Patents Examined by Robert S Walters, Jr.
  • Curing process of ultraviolet curable paint
    Patent number: 10619074
    Abstract: A curing process of an ultraviolet curable paint by which a paint cured layer can be formed on an object to be processed without needing a long time, and intended color can be obtained of the object to be processed on which the paint cured layer is formed. The curing process of an ultraviolet curable paint is one for curing an ultraviolet curable paint through an ultraviolet irradiation step of irradiating a surface of an object to be processed to which the ultraviolet curable paint is applied with ultraviolet rays from an ultraviolet radiation unit. The ultraviolet curable paint is not sensitive to light of not less than 380 nm in wavelength but sensitive to light of less than 380 nm in wavelength. The ultraviolet radiation unit radiates ultraviolet rays having a peak wavelength within a range of not greater than 350 nm in wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Takemoto, Makoto Wasamoto, Shinji Suzuki
  • Method for manufacturing high tenacity fiber and high tenacity fiber manufactured thereby
    Patent number: 10604890
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a high tenacity yarn and a high tenacity yarn manufactured thereby. More particularly, the present invention relates to: a method of manufacturing a high tenacity yarn, the method including coating a yarn made of at least one of nylon and polyester to obtain a coated yarn, wherein the coating material contains 3 to 35 parts by weight of a reinforcing agent composed of a mineral material per 100 parts by weight of a coating liquid containing polyurethane; and a high tenacity yarn manufactured thereby. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a yarn having high tenacity and improved processability by processing a nylon or polyester yarn having a relatively low tenacity as compared with a high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) yarn by use of a yarn coating technique, and further to reduce production cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Yong Gun Kim
  • Highly crystalline electrically conducting organic materials, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same
    Patent number: 10600964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a regioregular oligothiophene, a regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene] and/or a benzothiophene; where the regioregular oligothiophene, the regioregular poly[2,5-bis(3-alkylthiophen-2-yl)thieno(3,2-b)thiophene] and the benzothiophene each have a number average molecular weight of less than or equal to 475 grams per mole; where the composition is melted and then annealed at a temperature between a melting point and a glass transition temperature of the composition; the composition having a charge mobility that is greater than a comparative composition that is either not annealed or annealed at the same temperature between the melting point and the glass transition temperature but without being subjected to prior melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Elissei Iagodkine, George L. Athens, Enrique Daniel Gomez, Kiarash Vakhshouri
  • Radiation curable aqueous dispersions
    Patent number: 10590304
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion comprising a mixture of a first dispersion and a second dispersion, wherein the first dispersion comprises at least one (meth)acrylated pre-polymer (A), and the second dispersion comprises at least one thiol-functional compound (B). The aqueous dispersion optionally comprises at least one ethylenically unsaturated compound (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALLNEX BELGIUM S.A.
    Inventors: Michel Tielemans, Steven Cappelle, Stephan Peeters, Lieven Depuydt
  • Process for manufacturing a pyroelectric and/or piezoelectric drive
    Patent number: 10593857
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a piezoelectric and/or pyroelectric device comprising a polyvinylidene fluoride film, the process comprising a step of forming at least one portion of a layer of a solution comprising a solvent and a compound comprising polyvinylidene fluoride and a step of irradiating the portion with pulses of at least one ultraviolet radiation. The irradiating step enables the formation of at least two ? crystalline phases having different orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
    Inventor: Abdelkader Aliane
  • Coatings, coating compositions, and methods of delaying ice formation
    Patent number: 10584260
    Abstract: A coating includes at least one coating layer containing first particles, second particles, and third particles distributed throughout a cross-linked, continuous polymer matrix. An outer surface of the coating layer includes surfaces of at least first particles extending outward from a top periphery of the polymer matrix. The outer surface exhibits a property of delaying ice formation compared to the coating layer without the first particles. A method includes applying a coating composition in one application step. The one-step coating composition contains first particles, second particles, and third particles in a base containing a polymer. A coating composition includes first particles, second particles, and third particles distributed in a matrix precursor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew P. Nowak, Adam F. Gross, Elena Sherman, Jill E. Seebergh, Glenn R. Dalby, Douglas H. Berry
  • Aluminum metallic nanoparticle-polymer nanocomposites for energy storage
    Patent number: 10586628
    Abstract: A nanoparticle composition comprising a substrate comprising a metal oxide component and an aluminum oxide component; and a metallocene olefin polymerization catalyst component coupled to the substrate is disclosed. The metal oxide component is homogenously dispersed throughout the nanocomposite composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Northwestern University, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Tobin J. Marks, Michael T. Lanagan, Mark A. Ratner, Massimiliano Delferro, Lisa A. Fredin, Zhong Li
  • Method for producing multilayer coated film
    Patent number: 10576498
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method for producing a multilayer coated film which involves obtaining a first layered body by forming, on a film substrate, a wet-coated film including a coating material (A) containing an active energy ray-curable resin which contains a first photopolymerization initiator and a second photopolymerization initiator, the reaction wavelengths of which differ from one another; and forming a pre-cured coated film including the coating material (A) in a dry-to-the-touch state by preliminarily curing the wet-coated film including the coating material (A), by irradiating the first layered body with active energy rays which include the reaction wavelength of the first photopolymerization initiator and do not include the reaction wavelength of the second photopolymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: RIKEN TECHNOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taketo Hashimoto, Nozomu Washio
  • Polymerizable liquid crystal compound, composition, liquid crystal polymerization film-kind thereof and use thereof
    Patent number: 10581022
    Abstract: An object is to provide a polymerizable liquid crystal compound, a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing the compound and liquid crystal polymerization film-kind capable of controlling chromatic dispersion characteristics and having low positive chromatic dispersion characteristics. An aspect can be exemplified in which the polymerizable liquid crystal compound is represented by formula (1): in which, in formula (1), G is a group composed of a quinoline skeleton, an isoquinoline skeleton, a quinoxaline skeleton or a quinazoline skeleton, A1 is 1,4-phenylene or 1,4-cyclohexylene, Z1 is a connecting group, m is an integer from 0 to 3, and R1 is a group containing a polymerizable group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Ootsuki
  • Films and membranes of poly(aryl ketones) and methods of casting the same from solution
    Patent number: 10563028
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a film or membrane includes: (a) dissolving at least one polymer comprising a poly(aryl ketone) in at least one solvent to form a dope; (b) depositing the dope on a substrate to form a coated substrate at appropriate conditions; and (c) drying the coated substrate to form the film or membrane. The dope may also include additional polymers or fillers, such as carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Christophe Roger, Manuel A. Garcia-Leiner, Jean-Alex Laffitte, Julie Boyer, Stephan Moyses, Lawrence H. Judovits
  • Method of sizing of fibers and articles manufactured from the same
    Patent number: 10556828
    Abstract: The method includes the steps of functionalizing a polyaryletherketone (PAEK) polymer, and blending the PAEK polymer with water to form a sizing composition. The method may further include the step of applying the sizing composition to a fiber. The method may further include the step of heating the fibers, coated with sizing composition, for example to between 300° C.-400° C. In some methods, the functionalized PAEK polymer comprises functionalized polyetherketoneketone (PEKK). In yet other methods, the functionalized PAEK polymer comprises sulfonated PEKK (sPEKK).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Oxford Performance Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott DeFelice, Anthony DeCarmine
  • Method and system for core-shell catalyst processing
    Patent number: 10541425
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of processing a material for a catalyst includes establishing an electrical potential on a porous electrode. Core particles are directed through the porous electrode. A layer of metal is deposited on the core particles as the particles pass through the porous electrode. According to an embodiment, an example assembly for processing a material for a catalyst includes a housing that establishes a path for particles to move through the housing. A porous electrode is situated within the housing for permitting core particles to move through the porous electrode. A layer of metal can be deposited on the core particles as the particles pass through the porous electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Minhua Shao, John W. Weidner, Jonathan H. Odell
  • Methods for providing patterned orientation templates for self-assemblable polymers for use in device lithography
    Patent number: 10538859
    Abstract: A method is disclosed involving depositing a neutral orientation template layer onto a substrate after formation of chemical epitaxy or graphoepitaxy features on the substrate, but before deposition and orientation of a self-assemblable polymer. The orientation layer is arranged to bond with the substrate but not with certain features, so that it may be easily removed by vacuum or rinsing with organic solvent. The neutral orientation layer has a chemical affinity to match that of blocks in the self-assemblable polymer so that blocks of differing types wet the neutral orientation layer so that domains in the self-assembled polymer may lie side by side along the substrate surface, with interfaces normal to the substrate surface. The resulting aligned and oriented self-assembled polymer may itself be used as a resist for device lithography of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Emiel Peeters, Wilhelmus Sebastianus Marcus Maria Ketelaars, Johan Frederik Dijksman, Sander Frederik Wuister, Roelof Koole, Christianus Martinus Van Heesch
  • Multi-source low-power low-temperature plasma polymerized coating device and method
    Patent number: 10541116
    Abstract: A multi-source low-power low-temperature plasma polymerized coating device and method belong to the technical field of plasma. In the device, a plurality of discharge cavities are mounted on the wall of a main vacuum chamber; a plane grounding grid mesh and a porous electrode plate are mounted in each discharge cavity; and the porous electrode plate is parallel to the grid mesh, keeps a gap with the grid mesh and is connected with a low-power high-frequency power source. A carrier gas pipeline and a monomer steam pipeline are respectively connected to each discharge cavity. To-be-treated base material is placed in the main vacuum chamber. The vacuum pump is started to feed carrier gas and monomer steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU FAVORED NANOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jian Zong
  • Method of producing three-dimensional object and removing liquid to be used in the production method
    Patent number: 10532383
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a three-dimensional object, including: a first step of placing and laminating a water-insoluble structural material and a support material each containing a water-soluble material and a fiber material to form a material layer; and a second step of bringing a portion of the shaped object including the support material into contact with a liquid containing water and a bipolar surfactant to remove the portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomohiro Saito, Yukio Hanyu, Akira Sugiyama
  • Method of sealing open pores on surface of porous dielectric material using iCVD process
    Patent number: 10535514
    Abstract: Provided are methods of sealing open pores of a surface of a porous dielectric material using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process. In one example method of sealing open pores, since the polymer thin film having a significantly thin thickness may be formed by a solvent-free vapor deposition method without plasma treatment, it is possible to minimize deterioration of characteristics of the dielectric material vulnerable to plasma and a chemical solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Jin Cho, Sung Gap Im, Seong Jun Yoon, Kwanyong Pak, Hyungsuk Alexander Yoon
  • Ultraviolet protective coating for fabricating epoxy-based components
    Patent number: 10533099
    Abstract: Provided are epoxy-based components and methods of fabricating such components. Specifically, an component comprises an epoxy-based composite part and a UV protective coating disposed over the part. This coating allows for the component to be exposed to UV radiation without any additional coating and without deterioration of the epoxy-based composite part. Specifically, the component may be exposed to interior lights and direct sun during its subsequent fabrication and/or transportation. The UV protective coating comprises polyurethane and silicate filler, such as hydrated aluminum silicate and/or hydrated magnesium silicate. The coating may have a transmittance of less than 1% or even less than 0.1% in the UV range. An epoxy primer layer may be formed directly over the UV protective coating followed by various other coatings, including a decorative finish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Loren F. Gibson, Nelson N. Akwari, Heath D. Kaufman
  • Thermally conductive polyamide compounds containing laser direct structuring additives
    Patent number: 10519356
    Abstract: A thermally conductive polyamide compound is disclosed. The compound comprises a polyamide matrix, boron nitride, and a laser direct structuring additive dispersed in the matrix. The compound can be extruded, molded, calendered, thermoformed, or 3D-printed into a heat dissipating and laser direct structured article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: PolyOne Corporation
    Inventors: Yang Choo Chua, Haiyan Chen
  • Method for applying a coating to a polymeric substrate
    Patent number: 10519339
    Abstract: A single-step method for applying a coating to a polymeric substrate comprising: exposing a photoreactive compound and a polymeric compound in an aqueous solvent to ultraviolet radiation in the presence of the polymeric substrate to obtain a covalently bound coating thereon comprising a reaction product of the photoreactive compound and the polymeric compound. More particularly, a method of applying a coating to a polymeric substrate in order to reduce the adsorption of analytes in solution to the substrate by imparting properties to the substrate similar to the properties of the coating applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Sophion Bioscience A/S
    Inventors: Esben Kjaer Unmack Larsen, Niels Bent Larsen
  • Transfer medium
    Patent number: 10513138
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a transfer medium, to the transfer media produced by this method and to transfer printing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: KASPAR PAPIR PTE LTD
    Inventor: Zvonimir Martinovic