This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Manville Corporation. Active years: 1987.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 1987
Title: Robert E. Hodgson and Lightweight Asphalt Roofing Materials.
Introduction
Robert E. Hodgson is an inventor associated with Littleton, Colorado, and Manville Corporation. His work includes a patent for a lightweight asphalt-based roofing product and a process for making it. The supplied information credits him with 1 patent.
Latest Patents
Hodgson’s listed patent, “Lightweight Asphalt Based Building Materials and Process for Making Same,” describes an asphalt-based roofing product with a coating whose specific gravity is less than 1.0. The invention uses a lightweight filler with an effective specific gravity between 0.10 and 0.50, making up 3% to 25% of the filled coating by weight. In a preferred embodiment, the filler particles contain hollow, gas-filled inclusions and comprise expanded perlite or expanded permicite.
Career Highlights
The patent reflects Hodgson’s work on reducing the weight of asphalt-based building materials. Its approach combines a low-density filler with an asphalt coating to produce a lightweight roofing product.
Collaborations
Hodgson is associated with Manville Corporation. Frank R. Newton and Richard N. Cunningham are identified as some of his coworkers.
Conclusion
Robert E. Hodgson’s listed patent focuses on lightweight asphalt roofing materials, using low-density fillers to reduce the coating’s specific gravity.
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