Patents by Inventor Laura Gayle Schultz Hume

Laura Gayle Schultz Hume 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).

  • Flame retardant poly(siloxane) copolymer compositions, methods of manufacture, and articles formed therefrom
    Patent number: 9296898
    Abstract: A poly(siloxane) copolymer composition comprising: a first polymer comprising a first repeating unit, and a poly(siloxane) block unit, a second polymer different from the first polymer and comprising of bromine; and optionally, one or more third polymers different from the first polymer and second polymer; wherein siloxane units are present in the composition in an amount of at least 0.3 wt %, and bromine is present in the composition in an amount of at least 7.8 wt %, each based on the sum of the wt % of the first, second, and optional one or more third polymers; and further wherein an article molded from the composition has an OSU integrated 2 minute heat release test value of less than 65 kW-min/m2 and a peak heat release rate of less than 65 kW/m2, and an E662 smoke test Dmax value of less than 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, Laura Gayle Schultz Hume, James Franklin Hoover, Thomas L. Evans
  • FLAME RETARDANT POLY(SILOXANE) COPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20150119483
    Abstract: A poly(siloxane) copolymer composition comprising: a first polymer comprising a first repeating unit, and a poly(siloxane) block unit, a second polymer different from the first polymer and comprising of bromine; and optionally, one or more third polymers different from the first polymer and second polymer; wherein siloxane units are present in the composition in an amount of at least 0.3 wt %, and bromine is present in the composition in an amount of at least 7.8 wt %, each based on the sum of the wt % of the first, second, and optional one or more third polymers; and further wherein an article molded from the composition has an OSU integrated 2 minute heat release test value of less than 65 kW-min/m2 and a peak heat release rate of less than 65 kW/m2, and an E662 smoke test Dmax value of less than 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, Laura Gayle Schultz Hume, James Franklin Hoover, Thomas L. Evans