Patents Assigned to Dow Global Technologies
  • Publication number: 20160114047
    Abstract: A composition designed for application to a mucosa comprises a tonicity-adjusting agent, a methylcellulose, and a liquid diluent, wherein the methylcellulose has anhydroglucose units joined by 1-4 linkages wherein hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that s23/s26 is 0.36 or less, wherein s23 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 3-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and wherein s26 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 6-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Wolff Cellulosics GmbH & Co. OHG, The Dow Chemical Company, Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jaime Curtis-Fisk, Susan L. Jordan, True L. Rogers, Matthias Knarr, Meinolf Brackhagen, Roland Adden
  • Patent number: 9321880
    Abstract: A two-component curable epoxy resin system is disclosed. The resin system includes an epoxy resin component containing at least 80% by weight of a polyglycidyl ether of a polyphenol. The system also includes an hardener mixture containing mainly polyethylene tetraamines. The system include triethylene diamine in specific amounts as a catalyst. The system has beneficial curing characteristics that make it useful for producing fiber-reinforced composites in a resin transfer molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sergio Grunder, Rainer Koeniger, Timothy A. Morley, Nebjosa Jelic, Sylvie Vervoort, Martin Reimers, Peter Cate
  • Patent number: 9320271
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing a phenolic compound selected from the class consisting of chlorinated phenols, monosubstituted phenols, fused bicyclic phenols, isopropyl methyl catechols, and monosubstituted catechols and an antimicrobial alcohol selected from the class of menthadiene alcohols and other antimicrobial alcohols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow
  • Patent number: 9321912
    Abstract: Disclosed is a halogen-free, flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition based on polypropylene and one or more thermoplastic elastomers with an organic nitrogen- and/or phosphorus-based intumescent flame retardant comprising a piperazine component. The composition is processed easily to make a wire and cable sheath exhibiting a balance of high flame retardancy, good flexibility, high wet electrical resistance and excellent heat deformation properties, and which passes the VW-I flame retardancy test, the UL1581 heat deformation test at 150° C. and the wet electrical resistance test, and also exhibits good tensile and flexibility properties. Also disclosed is a wire and cable sheath made from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Yang Tai, Yabin Sun, Yurong Cao, Li Qiang Fan, Lin Fu, Geoffrey D. Brown, Manish Mundra
  • Patent number: 9321694
    Abstract: A porous discriminating layer is formed on a ceramic support having at least one porous wall by (a) establishing a flow of a gas stream containing highly porous particles through the support to deposit a layer of the highly porous particles of a ceramic or ceramic precursor onto wall(s) of the support and (b) calcining said deposited layer to form the discriminating layer. This method is an inexpensive and effective route to forming a discriminating layer onto the porous wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Aleksander J. Pyzik, Jun Cai, Andrey N. Soukhojak, Robert A. Newman
  • Publication number: 20160108239
    Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising (a) a polyolefin elastomer having hydrolysable silane groups, (b) a hydroxyl-terminated polysiloxane, (c) a polyalkoxy silane compatibilizer, and (d) a condensation catalyst. Also described are methods for preparing such crosslinkable polymeric compositions, processes for crosslinking such polymeric compositions, and the resulting crosslinked polymeric compositions themselves. Such compositions can be employed in a variety of articles of manufacture, particularly in the wire and cable industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Stephen H. Cree
  • Publication number: 20160106296
    Abstract: Provided is a filter module which includes: i) an elongated housing extending along an axis between a first and second end and defining an inner chamber; ii) a plurality of hollow fiber membranes comprising a semi-permeable cylindrical wall enclosing a lumen, wherein the membranes extend axially within the inner chamber between the first and second end; iii) a first end cap assembly comprising: a base secured to the first end of the housing, a feed port defining a passageway in fluid communication with the inner chamber, and a gas port adapted for connection to a source of pressurized gas and defining a passageway in fluid communication with the inner chamber; and iv) a second end cap assembly comprising: a base secured to the second end of the housing, a permeate port defining a passageway in fluid communication the lumens of the hollow fiber membranes, and a purge port defining a passageway in fluid communication with the inner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jie Cai, Bin Chen, Liangzhou Fan, Yongjin Guo, Chengfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 9315616
    Abstract: The invention generally relates to blocked prepolymers. More specifically, the invention generally relates to plastisol compositions comprising the blocked prepolymers. The blocked prepolymer is the reaction product of at least an isocyanate terminated prepolymer and a blocking agent, wherein the blocking agent is a nitrogen containing blocking agent. The isocyanate terminated prepolymer is the reaction product of at least one or more polyols comprising at least one polyol having an amine initiator and a stoichiometric excess of one or more organic polyisocyanate components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Masayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9315725
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Eu2+ activated inorganic red phosphor is provided, wherein the phosphor exhibits an emission spectrum resolvable into a first Gaussian emission curve and a second Gaussian emission curve; wherein the first Gaussian emission curve has a first Gaussian emission curve peak, P1; wherein the first Gaussian emission curve peak, P1, has a peak 1 height, HP1, a peak 1 peak wavelength, P?P1, and a peak 1 area, AP1; wherein the second Gaussian emission curve has a second Gaussian emission curve peak, P2; wherein the second Gaussian emission curve peak, P2, has a peak 2 height, HP2, a peak 2 peak wavelength, P?P2, a peak 2 full width at half max, FWHMP2, and a peak 2 area, AP2; wherein P?P1<P?P2; and, wherein the peak 2 full width at half max, FWHMP2, is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Lightscape Materials, Inc., Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Romanelli, Alan C. Thomas, Mary Anne Leugers, Yongchi Tian
  • Patent number: 9315664
    Abstract: A thermoset resin, including the reaction product of: an epoxy resin mixture including at least one cycloaliphatic epoxy resins; a cycloaliphatic anhydride hardener; and a catalyst; wherein the reaction product has a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to 210° C. Also disclosed is a process for forming a thermoset resin, including: admixing two or more epoxy resins and a cycloaliphatic anhydride hardener to form a curable composition, wherein the epoxy resins include at least one cycloaliphatic epoxy resin; thermally curing the curable composition at a temperature of at least 150° C. to result in a thermoset resin having a glass transition temperature of at least 210° C. Such curable compositions may include: 35 to 65 weight percent of an epoxy resin mixture having at least one cycloaliphatic epoxy resins; 35 to 65 weight percent of a cycloaliphatic anhydride hardener; and from greater than 0 to 10 weight percent of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery L. Reynolds, Rajesh H. Turakhia, George C. Jacob, Marty J. Null
  • Patent number: 9314897
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing pad is provided containing a polishing layer having a polishing surface; and, an endpoint detection window; wherein the endpoint detection window comprises a reaction product of ingredients, comprising: an isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer having 5.5 to 9.5 wt % unreacted NCO groups, wherein the isocyanate terminated urethane prepolymer is a reaction product of ingredients comprising: an aromatic polyfunctional isocyanate; and, a prepolymer polyol; and, a curative system, comprising: 0 to 90 wt % of a difunctional curative; and, 10 to 100 wt % of an amine initiated polyol curative having at least one nitrogen atom per molecule and an average of at least three hydroxyl groups per molecule. Also provide are methods of making and using the chemical mechanical polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP Holdings, Inc., Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Bainian Qian, Marty W. DeGroot
  • Patent number: 9318240
    Abstract: Halogen-free, flame retardant compositions comprising in weight percent based on the weight of the composition: A. 20 to 60% TPU/Si-g-EVA polymer blend in which the Si-g-EVA is crosslinked, B. 1 to 25% organic phosphate ester, C. 30 to 60% metal hydrate, and D. 0.1 to 10% epoxidized novolac. Optionally, the compositions further comprise in weight percent based on the weight of the composition, one or more of: E. 0.01 to 0.5% anti-dripping agent, F. 0.1 to 2% additive; and G. 0.1 to 5% filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Wilson Xiao Wei Yan, Given Jing Chen, Lotus Hua Huang, David Hong Fei Guo
  • Patent number: 9315404
    Abstract: A process comprising contacting deionized water with one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products of one or more halogenated alkyl ethers in the presence of sulfite, wherein the one or more Strecker sulfonation reaction products each comprise one or more inorganic salts on a dry basis and one or more surfactant components, form a filtration mixture; loading the filtration mixture into a high pressure filtration system containing a membrane having a membrane molecular weight cutoff allowing preferential passage of the inorganic salts, for example, of greater than or equal to 200 Daltons; wherein the high pressure filtration system is operated at a pressure greater than ambient pressure and is configured to cause crossflow of the filtration mixture along a surface of the membrane resulting in a permeate solution which substantially passes through the membrane and a retentate solution which substantially does not pass through the membrane; wherein the permeate comprises less than or equal to 15 weight perc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Smit, Edward D. Daugs, Raymond M. Collins
  • Patent number: 9314020
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing 2-(decylthio)ethanamine or its hydrochloride salt and 2,2-dibromomalonamide in a weight ratio from 64/1 to 1/16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul O. Schook, Freddie L. Singleton, Sheila M. Tinetti, Bei Yin
  • Patent number: 9315696
    Abstract: Compositions containing an adhesive material, a release additive and a compatibilizer are suitable for temporarily bonding two surfaces, such as a wafer active side and a substrate. These compositions are useful in the manufacture of electronic devices where a temporary bonding of a component to a substrate is desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Zhifeng Bai, Mark S. Oliver, Michael K. Gallagher, Christopher J. Tucker, Karen R. Brantl, Elissei Iagodkine, Zidong Wang
  • Publication number: 20160102153
    Abstract: Prepare lithium carboxymethyl cellulose by treating sodium carboxymethyl cellulose with a weak acid to form an acid from of carboxymethyl cellulose and then treating the acid form of the carboxymethyl cellulose with lithium chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alexandra Hild, Hans-Juergen Juhl, Roland Adden
  • Patent number: 9307768
    Abstract: A synergistic antimicrobial composition containing flurochloridone and 3-Iodo-2-propynyl-butylcarbamate is provided. Also provided is a method of inhibiting the growth of or controlling the growth of microorganisms in a building material by adding such a synergistic antimicrobial composition. Also provided is a coating composition containing such a synergistic antimicrobial composition, and a dry film made from such a coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Donnelly, Pierre Marie Lenoir, Lukas Thomas Johannes Villiger
  • Patent number: 9309354
    Abstract: A two-component curable epoxy resin system is disclosed. The resin system includes an epoxy resin component containing at least 80% by weight of a polyglycidyl ether of a polyphenol that has an epoxy equivalent weight of up to about 200 and contains no more than 2% by weight of monohydrolyzed resin species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nigel Shields, Martin Reimers, Nikhil K. E. Verghese, Timothy A. Morley, Marty J. Null, Rajesh H. Turakhia
  • Patent number: 9309396
    Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate composition comprising from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, of a first component comprising a first propylene-based polymer selected from the group consisting of (i) propylene/?-olefin copolymers comprising from 1 to 20 wt % ?-olefin and characterized by a g? ratio of less than 1, measured at interpolymer number average molecular weight (Mn), an MFR (2.16 kg @ 230° C.) greater than or equal to 0.01, a density greater than or equal to 0.850 g/cc, and a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, less than or equal to 3.5, and (ii) combinations thereof; and from 5 wt % to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate composition, of a second component selected from the group consisting of curable or vulcanizable rubbers, having a density from 0.85 to 0.88 g/cc, I2 from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yabin Sun, Morgan M. Hughes, Xiangyang Tai, Arnis U. Paeglis, Gary R. Marchand
  • Patent number: 9307761
    Abstract: A synergistic microbicidal composition containing: (a) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of isopropyl methyl phenols and monosubstituted phenols and (b) at least one microbicide selected from the group consisting of p-menthene alcohols, menthadiene alcohols and other antimicrobial alcohols of a specified structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Cornmell, Megan A. Diehl, Stephen Golding, John R. Harp, Ian P. Stott, Katherine M. Thompson, Carol L. Truslow