Patents by Inventor Vance E. Gentry

Vance E. Gentry 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).

  • Process for fabricating a precursor sheet, particularly as book cover stock and product produced thereby
    Patent number: 5171627
    Abstract: There is disclosed a process for impregnating a sheet of wood-based unbleached virgin fibers comprised of 20 to 95 parts of hardwood fibers and 80 to 5 parts of softwood fibers with a saturant having a T.sub.G of from 5% to -50.degree. C. and comprising of from 5 to 50 percent by weight dry basis of a resulting dried sheet wherein the hardwood and softwood fibers are produced by chemical pulping of hardwoods and softwoods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: The Lincoln Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis R. Brockington, Charles E. Snyder, Vance E. Gentry