Patents by Inventor Stephen Mark Andrews

Stephen Mark Andrews 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: 6508847
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers substituted with an ultra long ester or amide moiety wherein the ester or amide group is a hydrocarbyl group of 25 to 100 carbon atoms or is a group of alkyl of 25 to 100 carbon atoms interrupted by 5 to 39 oxygen atoms and terminated with an omega—OH or an omega—OR group exhibit excellent stabilization efficacy while they concomitantly do not bloom when incorporated into polyolefin films. These benzotriazole UV absorbers also provide excellent protection to white, dyed, dipped, unscented and/or scented candle wax from discoloration and degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Mervin Wood, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Douglas Wayne Horsey, Anunay Gupta, Deborah DeHessa, Luther A. R. Hall, Andrea Smith, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Patent number: 6472456
    Abstract: Polyolefins, especially polypropylene, can be made flame retardant by the incorporation therein of a synergistic mixture of a selected hindered amine substituted by an alkoxy, cydoalkoxy or hydroxyalkoxy moiety and a selected organic or inorganic brominated and/or phosphorus containing flame retardant, such as ammonium polyphosphate or decabromodiphenyl oxide wherein the amount of organic or inorganic flame retardant required to achieve an acceptable level of flame retardancy is significantly reduced compared to that needed when the hindered amine is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp.
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne Horsey, Stephen Mark Andrews, Leonard Harris Davis, Darrell David Dyas, Jr., Robert Leo Gray, Anunay Gupta, Bruce Vincent Hein, Joseph Stephen Puglisi, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Paul Shields, Rangarajan Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 6441166
    Abstract: A product containing 5 to 85% of a group (A-1-a) and/or (A-1-b) and 15 to 95% of a group (A-2), the total sum of the groups (A-1-a), (A-1-b) and (A-2) being 100%, is useful for stabilizing an organic material against degradation induced by light, heat or oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, Graziano Zagnoni, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Publication number: 20020115859
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Dario Lazzari, Graziano Zagnoni, Mirko Rossi, Alessandro Zedda, Valerio Borzatta, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Publication number: 20020111404
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers substituted with a ultra long ester or amide moiety wherein the ester or amide group is a hydrocarbyl group of 25 to 100 carbon atoms or is a group of alkyl of 25 to 100 carbon atoms interrupted by 5 to 39 oxygen atoms and terminated with an omega-OH or an omega-OR group exhibit excellent stabilization efficacy while they concomitantly do not bloom when incorporated into polyolefin films. These benzotriazole UV absorbers also provide excellent protection to white, dyed, dipped, unscented and/or scented candle wax from discoloration and degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Mervin Wood, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Douglas Wayne Horsey, Anunay Gupta, Deborah DeHessa, Luther A. R. Hall, Andrea Smith, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Publication number: 20020086921
    Abstract: Polyoxymethylene, blends of polycarbonate with acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer, and coatings based on a functional acrylate resin and a crosslinking agent, which are stabilized by addition of a compound of the formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Alessandro Zedda, Graziano Zagnoni, Massimiliano Sala, Dario Lazzari, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Patent number: 6380285
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers substituted with a ultra long ester or amide moiety wherein the ester or amide group is a hydrocarbyl group of 25 to 100 carbon atoms or is a group of alkyl of 25 to 100 carbon atoms interrupted by 5 to 39 oxygen atoms and terminated with an omega-OH or an omega-OR group exhibit excellent stabilization efficacy while they concomitantly do not bloom when incorporated into polyolefin films. These benzotriazole UV absorbers also provide excellent protection to white, dyed, dipped, unscented and/or scented candle wax from discoloration and degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Mervin Wood, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Douglas Wayne Horsey, Anunay Gupta, Deborah DeHessa, Luther A. R. Hall, Andrea Smith, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Publication number: 20020028861
    Abstract: The contents of clear or lightly colored plastic containers or films are protected from ultraviolet radiation by the incorporation of certain UV absorbers of the class of durable benzotriazoles and tris-aryl-s-triazines in the container or film. Contents to be protected include foodstuffs, beverages, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, shampoos and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: March 7, 2002
    Inventors: Stephen Mark Andrews, Joseph Suhadolnik, Mervin Gale Wood
  • Publication number: 20020010235
    Abstract: Hindered amine compounds containing a group of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: January 24, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne Horsey, Stephen Mark Andrews, Leonard Harris Davis, Darrell David Dyas, Robert Leo Gray, Anunay Gupta, Bruce Vincent Hein, Joseph Stephen Puglisi, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Paul Shields, Rangarajan Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20010023268
    Abstract: Benzotriazole UV absorbers substituted with an ultra long ester or amide moiety wherein the ester or amide group is a hydrocarbyl group of 25 to 100 carbon atoms or is a group of alkyl of 25 to 100 carbon atoms interrupted by 5 to 39 oxygen atoms and terminated with an omega—OH or an omega—OR group exhibit excellent stabilization efficacy while they concomitantly do not bloom when incorporated into polyolefin films. These benzotriazole UV absorbers also provide excellent protection to white, dyed, dipped, unscented and/or scented candle wax from discoloration and degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Publication date: September 20, 2001
    Inventors: Mervin Wood, Ramanathan Ravichandran, Douglas Wayne Horsey, Anunay Gupta, Deborah DeHessa, Luther A. R. Hall, Andrea Smith, Stephen Mark Andrews
  • Patent number: 5760776
    Abstract: A method of manipulating one of a plurality of branches of a menu structure within a window of a menu editor in a graphical user interface is described. A handle associated with a first branch of the plurality of branches is provided. The first branch is associated with a first menu item of the menu structure. The handle is selected. The first branch is moved in response to a cursor control device to associate the first branch with a second menu item of the menu structure. The first branch is disassociated with the first menu item. The first branch is associated with the second menu item of the menu structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Oracle Corporation
    Inventors: Scott H. McGurrin, Steven P. Muench, Stephen Mark Andrew Clark