Patents by Inventor Jozef Verborgt

Jozef Verborgt 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: 10669448
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the formula: R1—(CO—NH—R2—R3)n and polymers made by moisture curing the compound. R1 is an organic group, a dimeric fatty acid chain, a dimeric linoleic fatty acid chain, a trimeric fatty acid chain, a saturated form of any thereof, a residue of a phenalkamine compound, or a residue of a polyamine. Each R2 is an aliphatic group or an aminoaliphatic group. Each R3 comprises an alkoxysilane group. The value n is a positive integer. The compound may be made by reacting a polyester with an amine having an alkoxysilane group or reacting a polyacid with an isocyanate having an alkoxysilane group. Also disclose are compounds made by reacting an amido amine with an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Publication number: 20170240704
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the formula: R1—(CO—NH—R2—R3)n and polymers made by moisture curing the compound. R1 is an organic group, a dimeric fatty acid chain, a dimeric linoleic fatty acid chain, a trimeric fatty acid chain, a saturated form of any thereof, a residue of a phenalkamine compound, or a residue of a polyamine. Each R2 is an aliphatic group or an aminoaliphatic group. Each R3 comprises an alkoxysilane group. The value n is a positive integer. The compound may be made by reacting a polyester with an amine having an alkoxysilane group or reacting a polyacid with an isocyanate having an alkoxysilane group. Also disclose are compounds made by reacting an amido amine with an epoxy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Patent number: 9644114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the formula: R1—(CO—NH—R2—R3)n and polymers made by moisture curing the compound. R1 is an organic group, a dimeric fatty acid chain, a dimeric linoleic fatty acid chain, a trimeric fatty acid chain, a saturated form of any thereof, a residue of a phenalkamine compound, or a residue of a polyamine. Each R2 is an aliphatic group or an aminoaliphatic group. Each R3 comprises an alkoxysilane group. The value n is a positive integer. The compound may be made by reacting a polyester with an amine having an alkoxysilane group or reacting a polyacid with an isocyanate having an alkoxysilane group. Also disclose are compounds made by reacting an amido amine with an epoxy compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Publication number: 20160304746
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds having the formula: R1—(CO—NH—R2—R3)n and polymers made by moisture curing the compound. R1 is an organic group, a dimeric fatty acid chain, a dimeric linoleic fatty acid chain, a trimeric fatty acid chain, a saturated form of any thereof, a residue of a phenalkamine compound, or a residue of a polyamine. Each R2 is an aliphatic group or an aminoaliphatic group. Each R3 comprises an alkoxysilane group. The value n is a positive integer. The compound may be made by reacting a polyester with an amine having an alkoxysilane group or reacting a polyacid with an isocyanate having an alkoxysilane group. Also disclose are compounds made by reacting an amido amine with an epoxy compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Publication number: 20160230042
    Abstract: A method and coating made thereby of: reacting a 3-trialkoxysilylpropyl amine with an organic compound having a carbon-carbon double bond activated by an electron withdrawing group; followed by reacting with an aliphatic polyisocyanate; followed by optionally performing a silicate condensation with a hydrolyzed silicate; followed by application to a surface and moisture curing to form oxygen crosslinks between silicon atoms and loss of alkyl alcohols to form the coating. The compounds before moisture curing are shown below. R1 is an alkyl group; R3 and R4 are organic groups; R5 is the residue of the polyisocyanate; R6 contains the electron withdrawing group; R7 is an alkyl group; R1? is R1 or —(SiR72—O)m—R7; at least one of the R1? groups is —(SiR72—O)m—R7; m is a positive integer; and n is an integer greater than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Patent number: 9404018
    Abstract: A polyol having the formula Si(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nR3. Each R1 is a divalent radical derived from diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, or tripropylene glycol, each R2 is an aliphatic group, and R3 is an alkyl group or aromatic group. The value m is 2 or 3 and n is 0 or 1. A process of making the above polyol by: providing a reactant having the formula Si(O—R2)3R3, and reacting the reactant with a diol having the formula HO—R1—OH. An antifouling coating comprising a thermoset formed by reacting a polyisocyanate with the above polyol. The coating is not a foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Patent number: 9284400
    Abstract: A composition having a polyurea made by reacting a polyisocyanate with one of the below compounds. The value x is 2 or 3. A method of: providing a polyisocyanate and one of the below compounds, spraying the polyisocyanate and the compound with a plural component pump onto a surface to form a mixture, and allowing the mixture to cure to a polyurea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A Webb, Jozef Verborgt, Keith E Lucas
  • Publication number: 20160040034
    Abstract: A polyol having the formula Si(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nR3. Each R1 is a divalent radical derived from diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, or tripropylene glycol, each R2 is an aliphatic group, and R3 is an alkyl group or aromatic group. The value m is 2 or 3 and n is 0 or 1. A process of making the above polyol by: providing a reactant having the formula Si(O—R2)3R3, and reacting the reactant with a diol having the formula HO—R1—OH. An antifouling coating comprising a thermoset formed by reacting a polyisocyanate with the above polyol. The coating is not a foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Patent number: 9238617
    Abstract: A compound having the formula below, where R is —H or —CH2—CH3; n, x, y, and z are nonnegative integers; R2 is an aliphatic group or oxyaliphatic group; and R3 is an aliphatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Patent number: 9193875
    Abstract: A polyol having the formula X(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nHq. X is Si, C, B, Ti, P, Al, Mg, or Ca. Each R1 is derived from dipropylene glycol or tripropylene glycol, and each R2 is an aliphatic group. m is 2, 3, or 4; n is 0, 1, or 2; and q is 1 or 2 when X is C, and is 0 when X is not C. A thermoset formed by reacting a polyisocyanate with the polyol. An antifouling coating containing the thermoset and optionally a biocide. An antifouling coating that is not foam formed by reacting Si(O—R1—OH)m(O—R2)nR3 with a polyisocyanate. Each R3 is an alkyl group or aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Publication number: 20150232416
    Abstract: A compound having the formula below, where R is —H or —CH2—CH3; n, x, y, and z are nonnegative integers; R2 is an aliphatic group or oxyaliphatic group; and R3 is an aliphatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Patent number: 9051489
    Abstract: A polymer made by reacting a polyisocyanate with a compound having the formula below. R1 is an organic group. R2 is an aliphatic group. R3 is an aliphatic group. The polyisocyanate reactants are at least 50 mol % aromatic polyisocyanates. The reaction forms urea groups from the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate and the NH groups of the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Publication number: 20140275407
    Abstract: A composition having a polyurea made by reacting a polyisocyanate with one of the below compounds. The value x is 2 or 3. A method of: providing a polyisocyanate and one of the below compounds, spraying the polyisocyanate and the compound with a plural component pump onto a surface to form a mixture, and allowing the mixture to cure to a polyurea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A Webb, Jozef Verborgt, Keith E Lucas
  • Publication number: 20140272437
    Abstract: The compound below. R1 is an alkyl group or —(SiR72—O)m—R8. R7 is an alkoxy group. The value m is a nonnegative integer. R8 is an alkyl group or R3 and R4 are organic groups. R5 is an aliphatic group or a residue of a homopolymer of an aliphatic polyisocyanate. R6 has an electron withdrawing group that is bound to a carbon atom that is bound to the CHR4 group. The value n is an integer greater than or equal to 2. A method of: reacting a 3-trialkoxysilylpropyl amine with an organic compound having a carbon-carbon double bond activated by an electron withdrawing group to form a secondary amino propylalkoxysilane, and reacting the secondary amino propylalkoxysilane with an aliphatic polyisocyanate or a polymer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Publication number: 20140275464
    Abstract: A method of making a solid, crosslinked polymer by performing a reaction in a mixture of: 1) an imine selected from polyaldimines, hydroxyaldimines, polyketimines, and hydroxyketimines; 2) a polyisocyanate; and 3) a hydroxyl compound, if the imine is not a hydroxyimine. The imine and the hydroxyl compound are the only isocyanate-reactive compounds in the mixture. The hydroxyl compound is an alcohol, a glycol, or a polyol. The polymer comprises urea linkages formed from the imine and polyisocyanate and urethane linkages formed from the hydroxyl group of the hydroxyimine or the hydroxyl compound and the polyisocyanate, and the molar ratio of urea linkages to urethane linkages is at least 2:1. The reaction is performed in the absence of solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Publication number: 20140249273
    Abstract: The below compound, which may be made by reacting a 3-trialkoxysilylpropyl amine with an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester, a diester of maleic acid, a diester of fumaric acid, or acrylonitrile to form a secondary amino propylalkoxysilane, and reacting the secondary amino propylalkoxysilane with an isocyanate. R1 is an alkyl group, X is —CHR3—CHR4—CO—O—R2 or —CH2—CH2—CN, R2 is an organic group, R3 is —H or —CO—O—R2, R4 is —H or —CH3, but R4 is —H if R3 is —CO—O—R2, R5 is an aliphatic group or a residue of hexamethylene diisocyanate cyclic trimer or hexamethylene diisocyanate cyclic dimer, and n is 2 or 3. The below compound, which may be made by reacting a 3-trialkoxysilylpropyl amine with acrylonitrile. R1 is an alkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Arthur A. Webb, Jozef Verborgt
  • Publication number: 20140234546
    Abstract: A polymer made by reacting a polyisocyanate with a compound having the formula below. R1 is an organic group. R2 is an aliphatic group. R3 is an aliphatic group. The polyisocyanate reactants are at least 50 mol % aromatic polyisocyanates. The reaction forms urea groups from the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate and the NH groups of the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A. Webb
  • Patent number: 8735526
    Abstract: A method of making a polymer by providing an imine and reacting the imine with a polyisocyanate in the presence of a hydroxyl group. The imine is a polyaldimine, hydroxyaldimine, polyketimine, or hydroxyketimines. The polymer has urea linkages formed from the imine and polyisocyanate and urethane linkages formed from the hydroxyl group and the polyisocyanate. The polymer has at least as many urea linkages as urethane linkages. A polymer having urea units and urethane units having a molar ratio of at least about 2:1. A polymer comprising a urea-urethane repeat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur Webb
  • Patent number: 8710170
    Abstract: A polymer made by reacting a polyisocyanate with a compound having the formula below. R1 is an organic group. R2 is an aliphatic group or oxyaliphatic group. R3 is an aliphatic group. The reaction forms urea groups from the isocyanate groups of the polyisocyanate and the NH groups of the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of Americas, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A Webb
  • Patent number: 7622541
    Abstract: A polyurethane coating made by: applying to a surface a polyol composition and an isocyanate composition, such that a mixture of the polyol composition and the isocyanate composition is formed during the application; and allowing the mixture to cure to the polyurethane coating. The polyol composition has a polyol monomer having the chemical formula: R1 is a divalent radical selected from aliphatic, aromatic, and ether-containing group. R2 is a monovalent radical selected from aliphatic, aromatic, ester-containing group, ether-containing group, and acrylic-containing group. R2 is free of —O—CH2—CH(OH)— groups, and the polyol monomer is free of epoxy groups and amino hydrogens. The isocyanate composition comprises an isocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate groups. The polyol composition or the isocyanate composition comprises a water scavenger. The polyol composition or the isocyanate composition comprises a polyurethane catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jozef Verborgt, Arthur A Webb