Patents by Inventor Gregory M. Paulson

Gregory M. Paulson 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: 11306218
    Abstract: A multi-coat coating system having an undercoat composition and an overcoat composition, wherein the undercoat, overcoat or both the undercoat and overcoat contain a polymer having segments of a specified formula and are substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of food or beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20200224053
    Abstract: A food or beverage container coating composition, coated article, and method of coating, wherein the coating composition comprises: a film-forming polymer; and a resole phenolic resin comprising the reaction product of components comprising an aldehyde and a phenol group-containing compound, wherein the phenol group-containing compound comprises one or more phenyl rings (preferably, two or more phenyl rings), at least two hydroxy groups, each of which is directly bonded to the one or more phenyl rings, and at least four (preferably, at least five) open sites ortho and/or para to the hydroxy groups; wherein the composition is thermally curable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Ben Webster, Richard Evans, Robert O'Brien, Joseph Desousa, Kailas Sawant, Gregory M. Paulson, Adrienne Robey, Yingchao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200115582
    Abstract: A multi-coat coating system having an undercoat composition and an overcoat composition, wherein the undercoat, overcoat or both the undercoat and overcoat contain a polymer having segments of a specified formula and are substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of food or beverage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Patent number: 10526502
    Abstract: A multi-coat coating system having an undercoat composition and an overcoat composition, wherein the undercoat, overcoat or both the undercoat and overcoat contain a polymer having segments of a specified formula and are substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of food or beverage containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20190256735
    Abstract: Food and beverage containers and other packaging articles having a coating composition on a substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises: a thermoplastic dispersion; and an epoxy-functional stabilizer derived from: a polyhydric phenol having one or more aryl or heteroaryl groups in which each aryl or heteroaryl group includes a hydroxyl group attached to the ring and a substituent group attached to the ring at an ortho or meta position relative to the hydroxyl group; or (ii) a polyhydric phenol having two or more aryl or heteroaryl groups joined by a polar linking group or by a linking group having a molecular weight of at least 125 Daltons; or (iii) a polyhydric phenol having the features of both (i) and (ii).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Patent number: 10316211
    Abstract: Coating compositions that include a thermoplastic dispersion and an epoxy-functional stabilizer having polyhydric phenols that exhibit estrogenic activity less than bisphenol S.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20150203713
    Abstract: Coating compositions that include a thermoplastic dispersion and an epoxy-functional stabilizer having polyhydric phenols that exhibit estrogenic activity less than bisphenol S.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20150197657
    Abstract: A multi-coat coating system having an undercoat composition and an overcoat composition, wherein the undercoat, overcoat or both the undercoat and overcoat contain a polymer having segments of a specified formula and are substantially free of polyhydric phenols having estrogenic activity greater than or equal to that of bisphenol S. The coating system is suitable for use on a food-contact surface of food or beverage containers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier, Mary E. Tishey, Gregory M. Paulson
  • Publication number: 20040171746
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition having crosslinkable polyester-polyurethane polymer with at least two carbamate sites, and a crosslinker usable for coating a packaging container. The coating composition may be applied to a generally planar substrate, cured and formed into a container or a portion of a container. The present invention also provides a coated substrate having the coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Girish G. Parekh, Gregory M. Paulson, Ronald L. Goodwin
  • Patent number: 6730361
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of coating a packaging container with a coating composition having crosslinkable polyester-polyurethane polymer with at least two carbamate sites, and a crosslinker. The method includes coating a generally planar substrate with the coating composition, curing and forming a container or a portion of a container. The present invention also provides a coating composition and coated substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Girish G. Parekh, Gregory M. Paulson, Ronald L. Goodwin
  • Publication number: 20030152778
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of coating a packaging container with a coating composition having crosslinkable polyester-polyurethane polymer with at least two carbamate sites, and a crosslinker. The method includes coating a generally planar substrate with the coating composition, curing and forming a container or a portion of a container. The present invention also provides a coating composition and coated substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Girish G. Parekh, Gregory M. Paulson, Ronald L. Goodwin