Patents by Inventor Stephanie Crette

Stephanie Crette 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).

  • Fiber wear layer for flooring and other products
    Publication number: 20050176321
    Abstract: A laminar product comprising an overlay and a base layer, the overlay including a fibrous web impregnated with a radiation curable saturating resin, the base layer being a resilient resin layer or a felt or matted layer. In one embodiment, the radiation curable saturating resin includes a reactive silicone acrylate oligomer. Radiation curable compositions containing a silicone acrylate are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Stephanie Crette, Inez De Oliveira, Mark Johnson
  • Carbon dioxide-soluble polymers and swellable polymers for carbon dioxide applications
    Patent number: 6747179
    Abstract: A method for carrying out a catalysis reaction in carbon dioxide comprising contacting a fluid mixture with a catalyst bound to a polymer, the fluid mixture comprising at least one reactant and carbon dioxide, wherein the reactant interacts with the catalyst to form a reaction product. A composition of matter comprises carbon dioxide and a polymer and a reactant present in the carbon dioxide. The polymer has bound thereto a catalyst at a plurality of chains along the length of the polymer, and wherein the reactant interacts with the catalyst to form a reaction product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignees: North Carolina State University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Regents of University of California
    Inventors: Joseph M. DeSimone, Eva Birnbaum, Ruben G. Carbonell, Stephanie Crette, James B. McClain, T. Mark McCleskey, Kimberly R. Powell, Timothy J. Romack, William Tumas