Patents Assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC
  • Patent number: 10428293
    Abstract: A lubricant formulation contains: (a) at least 50 weight-percent hydrocarbon base oil; (b) five to 50 weight-percent of an oil soluble polyalkylene glycol selected from monol, diol and triol initiated 1,2-butylene oxide homopolymer and monol initiated copolymers of 1,2-butylene oxide and propylene oxide; and (c) 0.1 to five weight-percent or less of a sulfurized olefin; where weight-percent is based on total lubricant formulation weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ashish Kotnis, Martin R. Greaves, Govindlal Khemchandani
  • Patent number: 10428235
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing color dispersions comprising a first step of contacting water, a first colorant, and a polysaccharide selected from methylcellulose, hydropropylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethylmethylcellulose, hydroxybutylmethylcellulose, hydroxyethylethylcellulose, and the mixture thereof, to form a first colorant dispersion; a second step of contacting the first colorant dispersion with a protective composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles, clay, and a peptizing agent to form a dispersion of protected first colorant particles; an optional third step of repeating the first step and the second step with a second colorant that is different from the first colorant to form a dispersion of protected second colorant particles; and an optional fourth step of mixing the dispersions of protected first and second colorant particles to form a multi-color dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Dong Yun, Yujiang Wang, Hui Liu, Caifeng Wang, Siyuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 10428251
    Abstract: Two-component polyurethane adhesives include a polyol component and a polyisocyanate component. The polyol component includes a polyether polyol and an aliphatic diol chain extender. The polyisocyanate component includes an isocyanate prepolymer made by reacting an aromatic polyisocyanate with a poly(butylene oxide) polyol. When cured, the adhesive is highly resistant to heat and humidity, and exhibits an unexpectedly high modulus and tensile strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Schmatloch, Ilona Caderas
  • Patent number: 10428201
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plasticizer composition, polymeric compositions containing the plasticizer composition, and coated conductors comprising the polymeric composition. The plasticizer composition comprises an epoxidized fatty acid alkyl ester having an APHA color value of less than 100, a triepoxide content of at least 6.5 weight percent, and an oxirane oxygen content of at least 5 grams oxirane per 100 grams of epoxidized fatty acid alkyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Abhijit Ghosh-Dastidar, Manish Mundra
  • Patent number: 10428454
    Abstract: The present invention provides strategies to improve the moisture management properties of textiles while retaining high comfort levels. The treatments also help to protect textiles against microbial growth. The treatment strategies of the present invention are based at least in part on the use of cationic bis-imidazoline(s) and their salts. Quaternized bis-imidazoline cations and their salts are particularly preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sandeep Nikam, Ritesh Gulabani, Yogaraj Nabar, Prashant Tatake
  • Patent number: 10427852
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a container. In an embodiment, a flexible container (8) is provided and includes a first multilayer film (16) and a second multilayer film (18). Each multilayer film includes a seal layer. The multilayer films are arranged such that seal layers oppose each other and the second multilayer film is superimposed on the first multilayer film. The films are sealed along a common peripheral edge (20). The flexible container includes a fitment (10) having a base (12). The base (12) includes an ethylene/a-olefin multi-block copolymer. The flexible container includes a fitment seal (22) comprising the base located between the multilayer films. The base is sealed to each multilayer film at a portion of the common peripheral edge (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Marcos Franca, Bruno Rufato Pereira, Raimund Gerstner
  • Publication number: 20190292279
    Abstract: A high pressure polymerization, as described herein, to form an ethylene-based polymer, comprising the following steps: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, using a reactor system comprising at least three ethylene-based feed streams and a reactor configuration that comprises at least four reaction zones, and at least one of the following a) through c), is met: (a) up to 100 wt % of the ethylene stream to the first zone comes from a high pressure recycle, and/or up to 100 wt % of the last ethylene stream to a zone comes from the output from a Primary compressor system; and/or (b) up to 100 wt % of the ethylene stream to first zone comes from the output from a Primary compressor system, and/or up to 100 wt % of the last ethylene stream to a zone comes from a high pressure recycle; and/or (c) the ethylene stream to the first zone, and/or the last ethylene stream to a zone, each comprises a controlled composition; and wherein each ethylene stream to a zone receives an output from two or more cyli
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cornelis J F Hosman, Nhi T. Y. Dang, Otto J. Berbee, Joaquin Flores
  • Publication number: 20190284330
    Abstract: A method of forming a flexible polyurethane foam that passes BS 5852:2006 source V (Crib 5) test. The method includes providing a modified polyisocyanate polyaddition (PIPA) 5 polyol formed by contacting a PIPA polyol dispersion with at least one carboxylic acid having a melting point above zero degree Celsius and present in a carrier solvent. The PIPA polyol dispersion has a polyol liquid phase content of 60 wt. % to 90 wt. % and a solid particle phase content of 10 wt. % to 40 wt. % based on a total weight of the PIPA polyol dispersion. From 10 weight percent (wt. %) to 80 wt. % of the modified PIPA polyol is combined with 90 wt. % to 20 10 wt. % of at least another polyether polyol based on a total weight of a polyol blend of the PIPA polyol and the at least another polyether polyol, where the polyether polyol is formed with propylene oxide and ethylene oxide and has an equivalent weight of 1,000 to 2,000 and a functionality of 3 to 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lucie Porcelli, Francois M. Casati, Paul Cookson
  • Publication number: 20190281831
    Abstract: A polyether foam control agent including a butylene-containing polyether foam control agent useful for preparing an agrochemical formulation; a water-based agrochemical formulation containing a combination of (a) at least one butylene-containing polyether foam control agent described above, (b) at least one active ingredient, and (c) water, and a process for preparing the agrochemical formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ling Zhong, Jianhai Mu, Meijia He
  • Publication number: 20190282987
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a fluid catalytic reactor may be scaled-up by a method that includes one or more of constructing, operating, observing, or obtaining data related to a template fluid catalytic reactor comprising a template riser, a template lower reactor portion, and a template transition portion connecting the template riser and the template lower reactor portion. The method may further include one or more of constructing or operating a scaled-up fluid catalytic reactor based on the template fluid catalytic reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew T. Pretz, Ben J. Freireich, Madhusudhan Kodam, Brien A. Stears
  • Patent number: 10414857
    Abstract: A curable resin system comprising 1) an epoxy component having a polyglycidyl ether of a polyphenol having an epoxy equivalent weight of up to about 190; and 2) a hardener component comprising polyethylene tetraamine mixture; wherein the epoxy component has a viscosity of less than 9000 mPa·s at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A. Morley, Rainer Koeniger, Sergio Grunder, Sylvie Vervoort, Nebojsa Jelic
  • Patent number: 10414942
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a primer composition. In an embodiment, the primer composition includes a functionalized polyolefin, a functionalized styrenic block copolymer containing greater than or equal to 20 wt % polymerized styrene, a solvent composition and an isocyanate component. The primer composition is suitable for use as an adhesive layer between a substrate and a polyolefin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qichun Wan, Stephanie K. Anderson, Patricia A. Peart, Kyle D. Anderson, Yongfu Li, Colin LiPiShan
  • Patent number: 10414892
    Abstract: The process of foaming a polyolefin, e.g., polyethylene, composition using as a nucleator a combination an azodicarbonamide (ADCA) and a fluororesin at a ADCA: fluororesin weight ratio of 60:40 to 20:80. The synergic effect between these two nucleating agents results in a higher nuclei density and a foamed product with a smaller cell size as compared to processes using and products produced by the use of neat PTFE or neat ADCA alone as the nucleating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gangwei Sun, Mohamed Esseghir, Chester J. Kmiec
  • Patent number: 10414971
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include modified nonionic surfactant formulations having a nonionic surfactant and a pour point depressant, where the modified nonionic surfactant formulations have a pour point of ?54° C. to ?75° C. In one or more embodiments, the modified nonionic surfactant formulations can be introduced into a flow of carbon dioxide, where the flow of carbon dioxide and the modified nonionic surfactant formulation are injected into an oil containing reservoir. In one or more embodiments, an emulsion of the carbon dioxide and the nonionic surfactant form in the oil containing reservoir, where the use of the pour point depressant provides minimal interference in forming the emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sayeed Abbas, Aaron W. Sanders, Troy Knight, Pramod D. Patil, Brenna White, Susan K. Falcone-Potts, Martha Hernandez
  • Patent number: 10414899
    Abstract: The present invention provides aqueous polymer compositions containing one or more, or, preferably, two or more triphenylmethyl alkyl aryl ether markers having a formula (Ph3C)mAr(OR)n, wherein Ph is a phenyl group, Ar is an aromatic ring containing group having from six to twenty carbon atoms, R is a C1-C18 alkyl group, m is an integer of from 1 to 2, and n is an integer of from 1 to 4. The markers are readily detectable, such as by mass spectroscopy, upon solvent extraction and separation from the aqueous polymer compositions, or from dried or cured coatings, film or layers thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Zahid Asif, Zhenwen Fu, Eric C. Greyson, Peilin Yang
  • Publication number: 20190276574
    Abstract: A crosslinkable surfactant useful for preparing an emulsion polymerization composition; the crosslinkable surfactant including (a) a crosslinkable functionality and a hydrophobic tail with a Tung oil derivative structure, and (b) a polyalkylene oxide or polyglycerin part as hydrophilic head; an emulsion polymerization process using the crosslinkable surfactant; an emulsion polymerization composition; and a process for preparing the emulsion polymerization composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bo Lv, Cheng Shen, Shaoguang Feng
  • Publication number: 20190276573
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to multimodal elastomers produced by olefin polymerization with a mixed catalyst system, specifically, a constrained geometry catalyst and a biphenyl phenol catalyst. The multimodal elastomers may be incorporated as impact modifiers in thermoplastic olefins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edmund M. Carnahan, Philip P. Fontaine, Carl N. Iverson, Jeffrey C. Munro, David M. Pearson, Kim Walton
  • Publication number: 20190276345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for flocculating and dewatering an aqueous mineral suspension. Said process comprises mixing a powdered poly(ethylene oxide) (co)polymer with the aqueous mineral suspension. Said method is particularly useful for the treatment of suspensions of particulate material, especially waste mineral slurries, especially for the treatment of tailings and other waste material resulting from mineral processing, in particular, the processing of oil sands tailings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Lizbeth ROSTRO, Wu CHEN, Paul A. GILLIS, Jason S. MOORE, Michael K. POINDEXTER, Harpeet SINGH
  • Patent number: 10407567
    Abstract: Flooding compounds for telecommunications cables. Such flooding compounds contain a polymeric filler and a branched olefinic fluid. The branched olefinic fluid has an average of at least 1.5 methine carbons per oligomer molecule and at least 40 methine carbons per one thousand total carbons. Additionally, the average number of carbons per molecule in the branched olefinic fluid is from 25 to 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Esseghir, Yichi Zhang, Brad C. Bailey, Yi Jin, Selim Yalvac
  • Patent number: 10407568
    Abstract: A cold shrink article made from a composition comprising (A) an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer; (B) a filler; and (C) an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid. The composition may optionally include additives selected from the group consisting of plasticizer, peroxide curing agent, antioxidant, process additives, flame retardant and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Haiyang Yu, Yanli Huo, Mohamed Esseghir, Saurav S. Sengupta, Jeffrey M. Cogen