Patents by Inventor Robert R. MacMurray

Robert R. MacMurray 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: 11945900
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an orthodontic article including the reaction product of the polymerizable composition. Further, the present disclosure provides polymerizable compositions and methods of making an orthodontic article. The method includes obtaining a polymerizable composition and selectively curing the polymerizable composition to form an orthodontic article. Further, methods are provided, including receiving, by a manufacturing device having one or more processors, a digital object comprising data specifying an orthodontic article; and generating, with the manufacturing device by an additive manufacturing process, the orthodontic article based on the digital object. A system is also provided, including a display that displays a 3D model of an orthodontic article; and one or more processors that, in response to the 3D model selected by a user, cause a 3D printer to create a physical object of an orthodontic article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas P. Klun, Zeba Parkar, John M. Riedesel, Richard J. Pokorny, Chad M. Amb, Benjamin R. Coonce, Robert S. Clough, Tianyu Wu, Saswata Chakraborty, Yongshang Lu, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Ahmed S. Abuelyaman, Karl J. L. Geisler, Jodi L. Connell, Ta-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 4073638
    Abstract: A method of stimulating the growth of woody stemmed plants by applying to the plants S-ethyl-N,N-dipropylthiocarbamate alone or combined with N,N-di-n-propyl-4-trifluoromethyl-2,6-dinitroaniline, known generally as trifluralin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1978
    Inventor: Robert R. MacMurray
  • Patent number: 3967953
    Abstract: A method of stimulating the growth of roses, particularly in greenhouses, by applying to the rose bushes N,N-di-n-propyl-4-trifluoromethyl-2,6-dinitroaniline, known generally as trifluralin, in combination with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). The method also comprises applying trifluralin and 2,4-D in combination with cacodylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1976
    Assignee: American Agtech, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert R. MacMurray