester salt is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution. The solution is decolorized and then spray dried to form a powder of the phenyl ester salt. As a result of the process the phenyl ester salt powder has a higher purity and an improved color as compared to the starting phenyl ester salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Inventors: Bhaskar Krishna Arumugam, Michael Eugene Burns, Dimmick Lee Bymaster, Jeffrey Scott DuPont, Robert Richard Dykstra, Robert Lee Eagan, Eddie Joseph Eckart, Jarvey Eugene Felty, Jr., Kevin John Fontenot, Jeffrey William Green, Shane Kipley Kirk, Gary Paul Lutz, Tony Lee Sander, Thomas Hugh Williams, George Chester Zima
  • Publication number: 20020128505
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for purifying and decolorizing a phenyl ester salt. The process combines a phenyl ester salt with a solvent to form a mixture and then stirs the mixture to form a slurry. The phenyl ester salt is substantially insoluble in this solvent. The process then collects the phenyl ester salt from the slurry. The collected phenyl ester salt may then be optionally dried or recrystallized. The collected phenyl ester salt is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution. The solution is decolorized and then spray dried to form a powder of the phenyl ester salt. As a result of the process the phenyl ester salt powder has a higher purity and an improved color as compared to the starting phenyl ester salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Bhaskar Krishna Arumugam, Michael Eugene Burns, Dimmick Lee Bymaster, Jeffrey Scott Dupont, Robert Richard Dykstra, Robert Lee Eagan, Eddie Joseph Eckart, Jarvey Eugene Felty, Kevin John Fontenot, Jeffrey William Green, Shane Kipley Kirk, Gary Paul Lutz, Tony Lee Sander, Thomas Hugh Williams, George Chester Zima
  • Publication number: 20020103101
    Abstract: The invention relates to stabilized amido acid compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions of amido acids, such as 6-nonanoylamidohexanoic acid, stabilized with antioxidants. The stabilized amido acid compositions are useful in the manufacture of bleach activators such as sodium nonanamidohexanoyloxybenzenesulfonate. Bleach activators made from the stabilized amido acids of the invention are capable of possessing improved coloration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Dale Elbert Van Sickle, George Chester Zima, Jeffrey Scott DuPont, Robert Richard Dykstra
  • Patent number: 5717118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-step process for preparing amido-carboxylic acid esters having the amide nitrogen positioned between two carbonyl carbons by reacting a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid ester with a monohydric alcohol and either a lactam, amino-carboxylic acid or a polymeric amino-carboxylic acid. In this process, amidation, esterification, alcoholysis, and hydrolysis reactions occur simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Gary Paul Lutz, George Chester Zima, Thomas Hugh Williams
  • Patent number: 5650527
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing amido ester compounds. The process involves (I) forming a mixture in a reactor of a phenol derivative and an amido-carboxylic acid at a temperature which ensures at least partial solubility of the phenol derivative and the amido-carboxylic acid, and (II) adding a carboxylic anhydride incrementally to the mixture formed in Step (I) while distilling a by-product carboxylic acid from the reactor. The amido esters are useful as bleach activators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Gary Paul Lutz, George Chester Zima, William Charles Dickason