Patents by Inventor Michael A. Bauer

Michael A. Bauer 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).

  • Water-reducible coating composition
    Patent number: 10767076
    Abstract: The present description provides a water-reducible or water-dispersible coating system that can be used to form a durable, corrosion-resistant protective coating on a wide range of substrates. The coating system includes an alkyd resin prepared from a polyester feedstock that includes post-consumer recycled PET and a waste cooking oil feedstock. Methods for preparing the coating system and articles coated with the coating system are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Melnyk, Michael A. Bauer
  • WATER-REDUCIBLE COATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20190270910
    Abstract: The present description provides a water-reducible or water-dispersible coating system that can be used to form a durable, corrosion-resistant protective coating on a wide range of substrates. The coating system includes an alkyd resin prepared from a polyester feedstock that includes post-consumer recycled PET and a waste cooking oil feedstock. Methods for preparing the coating system and articles coated with the coating system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Melnyk, Michael A. Bauer
  • WATER-BASED COATING COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED SAG RESISTANCE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190201932
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for monitoring and controlling an industrial paint operation, where a five-sided intermodal shipping container is painted with a water-based coating composition. The system includes a paint application system, a drying system with a chamber configured to handle one or more intermodal shipping containers, and modules for monitoring and controlling the application of paint and the drying of the applied paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Joseph John Hromadka, Jason R. Bala, Michael A. Bauer, Wylie H. Wetzel
  • Water-Reducible Coating Composition
    Publication number: 20160326397
    Abstract: The present description provides a water-reducible or water-dispersible coating system that can be used to form a durable, corrosion-resistant protective coating on a wide range of substrates. The coating system includes an alkyd resin prepared from a polyester feedstock that includes post-consumer recycled PET and a waste cooking oil feedstock. Methods for preparing the coating system and articles coated with the coating system are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Melnyk, Michael A. Bauer
  • Self-standing desktop calendar
    Patent number: 9114659
    Abstract: A self-standing desktop calendar having first and second rigid metal panels and a plurality of pages therebetween all being rotatably connected by a spiral ring through a plurality of apertures in the each of the panels and the pages. A planar base is included having opposing parallel sidewalls with slots for receiving the bottoms of the panels to enable the calendar to stand upright on a desk. The sidewalls of the base fit around the bottom of the panels when the calendar is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Archirazzi, LLC
    Inventors: Alison B. Adair, Sheila M. Stone, Robert A. Bartle, Paula W. LaBonte, Michael A. Bauer
  • SELF-STANDING DESKTOP CALENDAR
    Publication number: 20150084325
    Abstract: A self-standing desktop calendar having first and second rigid metal panels and a plurality of pages therebetween all being rotatably connected by a spiral ring through a plurality of apertures in the each of the panels and the pages. A planar base is included having opposing parallel sidewalls with slots for receiving the bottoms of the panels to enable the calendar to stand upright on a desk. The sidewalls of the base fit around the bottom of the panels when the calendar is in a closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Archirazzi, LLC
    Inventors: Alison B. Adair, Sheila M. Stone, Robert A. Bartle, Paula W. LaBonte, Michael A. Bauer
  • WATER-BASED COATING COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED SAG RESISTANCE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140324234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for monitoring and controlling an industrial paint operation, where a five-sided intermodal shipping container is painted with a water-based coating composition. The system includes a paint application system, a drying system with a chamber configured to handle one or more intermodal shipping containers, and modules for monitoring and controlling the application of paint and the drying of the applied paint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph John Hromadka, Jason R. Bala, Michael A. Bauer, Wylie H. Wetzel