Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Flood
Lawrence A. Flood 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).
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Patent number: 10179829Abstract: This invention relates to products H made by reaction of a cyclic alkyleneurea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, and at least one of (a) an aminoplast former M that is not the same as the cyclic alkyleneurea U, and (b) a monofunctional aldehyde A1, which product H is optionally etherified by reaction of at least a part of the hydroxyl groups formed by addition reaction of N—H groups and aldehyde groups, with an alcohol having from one to ten carbon atoms, and wherein glyoxal is present in the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, to processes for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof in coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Allnex Netherlands B.V.Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Lawrence A. Flood, Barry A. Lawless
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Patent number: 10155836Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction product UA of at least one cyclic urea U and at least one multifunctional aldehyde A which reaction product has as substituents on the carbonyl carbon atoms of the aldehyde A at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups —OH and alkoxy groups —OR characterised in that the groups —OR comprise at least two kinds of alkoxy groups —OR1 and —OR2, where R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, where R1 and R2 may be the same or may be different from each other, to a process of making these, and to a method of use as crosslinker in coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Patent number: 9605178Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, John Colin Brogan
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Publication number: 20170066866Abstract: This invention relates to products H made by reaction of a cyclic alkyleneurea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, and at least one of (a) an aminoplast former M that is not the same as the cyclic alkyleneurea U, and (b) a monofunctional aldehyde A1, which product H is optionally etherified by reaction of at least a part of the hydroxyl groups formed by addition reaction of N—H groups and aldehyde groups, with an alcohol having from one to ten carbon atoms, and wherein glyoxal is present in the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, to processes for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof in coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Ram B. GUPTA, Urvee Y. TREASURER, Lawrence A. FLOOD, Barry A. LAWLESS
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Patent number: 9534114Abstract: This invention relates to products H made by reaction of a cyclic alkyleneurea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, and at least one of (a) an aminoplast former M that is not the same as the cyclic alkyleneurea U, and (b) a monofunctional aldehyde A1, which product H is optionally etherified by reaction of at least a part of the hydroxyl groups formed by addition reaction of N—H groups and aldehyde groups, with an alcohol having from one to ten carbon atoms, and wherein glyoxal is present in the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, to processes for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof in coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.A.R.L.Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Lawrence A. Flood, Barry A. Lawless
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Patent number: 9499498Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazine carbamates by reacting a mixture of an aminotriazine A having at least two amino groups per molecule, an organic carbonate C which is preferably an acyclic carbonate, and a mixture B of bases comprising at least two basic metal compounds B1 and B2 individually selected from the group consisting of hydrides, amides, alkoxides, and arylalkoxides of metals, wherein the metal in B1 is not the same as the metal in B2.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.Inventors: William Jacobs, III, Lawrence A. Flood
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Patent number: 9267028Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinker composition comprising a reaction product of a cyclic urea U and a multifunctional aliphatic aldehyde A, and at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of reaction products of an aminotriazine and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monoaldehydes and multifunctional aliphatic aldehydes having the structure Y(CHO)n, where Y is an n-functional aliphatic residue, and n is greater than 1; reaction products of urea and/or cyclic ureas and formaldehyde; alkoxycarbonyl-aminotriazines; multifunctional isocyanates which may be partially or completely blocked; reaction products of phenols and aliphatic monoaldehydes; multifunctional epoxides; multifunctional aziridines; and multifunctional carbodiimides, wherein any of the crosslinkers which have hydroxyl groups may be etherified with one or more linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohols.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: February 23, 2016Assignee: ALLNEX IP S.À.R.L.Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Publication number: 20150376148Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazine carbamates by reacting a mixture of an aminotriazine A having at least two amino groups per molecule, an organic carbonate C which is preferably an acyclic carbonate, and a mixture B of bases comprising at least two basic metal compounds B1 and B2 individually selected from the group consisting of hydrides, amides, alkoxides, and arylalkoxides of metals, wherein the metal in B1 is not the same as the metal in B2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: William JACOBS, III, Lawrence A. FLOOD
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Publication number: 20150361296Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Ram GUPTA, Lawrence A. FLOOD, Urvee Y. TREASURER, Barry A. LAWLESS, John Colin BROGAN
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Patent number: 9193885Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: ALLNEX USA INC.Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Publication number: 20150080523Abstract: This invention relates to products H made by reaction of a cyclic alkyleneurea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, and at least one of (a) an aminoplast former M that is not the same as the cyclic alkyleneurea U, and (b) a monofunctional aldehyde A1, which product H is optionally etherified by reaction of at least a part of the hydroxyl groups formed by addition reaction of N—H groups and aldehyde groups, with an alcohol having from one to ten carbon atoms, and wherein glyoxal is present in the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, to processes for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof in coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Lawrence A. Flood, Barry A. Lawless
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Publication number: 20130203929Abstract: The invention relates to a reaction product UA of at least one cyclic urea U and at least one multifunctional aldehyde A which reaction product has as substituents on the carbonyl carbon atoms of the aldehyde A at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl groups —OH and alkoxy groups —OR characterised in that the groups —OR comprise at least two kinds of alkoxy groups —OR1 and —OR2, where R1 and R2 are both selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, where R1 and R2 may be the same or may be different from each other, to a process of making these, and to a method of use as crosslinker in coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Publication number: 20130189438Abstract: The invention relates to a crosslinker composition comprising a reaction product of a cyclic urea U and a multi-functional aliphatic aldehyde A, and at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of reaction products of an amino-triazine and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monoaldehydes and multifunctional aliphatic aldehydes having the structure Y(CHO)n, where Y is an n-functional aliphatic residue, and n is greater than 1; reaction products of urea and/or cyclic ureas and formaldehyde; alkoxycarbonyl-aminotriazines; multifunctional isocyanates which may be partially or completely blocked; reaction products of phenols and aliphatic monoaldehydes; multifunctional epoxides; multifunctional aziridines; and multifunctional carbodiimides, wherein any of the crosslinkers which have hydroxyl groups may be etherified with one or more linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohols.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Publication number: 20130189442Abstract: This invention relates to a process to make a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, by mixing the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with the at least one cyclic urea U in the presence of at least one alcohol R1—OH, and optionally, at least one solvent that has no reactive groups which may react with aldehyde groups, —CO—NH— groups, or hydroxyl groups, to effect an addition reaction to obtain a solution of a product UA, where R1 is selected from the group consisting of linear, branched or cyclic alkyl groups having from one to twelve carbon atoms, to the reaction product obtained by this process, and to a method of use thereof as crosslinker for coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2011Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Urvee Y. Treasurer, Barry A. Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Patent number: 8460758Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a crosslinker composition, comprising the steps of providing a mixture of an aliphatic alcohol A having at least one hydroxyl group and from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with at least one multifunctional aldehyde C having at least two aldehyde groups —CHO to form a mixture AC, heating the mixture AC to convert at least a part of the multifunctional aldehyde C to its hemiacetal or to its acetal to form a mixture (AC)?, adding to the mixture (AC)? least one cyclic urea U or the educts to produce the said cyclic urea U in situ, which cyclic urea U has at least one unsubstituted >NH group, and reacting the mixture thus obtained to form a chemical bond between the nitrogen atom of the at least one unsubstituted >NH group of the at least one cyclic urea U5 and the carbon atom of the least one aldehyde group —CHO of the multifunctional aldehyde C, and coating compositions comprising the said crosslinker composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Lawrence A. Flood, Barry A. Lawless
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Publication number: 20100297356Abstract: This invention is directed to a process for the preparation of a crosslinker composition, comprising the steps of providing a mixture of an aliphatic alcohol A having at least one hydroxyl group and from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with at least one multifunctional aldehyde C having at least two aldehyde groups —CHO to form a mixture AC, heating the mixture AC to convert at least a part of the multifunctional aldehyde C to its hemiacetal or to its acetal to form a mixture (AC)?, adding to the mixture (AC)? least one cyclic urea U or the educts to produce the said cyclic urea U in situ, which cyclic urea U has at least one unsubstituted >NH group, and reacting the mixture thus obtained to form a chemical bond between the nitrogen atom of the at least one unsubstituted >NH group of the at least one cyclic urea U5 and the carbon atom of the least one aldehyde group —CHO of the multifunctional aldehyde C, and coating compositions comprising the said crosslinker composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: Cytec Technology CorpInventors: Lawrence A. Flood, Barry A. Lawless
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Patent number: 6506898Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing an at least bis-carbamate functional 1,3,5-triazine by contacting an at least diamino-1,3,5-triazine, an acyclic organic carbonate and a base, as well as certain novel compositions producible thereby. Also provided are substantially halogen contamination free crosslinker compositions comprising the products obtainable by the process, and curable compositions based upon these crosslinkers.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 1995Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Lawrence A. Flood, Ram B. Gupta, Revathi Iyengar, David A. Ley, Vankatarao K. Pai
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Patent number: 6288226Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing an at least bis-carbamate functional 1,3,5-triazine by contacting an at least diamino-1,3,5-triazine, an acyclic organic carbonate and a base, as well as certain novel compositions producible thereby. Also provided are substantially halogen contamination free crosslinker compositions comprising the products obtainable by the process, and curable compositions based upon these crosslinkers.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1998Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Cytec Technology CorporationInventors: Lawrence A. Flood, Ram B. Gupta, Revathi Iyengar, David A. Ley, Venkatarao K. Pai
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Patent number: 6197957Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing carbonylated derivatives of amino- and haloamino-1,3,5-triazines by contacting the 1,3,5-triazine, carbon monoxide and a metal catalyst system containing a metal promoter for promoting carbonylation, at a temperature carbon monoxide pressure and length of time sufficient to carbonylate at least a portion of the amino and/or haloamino groups of the 1,3,5-triazine. The product resulting from contacting these components is an isocyanate functional 1,3,5-triazine; however, the carbamate functional derivative can be readily produced by contacting these components in the further presence of a hydroxy compound, or by post-reacting the isocyanate functional product with such hydroxy compound.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1993Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Peter S. Forgione, Ram B. Gupta, Lawrence A. Flood, Donald H. Valentine
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Patent number: 6063922Abstract: Provided is a novel carbamate functional 1,3,5-triazine of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Z' is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, and a group represented by the formula NHQ',each Q' is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl, a hydrocarbyloxy hydrocarbyl and a group represented by the formula COOY, with the proviso that at least two of the Q' groups are COOY, andeach Y is independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbyl group and a hydrocarbyloxy hydrocarbyl ether group, with the proviso that at least one Y group is a hydrocarbyloxy hydrocarbyl ether group. These carbamate functional 1,3,5-triazines find use, for example, as crosslinkers or reactive modifiers in curable compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1997Date of Patent: May 16, 2000Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.Inventors: Lawrence A. Flood, Ram B. Gupta, Revathi Iyengar, David A. Ley, Vankatarao K. Pai