Patents by Inventor Todd Showalter
Todd Showalter 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).
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Publication number: 20240327603Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20240228910Abstract: Methods and antimicrobial compositions are provided for surface cleaning. The antimicrobial compositions which include very low concentrations of an organic acid and one or more anionic surfactants can, unexpectedly, provide effective and broad spectrum antimicrobial activity within two minutes of contact with a surface and in some instances within one minute of contact time. Contacting the antimicrobial compositions with a surface can result in greater than or equal to about 4.0 log kill or 5.0 log kill for one or more of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Salmonella enterica on the surface in two minutes or less. The compositions can have antimicrobial activity against at least one gram-positive bacterium, gram-negative bacterium, virus, and fungus in two minutes or less of contacting the composition with a surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Todd Showalter, Wenyu Zhang
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Patent number: 12006403Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Circ, LLCInventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20220348736Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20220272969Abstract: A portion of personal protective equipment treated with a topically applied finish containing a reactive oxygen species-generating dye (ROS) activated by electromagnetic radiation in the visible light region coated on the substrate with the ROS dye incorporated between 0.01-5.00% on weight of substrate to provide antimicrobial or self-cleaning benefits to the textile substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Berkshire CorporationInventors: TODD SHOWALTER, SUSAN FAILE, NATHAN HEATON, WENYU ZHANG
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Patent number: 11370895Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Circ, LLCInventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Patent number: 11180629Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Circ, LLCInventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20200407530Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Inventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20200095395Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Patent number: 10501599Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Tyton Biosciences, LLCInventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20190360070Abstract: The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a method of hydrothermally treating metallic packaging, metallic labeling material, and scrap metal items. Particularly, the disclosed method initially comprises providing a metallic starting material. The metallic starting material is introduced to a reactor and processed at elevated temperature and/or pressure for a desired amount of time. As a result, the metallic portion of the starting material separates into a distinct layer that can be removed from the remainder of the starting material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Iulian Bobe, Florin G. Barla, Conor Hartman, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Todd Showalter
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Publication number: 20190218362Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that involve a subcritical water reaction to recycle the cellulose and polyester components of waste cotton and cotton/polyester blend textiles that would otherwise be discarded or disposed of. Specifically, the disclosed methods provide for treatment of the waste textiles to produce advanced materials including cellulose and terephthalic acid (TPA) with a low environmental impact. The cellulose and TPA that are produced are of a high quality allowing for production of regenerated cellulose and regenerated polyethylene terephthalate (PET) suitable for fiber spinning and textile applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Florin G. Barla, Todd Showalter, Hsun-Cheng Su, Jeremy Jones, Iulian Bobe
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Publication number: 20140288169Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that modulate nicotinic receptors as non-competitive antagonists, methods for their synthesis, methods for their use, and their pharmaceutical compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: TARGACEPT, INC.Inventors: Srinivasa Rao Akireddy, Scott R. Breining, Matt S. Melvin, Srinivasa V. Murthy, Anatoly A. Mazurov, Balwinder Singh Bhatti, Jon-Paul Strachan, Ronald Joseph Heemstra, Todd Showalter, Yunde Xiao, Philip S. Hammond, Lan Miao, David Kombo, Daniel Yohannes, Jason Speake
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Publication number: 20140249141Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including inflammatory diseases and diseases associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Targacept, Inc.Inventors: Anatoly Mazurov, Lan Miao, Todd Showalter
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Publication number: 20110257168Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) that bind to and modulate the activity of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, to processes for preparing these compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds, and to methods of using these compounds for treating a wide variety of conditions and disorders, including those associated with dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: Targacept, Inc.Inventors: Srinivasa R. Akireddy, Scott R. Breining, Nikolai Fedorov, David Kombo, Anatoly A. Mazurov, Lan Miao, Srinivasa V. Murthy, Todd Showalter, Yunde Xiao, Daniel Yohannes
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Publication number: 20050286254Abstract: A base for a lantern. The base provides a stable platform for supporting the lantern and prevents tipping of the lantern. The base may be used with fuel burning lanterns or lanterns that utilize batteries or other power sources. The base includes foldable feet. The feet fold out of a plane of the base for storage, for example, downward from the plane. The base is turned over and the feet, when folded (upward when the base is upside down), extend upward around a portion of the lantern during storage. This configuration provides convenient, compact storage of the lantern and base, so that the base may be stored with the lantern and may protect the lantern in storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Applicant: The Coleman Company, Inc.Inventors: Mary Richardson, Todd Showalter, Duane Marshall, Vernon Taylor, Timothy Holub
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Publication number: 20050252504Abstract: A collapsible stand that may be attached, for example, to a grill, a stove, or a tabletop. The collapsible stand includes wheels and a handle that permit a user to grasp the handle and pull the stand and anything attached to it (e.g., a grill) when the stand is in a collapsed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2005Publication date: November 17, 2005Applicant: The Coleman Company, Inc.Inventors: Kelley Cabrera, Todd Showalter