Patents Examined by David W. Wu
  • Patent number: 8962510
    Abstract: The invention relates to catalyst compositions including at least one catalyst compound and at least one continuity additive such as poly-oxo-metal carboxylate compound and their use in the polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Agapios K. Agapiou, Chi-I Kuo, David M. Glowczwski, Michael D. Awe, Ghanshyam H. Patel, Randy D. Ackerman
  • Patent number: 8946348
    Abstract: Various processes and methods are disclosed for incorporating polyvinyl alcohol additives into products. In one embodiment, polyvinyl alcohol particles are dissolved in a solvent without the use of external heat to form a polyvinyl alcohol solution for incorporation into a product. In an alternative embodiment, polyvinyl alcohol particles are directly incorporated into a starch-based adhesive composition. Through the processes of the present disclosure, solid polyvinyl alcohol particles can be delivered directly to a manufacturing facility where the product that incorporates the polyvinyl alcohol additive is being made or formulated. In this manner, since the polyvinyl alcohol particles are not predissolved, the costs associated with shipping and transporting the polyvinyl alcohol product are greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC
    Inventors: Eduardo Romero-Nochebuena, Martin Craig Hoofnagle, Jose A. Briones, Emily A. Duff
  • Patent number: 8940654
    Abstract: A catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins obtained by: (a) reacting in a inert hydrocarbon suspension medium a Mg(OR1)(OR2) compound, in which R1 and R2 are identical or different and are each an alkyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, with a tetravalent transition metal compound having at least a Metal-halogen bond, used in amounts such that the molar ratio metal/Mg is from 0.05 to 10, thereby obtaining a solid reaction product dispersed in a hydrocarbon slurry, (b) washing the solid reaction product dispersed in a hydrocarbon slurry with a liquid hydrocarbon, (c) contacting the washed solid reaction product obtained in (b) with a tetravalent titanium compound and (d) contacting the product obtained in (c) with an organometallic compound of a metal of group 1, 2 or 13 of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Friedhelm Gundert, Martin Schneider
  • Patent number: 8940653
    Abstract: Adducts comprising a MgCl2, an alcohol ROH in which R is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group, present in a molar ratio with MgCl2 ranging from 0.5 to 5 and less than 15% wt, based on the total weight of the adduct, of a metal salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having from 8 to 22 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Gianni Collina, Daniele Evangelisti, Benedetta Gaddi, Anna Fait
  • Patent number: 8921251
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of producing polymers and copolymers of olefin oligomers produced by a trimerization reaction of olefin monomers. There is disclosed a process which comprises producing olefin oligomers with the aid of a trimerization catalyst system prepared using UHF irradiation for activating individual components of the trimerization catalyst system. The use of the trimerization catalyst system thus improved and having increased activity provides for increased effectiveness in the production of olefin oligomers from ethylene or other olefin monomers, inter alia, at a low pressure of ethylene. The olefin oligomers thus produced are then polymerized or copolymerized using processes known in the art. The technical effect consists in increasing the effectiveness of the production of olefin oligomers which are then used in a polymerization or copolymerization reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Open Joint Stock Company “Sibur Holding”
    Inventors: Timur Mikhailovich Zilbershtein, Maxim Vladimirovich Lipskikh, Alexei Alexandrovich Nosikov, Georgy Viktorovich Nesyn
  • Patent number: 8921253
    Abstract: Catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins comprising Mg, Ti and an electron donor compound of the following formula (I) In which R to R4 groups, equal to or different from each other, are hydrogen, halogen or C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups, optionally containing an heteroatom selected from halogen, P, S, N and Si, which may be linked to form a saturated or unsaturated mono or polycycle and R5 groups are selected from C1-C15 hydrocarbon groups optionally containing an heteroatom selected from halogen, P, S, N and Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Alessandro Mignogna, Simona Guidotti, Giampiero Morini, Joachim T. M. Pater
  • Patent number: 8901235
    Abstract: An adhesive composition of the present invention contains, as a main composition, a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing a monomer having a maleimide group, and further contains a thermal polymerization inhibitor. As a result, it is possible to provide an adhesive composition that allows forming an adhesive layer that is excellently dissolved after the adhesive layer has been subjected to a high-temperature process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Hirofumi Imai
  • Patent number: 8901237
    Abstract: The invention also relates to a method to increase stain resistance and penetration resistance of aqueous coating compositions which method comprises providing a coating composition which contain at least one pigment, at least one film-forming polymer in the form of an aqueous polymer dispersion and at least one anionic surfactant, wherein the anionic surfactant comprises at least 85% by weight, preferably at least 90% by weight, more preferably at least 95% by weight, based on the total weight of anionic surfactant in the coating composition, of at least one anionic surfactant S, which is selected from semi-esters of sulfuric acid or phosphoric acid with an alcohol, which alcohol carries at least one alkyl radical having from 8 to 30 carbon atoms or an alkyl substituted phenyl radical wherein alkyl has from 4 to 30 carbon atoms and which alcohol may carry an oligo-C2-C3-alkylene-ether group provided that the number of repeating units in the oligo-C2-C3-alkylene-ether group is at most 15, or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mubarik Mahmood Chowdhry, Hideki Yamashita, Cheeseng Yong, Gregory John Catterall, Jonathon Shane Allen, Roger Jan Van Sonsbeek, David Redfern, Bernhard Schuler, Oliver Wagner, David Christie
  • Patent number: 8901227
    Abstract: A finely divided, cationic, aqueous polymer dispersion, obtained by (I) solution polymerizing a first mixture containing (a) 15-40% by weight of a mixture of (a1) a (meth)acrylate and (a2) a (meth)acrylamide, (b) 40-85% by weight of styrene, (c) 0.5-5% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (d) 0-20% by weight of a nonionic, ethylenically unsaturated monomer differing from (b); (II) adding water; and (III) emulsion polymerizing a second monomer mixture containing (i) 0-29% by weight of styrene, (ii) 50-100% by weight of a C1- to C18-(meth)acrylate, (iii) 0-30% by weight of a vinyl ester of a C1-C30-carboxylic acid, and (iv) 0-30% by weight of a nonionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer differing from (i), (ii), and (iii), wherein at least one of the solution and emulsion polymerizing are performed in the presence of 0-10% by weight of a regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Anja Song, Holger Kern
  • Patent number: 8901234
    Abstract: An adhesive composition of the present invention contains, as a main composition, a polymer obtained by copolymerizing a monomer composition containing a monomer having a maleimide group, and further contains a thermal polymerization inhibitor. As a result, it is possible to provide an adhesive composition that allows forming an adhesive layer that is excellently dissolved after the adhesive layer has been subjected to a high-temperature process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Asai, Koichi Misumi, Hirofumi Imai
  • Patent number: 8883939
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing polymers from monomers and/or oligomers by adding a liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers dropwise to a continuous liquid phase in a reactor, the continuous liquid phase being immiscible with the liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers, and the monomers and/or oligomers reacting in the continuous liquid phase to give the polymer. The liquid comprising the monomers and/or oligomers is shaped to droplets outside the continuous liquid phase, which are subsequently introduced into the continuous liquid phase. The invention further relates to a reactor for performing the process, comprising a tube through which a continuous liquid phase flows, and means of generating droplets, the means of generating droplets being arranged such that the droplets are generated outside the continuous liquid phase and then introduced into the continuous liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mohammed Abboud, Philippe Desbois, Norbert Gmähle, Herbert Römer, Thilo Krebs, Dennis Lösch
  • Patent number: 8859639
    Abstract: A capsulated colorant including a colorant and a polymer resin which is coated on the colorant and has a cross-linked structure, a method of preparing the capsulated colorant, and an ink composition including the capsulated colorant. By adjusting the extent of cross-linking of the colorant on which the polymer having a cross-linked structure is coated, a capsulated colorant having a cross-linking of larger extent and a capsulated colorant having a cross-linking of smaller extent are obtained. By using an ink composition including the capsulated colorant having a larger cross-linked extent, characteristics of excellent waterfastness, lighffastness, rubfastness and optical density can be realized. In addition, by using the ink composition including the capsulated colorant having a smaller cross-linked extent, images with excellent durability and printed gloss can be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong-in Lee
  • Patent number: 8859450
    Abstract: A solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization, comprising titanium atoms, magnesium atoms, halogen atoms and hydrocarbyloxy groups, wherein the following filtrate contains titanium atoms in a concentration of 0.08 mg-Ti/ml-filtrate or lower, measured according to a method comprising the steps of (1) preparing a suspension of the solid catalyst component for olefin polymerization in heptane having a concentration of 0.1 g-solid catalyst component/ml-suspension, (2) heating the suspension at 70° C. for 30 minutes under stirring, (3) filtering the suspension, thereby obtaining a filtrate, and (4) measuring a concentration of titanium atoms contained in the filtrate; and a production process of the solid catalyst component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Shin-ichi Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 8853118
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for polymerization of propylene, the catalyst system comprising a Ziegler Natta procatalyst, an organoaluminium cocatalyst, a monoester of an aromatic carboxylic acid as the internal donor and ethyl-4-isopropoxy benzoate as the selectivity control agent. The invention also relates to a process for polymerization using the catalyst system as well as to polymers prepared by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Reliance Industries Limited
    Inventors: Virendrakumar Gupta, Harshad Ramdas Patil, Dhananjay Ghelabhai Naik
  • Patent number: 8846818
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer particles directly cross-linked together or cross-linked via a separate and independent polymer network to form an inter-penetrating network are disclosed herein, along with methods of manufacturing and use as interleaf tougheners of pre-pregs and composite articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Cytec Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Yi Wei, Alexandre A. Baidak, James Senger
  • Patent number: 8846834
    Abstract: Mineral oil is added to a supported chromium catalyst in amounts which maintain a free flowing particulate material. Chromium catalysts so treated, provide polyethylene in a gas phase ethylene polymerization process with reduced reactor fouling or static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang Gao, Patrick Drew Evans
  • Patent number: 8841398
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing an ?-olefin polymer comprising polymerizing or copolymerizing (a) C3 or higher ?-olefin(s) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising solid titanium catalyst component (I) containing titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a compound with a specific structure having two or more ether linkages and organometallic catalyst component (II) with high catalytic activity. In this process, particularly even in (co)polymerizing (a) higher olefin(s), demineralization is unnecessary. A 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer obtained by polymerization using the catalyst of the present invention is excellent in tacticity, transparency, heat resistance, and releasability, and the polymer is particularly suitable for a release film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Tooru Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8835533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to anaerobically curable compositions demonstrating resistance to elevated temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Henkel US IP LLC
    Inventors: Qinyan Zhu, Shabbir Attarwala
  • Patent number: 8834970
    Abstract: Preliminary cure of an aqueous acrylic weatherproofing emulsion coating is accelerated by contacting the coating with urea hydrochloride dissolved in water or an organic solvent at least partially miscible with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Tremco Barrier Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Wells, Michael J. Mettille
  • Patent number: 8829099
    Abstract: A resin composition comprising a polylactic acid-based resin (A) and methacrylic resins (B), wherein the methacrylic resins having at least (a) a difference of 10° C. or more in glass transition temperature or (b) a difference of 3% or more in syndiotacticity; it is preferred that at least one of the methacrylic resins (B) is a methacrylic resin having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 to 450,000, a glass transition temperature of 110° C. or higher and a syndiotacticity of 40% or more, and that the resin composition further contains a multilayer structure polymer formed as particles each consisting of a core layer and one or more shell layers covering it (C). A molded article made of said resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadanori Kumazawa, Yuki Amano, Hiroyuki Ohme