Patents by Inventor Tara Patterson

Tara Patterson 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).

  • Method of reducing chatter
    Patent number: 8513340
    Abstract: A method for reducing chatter in an extrusion process, which includes the steps of preparing an extrusion composition by combining a polymer composition with a chatter-reducing formulation, and extruding the extrusion composition to provide a substantially continuous extrudate. The chatter-reducing formulation comprises an alkyltin mercaptide and dibutyltin dilaurate. The resultant extrudate exhibits reduced chatter, which is categorized according to the Reed Scale as less than or equal to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia Gulf Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Chambers, Perry Reed, Tara Patterson
  • Method of Reducing Chatter
    Publication number: 20120029126
    Abstract: A method for reducing chatter in an extrusion process, which includes the steps of preparing an extrusion composition by combining a polymer composition with a chatter-reducing formulation, and extruding the extrusion composition to provide a substantially continuous extrudate. The chatter-reducing formulation comprises an alkyltin mercaptide and dibutyltin dilaurate. The resultant extrudate exhibits reduced chatter, which is categorized according to the Reed Scale as less than or equal to 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: ROYAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Scott Chambers, Perry Reed, Tara Patterson