Patents by Inventor James D. Browning
James D. Browning 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).
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Patent number: 8736942Abstract: An electrochromic device that is capable of changing the transmission of either visible or infrared radiations as a function of the polarity of a voltage applied to the device.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Steven M. Risser, Vincent D. McGinniss, Amy M. Heintz, Kevin B. Spahr, James D. Browning
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Patent number: 8378010Abstract: A method of forming a stable latex polymer emulsion is provided which includes mixing one or more monomers including polymerizable acid monomers, esters, and unsaturated monomers with water and a soy protein. The emulsion is then polymerized and may be formed into adhesive compositions having improved water resistance and mechanical strength.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: James D. Browning, Bhima R. Vijayendran
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Publication number: 20130010346Abstract: An electrochromic device that is capable of changing the transmission of either visible or infrared radiations as a function of the polarity of a voltage applied to the device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Steven M. Risser, Vincent D. McGinniss, Amy M. Heintz, Kevin B. Spahr, James D. Browning
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Publication number: 20110254229Abstract: Seal assemblies are provided. In one embodiment, an example shaft seal assembly comprises an immiscible fluid and a reservoir structure. The immiscible fluid is immiscible with respect to a contained internal fluid in an enclosure with a penetrating shaft. The reservoir structure is disposed in close proximity to the shaft, and the reservoir structure contains the immiscible fluid. The immiscible fluid of the seal assembly provides a fluid barrier to the internal fluid to limit loss of the internal fluid over time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTEInventors: Manfred Luttinger, Gary H. Brawley, Steven J. Shaffer, Bruce Prushing, James D. Browning, Melissa Roshon
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Publication number: 20100099802Abstract: A method of forming a stable latex polymer emulsion is provided which includes mixing one or more monomers including polymerizable acid monomers, esters, and unsaturated monomers with water and a soy protein. The emulsion is then polymerized and may be formed into adhesive compositions having improved water resistance and mechanical strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventor: JAMES D. BROWNING
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Patent number: 7099713Abstract: Surfactants useful for enhancing the electrical conduction of electrodes attached to the surface of a patient. The surfactants are also useful in transport of materials in and out of the body of a patient (animal or human) and in the measurement of disease states. Typical surfactants particularly useful in the invention are broadly represented by protein/fatty acid based compounds. The protein/fatty acid compounds may be lipopolypeptides. In some embodiments the lipopolypeptides may be acyl peptides. Typical acyl peptides are Lamepon S™, MayTein C™ and MayTein CT™.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: August 29, 2006Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: James D. Browning, Vincent McGinniss, Steven M. Risser, Dale L. Robinson, Robert E. Russell, III, Robert R. Boyd, Matthew S. Fleming
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Publication number: 20040023849Abstract: Surfactants useful for enhancing the electrical conduction of electrodes attached to the surface of a patient. The surfactants are also useful in transport of materials in and out of the body of a patient (animal or human) and in the measurement of disease states. Typical surfactants particularly useful in the invention are broadly represented by protein/fatty acid based compounds. The protein/fatty acid compounds may be lipopolypeptides. In some embodiments the lipopolypeptides may be acyl peptides. Typical acyl peptides are Lamepon S™, MayTein C™ and MayTein CT™.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2003Publication date: February 5, 2004Inventors: Dale L. Robinson, James D. Browning, Vincent McGinniss, Steven M. Risser, Robert E. Russell, Robert R. Boyd, Matthew S. Fleming
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Patent number: 6503481Abstract: A composition used in combination with an electrohydrodynamic device capable of delivering an active ingredient to the aerodigestive system of the user. The composition comprises three or optionally four basic components: an active ingredient; a carrier material in which the active ingredient may be dissolved, suspended, or emulsified; an aerosol properties adjusting material which provides the composition with the physical characteristics required to create an aerosol cloud by electrostatic or electrohydrodynamic means; and optionally at least one excipient that further adjusts, preserves, stabilizes, or enhances the overall performance of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2000Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: BattellePharma, Inc.Inventors: Rachel M. Thurston, James D. Browning, Praful K. Shah, Michael E. Placke
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Patent number: 6025458Abstract: Disclosed are degradable materials including molded products, laminates, foams, nonwoven materials, adhesives, coatings and films, and particularly packaging films. The materials are made using polydioxaneone polymers comprising at least two different dioxaneone-based repeating units. Preferred polymers are polydioxanediones. First repeating units have less carbon atoms in constituent groups extending from the polymer backbone than second repeating units. Physical characteristics and degradation of the materials can be varied by varying the choice and/or relative proportions of first and second repeating units in the polydioxaneone polymers. Methods for preparing polydioxaneone polymers that can be used in the manufacture of the materials are also discussed, as are suitable monomers and methods for preparing such monomers.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: February 15, 2000Assignee: Chronopol, Inc.Inventors: Edward S. Lipinsky, Richard G. Sinclair, James D. Browning, Alex Cheung, Kevin H. Schilling, Dan W. Verser
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Patent number: 5801223Abstract: Disclosed are degradable materials including molded products, laminates, foams, nonwoven materials, adhesives, coatings and films, and particularly packaging films. The materials are made using polydioxaneone polymers comprising at least two different dioxaneone-based repeating units. Preferred polymers are polydioxanediones. First repeating units have less carbon atoms in constituent groups extending from the polymer backbone than second repeating units. Physical characteristics and degradation of the materials can be varied by varying the choice and/or relative proportions of first and second repeating units in the polydioxaneone polymers. Methods for preparing polydioxaneone polymers that can be used in the manufacture of the materials are also discussed, as are suitable monomers and methods for preparing such monomers.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 1995Date of Patent: September 1, 1998Inventors: Edward S. Lipinsky, Richard G. Sinclair, James D. Browning, Alex Cheung, Kevin H. Schilling, Dan W. Verser
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Patent number: 5767222Abstract: Disclosed are degradable materials including molded products, laminates, foams, nonwoven materials, adhesives, coatings and films, and particularly packaging films. The materials are made using polydioxaneone polymers comprising at least two different dioxaneone-based repeating units. Preferred polymers are polydioxanediones. First repeating units have less carbon atoms in constituent groups extending from the polymer backbone than second repeating units. Physical characteristics and degradation of the materials can be varied by varying the choice and/or relative proportions of first and second repeating units in the polydioxaneone polymers. Methods for preparing polydioxaneone polymers that can be used in the manufacture of the materials are also discussed, as are suitable monomers and methods for preparing such monomers.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1993Date of Patent: June 16, 1998Assignee: Chronopol, Inc.Inventors: Edward S. Lipinsky, Richard G. Sinclair, James D. Browning, Alex Cheung, Kevin H. Schilling, Dan W. Verser
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Patent number: 5760118Abstract: Disclosed are products made of degradable materials which include a hydrolytically degradable polymer. The degradable materials can be internally or externally modified. The internally modified polymer composition has polymers modified by the use of comonomers having a relatively high molecular weight. The externally modified polymer composition includes a modifier, wherein the modifier is compatible with the polymer and the modifier is nontoxic, nonvolatile and nonfugitive. The various degradable materials include films, fibers, extruded and molded products, laminates, foams, powders, nonwovens, adhesives and coatings. The disclosed materials are particularly useful for the production of a variety of products in high volumes which are suitable for recycling after use or which are discarded into the environment in large volumes.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: June 2, 1998Assignee: Chronopol, Inc.Inventors: Richard G. Sinclair, Edward S. Lipinsky, James D. Browning, Donald Bigg, Thomas A. Rogers
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Patent number: 5711795Abstract: A sand-based molding composition which can be compressed using hand pressure, and which starts as a free-flowing sand mixture, is formed by combining a solvent with a waxy binder and blending this with sand and subsequently stripping off the solvent. The molding composition includes the particulate material, preferably sand, coated with a thin coating of the waxy binder which is preferably a paraffin wax. A pigment can be added which will remain held by the binder and will not tend to stain. The molding composition can be compressed with the hand to form a molded article, and can be easily crushed to form a flowable, sandy product.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 1996Date of Patent: January 27, 1998Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventor: James D. Browning
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Patent number: 5556895Abstract: Disclosed are degradable materials including molded products, laminates, foams, nonwoven materials, adhesives, coatings and films, and particularly packaging films. The materials are made using polydioxaneone polymers comprising at least two different dioxaneone-based repeating units. Preferred polymers are polydioxanediones. First repeating units have less carbon atoms in constituent groups extending from the polymer backbone than second repeating units. Physical characteristics and degradation of the materials can be varied by varying the choice and/or relative proportions of first and second repeating units in the poldioxaneone polymers. Methods for preparing polydioxaneone polymers that can be used in the manufacture of the materials are also discussed, as are suitable monomers and methods for preparing such monomers.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 1995Date of Patent: September 17, 1996Assignee: Ecopol LLCInventors: Edward S. Lipinsky, Richard G. Sinclair, James D. Browning, Alex Cheung, Kevin H. Schilling, Dan W. Verser
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Patent number: 5444113Abstract: Disclosed are products made of degradable materials which include a hydrolytically degradable polymer. The degradable materials can be internally or externally modified. The internally modified polymer composition has polymers modified by the use of comonomers having a relatively high molecular weight. The externally modified polymer composition includes a modifier, wherein the modifier is compatible with the polymer and the modifier is nontoxic, nonvolatile and nonfugitive. The various degradable materials include films, fibers, extruded and molded products, laminates, foams, powders, nonwovens, adhesives and coatings. The disclosed materials are particularly useful for the production of a variety of products in high volumes which are suitable for recycling after use or which are discarded into the environment in large volumes.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1993Date of Patent: August 22, 1995Assignee: Ecopol, LLCInventors: Richard G. Sinclair, Edward S. Lipinsky, James D. Browning, Donald Bigg, Thomas A. Rogers
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Patent number: 5001290Abstract: A method for producing p-dichlorobenzene using a reactor containing a catalyst/reagent to convert chlorobenzene (or benzene) to p-dichlorobenzene, the reactor having an inlet and an outlet for introducing reactants and removing product; introducing a pulse of gaseous chlorobenzene (or benzene) into the reactor and reacting the chlorobenzene with the catalyst/reagent whereby p-dichlorobenzene is formed; introducing a pulse of inert gas into the reactor; introducing a pulse of gaseous chlorine into the reactor and reacting the chlorine with the catalyst/reagent; introducing a pulse of inert gas into the reactor; repeating the pulsing steps in a sequential manner, whereby mixing of the vaporized benzene or chlorobenzene, and the chlorine gas is prevented; and continuously removing product containing p-dichlorobenzene from the outlet of the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1990Date of Patent: March 19, 1991Assignee: Battelle Memorial InstituteInventors: Melville Hillman, James D. Browning