Patents by Inventor William R. LaFollette

William R. LaFollette 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).

  • Printable monolayer polyvinylidene chloride structures
    Patent number: 9828475
    Abstract: The present invention includes a polymer composition of at least one vinylidene chloride/alkyl acrylate polymer having from about 3.4 to about 6.7 percent mole percent of mer units derived from at least one alkyl acrylate monomer polymerized with the vinylidene chloride and comprising a plasticizer and having at least one of the following compositional characteristics (1) and (2): (1) at least one low molecular weight vinyl chloride polymer having a molecular weight of at most about 70,000 Daltons in an amount sufficient to increase affinity for at least one ink; and (2) at least one methacrylic polymer in an amount sufficient to increase the affinity for at least one ink. Surfaces comprising such a composition and articles having such surfaces are surprisingly printable and are aspects of the invention as is printing thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Douglas E. Beyer, Steven R. Jenkins, William R. LaFollette
  • PRINTABLE MONOLAYER POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20110124780
    Abstract: The present invention includes a polymer composition of at least one vinylidene chloride/alkyl acrylate polymer having from about 3.4 to about 6.7 percent mole percent of mer units derived from at least one alkyl acrylate monomer polymerized with the vinylidene chloride and comprising a plasticizer and having at least one of the following compositional characteristics (1) and (2): (1) at least one low molecular weight vinyl chloride polymer having a molecular weight of at most about 70,000 Daltons in an amount sufficient to increase affinity for at least one ink; and (2) at least one methacrylic polymer in an amount sufficient to increase the affinity for at least one ink. Surfaces comprising such a composition and articles having such surfaces are surprisingly printable and are aspects of the invention as is printing thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas E. Beyer, Steven R. Jenkins, William R. LaFollette