Patents by Inventor Nick Allen

Nick Allen 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).

  • Patent number: 11920050
    Abstract: Polyesters having both ?,?-unsaturated groups and moieties containing activated methylene or methine groups, such as those of beta-ketoester and malonate, are curable in the presence of a base catalysts to form crosslinked networks. Formulations based on such polyesters are suitable for use in coatings and cure at temperatures less than 230° C. without the use of isocyanates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Nick Allen Collins
  • Patent number: 11732165
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a curable composition comprising a first component having ?-ketoester and/or malonate functionalities and a second component having two or more aldehyde functionalities. The compositions can be cured at room temperature or low temperatures to yield crosslinked networks that are capable of providing desirable properties for coating and adhesive applications. The reactive functionalities of ?-ketoester, malonate, and aldehyde can be either on polymers as the main binders or on small molecules as the crosslinkers. The curable compositions desirably are either solventless or organic solvent based.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Vasudev R. Bhonde, Phillip Bryan Hall, Nick Allen Collins
  • Patent number: 11641377
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for mapping information security configurations across technology platforms. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a computing device associated with a technology infrastructure, one or more responses to one or more queries; extract one or more security information and event management (SIEM) fields from the one or more responses; map the one or more SIEM fields to a generic content schema of a common information security model; generate a unique SIEM map for the technology infrastructure based on at least mapping the one or more SIEM fields to the generic content schema of the common information security model; generate a use case for the technology infrastructure using the common information security model; and transform the use case generated using the common information security model using the unique SIEM map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: CYBORG SECURITY, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Denker, Austin Jackson, Mike Mitchell, Nick Allen
  • Patent number: 11530342
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: I. a first component comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component comprising at least one primary amine or at least one secondary amine, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Thauming Kuo, Liu Deng, Christopher Harlan Burk, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Patent number: 11447670
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable adhesive composition comprising: I. Component (I) comprising at least one amorphous or semi-crystalline polyester or at least one polyether or combinations thereof having at least one or at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. Component (II) comprising at least one or at least two aldehyde functional groups or isomers thereof, and III. Component (III) comprising at least one basic catalyst, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Nick Allen Collins, Terri Roxanne Carvagno
  • Patent number: 11434400
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly component comprising at least one substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Christopher Harlan Burk, Nick Allen Collins, Thauming Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220243090
    Abstract: Polyesters having both ?,?-unsaturated groups and moieties containing activated methylene or methine groups, such as those of beta-ketoester and malonate, are curable in the presence of a base catalysts to form crosslinked networks. Formulations based on such polyesters are suitable for use in coatings and cure at temperatures less than 230° C. without the use of isocyanates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Nick Allen Collins
  • Publication number: 20220127513
    Abstract: Degradable particulate materials are provided that may be utilized in various wellbore treatment fluids, such as hydraulic fracturing fluids. In particular, the degradable particulate materials can be formed from a cellulosic polymer, a polyester polymer, a polyvinyl alcohol, or a guar gum ester that are capable of effectively degrading at specific rates when exposed to the aqueous environments in low temperature wellbores (50° C. to 100° C.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Devin G. Barrett, Nick Allen Collins, Koushik Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20220126130
    Abstract: A filter mask, including a flexible filtering mask body having an outside surface and an opposite inside surface shaped to cover a nose and a mouth of a user, the mask body having a midbody portion extending between a right body side and a left body side. The filtering mask body is moveable between a first configuration having a first horizontal extent of the outside surface along the midbody portion and a second configuration in having a second horizontal extent of the outside surface along the midbody portion, the second extent being greater than the first extent. The filter mask includes a retainer system to hold the mask body to a user's head, the retainer system arranged to draw at only a single left-side location and only a single right-side location of the mask body when used reconfigure the filtering mask body from the first configuration to the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Ming Zhang, Nick Allen, Cuixian Liu
  • Publication number: 20220094714
    Abstract: Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for mapping information security configurations across technology platforms. The present invention is configured to electronically receive, from a computing device associated with a technology infrastructure, one or more responses to one or more queries; extract one or more security information and event management (SIEM) fields from the one or more responses; map the one or more SIEM fields to a generic content schema of a common information security model; generate a unique SIEM map for the technology infrastructure based on at least mapping the one or more SIEM fields to the generic content schema of the common information security model; generate a use case for the technology infrastructure using the common information security model; and transform the use case generated using the common information security model using the unique SIEM map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Cyborg Security, Inc.
    Inventors: Brandon Denker, Austin Jackson, Mike Mitchell, Nick Allen
  • Patent number: 11261359
    Abstract: This invention relates to an article of manufacture comprising at least one flexible substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising at least one resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Thauming Kuo, Christopher Harlan Burk, Liu Deng, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Publication number: 20210388229
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable coating composition comprising: I. at least one acetoacetate functional polyester further comprising the residues of a. a hydroxyl component comprising: i. a diol in an amount ranging from 70 to 100 mole %, based on the total moles of (i) and (ii); and ii. a polyol in an amount ranging from 0 to 30 mole %, based on the total moles of (i) and (ii); b. a carboxyl component comprising a polycarboxylic acid compound, a derivative of polycarboxylic acid compound, or a combination thereof; and c. an alkyl acetoacetate, a diketene, or a combination thereof in an amount ranging from about 5 to about 50 weight %, based on the total weight of (a), (b), and (c). II. a curing agent having two or more aldehyde functional groups, and III. a basic catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Nick Allen Collins
  • Publication number: 20210332184
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions comprise a polyester polyol that includes residues of at least one 2,2,4,4-tetraalkylcyclobutan e-1,3-diol, including, for example, 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol (TMCD). Adhesive compositions as described herein exhibit enhanced properties as compared to conventional adhesive compositions, and may be suitable for a wide variety of end use applications, including, flexible packaging, woodworking, automotive uses, and electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wentao Li, Emmett Dudley Crawford, Rui Xie, Christopher Harlan Burk, Nick Allen Collins, Liu Deng, Sarah Exley Goetz, Thauming Kuo, John Thorton Maddox
  • Patent number: 10941337
    Abstract: Suspension of proppants in hydraulic fracturing applications can be strongly affected by the cross-sectional shapes and lengths of the fibers present in the wellbore treatment compositions. For instance, it has been observed that crimped cellulose ester fibers with a trilobal cross-section and an optimized length can provide enhanced suspension of proppants in aqueous fracturing fluids. Furthermore, the present invention demonstrates that non-round cellulose ester fibers can provide superior proppant suspension properties relative to polylactic acid fibers with a round cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Nick Allen Collins, S M Bedarul Islam, Phillip Michael Cook, Koushik Ghosh
  • Publication number: 20200181395
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: comprising: I. a first component comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component comprising at least one primary amine or at least one secondary amine, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Thauming Kuo, Liu Deng, Christopher Harlan Burk, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Publication number: 20200181465
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable adhesive composition comprising: I. Component (I) comprising at least one amorphous or semi-crystalline polyester or at least one polyether or combinations thereof having at least one or at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. Component (II) comprising at least one or at least two aldehyde functional groups or isomers thereof, and III. Component (III) comprising at least one basic catalyst, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Nick Allen Collins, Terri Roxanne Carvagno
  • Publication number: 20200181338
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising I. a first component comprising at least one resin having two or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, and II. a second component having at least one or at least two primary amine functional groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Leslie Shane Moody
  • Publication number: 20200181312
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly component comprising at least one substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (HI) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Christopher Harlan Burk, Nick Allen Collins, Thauming Kuo
  • Publication number: 20200181446
    Abstract: This invention relates to an article of manufacture comprising at least one flexible substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising at least one resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Nick Allen Collins, Robert Jacks Sharpe, Ke Feng, Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Thauming Kuo, Christopher Harlan Burk, Liu Deng, Vasudev R. Bhonde
  • Publication number: 20200109321
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a curable composition comprising a first component having ?-ketoester and/or malonate functionalities and a second component having two or more aldehyde functionalities. The compositions can be cured at room temperature or low temperatures to yield crosslinked networks that are capable of providing desirable properties for coating and adhesive applications. The reactive functionalities of ?-ketoester, malonate, and aldehyde can be either on polymers as the main binders or on small molecules as the crosslinkers. The curable compositions desirably are either solventless or organic solvent based.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Vasudev R. Bhonde, Phillip Bryan Hall, Nick Allen Collins