“Synthesis and Coating Application of Chlorinated Hydroxyrubber,” Shelby F. Thames and Zhiqiang A. He, U.S. 5,473,024, issued December 5, 1995.

“Novel Multi-Functional Surface Active Agents, Syntheses and Applications Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, and Rajan Hariharan, U.S. 5,807,922, issued September 15, 1998.

“Latex Compositions Containing Ethylenically Unsaturated Esters of Long-Chain Alkenols,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, and Olan Stanley Fruchey, U.S. 6,001,913, issued December 14, 1999.

“Coatings Compositions Containing α-Olefin/Vinyl or Vinylidene Aromatic and/or Hindered Aliphatic or Cycloaliphatic Vinyl or Vinylidene Interpolymers,” Stephen M. Hoenig, Thomas P. Schuman, Malcolm F. Finlayson, William L. Dechent, Shelby F. Thames, Oliver W. Smith, and John O. Bieser, WO 00/27936, issued May 18, 2000.

“Reactive Hyperbranched Polymers for Powder Coatings,” Richard Vicari, Olan Stanley Fruchey, Kathleen Nelson Juneau, Shelby Freland Thames, and James Wayne Rawlins, U.S. 6,114,489, issued September 5, 2000.

“Latex Compositions Containing Ethylenically Unsaturated Esters of Fatty Compounds and Applications Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, and Olan Stanley Fruchey, U.S. 6,174,948, issued January 16, 2001.

“Powder Coating Compositions, Their Preparation and Use,” Richard Vicari, Olan Stanley Fruchey, Kathleen Nelson Juneau, Shelby Freland Thames, and James Wayne Rawlins, EP1070748 A1, issued January 24, 2001.

“Low MFT and High Tg, Internally Plasticizing and Low VOC Latex Compositions,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, Rajan Hariharan, and Zhiyu Wang, U.S. 6,203,720, issued March 20, 2001.

“Novel Internally Plasticizing and Crosslinkable Monomers and Applications Thereof,” Shelby F. Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, Rajan Hariharan, and Zhiyu Wang, U.S. 6,235,916, issued May 22, 2001.

“Polyester Powder Coating Compositions Based on 1,3-Propanediol,” Wyndham Henry Boon, Thomas Clayton Forschner, David Eric Gwyn, Oliver Wendell Smith, Shelby Freland Thames, and Lichang Zhou, WO 01/29107 A1, and EP 1230285 issued April 26, 2001, ES 264942, and DE 60028072.

“Acrylic Polyurethane Coating Compositions,” Wyndham Henry Boon, Thomas Clayton Forschner, David Eric Gwyn, Oliver Wendell Smith, Shelby Freland Thames, and Lichang Zhou, WO 01/29108 A1, and EP 1230286 issued April 26, 2001.

“Cellulose Based Coating Composition Curable with Ultraviolet Ray,” Kenichi Fujino and Shelby F. Thames, U.S. 6,303,670, issued October 16, 2001.

“Polyester Triglycidyl Isocyanurate Resin Powder Coatings Based on 1,3-Propanediol,” Wyndham Henry Boon, Thomas Clayton Forschner, David Eric Gwyn, Oliver Wendell Smith, Shelby Freland Thames, and Lichang Zhou, WO 02/24823 A2, issued March 28, 2002.

“Photocurable Acrylated Chlorinated Rubber Coatings,” Shelby Freland Thames and Zhiqiang Alex He, U.S. 6,399,673, issued June 4, 2002.

“High Gloss Acrylic Coatings with Improved Impact Resistance Cured with Melamine,” Lichang Zhou, Shelby F. Thames, Oliver W. Smith, Thomas Clayton Forschner, Roy Frank Smith, David Eric Gwyn, Wyndham Henry Boon, and Abdulai Mobolaji Dawodu, U.S. 6,433,131, issued August 13, 2002.

“High Gloss Acrylic Coatings with Improved Impact Resistance,” Lichang Zhou, Oliver Wendell Smith, Thomas Clayton Forschner, Wyndham Henry Boon, Dave Eric Gwyn, and Shelby Freland Thames, U.S. 6,441,087, issued August 27, 2002.

“Carboxyl-Functional Polyester Epoxy Resin Powder Coatings Based on 1,3-Propanediol,” Lichang Zhou, Shelby F. Thames, Oliver Wendell Smith, Wyndham Henry Boon, and Thomas Clayton Forschner, U.S. 6,534,178, issued March 18, 2003; and patent numbers WO 01/70893 A3, MXPA 02009280, EP 1268693, CN 1179007, and CA 2403812.

“Latex Compositions Containing Ethylenically Unsaturated Esters of Fatty Compounds and Applications Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, and Olan Stanley Fruchey, U.S. 6,599,972, issued July 29, 2003.

“Novel Internally Plasticized and Low VOC Latex Compositions and Applications Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Zhiyu Wang, Elizabeth H. Brister, Rajan Hariharan, Corey L. King, and Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, U.S. 6,624,223, issued September 23, 2003, International Patent WO 01/44380 A2, issued June 21, 2001, and Argentine Patent No. AR026954B1 on 11/23/2006.  Foreign patent applications filed as USMA:042CO (Columbia), and USM:042VE (Venezuela) December 11, 2000 are pending.

“Process for Preparing a Coating Composition and Product Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, Rajan Hariharan, and Zhiyu Wang, U.S. 6,653,381, issued November 25, 2003.

“Internally Plasticizing and Crosslinkable Monomers and Applications Thereof,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, Rajan Hariharan, and Zhiyu Wang, U.S. 6,700,006, issued March 2, 2004.

“Melamine Coating Compositions,” Wyndham Henry Boon, Thomas Clayton Forschner, David Eric Gwyn, Oliver Wendell Smith, Roy Frank Smith, Shelby Freland Thames, and Lichang Zhou, EP 1263900 B1, issued April 28, 2004; and patent numbers AT265503T, WO 164801 A2, MXPA 02008409, DE 60103036, CN 1536039, EP 1263900 and CA 2401506 A1.

“Soy Protein Based Adhesive Containing a Vegetable Oil Derivative,” Shelby F. Thames, Richard C. Cook, and Sharathkumar K. Mendon, U.S. 6,790,271, issued September 14, 2004.

“Latex Compositions Containing Ethylenically Unsaturated Esters of Long-Chain Alkenols,” Shelby Freland Thames, Kamlesh Gopichand Panjnani, and Olan Stanley Fruchey, U.S. 6,897,255, issued May 24, 2005.

“Process for Forming Latex Polymers,” Shelby F. Thames, Oliver W. Smith, Sheng Chen, and Catherine C. Blackwell, U.S. 6,897,257, issued May 24, 2005.

“Waterborne Fabric and Textile Coating or Treatment,” James M. Evans and Shelby F. Thames, U.S. 6,913,628, issued July 5, 2005, Australian Patent AU2003220057, issued September 22, 2003, and International Patent WO 03/076709, issued September 18, 2003.

“Soy Protein Based Adhesive,” Shelby F. Thames, Boris G. Sankovich, Jeanne N. Shera, Robert B. Thompson, Sharathkumar K. Mendon, and James M. Evans, U.S. 7,081,159, issued July 25, 2006.

“Functionalized Vegetable Oil Derivatives, Latex Compositions and Coatings,” Shelby F. Thames, Oliver W. Smith, James M. Evans, Sandipan Dutta, and Lianzhou Chen, patent application filed March 12, 2004 (USM:071).  Functionalized Vegetable Oil Derivatives, Latex Compositions and Coatings, CIP-1 of USM:071, Shelby F. Thames, Oliver W. Smith, James M. Evans, Sandipan Dutta, Lianzhou Chen, and David Delatte, application filed March 2006.

“Functionalized Vegetable Oil Derivatives, Latex Compositions and Textile Finishes,” CIP-2 of USM:071, Shelby F. Thames, James W. Rawlins, Sharathkumar K. Mendon, Ericka N. Johnson and Zhangqing Yu, application filed March 22, 2006

Carboxy-Functional Crosslinkers for Epoxy-Functional Powder-Lacquer Binding Agents, Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Gürtler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Grahl, Peter Thometzek and James W. Rawlins, U.S. 7,148,295 issued Dec 12, 2006, and EP 1,491,567 issued Oct 24, 2007.

Solid Powder Coating Crosslinker, Richard R Roesler, James W. Rawlins, Eric J. Vidra, and Dinesh Pethiyagoda, U.S. Patent Application 2007/0149750, filed Feb 22, 2007.

Multi-layer and Composite Corrosion Resistant Coatings, James W. Rawlins, Michael D. Blanton, Scott Hayes, Patrick Kinlen, and Ulyanova Yevgena, International Patent Application WO 2008/143735, filed Mar 25, 2008.

Polyisocyanate-Modified Polycarboxylic Acids, Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Gürtler, Reinhard Halpaap, Michael Grahl, Peter Thometzek, and James W. Rawlins, U.S. 7,329,717, issued Feb 12, 2008.

Nanoencapsulation of Isocyanates via Aqueous Media, James W. Rawlins, Sharathkumar K. Mendon and Huaxiang Yang, U.S. Patent Application 2008/0234406, filed Sep 25, 2008.

Glycerol Ester-Free Functionalized Vegetable Oil Derivatives and Their Latex Compounds, Shelby F. Thames, James W. Rawlins, Sharathkumar K. Mendon, and David Delatte, U.S. 2009/0143527 A1, filed Dec 9, 2008 and WO 2008/094503 filed Jan 28, 2008.

Soy Protein Adhesive and Uses Thereof, Shelby F. Thames, James W. Rawlins, Richard C. Ferguson, and Sharathkumar K. Mendon, U.S. 2010/0089287 filed Sep 25, 2009.

Vernonia Oil Polyols, James W. Rawlins, Sharathkumar K. Mendon and Yuan Liu, International Patent Application WO 2009/048927, filed Apr 16, 2010.

Molecular Healing of Polymeric Materials, Coatings, Plastics, Elastomers, Composites, Laminates, Adhesives, and Sealants by Active Enzymes, C. Steven McDaniel, Melinda Wales, James W. Rawlins, Pirro Cipi, Eric Williams, and Juan Carlo Carvajal, U.S. Patent Application 2010/0210745, filed Jan 29, 2010.

Polyurethane Powder Coating Compositions that do not Split off Blocking Agents and have a Low Stoving Temperature, James W. Rawlins, Michael Grahl, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Hans-Josef Lass, and Reinhard Halpaap. U. S. 7,767,778, 2010.