Patents by Inventor James Dean Katsaros

James Dean Katsaros 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: 12338620
    Abstract: A tilt wall comprising a sealed abutment joint between two concrete wall panels comprising a first wall panel, a dual gasket assembly, and a second wall panel, wherein the dual gasket assembly comprises an interior gasket, a support coupling, and a weather gasket, with the support coupling attached to a first edge face of the first wall panel by the metallic channel, wherein the first and second wall panels are aligned adjacent to one another in the same plane, with the support coupling positioned between the first edge face of the first wall panel and a second edge face of the second wall panel, the second edge face of the second wall panel positioned relative to the first wall panel a desired distance proximate the first edge face to form a desired breadth of the abutment joint between the edge faces; and the interior gasket and the outer weather gasket in contact with and compressed against both the first and second edge faces to seal the abutment joint between the edge faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignees: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLC, DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Wilson, James Dean Katsaros, Andrea Wagner Watts, Jeffrey Hutchins
  • Patent number: 11821220
    Abstract: A composite structural board having a structural board and a water-resistant barrier (WRB) sheet, and a wall system comprising same, wherein a face of the structural board is discontinuously attached to the inner face of the WRB sheet solely by a first adhesive, the WRB sheet fully covering the face of the structural board; wherein the unattached areas between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet define paths by which a liquid can move between the face of the structural board and the inner face of the WRB sheet; in some instances the WRB sheet material extends beyond at least one edge of the structural board forming a WRB sheet flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventors: Wazir Nobbee, Jesse C Thrower, II, James Dean Katsaros, Stephane Costeux, John Neill, William Brian Lieburn, Bryn Thomas
  • Patent number: 11479013
    Abstract: A laminate comprises a wicking fabric and a polymeric film adhered to both sides of the wicking fabric, wherein the wicking fabric comprises a plurality of holes, the polymeric films on both sides of the wicking fabric are fused together at each hole, and the laminate functions as an air barrier when measured in accordance with ASTM E2178-13, and allows the passage of liquid water as per ASTM E2273-18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC., MOISTURE MANAGEMENT LLC.
    Inventors: James Dean Katsaros, Christopher E. Fetterman, Mark Stender
  • Patent number: 8399088
    Abstract: A flexible, self-adhering stretchable material with improved stretch and recovery properties is provided as a flashing for use in building openings such as windows. The material includes a microcreped topsheet and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The material extends to the desired length at a low applied force and recovers a low to moderate amount, making it particularly suited for use in the lower corners of window openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Nanlin Deng, James Dean Katsaros, Mark Allan Lamontia
  • Publication number: 20110214384
    Abstract: A self-adhesive flashing for integrating a flanged fenestration unit installed in a rough opening in a wall with a water resistive barrier where the flashing includes an elongated substrate having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adhered to at least one side of the substrate along a lateral edge of the substrate and methods for applying the flashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Barbara Klimowicz O'Rourke, Barbara Jean Crowder-Moore, James Dean Katsaros, Ashok Harakhlal Shah
  • Patent number: 7641952
    Abstract: A self-adhesive laminate with an emissivity of no greater than about 0.40 made of a sheet layer having first and second outer surfaces, the sheet layer comprising at least one layer selected from the group consisting of nonwoven fabrics, woven fabrics, nonwoven fabric-film laminates, woven fabric-film laminates, films, paper-film laminates, and composites thereof with at least one multi-layer coating on said first outer surface of the sheet layer, said multi-layer coating comprising a first metal coating layer adjacent the first outer surface of the sheet layer; and an outer organic coating layer of a composition containing a material selected from the group consisting of organic polymers, organic oligomers, compounds, and combinations thereof, deposited on the metal layer; and with an adhesive layer coating the second outer surface of the sheet layer and wherein the sheet layer coated with said multilayer coating is creped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Barbara Klimowicz O'Rourke, James Dean Katsaros, Ioannis V. Bletsos
  • Publication number: 20080141597
    Abstract: A self-adhesive flashing for integrating a flanged fenestration unit installed in a rough opening in a wall with a water resistive barrier where the flashing includes an elongated substrate having a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer adhered to at least one side of the substrate along a lateral edge of the substrate and methods for applying the flashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Barbara Klimowicz O'Rourke, Barbara Jean Crowder-Moore, James Dean Katsaros, Ashok Harakhlal Shah