Patents by Inventor Hugh Newman, Jr.

Hugh Newman, Jr. 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).

  • Crystalline copolymers of p-dioxanone and lactide and surgical devices made therefrom
    Patent number: 4643191
    Abstract: A crystalline copolymer is produced by first polymerizing p-dioxanone to form a mixture of monomer and homopolymer, and then adding lactide to this mixture and polymerizing to form a copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Rao S. Bezwada, Shalaby W. Shalaby, Hugh Newman, Jr., Adel Kafrawy