Patents by Inventor Gerrit ten Brinke

Gerrit ten Brinke 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: 6271308
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable polymer composition comprising a first polymer and a second polymer, which second polymer is not compatible with the first polymer, and an amount of a copolymer comprising at least one block of a polyalkadiene and at least one block of random poly(aromatic vinyl-acrylonitrile), and in which the ratio of the block copolymer to the total polymer composition is between 1:500 and 1:50. Besides, the invention relates to the use of the above block copolymer as compatibilizer and/or as modifier for the mechanical properties of polymer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen
    Inventors: Bert de Boer, Erik Kroeze, Georges Hadziioannou, Gerrit ten Brinke
  • Patent number: 6169147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a block copolymer comprising at least one polyalkadiene block which may or may not be hydrogenated and at least one random (aromatic vinyl compound-co-maleic anhydride) block. Besides, the invention relates to a stable polymer composition comprising a continuous phase formed by a first polymer and a phase dispersed therein of a second polymer, which second polymer is not compatible with the first polymer, and an amount of the block copolymer according to the invention, the ratio of the block copolymer to the second polymer ranging between 1:50 and 1:5. Finally, the invention relates to the use of the block copolymers according to the invention as compatibilizer and/or as modifier for the mechanical properties of polymer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen
    Inventors: Erik Kroeze, Georges Hadziioannou, Gerrit ten Brinke