Patents by Inventor James Edward Rhein

James Edward Rhein 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).

  • Multi-layered polymeric structures including a layer of ethylene copolymer
    Patent number: 6682793
    Abstract: There are provided multi-layered structures comprising at least one layer that is an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of less than 0.916 g/cc and a melting peak temperature of greater than 118° C. The multi-layered structures comprise at least two layers. Also provided are articles of manufacture produced from the multi-layer structures such as films, containers, pouches, packages, tubing and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: James Douglas Small, Jr., Jeffrey James Vanderbilt, Kathleen Diane Greer, James Edward Rhein
  • Polyester packaging films producing a peelable seal
    Patent number: 6616998
    Abstract: A heat sealable packaging film producing a peelable seal is formed from a blend of 99 to 75 weight percent of a copolyester and 1 to 25 weight percent of an epoxy-containing impact modifying polymer. The copolyester has a diacid component of at least 50 mole percent terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof and diol component of about 90 to 35 mole percent ethylene glycol and 10 to 65 mole percent of at least one of diethylene glycol or 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kathleen Diane Greer, James Edward Rhein, Hubertus Jacobus Wilhelmus Moolenaar, Scott Ellery George, Richard Leon McConnell
  • Multi-layered polymeric structures including a layer of ethylene copolymer
    Patent number: 6479116
    Abstract: There are provided multi-layered structures comprising at least one layer that is an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of less than 0.916 g/cc and a melting peak temperature of greater than 118° C. The multi-layered structures comprise at least three layers. Also provided are articles of manufacture produced from the multi-layered structures such as films, containers, pouches, packages, tubing and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: James Douglas Small, Jr., Jeffrey James Vanderbilt, Kathleen Diane Greer, James Edward Rhein
  • Polyester packaging films producing a peelable seal
    Publication number: 20010012557
    Abstract: A heat sealable packaging film producing a peelable seal is formed from a blend of 99 to 75 weight percent of a copolyester and 1 to 25 weight percent of an epoxy-containing impact modifying polymer or a maleic anhydride-containing polymer. The copolyester has a diacid component of at least 50 mole percent terephthalic acid, naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid, or mixtures thereof and diol component of about 90 to 35 mole percent ethylene glycol and 10 to 65 mole percent of at least one of diethylene glycol or 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Kathleen Diane Greer Willham, James Edward Rhein, Hubertus Jacobus Wilhelmus Moolenaar, George Scott Ellery, Richard Leon McConnell