Patents Examined by Porfirio Nazario-Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9580450
    Abstract: The present invention provides salts of a cation and an anion, wherein the cation comprises (i) a silsesquioxane moiety of formula (ii) a chromophoric moiety D, which may which may be substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-10-alkyl, phenyl, halogen, OC1-6-alkyl, OH, NH2 and NO2, and (iii) a moiety of formula wherein L4 is C1-20-alkylene, phenylene-C1-20-alkylene or C1-20-alkylene-phenylene-C1-20alkylene, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are independently from each other hydrogen or C1-4-alkyl, R15, R16, R17 and R18 are independently from each other C1-4-alkyl, R19 is C1-20-alkyl, which may be substituted with phenyl, O—C1-6-alkyl or NO2, and d is an integer from 1 to 25, and electrophoretic devices comprising the salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Reinhold Öhrlein, Gabriele Baisch
  • Patent number: 9574153
    Abstract: New compositions of matter that provide lubricant properties when cured into a coating on a substrate. The compositions are low molecular weight structured polysilicate compositions that have high silanol contents. The polysilicates are combined with a condensation catalyst and allowed to cure on the appropriate substrate. The cured coating has lubricant properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: John D Blizzard, Robert L McKellar
  • Patent number: 9567441
    Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a polysiloxane which has polymerizable groups at the both terminals, is well compatible with another hydrophilic monomer, and provides a (co)polymer having improved durability of mechanical strengths. The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula (1) having a group represented by the formula (3) as a hydrophilic side chain, which is characterized in that the hydrophilic side chain has an alkyl group having three hydroxyl groups and no ether bond. Further, the present invention provides a method for preparing the silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Muneo Kudo
  • Patent number: 9567278
    Abstract: The present invention is a process for preparing a 4-alkylbenzaldehyde (para-alkylbenzaldehyde). An alkylbenzene, solvated in a solvent comprising at least one aliphatic solvent having in the range of 3 to 15 carbons, is reacted with carbon monoxide, in the presence of an aluminum halide and a hydrogen halide acid. Disproportionation is reduced and proportion of para-alkyl-benzaldehyde is increased with respect to other methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tse-Chong Wu
  • Patent number: 9562118
    Abstract: A robust mesoporous metal-organic framework comprising a hafnium-based metal-organic framework and a single-site zirconium-benzyl species is provided. The hafnium, zirconium-benzyl metal-organic framework is useful as a catalyst for the polymerization of an alkene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Omar K. Farha, Joseph T. Hupp, Massimiliano Delferro, Rachel C. Klet
  • Patent number: 9562062
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ligand compound, a catalyst system for ethylene oligomerization, and a method for ethylene oligomerization using the same. The catalyst system for ethylene oligomerization according to the present invention not only has excellent catalytic activity but also shows more improved liquid olefin selectivity, and enables more effective preparation of an alpha-olefin through the oligomerization of ethylene because it is particularly possible to control the selectivity to 1-hexene or 1-octene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd
    Inventors: Sung Min Lee, Yong Ho Lee, Min Seok Cho, Seok Pil Sa, Ki Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 9556206
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a mild, efficient, and general direct C(sp)-H bond silylation. Various embodiments includes methods, each method comprising or consisting essentially of contacting at least one organic substrate comprising a terminal alkynyl C—H bond, with a mixture of at least one organosilane and an alkali metal hydroxide, under conditions sufficient to form a silylated terminal alkynyl moiety. The methods are operable in the substantially absence of transition-metal compounds. The systems associated with these methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Anton Toutov, Kerry Betz, Brian M. Stoltz, Wenbo Liu, Robert H. Grubbs
  • Patent number: 9556092
    Abstract: A method includes a step of supplying a first heated hydrocarbon-containing gas stream to a reactor. An oxygen-containing gas stream is separately supplied to the reactor to partially oxidize the hydrocarbon-containing gas stream. The oxygen-containing gas is optionally prepared by passing air through one or more membranes to increase the oxygen content. One or more of the desired liquid oxygenated hydrocarbons are condensed and/or separated from the resulting product stream. Non-hydrocarbon gases are selectively removed from the product stream to enrich the gaseous hydrocarbon fraction using a scrubber and/or a membrane. The remaining gaseous hydrocarbon products from the product stream are mixed with a fresh hydrocarbon-containing gas stream after one cycle of the reaction. Characteristically, the process uses at least one membrane to increase oxygen content of the oxygen containing gas and/or to remove non-hydrocarbon gases from the product stream as set forth above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: GAS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Evan Michael Visser, Ian Lawrence Gaffney, Walter Briedenstein
  • Patent number: 9556212
    Abstract: The present invention provides a raw material, formed of a ruthenium complex, for producing a ruthenium thin film or a ruthenium compound thin film by a chemical deposition method, wherein the ruthenium complex is a ruthenium complex represented by the following formula, in which carbonyl groups and a fluoroalkyl derivative of a polyene are coordinated to ruthenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Harada, Naoki Nakata, Masayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 9546192
    Abstract: A novel ligated reagent complex is provided. The ligated reagent includes at least one zero-valent atom, whether metal, metalloid, or non-metal, in complex with at least one hydride molecule and at least one nitrile compound. The ligated reagent complex can be useful in the synthesis of nanoparticles. Also provided is a method for preparing a ligated reagent complex. The method includes a step of ball-milling a mixture that includes a preparation containing a zero-valent element, a hydride molecule, and a nitrile compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., The University of Manitoba
    Inventors: Michael Paul Rowe, Elizabeth Marie Skoropata, Yaroslav Stephan Wrocyznskyj, Johan Alexander van Lierop
  • Patent number: 9540401
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the cost-effective and environmentally friendly production of dialkyl indium chloride in high yield and with high selectivity and purity. The dialkyl indium chloride produced according to the invention is particularly suitable, also as a result of the high purity and yield, for the production, on demand, of indium-containing precursors in high yield and with high selectivity and purity. As a result of the high purity, the indium-containing precursors that can be produced are particularly suitable for metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) or metal organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE). The novel method according to the invention is characterized by the improved execution of the method, in particular a rapid process control. Owing to targeted and extensive use of raw materials that are cost-effective and have a low environmental impact, the method is also suitable for use on an industrial scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: UMICORE AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Joerg Sundermeyer, Annika Frey, Wolf Schorn, David Grosse-Hagenbrock, Ralf Karch, Andreas Rivas-Nass, Eileen Woerner, Angelino Doppiu
  • Patent number: 9539566
    Abstract: A process for forming a catalyst from a catalytic metal precursor, a chelating bisphosphite and a bulky monophosphite, with a slightly greater than stoichiometric amount of chelating bisphosphite relative to catalytic metal under a CO partial pressure at least 25 psig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Technology Investments LLC
    Inventors: Michael A. Brammer, Rick B. Watson, Avery L. Watkins
  • Patent number: 9540284
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of preparing a WNx, WNxCy, WNxOz, and WNxCyOz solid by the deposition of a WNx precursor at a temperature below 300° C. The WNx precursor is a tungsten nitrido complex. The deposition can be carried out using a tungsten nitrido complex as a single-source metal organic precursor. In an embodiment of the invention, the deposition can be performed to form a plurality of WNx, WNxCy, WNxOz, WNxCyOz nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Lisa McElwee-White, Timothy James Anderson, K. Randall McClain, Christopher O'Donohue
  • Patent number: 9527873
    Abstract: The invention relates to urea-containing silanes of the formula I which are prepared by reacting urea-containing disulphide silanes of the formula II with sulphur or in a first step, reacting an aminosilane of the formula III with an isocyanate of the formula IV and, in a second step, reacting the product from the first process step with sodium polysulphide of the formula (V) Na2Sx??(V) or in a first step, reacting an isocyanatosilane of the formula VII with an amine of the formula VIII and, in a second step, reacting the product from the first process step with sodium polysulphide of the formula (V) Na2Sx??(V).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Caren Röben, Ralph Moser, Frank Forster
  • Patent number: 9528036
    Abstract: Low-VOC compositions of dialkyl-functional siloxane oligomers, especially of methylalkylalkoxysiloxanes, and processes for producing them are provided. Additionally methods for hydrophobizing porous mineral substrates employing the low-VOC compositions, in the course of which few or no volatile organic compounds are released, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher Studte, Spomenko Ljesic
  • Patent number: 9518069
    Abstract: New (triorganosilyl)alkynes and their derivatives having general formula R1—C?C—Z are provided along with methods for the preparation of (triorganosilyl)alkynes and their derivatives having the general formula R1—C?C—Z. The methods may include silylative coupling of terminal alkynes with halogenotriorganosilanes in the presence of an iridium catalyst and a tertiary amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ireneusz Kownacki, Bogdan Marciniec, Beata Dudziec, Agnieszka Kownacka, Mariusz Majchrzak, Mateusz Szulc, Bartosz Orwat
  • Patent number: 9518075
    Abstract: Transition metal-containing precursors are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing and using the disclosed precursors to deposit transition metal-containing films on one or more substrates via a vapor deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Société Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procédés Georges Claude
    Inventors: Clément Lansalot-Matras, Wontae Noh
  • Patent number: 9518071
    Abstract: A method (P) for hydrosilylating at least one compound (C), including at least one unsaturation in the presence of an organosilicon compound (O) including at least one hydrogen atom per molecule bonded directly to a silicon atom, and of a catalytic hydrosilylation system including a structured porous material (A) including pores and an inorganic structure consisting of silicon oxide walls, in which metal nanoparticles are contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: BLUESTAR SILICONES FRANCE SAS, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1
    Inventors: Chloe Thieuleux, Reine Sayah El Rayes, Marie-Line Zanota, Valerie Meille, Richard Vivier, Sebastien Marrot
  • Patent number: 9518074
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluorine-containing substituted compound, the method including: introducing an organofluorine compound and an organolithium compound into a microreactor provided with a flow path capable of mixing a plurality of liquids, to thereby obtain a reaction product; and introducing, into the microreactor, the reaction product and an electrophile exhibiting electrophilic effect on the reaction product, to thereby obtain a fluorine-containing substituted compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Kyoto University, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yoshida, Aiichiro Nagaki
  • Patent number: 9518070
    Abstract: A method of making hydrosilanes having a formula R1R2R3SiH by reacting a compound having formula I: in solution using a strong Lewis acid. This way, e.g., alkenes or carbonyl compounds can be hydrosilylated in good yields using the cyclohexa-2,5-dien-1-yl-silanes of general formula I as transfer hydrosilylating agents in the presence of a strong Lewis acid as catalyst with concomitant formation of an arene solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN
    Inventors: Martin Oestreich, Antoine Simonneau