Patents by Inventor Todd L. Kurth

Todd L. Kurth 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: 20170335233
    Abstract: A method for producing a blown and stripped biorenewable oil is provided. The method may include the steps of (a) heating a biorenewable oil to at least 90° C.; (b) exposing an oxygen containing stream to the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 40 cSt at 40° C.; (c) adding a base metal catalyst to the blown oil; and (d) stripping the blown oil from step (c) until the stripped oil has an acid value of from about 1 mg KOH/g to about 20 mg KOH/g; wherein the stripped oil from step (d) has a flash point of at least 220° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Todd L. KURTH, Frank P. Lochel, Suzanne Stauduhar, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
  • Publication number: 20170306067
    Abstract: Imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifiers are made by obtaining a fatty substance composition; performing an oxidative oligomerization of the fatty substance composition to produce an oxidized fatty substance composition comprising from about 10 to about 75% by weight of oligomeric fatty acid components based on the total weight of fatty acid containing components in the composition; reacting the oxidized fatty substance composition with a polyamine comprising at least one ethylene diamine functional group with at least three hydrogens attached to the two nitrogens to form an aminoethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition; and forming an imidazoline functionalized oxidized fatty substance emulsifier from the amino-ethylamido functionalized oxidized fatty substance composition. Such compositions are particularly useful in asphalt applications and corrosion inhibition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Todd L. KURTH, Suzanne STAUDUHAR
  • Patent number: 9765280
    Abstract: A method for producing a blown and stripped biorenewable oil is provided. The method may include the steps of (a) heating a biorenewable oil to at least 90° C.; (b) exposing an oxygen containing stream to the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 40 cSt at 40° C.; (c) adding a base metal catalyst to the blown oil; and (d) stripping the blown oil from step (c) until the stripped oil has an acid value of from about 1 mg KOH/g to about 20 mg KOH/g; wherein the stripped oil from step (d) has a flash point of at least 220° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Todd L. Kurth, Frank P. Lochel, Suzanne Stauduhar, Hassan Ali Tabatabaee
  • Publication number: 20170218249
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide methods of drying lecithin in a batch reaction, comprising the steps of obtaining lecithin-containing material (derived from a crude refining stream) comprising 15-50% water, 10-30% acetone insoluble matter, and 10-20% free fatty acid; adding a fatty acid source (also derived from a crude refining stream) to the lecithin-containing material composition to obtain a lecithin/fatty acid reaction mixture; and blowing dry gas through the gum/fatty acid reaction miture to obtain a resultant dried lecithin fatty acid blend having a water content of less than 2%. The resultant dried lecithin fatty acid blend may be used in asphalt or oil field applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Todd L. KURTH, Suzanne Stauduhar
  • Publication number: 20160369203
    Abstract: A method for producing a blown and stripped biorenewable oil is provided. The method may include the steps of (a) heating a biorenewable oil to at least 90° C.; (b) exposing an oxygen containing stream to the heated oil to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 40 cSt at 40° C.; (c) adding a base metal catalyst to the blown oil; and (d) stripping the blown oil from step (c) until the stripped oil has an acid value of from about 1 mg KOH/g to about 20 mg KOH/g; wherein the stripped oil from step (d) has a flash point of at least 220° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Todd L. KURTH, Frank P. LOCHEL, Suzanne STAUDUHAR, Hassan Ali TABATABAEE
  • Patent number: 8563499
    Abstract: A fabric softener active composition, comprising from 65 to 95% by weight of a bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-dimethylammonium chloride fatty acid ester having a molar ratio of fatty acid moieties to amine moieties of from 1.80 to 1.96, an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 50, from 2 to 8% by weight of a fatty acid triglyceride having an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 15, and from 3 to 12% by weight of an alcohol selected from ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol has low melt viscosity, high stability towards dealkylation in the molten state and low flammability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Köhle, Matthias Schöppner, Axel Euler, Harald Jakob, Saji John Meledathu, Todd L. Kurth, Delbert G. Young, Ingo Hamann, Georg Schick
  • Publication number: 20110245139
    Abstract: A fabric softener active composition, comprising from 65 to 95% by weight of a bis-(2-hydroxyethyl)-dimethylammonium chloride fatty acid ester having a molar ratio of fatty acid moieties to amine moieties of from 1.80 to 1.96, an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 16 to 18 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 50, from 2 to 8% by weight of a fatty acid triglyceride having an average chain length of the fatty acid moieties of from 10 to 14 carbon atoms and an iodine value of from 0 to 15, and from 3 to 12% by weight of an alcohol selected from ethanol, 1-propanol and 2-propanol has low melt viscosity, high stability towards dealkylation in the molten state and low flammability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Köhle, Matthias Schöppner, Axel Euler, Harald Jakob, Saji John Meledathu, Todd L. Kurth, Delbert G. Young, Ingo Hamann, Georg Schick