Patents Examined by James Seidleck
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Patent number: 8569405Abstract: The invention describes a process for reducing the amount of saturated or unsaturated monomers and oligomers during production and processing of styrenic polymers comprising a mixture of at least two components selected from the group consisting of a) phenol thioethers, b) phenol acrylates, c) 3-arylbenzofuran-2-ones and d) 1,1-di-substituted ethylenes or tri-substituted ethylenes.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Alex Wegmann, Sunghee Kim, Michèle Gerster
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Patent number: 8389668Abstract: The use of a catalytic ring-opening lactide and glycolide (co)oligomerization system consisting of a strongly acidic ion-exchange resin-type polymeric catalyst and a (co)oligomerization additive, and a lactide and glycolide (co)oligomerization method using said catalytic system, are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.Inventors: Frédéric Ben, Didier Bourissou, Roland Cherif-Cheikh, Anne De Sousa Delgado, Magalie Graullier, Blanca Martin-Vaca
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Patent number: 8058387Abstract: The present invention discloses a soluble polythiophene derivative containing highly coplanar repeating units. The coplanar characteristic of the TPT (thiophene-phenylene -thiophene) units improves the degree of intramolecular conjugation and intermolecular ?-? interaction. The polythiophene derivative exhibits good carrier mobility and is suitable for use in optoelectronic devices such as organic thin film transistors (OTFTs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and organic solar cells (OSCs).Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Shu-Hua Chan, Teng-Chih Chao, Bao-Tsan Ko, Chih-Ping Chen, Chin-Sheng Lin, Yi-Ling Chen, Chao-Ying Yu
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Patent number: 8030364Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparing method of polyols, polyurethane and polyurethane foams using the same. Polyester, polyamide and polyurethane are depolymerized with the polymeric fatty acid mono(polyhydroxyl alcohol)ide composition and additionally reacted with the polybasic acid, polyol and amine to prepare acid value of 05-˜1 mgKOH/g, hydroxyl value of 10˜500 mgKOH/g, and amine value of 1˜50 mgKOH/g in polyol. This is to transform the double bond of the unsaturated fatty acid from the component of the oils and fats into a conjugated double bond to induce the Diels-Alder reaction, and with the improvement of the reactivity to form a stable combination in the chemical structure to prevent the separate leaching appearance of fat and fatty oil from the final product. In particular, by recycling waste edible oil and waste synthetic resin that can be employed as industrially useful material, the invention provides environment advantages.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2005Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Inventors: Do Gyun Kim, Hyosung Kim
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Patent number: 8026337Abstract: A method for the production of a functionalized polytriazole polymer, particularly a poly(1,2,4-triazole)-polymer, includes the steps of (a) mixing a hydrazine salt, particularly hydrazine sulfate, with at least an aromatic and/or heteroaromatic dicarboxylic acid and/or at least a dicarboxylic acid derivate in polyphosphoric acid and if necessary further components for obtaining a solution; (b) heating the solution in a protective gas atmosphere for obtaining polyhydrazides and adding aromatic and/or heteroaromatic primary amines to the solution; and (c) precipitating a polymer. If necessary, neutralization in a basic solution may be carried out.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Helmholtz—Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material-und Küstenforschung GmbHInventors: Mariela Leticia Ponce, Dominique De Figueiredo Gomes, Suzana Nunes, Volker Abetz
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Patent number: 8017047Abstract: Microcapsules wherein the capsule wall is formed from an organic polymer (capsule wall polymer for short) and the core of the microcapsules comprises compounds containing carbodiimide groups (carbodiimide compound for short).Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Andre Burghardt, Maria Teresa Hechavarria Fonseca, Karl Haeberle, Oliver Hartz, Marc Rudolf Jung, Karl-Heinz Schumacher, Denise du Fresne von Hohenesche, Hans-Peter Hentze
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Patent number: 8017718Abstract: Disclosed are vinyl ethers and related compositions. The vinyl ethers are the conjugate addition reaction product of reactants comprising a vinyl ether group-containing acrylic ester and a nucleophile.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: John E. Schwendeman, M. Lisa Perrine
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Patent number: 8013173Abstract: A method for purifying an oxydiphthalic anhydride comprises diluting a first mixture comprising an oxydiphthalic anhydride, a solvent, a catalyst, and an inorganic salt with a solvent, to provide a second mixture having a solids content of 10 to 30 percent based on total weight of the second mixture; filtering and washing the solids of the second mixture at a temperature below the crystallization point temperature of the oxydiphthalic anhydride to provide a third mixture; hydrolyzing the third mixture by adding water and a water-soluble acid to form a fourth mixture; heating the fourth mixture; then cooling to provide a solid-liquid mixture, optionally decanting a portion of the liquid, rediluting the remaining solid-liquid mixture, then filtering to provide a solid component; washing the solid component with water to provide a fifth mixture of oxydiphthalic tetraacid and water; ring closing the oxydiphthalic tetraacid to provide oxydiphthalic anhydride, and filtering the oxydiphthalic anhydride.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.Inventors: Beatriz Penalver Bernabe, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Lioba Maria Kloppenburg, Matt Kuhlman, Roy Ray Odle, Eric Pressman, Narayan Ramesh, Harpreet Singh
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Patent number: 8013027Abstract: A basket is made from embedded recycled container sheet. The basket includes: a side wall and a bottom, the side wall and the bottom being connected to one another in the shape of a basket with an open top, the side wall being, at least in part, a plurality of flattened recycled containers embedded therein, and each of the plurality of flattened recycled containers being visibly recognizable. In some embodiments, the basket also includes a hanging mechanism attached to at least one of the side wall and the bottom. The side wall has a footprint that may be circular, conical, oval, square, rectangular, polygonal or irregular.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: B Green Innovations, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth P. Glynn
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Patent number: 8013028Abstract: An embedded recycled container sheet binder includes a front cover and a back cover, the front cover and the back cover being connected to one another for opening and closing, at least one of the front cover and the back cover being, at least in part, a plurality of flattened recycled containers embedded in a plastic base, and each of the plurality of flattened recycled containers being visibly recognizable. The plurality of flattened recycled containers is preferably embedded between a base substrate of plastic and a top layer of plastic. The base substrate is a recycled plastic base substrate selected from the group consisting of clear plastic, opaque plastic, colored plastic and combinations thereof. In some preferred embodiments, the embedded recycled container sheet binder the top layer is a recycled plastic selected from the group consisting of clear plastic, opaque plastic and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: B Green Innovations, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth P. Glynn
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Patent number: 8013040Abstract: This invention is directed to an extruded product, extrudable compound, and an extrusion method using a polymer, a cellulosic fiber, and at least one lubricant selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated esters of hydantoins, ethoxylated esters of sorbitol or sorbitan, or N, N?-bisalkanoylethylenediamines containing from 8 to 14 carbons of the alkanoyl group and compositions manufactured through such processes which simulate conventional wood products. The N,N?-bisalkanoylethylenediamines are new compositions of matter containing from 8 to 14 carbons of the alkanoyl group having a particle size range from about 90 to 150 ?m, preferably from about 120 to 140 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Lonza Inc.Inventors: Joseph B. Williams, Kenneth S. Geick, Ahmed M. Tafesh, Xiao Jiang
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Patent number: 8008402Abstract: Modular plastic structural composites formed from a mixture of (A) high density polyolefin and one or both of: (B) a thermoplastic-coated fiber material, or (C) polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate), or a combination thereof. Composites molded in the form of I-Beams and bridges constructed therefrom are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Jennifer K. Lynch, Thomas J. Nosker, Richard Lehman, James D. Idol, Kenneth Van Ness, Richard W. Renfree, Maryann Renfree, legal representative
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Patent number: 8007579Abstract: The invention relates to preparations based on polymerizable polyether materials and a fluidity improver and to the use thereof in producing dental materials, especially impression materials.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Thomas Klettke, Bernd Kuppermann, Hendrik M. Grupp
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Patent number: 8003751Abstract: A polymer with a backbone and an unsaturated side chain attached to the backbone. The polymer may optionally be combined with an oxidation catalyst and/or other ingredients.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.Inventors: Paul E. Share, Keith R. Pillage, Charles I. Skillman, Paul E. Fuchs
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Patent number: 8003749Abstract: Disclosed is a fluorine-containing dicarboxylic acid represented by formula (1), wherein n represents an integer of 1-4, and the two carboxylic groups are not adjacent to each other on the aromatic ring. It is possible to obtain a linear polymer compound by reacting the fluorine-containing dicarboxylic acid with a comonomer (e.g., diaminodiol). By thermal cyclization, this linear polymer compound can be converted into another polymer compound having superior characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Satoru Narizuka, Yuji Hagiwara, Masashi Nagamori, Kazuhiro Yamanaka
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Patent number: 8003715Abstract: Cellulose mixed esters are disclosed having low molecular weights and low degrees of polymerization. These new cellulose mixed esters include cellulose acetate propionate and cellulose acetate butyrate. The esters exhibit solubility in a wide range of organic solvents with minimal viscosity increase, are compatible with a wide variety of resins, and are useful in coatings and inks compositions as binder resins and rheology modifiers.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Michael Charles Shelton, Jessica Dee Posey-Dowty, Luis Guillermo Rios Perdomo, Daniel Wayne Dixon, Jr., Paul Lee Lucas, Alan Kent Wilson, Kenneth Raymond Walker, Jonathan Edward Lawniczak, Roy Glenn Foulk, Hieu Duy Phan, Charlie Carroll Freeman, Jr.
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Patent number: 8003025Abstract: The present invention provides: a microcapsule composition for electrophoretic displays; a production process for the microcapsule composition for the electrophoretic displays; a production process for a sheet for the electrophoretic displays; and a handling method for microcapsules for the electrophoretic displays; wherein the microcapsule composition contains microcapsules and, when used for the electrophoretic displays, can make them as excellent as conventional in various performances (e.g. longtime stability of displaying, respondability of displaying, contrast, and number of times of display rewritability) and, particularly above all, can make the electrophoretic displays exhibit a very high performance as to the contrast.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2008Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation, Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sadao Kanbe, Hideyuki Kawai, Mitsuo Kushino, Makoto Matsumoto
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Patent number: 7996945Abstract: Modular plastic structural composites having a web section disposed along a horizontal axis and at least one flange section disposed along a horizontal axis parallel thereto and integrally molded to engage the top or bottom surface of the web section, wherein said composite is formed from a mixture of (A) high density polyolefin and (B) a thermoplastic-coated fiber material, poly-styrene, or a combination thereof. Composites molded in the form of I-Beams and bridges constructed therefrom are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2010Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInventors: Thomas Nosker, Richard Renfree, Maryann Renfree, legal representative, James Kerstein, Louis Simon
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Patent number: 7999012Abstract: Disclosed is a system to mechanically destroy printer toner cartridges and reclaim their constituent materials under a water shielded environment while providing a safer and more environmentally friendly recycling system. The present invention is an economical system that provides greater protection from possible fire or explosion and releases less irritating or possibly harmful airborne contamination than the currently available systems.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Inventors: Lacee Lamphere, Brian Ibarra, Donald Laffler, James Hardin
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Patent number: 7999066Abstract: The present invention relates to a precipitation process for removing transition metals from polymer solutions. Specifically, it comprises the removal of transition metal complexes which usually comprise copper from polymer solutions after a completed atom transfer radical polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Sven Balk, Gerd Loehden, Christine Miess, Christine Troemer, Monika Maerz