Patents by Inventor Michael Foran

Michael Foran 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).

  • LIGHTING APPARATUS COVER
    Publication number: 20210267704
    Abstract: A apparatus to cover a lighting apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a flexible material couplable to a lighting apparatus. A portion of the flexible material to cover a light-emitting surface of the lighting apparatus is transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: James Todd Walker, Kevin Cyrus Parvaresh, Ian Michael Foran
  • Alkaline corrugating adhesive composition
    Patent number: 5247066
    Abstract: A crosslinking additive for imparting water resistance to starch-based alkaline corrugating adhesive compositions is prepared by reacting acetone and formaldehyde under aqueous alkaline conditions at 20.degree.-80.degree. C. in a molar ratio of from 2 to 5 moles of formaldehyde per mole of acetone. The condensate is thereafter treated with from 1.0 to 2.0 moles of hydrogen peroxide per mole of unreacted formaldehyde which oxidizes the residual formaldehyde to formic acid. The treated crosslinking additive will contain less than 0.4% unreacted formaldehyde and may be added directly to a starch-based corrugating adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1993
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Jules E. Schoenberg, Michael Foran
  • Water resistant formaldehyde-free corrugating adhesive compositions
    Patent number: 5190996
    Abstract: This invention presents water-resistant, formaldehyde-free starch-based corugating adhesives. The adhesives are alkaline-curing and contain 0.1-7% (by wt.) of a crosslinking agent which is a condensate of an epihalohydrin and an amine, a polyamine, or ammonia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Foran, Jules Schoenberg, Dilip Ray-Chaudhuri
  • Process of using starch based corrugating adhesives
    Patent number: 4978411
    Abstract: This invention presents starch-based alkaline corrugating adhesives having improved green bond strength due to the use of undried starch as the raw starch component in the adhesive. Such adhesives can be used in corrugation processes at much higher corrugator running speeds than the conventionally employed adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Leake, Michael Foran, Jeffrey G. Atkinson
  • Starch based corrugating adhesives
    Patent number: 4912209
    Abstract: This invention presents starch-based alkaline corrugating adhesives having improved green bond strength due to the use of undried starch as the raw starch component in the adhesive. Such adhesives can be used in corrugation processes at much higher corrugator running speeds than the conventionally employed adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: National Starch and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Craig Leake, Michael Foran, Jeffrey G. Atkinson