Patents by Inventor Mark Windebank
Mark Windebank 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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Publication number: 20230338999Abstract: Methods and systems for producing nanocellulose-adhesive resin compositions for the manufacture of wood-based panels, and methods of using said adhesive resin compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Yun JIN, Chris BONDS, Stephan du TOIT, Ben BULSON, Guillaume TELLIER, Mark WINDEBANK, David SKUSE
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Publication number: 20230279612Abstract: A transportable system (1) for re-dispersing an essentially-dried or partially-dried and, optionally, pulverized composition comprising microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, one or more inorganic particulate material in a liquid medium to form a liquid composition, and associated methods to produce a substantially homogeneous (uniform) re-dispersed suspension of microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, one or more inorganic particulate material; wherein the tensile index of the microfibrillated cellulose is comparable to the tensile index of a comparable never-dried suspension of microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, one or more inorganic particulate material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicant: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Paymaan TAHAMTAN, Mark WINDEBANK, David R. SKUSE
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Publication number: 20230092526Abstract: Transportable equipment systems and associated methods for re-dispersing previously partially-dried belt press cakes or other partially-dried caked compositions produced by filtration, comprising microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, one or more inorganic particulate material, and, optionally, one or more additive.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Chris BONDS, Stephan du TOIT, Ben BULSON, Guillaume TELLIER, Mark WINDEBANK, David SKUSE
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Publication number: 20220081840Abstract: A method of manufacturing a partially-dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of, microfibrillated cellulose suitable for use as a binder, or a dried sheet comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of, a blend of microfibrillated cellulose and a pulp suitable for use as a pulp source, wherein said sheet may be redispersed with a high shear disperser, mixer or refiner operated at energy inputs of about 10 kWh/t to about 2,000 kWh/t, wherein the sheet upon re-dispersion in a aqueous medium maintains, or is not substantially degraded in, tensile index, compared to the dried sheet prior to drying and re-dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: Thomas REEVE-LARSON, Mark WINDEBANK, Daniel INGLE, Mark PARADIS, David R. SKUSE
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Patent number: 11242651Abstract: Methods of re-dispersing and de-agglomerating dewatered, partially dried and dried compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, into liquid compositions comprising same, by applying ultrasonic energy to such liquid compositions of dewatered, partially dried and dried compositions of microfibrillated cellulose, or compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material. Methods for preparing an aqueous suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, inorganic particulate material, with enhanced viscosity and tensile strength properties, suitable for use in methods of making paper or coating paper, and to filled and coated papers made from such aqueous suspensions.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Tafadzwa Motsi, Guillaume Tellier
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Publication number: 20210221920Abstract: Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2021Publication date: July 22, 2021Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Madeleine Adams, Guillaume Tellier
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Patent number: 11001644Abstract: Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Madeleine Adams, Guillaume Tellier
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Publication number: 20200263358Abstract: Methods of re-dispersing and de-agglomerating dewatered, partially dried and dried compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material, into liquid compositions comprising same, by applying ultrasonic energy to such liquid compositions of dewatered, partially dried and dried compositions of microfibrillated cellulose, or compositions of microfibrillated cellulose and inorganic particulate material. Methods for preparing an aqueous suspension comprising microfibrillated cellulose and, optionally, inorganic particulate material, with enhanced viscosity and tensile strength properties, suitable for use in methods of making paper or coating paper, and to filled and coated papers made from such aqueous suspensions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2018Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Mark WINDEBANK, David SKUSE, Tafadzwa MOTSI, Guillaume TELLIER
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Publication number: 20190382510Abstract: Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 19, 2019Applicant: FiberLean Technologies LimitedInventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Madeleine Adams, Guillaume Tellier
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Patent number: 10435482Abstract: Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: FIBERLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Madeleine Adams, Guillaume Tellier
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Patent number: 10093849Abstract: Spherical and rod-shaped proppants and anti-flowback agents made from flash calcined clays, such as flash calcined kaolin, possess high strength and high conductivity. The starting material may optionally be milled to achieve better compacity and crush resistance in the final proppant or anti-flowback agent. A fracturing fluid may include the rods or spheres alone, or in combination with each other or other proppants or anti-flowback agents of different shapes.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc.Inventors: Mark Windebank, Thomas Parias, Jarrod Hart
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Publication number: 20170306057Abstract: Methods of improving the re-dispersibility of dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, methods of re-dispersing dried or at least partially dried microfibrillated cellulose, compositions comprising re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose and the use of re-dispersed microfibrillated cellulose in an article, product or composition; and methods of improving the physical and/or mechanical properties of re-dispersed dried or partially dried microfibrillated cellulose.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2017Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Mark Windebank, David Skuse, Madeleine Adams, Guillaume Tellier
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Publication number: 20170275209Abstract: A method of making a proppant may include adding a dry ceramic precursor to a granulator, adding a slurry to the granulator, granulating the dry ceramic precursor and the slurry to form densified granules, and firing the densified granules to form a ceramic proppant. The dry ceramic precursor may include an alumina- or aluminosilicate-containing material, such as, for example, at least one of kaolin, ball clay, bauxitic kaolin, smectite clay, bauxite, gibbsite, boehmite, metakaolin, or diaspora. The slurry may include a recycled proppant material, such as, a fired recycled proppant material or a green recycled proppant material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2015Publication date: September 28, 2017Inventors: Mark WINDEBANK, Johan LORICOURT
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Publication number: 20160257875Abstract: Disclosed herein are granulated inorganic particulate compositions exhibiting at least one property chosen from improved material handling, low dusting, easy make-down in to mineral-water slurry, and requiring lets energy to produce than spray dried inorganic particulate products. In one embodiment, the granulated inorganic particulate compositions are characterized by a moisture content ranging from 2% to 60% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, such as for example from 2% to 10% or from 30 to 50%. In another embodiment, the granulated inorganic particulate compositions have an average granule size of greater than about 10 mesh. In a further embodiment, the granulated inorganic particulate composition comprises granules of inorganic particulate that are friable when subjected to a shear force. The granulated inorganic particulate may take on any shape, ranging from and including but not limited to very angular, to sub-rounded, to approximately spherical (i.e.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: MARK WINDEBANK, JONATHAN PHIPPS, THOMAS PARIAS, ROGER WILLIAMS, DAVID GUETTA
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Publication number: 20150184064Abstract: Spherical and rod-shaped proppants and anti-flowback agents made from flash calcined clays, such as flash calcined kaolin, possess high strength and high conductivity. The starting material may optionally be milled to achieve better compacity and crush resistance in the final proppant or anti-flowback agent. A fracturing fluid may include the rods or spheres alone, or in combination with each other or other proppants or anti-flowback agents of different shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Inventors: Mark Windebank, Thomas Parias, Jarrod Hart
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Publication number: 20140305643Abstract: A granulated mica composition may include mica having an average particle size less than about 20 mesh, and 0.01% to about 1.0% of a water soluble binder. The granulated mica composition may have a granule size greater than about 20 mesh. A process for producing a granulated inorganic particulate composition for use in oilfield applications may include mixing at least one inorganic particulate having an average particle size of less than about 20 mesh with water and at least one binder, and agglomerating the resulting mixture to form a granulated inorganic particulate having an average particle size of greater than about 20 mesh. A method for treating a subterranean formation may include admixing a granulated inorganic particle composition into a fluid, such that the inorganic particulate is dispersed into the fluid as a suspended inorganic particulate, and injecting the fluid and suspended inorganic particulate into the subterranean formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc.Inventors: Mark Windebank, Jonathan Phipps, Thomas Parias, Roger Williams, David Guetta
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Patent number: 8783589Abstract: A method of grinding a particulate material, comprising grinding said material in a stirred mill in the presence of a grinding media comprising rod-shaped particles, wherein said rod-shaped particles have an aspect ratio of equal to or greater than about 2:1.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: ImerysInventors: Jarrod Hart, Thomas Parias, David Robert Skuse, Richard Tamblyn, Mark Windebank, Jean-André Alary
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Publication number: 20140080741Abstract: A weighting agent for use in a wellbore fluid composition is provided. The weighting agent includes a ferrosilicon material, wherein iron is present in the ferrosilicon material in an amount equal to or greater than about 50% by weight of the ferrosilicon material. A composition including a wellbore fluid and a weighting agent, as well as methods for using and making a weighting agent, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Imerys Oilfield Minerals, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Parias, Jonathan Stuart Phipps, Jarrod Hart, Mark Windebank, Christopher Bean
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Publication number: 20110233314Abstract: A method of grinding a particulate material, comprising grinding said material in a stirred mill in the presence of a grinding media comprising rod-shaped particles, wherein said rod-shaped particles have an aspect ratio of equal to or greater than about 2:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: ImerysInventors: Jarrod Hart, Thomas Parias, David Robert Skuse, Richard Tamblyn, Mark Windebank, Jean-André Alary
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Patent number: 7790656Abstract: Spherical and rod-shaped proppants and anti-flowback agents made from sillimanite minerals possess high strength and high conductivity. The sillimanite minerals may be selected from the group consisting of kyanite, sillimanite, and andalusite and may be used alone or in combination with other materials, such as bauxite, kaolin, meta-kaolin, pure or technical grade alumina (about 98%-99.9% alumina by weight), alumina-containing slag, zirconia, silica, iron, alkali elements (such as calcium, magnesium, and sodium), and virtually any other mineral containing alumina. The starting material may optionally be milled to achieve better compacity and crush resistance in the final proppant or anti-flowback agent. A fracturing fluid may comprise the rods or spheres alone, or in combination with each other or other proppants or anti-flowback agents of different shapes.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2009Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: ImerysInventors: Mark Windebank, Jarrod Hart, Jean Andre Alary