Patents by Inventor John Douglas Booton

John Douglas Booton 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).

  • Low molecular weight cellulose mixed esters and their use as low viscosity binders and modifiers in coating compositions
    Patent number: 8039531
    Abstract: Cellulose mixed esters are disclosed having low molecular weights and low degrees of polymerization. These new cellulose mixed esters include cellulose acetate propionate and cellulose acetate butyrate. The esters exhibit solubility in a wide range of organic solvents with minimal viscosity increase, are compatible with a wide variety of resins, and are useful in coatings and inks compositions as binder resins and rheology modifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Michael Charles Shelton, Jessica Dee Posey-Dowty, Luis Guillermo Rios Perdomo, Daniel Wayne Dixon, Jr., Paul Lee Lucas, Alan Kent Wilson, Kenneth Raymond Walker, Jonathan Edward Lawniczak, Roy Glenn Foulk, Hieu Duy Phan, Charlie Carroll Freeman, Jr., John Douglas Booton