Patents by Inventor Justin R. Barone

Justin R. Barone 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).

  • Compositions and films comprised of avian feather keratin
    Patent number: 7066995
    Abstract: A composition suitable for making films, wherein the composition contains keratin obtained from avian feathers and at least one OH containing plasticizer. Protein-based films containing at least one protein and at least one OH containing plasticizer, wherein the protein is a protein whose PE value is ?2.5 where PE=(S+T+Y)/C where PE is plasticizer efficiency and where S, T, Y, and C are the amino acids serine, threonine, tyrosine, and cysteine, respectively, in the protein. Preferably the protein is keratin obtained from avian feathers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Justin R. Barone, Walter F. Schmidt