Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Pillsworth

Jeffrey Pillsworth 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).

  • Ethylene/vinyl acetate latex binders and paints which are free of volatile coalescents and freeze-thaw additives
    Patent number: 6087437
    Abstract: The invention is directed to aqueous coating compositions which are freeze-thaw stable in the absence of conventional volatile coalescing solvents and volatile freeze-thaw (F/T) additives and which utilize a latex binder which contains an EVA thermoplastic interpolymer which is prepared by emulsion polymerization of ethylene, vinyl acetate and a monomer represented by structure (I) ##STR1## where R is hydrogen or a methyl group, X is O or NH, and n is an integer from 1 to 11 and to the latex binder which contains the EVA interpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Rajeev Farwaha, Jeffrey Pillsworth, William D. Currie