Patents by Inventor Neil Hubbard

Neil Hubbard 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).

  • Process for preparing a polymer powder extract
    Patent number: 7759455
    Abstract: A process for preparing a polymer powder extract from a mixture of a polymer powder and a first particulate material reduces the level of particulate contamination of the polymer powder by exploiting the different behaviour of the particulate material and the polymer powder in a fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Orthoplastics Ltd.
    Inventor: Neil Hubbard
  • PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYMER POWDER EXTRACT
    Publication number: 20100004420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polymer powder extract from a mixture of a polymer powder and a first particulate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: ORTHOPLASTICS LTD.
    Inventor: Neil Hubbard
  • Method of crosslinking polyolefins
    Publication number: 20050070625
    Abstract: A method of forming an engineering component comprising the steps of: subjecting a workpiece or blank formed from polyolefin to gamma radiation at a total dose sufficient to cause a predetermined degree of crosslinking, wherein the total dose is applied at a dosage rate of less than 5 kGy/hour to cause crosslinking of the polymer and forming an engineering component from the crosslinked material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Neil Hubbard, Cherryl Cooper