Patents by Inventor John Edward Kerins

John Edward Kerins 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).

  • Method of making a flushable film having barrier properties
    Patent number: 6479105
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a low-molecular weight, amorphous polyalphaolefin layer and a water-sensitive substrate layer. Preferably, the polyalphaolefin comprises either a propylene-ethylene copolymer or an ethylene-butene copolymer. Polyalphaolefin coated water-dispersible films of the present invention may be advantageously employed in the preparation of a wide variety of products designed to be contacted with aqueous fluids. Although the coated water-dispersible film of the present invention is particularly suited for personal care products, the coated water-dispersible film of the present invention may be advantageously employed in the preparation of a wide variety of consumer products other than personal care products. When the entire product is disposed of in water, the water-sensitive layer is wetted and weakens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Yihua Chang, John Edward Kerins, William Seal Pomplun, Stephen M. Campbell
  • Water dispersible pantiliner
    Patent number: 6384297
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water dispersible pantiliner which has a triggerably dispersible body side facing liner, a garment side facing baffle, and, optionally, a triggerably dispersible absorbent core disposed between the liner and baffle. The garment baffle may be biodegradable. In one embodiment, the invention has a peel strip overlaying a garment attachment adhesive layer which adhesively attaches the peel strip to the clothing of a wearer on one side and to one side of a baffle on the other. The baffle is in turn attached on a second side to a body facing side with a construction adhesive. The body facing side may be made from multiple layers such as a body side liner and absorbent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Wilson Colman, Frank Steven Glaug, Yung Hsiang Huang, David Martin Jackson, John Edward Kerins, Jennifer Cappel Larson, Mary Jo Meyer, Pavneet Singh Mumick, Brian Keith Nortman, William Seal Pomplun, Fu-Jya Tsai, Susan Marie Weyenberg
  • Compositions of amorphous polyalphaolefin coatings on water-sensitive substrate
    Publication number: 20010021458
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a low-molecular weight, amorphous polyalphaolefin layer and a water-sensitive substrate layer. Preferably, the polyalphaolefin comprises either a propylene-ethylene copolymer or an ethylene-butene copolymer. Polyalphaolefin coated water-dispersible films of the present invention may be advantageously employed in the preparation of a wide variety of products designed to be contacted with aqueous fluids. Although the coated water-dispersible film of the present invention is particularly suited for personal care products, the coated water-dispersible film of the present invention may be advantageously employed in the preparation of a wide variety of consumer products other than personal care products. When the entire product is disposed of in water, the water-sensitive layer is wetted and weakens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: September 13, 2001
    Inventors: Stephen M. Campbell, John Edward Kerins, William Seal Pomplun, Yihua Chang