Patents by Inventor Robert J. Kostelnik

Robert J. Kostelnik 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).

  • Publication number: 20130149536
    Abstract: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane is substituted with an alkylene group terminating with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated particles are blended with organic polymers to form a polyethylene polymer matrix having dispersed therein at least 55 wt % polysiloxane modified titanium dioxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Inventors: Robert J Kostelnik, Christopher J. Drury, Charles A. Wheddon
  • Patent number: 8394873
    Abstract: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane is substituted with an alkylene group terminating with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated particles are blended with organic polymers to form a polyethylene polymer matrix having dispersed therein at least 55 wt % polysiloxane modified titanium dioxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Christopher J. Drury, Charles A. Wheddon
  • Publication number: 20120077933
    Abstract: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane is substituted with an alkylene group terminating with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated particles are blended with organic polymers to form a polyethylene polymer matrix having dispersed therein at least 55 wt % polysiloxane modified titanium dioxide particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Christopher J. Drury, Charles A. Wheddon
  • Patent number: 8088853
    Abstract: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane are substituted with an alkylene group that is terminated with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated particles are blended with organic polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Christopher J. Drury, Charles A. Wheddon
  • Publication number: 20080152914
    Abstract: A particle of titanium dioxide treated with a polysiloxane is disclosed. One or more silicon atoms of the polysiloxane are substituted with an alkylene group that is terminated with a silyl group containing three substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, acetoxy, and mixtures thereof. These treated particles are blended with organic polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Christopher J. Drury, Charles A. Wheddon
  • Patent number: 7259195
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-phosphoric acids and/or their salts, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Patent number: 6825251
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-acid phosphate molecules, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Publication number: 20040147637
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-phosphoric acids and/or their salts, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Patent number: 6765041
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-acid phosphate molecules, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Patent number: 6713543
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-phosphoric acids and/or their salts, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Publication number: 20040048951
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-acid phosphate molecules, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Patent number: 6620234
    Abstract: The present invention provides a treatment method for rendering inorganic oxide particles, such as TiO2 pigment, hydrophobic by predispersing a suitably reactive organohalosilane into an aqueous media, using intensive mixing means (such as a rotor stator emulsifier or inline static mixer) to form a reactive dispersion. When this dispersion is combined with inorganic oxide particles, such as TiO2 pigment, under sufficient agitation, a hydrophobic inorganic oxide can be formed. The oxides formed by the present invention have good mechanical properties, such as dispersibility in nonpolar substances (i.e., plastics), and they do not degrade physical properties of the pigmented nonpolar substance, such as lacing resistance of thermoplastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Leon Weber, Modasser El-Shoulbary
  • Patent number: 6558464
    Abstract: The present invention discloses high solids slurries of anatase titanium dioxide pigment comprising greater than about 75% by weight of anatase TiO2 pigment dispersed in water. A process for producing the slurries of the present invention is disclosed which comprises the steps of a) dry milling the anatase titanium dioxide pigment, preferably by pressure rolling, and b) mixing the dry milled pigment with water in the presence of an acrylic acid dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Fu-chu Wen
  • Publication number: 20020099126
    Abstract: A unique treatment for pigments is provided. This treatment, which uses certain organo-phosphoric acids and/or their salts, imparts improved physical and chemical qualities including lacing resistance, improved dispersion and decreased chemical reactivity when these treated pigments are incorporated into polymeric matrices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Modasser El-Shoubary, Robert J. Kostelnik
  • Publication number: 20010007231
    Abstract: The present invention discloses high solids slurries of anatase titanium dioxide pigment comprising greater than about 75% by weight of anatase TiO2 pigment dispersed in water. A process for producing the slurries of the present invention is disclosed which comprises the steps of a) dry milling the anatase titanium dioxide pigment, preferably by pressure rolling, and b) mixing the dry milled pigment with water in the presence of an acrylic acid dispersant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Fu-chu Wen
  • Patent number: 6214106
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrophobic inorganic oxide products which comprises reacting the inorganic oxide particles with organohalosilanes, preferably organochlorosilanes, to produce hydrophobic organosilane coated inorganic oxides. It is preferred that the organohalosilane compounds be reacted with the inorganic oxide particles in an aqueous slurry and subjected to intense mixing. The inorganic oxide pigments prepared by the processes of this invention have essentially quantitative retention of the organosilanes and contain no adsorbed aldehydes on their surface. The by-products produced in the preferred embodiments of the invention are innocuous salts, which are environmentally safe and readily disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Millenium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Weber, Robert J. Kostelnik, Charles Wheddon
  • Patent number: 6197104
    Abstract: The present invention discloses high solids slurries of anatase titanium dioxide pigment comprising greater than about 75% by weight of anatase TiO2 pigment dispersed in water. A process for producing the slurries of the present invention is disclosed which comprises the steps of a) dry milling the anatase titanium dioxide pigment, preferably by pressure rolling, and b) mixing the dry milled pigment with water in the presence of an acrylic acid dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Fu-chu Wen
  • Patent number: 5746819
    Abstract: The present invention discloses high solids slurries of sulfate process, anatase titanium dioxide pigment. The improvements of these slurries over those of the prior art are improved slurry stability, tolerance to calcium and magnesium ions, foaming tendencies and reduced tendency to flocculate. The slurries of the present invention are comprised of at least 65% by weight of anatase TiO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: SCM Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Kostelnik, Fu-Chu Wen
  • Patent number: 5653794
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the production of hydrophobic inorganic oxide products which comprises reacting the inorganic oxide particles with organohalosilanes, preferably organochlorosilanes, to produce hydrophobic organosilane coated inorganic oxides. It is preferred that the organohalosilane compounds be reacted with the inorganic oxide particles in an aqueous slurry. The inorganic oxide pigments prepared by the processes of this invention have essentially quantitative retention of the organosilanes and contain no adsorbed aldehydes on their surface. The by-products produced in the preferred embodiments of the invention are innocuous salts, which are environmentally safe and readily disposable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: SCM Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Weber, Robert J. Kostelnik, Charles Wheddon
  • Patent number: 4845178
    Abstract: The hydrocarbon fluid friction reducing properties of homopolymers of alpha-monoolefins having 6 to 30 carbon atoms or copolymers of two or more alpha-monoolefins having 2 to about 30 carbon atoms is improved by polymerizing the monomers in the liquid state by means of a titanium halide catalyst and a two-component activator system comprised of a dialkylaluminum halide compound and a dialkylaluminum alkoxide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Pony Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Hostetler, Robert J. Kostelnik, Zung-Jung Shanti In