Patents Examined by Liam J Heincer
  • Polymeric material
    Patent number: 11345791
    Abstract: A polymeric material that includes a thermoplastic composition containing a continuous phase that includes a matrix polymer and a siloxane component is provided. The siloxane component contains an ultrahigh molecular weight siloxane polymer that is dispersed within the continuous phase in the form of discrete domains. A porous network is defined within the thermoplastic composition that includes a plurality of nanopores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. McEneany, Yuriy Galabura, Antonio J. Carrillo Ojeda, Neil T. Scholl, Vasily A. Topolkaraev, David W. Hall, Juha P. Kemppinen, Peter S. Lortscher, Lori A. Eslinger, Brent M. Thompson, Gregory J. Wideman
  • High alkaline warewash detergent with enhanced scale control and soil dispersion
    Patent number: 11339354
    Abstract: Detergent compositions and methods of preparing and using the detergent compositions are disclosed. The detergent compositions comprise a polymer system comprising at least one polycarboxylic acid polymer, copolymer, or terpolymer, an alkalinity source comprising an alkali metal carbonate, a nonionic surfactant and water. The detergent compositions are suitable at alkaline pH and reduce or prevent scale formation, improve soil dispersion, and provide effective detergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: David Dotzauer, Timothy Meier, Carter M. Silvernail, John Mansergh
  • Biogenic low viscosity insulating oil
    Patent number: 11339331
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-petroleum based electrical insulating oil, wherein the method can include providing a primary mixture of non-petroleum origin, containing isomerized straight chain hydrocarbons; performing a distillation and/or stripping of the primary mixture; collecting a paraffinic base oil as a product of the distillation and/or stripping, containing a mixture of isoalkanes and alkanes; and mixing the base oil with an antioxidant additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: NESTE OYJ, AVANTHERM AB
    Inventor: Per Wiklund
  • Method for continuous acetylation of wood elements
    Patent number: 11338468
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for continuous acetylation of wood elements. The acetylation is conducted with an acetylation medium at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg in a substantially oxygen free environment. Alternatively, the method includes the steps of: (a) feeding wood elements in a substantially oxygen free environment to a continuous acetylation reactor, and (b) treating the wood elements with an acetylation medium in the continuous acetylation reactor under wood acetylation reaction conditions, at a pressure of at least 1.5 barg. The process can acetylate wood elements to a high acetyl content in an efficient way, without compromising on the quality of the material. The acetylated wood elements can be used in the production of medium density fibreboards with superior qualities such as dimensional stability and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TRICOYA TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen John Benstead, Theodorus Gerardus Marinus Maria Kappen
  • Adhesive
    Patent number: 11339313
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive that effectively utilizes bark and demonstrates superior adhesion performance. The adhesive of the present invention comprises at least one adhesive resin (A) selected from the group consisting of phenolic resin, urea resin, and melamine resin, and finely pulverized bark (B) comprising cellulose nanofibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: WOOD ONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Horito, Naoko Kurushima, Tomoyuki Matsumae, Yoshikazu Yazaki
  • Polyolefin-based composition for a lid and methods of making and using
    Patent number: 11331887
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to compositions and processes suitable for use in forming a lid for a hot food or beverage container, the lid being made from a multi-layer sheet that includes a substrate layer and a cap layer made from polyolefin-based compositions. The lid has a density less than water at 23° C., allowing the lid to be recycled in a recycling stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Dart Container Corporation
    Inventor: Chengtao Li
  • Microfibrillated cellulose as rheology modifier in adhesives
    Patent number: 11332647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to starch-based adhesive compositions comprising microfibrillatedcellulose (“MFC”). In addition to microfibrillated cellulose, these adhesive compositions comprise at least one starch and/or at least one starch derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Borregaard AS
    Inventors: Synnøve Holtan, Katérina Liapis, Jan Berg
  • Foams based on thermoplastic polyurethanes
    Patent number: 11332594
    Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Prissok, Frank Braun
  • Anti-redeposition additive for laundry detergent
    Patent number: 11326133
    Abstract: A laundry detergent composition comprising an anti-redeposition agent, a surfactant, and optionally a builder, wherein the anti-redeposition agent is a polymer comprising polymerized units of: (a) from 5 to 40 wt % of at least one nitrogen-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer having at least one pKa value from 6 to 11.5, and (b) from 60 to 95 wt % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Butterick, Eric Wasserman, Afua Sarpong Karikari
  • Continuous production of fuel grade hydrocarbons by hydrotreatment of functionalized lignin
    Patent number: 11319448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition and a method of preparing the composition where the composition comprising functionalized lignin having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1,000 g/mol and a green carrier liquid comprising depolymerized functional lignin, wherein the functionalized lignin is dissolved in the green carrier liquid and wherein the amount of depolymerized functionalized lignin compounds in the composition is higher than the amount of functionalized lignin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: REN FUEL K2B AB
    Inventors: Christian Dahlstrand, Joseph Samec
  • Resin composition containing polyvinyl chloride resin and acrylic resin and board for interior materials manufactured using the same
    Patent number: 11312855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition containing a polyvinyl chloride resin and an acrylic resin and a board for interior materials manufactured using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a resin composition having excellent heat resistance due to a high glass transition temperature, having high flexibility even with a low plasticizer content, and having excellent processability due to such properties, as compared with the case wherein a polyvinyl chloride resin is used alone, and to a board for interior materials manufactured using the resin composition. According to the present invention, the resin composition may be applied to both a calendering method and an extrusion method due to excellent processability thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG Hausys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae Seung Ko, Seung Baik Nam, Myeong Seok Park, Woo Kyung Jang, Woo Chul Jung
  • Process for the production of cellulose, lignocellulosic sugars, lignosulfonate, and ethanol
    Patent number: 11306113
    Abstract: A process for the production of cellulose, lignocellulosic sugars, lignosulfonate, and ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The process comprises steaming, pretreatment, chemical recovery, saccharification, and optionally fermentation. The pretreatment conditions use only sulfur dioxide and water, simultaneously resulting in high glucan conversion to glucose at low enzyme charges, high recovery of hemicellulose-derived monomeric sugars, high lignosulfonate yield, and the absence of lignin precipitates. High-yield production of ethanol through fermentation can be obtained using this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: American Process International LLC
    Inventors: Mikhail Iakovlev, Theodora Retsina, Adriaan van Heiningen, Myrto Papaioannou, Eleni Natsi
  • Treatment compositions
    Patent number: 11306275
    Abstract: The present invention relates to treatment compositions containing polymer systems that provide stability and benefit agent deposition as well as methods of making and using same. Such treatment compositions may be used for example as through the wash and/or through the rinse fabric enhancers as well as unit dose treatment compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark Robert Sivik, Travis Kyle Hodgdon, Alessandro Corona, III, Robert Richard Dykstra, Richard Timothy Hartshorn, Nicholas David Vetter, Tessa Xuan
  • Foams based on thermoplastic polyurethanes
    Patent number: 11292886
    Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Prissok, Frank Braun
  • Bitumen solid at ambient temperature
    Patent number: 11292913
    Abstract: Granules of material usable as a road binder or as a sealing binder including a core and a coating layer, wherein: the core consists of a first composition including at least one material selected from: a bitumen base, a pitch, a clear binder, and the coating layer consists of a second composition which includes: at least one viscosifying compound selected from cellulose ethers, and at least one anticaking agent. Also, a method for producing granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder, and the use thereof as a road binder, in particular for the production of coated materials. Also, a method for producing coatings from granules of material that can be used as a road binder or as a sealing binder and to a method for transporting and/or storing and/or handling granules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: TOTAL MARKETING SERVICES
    Inventors: Romain Colliat, Yvong Hung
  • Composite resins containing silver nanoparticles
    Patent number: 11292923
    Abstract: A composite resin comprising silver nanoparticles and a polymer where the silver nanoparticles are formed by reduction of silver ions by the functional groups of the polymer without the addition or application of an external reducing agent. The composite e resin has a low silver leach rate. The composite resin may be used as a surface coating, particularly an antimicrobial or antifouling surface coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: INHIBIT COATINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Eldon Warwick Tate, James Howard Johnston
  • Foams based on thermoplastic polyurethanes
    Patent number: 11292887
    Abstract: Expandable thermoplastic polyurethane comprising blowing agent, wherein the Shore hardness of the thermoplastic polyurethane is from A 44 to A 84.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Prissok, Frank Braun
  • Parenchymal cellulose composition
    Patent number: 11286313
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing, re-activating and using compositions including fibrillated parenchymal cellulose and activator are provided. The activator has a low molecular weight and is used to facilitate reactivation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: BETULIUM OY
    Inventors: Antti Laukkanen, Jason McKee, Nikolaos Pahimanolis
  • Biogenic low viscosity insulating oil
    Patent number: 11286426
    Abstract: A method of producing a non-petroleum based electrical insulating oil, wherein the method can include providing a primary mixture of non-petroleum origin, containing isomerized straight chain hydrocarbons; performing a distillation and/or stripping of the primary mixture; collecting a paraffinic base oil as a product of the distillation and/or stripping, containing a mixture of isoalkanes and alkanes; and mixing the base oil with an antioxidant additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: NESTE OYJ, AVANTHERM AB
    Inventor: Per Wiklund
  • Biodegradable nanostructured composites
    Patent number: 11279823
    Abstract: A highly compatibilized biodegradable composite with high impact strength including: (a) a polymeric matrix having one or more biodegradable polymers; (b) one or more fillers; and (c) free radical initiators are fabricated via one-step reactive extrusion method. An in-situ free radical reaction method of manufacturing the biodegradable composite, including the step of (a) (1) mixing one or more biodegradable polymers and a free radical initiator; (2) melting step (1) thereby manufacturing the highly compatibilized biodegradable matrix. (b) Mixing the composites of step (a) and fillers or second biodegradable polymers, thereby manufacturing the biodegradable composite. Also, nano-blends are successfully prepared in this invention ascribe to the improved compatibility of the different components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH
    Inventors: Amar Kumar Mohanty, Manjusri Misra, Feng Wu