I have spent 20 years in the polymer and specialty chemicals industries, following receipt of a B.Sc. in physical organic chemistry from Aston University in the U.K., and a Ph. D. in (what was then called) biophysical chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. My specific technical and managerial experience was obtained at Du Pont, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, and Tredegar Film Products, and is in the following areas:
· Polymerization.
· Specialty chemicals.
· Polymer processing in general.
· Film processing in particular.
· Film and nonwoven applications – particularly in the hygiene area.
My practice as a patent agent is not limited to these areas, and there is enough
breadth in this experience to give me insights into your goals as an inventor in
most areas that involve the synthesis and use of industrial chemicals, polymers,
or other materials.
My publication list follows. Patent applications that I have written or am a coinventor on, and that have not yet published, are confidential and are not listed here. Also not listed are applications that I have written under confidentiality agreement and that I am not prosecuting. Please contact me if you would like references to my work.
Extruded Superabsorbent Web. (With B.A. Shah, M.S. Copat, D. Wilhoit) U.S. patent application 10/462,752. In prosecution. Publication number 20040078015.
A reliability function approach to the analysis of weathering data. (with K. S. Pearson and R. E. Lee) ANTEC (Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers) 2003 2375-2378.
Absorbent articles with a response surface (with K. J. Reckard and M. S. Copat). U.S. patent application serial number 082040, February 20, 2002. Published as 20020133132.
Guidelines for the restabilization of post consumer recycled plastics. (With Karen Sun). Presented at the 4th Asia Pacific Plastics and Rubber Conference, May 5 – 6, 1996 in Singapore.
Stabilization of polyolefins for automotive plastics applications. (With Karen Sun) Presented at the “Use of Plastics in Automotive Applications Conference, AutoPLas ’96; March 28 – 29, 1996 in Hong Kong.
A review of stabilization requirements of post consumer recycled polyolefins. Presented at: Frontiers in Polymers and Advanced Materials (Jakarta, Indonesia) (1994).
Stabilization of TPO’s for Automotive Applications. Presented at the Dallas conference of the Society of Plastics Industry, 1994.
Migratory behaviour of a phosphite process stabilizer in polyolefins. (with R. Spatafore, K. Schultz and T. Thompson) Polymer Bull. (1992) 28(4) 467-72
Optimization of stabilizer formulations for polyolefin processing. (with Marcia Sousa). Polymer Engineering and Science (1992) 32(7) 475-480.
Stabilization of recycled HDPE. Plastics Compounding (1992) 15(2) 60-2
Migration and Blooming of stabilizing additives in polypropylene (with Rina Spatafore). Polymer Engineering and Science (1991) 31(22) 1610-17.
A study of the effectiveness of hindered amine light stabilizers in pigmented HDPE. ANTEC (1991) 1915 – 19.
A study on the stabilization requirements of recycled HDPE. Polyolefins RETEC (Regional Technical Conference of the SPE) 1990.
Studies of particle formation in styrene emulsion polymerizations using 9-vinyl anthracene as a probe molecule. (with P. E. Louis, R.G. Gilbert, and D. H. Napper). J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. (1991), 29(4), 515-23
Pair distribution functions of cytochrome c oxidase in lipid bilayers: evidence for a lipid mediated repulsion between protein particles. (with S. I. Chan). Chemica Scripta (1987) 27B 203-9.
Effect of chlorophyll a on the phase behavior of hydrated monogalactosyldiacylglycerols. (with P. Dea, M. Caffrey and S. I. Chan) Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (1987) 896(1) 11-18.
Statistical mechanics of lipid membranes. Protein correlation functions and lipid ordering. (with J. Edelman and S. I. Chan). Biophysical Journal (1984) 45(5) 863-71
Pair distribution functions of bacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin in model bilayers. (with S. I. Chan, B.A Lewis and D. M. Engelman). Biophysical Journal (1983) 43(2) 167-174.
Effects of lipid mediated interactions on protein pair distribution functions. (with S. I. Chan). Biophysical Journal (1982) 37(1) 141-2