Patents by Inventor Nicole M. Becker

Nicole M. Becker 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).

  • Polyols derived from a vegetable oil using an oxidation process
    Patent number: 9045581
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegetable oil-derived polyol having increased hydroxyl functionality by reacting a vegetable oil with an oxidizing agent in the presence of an organometallic catalyst is provided. The resulting higher functionality polyols derived from vegetable oil produced by the process are also provided. Also provided is a method for decreasing the acid value of a vegetable oil-derived polyol by reacting the vegetable oil-derived polyol with an epoxide component in the presence of a Lewis base catalyst. Urethane products produced using higher functional vegetable oil-derived polyols and/or lower acid vegetable oil-derived polyols are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Rhino Linings Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Geiger, Nicole M. Becker, Lawrence A. Armbruster
  • NOVEL POLYOLS DERIVED FROM A VEGETABLE OIL USING AN OXIDATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110313074
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegetable oil-derived polyol having increased hydroxyl functionality by reacting a vegetable oil with an oxidizing agent in the presence of an organometallic catalyst is provided. The resulting higher functionality polyols derived from vegetable oil produced by the process are also provided. Also provided is a method for decreasing the acid value of a vegetable oil-derived polyol by reacting the vegetable oil-derived polyol with an epoxide component in the presence of a Lewis base catalyst. Urethane products produced using higher functional vegetable oil-derived polyols and/or lower acid vegetable oil-derived polyols are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Geiger, Nicole M. Becker, Lawrence A. Armbruster
  • Polyols derived from a vegetable oil using an oxidation process
    Patent number: 7989647
    Abstract: A method for producing a vegetable oil-derived polyol having increased hydroxyl functionality by reacting a vegetable oil with an oxidizing agent in the presence of an organometallic catalyst is provided. The resulting higher functionality polyols derived from vegetable oil produced by the process are also provided. Also provided is a method for decreasing the acid value of a vegetable oil-derived polyol by reacting the vegetable oil-derived polyol with an epoxide component in the presence of a Lewis base catalyst. Urethane products produced using higher functional vegetable oil-derived polyols and/or lower acid vegetable oil-derived polyols are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: South Dakota Soybean Processors, LLC
    Inventors: Eric J. Geiger, Nicole M. Becker, Lawrence A. Armbruster