Patents by Inventor James Getty
James Getty 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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Publication number: 20100129668Abstract: A composition comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or (II): wherein: Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r and q are each independently an integer of 1 to 3, j is 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is from about 1 to about 2, Z is —O—, —S—, or —NR—, R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion, and its use in providing surface properties to substrates is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2010Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Patent number: 7674928Abstract: A composition comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or (II): wherein: Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r and q are each independently an integer of 1 to 3, j is 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is from about 1 to about 2, Z is —O—, —S—, or —NR—, R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion, and its use in providing surface properties to substrates is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Publication number: 20090099512Abstract: Syringes for holding fluids susceptible to void formation when the syringe and fluid are frozen and thawed before use. The interior surface of the syringe barrel is modified by exposure to a plasma such that the incidence of void formation in the fluid is prevented or, at the least, significantly reduced in comparison with conventional syringes.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Applicant: Nordson CorporationInventors: Henry DiGregorio, David Foote, James Getty
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Publication number: 20090087670Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein r and q are independently integers of 1 to 3; Rf is linear or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; j is an integer 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is 1 or 2, Z is —O— or —S—, X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: April 2, 2009Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Publication number: 20090072183Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH??Formula (I) wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Patent number: 7470745Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH??Formula (I) wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Patent number: 7470818Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein r and q are independently integers of 1 to 3; Rf is linear or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; j is an integer 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is 1 or 2, Z is —O— or —S—, X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & CompanyInventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Publication number: 20080202384Abstract: A composition comprising monomers copolymerized in the following percentages by weight: (a) from about 20% to about 95% of a monomer, or mixture of monomers, of formula (I): Rf—(CH2CF2)q(CH2CH2)r-Z-C(O)—C(R)?CH2 ??(I) wherein q and r are each independently integers of 1 to 3; Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; Z is —O—, —NR1— or —S—; R is hydrogen, Cl, F or CH3; R1 is hydrogen, or a C1 to C4 alkyl; and (b) from about 5% to about 80% of at least one of: (i) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer having a linear, branched or cyclic alkyl group of 6 to 18 carbons; or (ii) a monomer of formula (II): (R2)2N—R3—O—C(O)—C(R)?CH2 ??(II) wherein R is as defined above; each R2 is independently a C1 to C4 alkyl; and R3 is a divalent linear or branched C1 to C4 alkylene; and wherein the nitrogen is from about 40% to 100% salinized; or (iii) a mixture thereof; said composition providing oil repellency, water repellency, and stain resistance to substrates contacted therewiType: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: August 28, 2008Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Patrick Henry Fitzgerald, Peter Michael Murphy, Ying Wang, Ernest Byron Wysong
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Publication number: 20080113199Abstract: A composition which provides surface effects to substrates comprising a polymer containing at least one urea linkage prepared by (i) reacting (1) at least one organic diioscyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, and (2) at least one fluorochemical compound of Formula I Rf—O(CF2CF2)r(CH2CH2)q(R1)sXH ??Formula (I) wherein Rf is a linear or branched C1 to C7 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r is 1 to 3, q is 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1, X is O, S, or NR2 wherein R2 is H, or C1 to C6 alkyl, and R1 is a divalent radical selected from —S(CH2)n—, p is 1 to 50, and R3, R4 and R5 are each independently H or C1 to C6 alkyl; (ii) and then reacting with (3) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Publication number: 20080113085Abstract: A composition comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) or (II): wherein: Rf is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyl having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, optionally interrupted by one to three oxygen atoms, r and q are each independently an integer of 1 to 3, j is 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is from about 1 to about 2, Z is —O—, —S—, or —NR—, R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion, and its use in providing surface properties to substrates is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Publication number: 20080114147Abstract: A polymer having at least one urea linkage prepared by: (i) reacting (a) at least one diisocyanate, polyisocyanate, or mixture thereof, having isocyanate groups, and (b) at least one fluorinated compound selected from the formula (I): Rf(CH2CF2)p(CH2CH2)q(R1)r—XH ??Formula (I) wherein p and q are each independently an integer of 1 to 3; r is 0 or 1; X is —O—, —NH— or —S—; R1 is a divalent radical selected from the group consisting of —S(CH2)n—, n is an integer of 2 to 4; s is an integer of 1 to 50; R2, R3, and R4 are each independently hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and Rf is a linear or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and (ii) reacting with (c) water, a linking agent, or a mixture thereof and methods for treating substrates to obtain surface effects is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Timothy Edward Hopkins, Ying Wang
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Publication number: 20080113200Abstract: A composition comprising a compound of formula (I) or (II): wherein r and q are independently integers of 1 to 3; Rf is linear or branched chain perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; j is an integer 0 or 1, or a mixture thereof, x is 1 or 2, Z is —O— or —S—, X is hydrogen or M, and M is an ammonium ion, an alkali metal ion, or an alkanolammonium ion is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2006Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Sheng Peng, Stephen James Getty, Xianjun Meng
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Publication number: 20070285428Abstract: A method, system and computer program product for a display system driving a display device is provided. The display system includes a processor, a primary display controller, a secondary display controller and the display device. The primary display controller receives display data that is sent by the processor. The primary display controller also drives the display device when the processor sends new display frames. When these display frames are sent by the processor continuously, control of the display device is switched to the secondary display controller, which is optimized for a low-power operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2007Publication date: December 13, 2007Applicant: ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD ASSOCIATION, INC.Inventors: Mark Foster, Mary Jepsen, James Gettys, V. Bove
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Publication number: 20070041879Abstract: An apparatus is provided for treating pollutants in a gaseous stream. The apparatus comprises tubular inlets for mixing a gas stream with other oxidative and inert gases for mixture and flame production within a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is heated by heating elements and has an interior wall with orifices through which heated air enters into the central reaction chamber. The oxidized gases are treated also for particles removal by flowing through a packed bed. The packed bed is cooled and its upper portion with air inlets to enhance condensation and particle growth in the bed. The treated gas stream is also scrubbed in a continuous regenerative scrubber comprising at least two vertically separated beds in which one bed can be regenerated while the other is operative so that the flow may be continuously passed through the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2006Publication date: February 22, 2007Inventors: Robert Moore, James Getty, Ravil Safiullin
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Patent number: 7138551Abstract: A process for reducing the level of perfluoroalkanoic acids, perfluoroalkanoic esters, and perfluoroalkyliodides in fluorinated alcohols comprising heating a fluorinated alcohol, or mixtures thereof, containing said acids, esters, or iodides to a temperature of at least 175° C. in the presence of water and a base additive is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Alexander Borisovich Shtarov, Stephen James Getty, Axel Hans-Joachim Herzog
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Publication number: 20060201910Abstract: Methods for removing thin layers of extraneous multi-component molding material from one or more areas on a substrate. The methods include exposing the substrate to a plasma effective to remove a non-particulate component of the molding material from each area. The methods further include exposing the substrate to a non-plasma process effective to remove a particulate component of the molding material from the area.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: September 14, 2006Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATIONInventors: James Getty, Jiangang Zhao
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Publication number: 20060163201Abstract: A plasma treatment system for treating multiple substrates with a plasma. The treatment chamber of the plasma treatment system includes at least one pair of electrodes, typically vertically oriented, between which a substrate is positioned for plasma treatment. Each electrode includes a perforated panel that permits horizontal process gas and plasma flow, which improves plasma uniformity. A process recipe is defined that is effective for removing thin polymer areas, such as flash or chad, attached to and projecting from a polymer substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2006Publication date: July 27, 2006Applicant: Nordson CorporationInventors: James Getty, Louis Fierro
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Publication number: 20060131790Abstract: A method for removing thin layers of a two-component molding material from areas on a substrate. The method includes using a plasma formed using a first gas mixture for removing one component of the molding material and a plasma formed using a different second gas mixture for removing the other component of the molding material. For filled epoxies commonly used as molding materials, the first gas mixture may be an oxygen-rich mixture of an oxygen-containing gas species and a fluorine-containing gas species, and the second gas mixture may be a fluorine-rich mixture of the same gases.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2004Publication date: June 22, 2006Applicant: Nordson CorporationInventors: James Getty, Jiangang Zhao
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Publication number: 20060118239Abstract: Apparatus and methods for shielding a feature projecting from a first area on a substrate to a plasma while simultaneously removing extraneous material from a different area on the substrate with the plasma. The apparatus includes at least one concavity positioned and dimensioned to receive the feature such that the feature is shielded from the plasma. The apparatus further includes a window through which the plasma removes the extraneous material. The method generally includes removing the extraneous material while shielding the feature against plasma exposure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2004Publication date: June 8, 2006Applicant: Nordson CorporationInventors: Robert Condrashoff, James Getty, James Tyler
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Publication number: 20060011299Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate with a plasma. The apparatus includes first and second electrodes positioned with a spaced apart relationship. A separating ring has a vacuum-tight engagement with confronting surfaces of the first electrode and the second electrode to define an evacuatable processing region therebetween. Communicating with the processing region is a process gas port for introducing a process gas to the processing region. The processing region may be evacuated through a vacuum port defined in one of the first and second electrodes to a pressure suitable for exciting a plasma from the process gas in the processing region when the first and second electrodes are powered.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2004Publication date: January 19, 2006Inventors: Robert Condrashoff, James Fazio, James Getty, James Tyler