Patents by Inventor Terry W. Wheat

Terry W. Wheat 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).

  • System for recycling post-industrial-use plastic
    Patent number: 6216878
    Abstract: A system for recycling post-industrial-use plastic waste based on coloring an object, which will become post-industrial-use plastic waste, a user-specified color, said color correlated with a system for identifying plastic based on the resin content of the object. Said object, in the user-specified color, provided to the end user to protect a part shipped by a parts manufacturer, with sorting of the objects into homogenous resin groups being done by the end user based on color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Terry W. Wheat