Patents by Inventor Rita Sue McMinn

Rita Sue McMinn 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: 5889112
    Abstract: A staged feeding process for preparing a composition by mixing at least a first polymer and a second, dissimilar polymer forms a final composition comprising a uniform, small-particle dispersion of the first polymer in a matrix of the second polymer. Preferably, the first polymer has a melt viscosity greater than the second polymer. The process comprises the steps of feeding the first polymer in a first feed stage and feeding all of the second polymer as a melt at least two feed stages to mix the first and second polymers. Alternatively, the process may comprise feeding the first polymer in a first feed stage and feeding all of the second polymer in at least two feed stages subsequent to the first feed stage. In either case, this mixing initiates a chemical reaction between the first and second polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Chi-Kai Shih, Daniel Gregory Tynan, Rita Sue McMinn