Patents by Inventor Lynn Hung Rushing

Lynn Hung Rushing 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).

  • Fibers of variable wettability and materials containing the fibers
    Patent number: 10300457
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an absorbent material and the fibers therein, having two or more layers including an upper surface layer which has on the outer surface of the layer one or more surface area zones which are more wettable zones and adjacent thereto one or more less wettable zones, where the more wettable zones have a greater hydrophilicity than the less wettable zone. The present invention is also directed to the fibers therein, which contain polyvalent cation-containing compounds and fatty acid containing compounds. The present invention also provides for methods of treating fibers or solid materials and processes of producing the hydrophobic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GEORGIA-PACIFIC NONWOVENS LLC
    Inventors: Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Stephen A. Skirius, Sonja McNeil Fields, Lynn Hung Rushing, David Jay Smith, Michael Kalmon, Ronald Timothy Moose, Ryszard Fryczkowski, Beata Fryczkowska, Monika Rom
  • FIBERS OF VARIABLE WETTABILITY AND MATERIALS CONTAINING THE FIBERS
    Publication number: 20150231599
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an absorbent material and the fibers therein, having two or more layers including an upper surface layer which has on the outer surface of the layer one or more surface area zones which are more wettable zones and adjacent thereto one or more less wettable zones, where the more wettable zones have a greater hydrophilicity than the less wettable zone. The present invention is also directed to the fibers therein, which contain polyvalent cation-containing compounds and fatty acid containing compounds. The present invention also provides for methods of treating fibers or solid materials and processes of producing the hydrophobic materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Stephen a. Skirius, Sonja McNeil Fields, Lynn Hung Rushing, David Jay Smith, Michael Kalmon, Ronald Timothy Moose, Ryszard Fryczkowski, Beata Fryczkowska, Monika Rom
  • Fibers of variable wettability and materials containing the fibers
    Patent number: 8946100
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an absorbent material and the fibers therein, having two or more layers including an upper surface layer which has on the outer surface of the layer one or more surface area zones which are more wettable zones and adjacent thereto one or more less wettable zones, where the more wettable zones have a greater hydrophilicity than the less wettable zone. The present invention is also directed to the fibers therein, which contain polyvalent cation-containing compounds and fatty acid containing compounds. The present invention also provides for methods of treating fibers or solid materials and processes of producing the hydrophobic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Buckeye Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jacek K. Dutkiewicz, Stephen A. Skirius, Sonja McNeil Fields, Lynn Hung Rushing, David Jay Smith, Michael Kalmon, Ronald Timothy Moose, Ryszard Fryczkowski, Beata Fryczkowska, Monika Rom