Patents by Inventor Max Weaver

Max Weaver 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).

  • Publication number: 20050054757
    Abstract: Provided are additives for a polyester composition that impart improved flavor retaining properties. More particularly, the present invention relates to a poly(ethylene terephthalate)/active methylene composition in which the concentration of acetaldehyde that is contained in the polyester is reduced. Reducing the amount of acetaldehyde in the poly(ethylene terephthalate) improves the flavor and fragrance of foodstuff that is packaged in a container comprising the composition of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Jason Pearson, Max Weaver, Michael Cyr
  • Publication number: 20050049425
    Abstract: This invention pertains to certain novel red anthraquinone colorant compounds containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated (e.g., vinyl), photopolymerizable radicals that may be copolymerized (or cured) with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic polymers. Suitable compositions having the present colorants copolymerized therein include, e.g., polymers produced from acrylate and methacrylate esters, colored polystyrenes, and similar colored polymeric materials derived from other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The novel colorants possess good fastness (stability) to ultraviolet (UV) light, good solubility in vinyl monomers and good color strength. The present invention also pertains to processes for preparing the photopolymerizable colorant compounds. The ethylenically unsaturated colorant compounds may be suitable for use in coatings that are applied to wood, glass, paper, metal, thermoplastics and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Jason Pearson, Max Weaver, Jean Fleischer
  • Publication number: 20050044644
    Abstract: This invention pertains to certain novel colorant compounds containing one or more ethylenically-unsaturated, photopolymerizable radicals that may be copolymerized (or cured) with ethylenically-unsaturated monomers to produce colored compositions such as colored acrylic polymers. Suitable compositions having the present colorants copolymerized therein include, e.g., polymers produced from acrylate and methacrylate esters, colored polystyrenes, and similar colored polymeric materials derived from other ethylenically-unsaturated monomers. The present invention also pertains to processes for preparing the photopolymerizable colorant compounds. The ethylenically unsaturated colorant compounds may be suitable for use in coatings that are applied to wood, glass, metal, thermoplastics and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Jason Pearson, Max Weaver, Jean Fleischer, Greg King
  • Publication number: 20050008885
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for efficiently incorporating a UV absorber into a polyester resin. The method includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a diol component, a diacid component selected from the group consisting of dicarboxylic acids, dicarboxylic acid derivatives, and mixtures thereof, an antimony containing compound, a phosphorus containing compound, a metal containing compound, and a UV absorber. The reaction mixture is polymerized in a polycondensation reaction system. In another embodiment of the present invention, the UV absorber is added while the reaction products from one reactor are transferred to the next reactor in the polycondensation reaction system. A polyester composition having the UV absorber incorporated therein is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Dale Blakely, Frederick Colhoun, Max Weaver, Jason Pearson