Patents by Inventor Heith FOSTER

Heith FOSTER 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).

  • Method for Producing Copolymer Having Improved Oil Retainability
    Publication number: 20260250429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a copolymer containing polymerizing monomers including 1,3-diene structure having 4 to 20 carbons in a solvent in a presence of an anionic polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 27, 2026
    Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinya Oshita, Heith Foster
  • METHOD OF PRODUCING A COPOLYMER HAVING IMPROVED OIL RETENTION PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20230416443
    Abstract: A method of producing a copolymer includes polymerizing monomers including 1,3-diene structure having 4 to 20 carbons in a solvent in a presence of an anionic polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Oshita, Heith Foster
  • Thermoplastic elastomer composition
    Patent number: 11566129
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition possessing a good combination of elastic recovery, tear strength at 25° C., stress relaxation and reduced (improved) anisotropy, which is based on a hydrogenated block copolymer (A), a thermoplastic resin (B), a rubber softener (C) and a polyolefin elastomer (D), of specified types and proportions, and which is suitable for use in a variety of film and sheet applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Oshita, Heith Foster
  • THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20210130602
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition possessing a good combination of elastic recovery, tear strength at 25° C., stress relaxation and reduced (improved) anisotropy, which is based on a hydrogenated block copolymer (A), a thermoplastic resin (B), a rubber softener (C) and a polyolefin elastomer (D), of specified types and proportions, and which is suitable for use in a variety of film and sheet applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya OSHITA, Heith FOSTER
  • VULCANIZABLE COMPOSITION AND MOLDABLE THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER PRODUCT THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20180334521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vulcanizable composition comprising a specific block copolymer thermoplastic elastomer, a polyolefin, a rubber softener, a crosslinking agent and a specified liquid diene rubber crosslinking co-agent, and a dynamically vulcanized composition produced by intimately mixing the above components under shear and at elevated temperature, which dynamically vulcanized composition is thermoplastic, elastic and moldable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Marcel GRUENDKEN, Ralph BOEHM, Heith FOSTER, Yoshihiro MORISHITA