Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Dotterer

Timothy J. Dotterer 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).

  • Publication number: 20080132606
    Abstract: The present invention provides powder compositions that form films or coatings exhibiting a distressed effect having visible, natural looking color segregation. The compositions comprise film-forming component powders comprising one or more polymer or resin, one or more texturing agent, and a pigment or colorant component comprising one or more pigment or colorant powder. When the compositions are cured or melt flowed to form a coating or film, the color, tint or hue of the said film-forming component powder differs visibly from the color, tint or hue of the said pigment or colorant component. Preferably, the texturing agent comprises a film-forming polymer that does not melt or coalesce under intimate mixing conditions, such as, for example, cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB). The present invention provides finishes that mimic the look of leather or stone with one application of a single powder composition made in one intimate mixing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy J. Dotterer, Catherine Kleckner