Patents Assigned to Akzo
  • Matte textured powder monocoat coating compositions
    Patent number: 10072156
    Abstract: The present invention includes matte textured powder monocoat coating compositions that can be used to coat substrates, such as automobile bodies, and methods of coating such substrates. A powder coating composition may comprise an acrylic resin, a UV light stabilizer, a matting agent, and a texturing additive, wherein the cured powder coating composition transmits less than about 0.1% of UV light at 290 nm and less than about 0.5% of UV light at 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Susan Marie Sobek, Susan Margaret Miller
  • Delayed breaker for viscoelastic surfactant-based fluids
    Patent number: 10066149
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for delayed breaking of viscoelastic surfactant gels inside subterranean formations. Breaking is accomplished without mechanical intervention or use of a second fluid. The delayed breaking agent is selected from alkyl ether phosphates and salts thereof, alkylaryl ether phosphates and salts thereof, alkyl sulfates and salts thereof, alkylaryl sulfates and salts thereof, alkyl ether sulfates and salts thereof, alkylaryl ether sulfates and salts thereof, and mixtures of any of the foregoing. The viscoelastic surfactant can be a zwitterionic surfactant, and can be selected from the group consisting of sultaines, betaines, and amidoamine oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Lingling Li, James Frederic Gadberry, Nick Henry Wolf, Jian Zhou
  • Process for preparing a masterbatch of polymer additive
    Patent number: 10059816
    Abstract: Process for preparing a masterbatch comprising 20-90 wt % of a polymer additive dispersed in 10-80 wt % of a thermoplastic polymer, said process comprising the steps of: —providing the additive in liquid form, —optionally heating the additive, —adding solid particles of the thermoplastic polymer to the liquid additive, —heating the resulting mixture to a temperature in or above the melting temperature of the polymer, —treating the mixture with shaping equipment to form solid particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventor: Geesje Klasina Spijkerman
  • Microgels prepared using hybrid crosslinker systems and coating compositions having microgels prepared therefrom
    Patent number: 10053594
    Abstract: The present invention includes coating compositions having a microgel, wherein the microgel is prepared from a carboxyl functional polymer and a hybrid crosslinker system, wherein the hybrid crosslinker system has a first crosslinker having an epoxy resin and a second crosslinker having a thermally active crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventor: Gary Pierce Craun
  • Enhanced efficiency of sunscreen compositions
    Patent number: 10039700
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the invention relate to compositions comprising UV blocking agents, a film forming polymer containing acid groups and a neutralizing agent. Such compositions have an increased SPF due to neutralization of at least a portion of the acid groups of the film forming agent by the neutralizing agent. The invention also discloses methods for increasing SPF of a composition as well as methods for using the novel composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: Bayer HealthCare LLC, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Qiwei He, Michael Timothy Philbin, Gary Theodore Martino, Thomas A. Meyer, Donathan G. Beasley, John H. Wagner
  • Thermosetting resin composition
    Patent number: 10040900
    Abstract: This invention relates to a radically curable resin composition comprising: a) An unsaturated polyester resin and/or a methacrylate functional resin, b) Reactive diluent, c) A copper salt, copper complex, iron salt and/or iron complex, and d) An enaminone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Iris Hilker, Johan Franz Gradus Antonius Jansen, Willem Posthumus
  • Coating composition
    Patent number: 10030166
    Abstract: A coating composition comprising: a) a film forming resin comprising secondary amine groups, b) a polyisocyanate curing agent and c) solid particles of an amino resin based polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Wouldhave, Bijoy Kanatt, Sebastiaan J. A. Hesselink, Michael David Donkin
  • Internal polymeric breaker for viscoelastic surfactant-based fluids
    Patent number: 10017683
    Abstract: Compositions and methods are provided for delayed breaking of viscoelastic surfactant gels inside subterranean formations. Breaking is accomplished without mechanical intervention or use of a second fluid. The delayed breaking agent is a hydrophobically modified alkali swellable emulsion polymer, which can be a copolymer comprising acidic monomers, nonionic monomers, and associative monomers. The viscoelastic surfactant can be a zwitterionic surfactant, and can be selected from the group consisting of sultaines, betaines, and amidoamine oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Qingwen Wendy Yuan-Huffman, Kai Kang, Bo Wu
  • Hair fixatives including cellulose ether based polyglucose polymers
    Patent number: 10016352
    Abstract: A hair fixative composition includes at least one carboxylated cellulose ether based polyglucose polymer, an alcohol based solvent system, and a cosmetically acceptable additive, wherein the polyglucose polymer is soluble in the alcohol based solvent system. The polyglucose polymer is obtained by reacting at least one cellulose ether with at least one anhydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventor: Hanamanthsa Bevinakatti
  • Controlled release granule with water resistant coating
    Patent number: 10017685
    Abstract: A controlled release composition containing a water-active material in the form of granules having a protective barrier coating capable of releasing the water-active material under predetermined release conditions, wherein the protective barrier coating comprises a polymer blend of two latex polymers, a method of preparing such a composition, a sprayable solution useful in the preparation of the composition, and the use of the composition for breaking a fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Michael Ferm, Andrew Alexander Robertson, Kurt Randall Heidemann, Jian Zhou, Daniel Bode, Jude Thomas Rademacher, Patricia B. Siuta-Cruce
  • Powder coating compositions capable of having a substantially non-zinc containing primer
    Patent number: 10011736
    Abstract: Corrosion and chip-resistant coatings for high tensile steel components, such as automotive coil springs, can be formed from a coating composition comprising a primer having an epoxy resin with the proviso that the epoxy resin does not have an EEW of about 860 to about 930, a polyhydroxyl functional phenolic curing agent having a HEW of about 200 to about 500, and a platy filler. The primer contains less than 20 wt % zinc. The topcoat includes an epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 450 to about 1400, an elastomer-modified epoxy resin having an epoxy equivalent weight of about 1000 to about 1600, a foaming agent and a reinforcing fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventor: Chad Lucas
  • Process for the Hydrodechlorination of a Feed Comprising Dichloroacetic Acid
    Publication number: 20180170852
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for catalytic hydrodechlorination of dichloroacetic acid, wherein hydrogen gas is contacted with a liquid feed comprising dichloroacetic acid and monochloroacetic acid to form a product stream comprising monochloroacetic acid and an off gas stream comprising hydrogen chloride and hydrogen, and wherein the product stream is contacted with nitrogen gas so as to remove hydrogen gas present in the product stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Lars Magnus Tollin, Cornelis Kooijman
  • Nitrogen containing surfactants with alkoxylation on the hydroxyl group of fatty chains
    Patent number: 10000437
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a nitrogen containing surfactant composition comprising at least one nitrogen containing surfactant of structure (h) or structure (i). The nitrogen containing surfactant of structure (h) is as shown below: Structure (h). The nitrogen containing surfactant of structure (i) is as shown below: Structure (i). The present invention is also directed to an agricultural composition comprising at least one agrochemical and at least one nitrogen containing surfactant composition of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Shawn Zhu, Biing-Ming Su, Giao Vinh Nguyen, Louis Schwarzmayr, Jinxia Susan Sun, Xiaoyu Wang, Elliot Isaac Band, Mojahedul Islam, Christine Puglisi, Wyatt Winkenwerder, Charles Woodville Davis
  • Thiol-functional compound
    Patent number: 10000660
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thiol-functional organic compound having on average at least 3.1 thiol groups per molecule, and having carbon atoms, oxygen atoms, and sulfur atoms, and optionally further heteroatoms, and wherein the ratio of the number of carbon atoms (C) to the sum of the number of heteroatoms (HA), (C/HA) is at least 2.0, and wherein the thiol groups are derived from 2-mercapto acetic acid, 2-mercapto propionic acid, or 3-mercapto propionic acid, or esters thereof; and to a liquid coating composition comprising the thiol-functional compound and a thiol-reactive crosslinker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald Petrus Clemens Van Gaalen, Rogier Van Gemert, Hendrik Jan Willem Van Den Haak, Nicolaas Jacob Van Beelen
  • Process for the production of chlorine dioxide
    Patent number: 9994449
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of chlorine dioxide comprising forming chlorine dioxide in a reaction medium in a reaction vessel and withdrawing chlorine dioxide as a gas from the reaction medium in the reaction vessel, the process further comprising adding chlorine dioxide to at least one raw material used in the process. The invention further relates to the use of chlorine dioxide for the reduction of the amount of chlorinated aromatic compounds occurring in a process for the production of chlorine dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Felix Karl Torsten Hultén, Karolina Ellen Therese Appelqvist Albinsson, Kalle Hans Thomas Pelin
  • Hybrid dendrite copolymers, compositions thereof and methods for producing the same
    Patent number: 9988526
    Abstract: Hybrid dendrite copolymer compositions include a hybrid dendrite copolymer including at least one ethylenically unsaturated first monomer, at least one second ethylenically unsaturated second monomer and a naturally derived hydroxyl containing chain transfer agent as an end group. The at least one first and second ethylenically unsaturated monomers are on separate side chains of the naturally derived hydroxyl containing chain transfer agent. Methods of preparing a hybrid dendrite copolymer are also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Klin Aloysius Rodrigues, Michael L. Standish
  • Stabilization of an aqueous solution of an organic iron salt
    Patent number: 9988574
    Abstract: Process and station for stabilizing an aqueous solution of an iron salt of an organic acid with a ferric component and a ferrous component of less solubility than the ferric component, such as the aqueous solution based on the Fe3+ salt of meso-tartaric acid. To stabilize the content of the dissolved ferric salt, the solution is at least partly subjected to electrolytic oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Hans Lammers, Johannes Albertus Maria Meijer
  • Device for dosing an additive solution
    Patent number: 9981285
    Abstract: Device (1) and method for dosing an aqueous solution (2) of an additive, e.g., a non-caking agent, into an amount of a particulate material, such as a salt. The device comprises a conveyor (4) for transporting the particulate material and a dispenser (5) arranged above the conveyor. The dispenser is connected to a supply for the aqueous solution. The dispenser comprises a pouring outlet (10) extending over at least a part of the width of the conveyor (4). The additive solution is poured with a controlled flow velocity over at least a part of the width of the conveyor (4) transporting the particulate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Wilhelmus Bakkenes, Theodorus Johannes Maria Van Lotringen
  • Preparation method and station for non-caking agent solutions
    Patent number: 9982193
    Abstract: Process and dosing station (1) for the preparation of a solution of a non-caking agent, wherein a concentrate of the non-caking agent is circulated in a loop (6) and wherein the concentrate is subsequently diluted by water to obtain the solution. A flow of the concentrate can be drawn from the circulation loop (6) and mixed with a flow of water. The obtained solution can subsequently be fed into a second recirculation loop (12). A flow of solution can be drawn off from the second recirculation loop for being dosed into an amount of salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Wilhelmus Bakkenes, Willem Ferdinand Heezen
  • Macrostructure Forming Surfactants Useful as Spray Drift Control Agents in Pesticide Spraying Applications
    Publication number: 20180132480
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicants: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V., DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Jinxia Susan SUN, Shawn ZHU, Martin W. MURRAY, Marcus BOONE, Michael WALTERS, Qingwen Wendy YUAN-HUFFMAN, Christine PUGLISI, Brandon Matthew DOWNER, Stephen L. WILSON