Patents by Inventor Paul J. Harris

Paul J. Harris 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: 7030263
    Abstract: A method of preparing a carbamate or urea-functional compound is described comprising the step of reacting a lactone or hydroxy carboxylic acid with a compound (A) comprising a carbamate or urea group or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or urea group, and an active hydrogen group capable of reacting with the hydroxy carboxylic acid or in a ring-opening reaction with a lactone. The compound thus prepared is useful in curable compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Bammel, John D. McGee, Walter H. Ohrbom, Todd A. Seaver, Gregory G. Menovcik, Paul J. Harris, John W. Rehfuss
  • Patent number: 6916877
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems such as a waterborne primer system. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-dispersible cross-linking agent and a water-based copolymer prepared by free-radical polymerization. The copolymer is the reaction product of a first block and a second block. The first block is the reaction product of a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. One of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers includes a functional group suitable for reaction with the cross-linking agent. The functional group in the first block is preferably a carbonate, carbamate, or hydroxyl functional group. Other monomers in the plurality include acrylic acid and methyl methacrylate. The first block is also the reaction product of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer such as diphenylethylene. The second block is the reaction product of a non-functional, ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul J. Lessek, Wolfgang Bremser, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6914096
    Abstract: A curable coating composition containing a carbamate-functional reactive additive is made by reacting a compound having at least one epoxy group and at least one branched alkyl group of 5 to 30 carbons with carbon dioxide, to produce a carbonate functional compound, and then with ammonia. The carbamate-functional reactive additive is incorporated into a curable coating composition. The coating composition may contain a polymer comprising active hydrogen-containing functionality other than carbamate and a curing agent having groups that are reactive with the polymer active hydrogen-containing functionality, wherein one or both of polymer and curing agent comprise groups that are reactive with the carbamate group of the carbamate-functional reactive additive. The coating composition is applied to an article and cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Walter H Ohrbom, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6878841
    Abstract: Positionally isomeric diethyloctanediol dicarbamates and diethyloctanediol diallophanates, processes for preparing them, and their use as synthesis building blocks and constituents of adhesives, sealing compounds, and coating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Heinz-Peter Rink, Jochem Henkelmann, Werner-Alfons Jung, Paul J. Harris, Swaminathan Ramesh
  • Patent number: 6849686
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymeric pigment dispersant to be used as a grind resin to incorporate pigment into a pigment dispersion for a coating composition. The polymeric pigment dispersant is the reaction product of dipentaerylthritol, hexahydrophthalic anhydride, glycidylneodecanoate, dimethylethanolamine, and polyphosphoric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing the polymeric pigment dispersant. In this method, the dipentaerythritol and the hexahydrophthalic anhydride are polymerized to form an intermediate compound. Next, an epoxy group of the glycidylneodecanoate reacts with the intermediate compound, and then the dimethylethanolamine salts the intermediate compound. Finally, the polyphosphoric acid is added to form the completed polymeric pigment dispersant. The polymeric pigment dispersant has improved stability in the pigment dispersion and is utilized for efficient wetting and grinding of the pigment in the pigment dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph F. Michalec, Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6812297
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinker for organic coatings having an amino resin core with substituents including more than one olefin functional group, a silicon-containing group, and at least one alkoxyalkyl or alkylol group. Coating compositions containing the crosslinker can be cured with radiation, especially ultraviolet radiation. The crosslinker can be included in a coating composition with one or more curable resins, applied onto a substrate and cured to form the cured coating of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul Lessek, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6777090
    Abstract: Composition curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual-cure composition) comprising A) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one primary or secondary carbamate group and at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation and preparable by from polyfunctional compounds containing at least two isocyanate-reactive, acid-reactive or epoxide-reactive functional groups and suitable monoisocyanates, monoacids or monoepoxides or from polyisocyanates, polyacids or polyepoxides and suitable compounds which contain an isocyanate-reactive, acid-reactive or epoxide-reactive functional group; and B) at least one constituent containing on average per molecule at least one carbamate-reactive functional group and also, where appropriate, at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiation; and its use as adhesive, sealing compound and coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Hubert Baumgart, Uwe Meisenburg, Heinz-Peter Rink, Paul J. Harris, Reinhold Schwalm
  • Patent number: 6777519
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-based acrylic emulsion dispersant to be used as a grind resin to incorporate inorganic pigment into a pigment dispersion for a coating composition. The acrylic emulsion dispersant is the reaction product of butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, and polyphosphoric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing the acrylic emulsion dispersant. In this method, the butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, and styrene are combined with water to establish a first reaction blend. Similarly, the methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate and the polyethylene glycol methacrylate are combined with water to establish a second reaction blend. Next, the first and second reaction blends are polymerized to form an intermediate emulsion polymer containing a hydroxyl group from the functionality of the polyethylene glycol methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, JoAnn Lanza, Paul J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20040087731
    Abstract: The invention thus provides a curable coating composition comprising (A) a polymer resin comprising active hydrogen-containing functional group other than carbamate, (B) a curing agent having groups that are reactive with said functional groups on (A), and (C) a reactive additive comprising at least one compound having a molecular weight of from 131 to 2000 and comprising at least one primary carbamate group and at least one alkyl group selected from the group consisting of straight chain alkyl groups of more than 10 carbons, branched alkyl groups of from 5 to 30 carbons, and mixtures thereof, wherein one or both of (A) and (B) comprise groups that are reactive with the primary carbamate group of (C). The invention also provides a method of making a preferred embodiment of the reactive additive (C) and the reactive additive (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Walter H. Ohrbom, Paul J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20040072962
    Abstract: Heat-curable thixotropic mixtures containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Gessner, Bruce E. Oermann, Paul J. Harris, Hubert Baumgart
  • Publication number: 20040048959
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-based acrylic emulsion dispersant to be used as a grind resin to incorporate inorganic pigment into a pigment dispersion for a coating composition. The acrylic emulsion dispersant is the reaction product of butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, and polyphosphoric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing the acrylic emulsion dispersant. In this method, the butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, and styrene are combined with water to establish a first reaction blend. Similarly, the methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate and the polyethylene glycol methacrylate are combined with water to establish a second reaction blend. Next, the first and second reaction blends are polymerized to form an intermediate emulsion polymer containing a hydroxyl group from the functionality of the polyethylene glycol methacrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, JoAnn Lanza, Paul J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20030229173
    Abstract: A curable, water-based coating composition comprising a reaction product of: a copolymer comprising a free-radical polymerization product of: a first block comprising a reaction product of: a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon monomer, wherein at least one monomer of the plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers includes a functional group that can react with a water-dispersible cross-linking agent, and at least one monomer of the plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers is present in an amount such that it can render the copolymer water dispersible, and a second block comprising a reaction product of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, wherein at least a portion of which are non-functional, and a water-dispersible cross-linking agent, wherein the water-based copolymer is free of salt structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 11, 2003
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul J. Harris, Wolfgang Bremser, Walter H. Ohrbom
  • Patent number: 6642338
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-based acrylic emulsion dispersant to be used as a grind resin to incorporate inorganic pigment into a pigment dispersion for a coating composition. The acrylic emulsion dispersant is the reaction product of butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, and polyphosphoric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing the acrylic emulsion dispersant. In this method, the butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, and styrene are combined with water to establish a first reaction blend. Similarly, the methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate and the polyethylene glycol methacrylate are combined with water to establish a second reaction blend. Next, the first and second reaction blends are polymerized to form an intermediate emulsion polymer containing a hydroxyl group from the functionality of the polyethylene glycol methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, JoAnn Lanza, Paul J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20030091833
    Abstract: Composition curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual-cure composition) comprising
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Hubert Baumgart, Uwe Meisenburg, Heinz-Peter Rink, Paul J Harris, Reinhold Schwalm
  • Publication number: 20030050498
    Abstract: A method of preparing a carbamate or urea-functional compound is described comprising the step of reacting a lactone or hydroxy carboxylic acid with a compound (A) comprising a carbamate or urea group or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or urea group, and an active hydrogen group capable of reacting with the hydroxy carboxylic acid or in a ring-opening reaction with a lactone. The compound thus prepared is useful in curable compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2002
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Brian D. Bammel, John D. Mcgee, Walter H. Ohrbom, Todd A. Seaver, Gregory G. Menovcik, Paul J. Harris, John W. Rehfuss
  • Publication number: 20030023017
    Abstract: The invention relates to positional isomer diethyloctandioldicarbamates and diethyloctandioldiallophanates, to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof as synthetic building blocks and constituents of adhesives, luting compounds and coating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Heinz-Peter Rink, Jochem Henkelmann, Werner-Alfons Jung, Paul J Harris, Swaminathan Ramesh
  • Publication number: 20030018129
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinker for organic coatings having an amino resin core with substituents including more than one olefin functional group, a silicon-containing group, and at least one alkoxyalkyl or alkylol group. Coating compositions containing the crosslinker can be cured with radiation, especially ultraviolet radiation. The crosslinker can be included in a coating composition with one or more curable resins, applied onto a substrate and cured to form the cured coating of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul Lessek, Paul J. Harris
  • Patent number: 6498266
    Abstract: A method of preparing a carbamate or urea-functional compound is described comprising the step of reacting a lactone or hydroxy carboxylic acid with a compound (A) comprising a carbamate or urea group or a group that can be converted to a carbamate or urea group, and an active hydrogen group capable of reacting with the hydroxy carboxylic acid or in a ring-opening reaction with a lactone. The compound thus prepared is useful in curable compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Bammel, John D. McGee, Walter H. Ohrbom, Todd A. Seaver, Gregory G. Menovcik, Paul J. Harris, John W. Rehfuss
  • Publication number: 20020132890
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a water-based acrylic emulsion dispersant to be used as a grind resin to incorporate inorganic pigment into a pigment dispersion for a coating composition. The acrylic emulsion dispersant is the reaction product of butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, styrene, methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate, polyethylene glycol methacrylate, and polyphosphoric acid. The present invention is also directed to a method of preparing the acrylic emulsion dispersant. In this method, the butyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate, and styrene are combined with water to establish a first reaction blend. Similarly, the methyl ether polyethylene glycol methacrylate and the polyethylene glycol methacrylate are combined with water to establish a second reaction blend. Next, the first and second reaction blends are polymerized to form an intermediate emulsion polymer containing a hydroxyl group from the functionality of the polyethylene glycol methacrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, JoAnn Lanza, Paul J. Harris
  • Publication number: 20020132921
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems such as a waterborne primer system. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-dispersible cross-linking agent and a water-based copolymer prepared by free-radical polymerization. The copolymer is the reaction product of a first block and a second block. The first block is the reaction product of a plurality of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. One of the ethylenically unsaturated monomers includes a functional group suitable for reaction with the cross-linking agent. The functional group in the first block is preferably a carbonate, carbamate, or hydroxyl functional group. Other monomers in the plurality include acrylic acid and methyl methacrylate. The first block is also the reaction product of a vinylaromatic hydrocarbon monomer such as diphenylethylene. The second block is the reaction product of a non-functional, ethylenically unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Swaminathan Ramesh, Paul J. Lessek, Wolfgang Bremser, Paul J. Harris