Patents by Inventor Philip H. Cook, Jr.

Philip H. Cook, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for triggering oxygen scavenging composition with pulsed light
    Patent number: 6911122
    Abstract: A method for triggering an oxygen scavenging composition for use in packaging an oxygen sensitive article includes the steps of providing an oxygen scavenging composition comprising an oxidizable organic compound and, optionally, a transition metal catalyst, and exposing the composition to a source of pulsed light wherein each pulse has a duration of between 1 microsecond and 1 millisecond, a frequency of between 0.1 to 100 Hertz, and a total intensity of at least 350 mW/cm2 so that each pulse provides the composition with a dose of UV light of at least 0.1 J/cm2 so as to provide a triggered composition. The triggered composition can be applied to an article so as to provide an oxygen scavenging package. An apparatus and packaging system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cook, Jr., Melania M. Craddock, William A. Feehley, Nathanael R. Miranda, Drew V. Speer, Jeffrey Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for triggering oxygen scavenging composition with pulsed light
    Patent number: 6449923
    Abstract: A method for triggering an oxygen scavenging composition for use in packaging an oxygen sensitive article includes the steps of providing an oxygen scavenging composition including an oxidizable organic compound, and exposing the composition to a source of pulsed light wherein each pulse has a duration of between 1 microsecond and 1 millisecond, a frequency of between 0.1 to 100 Hertz, and an intensity of at least 350 mW/cm2 so that each pulse provides the composition with a dose of UV light of at least 0.1 J/cm2 so as to provide a triggered composition. The triggered composition can be applied to an article so as to provide an oxygen scavenging package. An apparatus and packaging system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cook, Jr., Melania M. Craddock, William A. Feehley, Nathanael R. Miranda, Drew V. Speer, Jeffrey Thomas
  • Method and apparatus for triggering oxygen scavenging material as a wall component in a container
    Patent number: 6233907
    Abstract: A method for triggering an oxygen scavenging component of a container for packaging an oxygen sensitive material includes the steps of providing a container defining an internal space and having an internal oxygen scavenging component including an oxidizable organic compound, exposing the oxygen scavenging component to a source of actinic radiation, positioned within said internal space, at a wavelength, intensity, and residence time so as to provide a dose of actinic radiation sufficient to activate the oxygen scavenging component, and packaging an oxygen sensitive material in the internal space of the container whereby the oxygen scavenging component scavenges the oxygen from the internal space of the container. An apparatus and packaging system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cook, Jr., Michael J. Carey, Jeffrey A. Thomas, Nathanael R. Miranda
  • Process for increasing the solubility rate of a water soluble film
    Patent number: 6071618
    Abstract: A polymeric film includes at least one irradiated water soluble layer. A process for making a water soluble film includes the steps of extruding a water soluble film; and irradiating the water soluble film. Using electron beam irradiation, a water soluble film's solubility rate can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cook, Jr., Tina V. Lorenzo Moore