Patents by Inventor Richard H. Evans

Richard H. Evans 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).

  • OXYGEN-SCAVENGING COMPOSITION AND ARTICLES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140262917
    Abstract: An oxygen-scavenging composition is provided that includes an oxygen-scavenging component and an oxidation catalyst. In preferred embodiments, the oxygen-scavenging composition includes a thermoplastic polymer that may optionally include the oxygen-scavenging composition as a portion thereof. In preferred embodiments, the composition is suitable for use in packaging articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Share, Richard H. Evans
  • Coating compositions for aluminum beverage cans and methods of coating same
    Patent number: 8835012
    Abstract: A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. O'Brien, Daniel E. Rardon, Rachael Ann Spynda, George K. Bartley, Richard H. Evans
  • Polymer Having Polycyclic Groups and Coating Compositions Thereof
    Publication number: 20140183088
    Abstract: A polymer and coating composition containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging containers. The polymer preferably includes a backbone having one or more polycyclic groups. In one embodiment, the polymer is a polyester and, more preferably, a polyester-urethane polymer. In one embodiment, the one or more polycyclic groups is a tricyclic or higher group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stenson, Benoit Prouvost, Jeffrey Niederst, Donald Wind, Richard H. Evans, Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, James Robinson
  • Oxygen-scavenging materials and articles formed therefrom
    Patent number: 8758644
    Abstract: An oxygen-scavenging component and methods for producing the oxygen-scavenging component are provided. The oxygen-scavenging component, which in preferred embodiments is suitable for use in packaging articles, includes an oxygen-scavenging group preferably having at least one double bond. The oxygen-scavenging component may be combined with a polymer and/or an oxidation catalyst to form an oxygen-scavenging composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Share, Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Grant Schutte
  • Polymer Having Unsaturated Cycloaliphatic Functionality and Coating Compositions Therefrom
    Publication number: 20140138393
    Abstract: A polymer is provided that preferably includes at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group. In one embodiment, the polymer is combined with an optional crosslinker and an optional carrier to form a coating composition suitable for use in coating articles such as packaging articles. In one embodiment, the polymer has at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group that is at least bicyclic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, Greg Paulson, Richard H. Evans, Benoit Prouvost, Paul Stenson
  • Polymer having polycyclic groups and coating compositions thereof
    Patent number: 8697210
    Abstract: A polymer and coating composition containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging containers. The polymer preferably includes a backbone having one or more polycyclic groups. In one embodiment, the polymer is a polyester and, more preferably, a polyester-urethane polymer. In one embodiment, the one or more polycyclic groups is a tricyclic or higher group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stenson, Benoit Prouvost, Jeffrey Niederst, Donald Wind, Richard H. Evans, Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, James Robinson
  • Methods and Materials for the Functionalization of Polymers and Coatings Including Functionalized Polymer
    Publication number: 20140076768
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a functionalized polymer for use in coating compositions and a method for making the functionalized polymer. In some embodiments, the functionalized polymer is a water-dispersible polymer, more preferably a water-dispersible polyester polymer, having one or more side groups including one or more salt groups. Packaging containers (e.g., food or beverage cans) comprising the functionalized polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Carl Cavallin, Richard H. Evans
  • Polymer having unsaturated cycloaliphatic functionality and coating compositions therefrom
    Patent number: 8663765
    Abstract: A polymer is provided that preferably includes at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group. In one embodiment, the polymer is combined with an optional crosslinker and an optional carrier to form a coating composition suitable for use in coating articles such as packaging articles. In one embodiment, the polymer has at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group that is at least bicyclic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, Greg Paulson, Richard H. Evans, Benoit Prouvost, Paul Stenson
  • Coating compositions for cans and methods of coating
    Patent number: 8617663
    Abstract: A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. O'Brien, Daniel E. Rardon, Rachael Ann Spynda, George K. Bartley, III, Richard H. Evans
  • Compositions for Containers and Other Articles and Methods of Using Same
    Publication number: 20130316109
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Coating Compositions for Packaging Articles and Methods of Coating
    Publication number: 20130280455
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer that is useful in a variety of applications, including as a binder polymer of a coating composition, and especially a packaging coating composition. Packaging articles (e.g., containers) comprising the polymer and methods of making such packaging articles are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Jeffrey Niederst, Robert M. O'Brien, Benoit Prouvost, Kevin Romagnoli, Grant Schutte, Paul Stenson, Tom Van Kuren
  • Coating compositions for containers and methods of coating
    Patent number: 8519085
    Abstract: This invention provides a coating composition for use on a food-contact surface of a container (e.g., a food or beverage can) that includes a polymer having one or more segments of Formula I: —O—Ar—Rn—C(O)—O—R1—O—C(O)—Rn—Ar—O— wherein each Ar is independently a divalent aryl group (i.e., an arylene group) or heteroarylene group; R1 is a divalent organic group; each R is independently a divalent organic group; and n is 0 or 1. Containers comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Rachael A. Spynda
  • Compositions for Containers and Other Articles and Methods of Using Same
    Publication number: 20130206756
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer, which is preferably a polyether polymer. The polymer may be uses in coating compositions. Containers and other articles comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers and other articles are also provided. The invention further provides compositions including the polymer (e.g., powder coatings), which have utility in a variety of coating end uses, including, for example, valve and pipe coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Kevin Romagnoli, Mark S. Von Maier
  • Polymer having unsaturated cycloaliphatic functionality and coating compositions therefrom
    Patent number: 8449960
    Abstract: A polymer is provided that preferably includes at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group. In one embodiment, the polymer is combined with an optional crosslinker and an optional carrier to form a coating composition suitable for use in coating articles such as packaging articles. In one embodiment, the polymer has at least one unsaturated cycloaliphatic group that is at least bicyclic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, Greg Paulson, Richard H. Evans, Benoit Prouvost, Paul Stenson
  • Coating Compositions for Cans and Methods of Coating
    Publication number: 20130064938
    Abstract: A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Robert M. O'Brien, Daniel E. Rardon, Rachael Ann Spynda, George K. Bartley, III, Richard H. Evans
  • Polymer having polycyclic groups and coating compositions thereof
    Patent number: 8367171
    Abstract: A polymer and coating composition containing the polymer are provided that are useful in coating applications such as, for example, food or beverage packaging containers. The polymer preferably includes a backbone having one or more polycyclic groups. In one embodiment, the polymer is a polyester and, more preferably, a polyester-urethane polymer. In one embodiment, the one or more polycyclic groups is a tricyclic or higher group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stenson, Benoit Prouvost, Jeffrey Niederst, Donald G. Wind, Richard H. Evans, Charles Skillman, Paul E. Share, James Robinson
  • Coating Compositions for Containers and Methods of Coating
    Publication number: 20120116048
    Abstract: This invention provides a coating composition for use on a food-contact surface of a container (e.g., a food or beverage can) that includes a polymer having one or more segments of Formula I: —O—Ar—Rn—C(O)—O—R1—O—C(O)—Rn—Ar—O— wherein each Ar is independently a divalent aryl group (i.e., an arylene group) or heteroarylene group; R1 is a divalent organic group; each R is independently a divalent organic group; and n is 0 or 1. Containers comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: VALSPAR SOURCING, INC.
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Rachael A. Spynda
  • Coating compositions for cans and methods of coating
    Patent number: 8173265
    Abstract: A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. O'Brien, Daniel E. Rardon, Rachael Ann Spynda, George K. Bartley, III, Richard H. Evans, Howard Killilea, Carl Cavallin, Bruce G. Sicklesteel
  • Coating compositions for cans and methods of coating
    Patent number: 8142868
    Abstract: A coating composition for a food or beverage can that includes an emulsion polymerized latex polymer formed by combining an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component with an aqueous dispersion of a water-dispersible polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. O'Brien, Daniel E. Rardon, Rachael Ann Spynda, George K. Bartley, III, Richard H. Evans, T. Howard Killilea, Carl Cavallin
  • Coating compositions for containers and methods of coating
    Patent number: 8129495
    Abstract: This invention provides a coating composition for use on a food-contact surface of a container (e.g., a food or beverage can) that includes a polymer having one or more segments of Formula I: —O—Ar—Rn—C(O)—O—R1—O—C(O)—Rn—Ar—O— wherein each Ar is independently a divalent aryl group (i.e., an arylene group) or heteroarylene group; R1 is a divalent organic group; each R is independently a divalent organic group; and n is 0 or 1. Containers comprising the polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard H. Evans, Robert M. O'Brien, Rachael A. Spynda