Patents Examined by Nicole M Buie-Hatcher
  • III-V or II-VI compound semiconductor films on graphitic substrates
    Patent number: 11261537
    Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a film on a graphitic substrate, said film having been grown epitaxially on said substrate, wherein said film comprises at least one group III-V compound or at least one group II-VI compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
    Inventors: Bjørn-Ove Fimland, Dheeraj L. Dasa, Helge Weman
  • Cleaning solution, set of ink and cleaning solution, cleaning method, cleaning apparatus, printing method, and printing apparatus
    Patent number: 11261342
    Abstract: Provided is a cleaning solution including: water; a compound represented by general formula (1) below; a glycol ether solves in an amount of greater than 5 g in 100 g of water having a temperature of 25 degrees C., and a proportion of the glycol ether compound is 1 percent by mass or greater but 30 percent by mass or less, and wherein in general formula (1) below, R1 represents an alkyl group containing 1 or more but 4 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Shizuka Kohzuki, Akiko Bannai
  • Polymers of haloalkyl and haloalkenyl ether (meth)acrylates
    Patent number: 11254765
    Abstract: A curable composition containing at least one of a haloalkyl ether (meth)acrylate or a haloalkenyl ether (meth)acrylate and, optionally, one or more different types of co-monomers is cured to provide a polymer having advantageous properties as a result of the incorporation of halogenated functionality derived from the haloalkyl/haloalkenyl ether (meth)acrylate monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Bin Chen, Craig Alan Polsz, Lucy Clarkson, Jing-Han Wang
  • Method for producing purified fluoropolymer
    Patent number: 11254760
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a purified fluoropolymer containing less fluoridable end groups. The production method includes: (a) melting a fluoropolymer to give a molten fluoropolymer; (b) reducing a reaction inhibitor in the molten fluoropolymer; (c) bringing the molten fluoropolymer into contact with an active substance after the step (b); and (d) removing a volatile matter from the molten fluoropolymer after the step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadaharu Isaka, Ryouichi Fukagawa, Tadahiro Yabu
  • Polymeric surface having reduced biomolecule adhesion to thermoplastic articles of such substrate
    Patent number: 11248100
    Abstract: A substrate is described having a treated contact surface comprising a carbon or silicon compound comprising from 1 to 30 atomic percent oxygen, from 0.1 to 30 atomic percent nitrogen, or both, each as measured by XPS. The treated contact surface has a biomolecule recovery percentage greater than the biomolecule recovery percentage of the surface before treatment according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SIO2 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC
    Inventors: Ahmad Taha, John T. Felts
  • Method for producing purified fluoropolymer
    Patent number: 11220561
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a purified fluoropolymer containing less fluoridable end groups. The production method includes: (a) melting a fluoropolymer to give a molten fluoropolymer; (b) reducing a reaction inhibitor in the molten fluoropolymer; (c) bringing the molten fluoropolymer into contact with an active substance after the step (b); and (d) removing a volatile matter from the molten fluoropolymer after the step (c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tadaharu Isaka, Ryouichi Fukagawa, Tadahiro Yabu
  • Whitening agents for cellulosic substrates
    Patent number: 11198838
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mark Robert Sivik, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael A. Valenti, Laurent D. Kieken, Xiayong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick J. Valenti, Patrick D. Moore, Leonard J. Starks
  • Rinsing solution for metal blades
    Patent number: 11193095
    Abstract: A blade rinse composition comprising about 0.0001 to 0.01 wt. % disodium tetraborate decahydrate, about 0.0001 to 0.01 wt. % cationic surfactant, up to 5 wt. % anhydrous alcohol, and deionized water is disclosed, together with methods of making and using the same. The composition may prevent oxidation and/or contamination of metal blades and premature dullness of the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Wizard Labs, LLC
    Inventors: Wiley William Hitchcock, James Michael Puckett
  • Sodium lauroyl sarcosinate containing detergent compositions
    Patent number: 11191708
    Abstract: A detergent composition and a method of washing/cleaning urushiol at least partially, more typically substantially or completely off a surface of human skin or clothing. The detergent composition is typically a non-buffered composition that contains one or more C12 surfactants, typically at least a sodium lauroyl sarcosinate and the detergent composition is typically free of one or more of (1) any nonylphenol ethoxylate; (2) any pharmaceutically active drug or prodrug; (3) any salt in an amount that affects the functional characteristics of either of the solely C12 surfactants; (4) any salt in granular form; and/or (5) any ethoxylate that is a stand-alone ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: WILLIAM M. YARBROUGH FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Michael Edward Silver
  • Functionalized materials and compounds
    Patent number: 11192883
    Abstract: Processes for chemical functionalization of materials is described. The processed generally include chemical reaction between a thiol group of a first compound or material and an alkane group or alkyne group of a second compound or material. Also disclosed are functionalized materials and compounds suitable for functionalizing a material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: University of South Alabama
    Inventors: Thomas Grant Glover, Kevin N. West
  • Treatment liquid and treatment liquid housing body
    Patent number: 11175585
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a treatment liquid which is capable of suppressing the generation of defects of a semiconductor device and has excellent corrosion resistance and wettability. The treatment liquid of the present invention is a treatment liquid for a semiconductor device, containing at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of ethers, ketones, and lactones, water, and a metal component including at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, Mg, Mn, Li, Al, Cr, Ni, Ti, and Zn, in which the content of water in the treatment liquid is 100 ppb by mass to 100 ppm by mass and the content of the metal component in the treatment liquid is 10 ppq by mass to 10 ppb by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Murayama, Tetsuya Shimizu, Tetsuya Kamimura
  • Surfactant assisted formation of a catalyst complex for emulsion atom transfer radical polymerization processes
    Patent number: 11174325
    Abstract: Systems and methods for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) emulsion polymerization are provided. The ATRP emulsion polymerization comprises a suspending medium, a dispersed medium, a surfactant, a transition metal compound in a higher oxidation state, a ligand, and an ATRP initiator. The transition metal compound is capable of forming a catalyst complex in a presence of the ligand. The catalyst complex is soluble in the suspending medium and is capable of forming an ionic complex with the surfactant. The ionic complex is capable of moving between the suspending medium and the dispersed medium. A portion of the transition metal compound in the higher oxidation state within a portion of the catalyst complex is reduced by a physical and/or a chemical procedure thereby initiating a polymerization of one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomers by reaction with the initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Marco Fantin, Pawel Chmielarz, Yi Wang, Francesca Lorandi, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
  • Platewash composition
    Patent number: 11175586
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising a hydrocarbon solvent in combination with diisopropylbenzene or 2-ethylhexyl acetate, and optionally, a co-solvent selected from tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, 2-ethoxyethanol, terpineol, dipropylene glycol methyl ether, 2-butoxyethanol, 2-(2-butyoxyethoxy) ethanol, a naphthenic hydrocarbon, a paraffinic hydrocarbon, an olefinic hydrocarbon, an isoparaffinic hydrocarbon, a terepene, benzyl alcohol, cyclohexanol, methyl cyclohexanol, hexyl alcohol, and heptyl alcohol, and methods directed to the preparation and use of this composition. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NSX MANAGEMEN T GROUP, LLC
    Inventor: Jon-Eric Bonney
  • Method of making a copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene having sulfonyl pendant groups
    Patent number: 11155661
    Abstract: A method of making a copolymer is disclosed. The method includes copolymerizing components including tetrafluoroethylene and a compound represented by formula CF2?CF—O—(CF2)a—SO2X, wherein “a” is a number from 1 to 4, and X is —NZH, —NZ—SO2—(CF2)1-6—SO2X?, or —OZ, wherein Z is independently a hydrogen, an alkali metal cation, or a quaternary ammonium cation, and wherein X? is independently —NZH or —OZ. The components include at least 60 mole % of tetrafluoroethylene based on the total amount of components. A copolymer prepared by the method is also provided. A method of making a membrane using the copolymer is also provided. The present disclosure also provides a polymer electrolyte membrane that includes a copolymer made by the method and a membrane electrode assembly that includes such a polymer electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gregg D. Dahlke, Denis Duchesne, Klaus Hintzer, Markus E. Hirschberg, Kai H. Lochhaas, Arne Thaler, Tilman C. Zipplies
  • System and method for generation of emulsions with low interfacial tension and measuring frequency vibrations in the system
    Patent number: 11154824
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating droplets with a high level of uniformity in liquid systems that present a low interfacial tension. This method and apparatus utilize the breakup of the dispersed phase in a controlled fashion by periodically varying the pressure that drives the fluids so as to successfully generate emulsions with a good control over the size. The method and apparatus can be used for the formation of simple emulsion or double emulsion where a larger droplet contains one or more smaller droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: VERSITECH LIMITED
    Inventors: Ho Cheung Shum, Alban Sauret, Zida Li, Yang Song
  • Functional surfaces
    Patent number: 11154061
    Abstract: Articles having functional surfaces, for example antimicrobial functional surfaces, are prepared by methods comprising anodization. Organophosphorous compounds are deposited on a surface by methods comprising anodization, followed by attaching functional compounds, functional oligomers or functional polymers. Alternatively, functional organophosphorous compounds, functional oligomers or functional polymers are deposited on a surface by methods comprising anodization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: ORTHOBOND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Randell Clevenger, Jordan Katz
  • Branched triglyceride-based fluids useful for dielectric and/or heat transfer applications
    Patent number: 11155738
    Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kaustubh Gupte, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Domonique Downing, Nolan T. McDougal, Sreejit Nair
  • Antifouling treatment composition, treating apparatus, treating method and treated article
    Patent number: 11149149
    Abstract: A surface-treating agent for a nitrided surface, including a fluorine-containing compound having a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond at its molecular terminal as a group of —Y-A wherein Y is a single bond, an oxygen atom or a divalent organic group, and A is —CH?CH2 or —C?CH. Also disclosed is an article treated with the surface-treating agent, a method for forming a surface-treating layer on a surface of a base material, a surface-treating layer forming apparatus, and a process for producing an article including a base material and a surface-treating layer coating a surface of the base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuo Itami, Takashi Fuse, Madoka Okkotsu, Hidetoshi Kinoshita, Tatsuya Fukasawa
  • High molecular weight polyisobutylenes and polyisobutylene networks from liquid polyisobutylenes by thiol-ene clicking
    Patent number: 11142596
    Abstract: A polyisobutylene-based polymer network comprising the thiol-ene reaction product of at least two thiol-terminated polyisobutylene precursor polymers and at least one multi-functional allyl-containing precursor moiety or polymer in the presence of light or heat. The at least two thiol-terminated polyisobutylene precursor polymers have at least two thiol end groups. When each polyisobutylene precursor polymer has only two thiol end groups then the allyl-containing precursor moiety or polymer has at least three functional groups, and wherein when the allyl-containing precursor moiety or polymer has two functional groups then each polyisobutylene precursor polymer has at least three thiol end groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Joseph Kennedy, Turgut Nugay, Nihan Nugay
  • Aqueous polymer dispersion and aqueous coating composition comprising the same
    Patent number: 11142601
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of a multistage polymer, an aqueous coating composition having an extended open time and capable of providing coatings with good water resistance, and a process of preparing the coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Xiaohong Yang, Tao Wang