Patents by Inventor Larry Bourland

Larry Bourland 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).

  • Method of melt processing crosslinked thermoplastic material
    Patent number: 6384093
    Abstract: A method of enhancing the melt-processibility of crosslinked plastic or recycling crosslinked plastic and the products formed by these methods. The melt processibility of a crosslinked thermoplastic resin may be enhanced by mixing it with a low viscosity polymeric resin having a specified melt flow index relative to the melt flow index of the crosslinked thermoplastic resin, and exposing the mixture to mechanical shearing energy to produce a processed mixture having enhanced melt flow characteristics. The processed mixture may be subsequently mixed with thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Bourland, Richard A. Freundlich, Rudolph G. Nwana, Vincent W. Herran