Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Hepting

Joseph R. Hepting 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).

  • Process for the production of vicinal diesters from epoxides
    Patent number: 6933401
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting in the presence of an epoxide opening catalyst, a substituted epoxide, and preferably a silicone containing substituted epoxide with at least one carboxylic acid and at least one protecting agent to form a vicinal dialkyl ester or a vicinal disilyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Molock, Joseph R. Hepting, Shivkumar Mahadevan
  • Process for the production of vicinal diesters from epoxides
    Publication number: 20040267046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of reacting in the presence of an epoxide opening catalyst, a substituted epoxide, and preferably a silicone containing substituted epoxide with at least one carboxylic acid and at least one protecting agent to form a vicinal dialkyl ester or a vicinal disilyl ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Molock, Joseph R. Hepting, Shivkumar Mahadevan
  • Antimicrobial lenses and methods of their use
    Publication number: 20030043341
    Abstract: This invention relates to antimicrobial lenses containing coated zeolites and methods for their production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: David C. Turner, Azaam Alli, James D. Ford, Stephen L. Galas, Ann-Marie W. Meyers, Frank L. Neely, James R. Petisce, Robert B. Steffen, Douglas G. Vanderlaan, James Jen, Joseph R. Hepting, James Ebel