Patents by Inventor Thomas Engel Higgins

Thomas Engel Higgins 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).

  • Collagen compositions and the method of preparing the same
    Patent number: 4117171
    Abstract: A homogeneous formable aqueous collagen composition having uniformly incorporated therein at least about 5% by weight based on the solids content thereof of an antiblock additive selected from the group consisting of fully esterified fatty acid esters of polyhydric alcohols, mineral oil, and mixtures of the same, said collagen composition being formable into shaped collagen structures that exhibit improved antiblocking characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Engel Higgins
  • Extrudable collagen casing and method of preparation
    Patent number: 4115594
    Abstract: The extrudable collagen mass of the present invention includes polyoxyethylene sorbitan ester. The additive must be incorporated prior to extrusion of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Engel Higgins, Camilla Brems Ross, Henry John Snella
  • Collagen compositions
    Patent number: 4096282
    Abstract: Improved collagen compositions having incorporated therein relatively small amounts of propylene glycol alginate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Union Carbide
    Inventors: Thomas Engel Higgins, Camilla Brems Ross
  • Collagen compositions having crosslinking agent incorporated therein and the method of preparing the same
    Patent number: 4061787
    Abstract: A homogeneous, formable collagen composition having uniformly incorporated therein at least about 0.5% by weight up to about 15% by weight based on the solids content thereof of a crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of unsaturated fatty acids having more than two double bonds, di and tri-fatty acid esters of a polyhydric alcohol and unsaturated fatty acids having more than two double bonds, natural oils containing fatty acid esters with at least 11% by weight of the fatty acid residues thereof having more than two double bonds, fatty acid esters of an unsaturated fatty acid and an unsaturated fatty alcohol, and mixtures of the same, said collagen compositions being formable into shaped collagen structures that exhibit improved strength characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Engel Higgins