Patents by Inventor Joseph Anthony Radosta

Joseph Anthony Radosta 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).

  • Patent number: 6017991
    Abstract: This invention concerns a mixture of a first component selected from talcs and one or more second component(s) selected from diatomaceous earth, natural and synthetic silica, clay, ceramic spheres, volcanic ash and glass cullet wherein the ratio of the component to the second component(s) provides an enhanced abrasiveness property, an enhanced die pressure character, and a reduced melt fracture character. The invention further relates to an antiblock agent made from such mixture that significantly reduces or eliminates the need to provide polymer processing additives. This invention also relates to a masterbatch composition having an admixture such that enhanced die pressure character and/or reduced melt fracture character are obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Minerals Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Kendall Drummond, Joseph Anthony Radosta, Donald Richard Deutsch