Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Frederick

Kevin M. Frederick 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).

  • Coumarin-modified epoxy adhesives
    Patent number: 10723921
    Abstract: Coumarin modification of epoxies provide for epoxy adhesives that fluoresce under short wave ultraviolet irradiation while remaining invisible under normal light. Furthermore, these modified epoxy adhesives can have increased adhesive bond strengths. In addition, photochemical curing of an epoxy modified coumarin and a hardening agent with UV irradiation at certain wavelengths affords an epoxy adhesive composition. Further UV irradiation of the composition at certain wavelengths causes photoscission, which breaks the crosslinks that make the cured epoxy adhesive insoluble and intractable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
    Inventors: Douglas A. Loy, Pamela B. Vandiver, Nancy N. Odegaard, Kevin M. Frederick, Peter McFadden
  • COUMARIN-MODIFIED EPOXY ADHESIVES
    Publication number: 20190040287
    Abstract: Coumarin modification of epoxies provide for epoxy adhesives that fluoresce under short wave ultraviolet irradiation while remaining invisible under normal light. Furthermore, these modified epoxy adhesives can have increased adhesive bond strengths. In addition, photochemical curing of an epoxy modified coumarin and a hardening agent with UV irradiation at certain wavelengths affords an epoxy adhesive composition. Further UV irradiation of the composition at certain wavelengths causes photoscission, which breaks the crosslinks that make the cured epoxy adhesive insoluble and intractable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas A. Loy, Pamela B. Vandiver, Nancy N. Odegaard, Kevin M. Frederick, Peter McFadden