Patents by Inventor Walter N. Opdycke

Walter N. Opdycke 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).

  • Shortened process for imparting corrosion resistance to aluminum substrates
    Publication number: 20030098091
    Abstract: A process for importing corrosion resistance to the surface for an aluminum substrate by contacting the aluminum substrate with an aqueous solution containing at least one of terafluoroboric acid, hexafluorosilisic acid, hexafluorotitanic acid, hexafluorozirconic acid, hexafluorohafnic acid and soluble, partially or totally neutralized salts and vanadate anions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Inventors: Walter N. Opdycke, William Wittke, Shawn E. Dolan, Eugene W. Sweet
  • Composition and process for durably modifying surfaces of normally hydrophobic solid synthetic polymers and cured paints to facilitate spreading of aqueous liquids over the surfaces
    Patent number: H2077
    Abstract: Dispersions in water of “poly{vinyl alcohol}” (“PVA”), preferably those types resulting from about 90 mole % hydrolysis and/or ester interchange of polymers of vinyl carboxylates and having a molecular weight of about 155,000, are particularly effective for modifying the surfaces of plastic materials to cause water and/or other specified liquids to spread more readily over the treated surfaces than over the untreated surfaces. A biocide to repress the growth of micro-organisms in the dispersions is preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventor: Walter N. Opdycke