Vehicles Or Solvents Patents (Class 106/311)
  • Patent number: 11873464
    Abstract: Cleaning compositions and methods of making and using the same are provided. The cleaning composition includes an ethyl or methyl ester of a vegetable oil and an emulsifying agent consisting of isopropylamine alkylbenzene sulfonate. The cleaning compositions of the present invention are useful in a variety of domestic or industrial applications including removal of paint from paint brushes, removal of chewing gum from surfaces, and removal of graffiti from surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Herman Kron
  • Patent number: 11596506
    Abstract: A method of producing a dental prosthesis produced from a gum part, and prosthetic teeth arranged on the gum part and connected to the gum part. The surface of the dental prosthesis is surface-treated, the surface treatment of the dental prosthesis involving a solvent, and the solvent containing at least one chlorohydrocarbon and at least one methane nitroderivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Heinrich Steger
  • Patent number: 11401388
    Abstract: A method of forming an acid-doped polyaniline (emeraldine salt) (PANi-ES) solution including steps of: (i) mixing polyaniline (emeraldine base) (PANi-EB) with a PANi-EB solvent and a gel-inhibitor to form a gel-inhibited PANi-EB solution; (ii) removing the gel-inhibitor from the gel-inhibited PANi-EB solution to form a PANi-EB solution; and (iii) adding an acid dopant to the PANi-EB solution to form a PANi-ES solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swinburne UIniversity of Technolooy
    Inventors: Maryanne Spiers, Daniel Eldridge, Peter Kingshott, David Nielsen, Karl Pavey, Yen Truong, Gregory Rutledge
  • Patent number: 11171294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to formulations for the preparation of organic electronic devices (OLEDs) which comprise (A) at least one specific ester solvent containing an aromatic group and (B) at least one organic functional material selected from organic conductors, organic semiconductors, organic fluorescent compounds, organic phosphorescent compounds, organic light-absorbent compounds, organic light-sensitive compounds, organic photosensitisation agents and other organic photoactive compounds, selected from organometallic complexes of transition metals, rare earth metals, lanthanides and actinides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Gaëlle Béalle, Christoph Leonhard, Hsin-Rong Tseng, Irina Martynova, Aurélie Ludemann, Edgar Kluge, Anja Jatsch, Manuel Hamburger, Li Wei Tan, Pawel Miskiewicz, Philip Edward May, Daniel Walker
  • Patent number: 10901123
    Abstract: A curable composition which can be used to produce a cured film that does not easily allow a near infrared-absorbing pigment to be eluted even when the cured film is immersed in a solvent is provided. A cured film, a near infrared cut filter, a camera module, and a method for manufacturing a camera module are also provided. The curable composition includes: a near infrared-absorbing pigment (A) and a curable compound (B) having one or more atoms or groups selected from a fluorine atom, a silicon atom, a linear alkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms, and a branched alkyl group having 3 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kyohei Arayama, Satoru Murayama, Hidenori Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10804095
    Abstract: A composition for forming a silica layer includes a silicon-containing polymer and a solvent, the composition having a SiO2 conversion rate of greater than about 0 and less than or equal to about 15. The SiO2 conversion rate is represented by: SiO2 conversion rate=(a ratio of an area of Si—O to an area of Si—H measured after coating the composition in a thickness of 6700 ? on a bare wafer, and allowing the coated wafer to stand for 24 hours under conditions of a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85%)?(a ratio of an area of Si—O to an area of Si—H measured after coating the composition in a thickness of 6700 ? on a bare wafer, and allowing the coated wafer to stand for 2 hours under conditions of a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85%).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hee Bae, Taeksoo Kwak, Byeonggyu Hwang, Kunbae Noh, Jun Sakong, Jinwoo Seo, Junyoung Jang
  • Patent number: 10799444
    Abstract: A hot wax composition useful in removing hair from skin contains an effective amount of a thermally activated pigment which causes the composition to change color when it is heated sufficiently for use in hair removal and then change color again when the composition has cooled enough to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Theresa Cooper, Euphrem Komras
  • Patent number: 10717885
    Abstract: A composition includes methyl acetate, dimethyl carbonate, acetone, or a combination thereof, dimethyl sulfoxide, methyl glyoxal, propylene carbonate, gamma butyrolactone, ethylene carbonate, 2-chloro-1-propanol, or a combination thereof, and optionally thiophene, 1,3-dioxolane, thioacetic acid, or a combination thereof. The respective amounts of each solvent are further described herein, and the total amounts of methyl acetate, dimethyl carbonate, acetone, dimethyl sulfoxide, methyl glyoxal, propylene carbonate, thiophene, 1,3-dioxolane, and thioacetic acid sum to at least 90 volume percent of the total volume of the composition. The composition can be particularly useful for removal of a coating from a surface. Accordingly, a method of removing a coating from a surface is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventor: Gregory Morose
  • Patent number: 10703928
    Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous compositions useful as zero VOC coating compositions having a % opacifying pigment volume concentration (% OPVC) of from 2 to 25 and comprising (i) an opacifier composition of an at least partially polymer encapsulated opacifying pigment, a polymer opacifying pigment composite or their mixtures, with the opacifying pigment, encapsulated in and/or as a composite with at least one soft polymer having a measured glass transition temperature (measured Tg) of 5° C. or less, and (ii) a hard binder polymer having a measured Tg of at least 30° C. and a weight average particle size of 120 nm or less, wherein the ratio of the weight average particle size of the opacifier composition to that of the hard binder polymer is from 2:1 to 12:1 and the volume ratio of the opacifying pigment to the soft polymer solids in the opacifier composition is from 2:5 to 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Zhenwen Fu, Ann R. Hermes, Wenqin Wang
  • Patent number: 10301572
    Abstract: A process which can extract a fatty acid from a triglyceride oil includes (a) contacting a triglyceride oil T1 made of a fatty acid with an aqueous solution W1 made of a quaternary ammonium salt and an aliphatic diol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, where a triglyceride oil phase T2 and an aqueous phase W2 are obtained, where T2 has a reduced content of fatty acids compared to T1 and W2 has an increased content of fatty acids compared to W1; and (b) separating the triglyceride oil phase T2 from the aqueous phase W2. The quaternary ammonium salt includes a quaternary ammonium cation and a basic anion selected among hydroxide, alkoxide, alkyl carbonate, hydrogen carbonate, carbonate, serinate, prolinate, histidinate, threoninate, valinate, aspartate, taurinate, and lysinate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Heymann, Matthias Bahlmann, Jan Wolter
  • Patent number: 10300428
    Abstract: A method and device for gas scrubbing, in which, in a first scrubbing step, substances of a first kind and, in a subsequent second scrubbing step, substances of a second kind are selectively washed out from the gas mixture that is made to flow in countercurrent to physically acting scrubbing agents, wherein part of the scrubbing agent that is free from substances of the first kind but laden with substances of the second kind in the second scrubbing step is used in the first scrubbing step, and so there occurs a scrubbing agent stream that is laden with substances of the first and second kinds, during the regeneration of which a partly regenerated scrubbing agent stream (semilean); that contains substances of the first and second kinds but has a lower content of substances of the first kind than the scrubbing agent stream laden in the first scrubbing step is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulvi Kerestecioglu, Alexander Brandl
  • Patent number: 10125282
    Abstract: An ink composition contains a solid component, a hydrophobic solvent A, a hydrophilic solvent B, and an amphiphilic solvent C, wherein the solvent C is an alcohol having 8 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shotaro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10113920
    Abstract: A thermochromic efficiency indicator for indicating efficiency of a temperature affector, and methods of making and using such a thermochromic efficiency indicator, whereby the thermochromic efficiency indicator comprises: a substrate; and a first indicia coupled to the substrate, the first indicia comprising a first thermochromic compound capable of undergoing a first thermochromic compound color change; wherein the first thermochromic compound color change indicates the temperature affector is below a first predetermined efficiency threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Chromatic Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Edson, Timothy J. Owen, Terrill Scott Clayton
  • Patent number: 10085926
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a row-level security. One of the methods includes receiving a request for one or more objects. The method includes determining that a type of the one or more requested objects is associated with an object representative of instance level security. The method includes determining access is authorized to at least some of the one or more objects. Determining access includes obtaining a first access statement associated with the type of the one or more objects, obtaining a second access statement associated with the object representative of instance level security, combining at least the first access statement and the second access statement into a third access statement, and obtaining one or more objects using the third access statement. The method also includes providing the authorized subset of objects to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Anise Cosmetics, LLC
    Inventors: Neal Kevin Wallach, Scott Hofmann, Tam Tran
  • Patent number: 10036105
    Abstract: Described herein are nanofibers and methods for making porous carbon nanofibers. The pores have of any suitable size or shape. The presence and/or ordering of the pores results in a high surface area and/or high specific surface area. Such carbon is useful in a number of applications where high surface area carbon is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yong Lak Joo, Brian Williams
  • Patent number: 10037898
    Abstract: A one-step water soluble (WS) flux process may reduce residue staining and increase yields for bond grid array (BGA) packages. In one example, the WS flux may use increased amounts of bonding polymer (BP) and reduced amounts of amine to increase viscosity. The increased viscosity may eliminate using a second no-clean flux and enable a single WS flux to both clean the associated substrate and provide stable solder ball support during reflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Kabir J. Mirpuri
  • Patent number: 9761379
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is stack-type flow energy storage system. More particularly, the system includes a stack-type electrode cell composed of fluidic electrode material mixed with an electrolyte and storage tank for the electrode material, thereby remarkably improving stability, output and energy density. The stack-type flow energy storage system is advantageous in that unit cells, each consisting of a cathode, a separation membrane and an anode, are connected in parallel or in series to each other to make a stack cell, thus remarkably increasing output power. Further, the stack-type flow energy storage system is advantageous in that the sizes of slurry storage tanks connected to an electrode cell are adjusted, thus determining the required specification of energy density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Sun-Hwa Yeon, Kyoung-Hee Shin, Jae-Deok Jeon, Se-Kook Park, Dae Wi Kim, Jung Joon Yoo, Hana Yoon, Sun-Dong Kim, Hyunuk Kim
  • Patent number: 9458393
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for scavenging hydrogen sulfide and/or mercaptans from fluids. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of hydantoin compounds as a hydrogen sulfide or a mercaptan scavenger for hydrocarbon fluids, particularly for natural gas, crude oil, field oil, fuel oil, naphtha, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, slurry oil, gas oil, resid, refinery gas, coal gas, tar, asphalt, coke gas, ammonia synthesis gas, gas from a sulfurization plant, or industrial gas streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Juan M. Garcia, III
  • Patent number: 8961680
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in part, a solvent composition including an an acetic acid alkyl (C1-C4) ester (e.g., methyl acetate (MA), ethyl acetate (EA), or tert-butyl acetate (TBAc)) and a carbonate ester (e.g., dimethyl carbonate, or propylene carbonate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: TBF Environmental Technology Inc.
    Inventors: David Anthony Pasin, Diego López-Arias
  • Publication number: 20140364351
    Abstract: A method for preparing a mixture (M) including at least one alcohol (Aj), wherein said method includes a gas-phase oligomerization reaction of at least one alcohol (Ai) with a solid acid-base catalyst doped with one or more metals, said reaction being carried out in the presence of hydrogen and at a temperature of no less than 50° C. and strictly less than 200° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Virginie Belliere-Baca, Didier Morvan, Loïc Baussaron, Gérald Bocquenet, Roland Jacquot, Philippe Marion, Jun Kubo, Tetsuya Yoshioka
  • Publication number: 20140328625
    Abstract: Bitumen cutback agents include esters, preferably methyl esters in the range C6 to C14, preferably C8 to C12. The methyl esters may be sourced from organic oils, such as coconut or palm kernel oil. The cutback agent shows improved performance over prior cutback agents such as kerosene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: John Brodie Matthews, Philip Anthony Charles Jennings, Lijin Kuriachan, Philip Raymond Herrington
  • Publication number: 20140311384
    Abstract: A coating reducers containing low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to improve adverse environmental impacts, where the reducers may be water or solvent based and include mixtures of VOC exempt solvents and/or low vapor pressure (LVP) solvents and paints, lacquers, and varnishes diluted with the reducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: PACKAGING SERVICE CO., INC.
    Inventors: John S. Ledford, Jason Olson, John Kuca, Katia Baizan, Jean-Pierre Baizan, Lynn Place, Amber Livesay
  • Publication number: 20140255326
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in part, a solvent composition including an an acetic acid alkyl (C1-C4) ester (e.g., methyl acetate (MA), ethyl acetate (EA), or tert-butyl acetate (TBAc)) and a carbonate ester (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: TBF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: David Anthony Pasin, Diego López-Arias
  • Patent number: 8822034
    Abstract: A film-forming composition according to one embodiment includes a siloxane polymer (A) containing a condensation product (A1) and a condensation product (A2). In the (A), a contained amount of the (A1) is 75 percent or less by mass in terms of SiO2 with respect to the total of the (A1) and the (A2). The (A) has a weight-average molecular weight (MW) of 80 percent or greater of a molecular weight value M determined by expression (1) if RA1>RA2, expression (2) if RA1<RA2, or expression (3) if RA1?RA2: M=(RA1/RA2)*(MA1+MA2)+[(RA2?RA1)/RA2)]MA2??expression (1): M=(RA1/RA2)*(MA1+MA2)+[(RA2?RA1)/RA2)]MA2??expression (2): M=MA1+MA2??expression (3): (MA1 and RA1 are MW and the SiO2-converted-mass ratio in the (A), respectively, for the (A1). MA2 and RA2 are MW and the SiO2-converted-mass ratio in the (A), respectively, for the (A2)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Kamizono, Toshiro Morita
  • Patent number: 8778077
    Abstract: A solvent comprising 40 to 100 wt % of 1,3-dioxolane and 0 to 60 wt % of tetrahydrofuran, wherein the solvent further comprises 30 ppm to 800 ppm of an antioxidant, based on the total weight of the solvent, provides a long shelf life with good adhesive strength even after exposure to air. The solvent can be effectively used for labeling of heat-shrinkable polyester-based labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: SKC Inc., SKC Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Taebyoung Oh, Tae Houng Jeong
  • Patent number: 8710136
    Abstract: Carbon blacks, such as rubber blacks, having a low PAH concentration are described. Furthermore, elastomeric or rubber compositions containing the carbon black of the present invention are further described, as well as methods of making carbon black having a low PAH concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Irina S. Yurovskaya, William L. Sifleet, Steven J. List, Martin C. Green, Anand Prakash
  • Publication number: 20140096701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of mixtures of monoesters and diesters as coalescing agents. Monoesters and diesters according to the present invention were obtained by ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or by direct esterification of fatty acids with monoethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol. Fatty acids used in the present invention have 4 to 22 carbon atoms and can be saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched. In particular, the invention is directed to a composition of coalescing agents comprising: (i) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters; and, (ii) mixtures of (RCOO(EO)nH) monoesters and diesters obtained from the ethoxylation of fatty acids, and/or direct esterification of fatty acids with ethylene glycol derivatives, and/or transesterification, wherein the monoesters are present in an amount of 90 to 10 mass % and diesters are present in an amount of 10 to 90 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: OXITENO S.A. INDUSTRIA E COMERCIO
    Inventors: Juliane Pereira Santos, Flavio Fumio Nakashima, Fabio Rosa, Nadia Andrade Armelin, Andre Luis Conde Da Silva, Gilberto Alberto Silva
  • Publication number: 20140100313
    Abstract: The invention relates to a solvent system for fluoropolymer comprising from 50 to 99.9% by weight of a composition (A) comprising dimethyl sulphoxide, and from 0.1 to 50% by weight of a composition (B) comprising at least one ketone. The invention also relates to the solutions comprising the said solvent system and the said fluoropolymer, and to their uses in the manufacture of films, membranes and coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Paul-Guillaume Schmitt, Melanie Vauthrin
  • Patent number: 8652363
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel boron compound that has a maximum absorption wavelength in the near-infrared light range and has low absorption in the visible ray range, and thus is excellent as a near-infrared absorber, and a near-infrared absorber and a near-infrared absorbing synthetic resin composition using the compound. The present invention specifically provides a boron compound represented by the following general formula (1), preferably a boron compound wherein R1 to R16 in the general formula (1) each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and a near-infrared absorbing synthetic resin composition containing the boron compound as a near-infrared absorber In the above-mentioned general formula (1), R1 to R16 each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, an amino group, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms optionally having substituents, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ueda, Kazukiyo Nomura
  • Patent number: 8647427
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a polyvinyl ester-based latex having polyvinyl ester-based particles with vinyl ester groups that have been partially hydrolyzed to a predetermined degree, and methods of modifying and forming the polyvinyl ester-based latex of the present disclosure. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include coating compositions that include the polyvinyl ester-based latex of the present disclosure and an optical brightening agent (OBA), where the polyvinyl ester-based particles act as a carrier for the OBA in a coating composition for a print media substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Styron Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Etienne Lazarus, Nathalie A. Hahn-Behrens, Alexander K. Hipp
  • Patent number: 8623132
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to blends that contain alkoxylated, lipophilic polyol compounds having about three moles of lipophilic, substituents per mole of polyol which are polyethylene glycol methyl glucose trioleate and polyethylene glycol methyl glucose dioleate and, more specifically, to the use of such compounds as thickeners in liquid surfactant compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane G. Krzysik, Virginia L. Gibson, William J. Reiman, Timothy J. Roach
  • Patent number: 8613797
    Abstract: The invention concerns a composition comprising as component (A): 10% to 97% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of one or more monocarboxylic esters of the general formula R1—CO—OR2, in which R1 is a saturated or unsaturated, branched or straight-chain, aliphatic group having 11 to 23 carbon atoms and R2 is a branched or straight-chain aliphatic group, a cycloaliphatic group or aromatic group having 1 to 13 carbon atoms, and the sum of the carbon atoms of the groups R1 and R2 is not more than 30, the monocarboxylic ester or esters possessing a boiling point of more than 250° C. under a standard pressure of 101.3 kPa, and as component (B): 3% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of one or more dispersants, the composition possessing a viscosity at 25° C. of less than 5000 mPas. The invention further concerns the use of the composition as a dispersion medium, millbases obtained from the composition, and the use of the millbases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BYK-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Fischer, Wolfgang Pritschins, Frank Vennhoff, Lucia Spikker-Heilen, Andrea Esser
  • Patent number: 8591639
    Abstract: Ceramic inks comprising ceramic pigments dispersed in vehicles based on water and glycols and containing urea, and method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by the use of said inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Lamberti SpA
    Inventors: Stefano Crespi, Alan Nappa, Paolo Prampolini, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • Patent number: 8574537
    Abstract: A carbon black having an I2 number from 30 mg/g to 200 mg/g and a DBP from 20 cc/100 g to 40 cc/100 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Belmont, Geoffrey D. Moeser, Andriy Korchev, Agathagelos Kyrlidis, Jeremy K. Huffman
  • Patent number: 8501148
    Abstract: A black matrix or coating includes carbon black including a first carbon black having an I2 number from 30 mg/g to 200 mg/g and a DBP from 20 cc/100 g to 45 cc/100 g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Belmont, Geoffrey D. Moeser, Andriy Korchev, Agathagelos Kyrlidis, Jeremy K. Huffman
  • Publication number: 20130192489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a cellulose film in which a) cellulose is at least partly dissolved at a temperature of about 100° C. or lower in a dope comprising an ionic liquid and a cosolvent to form a cellulose solution, wherein said cosolvent comprises a polar aprotic component, and B) cellulose film is cast from the cellulose solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Cockcroft, Colin Marshall
  • Patent number: 8398764
    Abstract: Provided herein are mixtures, emulsions and other additives for use in manufacturing gypsum wallboard. The mixtures and emulsions may be wax-based emulsions or wax-free mixtures or emulsions, with wax-based emulsions including water, at least one wax, a dispersant which may include sulfur or a sulfur-containing group, and an additive comprising an organic titanium compound or organic zirconium compound. Mixtures may also be prepared including water, a dispersant; and an additive comprising an organic titanium compound or organic zirconium compound. Gypsum slurries may be prepared using such emulsions and mixtures and/or through addition of an organic titanium compound or organic zirconium compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Henry Company LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Michael Mahoney, Jonathan Stuart, John H. Burns
  • Patent number: 8337608
    Abstract: A multi-purpose solvent includes a soy ester material and includes less than 25 Grams Per Liter (GPL) of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) rating which permits the multi-purpose solvent to be used for cleaning in government regulated areas. The desire to reduce VOCs is well recognized. The multi-purpose solvent of the present invention performs as well as known cleaning products (for example, xylene or MEK) having greater than 25 grams per liter VOC products. Further, the multi-purpose solvent according to the present invention has less than one tenth of the hazardous ingredients present in the other multi-purpose solvents. The multi-purpose solvent is suitable for reducing water and oil based coatings and material and may be used as a cleaner or thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Steven H. Bortz
  • Patent number: 8337605
    Abstract: A chemical composition for protecting glassy surfaces exposed to the external environment comprising silicon dioxide, in a percentage between about 0.3-2%, isopropyl alcohol (2-propanol) in percentage between 60-70%, 1-methoxy-2-propanol in percentage between 15-25%, ethanol in percentage between 0.5-3.5% and ethyl silicate in percentage between 0.1-1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: CIEFFE31 S.R.L.
    Inventors: Filippo Cabrini, Fabrizio Caneva, Francesco Franza
  • Patent number: 8329634
    Abstract: A paint thinner and cleaner includes a methyl soy ester and dibasic ester and satisfies a less than 25 grams per liter Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) rating which permits the thinner and cleaner to be used for cleaning and thinning in government regulated areas. Requirements for reducing VOCs are well recognized. The paint thinner and cleaner of the present invention performs as well as products (for example, hydrocarbon based thinners) having greater than 25 grams per liter VOC products. Further, the paint thinner and cleaner according to the present invention has less than one tenth of the hazardous ingredients present in the other paint thinners. The paint thinner and cleaner is suitable for reducing water and oil based coatings and material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Steven H. Bortz
  • Patent number: 8303863
    Abstract: A fine particle which contains a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1a and R1b may be the same or different, and each independently represent an alkyl group, an aryl group, or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and at least one of R2 and R3 is an electron withdrawing group; R2 may be bonded to R3 to form a ring; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a substituted boron, or a metal atom; and R4 may be covalently bonded or coordinately bonded to at least one among R1a, R1b and R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumi Nii, Shunya Kato, Yoshihiro Jimbo
  • Patent number: 8303857
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite with inverse thermochromic properties, the composite changing from a colorless into a colored state with increasing temperature. The composite thereby contains a colorant, a developer and a fluxing agent and also an inorganic filler. The invention likewise relates to a composite material which contains a polymer-based matrix into which at least one composite with inverse thermochromic properties is doped. These composite materials are used in the field of sensor technology, solar technology, transport and communications technology and medical technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Arno Seeboth, Olaf Mühling, Ralf Ruhmann, Renate Vetter
  • Patent number: 8257484
    Abstract: A microemulsion paint thinner includes a hydrocarbon solvent, a glycol ether, a carboxylic acid, a base, and water, wherein the carboxylic acid is partially neutralized by the base. A process for thinning oil-based paint includes mixing uncured oil-based paint and the above composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: W. M. Barr & Company
    Inventors: Charles L. Hawes, Dennis E. Shireman, Timothy Gerald Teague
  • Publication number: 20120122999
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a compound of a compound of Formula 1 wherein Rf is a C2 to C12 perfluoroalkyl optionally interrupted by one to four moieties each independently selected from the group consisting of —CH2—, —O—, —S—, —S(O)—, and —S(O)2—; n is 1 to 6; m is 0 to 2, provided that m is less than or equal to n. X and Y are each independently O or NR, R is hydrogen or C1 to C6 alkyl; R1, and R2 are each independently C1 to C6 alkyl, optionally containing one or more oxygen atoms and may form a ring selected from the group of piperidine, pyrrolidine, and morpholine; and R3 is O?, (CH2)pC(O)O?, (CH2)pCH(OH)(CH2)SO3?, and (CH2)qSO3?; p is 1 to 4; and q is 2 to 4 which is useful as a surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: PETER MICHAEL MURPHY, Anilkumar Raghavanpillai, Allison Mary Yake
  • Publication number: 20110234692
    Abstract: The present invention provides a maintenance liquid for ink jetting, the maintenance liquid including: water and an organic solvent having an ether bond, a content of the organic solvent being from 15% by mass to 40% by mass with respect to maintenance liquid, and a concentration of peroxide in the maintenance liquid being 0.1 mmol/L or lower; a method of manufacturing the above maintenance liquid for ink jetting, the method including a process for mixing water and the organic solvent having an ether bond; and a process for purifying by distilling in advance the organic solvent having an ether bond that is used in the mixing; an ink set for ink jetting including: the maintenance liquid for ink jetting and an aqueous ink composition having a pH of from 7.0 to 10.0; and an image forming method that uses the ink set for ink jetting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akimitsu HAIJIMA, Mika IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20110192806
    Abstract: The present invention discloses integrated chemical delivery media that comprise a substrate and incorporated chemical additives. The invention also teaches methods of preparing such chemical delivery media as well as the use of such media for water treatment applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Longchun Cheng
  • Publication number: 20110146537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compound of the formula or a mixture thereof; wherein R and R? are the same or different, and wherein R and R? are independently selected from an alkyl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, wherein the alkyl group, the arylalkyl group, or the alkylaryl group has from about 18 to about 60 carbon atoms; and wherein m is an integer of from about 1 to about 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Adela Goredema, Mihaela Maria Birau, C. Geoffrey Allen, Caroline Turek, Maxine E. Haberl, Carol A. Jennings, Peter G. Odell
  • Patent number: 7951231
    Abstract: A liquid release agent for application in particular to a panel edge region provided, or to be provided, with a coating by means of an adhesive or by means of glue, the panel preferably being a furniture panel, and the agent comprising a white oil as its carrier fluid, is configured such that the release agent comprises an alcoholic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Inventors: Hans Riepe, Angelika Riepe
  • Publication number: 20110088581
    Abstract: Ceramic inks comprising ceramic pigments dispersed in vehicles based on water and glycols and containing urea, and method for decorating green or fired ceramic bodies by the use of said inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Stefano Crespi, Alan Nappa, Paolo Prampolini, Giuseppe Li Bassi
  • Publication number: 20110039031
    Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided a carrier composition for migration and/or redistribution of a preservative formulation within wood or engineered wood products, said carrier system comprising a drying oil and/or a semi-drying oil and an extender. There is also provided a preservative formulation comprising such a carrier composition and a method of treating wood comprising the step of applying such a preservative formulation to the wood or engineered wood product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Peter Cobham, David Humphrey, Brett Skewes