Patents by Inventor Wade K. Blackwood

Wade K. Blackwood 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).

  • DEGRADABLE SHOTGUN WAD
    Publication number: 20170160062
    Abstract: Herein we describe shotgun shells each having a degradable wad comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer, as well as methods for ensuring that such wad degrades quickly after landing in an aquatic environment. Plastic, aquatic debris has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use implements that will degrade into environmentally benign compounds. Incorporating a degradable wad into shotgun shells provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable shotgun wads and methods are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Kirk J. Havens, Donna Marie Bilkovic, David M. Stanhope, Kory T. Angstadt, Wade K. Blackwood
  • Degradable shotgun wad
    Patent number: 9528800
    Abstract: Herein we describe shotgun shells each having a degradable wad comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer, as well as methods for ensuring that such wad degrades quickly after landing in an aquatic environment. Plastic, aquatic debris has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use implements that will degrade into environmentally benign compounds. Incorporating a degradable wad into shotgun shells provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable shotgun wads and methods are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: College of William and Mary
    Inventors: Kirk J. Havens, Donna Marie Bilkovic, David M. Stanhope, Kory T. Angstadt, Wade K. Blackwood
  • DEGRADABLE SHOTGUN WAD
    Publication number: 20140366765
    Abstract: Herein we describe shotgun shells each having a degradable wad comprising a polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer, as well as methods for ensuring that such wad degrades quickly after landing in an aquatic environment. Plastic, aquatic debris has a negative economic and ecological impact, and thus it is advantageous to use implements that will degrade into environmentally benign compounds. Incorporating a degradable wad into shotgun shells provides an effective, economical solution. Suitable degradable shotgun wads and methods are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kirk J. Havens, Donna Marie Bilkovic, David M. Stanhope, Kory T. Angstadt, Wade K. Blackwood