Patents by Inventor Venkat S. Minnikanti
Venkat S. Minnikanti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10329371Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polymer polyol which has a liquid polyether polyol as a continuous phase and polymer particles dispersed in the liquid polyether polyol, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II
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Patent number: 10301481Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol having a low amount of terminal unsaturation, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II, Kamesh Vyakaranam
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Patent number: 10208178Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer is characterized morphologically by the presence of small discrete morphological domains 0.1 to 3 ?m in diameter, and the substantial absence of discrete morphological domains 5 to 30 ?m in diameter. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2014Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II, Mark R. Whelan, Arjun A Raghuraman
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Publication number: 20160272752Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polymer polyol which has a liquid polyether polyol as a continuous phase and polymer particles dispersed in the liquid polyether polyol, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: September 22, 2016Inventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II
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Publication number: 20160244586Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer is characterized morphologically by the presence of small discrete morphological domains 0.1 to 3 ?m in diameter, and the substantial absence of discrete morphological domains 5 to 30 ?m in diameter. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II, Mark R. Whelan, Arjun A Raghuraman
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Publication number: 20160230023Abstract: Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol having a low amount of terminal unsaturation, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2014Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Mikhail Y. Gelfer, Amber Stephenson, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Mark Brown, II, Kamesh Vyakaranam
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Publication number: 20160168416Abstract: A flooring coating composition includes a coating agent that is a reaction product of an epoxy based formulation, the epoxy based formulation being at least one of an epoxy prepolymer formulation, an epoxy-silane hybrid formulation, and an epoxy thiol acrylate formulation. The coating agent in a cured state exhibits a first tan delta peak between a first temperature range of 75 C to 0 C and a second tan delta peak between a second temperature range of 20 C and 75 C, according to a tan delta plot over a range of temperatures. A value of the first tan delta peak and a value of the second tan delta peak each represents a ratio of a loss modulus of the coating agent and a storage modulus of the coating agent at a specific temperature within the range of temperatures, as measured according to dynamic mechanical thermal analysis. The values of the first and the second tan delta peaks are from 0.10 to 0.80.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2014Publication date: June 16, 2016Inventors: Venkat S Minnikanti, Marcus Pfarherr, Eva-Maria Michalski, Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, William H. Heath, Kwanho Chang, Rajesh H. Turakhia, Larissa Falsarella, Adam C. Colson
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Patent number: 9290605Abstract: Flexible polyurethane foams are made using certain hydrolysable silane compounds in the foam formulation. The hydrolysable silane compounds contain at least one isocyanate-reactive group and at least one hydrolysable silane group. The presence of the hydrolysable silane compound in the foam formulation leads to improved tensile, tear and elongation properties without an adverse effect on other important foam properties such as resiliency and hysteresis loss.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Parvinder S. Walia, Bernard E. Obi, Venkat S. Minnikanti, William A. Koonce, Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Sabrina Fregni
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Patent number: 9228047Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for low density flexible polyurethane foams are reaction products of reaction systems including at least one polyol and at least one isocyanate including at least 50% by weight of an MDI based isocyanate. The flexible polyurethane foam has a density of less than about 33 kg/m3 as determined according to ASTM D 3574-01, a tear strength of more than about 160 N/m as determined according to NBR 8515:2003 and a resiliency of at least 45% as measured according to ASTM D-3574-H.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Brasil Sudeste Industrial LTDA.Inventors: Bruno Cesar Silva Motta, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rogelio R. Gamboa
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Patent number: 9181428Abstract: Moisture curable compositions including silylated polymers and methods for producing the same are provided. A two component moisture curable system for producing a cured or cross-linked silylated polymer having improved compression set properties is provided. The two component system comprises a first formulation and a second formulation. The first formulation comprises a silylated polymer, water, and filler and the second formulation comprises the silylated polymer, a curing catalyst comprising at least one Brønsted acid, and a moisture scavenger. The final cured formulation may have a compression set, determined by ASTM D395 or ISO 815-1, of less than 100%, and in some examples less than 50% and in some examples less than 15%. This demonstrated improvement in compression set not only allows the silylated polymers to be used in applications where cyclic loads are applied but also enhances product durability.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Dwight Latham, Sara Arshad, Rajat Duggal, William A. Koonce
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Publication number: 20150087737Abstract: A reaction system for forming a hydrophilic polyurethane foam for liquid based cleaning applications includes a composition that has a prepolymer component and an aqueous component. The prepolymer component is a reaction product of an isocyanate component that includes diphenylemethane diisocyanate (MDI) and a polyol component that includes a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol that has an polyoxyethylene content greater than 65 wt %, based on a total weight of the polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol. The aqueous component includes at least 60 wt % of water and at least 0.5 wt % of a surfactant, based on a total weight of the aqueous component. A weight ratio of the prepolymer component to the aqueous component in the composition is from 0.5:2 to 2:0.5, the composition has a cream time of less than 20 seconds and a tack free time of less than 7 minutes, and the hydrophilic polyurethane foam for liquid based cleaning applications has a wet tear strength of at least 500 N/m.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Yasmin N. Srivastava, Subodh P. Jagtap, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rogelio Gamboa, Dwight Latham, Rajat Duggal
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Patent number: 8987401Abstract: Methods of producing a composition comprising a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rajat Duggal, William A. Koonce, Amarnath Singh, Phillip S. Athey
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Patent number: 8822626Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for compositions including a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule. The crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer comprises a reaction product of at least a isocyanate capped hydrosilylated polymer and a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 which is at least one of a polycarbonate polyol, a natural oil based polyol, a polyoxyalkyleneamine, a difunctional aromatic amine, a polybutyloxide polyether polyol, and a polytetramethylene glycol.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Kameswara R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, William A. Koonce, Sara Arshad, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Dwight D. Latham, Phillip S. Athey
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Publication number: 20140228515Abstract: Moisture curable compositions including silylated polymers and methods for producing the same are provided. A two component moisture curable system for producing a cured or cross-linked silylated polymer having improved compression set properties is provided. The two component system comprises a first formulation and a second formulation. The first formulation comprises a silylated polymer, water, and filler and the second formulation comprises the silylated polymer, a curing catalyst comprising at least one Brønsted acid, and a moisture scavenger. The final cured formulation may have a compression set, determined by ASTM D395 or ISO 815-1, of less than 100%, and in some examples less than 50% and in some examples less than 15%. This demonstrated improvement in compression set not only allows the silylated polymers to be used in applications where cyclic loads are applied but also enhances product durability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2012Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Dwight Latham, Sara Arshad, Rajat Duggal, William A. Koonce
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Publication number: 20140179815Abstract: Flexible polyurethane foams are made using certain hydrolysable silane compounds in the foam formulation. The hydrolysable silane compounds contain at least one isocyanate-reactive group and at least one hydrolysable silane group. The presence of the hydrolysable silane compound in the foam formulation leads to improved tensile, tear and elongation properties without an adverse effect on other important foam properties such as resiliency and hysteresis loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Parvinder S. Walia, Bernard E. Obi, Venkat S. Minnikanti, William A. Koonce, Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Sabrina Fregni
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Publication number: 20140100348Abstract: Methods of producing a composition comprising a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one cross-linkable silyl group in each molecule are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Kamesh R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rajat Duggal, William A. Koonce, Amarnath Singh, Phillip S. Athey
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Publication number: 20130331473Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for low density flexible polyurethane foams are reaction products of reaction systems including at least one polyol and at least one isocyanate including at least 50% by weight of an MDI based isocyanate. The flexible polyurethane foam has a density of less than about 33 kg/m3 as determined according to ASTM D 3574-01, a tear strength of more than about 160 N/m as determined according to NBR 8515:2003 and a resiliency of at least 45% as measured according to ASTM D-3574-H.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicants: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, DOW BRASIL SUDESTE INDUSTRIAL LTDA.Inventors: Bruno Cesar Silva Motta, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Rogelio R. Gamboa
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Publication number: 20130096274Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide for compositions including a crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer having at least one crosslinkable silyl group in each molecule. The crosslinkable silane-terminated polymer comprises a reaction product of at least a isocyanate capped hydrosilylated polymer and a polyol having a nominal functionality of at least 2 which is at least one of a polycarbonate polyol, a natural oil based polyol, a polyoxyalkyleneamine, a difunctional aromatic amine, a polybutyloxide polyether polyol, and a polytetramethylene glycol.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Kameswara R. Vyakaranam, Ling Zhang, William A. Koonce, Sara Arshad, Venkat S. Minnikanti, Dwight D. Latham, Phillip S. Athey