Patents by Inventor Kevin Leonard

Kevin Leonard 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).

  • Publication number: 20230312819
    Abstract: A water dispersible sulfopolyester is provided wherein the sulfopolyester comprises: (a) residues of one or more dicarboxylic acids; (b) at least 4 mole percent and less than 8.5 mole percent of residues of at least one sulfomonomer; and (c) residues of one or more diols, wherein the sulfopolyester comprises a carboxylate ends to acid ends ratio of at least 0.6, wherein the sulfopolyester contains substantially equimolar proportions of acid moiety repeating units (100 mole percent) to hydroxy moiety repeating units (100 mole percent), and wherein all stated mole percentages are based on the total of all acid and hydroxy moiety repeating units being equal to 200 mole percent. Processes for producing the sulfopolyester are also provided as well as articles comprising the sulfopolyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Scott Ellery George, Joshua Seth Cannon, Kevin Leonard Urman, Chaoxiong Ma
  • Publication number: 20220298298
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process of recovering sulfopolyester comprising reduced impurity. Sulfopolyester is recovered from a composite material comprising water-dispersible sulfopolyester polymer and at least one non-water-dispersible polymer. The process includes washing the composite material comprising water-dispersible sulfopolyester with a solvent composition. The recovered sulfopolyester can be generated as a concentrated aqueous dispersion, a polymer melt, or a sulfopolyester solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Scott Ellery George, Charles Stuart Everett, Kevin Leonard Urman, Joshua Seth Cannon, Weijun Kevin Wang, Chaoxiong Ma
  • Publication number: 20220297352
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process of recovering sulfopolyester comprising reduced impurity. Sulfopolyester is recovered from a composite material comprising water-dispersible sulfopolyester polymer and at least one non-water-dispersible polymer. The process includes washing the composite material comprising water-dispersible sulfopolyester with a solvent composition. The recovered sulfopolyester can be generated as a concentrated aqueous dispersion, a polymer melt, or a sulfopolyester solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Scott Ellery George, Charles Stuart Everett, Kevin Leonard Urman, Joshua Seth Cannon, Weijun Kevin Wang, Chaoxiong Ma
  • Publication number: 20190309446
    Abstract: A multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section is provided in this invention. The multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and wherein said water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of said multicomponent fiber in a proportion of not greater than 55% water dispersible polymer. Articles produced from the multicomponent fiber are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edgar N. Rudisill, Charles Stuart Everett, Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Publication number: 20190309445
    Abstract: A multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section is provided in this invention. The multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and wherein said water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of said multicomponent fiber in a proportion of not greater than 55% water dispersible polymer. Articles produced from the multicomponent fiber are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edgar N. Rudisill, Charles Stuart Everett, Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Publication number: 20190309448
    Abstract: A process for texturing a multicomponent fiber is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Kenny Randolph Parker, Edgar N. Rudisill, Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Publication number: 20190309447
    Abstract: A process for making a multicomponent fiber is disclosed. The process comprises extruding at least one water dispersible polymer to create a first polymer flow, extruding at least one water non-dispersible synthetic polymer to create a second polymer flow path, directing the resulting multiple polymer flows into a spinneret having a shaped cross section with a plurality of distribution flow paths, and combining the flow paths together to form a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section, wherein the multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein the domains are substantially isolated from each other by the water dispersible polymer intervening between the domains; and wherein the water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of the multicomponent fiber in a proportion of no greater than 55% water dispersible polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edgar N. Rudisill, Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Publication number: 20190309444
    Abstract: An article is provided comprising a multicomponent fiber having a shaped cross section, wherein the multicomponent fiber comprises: (A) at least one water dispersible polymer; and (B) a plurality of domains comprising one or more water non-dispersible polymers, wherein said domains are substantially isolated from each other by said water dispersible polymer intervening between said domains; and wherein said water dispersible polymer is present at the perimeter of the outside cross-section of said multicomponent fiber in a proportion of not greater than 55% water dispersible polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Edgar N. Rudisill, Charles Stuart Everett, Brandon Wesley Hale, Richard Moore Holbert, JR., Loady Palmer Holbrook, JR., Kenny Randolph Parker, Johnathan Wayne Smith, Kevin Leonard Urman
  • Publication number: 20140060450
    Abstract: A portable cattle footbath comprising a bottom panel, a pair of opposing side walls coupled to the bottom panel, a pair of opposing end walls coupled to the bottom panel. The side walls and end walls extend upwardly and may also extend outwardly from the bottom panel. The end walls and side walls have opposing side edges that intersect to form a plurality of fluid-tight corners. The footbath may further include a rim at the top edges of the side walls and the end walls which defines an open top. The end walls are configured to have a height that interferes with the natural gait of an animal causing the animal to enter the footbath proximate the entry end wall. The footbath may include a pair of opposing side panels having a height greater than the end walls to prevent animals from side stepping out of the footbath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Leonard KRONEBUSCH, Eric Holman Bonewitz
  • Publication number: 20120094059
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nylon yarn of a finely dispersed melt blended polymer alloy having i) a polyamide component selected from polyhexamethyleneadipamide, polycaprolactam and mixtures thereof, and ii) a nylon 11 component; wherein the polyamide component is the major component by weight of the total melt blended polymer and wherein the polyamide component has a viscosity of about 2.6 IV or more as measured in 96% sulfuric acid. The resulting nylon yarn shows improved bleach resistance. The present invention also relates to processes of producing the yarn and nylon carpets comprising the yarn described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.a r.l.
    Inventors: Kevin Leonard Urman, Sundar Mohan Rao, Isaac Keene Ivedrson
  • Publication number: 20100221513
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an article made by the steps comprising providing either a plastic or glass substrate member, pre-heating the substrate member, providing a first liquid sol comprising water, methanol, and nanoparticulate SiO2, coating the pretreated substrate member with a barrier layer of the first liquid sol, evaporating the water and methanol from the barrier layer at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to evaporate the water and methanol and insufficient to significantly thermally sinter the nanoparticulate SiO2, providing a second liquid sol comprising water, methanol, nanoparticulate TiO2, coating the barrier-coated substrate member with a top layer of the second liquid sol, and, evaporating the water and methanol from the top layer at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to evaporate the water and methanol and insufficient to significantly thermally sinter the nanoparticulate SiO2 and TiO2 to produce barrier and top coated substrate member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Marc A. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Brownson, Jennifer Sanfillipo, Kevin Leonard
  • Patent number: 7496518
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which assist an employer in determining qualified candidates for positions of employment with the employer in an efficient and cost-effective manner. A preferred embodiment provides a software product that enables employers to generate a customized application program executable to interact with candidates and determine the qualified candidates for a position with the employer. More specifically, the software product receives as input from the employer a desired hiring criteria, and then generates a customized application program that utilizes the desired hiring criteria to determine the qualified candidates for the employer. Most preferably, a customized application program is generated, with which candidates may interact to effectively self-administer a qualification session for a position with the employer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Strategic Outsourcing Corporation
    Inventors: Alan B. Cayton, J. Brandt Hamby, J. Kevin Leonard
  • Publication number: 20030105102
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions containing compounds, methods of sing compounds, and processes of making compounds, of formula I containing at least one ring nitrogen: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Jia-He Li, Kevin Leonard Tays, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 6387902
    Abstract: This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using compounds of the formula: wherein R1-R9 and Z are independently. hydrogen, hydroxy, halo, haloalkyl, thiocarbonyl, cyano, nitro, amino, imino, alkylamino, aminoalkyl, sulfhydryl, thioalkyl, alkylthio, sulfonyl, alkylsulfonyl, C1-C9 straight or branched chain alkyl, C2-C9 straight or branched chain alkenyl, C2-C9 straight or branched chain alkynyl, C1-C6 straight or branched chain alkoxy, C2-C6 straight or branched chain alkenoxy, C2-C6 straight or branched chain alkynoxy, aryl, carbocycle, heterocycle, aralkyl, alkylaryl, alkylaryloxy, aryloxy, aralkyloxy, aralkylsulfonyl, aralkylamino, arylamino, arylazo, arylthio, or aralkylthio; or Z is wherein U is C or N, and R7 and R8 are defined above; and X and Y are independently aryl, carbocycle, or heterocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Zhang, Kevin Leonard Tays, Jia-He Li
  • Publication number: 20020022636
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions containing compounds, methods of using compounds, and processes of making compounds, of formula I containing at least one ring nitrogen: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventors: JIA-HE LI, KEVIN LEONARD TAYS, JIE ZHANG
  • Patent number: 6001117
    Abstract: A medical construct particularly useful as a stent, comprising an axially compressible bellows of a material and dimensions sufficient to provide negligible resistance to flexure transverse to the axis and negligible recoil under compression or expansion along the axis, and apparatus and a method for deploying the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Indigo Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn Thayer Huxel, Kevin Leonard Cooper, Jie Jenny Yuan, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam
  • Patent number: 5962007
    Abstract: There is described a process for deploying a medical construct in a body cavity, so as to function for example as a stent in a body lumen. The construct is used by forming a coil from a strand that has an interior and an exterior portion, and thereafter heating while expanding the coil so as to melt only the exterior portion. When that melted portion resolidifies with the coil in the expanded state, the coil's integrity and resistance against forces such as compression is maintained by the unmelted but stretched interior portion, and the expanded shape is maintained by the adhesiveness of the solidified exterior portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Indigo Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Leonard Cooper, Shawn Thayer Huxel, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam, Arindam Datta, Jie Jenny Yuan
  • Patent number: D650212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Cornerstone Institutional, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Leonard