Patents by Inventor Mechelle A. Churchfield

Mechelle A. Churchfield 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).

  • ADDITIVE FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY
    Publication number: 20220251438
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method of enhanced oil recovery that includes injecting a composition including an hyperbranched polyglycerol into an injection well in a subterranean oil-bearing reservoir, the hyperbranched polyglycerol being a primary alcohol that is a reaction product of a C2 to C25 carbon alcohol and a plurality of glycidols; and displacing oil in the subterranean oil-bearing reservoir using the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Pramod Dhanaji Patil, Mechelle Churchfield, Peng Gao, Troy E. Knight, Wanglin Yu, Amit Katiyar, Neeraj Rohilla, Biplab Mukherjee
  • Aqueous dispersions for use as toners
    Patent number: 9547246
    Abstract: A compound that includes an aqueous dispersion, wherein the dispersion includes a thermoplastic resin and at least one stabilizing agent, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a colorant and a magnetic pigment, wherein the dispersion has an average volume diameter particle size from about 0.05 to about 10 microns is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John Klier, Richard D. Varjian, Alastair S. Hill, Timothy J. Young, Richard A. Lundgard, Michael J. Johnson, Qichun Wan, Matthew J. Kalinowski, Mechelle A. Churchfield, Gary M. Strandburg, David J. Magley
  • Compounds and methods of forming compounds useful as a toner
    Patent number: 8349531
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of forming compounds useful as a toner or toner precursor are disclosed. The compounds may include an aqueous dispersion, the dispersion including: (A) at least one thermoplastic resin; and (B) 0 to 5 weight percent of a stabilizing agent, based on the total weight of (A) and (B). The dispersion may have an average volume diameter particle size from about 0.05 to about 10 microns. A combined amount of the thermoplastic resin and the stabilizing agent may have an acid number of less than 25 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy J. Young, Richard A. Lundgard, Michael J. Johnson, Qichun Wan, Matthew J. Kalinowski, Mechelle A. Churchfield, Gary M. Strandburg
  • SILICONE DEPOSITION AID FOR PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20110064688
    Abstract: Described are personal care compositions, comprising an aqueous dispersion comprising silicone and an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer; and at least one cosmetically acceptable surfactant, emollient, or cosmetic active.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Susan L. Jordan, Gary M. Strandburg, Mechelle A. Churchfield
  • COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF FORMING COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS A TONER
    Publication number: 20100248119
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of forming compounds useful as a toner or toner precursor are disclosed. The compounds may include an aqueous dispersion, the dispersion including: (A) at least one thermoplastic resin; and (B) 0 to 5 weight percent of a stabilizing agent, based on the total weight of (A) and (B). The dispersion may have an average volume diameter particle size from about 0.05 to about 10 microns. A combined amount of the thermoplastic resin and the stabilizing agent may have an acid number of less than 25 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Young, Richard A. Lundgard, Michael J. Johnson, Qichun Wan, Matthew J. Kalinowski, Mechelle A. Churchfield, Gary M. Strandburg