Patents Examined by Susannah Chung
  • Mono-quaternary amine alcohols for use of clay and shale inhibition agents for the drilling industry
    Patent number: 9328279
    Abstract: The hydration of clays and shale in drilling operations may be inhibited by employing an aqueous based drilling fluid comprising a shale hydration inhibition agent having the formula wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons, R1 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbons, and X is an anion. The shale hydration inhibition agent should be present in the aqueous based drilling fluid in sufficient concentration to reduce the reactivity, such as swelling, of clays and shale when exposed to water-based drilling fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cole A. Witham, Joseph L. Deavenport, Michael K. Poindexter
  • Biobased alkyd resin and process for manufacturing such an alkyd resin
    Patent number: 9321883
    Abstract: The object of a present invention is an alkyd resin as well as the method for preparing such a resin, said alkyd resin comprising: a preferably biosourced, polyacid component or its preferably biosourced acid anhydride; a first polyol component, preferably biosourced, having at least two hydroxyl groups; a second biosourced polyol component having at least one 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol unit; and a component based on biosourced oil or its corresponding biosourced fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: A ET A MADER, ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Joël Roussel, Clothilde Buffe, Laura Crowther-Alwyn, Arnaud Verraes
  • Environmentally-friendly sheet using PLA resin
    Patent number: 9321885
    Abstract: Disclosed is an environmentally-friendly sheet using a PLA resin. The environmentally-friendly sheet using the PLA resin according to the present invention comprises: a back layer; a printed layer which is formed on the upper part of the back layer, wherein a printing pattern is formed on the upper surface thereof; and a transparent layer formed on the upper part of the printed layer, wherein one or more of the back layer, the printed layer, and the transparent layer have a PLA (polylactic acid) resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Baik Nam, Jeong Ho Jeong, Jong Seok Son
  • Hydrogen bonding material for oilfield application
    Patent number: 9321951
    Abstract: Methods of treating a well, by providing a supramolecular polymer fluid comprising units connected via reversible hydrogen bonds to form a supramolecular polymer; by introducing the supramolecular polymer fluid in the well; and by treating the well with the supramolecular polymer fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiyan Chen, Michaela Nagl
  • Mixtures of bitumen and polymer compositions
    Patent number: 9322175
    Abstract: A mixture comprising a bitumen (A), and a polymer composition (B) comprising the following components, all percent amounts being by weight: I) from 1 to 30% of a butene-1 polymer having a Melt Flow Rate (MFR), measured according to ASTM D 1238, at 190° C./2.16 kg, from 0.1 to 1000 g/10 min.; and II) from 70 to 99% of a heterophasic polyolefm composition comprising the following polymer fractions: a) 4-45% of a propylene homopolymer or copolymer; b) 0-20% of a of a copolymer fraction containing ethylene, insoluble in xylene at room temperature; c) 40-95% of a copolymer of ethylene with propylene and/or a CH2?CHR ?-olefin, where R is a C2-C8 alkyl radical, containing ethylene in a quantity lower than 40% and being soluble in xylene at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventor: Gian Luigi Rigosi
  • Polychloroprene latex, rubber-asphalt composition and utilization method thereof, sheet, and waterproof coating film
    Patent number: 9321937
    Abstract: Provided are a polychloroprene latex giving a rubber-asphalt composition superior in low-temperature stability and film-forming property on the material to be coated, a rubber-asphalt composition and a utilization method thereof, a sheet, and a waterproof coating film. The rubber-asphalt composition includes a major agent containing 10 to 40 mass % of the anionic polychloroprene latex comprising potassium ions in an amount of 0.7 to 1.5 parts by mass and sodium ions in an amount of controlled to be 0.2 part by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the solid matter and 60 to 90 mass % of an anionic asphalt emulsion; and a coagulating agent of an aqueous solution containing a polyvalent metal salt as the principal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Ikuka Hashimoto, Kenji Mochizuki, Takeo Mori
  • Polymer electrode for lithium secondary battery including the polymer and lithium second battery employing the electrode
    Patent number: 9318744
    Abstract: A polymer includes a first repeating unit having a cationic group and a second repeating unit having an anionic group. The polymer may further include a third repeating unit having a non-ionic group. The polymer may include first and second polymers, each of which includes a first repeating having a cationic group and a second repeating unit having an anionic group. The cationic group of the first polymer may form an intermolecular bond with the anionic group of the second polymer, and the anionic group of the first polymer may form an intermolecular bond with the cationic group of the second polymer. An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes the polymer, and a lithium secondary battery employs the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom-Wook Lee, Bum-Jin Chang, Hye-Sun Jeong, Sam-Jin Park, Kwan-Ku Lee
  • Cured perfluoroelastomer article
    Patent number: 9315644
    Abstract: Cured perfluoroelastomers that contain high levels (i.e. greater than 50 phr) BaSO4 exhibit good thermal sealing performance such as reduced sticking and reduced tendency for splitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Shuhong Wang
  • Aqueous polyurethane resin composition for flame retardant coated materials and coated products obtained by applying said composition
    Patent number: 9315677
    Abstract: The present invention is an aqueous polyurethane resin composition for a flame retardant coated material comprised of an aqueous dispersion of a polyurethane resin obtained by extending a chain of an urethane prepolymer in an aqueous dispersion. The aqueous dispersion of the urethane prepolymer is obtained by reacting (a) a polyisocyanate component with (b) a polyol component which contains a phosphorus-containing polyol compound represented by the following general formula (1) as an essential component then dispersed the obtained prepolymer in the water, wherein a unit corresponding to the compound represented by the said general formula (1) is contained so that the phosphorus content in the urethane resin solid is 0.3 to 5.0 mass percent; R1 in the formula (1) represents an alkylene group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and m and n represent a number from 1 to 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naohiro Fujita, Nobuyuki Shimamura
  • Rubber composition for use in tire treads
    Patent number: 9309389
    Abstract: A rubber composition in which from 80 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 200 to 400 m2/g is compounded per 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber including from 60% to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR1 and from 40% to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR2 to result in a total of 100% by weight, the styrene quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 30% to 38% by weight, the vinyl quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 60% to 80% by weight, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR1 being from ?20° C. to ?5° C., the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR1 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR2 being not less than ?30° C. and less than ?20° C., and the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR2 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoichi Takizawa, Naoki Kushida
  • Adhesive composition and thermally adhesive member using same
    Patent number: 9309373
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition leading to sufficient adhesive strength when used for bonding to a polyolefin resin molded article that bonds poorly with other members. Also provided is an adhesive composition having excellent heat resistance (heat resistant adhesion) in the bonded part of a composite body obtained by joining a polyolefin resin-formed body and other member. This adhesive composition contains an organic solvent, a carboxyl group-containing polyolefin resin which is dissolved in this organic solvent and which has a melt flow rate of 5 to 40 g/10 min when measured at 130° C., and a polyfunctional isocyanate compound. This adhesive composition may further contain a carboxyl group-containing polyolefin resin having a melting point of 120° C. to 170° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Makoto Imahori, Tatsuo Nishio
  • Radiation curable compositions
    Patent number: 9309438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radiation curable composition comprising at least one (meth)acrylated compound compound (A); and at least one inert polyester (B) that is prepared from a (i) polyol component comprising at least one cyclic ether polyol and (ii) from a polyacid component. The present invention further relates to their preparation and uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: ALLNEX BELGIUM SA
    Inventors: Luc Lindekens, Hugues Van Den Bergen, Luc De Waele, Stephan Peeters
  • Plasticizer composition comprising di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate
    Patent number: 9309183
    Abstract: A plasticizer composition is disclosed that includes di(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate, and which is substantially free of a di-ester according to Formula I: where R1 is a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having from 1 to 13 carbon atoms, and where R1 is different than 2-ethylhexane. The plasticizer composition may be used in a plastisol composition, a powder coating composition, a molding composition, and various other compositions. A method of preparing an aromatic di-ester is also disclosed. The method may prepare the plasticizer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: BASF CORPORATION
    Inventors: Uwe Storzum, Boris Breitscheidel, Kevin Scott Todd, Jason David Veinot
  • Rubber compositions including a functionalized wax
    Patent number: 9309372
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rubber compositions suitable for use in tire treads comprising (a) at least one conjugated diene polymer or copolymer; (b) at least one filler; (c) a curative package; and (d) at least one of: (i) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax, or (ii) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one silicone-containing wax comprising a functionalized polyalkylsiloxane, a functionalized polyalkylsilsesquioxane resin, or combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax is a chlorinated hydrocarbon or a fluorinated hydrocarbon wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Dong Pan, Yaohong Chen, Mindaugas Rackaitis, James D. Ulmer, Nicole Capitos-Davis
  • Polymer composition, swellable composition comprising the polymer composition, and articles including the swellable composition
    Patent number: 9303200
    Abstract: A polymer composition includes a base polymer comprising a hydrocarbon rubber, an acrylic copolymer, and a refined oil in which the acrylic polymer is dispersed. The polymer composition is swellable when treated with an aqueous medium, non-aqueous medium, or both. A sealing element for a flow channel includes an expandable section filled with a swellable composition that swells when treated with a swelling material. The swellable composition includes the polymer composition, and the swelling material may be aqueous, non-aqueous, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: James R. Korte, John Thurston
  • Polycarbonate coatings for metal packaging
    Patent number: 9303184
    Abstract: A liquid polycarbonate coating composition including an aliphatic polycarbonate resin and a cross linking compound, said aliphatic polycarbonate resin being derived from, in the presence of a catalyst, an aliphatic polyol which comprises (a) from 50 to 100% by weight of the aliphatic polyol, one or more cycloaliphatic polyols that consist essentially of primary hydroxyl groups and (b) from 0 to 50% by weight of the aliphatic polyol, one or more linear aliphatic polyols, is provided. A method of coating a substrate with the liquid polycarbonate coating composition and the resulting articles are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bernhard Kainz, Jonathan D. Moore, Mark F. Sonnenschein, Benjamin L. Wendt
  • Anionic polyalkoxy group comprising surfactants on basis of guerbet-alcohols, method of manufacture and use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications
    Patent number: 9296942
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of synthesis of anionic surfactants by alkoxylation of a Guerbet alcohol (GA) having 12 to 36 carbon atoms using butylene oxide, and optionally propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide followed by the incorporation of a terminal anionic group are described herein. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of alcohols with 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The large hydrophobe ether surfactants of the present invention find uses in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup. Further, the hydrophobe alkoxylated GA without anionic terminal group can be used as an ultra-high molecular weight non-ionic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignees: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM, BASF SE
    Inventors: Upali P. Weerasooriya, Gary A. Pope, Christian Bittner, Gunter Oetter, Jack F. Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez Jurgenson, Sophie Vogel
  • Soft polyolefin compositions and highly filled compounds thereof
    Patent number: 9290648
    Abstract: Flexible polyolefin compositions with improved balance of properties particularly for applications where softness and ductility at low temperature is requested comprising: A) from 20 to 40% by weight of a crystalline polymer fraction consisting of a propylene homopolymer, or a copolymer of propylene, or mixtures thereof, said crystalline fraction having a xylene insoluble fraction at 25° C. of at least 90% by weight. B) from 60 to 80% by weight of an elastomeric fraction consisting of a copolymer or blend of copolymers of propylene with one or more alpha-olefins, and optionally with minor quantities of a diene; said copolymer or blend containing ethylene in a quantity lower than 40% by weight. the fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C. of said polyolefin composition having IVgpc lower than 2.5 dl/g, Mw/Mn (GPC) equal to or higher than 4, Mz/Mw (GPC) equal to or higher than 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Paolo Goberti, Giampaolo Pellegatti, Luca Lunghi
  • Crosslinkable coating composition and method of producing the same
    Patent number: 9290675
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a crosslinkable coating composition, and method of producing the same. The crosslinkable coating composition according to the present invention comprises: (a) one or more polycarbamates derived from one or more polyesters comprising the condensation reaction product of one or more polyols with one or more polyacids, wherein said one or more polyols comprise at least 25 percent by weight of one or more units having 4 or more hydroxyl groups; (b) one or more crosslinking agents; (c) one or more acid catalysts; and (d) optionally one or more organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gary E. Spilman, Jeff R. Anderson, John N. Argyropoulos, Paul Foley
  • Thermoplastic elastomer compounds exhibiting shape memory via thermo-mechanical action
    Patent number: 9290652
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer compound is disclosed having a high strain recovery rate and a high strain fixity rate to provide shape memory, preferably manageable shape memory. One type of thermoplastic elastomer compound is comprises a maleated styrenic block copolymer and polycaprolactone to achieve the shape memory. A second type of thermoplastic elastomer compound comprises styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene and a paraffin wax having less than about 0.5% oil content. Shape modes of articles made from the thermoplastic elastomer compound can be altered by at least one thermo-mechanical event to cause deformation of the compound from a first shape to a second shape with retention of the compound in the second shape for any reasonable time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: PolyOne Corporation
    Inventor: Liang Xu