Patents by Inventor Michael E. B. Jones

Michael E. B. Jones 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).

  • Composite material for use in a prosthetic device
    Patent number: 5222987
    Abstract: A composite material in substantially two-dimensional or planar or sheet form, which material comprises:(a) at least one layer of a fiber-like or fabric material; and(b) at least one layer of a composition which comprises a polymer, a curable resin and an addition-polymerizable initiator composition.The composite material may be cured to form a prosthetic device, e.g. a rib cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Composite materials for orthopaedics
    Patent number: 5059209
    Abstract: A prosthetic device prepared by curing an intimate mixture of an addition-polymerizable composition and a particulate inorganic solid which provides up to 80% by volume of the prosthetic device. The prosthetic device has a flexural modulus similar to the boney tissue which it contacts in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Aromatic oligomers
    Patent number: 4956266
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) on average comprises at least one in-chain residue of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is an aromatic group, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, X is a group which activates Ar.sup.1 to electrophilic attack, and Y.sup.1 is an organic residue bearing a carboxyl substituent; and (b) has one or more pendant and/or terminal acyloxymethyl groups are described. They may be used in dental, electronic and electrical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plc
    Inventors: Michael E. B. Jones, John G. Carey
  • Aromatic oligomers
    Patent number: 4918115
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) on average comprises at least one in-chain residue of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is an aromatic group, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, X is a group which activates Ar.sup.1 to electrophilic attack, and Y.sup.1 is an organic residue bearing a carboxyl substituent; ad (b) has one or more pendant and/or terminal acyloxymethyl groups are described. They may be used in dental, electronic and electrical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Michael E. B. Jones, John G. Carey
  • Cross-linked polymer from aromatic dicarboxylic acid anhydride imide
    Patent number: 4808695
    Abstract: A cross-linked polyamide which is preparable by the reaction of a polyimide with a polyamine wherein the functionality of one of the aforesaid reagents is at least two and the functionality of the other reagent is more than two. The cross-linked polyamides are useful as the matrix in high-performance, e.g. carbon fiber, composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Aromatic oligomers
    Patent number: 4743663
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) on average comprises at least one in-chain residue of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar.sup.1 is an aromatic group, R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, X is a group which activates Ar.sup.1 to electrophilic attack, and Y.sup.1 is an organic residue bearing a carboxyl substituent; and (b) has one or more pendant and/or terminal acyloxymethyl groups are described. They may be used in dental, electronic and electrical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1988
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventors: Michael E. B. Jones, John G. Carey
  • Aromatic oligomers and resins
    Patent number: 4739032
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) comprises the repeating unit (AR - CHR), and where Ar is an aromatic group and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group of hydrogen, (b) has pendant and/or terminal groups which include inter alia acyloxymethyl, hydroxymethyl and carboxyl, and (c) has a functionality between 0.5 and 10, and processes for the preparation thereof are described. These compositions may be used in dental, electrical and electronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries plc
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Process for the preparation of aromatic oligomers
    Patent number: 4673725
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) comprises the repeating unit (Ar--CHR), and where Ar is an aromatic group and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group or hydrogen, (b) has pendant and/or terminal groups which include inter alia acyloxymethyl, hydroxymethyl and carboxyl, and (c) has a functionality between 0.5 and 10, and processes for the preparation thereof are described. These compositions may be used in dental, electrical and electronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Aromatic oligomers and resins
    Patent number: 4599373
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) comprises the repeating unit (Ar - CHR), and where Ar is an aromatic group and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group or hydrogen, (b) has pendant and/or terminal groups which include inter alia acyloxymethyl, hydroxymethyl and carboxyl, and (c) has a functionality between 0.5 and 10, and processes for the preparation thereof are described. These compositions may be used in dental, electrical and electronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones
  • Aromatic oligomers and resins
    Patent number: 4530992
    Abstract: Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) comprises the repeating unit (Ar--CHR), and where Ar is an aromatic group and R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group or hydrogen, (b) has pendant and/or terminal groups which include inter alia acyloxymethyl, hydroxymethyl and carboxyl, and (c) has a functionality between 0.5 and 10, and processes for the preparation thereof are described. These compositions may be used in dental, electrical and electronic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC
    Inventor: Michael E. B. Jones