From Metal Containing Monomer Patents (Class 526/240)
  • Patent number: 11895918
    Abstract: Organic photovoltaic device comprises a first electrode, a first carrier transfer later, an active layer, a second carrier transfer layer and a second electrode. The first electrode is a transparent electrode. The active layer includes at least one electron donor, a first electron acceptor, and a second electron acceptor. Wherein, the electron donor is an organic polymer. The first electron acceptor is a crystalline material, and the self-molecule stacking distance of the first electron acceptor is less than 4 ?. The second electron acceptor is a crystal destruction material, and the second electron acceptor includes a fullerene derivative. The organic photovoltaic device of the present invention not only has a controllable morphology formation but also can enhance fill factor and improve power conversion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RAYNERGY TEK INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ming Chang, Chia-Hua Li, Huei-Shuan Tan
  • Patent number: 11773214
    Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to electrochromic polymers that include a plurality of ?-conjugated chromophores in spaced relation with one another, and a plurality of conjugation-break spacers (CBSs), where at least one CBS separates adjacent chromophores. The chromophores may be colored in the neutral state, and multicolored to transmissive in different oxidization states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Furcifer Inc.
    Inventors: Jianguo Mei, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11718064
    Abstract: A light weight flexible flame, arc flash and flash fire resistant fabric for protective garments is made from a flexible polyvinylchloride sheet having phthalate or phthalate free plasticizers coated with well defined parallel lines or grids of adhesive layer. The adhesive coated polyvinylchloride sheet contacts a non-woven meta-aramid fiber liner and is heated to produce a bond between the polyvinylchloride sheet and the liner. Both polyvinylchloride sheet and meta-aramid non-woven liner resist heat. When heat from arc flash or flash fire is applied, the heat is conducted away at local contacting regions of the adhesive with the polyvinylchloride sheet to the liner whereby the temperature of the polyvinylchloride is locally reduced preventing sagging, charring or burning of the space between adhesive contacting regions. This structure produces mechanically strong lightweight arc flash and flash fire resistant fabric suited for producing garments that meet all ASTM specifications for fireproof garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Tingley Rubber Corporation
    Inventors: Brian C. Nutt, James P. Towey, Dave Narasimhan, Michael S. Zedalis
  • Patent number: 11713371
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polar functional group-partially introduced polymer, a preparation method therefor, and an organic electronic element adopting the same. The organic electronic element of the present invention has excellent photoelectric conversion efficiency and stability and is very advantageous in commercialization, by adopting the polar functional group-partially introduced polymer of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang Eun Song, Won Suk Shin, Sang Jin Moon, Jong Cheol Lee, Sang Kyu Lee, Hang Ken Lee, Vu Van Doan, Shafket Rasool
  • Patent number: 11691037
    Abstract: A method for forming a coating on a skin surface using a nanofiber sheet, the method including: (1) applying to the skin a sheet transparentizing agent containing 2 mass % or more of one or more oil agent; and (2) transferring a white nanofiber sheet mainly composed of a water-insoluble polymer to the skin after (1), where the transferred white nanofiber sheet becomes transparent and the coating is a transparent coating through which the skin is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kaori Ishida, Takehiko Tohjo, Kenta Mukai, Yuki Otorii
  • Patent number: 11591424
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles by suspension polymerization and thermal surface postcrosslinking, wherein the base polymer obtained by suspension polymerization has a centrifuge retention capacity of at least 37 g/g and the thermal surface postcrosslinking is conducted at 100 to 190° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stephan Bauer, Tina Mark, Lydia König, Yvonne Hagen, Thomas Daniel
  • Patent number: 11345878
    Abstract: Provided among other things are a cleaning composition comprising a carrier fluid comprising in the carrier fluid polymer comprising particulate super absorbent polymer (PSAP), wherein the PSAP as in the cleaning composition is substantially at the percolation volume fraction or higher; wherein the cleaning composition can be passed over a surface driven by a pressure drop effective to render the composition traditional biofilm (TBF) cleaning effective and protein cleaning effective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Novaflux Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Emam Labib, Stanislav S. Dukhin, Yacoob Tabani, Ching-Yue Lai, James L. Manganaro, Peter Materna, Jeffrey C. Robertson, Seo Yean Sohn
  • Patent number: 11219217
    Abstract: An organosilicon antimicrobial solution, an organosilicon antimicrobial agent, an antimicrobial glass, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof. The organosilicon antimicrobial solution comprises, in percentage by mass: 30% to 65% of an organosilicon quaternary ammonium salt; 10% to 40% of ethyl orthosilicate; 10% to 40% of a double bond-containing organosilicon; 5% to 20% of an epoxy group-containing organosilicon; 5% to 20% of methyltrimethoxysilane; and 0.1% to 3% of an organotin catalyst. The organosilicon quaternary ammonium salt is selected from at least one of methyldiethoxysilane quaternary ammonium salt, N,N-dimethyl-N-octadecylaminopropyltrimethoxysilane quaternary ammonium salt, (trimethoxysilylpropyl)octadecyldimethylammonium chloride and 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride. An antimicrobial glass prepared by the organosilicon antimicrobial solution above has strong versatility and small influence on the light transmittance of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CSG APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Haichao Liang, Qi Wang
  • Patent number: 11152685
    Abstract: A half-wave radiating antenna for an electronic member of a tire, the length of which is suitable for operating in the frequency range between 860 MHz and 960 MHz, includes a core coated with a brass coating, such that the thickness of the brass coating is between 1.0 and 2.0 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Julien Destraves, Sebastien Noel, Annabel Tourenne, Nicolas Chevaux
  • Patent number: 11099320
    Abstract: A method for applying a water-absorbing polymer coating onto an optical fibre having a core, a cladding and at least a primary coating includes coating the optical fibre with an organic solvent-free radiation curable coating composition and initiating polymerization. The polymerization may be initiated with UV light. The coated optical fibre may be combined in a tubular or flat sheath, e.g., as a multi-fibre cable or ribbon. The coated optical fibre may be a coloured coated optical fibre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Fractal Coatings B.V.
    Inventors: Jack Meijer, Ricky Nijenhuis, George Lodewijk van den Berg
  • Patent number: 11101495
    Abstract: New phosphorous-based polyesters have been synthesized. When these polymers are combined with electrolyte salts, such polymer electrolytes have shown excellent electrochemical oxidation stability in lithium battery cells. Their stability along with their excellent ionic transport properties make them especially suitable as electrolytes in high energy density lithium battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Malar Azagarsamy, Kulandaivelu Sivanandan, Hany Basam Eitouni, Jonathan P. Mailoa, Georgy Samsonidze, Boris Kozinsky, Mordechai Kornbluth
  • Patent number: 11066513
    Abstract: Electrochromic polymers include conjugated chromophores in spaced relation with one another, and conjugation-break spacers (CBSs). At least one CBS separates adjacent chromophores. The chromophores may be colored in the neutral state, and multicolored to transmissive in different oxidization states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Furcifer Inc.
    Inventors: Jianguo Mei, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 11046817
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel phosphono-phosphate polymer compositions with multi-valent cations in aqueous solutions. These compositions can further include mono or multivalent anions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan M. West, Scott Leroy Cron
  • Patent number: 11046798
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel phosphono-phosphate compounds, monomers, and polymer compositions that have targeted uses with divalent cations and surfaces having divalent cations. These compounds can be used to deliver actives to surfaces such as calcium hydroxyapatite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ryan M. West, Scott Leroy Cron
  • Patent number: 10941163
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for forming a refined metal-containing unit by reducing yield impurities with acidified deionized water. Another embodiment is a composition comprising the refined metal-containing unit. Yet another embodiment is a process for forming a patterned substrate by depositing a composition comprising the refined metal-containing unit on a substrate, drying the film comprising the refined metal-containing unit, exposing the film comprising the refined metal-containing composition to a source of actinic radiation, and transferring the pattern to substrate. The disclosed embodiments are useful in producing patterned substrates by direct or indirect pattern transfer from films comprising the refined metal-containing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Pryog, LLC
    Inventors: Stephanie Dilocker, Joseph J. Schwab
  • Patent number: 10875944
    Abstract: A process for producing aqueous solutions of acrylic acid polymers by polymerization of acrylic acid in feed operation with a free-radical starter in the presence of hypophosphite in water as solvent, which comprises (i) initially charging water and optionally acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralized form, optionally one or more ethylenicaliy unsaturated comonomers, optionally aqueous hypophosphite solution and optionally initiator, (ii) adding acrylic acid in acidic, unneutralized form, optionally one or more ethylenicaliy unsaturated comonomers, aqueous free-radical starter solution and aqueous hypophosphite solution, (iii) adding a base to the aqueous solution after termination of the acrylic acid feed, wherein the comonomer content does not exceed 30 wt % based on the total monomer content, wherein the acrylic acid, the aqueous free-radical starter solution and the aqueous hypophosphite solution are added such that the molar ratio x of acrylic acid to phosphorus-bound hydrogen [AA]/[P—H] over a time period
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Johannes Barth, Gledison Fonseca, Dieter Faul, Martin Ernst, Juergen Detering, Ferdinand Leifeld, Gazi Tuerkoglu
  • Patent number: 10759912
    Abstract: Provided are a superabsorbent polymer and a preparation method thereof. The superabsorbent polymer may effectively avoid a rewetting phenomenon after absorbing liquid, because a saline solution hardly remains in the empty spaces between swollen gel particles. Accordingly, the superabsorbent polymer may be used to provide hygienic materials, such as diapers, sanitary napkins, etc., which have a fluffy texture even after body fluid is discharged thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo Jin Lee, Sang Gi Lee, Hye Mi Nam, Min Ho Hwang, Chang Sun Han
  • Patent number: 10745578
    Abstract: A seed or seedling is coated with underivatized guar, cationic hydroxypropyl guar, polyacrylamide, poly(methacrylic acid), poly(acrylic acid), polyacrylate, polyethylene glycol), polyethyleneoxide, poly(vinyl alcohol), polyglycerol, polytetrahydrofuran, polyamide, hydroxypropyl guar, carboxymethyl guar, carboxymethylhydroxypropyl guar, underivatized starch, cationic starch, corn starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, tapioca, waxy maize, sorghum, waxy sorghum, sago, dextrin, chitin, chitosan, xanthan gum, carageenan gum, gum karaya, gum arabic, pectin, cellulose, hydroxycellulose, hydroxyalkyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, carboxymethylhydroxyethyl cellulose, or hydroxypropyl cellulose, the coated seed or seedling having a shelf-life at room temperature in ambient conditions in an unsealed container to at least two months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Zhiyun Chen, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Peng Fei Ji, Galder Cristobal
  • Patent number: 10648731
    Abstract: A production process for production of water-absorbing polymer particles including drying an aqueous polymer gel in a belt drier with a conveyor belt. The belt drier is formed with a drier setup substantially comprising the conveyor belt and an air recycling conduit downstream of the drier setup for air recycling, where recycled air is withdrawn from the drier setup and fed back to the drier setup via the air recycling conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Gerald Grünewald, Rüdiger Funk, Matthias Weismantel, Karl Possemiers
  • Patent number: 10633529
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition having excellent mechanical strength and elongation, its melt-kneaded product and a molding product thereof. A resin composition comprising a fluororesin having a hydroxy group or a carbonyl group, an ester bond-containing resin having no fluorine atom and a transesterification catalyst, a melt-kneaded product obtained by melt-kneading the resin composition, a molding product, film or sheet obtained from the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product, a laminated product, a backsheet for a solar cell, and a method for producing a molding product using the resin composition or the melt-kneaded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakanishi, Toshiaki Sawada, Seigo Kotera, Shinji Wada
  • Patent number: 10590010
    Abstract: Processes for the separation of water from a mixture of water with other components, comprising the following steps: A) providing feed material FM comprising water and at least one a nonionic surfactant S in an amount of 0.1 to 1000 ppm by weight based on the feed material FM, B) subjecting said feed material FM to a distillation step using a falling film evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: SOLENIS TECHNOLOGIES, L.P.
    Inventors: Sujandi Sujandi, Sophie Maitro-Vogel, Stephan Nied, Heike Glade
  • Patent number: 10544257
    Abstract: Electrochromic polymers that include a plurality of ?-conjugated chromophores in spaced relation with one another, and a plurality of conjugation-break spacers (CBSs), where at least one CBS separates adjacent chromophores, are provided. The chromophores may be colored in the neutral state, and multicolored to transmissive in different oxidation states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Furcifer Inc.
    Inventors: Jianguo Mei, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10226753
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing superabsorbents, comprising the preparation of partly neutralized acrylic acid by the steps (i) preparing an over-neutralized acrylic acid having a degree of neutralization of at least 100.1 mol-% by mixing of an acrylic acid 1 and a base and (ii) preparing a neutralized acrylic acid having a degree of neutralization from 50 to 85 mol-% by mixing of the over-neutralized acrylic acid and an acrylic acid 2, wherein the content of dimeric acrylic acid in the acrylic acid 2 is lower than the content of dimeric acrylic acid in the acrylic acid 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, BASF (THAI) LTD.
    Inventors: Norbert Herfert, Wanthip Poomsuwan, Thomas Gieger
  • Patent number: 10106724
    Abstract: A method is disclosed that includes contacting a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a treatment composition comprising solvent and a fluorinated polymer. The fluorinated polymer includes: a first divalent unit represented by formula (I): wherein Rf represents a fluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; each R1 is independently hydrogen or methyl; Q is a bond or —SO2—N(R)—, wherein R is alkyl having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and m is an integer from 1 to 11, a second divalent unit comprising a poly(alkyleneoxy) group; and a third divalent unit comprising a pendant ionic group. The solvent includes not more than ten percent by weight methanol and not more than 25 percent by weight water, based on the total weight of the solvent, and/or the solvent solubilizes or displaces brine in the hydrocarbon-bearing formation. Treated hydrocarbon-bearing formations are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Rudolf J. Dams, Yong K. Wu, Wayne W. Fan
  • Patent number: 10053542
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more polycyclic repeating units, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Changsheng Wang, Nicolas Blouin, Mansoor D'Lavari, Jingyao Song
  • Patent number: 9714372
    Abstract: A hydraulic cementing composition and a method of making the same is disclosed. The composition is useful to form a sheath of hardened cement in the annular space between a well pipe disposed in a well bore and the walls of the well bore. The cementing composition is a mixture of dry ingredients comprising hydraulic cement and an additive to control the loss of fluid from an aqueous slurry containing the cementing composition. The fluid loss additive and a method of making the same is disclosed. The fluid loss additive is the reaction product of three chemical compounds each having an ethylene backbone and functional groups selected from carboxylates, hydrogen, anhydrides and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: FRITZ INDUSTRIES, INC. A CORP. OF TEXAS
    Inventors: James C. Ferrell, Jr., Kurt O. Lindstrom, Luis M. Perales, Hongfeng Ren
  • Patent number: 9657172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flame retardant thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compositions that are prepared by compounding certain TPU's and with a polyphosphonate homopolymer or copolymer, and more specifically TPU compositions that pass ASTM E84 Class 1 and UL94 V0 ratings. The invention also relates to compositions that further include an inherently dissipative polymer to provide a TPU composition that has flame retardant properties, electrostatic discharge performance, good clarity and/or transparency, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Feina Cao, Greg S. Nestlerode, Qiwei Lu
  • Patent number: 9611416
    Abstract: A salt-tolerant, thermally-stable rheology modifier and, in particular, a rheology modifier for applications in oilfield well-bore fluids. In accordance with one aspect, the rheology modifier comprises a terpolymer of acrylamide, 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-propanesulfonic acid (AMPS) and a long-chain alkyl acrylate wherein the terpolymer is prepared by dispersion polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: ISP INVESTMENTS LLC
    Inventors: Janice Jianzhao Wang, Jun Zheng, David Farrar, Osama M. Musa
  • Patent number: 9249386
    Abstract: A main object of the present invention is to provide a cell transfer substrate capable of transplanting cells, maintaining a pattern as it is, on a living body tissue or the like, even when: the size of the cell sheet is extremely small; the cells are cultured sparsely; the cells are in a form of a small colony; or the cells are cultured in a pattern, for example, as a blood vessel, a vessel network such as a lymphatic vessel, or a nerve network, and to provide a substrate for cell transfer to be used for the cell transfer substrate. In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a substrate for cell transfer comprising: a polymer base material; an intermediate layer formed on the polymer base material; and a cell transfer layer formed on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideshi Hattori, Masatoshi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 9216938
    Abstract: A method of extracting (meth)acrylic acid from an aqueous reaction medium into an organic phase in contact therewith is described. The aqueous reaction medium is formed from at least one base catalyst and at least one dicarboxylic acid selected from maleic, fumaric, malic, itaconic, citraconic, mesaconic, and citramalic acid or mixtures thereof in aqueous solution and contains the base catalysed decarboxylation products of the base catalysed reaction. The method includes either the addition of at least one of the said dicarboxylic acids and/or a pre-cursor thereof to the aqueous reaction medium to enhance the solvent extraction of the (meth)acrylic acid into the organic solvent or maintaining the level of base catalyst to dicarboxylic acid and/or pre-cursor at a sub-stoichiometric level during the extraction process. The method extends to a process of producing (meth)acrylic acid, its esters and polymers and copolymers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lucite International UK Limited
    Inventors: David William Johnson, Graham Ronald Eastham, Martyn Poliakoff, Thomas Andrew Huddle
  • Patent number: 9187373
    Abstract: Set retarders of copolymers of at least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one alkoxylated monomer are capable of delaying the hardening of a cementitious slurry when introduced into a subterranean formation until a downhole temperature greater than or equal to 500° F. is obtained, even in the absence of an intensifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Windal Scott Bray, Andreas Brandl
  • Patent number: 9115236
    Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer having: A) at least one monomer unit a) derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic monocarboxylic or polycarboxylic acid, a corresponding anhydride, or a corresponding water-soluble salt; B) at least one monomer unit b) derived from a particular sulfonated or sulfated ethylenically unsaturated ether or at least one monomer unit (b?) derived from a sulfonated ethylenically unsaturated monomer other than (b), C) at least one monomer unit (c) derived from a monomer with the average general formula [CH2?CH—CH2—R6—O—]xP(?O)(OM)3-x. The invention also relates to a method for preparing such a copolymer, an inhibitor composition including such a copolymer, and a method for inhibiting inorganic deposits in a petroleum reservoir by means of said inhibitor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES, RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Hervé Adam, Dominique Labarre, James Wilson, Jean-François Argillier, Brigitte Bazin, Patrick Gateau, Benjamin Herzhaft
  • Patent number: 9079989
    Abstract: Here is provided a charge control resin which is prompt in charge rising up, excellent in electrostatic charging propensity and easy in manufacturing. This charge control resin contains a polymer as an active ingredient having a constituent unit represented by following Formula (1) in the Formula (1), R1 is independent of one another, and is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxy-containing group, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, or a straight-chained or branched alkoxy group having 1-18 carbon atoms; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxy-containing group, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, or a straight-chained or branched alkoxy group having 1-18 carbon atoms; g is a number of 1-3; h is a number of 1-3; and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, an ammonium radical or a mixture of any of these.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ORIENT CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Yasumatsu, Kaori Inoue, Satoko Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9045651
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article comprising a substrate; a polymer disposed upon the substrate; the polymer having a number average molecular weight of about 2,000 to about 5,000 grams per mole; where each polymer is separated from a neighboring polymer by an average distance of 2.5 Angstroms to 5,000 Angstroms. Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing upon a substrate a polymer; the polymer having a number average molecular weight of 2,000 to about 5,000 grams per mole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jiun-Jeng Chen, Anthony B. Brennan
  • Publication number: 20150144846
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel compounds containing one or more units derived from 1,5-disubstituted-1,5-dihydro-[1,5]naphthyridine-2,6-dione, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the compounds, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these compounds, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GmbH
    Inventors: Lana Nanson, Nicolas Blouin, William Mitchell, Steven Tierney, Toby Cull
  • Publication number: 20150136224
    Abstract: Compositions, synthesis and applications for benzene, furan, thiophene, selenophene, pyrole, pyran, pyridine, oxazole, thiazole and imidazole derivatized anthra[2,3-b:6,7-b?]dithiophene (ADT) based polymers, namely, poly{5,11-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)thiophen-2-yl)anthra[2,3-b:6,7-b?]dithiophene-2,8-diyl-alt-2-ethyl-1-(thieno[3,4-b]thiophen-2-yl)hexan-1-one-4,6-diyl}, poly{5,11-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)furan-2-yl)anthra[2,3-b:6,7-b?]dithiophene-2,8-diyl-alt-2-ethyl-1-(thieno[3,4-b]thiophen-2-yl)hexan-1-one-4,6-diyl and poly{5,11-bis(5-(2-ethylhexyl)selenophen-2-yl)anthra[2,3-b:6,7-b?]dithiophene-2,8-diyl-alt-2-ethyl-1-(thieno[3,4-b]thiophen-2-yl)hexan-1-one-4,6-diyl} are disclosed. Further, an organic solar cell constructed of a derivatized anthra[2,3-b:6,7-b?]dithiophene (ADT) based polymer is discussed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: Phillips 66 Company, Solarmer Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Chenjun Shi, Ruby Chen, Jun Yang, Christopher S. Daeffler, Janice Hawkins, Yue Wu, Wei Wang, Kathy Woody, Joe Bullock, Hui Huang, Amit Palkar, Ting He
  • Publication number: 20150133617
    Abstract: A conjugated polymer compound is disclosed. The conjugated polymer compound includes a conjugated polymeric main chain; and a porphyrin compound having absorption in a blue light region of solar radiation, and is bonded to the polymeric main chain to form a side chain on the polymeric main chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Chain-Shu HSU, Ching-Yao LIN, Chien-Lung WANG, Jhong-Sian WU, Yi-Hsiang CHAO, Jyun-Fong JHENG, Ming-Chi TSAI, Chin-Li WANG
  • Publication number: 20150119540
    Abstract: This invention relates to organoaluminum compounds, to organoaluminum activator systems, preferably supported, to polymerization catalyst systems containing these activator systems and to polymerization processes utilizing the same. In particular, this invention relates to catalyst systems comprising an ion-exchange layered silicate, an organoaluminum compound, and a metallocene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Matthew W. Holtcamp, Gregory S. Day
  • Publication number: 20150118556
    Abstract: A binder composition for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The binder composition includes lithium polyacrylate and a solvent and has a viscosity of about 500 cps to about 5000 cps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Chang-Ui Jeong, Byung-Joo Chung, Nam-Seon Kim, Yang-soo Kim, Kwang-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9012579
    Abstract: A method comprising contacting at least one metal salt of an organic acid with at least one aromatic compound in a reaction zone under conditions suitable for the formation of a polymer, wherein the metal salt of an organic acid comprises a metal and at least one unsaturated organic acid moiety. A composition comprising polystyrene and a metal salt of cinnamic acid. An article made from a composition comprising polystyrene and a metal salt of cinnamic acid. A composition comprising polystyrene and a salt of a fatty acid. An article made from a composition comprising polystyrene and a salt of a fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Olga Khabashesku
  • Publication number: 20150105520
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed to conjugated polymers, their manufacture and their implementations. As may be implemented in connection with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a conjugated polymer and a side chain or end chain material connected to the conjugated polymer. The amount and makeup of the side chain or end chain enhance solubility of the resulting modified conjugated polymer, relative to the conjugated polymer itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Zhenan Bao, Lei Fang, Jianguo Mei, Yan Zhou
  • Patent number: 9006346
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition for a golf ball and a golf ball which have high resilience while maintaining soft compression and also have low spin on driver shots, and therefore can achieve a long flight distance. The present invention relates to a resin composition for a golf ball, including an ionomer resin consisting of a metal ion-neutralized copolymer of (A) a C3-8 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid and (B) a C3-8 ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester, the ionomer resin having a mass ratio of (A)/(B) of 10/90 to 25/75, and a degree of neutralization of 30 to 105 mol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuki Shiga, Ryo Murakami, Yoshiyuki Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20150094436
    Abstract: A copolymer containing a repeating unit having a dioxopyrrole condensed ring skeleton and a repeating unit having a dithieno condensed ring skeleton and also having a specific substituent is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya KAWAI, Rieko FUJITA, Wataru SATO, Mitsunori FURUYA, Kenichi SATAKE, Maki OBA
  • Publication number: 20150080542
    Abstract: A latex particle for high-sensitive agglutination assay and a reagent for agglutination assay including the particle are provided. The latex particle barely initiates non-specific reactions and can readily prepare diagnostic agents. A latex particle for agglutination assay including a polymerizable monomer having a phenyl group, a polymerizable monomer having a phenyl group and a salt of sulfonic acid, and a polymerizable monomer represented by Formula (1): CH2?CR1—COO(CH2CH2O)n—R2??(1) where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n is 1?n<20, wherein the density of functional groups derived from the polymerizable monomer represented by Formula (1) on the surface of the particle is 0.05 to 0.5 ?mol/m2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: SEKISUI MEDICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichiro Kitahara, Yuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8969497
    Abstract: A method for producing a water-absorbent resin including the step of subjecting a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer to a reversed phase suspension polymerization in a petroleum hydrocarbon dispersion medium in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator and a dispersion stabilizer, wherein the method is characterized by the use of an ether-ester type nonionic surfactant as the dispersion stabilizer, and a water-absorbent resin obtained by the method, wherein the water-absorbent resin has a water-retention capacity of saline solution of 25 g/g or more, a water-absorption rate of saline solution of 50 seconds or less, and a flow index under moisture absorption of 70% or more. According to the method of the present invention, a water-absorbent resin having high water-retention capacity, excellent water-absorption rate, and further having excellent flowability under moisture absorption can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Handa, Junichi Takatori
  • Publication number: 20150048279
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repearting units derived from indacenodibenzothiophene or dithia-dicyclopenta-dibenzothiophene, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Jingyao Song
  • Publication number: 20150028265
    Abstract: A conjugated polymer for electronic devices can include a repeated unit having the structure of formula (I)
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Letian Dou, Wei-Hsuan Chang
  • Patent number: 8936854
    Abstract: Provided is a method of forming an antifouling coating film including the steps of [1] preparing a colored antifouling paint containing a prescribed Si-containing hydrolyzable resin and a color pigment such that a coating film having a target dry film thickness T completely hides a surface of an object to be coated, the colored antifouling paint has a color difference ?E1 between the coating film having the thickness T and a coating film having a dry film thickness of 0.8 T, at least 2.0, and preferably the colored antifouling paint has a color difference ?E2 between the coating film having the thickness T and a coating film having a dry film thickness of 1.2 T, less than 1, and [2] coating a surface of the object with the colored antifouling paint until the surface of the object is completely hidden by the coating film formed from the colored antifouling paint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Paint Marine Coatings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryo Ehara, Haruyasu Minami, Soichiro Tomiyama
  • Publication number: 20140373912
    Abstract: A polymer compound comprising a repeating unit represented by the formula (A) and a repeating unit represented by the formula (B) manifests large absorbance of light having long wavelength, and can be used in an organic photoelectric conversion device and an organic thin film transistor. [in the formula (A) and the formula (B), R represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an optionally substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group optionally substituted by a fluorine atom, an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a group represented by the formula (2a) or a group represented by the formula (2b). A plurality of R may be the same or mutually different. Ar1 and Ar2 represent an optionally substituted tri-valent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 60 carbon atoms or a trivalent heterocyclic group having 4 to 60 carbon atoms.].
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasunori Uetani, Ken Yoshimura
  • Publication number: 20140371341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a dental restorative material which comprises a thermolabile compound of Formula I: [(Z1)m-Q1-X)]k-T-[Y-Q2-(Z2)n]l??Formula I, in which T represents a thermolabile unit which contains at least one thermolabile group based on non-covalent interactions, Z1 and Z2 in each case independently represent a polymerizable group selected from vinyl groups, CH2?CR1—CO—O— and CH2?CR1—CO—NR2— or an adhesive group selected from —Si(OR)3, —COOH, —O—PO(OH)2, —PO(OH)2, —SO2OH and —SH, Q1 in each case independently is missing or represents an (m+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, Q2 in each case independently is missing or represents an (n+1)-valent linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20 radical which can be interrupted by —O—, —S—, —CO—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—, —O—CO—NR3—, —NR3—CO—O— or —NR3—CO—NR3—, X and Y in each case independently are missing or represent —O—,
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Norbert Moszner, Thomas Hirt, Kai Rist, Ulrich Salz, Christoph Weder, Gina Fiore, Christian Heinzmann, Volker Rheinberger