Patents Examined by Colette Nguyen
  • Deodorizing material, process for manufacturing deodorizing material, and deodorizing device
    Patent number: 9381504
    Abstract: A deodorizing material is a cured substance that is obtained by dissolving a photosensitizing colorant in an unsaturated polyester resin composition which contains unsaturated polyester and a monomer copolymerizable with the unsaturated polyester and which is in a liquid state at a room temperature, and by adding a curing agent to let the liquid cured. This deodorizing material changes from the base state to the singlet excitation state, and further to the triplet excitation state upon irradiation with light in a gas phase containing oxygen and odor components. This energy is given to the oxygen molecules to produce singlet oxygen. The oxidation action of the produced singlet oxygen decomposes the odor components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY, YOKOTA TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikuni Masaoka, Masatake Tagawa, Toshihiko Ohara
  • Catalyst support and process for the preparation thereof
    Patent number: 9375707
    Abstract: An amorphous catalyst support comprising at least a first oxide selected from the group consisting of: silica, germanium oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide or mixtures thereof, preferably silica gel beads or diatomaceous earth; a group 3 metal oxide; and anions in an amount not greater than 10% by weight of the catalyst support; wherein the group 3 metal oxide is incorporated in the first oxide structure at the molecular level. The catalyst support is prepared by (a) mixing the first oxide, with an anhydrous source of the group 3 metal oxide, and water, at a pH above 11, thus forming a suspension, (b) washing the catalyst support with water, (c) separating the catalyst support from the water, and (d) optionally drying and/or calcining the catalyst support. A catalyst based on such a support has improved catalytic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SOLVAY SA
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Ganhy, Armin T. Liebens
  • Compositions and catalyst systems of metal precursors and olefinic diluents
    Patent number: 9375708
    Abstract: A system and method for preparing and using a metal precursor diluent composition are described. The composition includes a metal precursor, and about 18% to about 80% by weight of an olefinic diluent having between 6 and 18 carbon atoms. Such compositions may be used in oligomerization catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Bruce E Kreischer, Ronald D Knudsen, Orson L Sydora
  • Legume and/or oil seed flour-based adhesive composition
    Patent number: 9353300
    Abstract: Adhesives made from phosphorylated legume and oil seed flours are described. The adhesive composition includes water and a legume and/or oil seed flour in which at least a portion of ?-amino moieties in lysine residues present in the flour are phosphorylated. An oxidizing agent may also optionally be added to the adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Srinivasan Damodaran, Dani Zhu
  • Clayey barriers
    Patent number: 9328216
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved clayey barriers, such as compacted clay liners or geosynthetic clay liners, which can be used, among other uses, to isolate waste liquids from the environment. More in particular, the present invention relates to clay which is treated with an anionic polymer and is subsequently dehydrated before it is used as a barrier. The latter improved clays are surprisingly well, and for a long term, protected from chemical attack by aggressive electrolyte solutions present in, for example, sea water or waste liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Universiteit Gent
    Inventor: Gemmina Di Emidio
  • Hydroprocessing co-catalyst compositions and methods of introduction thereof into hydroprocessing units
    Patent number: 9321037
    Abstract: A hydroprocessing co-catalyst composition may comprise in an embodiment a first component comprising co-catalyst particles and a liquid carrier, and a second component comprising a dispersant and a dispersant diluent. The co-catalyst particles may be in the micron size range, and the dispersant may promote dispersion of the co-catalyst particles in materials such as the liquid carrier, the dispersant diluent, and combinations thereof. Methods of introducing a hydroprocessing co-catalyst composition into a hydroprocessing system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.
    Inventors: Julie Chabot, Bo Kou, Alexander Kuperman
  • Self-assembly of metallic nanoparticles into macroscopic, high-density, monolayer films
    Patent number: 9321920
    Abstract: A method of forming a monolayer film of nanoparticles includes forming a fluid mixture by combining nanoparticles dispersed in water with a water-miscible organic solvent and a molecular ligand comprising a head group with affinity for the nanoparticle, and introducing the fluid mixture to a substrate in the presence of an air/fluid interface, thereby causing a monolayer film of nanoparticles to form on the substrate. Such monolayers films can include metallic nanoparticles such as gold, and possess substantially uniform spacing over at least a one centimeter length scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jake Fontana, Jawad Naciri, Banahalli R. Ratna
  • Methods of using cellulase for reducing the viscosity of feedstock
    Patent number: 9322043
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for treatment of feedstock to reduce the relative viscosity and promote release of fermentable sugars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Lonnie O. Ingram, Claudia C. Geddes, James J. Peterson, Michael T. Mullinnix, Keelnatham Shanmugam
  • Exhaust gas treating catalyst and exhaust gas purification apparatus using the same
    Patent number: 9308498
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treating catalyst further improved in denitrification performance is provided. It is an exhaust gas treating catalyst containing a complex oxide represented by the general formula ABO3, where the A-site is composed of a lanthanoid (La) and barium (Ba), and the B-site is composed of iron (Fe), niobium (Nb) and palladium (Pd).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Katsuki, Shuuji Fujii, Atsushi Ueda, Yusuke Yamada
  • Generation of highly N-type, defect passivated transition metal oxides using plasma fluorine insertion
    Patent number: 9312342
    Abstract: A new composition of matter is disclosed wherein oxygen vacancies in a semiconducting transition metal oxide such as titanium dioxide are filled with a halogen such as Fluorine, whereby the conductivity of the composition is greatly enhanced, while at the same time the chemical stability of the composition is greatly improved. Stoichiometric titanium dioxide having less than 3 % oxygen vacancies is subject to fluorine insertion such that oxygen vacancies are filled, limited amounts of fluorine replace additional oxygen atoms and fluorine interstitially inserts into the body of the TiO2 composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: L. Robert Baker, Hyungtak Seo, Antoine Hervier, Gabor A. Somorjai
  • Odor control bulk material cover
    Patent number: 9303177
    Abstract: An odor suppressing cover material for a bulk material pile and method for applying the cover material are disclosed. The cover composition includes at least 50 weight percent water; 1 to 50 weight percent of a bentonite clay; 0.1% to 5% cellulosic water dispersible polymer or starch; and 0.02% to 1% of a mixture containing at least some lipid essential oil and at least some ethoxylated alkylphenol. The cover composition may additionally and optionally contain Portland cement, colorant and fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: LSC ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph W. Donze, Joel E. Lanz, Luke Emmett Cody
  • Catalyst for reacting carboxylic acid nitriles
    Patent number: 9289752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for reacting carbonitriles with water, wherein the catalyst comprises at least 60% by weight of manganese dioxide with an empirical formula MnOx where x is in the range from 1.7 to 2.0, and at least one plasticizer. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the catalysts detailed above and to a process for preparing carboxamides by reacting carbonitriles with water in the presence of the present catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Röhm GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander May, Bernd Vogel, Hermann Siegert, Kurt-Alfred Gaudschun, Thomas Quandt
  • Hydrodeoxygenation catalyst
    Patent number: 9278346
    Abstract: A hydrodeoxygenation catalyst comprises a metal catalyst, an acid promoter, and a support. The metal catalyst is selected from platinum, palladium, ruthenium, rhenium rhodium, osmium, iridium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, copper, tin, or mixtures thereof. The support is a promoted-zirconium material including texture promoters and acid promoters. The hydrodeoxygenation catalyst may be used for hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of sugar or sugar alcohol in an aqueous solution. In one embodiment the HDO catalyst may be used for HDO of fatty acids such as fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), triglycerols (in plant oil and animal fat), pyrolysis oil, or lignin. The hydrodeoxygenation catalyst for fatty acid process does not require the use of an acid promoter, it is optional.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: CLARIANT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wenqin Shen, Alguo Liu, Wayne Turbeville
  • Waterborne aqueous-alcohol soluble protein compositions, applications, and methods
    Patent number: 9273227
    Abstract: Waterborne aqueous-alcohol soluble protein compositions, methods of making the compositions, and applications thereof are disclosed. The dispersion compositions include protein, water, acid, and optionally an ester of a carboxylic acid. The methods of making the compositions including combining the protein, water, acid and optionally ester to form a dispersion without the benefit of alcohol. Applications include industrial and food applications, such as binders and coatings, for example paint binders or coatings for paper products and pharmaceuticals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: POET RESEARCH, INC.
    Inventors: Leif Sedgewick Freeman, John Warrent Lawton, Jr., Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Marvin Lynn Mitchell, Laura Martin
  • Method for producing group III nitride-based compound semiconductor, wafer, and group III nitride-based compound semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9263258
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a Group III nitride-based compound semiconductor having an M-plane main surface. The method employs a sapphire substrate having a main surface which is inclined by 30° with respect to R-plane about a line of intersection Lsapph-AM formed by R-plane and A-plane perpendicular thereto. R-plane surfaces of the sapphire substrate are exposed, and a silicon dioxide mask is formed on the main surface of the substrate. AlN buffer layers are formed on the exposed R-plane surfaces. A GaN layer is formed on the AlN buffer layers. At an initial stage of GaN growth, the top surface of the sapphire substrate is entirely covered with the GaN layer through lateral growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Nagai, Shiro Yamazaki, Takayuki Sato, Yasuhide Yakushi, Koji Okuno, Koichi Goshonoo
  • Film and method of preparing the same
    Patent number: 9260575
    Abstract: A film and a method of preparing the same. The film includes cellulose ether and sodium chloride, wherein an amount of the sodium chloride is from about 0.25 wt % to about 0.6 wt % based on a total weight of the film, and the film has a light-transmission reduction ratio of about 15% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG FINE CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Ryul Son, Sung Hwan Bang, Jyung Hee Jeon, Sang Youb Lee, Ju Hee Shin
  • Separation of fluid catalytic cracking equilibrium catalysts to improve value and reduce waste
    Patent number: 9242235
    Abstract: Useful portions of equilibrium catalyst from a Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit are obtained by fractionating to obtain a narrow size fraction, followed by separation of the narrow size fraction using density as a fractionating criterion. Size fractionating may be performed in vibrating sieves, and the density fractionating may be performed in an air cyclone. Both beneficial and detrimental fractions can be identified; in one embodiment, large particles are removed from ECAT to improve the coking factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Integrated & Proven Catalyst Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Augusto R. Quinones
  • Co-doped titanium oxide foam and water disinfection device
    Patent number: 9242873
    Abstract: A quaternary oxide foam, comprises an open-cell foam containing (a) a dopant metal, (b) a dopant nonmetal, (c) titanium, and (d) oxygen. The foam has the advantages of a high surface area and a low back pressure during dynamic flow applications. The inactivation of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was demonstrated in a simple photoreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jian-Ku Shang, Pinggui Wu, Rong-Cai Xie
  • Electrode with porous protective film, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and method for manufacturing electrode with porous protective film
    Patent number: 9236606
    Abstract: An electrode with a porous protective film includes an electrode in which an active material layer is disposed on a collector and a porous protective film which is disposed on a surface of the active material layer and which contains fine particles, a binder, a surfactant, and a thickener. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a negative electrode in which a negative electrode active material layer is disposed on a negative electrode collector, a positive electrode in which a positive electrode active material layer is disposed on a positive electrode collector, a nonaqueous electrolyte, a separator, and a porous protective film which is disposed on at least one of a surface of the negative electrode active material layer or a surface of the positive electrode active material layer and which contains fine particles, a binder, a surfactant, and a thickener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Tadano
  • Alumina support for silver catalyst, preparation and use thereof
    Patent number: 9233942
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alumina support for silver catalyst, a process for preparing said alumina support, a silver catalyst made from said alumina support, and a use of said silver catalyst in the production of ethylene oxide by the oxidization of ethylene. According to the present invention, the silver catalyst made from the support prepared by potassium melt technology can have a high selectivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, BEIJING RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY, CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Lin, Jinbing Li, Jianshe Chen, Zhixiang Zhang, Qiang Lin, Jun Jiang, Shuyuan Cao, Qian Xue, Shujuan Wang, Zhiqiang Tang