Sulfur Containing Patents (Class 106/287.32)
  • Patent number: 9597693
    Abstract: The present invention discloses polythiol compositions containing monothiotricyclodecenes, dithiotricyclodecanes, and intermolecular sulfide compounds, as well as mining chemical collector compositions containing such polythiol compositions. Flotation processes for recovering metals, such as copper and molybdenum, from ores using the mining chemical collector compositions also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Jim D. Byers, Michael S. Matson, Jason L. Kreider, Kenneth M. Lassen
  • Patent number: 9334165
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one compound of formula (1): R—Sn—R???(1) wherein R and R? are each a hydrocarbon radical containing between 1 and 12 carbon atoms and n is a whole number between 1 and 8, for maintaining the viscosity of liquid sulfur at a value lower than 60,000 mPa·s, preferably lower than 30,000 mPa·s, especially preferably lower than 10,000 mPa·s. The invention also relates to a method for preparing low-viscosity liquid sulfur and to liquid sulfur compositions comprising at least one compound of formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventor: Paul Guillaume Schmitt
  • Patent number: 9085488
    Abstract: A method of making a stable, sulfur binding composite comprising impregnating a solid aggregate with an organic modifier comprising unsaturated hydrocarbons with at least one double or triple covalent bond between adjacent carbon atoms to create a modifier-impregnated aggregate; heating and drying the modifier-impregnated aggregate to activate the surface of the modifier-impregnated aggregate for reaction with sulfur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Paul D. Kalb, Vyacheslav P. Vagin, Lyudmila Vagina
  • Patent number: 9028604
    Abstract: Method of reducing the odor of sulphur-bound products, in particular modified sulphur or sulphur concrete, comprising contacting the sulphur-bound products with a bleaching agent, like e.g. sodium hydrochloride or hydrogen peroxide. The resulting sulphur-bound products emit reduced levels of sulphur-containing gases such as H2S and SO2 and have a reduced odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Gyula Imre Dreisziger, Cornelis Pieter Hamelink, Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist
  • Publication number: 20150044858
    Abstract: A film-forming material including a metal oxide such as a SiO2 film on the surface of a substrate, in which foreign substances, such as fine particles, are generated with difficulty while being stored, and a method for forming a film, in which the method includes forming a film on the surface of a substrate using the film-forming material. The film-forming material includes a metal compound capable of generating a hydroxyl group upon hydrolysis dissolved in an organic solvent that does not have a functional group that reacts with the metal compound. The organic solvent includes a solvent having a value of Log P of from 0 to 3.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Daijiro Mori, Akira Kumazawa, Mai Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8936674
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive silica sol composition containing at least a silica sol composition, and at least one selected from perfluoroalkyl sulfonates perfluoroalkyl sulfone imide salts, and bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Mitsubishi Materials Electronic Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsunetoshi Honda, Tsutomu Atsuki, Natsumi Sakuraba
  • Patent number: 8815005
    Abstract: A sulphur cement product comprising from 10 to 30 wt % sulphur, 70 to 90 wt % of particulate inorganic material and from 0.4 to 2 wt % wax, and comprising less than 5 wt % bitumen, wherein the weight percentages are based upon the weight of the sulphur cement product, is disclosed. Further disclosed is a process for preparing a sulphur cement product; a process for preparing a sulphur cement surfacing on a structural material; and use of a wax to improve the fouling deposit removal and/or graffiti removal properties of a sulphur cement product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Guy Iode Magda Maria Verbist, Ingrid Ploegaert, Egbert Veldman
  • Patent number: 8795784
    Abstract: Aqueous oil-in-water emulsion comprising from 1 to 70% by weight, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of functional alkoxysilanes and/or condensed oligomers thereof and/or organoalkoxysiloxanes, at least one emulsifier and water, wherein the emulsion has a pH of from 5 to 9 and preferably a mean droplet size of the disperse phase of ?0.5 ?m, and the width of the droplet size distribution, expressed as the span (Formula I), is from 0.6 to 1.2. The preparation of the emulsions having the desired droplet size distribution is carried out in apparatuses having at least one pressure stage at a pressure of from 2 to 15 MPa. The emulsion can be used for hydrophobicizing porous mineral building materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Standke, Kerstin Weissenbach, Bernd Bartkowiak
  • Patent number: 8784600
    Abstract: A method for adhering glass including cleaning ceramic printed glass using a first solution containing dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, and a solvent, and cleaning the glass using a second solution containing an alkoxysilane compound. Thereafter, a glass primer is applied to the glass, an adhesive is applied, and the glass is adhered to an adherend. The first solution includes not less than 0.1 mass % and not more than 10 mass % of the dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid, and not less than 0.01 mass % and not more than 5 mass % of the p-toluenesulfonic acid, per 100 mass % of the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiminori Araki, Hiroshi Fukui
  • Patent number: 8758212
    Abstract: A sulfur-sand limestone mortar and methods of preparing the sulfur-sand limestone mortar and disposing of elemental sulfur, are disclosed. In embodiments, the sulfur-sand limestone mortar includes elemental sulfur, limestone powder, and sand. Modifiers, such as plasticizers, are not required and are not used in embodiments of the sulfur-sand limestone mortar. In embodiments of the method to prepare the sulfur-sand limestone mortar, each of the elemental sulfur, limestone powder, and sand are heated to at least 140 C, then combined, and then allowed to solidify.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Al-Mehthel, Mohammed Maslehuddin, Saleh Al-Idi, Mohammed Rizwan Ali, Mohammed Salihu Barry
  • Patent number: 8753444
    Abstract: Reinforced sulphur concrete wherein one or more metal reinforcing members are in contact with sulphur concrete is disclosed. The reinforced sulphur concrete comprises an adhesion promoter that enhances the interaction between the sulphur and the one or more metal reinforcing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Juedu Austine, Yiu Chung Cheng, Michael David Lankshear, Cees Weijers
  • Publication number: 20130327251
    Abstract: Novel tridentate-, bidentate-, and monodentate-based aromatic adsorbates including self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), especially, mixed multi-component SAMs, where the adsorbates comprise an aromatic ring including one head group or a plurality of dentate head groups and one tunable tail group or a plurality of tail groups and methods for making the same, and methods for using same, their use in the preparation of homogeneously mixed multi-component self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The adsorbants and SAMs derived therefrom are ideally suited for biosensing, biosensing diagnostics, biological interfacial mimics, surface protections for nanoparticles, inert coatings for artificial implants, and corrosion-resistant coatings for microelectronics components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
    Inventors: T. Randall Lee, Supachai Rittikulsittichai, Thomas Frank, Burapol Singhana
  • Publication number: 20130259582
    Abstract: A soil adherent pellet is detailed that includes a soluble calcium ion source, a magnesium ion source, or both present in an amount ranging from 15% to 99.9% by weight of a total dry weight of the pellet and a binder present in an amount ranging from 85% to 0.1% by weight of the total dry weight of the pellet. The pellet having a mean pellet domain size and a pellet surface. The soil adherent pellet is well suited for flocculating clay within the soil and delivery of an active ingredient with reduced runoff compared to prior art broadcast particles. A soil adherent pellet is also provided having a soluble calcium and/or magnesium ion source that is polycrystalline and carries therewith an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: The Andersons, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy D. Birthisel, Joseph Schalk, Joseph Schanski
  • Publication number: 20130224450
    Abstract: An inkjet printable media comprises a paper base containing a surface coating comprising calcium chloride and a synergistic amount of a sulfate salt. When the printable media is printed with an inkjet ink containing a black pigment, a KOD value of the printed media is equal to or greater than that of a comparative inkjet printed media comprising up to 12 kg calcium chloride/T media and lacking the sulfate salt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Gracy A. Wingkono, John L. Stoffel, Xiaogi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130186329
    Abstract: A release agent applicator displaying decreased and consistent surface resistivity, and a method of making same. The release agent applicator includes an foam delivery surface having an ionic layer such that the surface resistivity of the delivery surface is reduced, thereby decreasing the chances of static charge accumulation on the roller that may interfere with high quality printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael C. Gordon, Gregory J. Lapinski, Greg Hjelmeland, Michael P. O'Dierno, Edward F. Burress, Devin R. Bailly, Michael J. Engle, Steven B. Gazeley, Brian G. Russell, David J. Houston
  • Publication number: 20130141500
    Abstract: A fixer composition is disclosed herein. An example of the fixer composition includes from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of a co-solvent, from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a calcium salt, from about 0.01 wt % to about 0.6 wt % of a sulfonated chelating agent, and a balance of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
  • Publication number: 20130045387
    Abstract: There is provided a coating composition comprising nonspherical nanoparticles; spherical nanoparticles; optionally hydrophilic groups and optional an surfactant; and a liquid medium comprising water and no greater than 30 wt % organic solvent, if present, based on the total weight of liquid medium, where at least a portion of the nonspherical nanoparticles or at least a portion of the spherical nanoparticles comprises functional groups attached to their surface through chemical bonds, wherein the functional groups comprise at least one group selected from the group consisting of epoxy group, amine group, hydroxyl, olefin, alkyne, (meth) acrylato, mercapto group, or combinations thereof. There is also provided a method for modifying a substrate surface using the coating composition and articles made therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yiwen Chu, Zhigang Yu, Naiyong Jing, Rui Pan
  • Patent number: 8377194
    Abstract: A silica-containing composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a compound having the following formula: (SiO2)x(OH)yMzSaF.B. M comprises at least one metal or metalloid cation S is a sulfur-based species. F optionally exists and F is at least one of the following: a functionalized organosilane, a sulfur-containing organosilane, an amine-containing organosilane, and an alkyl-containing organosilane at a surface area coverage of about 0.01 to about 100%. The molar ratio of y/x is equal to about 0.01 to about 0.5, the molar ratio of x/z is equal to about 0.5 to about 300 or from about 0.5 to about 100, and the molar ratio of a/z is about 0.5 to about 5. B is a hygroscopic solid at a water to solid molar ratio of 0.1-6 and preferably comprises at least one alkaline earth oxide or lanthanide oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Ergang, Ian Saratovsky, Hung-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 8372192
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel cell separator that has excellent resistance to heat and hot water and has a glass transition temperature between 140° C. and 165° C. Said fuel cell separator is formed by curing a composition containing a graphite material and a binder component resin. The binder component resin contains a cresol novolac epoxy resin having a hydrolysable chlorine content of at most 450 ppm and an epoxy equivalent weight of 192-210 g/eq, a phenol resin having a hydroxyl equivalent weight of 103-106 g/eq, and an imidazole compound having a molecular weight between 140 and 180.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Nisshinbo Chemical Inc.
    Inventor: Fumio Tanno
  • Patent number: 8333835
    Abstract: A silica-containing composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a compound having the following formula: (SiO2)x(OH)yMzSaF. M comprises at least one metal or metalloid cation S is a sulfur-based species optionally exists and F is at least one of the following: a functionalized organosilane, a sulfur-containing organosilane, an amine-containing organosilane, and an alkyl-containing organosilane at a surface area coverage of about 0.01 to about 100%. The molar ratio of y/x is equal to about 0.01 to about 0.5, the molar ratio of x/z is equal to about 0.5 to about 300 or from about 0.5 to about 100, and the molar ratio of a/z is about 0.5 to about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Ergang, Bruce A. Keiser, Richard Mimna
  • Patent number: 8147607
    Abstract: Coating compositions of the present invention comprise hydrophobic particles, an alcohol, a solvent, and an effective amount of water such that coatings formed therefrom are hydrophobic. The hydrophobic particles may comprise a metal oxide, such as silica (SiO2), alumina (Al2O3), titania (TiO2), or zinc oxide (ZnO), or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the hydrophobic particles comprise fumed silica. The amount of hydrophobic particles is in the range of from about 0.3 wt. % to about 2 wt. %. In one embodiment, the effective amount of water is at least about 0.066 wt. %. The ratio of the amount of the solvent to the amount of the alcohol is slightly less than 100, and, in another embodiment, is at least about 50 to 50. A surface treated with the composition is characterized by a water contact angle of 115° or more, and more particularly 135° or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ashland Licensing and Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Richard J. Baumgart, Subbareddy Kanagasabapathy
  • Patent number: 8137456
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of sulphur cement or a sulphur cement-aggregate composite comprising the following steps: (a) admixing at least an inorganic filler and/or aggregate and a polysulphide-containing organosilane having at least two organosilyl groups and allowing the organosilane to react with the inorganic filler and/or aggregate; (b) admixing during or after step (a) elemental sulphur with the inorganic filler and/or aggregate at a temperature at which sulphur is liquid to obtain an admixture comprising molten sulphur and inorganic filler and/or aggregate; and (c) solidifying the admixture to obtain sulphur cement or a sulphur cement-aggregate composite. The invention further provides sulphur cement or a sulphur cement-aggregate composite obtainable by such process and the use of a polysulphide-containing organosilane having at least two organosilyl groups as coupling agent in sulphur cement or a sulphur cement-aggregate composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Rob Aloysius Maria Van Trier, Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist
  • Publication number: 20120064134
    Abstract: A light emitting composition including first color emitters and second color emitters. The first color emitters are configured to emit, upon exposure to an energy source, visible light at a target color in response to absorption of energy across a first band of wavelengths. The second color emitters are configured to emit, upon exposure to the energy source, visible light at the target color in response to absorption of energy across a second band of wavelengths. The light intensity observable at the target color is enhanced relative to reflected white light without emission from the first and second color emitters. The light emitting composition can be a part of a paint, an ink, a fabric, a thread, a road sign, a highway marking, an automobile, a boat, a plane, a reflector, a building product, a concrete product, an epoxy product, a jewelry product, colored contact lens, a candle product, a rubber product, a plastic product, or other colored surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: Immunolight, LLC
    Inventors: Frederic J. Bourke, JR., Harold Walder
  • Publication number: 20120000412
    Abstract: A method of colouring the surface of a tin-containing article is provided, the method comprising contacting at least a portion of the surface of the article with a solution comprising a thiosulphate, preferably under substantially neutral or acidic conditions. In one embodiment, the solution contains sodium thiosulphate and citric acid and further comprises a copper salt, together with acetone and/or glycerol. The method is preferably conducted at elevated temperatures, in particular by heating the solution to a temperature of from 45 to 85° C. The method is particularly suitable for the colouring of pewter articles, but may be applied to a wide range of tin-containing materials and tin alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: University of Plymouth
    Inventor: Trish Woods
  • Publication number: 20110315914
    Abstract: A nanocomposite with high dielectric constant includes both ferroelectric with non-ferroelectric fillers. This may improve, not only the dielectric constant of the nanocomposite but also provide additional thermal, electrical, optical, mechanical, or chemical properties to the nanocomposite for specific applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: ZHIYUN CHEN, JUN XU, BRIAN L. WEHRENBERG, ZEHRA SERPIL GONEN-WILLIAMS, GREGORY D. COOPER
  • Patent number: 8025726
    Abstract: A silica containing composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a compound having the following formula: (SiO2)x(OH)yMzSaF: wherein M is at least one of the following metal or metalloid cations: boron, magnesium, aluminum, calcium, titanium, vanadium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, zirconium, molybdenum, palladium, silver, cadmium, tin, platinum, gold, and bismuth; wherein S is a sulfur-based species selected from at least one of the following: sulfide salts, dithiocarbamates, polymer-based dithiocarbamates, and polysulfide salts; wherein F optionally exists and said F is at least one of the following: a functionalized organosilane, a sulfur-containing organosilane, an amine-containing organosilane, and an alkyl-containing organosilane at a surface area coverage of 0.01-100%; and wherein the molar ratio of y/x is equal to 0.01-0.5, the molar ratio of x/z is equal to 3-300, and the molar ratio of a/z is 1-5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Bruce A. Keiser, Nicholas S. Ergang, Richard Mimna
  • Publication number: 20110226841
    Abstract: A method for forming direct metal-metal bond between metallic surfaces is disclosed. The method comprises depositing a first nanostructured organic coating (118) on a first metallic surface (116) to form a first passivation layer thereon, the first nanostructured organic coating (118) comprising an organic phase with nanoparticles dispersed within the organic phase, contacting the first nanostructured organic coating (118) with a second metallic surface (126), and applying on the first and second metallic surfaces (116, 126) at least a bonding temperature of at least room temperature and/or a bonding pressure for a bonding period to bond the first and second metallic surfaces (116, 126) thereby forming the direct metal-metal bond therebetween. A second nanostructured organic coating (128) comprising an organic phase with nanoparticles dispersed within the organic phase may also be deposited on the second metallic surface (126).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Jun Wei, Xiao Fang Ang, Chee Cheong Wong, Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 7981954
    Abstract: Methods for controlling atmospheric corrosion of a metallic surface including coating the metallic surface with a coating material containing at least one compound having at least one thioamide group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerhard Fischer, Monica Fernandez Gonzalez, Marc Schroeder, Konrad Roschmann, Alexander Goethlich, Hermann Bergmann, Guido Vandermeulen
  • Patent number: 7968204
    Abstract: An optical article includes a transparent substrate and an abrasion-resistant layer appended to at least one surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie Generale d'Optique)
    Inventors: Michelle Kim Cheng Koh, Xiao Feng Luo, Zheng Wang
  • Patent number: 7915159
    Abstract: A treating agent composition for increasing the hydrophobicity of an organosilicate glass dielectric film when applied to said film. It includes a component capable of alkylating or arylating silanol moieties of the organosilicate glass dielectric film via silylation, and an activating agent which may be an acid, a base, an onium compound, a dehydrating agent, and combinations thereof, and a solvent or mixture of a main solvent and a co-solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Anil S. Bhanap, Boris A. Korolev, Roger Y. Leung, Beth C. Munoz
  • Patent number: 7914589
    Abstract: Fluorine-containing urethanes represented by the general formula: [Rf-A1-Z—X1—OC(?O)NH—]mI[—NHC(?O)O—Y1]n[—NHC(?O)O—(ClCH2—)X2O)a—R1]k ??(1) wherein I is a group derived from a polyisocyanate by removal of the isocyanato groups; Rf is perfluoroalkyl of 1 to 21 carbon atoms; A1 is a direct bond or an organic group of 1 to 21 carbon atoms; Z —SO2—; X1 is a divalent, straight-chain or branched, C1-5 aliphatic group which may have at least one hydroxyl group; X2 is a trivalent, straight-chain or branched, C2-5 aliphatic group; Y1 is a monovalent organic group which is optionally hydroxylated; and R1 is hydrogen or alkyl of 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ikuo Yamamoto, Yutaka Ohira, Shinichi Minami
  • Publication number: 20100264371
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a composition comprising a host material including quantum dots and one or more of the following additives: a UV absorbing dye; a humectant; an occlusant; a terpene; a surfactant; an antioxidant; a pigment; a fragrance; a fatty acid ester emulsifier; a fatty acid ester; a high molecular weight alcohol; an oxygen scavenger; a fatty alcohol; a silicone fluid; and a hydrocarbon oil. Other aspects of the present invention relate to a particle comprising a composition of the invention, a powder comprising a particle of the invention, a formulation including a composition of the invention, a coating including a composition of the invention, a taggant including a composition of the invention, a device including a composition of the invention, a method for making a composition of the invention, and other products and applications utilizing a composition of the invention. In a preferred embodiment, a quantum dot comprises a light-emissive semiconductor nanocrystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventor: Robert J. Nick
  • Publication number: 20100255311
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition and method for functionalizing nanoparticles that enables them to undergo reversible aggregation/deaggregation. The aggregation properties of this new system are reversible and readily monitored by optical absorbance measurements with the possibility of electrical and/or magnetic monitoring as well. The outer portion of the coating material is functionalized with polyethylene glycol (PEG) entities that facilitate biocompatibility and stability both in solution and in the solid state. Also provided are nanoparticles functionalized with rationally designed free radical initiators to effect tailored polymer growth from the surface. These systems may be used for a broad variety of applications, including biosensing with real-time feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas Randall Lee, Hye Hun Park, Nam Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100222481
    Abstract: A product is used in creating an active capping layer across submerged (and optionally exposed) surfaces of contaminated sediment, with the product including multiple, dry particles composed of variable types and amounts of inert material, reactive material and binding material. To create optimal characteristics for controlled and relatively rapid settling through a water column, the dry particles can selectively comprise different sizes, size gradations and shapes (as a function of procedures for manufacturing and processing) as well as different density, or specific gravity (as a function of optionally including relatively very dense minerals). The dry particles are manufactured by implementing the sequential steps of material mixing into a flowable paste, paste drying, crushing and optionally sieving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: BIOLOGGE AS
    Inventors: Joseph Jersak, Tore Lundh
  • Publication number: 20100078782
    Abstract: A coating composition including a compound having a first molecular group or a first combination of atoms, the first molecular group or the first combination of atoms capable of bonding to an oxidizable metal or a metal oxide, and a second molecular group or a second combination of atoms, the second molecular group or the second combination of atoms capable of interacting with a precursor of a polymer so the compound and the polymer are bound together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Manfred Mengel, Joachim Mahler
  • Patent number: 7686879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide coating materials including at least one binder and at least one photocatalytically-active substance adapted to absorb light at one or more absorption wavelengths in the range of about 380 nm to about 500 nm. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: STO AG
    Inventors: Peter Grochal, Werner Duttlinger, Michael Troll, Josef Ermuth
  • Publication number: 20090320718
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of end groups Y, where Y stands for CF3(CH2)aS— or CF3CF2S— or [CF3—(CH2)a]2N—, where a stands for an integer selected from the range from 0 to 5, as end group in surface-active compounds, to corresponding novel compounds, and to processes for the preparation of these compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Wolfgang Hierse, Nikolai (Mykola) Ignatyev, Martin Seidel, Elvira Montenegro, Peer Kirsch, Andreas Bathe
  • Patent number: 7563315
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: OMG Electronic Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger F. Bernards, Joseph Stanton Bowers, Jr., Benjamin T. Carroll, Alvin A. Kucera
  • Publication number: 20090053534
    Abstract: Coating compositions, articles having a coating layer and an enamel layer applied thereto, enamel systems and processes for applying a coating to a glass composite are described. According to one or more embodiments, the coating composition comprises a refractory particulate material in an amount at least about 30% by weight. In other embodiments, the coating composition has an average particle size of less than about 30 ?m. In yet other embodiments, the coating composition can be applied to a glass composite having a layer of enamel disposed on the second surface, using a single firing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventor: Robert Prunchak
  • Publication number: 20090035580
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electropeeling composition which, when attached two adhered members, has an enough bond strength and can be easily detached the adherend members following use. An electropeeling composition includes an ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Chino, Misaki Matsumura
  • Patent number: 7470317
    Abstract: The invention relates to suspensions, to the production of said suspensions, and to the use thereof for accelerating the setting and hardening of cement and mixtures containing the same. According to the invention, said suspensions consist of aluminium sulphate in a quantity of more than 8 wt. % as Al2O3, preferably between 10 and 12 wt. %, and of suspended bentonite in a quantity of between 1 and 7 wt. %. Said suspensions can especially be used as economical and ecological alternatives in the field of wet spraying. The inventive suspensions are free of COD and alkali.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: BK Giulini GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Lunkenheimer, Hubert Dörrer, Jochen Stein
  • Publication number: 20080187673
    Abstract: Aqueous oil-in-water emulsion comprising from 1 to 70% by weight, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of functional alkoxysilanes and/or condensed oligomers thereof and/or organoalkoxysiloxanes, at least one emulsifier and water, wherein the emulsion has a pH of from 5 to 9 and preferably a mean droplet size of the disperse phase of ?0.5 ?m, and the width of the droplet size distribution, expressed as the span (Formula I), is from 0.6 to 1.2. The preparation of the emulsions having the desired droplet size distribution is carried out in apparatuses having at least one pressure stage at a pressure of from 2 to 15 MPa. The emulsion can be used for hydrophobicizing porous mineral building materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: DEGUSSA GmbH
    Inventors: Burkhard Standke, Kerstin Weissenbach, Bernd Bartkowiak
  • Publication number: 20080110368
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition and process of manufacture of a stir-in form of pigment with increased dispersing and color properties. Pigment is slurried with acetylenic dispersing agents, wet-milled to a particular particle size, and then dried to powder or granulate form. Also disclosed is a process for producing a pigmented paint composition from the stir-in pigment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: Sun Chemical B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Ortalano, Darleen Wright, William Burgess, Brian Thompson
  • Publication number: 20080038488
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating liquid which is excellent in stabilities and capable of being stably ejected by an ejection equipment and suppressing variation in film thickness inside a film or between films, in application for various uses, a film production method, a production method of a functional device, and a functional device, using the coating liquid. The present invention is a coating liquid comprising a mixed solvent and a functional material, wherein the mixed solvent comprises a first solvent constituted by a compound having two or more aromatic rings such as diphenyl sulfide, diphenylmethane, diphenyl ether, and a symmetric structure and another solvent constituted by a compound having an aromatic ring such as xylene, and a proportion by volume of the another solvent is 90% or less in the mixed solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2005
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicants: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Emi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7314512
    Abstract: A reactive coating composition and method for treating a surface including heavy metals by applying the reactive coating composition to the surface. The surface can be, for example, a paint layer containing heavy metals. The reactive coating composition includes a stabilizing agent to stabilize the heavy metal and a permeability enhancing agent to increase the permeability of the paint layer, facilitating the reaction of the heavy metal with the stabilizing agent. The structure including the treated paint layer can be left in place or can be disposed in a non-hazardous landfill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: MT2, LLC
    Inventors: James Barthel, Mark A. Peters
  • Patent number: 7276549
    Abstract: A coating for preparing a floor underlayment to receive an adhesive includes a water-soluble, latex polymer, a defoamer and a dual-function surface enhancing agent. The surface enhancing agent includes a set accelerator that also functions to cross link the adhesive, hardening the surface of the underlayment using at least two mechanisms. One embodiment of the invention is a dry mixture that forms a coating when added to water. The dry mixture includes from about 10% to about 50% of the redispersible polymer by weight based on the mixture, from about 50% to about 90% of the surface enhancing agent and from about 0.15% to about 0.25% of the defoamer by weight based on the mixture. Other embodiments describe a liquid coating formed by adding from about 1 to about 8 pails water to 1 part of the dry mixture on a volumc basisby volume based on the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: Qingxia Liu, John W. Ellicson, David McDonald
  • Patent number: 7108795
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Electrochemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger F. Bernards, Joseph Stanton Bowers, Jr., Benjamin T. Carroll, Alvin A. Kucera
  • Patent number: 7056846
    Abstract: This invention provides compositions and methods for treating fibrous substrates to render those substrates durably repellent to water and oil and durably resistant to dry soil comprising a fluorochemical urethane formed by reacting a tri- or higher order isocyanate with a fluorochemical monofunctional compound; and optionally a non-fluorinated aliphatic monofunctional compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: John C. Clark, Malcolm B. Burleigh, Chetan P. Jariwala, Qiu Zai-Ming
  • Patent number: 6946027
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, a topography modifier, and a sulfur-containing coating stabilizer. In another embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under conditions effective to provide a roughened copper surface, the adhesion promoting composition comprising an oxidizer, a pH adjuster, and a topography modifier. Then, in a subsequent step, the roughened copper surface is contacted with an acid resistance promoting composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Electrochemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger F. Bernards, Joseph Stanton Bowers, Jr., Benjamin T. Carroll, Alvin A. Kucera
  • Patent number: RE44080
    Abstract: Sulfur, useable in as an additive to asphalt in the preparation of asphalt binders can be plasticized by addition of carbon and further treated with amyl acetate. This plasticized sulfur can be formed into solid particles and then added to asphalt as either a minority or majority component to create desired paving binder compositions. The solid plasticized sulfur has non-stick non-flow properties within a wide range of ambient temperatures, and it can be stored solid for subsequent use in paving applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: William R. Bailey, Norm D. Pugh