Patents by Inventor My Dotrong

My Dotrong 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).

  • Prepregs and cured in place solid surfaces prepared therefrom
    Publication number: 20070225443
    Abstract: A prepreg which is capable of being cured-in-place into a solid surface by irradiation, heating or a combination of the two is prepared. The cured-in-place solid surfaces can be used as veneer cladding for rigid substrates such as floor and wall tiles, kitchen and bath counter tops, sinks, cabinet door veneers, bath surrounds, architectural surfaces such as columns and roofs and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Skelskey, Thomas Moy, Shoujie Li, Becky Bushong, Michael Sumner, Kevin Lambrych, Timothy Pepper, David Hutchings, Daniel Klein, My Dotrong, Terry Hammond, R. Harvey, Danny Hartinger, Yulia Vasilieva, John Martin
  • Adamantane based three-dimensional rigid-rod polymers
    Patent number: 5610261
    Abstract: High compressive strength, three-dimensional para-oriented benzobisoxazole polymers of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q is ##STR2## and wherein Z represents repeating units of the formula: ##STR3##
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: My Dotrong, Minhhoa Dotrong, Robert C. Evers
  • Two-dimensional benzobisoxazole rigid-rod polymers
    Patent number: 5426173
    Abstract: A two-dimensional, rigid-rod polymer of the formula: ##STR1## wherein x, y and z each has a value of 5 to 40; wherein the sum of x, y and z is about 20 to 100; and wherein PBX is a repeating group of the formula: ##STR2## is prepared by the polycondensation of trimeric acid (TMA) ##STR3## with 4-[5-amino-6-hydroxybenzoxazol-2-yl]benzoic acid (ABA) ##STR4## in polyphosphoric acid (PPA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: My Dotrong, Minhhoa Dotrong, Robert C. Evers
  • Graft copolymers of articulated rod-like polymers
    Patent number: 5264504
    Abstract: There are provided fusible, rod-like graft copolymers having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein a ranges from about 0.75 to 0.97 and b is 1-a; wherein Z is a benzbisoxazole or benzbisthiazole moiety, wherein Ar is a linear phenylene or polyphenylene moiety, wherein Ar' is ##STR2## and wherein Y is a poly(etherketone) or a poly(etheretherketone), wherein the poly(etherketone) has repeating units of the formula ##STR3## wherein Q is a divalent phenylene or substituted phenylene moiety and c is an integer having a value of 1 to 4, and the poly(etheretherketone) has repeating units of the formula ##STR4## wherein Q' is a divalent phenylene or substituted phenylene moiety, d is an integer having a value of 1 to 4 and e is an integer having a value of 2 to 5.Also provided are methods for making these graft copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Robert C. Evers, My Dotrong
  • Benzobisthiazole polymers with thiophene moieties
    Patent number: 5233017
    Abstract: Benzobisthiazole polymers with thiophene moieties having repeating units of the formula:--Bt--(--Tp--).sub.n --wherein Bt is ##STR1## Tp is ##STR2## and n has a value of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: My Dotrong, Robert C. Evers, Ronald C. Tomlinson, Mark Sinsky
  • Rigid-rod graft polymers and copolymers
    Patent number: 5194519
    Abstract: Fusible, rod-like, graft polymers and copolymers having repeating units of the formula: ##STR1## wherein x ranges from 0 to about 0.97, y is 1-x, Y is a poly(etherketone) (PEK) or a poly(etheretherketone) (PEEK), and wherein Ba is a benzobisimidazole or benzobisthiazole moiety are provided.Also provided are methods for preparing the above polymers and copolymers, 2-(2,6-dimethylphenoxy)terephthalic acid and a method for preparing the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: My Dotrong, Robert C. Evers, George J. Moore
  • Crosslinkable rigid-rod aromatic heterocyclic polymer
    Patent number: 5066769
    Abstract: There is provided a para-ordered, rigid-rod aromatic heterocyclic copolymer having repeating groups of the formula:--Ba--Ar).sub.x (Ba--Fl).sub.1.0-xwherein x has a value of 0.50 to 0.99, Fl is a 2,7-fluorene moiety, Ar is a para-ordered arylene group and Ba is a benzazole group of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Y is S or O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Robert C. Evers, My Dotrong