Patents by Inventor Kevin M. Hale

Kevin M. Hale 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: 8287690
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for deinking printed waster paper—particularly methods that use a deinking composition that includes a hydrophobically-modified inorganic particle (“MIP”) to improve ink collection efficiency under traditional alkaline, reduced alkali, and true neutral deinking conditions. Deinking compositions are provided that include a hydrophobically-MIP substrate, a nonionic surfactant, and a fatty acid, or mixtures thereof. The improved ink collection of the present invention can result in deinked pulp of high quality and/or yields that has excellent brightness and effective residual ink concentrations (“ERIC”) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kemira Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Rosencrance, Charles M. Ngome, Kevin M. Hale
  • Publication number: 20110155334
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for deinking printed waster paper—particularly methods that use a deinking composition that includes a hydrophobically-modified inorganic particle (“MIP”) to improve ink collection efficiency under traditional alkaline, reduced alkali, and true neutral deinking conditions. Deinking compositions are provided that include a hydrophobically-MIP substrate, a nonionic surfactant, and a fatty acid, or mixtures thereof. The improved ink collection of the present invention can result in deinked pulp of high quality and/or yields that has excellent brightness and effective residual ink concentrations (“ERIC”) values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: KEMIRA CHEMICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Rosencrance, Charles M. Ngome, Kevin M. Hale
  • Patent number: 7897010
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for deinking printed waste paper—particularly methods that use a deinking composition that includes a hydrophobically-modified inorganic particle (“MIP”) to improve ink collection efficiency under traditional alkaline, reduced alkali, and true neutral deinking conditions. Deinking compositions are provided that include a hydrophobically-MIP substrate, a nonionic surfactant, and a fatty acid, or mixtures thereof. The improved ink collection of the present invention can result in deinked pulp of high quality and/or yields that has excellent brightness and effective residual ink concentrations (“ERIC”) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Kemira Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Rosencrance, Charles M. Ngome, Kevin M. Hale
  • Patent number: 7862685
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for deinking printed waste paper—particularly methods that use a deinking composition that includes a hydrophobically-modified inorganic particle (“MIP”) to improve ink collection efficiency under traditional alkaline, reduced alkali, and true neutral deinking conditions. Deinking compositions are provided that include a hydrophobically-MIP substrate, a nonionic surfactant, and a fatty acid, or mixtures thereof. The improved ink collection of the present invention can result in deinked pulp of high quality and/or yields that has excellent brightness and effective residual ink concentrations (“ERIC”) values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Kemira Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Rosencrance, Charles Ngome, Kevin M. Hale
  • Publication number: 20090165967
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for deinking printed waste paper—particularly methods that use a deinking composition that includes a hydrophobically-modified inorganic particle (“MIP”) to improve ink collection efficiency under traditional alkaline, reduced alkali, and true neutral deinking conditions. Deinking compositions are provided that include a hydrophobically-MIP substrate, a nonionic surfactant and a fatty acid, or mixtures thereof. The improved ink collection of the present invention can result in deinked pulp of high quality and/or yields that has excellent brightness and effective residual ink concentrations (“ERIC”) values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Scott Rosencrance, Charles M. Ngome, Kevin M. Hale