Patents Assigned to Dow Global Technology LLC
  • Patent number: 10961415
    Abstract: Laminates of polymeric films and solvent-based polyurethane adhesive formulations for preparing them are provided. The adhesive formulations include a hydroxyl-terminated polyester that forms crystalline polyester domains after reaction with an appropriate polyisocyanate, but prior to completion of cure. The result is an adhesive layer that substantially enhances the oxygen barrier properties of the adhesive and, therefore, of the laminate as a whole, while offering desirable convenience of application even at relatively low temperatures. The laminates may also exhibit desirable retention of barrier properties following flex-cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Daniele Vinci, Mai Chen, Thomas Udhayasingh, Thorsten Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210088427
    Abstract: A system and method for performing a tear test are described herein. The system may include a fixed clamping station configured to hold a first portion of a film specimen and a movable clamp coupled to an actuator, the movable clamp may be configured to hold a second portion of the film specimen. The movable clamp may be configured to move in a direction away from the fixed clamping station to tear the film specimen. The system may include a slitter blade configured to cut the film specimen at a location between the fixed clamping station and the movable clamp. The system may include a load cell coupled to one of the fixed clamping station and the movable clamp. The load cell may be configured to measure a force associated with tearing of the film specimen. The actuator may be configured to manipulate the movable clamp along a trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sanjay C. Solanki, Donald L. McCarty, II, Robert A. Gunther, Jin Wang, Kyle A. Myers, Margaret C. Hayes
  • Publication number: 20210086484
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to drawtapes for trash bags, wherein the drawtape comprises a multilayer polymer film having an improved stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Fawzi G. Hamad, Mustafa Bilgen, Jose Eduardo Ruiz, Jon W. Hobson
  • Publication number: 20210088551
    Abstract: A device for analyzing a physical characteristic of a film sample is described herein. The device includes a clamping system configured to hold the film sample. The device further includes a dart probe system configured to test a physical characteristic of the film sample. The dart probe system has a dart probe, a propulsion system configured to move the dart probe relative to the clamping system, and a force sensor configured to measure a force that the dart probe is subjected to during a movement of the dart probe. The force sensor is configured to measure a force imparted to the film sample when the dart probe comes in contact with the film sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Donald L. McCarty, II, Erick Sutanto, Larry Dotson, Brayden E. Glad, Hitendra Singh, John Lund
  • Publication number: 20210086490
    Abstract: A heat-shrinkable film which includes an ethylene-based polymer multilayer or monolayer film and a coating on an outer surface of the ethylene-based polymer film. The ethylene-based polymer film having a single layer or a multilayer structure formed from a first layer, a second layer, and at least one inner layer between the first and second layers. The coating including polyurethane which is the polymerized reaction product of: a polyol; and an aromatic isocyanate functional prepolymer. Further, a method of unitizing polymer wrapped primary packages is provided. The method includes wrapping one or more of the primary packages with the heat-shrinkable film with the coating disposed proximal the one or more primary packages and applying thermal energy to reduce the dimensions of the heat-shrinkable film to constrain the primary package within the heat-shrinkable film. The coating serving to alleviate sticking between the heat-shrinkable film and the polymer wrapped primary package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicants: Dow Global Technologies LLC, PBBPolisur S.R.L., Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Camila Do Valle, Juan Carlos Casarubias, Maximiliano Zanetti, Marlos Giuntini de Oliveira, Jorge Caminero Gomes
  • Publication number: 20210087120
    Abstract: A process for preparing C2 to C5 paraffins includes introducing a feed stream comprising hydrogen gas and a carbon-containing gas into a reaction zone of a reactor, and converting the feed stream into a product stream comprising C2 to C5 paraffins in the reaction zone in the presence of a hybrid catalyst. The hybrid catalyst includes a metal oxide catalyst component and a microporous catalyst component. The metal oxide catalyst component satisfies: an atomic ratio of Cu/Zn from 0.01 to 3.00; an atomic ratio of Cr/Zn from 0.01 to 1.50; and percentage of (Al+Cr) from greater than 0.0 at % to 50.0 at % based on a total amount of metal in the metal oxide catalyst component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Davy L.S. Nieskens, Glenn Pollefeyt, Andrzej Malek, Edward M. Calverley, Peter E. Groenendijk, Aysegul Ciftci Sandikci
  • Patent number: 10954410
    Abstract: An insulation or jacket layer for a coated conductor is composed of (A) a crosslinked silane-functionalized polyolefin, (B) a filler, (C) a reactive branched polysiloxane, and (D) from 0.00 wt % to 20 wt % of a silanol condensation catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Xindi Yu, Yichi Zhang, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Gerald Lawrence Witucki
  • Patent number: 10952936
    Abstract: Provided is a concentrated emulsion and personal care compositions containing the concentrated emulsion. The emulsion comprises: (a) from 60 to 95 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of an internal phase comprising: (i) a low density polyolefin with a density equal to or below 0.90 g/cm3, and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable solvent; (b) from 0.1 to 30 wt %, based on the total weight of the emulsion, of a surfactant; and (c) balance water as a continuous phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Ying O'Connor, David L. Malotky, Qichun Wan, Rosalind Toth, Jodi A. Thomas, Dale C. Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20210079139
    Abstract: Embodiments of methods for producing a trimodal polymer in a solution polymerization process comprise three solution polymerization reactors organized in parallel or in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Sarat Munjal, Brian W. Kolthammer, Mehmet Demirors, Michael D. Turner, Joshua B. Gaubert, Yijian Lin
  • Publication number: 20210078193
    Abstract: A method for cutting a film of material and a cutting device for cutting the film of material are described herein. The cutting device includes a film support plate, and a pressure plate configured to move relative to the film support plate to hold the film of material on the film support plate. The device further includes one or more blades, and a linear actuator configured to move the one or more blades relative to the film support plate to cut the film of material held on the film support plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Donald L. McCarty, II, William E. Gee, Larry Dotson, Paul OConnell, Jonathan J. Zieman, John Lund
  • Publication number: 20210079202
    Abstract: A composition comprises: (A) a polypropylene polymer; (B) a polyolefin elastomer; (C) a compound having the formula (I) defined herein; and (D) an additive component. And an article made from the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yahong Zhang, Shaoguang Feng, Jian Zou, Yonghua Gong, Russell P. Barry, Jozef Van Dun
  • Publication number: 20210079138
    Abstract: Embodiments of a method for producing a multimodal ethylene-based polymer having a first, second, and third ethylene-based component, wherein the multimodal ethylene based polymer results when ethylene monomer, at least one C3-C12 comonomer, solvent, and optionally hydrogen pass through a first solution, and subsequently, a second solution polymerization reactor. The first solution polymerization reactor or the second solution polymerization reactor receives both a first catalyst and a second catalyst, and a third catalyst passes through either the first or second solution polymerization reactors where the first and second catalysts are not already present. Each ethylene-based component is a polymerized reaction product of ethylene monomer and C3-C12 comonomer catalyzed by one of the three catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alec Y. Wang, Johnathan E. DeLorbe, Joshua B. Gaubert, Sarat Munjal, Mehmet Demirors, Yijian Lin
  • Patent number: 10949026
    Abstract: Provided is a method of creating an image on an array of optoelectronic elements comprising (a) providing a device comprising an array of optoelectronic elements and circuitry connected to each optoelectronic element, wherein the optoelectronic element comprises plural quantum dots or plural nanorods, and wherein the circuitry is configured to be capable of switching each optoelectronic element independently between an effective forward bias configuration and a reverse-bias configuration, (b) imposing an effective reverse bias on two or more of the optoelectronic elements, (c) providing circuitry that will detect the onset of photocurrent from an individual effective reverse biased optoelectronic element and that will respond to the photocurrent by changing the bias on the individual optoelectronic element to an effective forward bias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Peter Trefonas, III, Seongyong Cho, Kishori Deshpande, Trevor Ewers, Jaebum Joo, Edward Greer, Bong Hoon Kim, Nuri Oh, Jong Keun Park, Moonsub Shim, Jieqian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210070922
    Abstract: Controllable-cure urethane acrylate resin compositions are disclosed, comprising (A) a urethane acrylate having free hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylate prepared from a polyurethane prepolymer having a free terminal isocyanate group and a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, the urethane acrylate having free hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylate being the reaction product of capping the polyurethane prepolymer in the presence excess of the hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, (B) a polyisocyanate-based thickening agent, and optionally an additional hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, wherein the polyisocyanate-based thickening agent (B) and the urethane acrylate having free hydroxyalkyl (meth) acrylate (A), and optionally the additional hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate, are present at NCO/OH molar ratio of from 0.2 to 10.0. Methods for making controllable-cure urethane acrylate resin compositions are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Huifeng Qian, Luigi Pellacani, Muhammad A. Shafi
  • Patent number: 10941347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bitumen recovery process from oil sands. The oil sands may be surface mined and transported to a treatment area or may be treated directly by means of an in situ process of oil sand deposits that are located too deep for strip mining. Specifically, the present invention involves the step of treating oil sands with a composition comprising an alkanolamine and an ethylene oxide capped glycol ether and/or propylene oxide capped glycol ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cole A. Witham, Yuko Kida, Biplab Mukherjee, Timothy J. Young, Christopher W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10941220
    Abstract: A high pressure polymerization process to form an ethylene-based polymer, the process comprising at least the following step: polymerizing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene and at least one comonomer, using a reactor system comprising a reactor configuration, and the following: (A) at least two reaction zones, a zone (reaction zone 1) and an ith zone (reaction zone i where i?2), (B) at least two ethylene-based feed streams, each comprising a percentage of the total make-up ethylene fed to the polymerization process, and wherein a first stream is sent to reaction zone 1 and a second stream is sent to reaction zone i; (C) a control system to control the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone 1, and the percentage of the total make-up ethylene in the stream sent to reaction zone i, and wherein the ratio (Q) of the molar concentration of the at least one comonomer fed to the first reaction zone, to the molar concentration of comonomer in the sum of all ethylene-based fee
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Otto J. Berbee, Stefan Hinrichs, Hayley A. Brown, Bharat I. Chaudhary, John O. Osby, Teresa P. Karjala
  • Patent number: 10940432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for regenerating a hybrid solvent used to remove contaminants from a fluid stream and to provide an improved yield of purified fluid. Said process comprises at least two purification units and at least one regeneration unit wherein regenerated lean hybrid solvent and condensed water from the regeneration unit is used to reclaim additional purified fluid in the second purification unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John R. Dowdle, Timothy D. Halnon, Christophe R. Laroche, Diego Ortiz Vega, Linda L. Pirtle, Gerardo Padilla
  • Patent number: 10941278
    Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising an ethylene-based polymer, an organic peroxide, and a crosslinking coagent having at least one N,N-diallylamide functional group. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions and their crosslinked forms can be employed as polymeric layers in wire and cable applications, such as insulation in power cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yu Cai, Hong Liang Zhang, Yabin Sun, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Saurav S. Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20210061941
    Abstract: Recovery times and/or airflow of flexible polyurethane foam is increased by including certain tackifiers in the foam formulation. The tackifiers are characterized in being incompatible with polyol or polyol mixture used to make the foam, having a viscosity of at least 5,000 centipoise at 25#C and having a glass transition temperature of at most 20#C. The tackifier is pre-blended with certain monols to form a lower-viscosity blend that is combined with one or more other polyols and a polyisocyanate to form a reaction mixture for producing a polyurethane foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Qinghao MENG, Meagan BROADWAY, Kaoru AOU, William J. HARRIS, Felipe A. DONATE, Daniel L. DERMODY, Christopher P. DONATE, Van M. DELK, JR., Helge BRAUN
  • Publication number: 20210061939
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate component, a polyurethane foaming system, and an article made therefrom, wherein the polyisocyanate component includes (a) a preformed mixture including an aromatic oxazolidone compound that is the reaction product of at least one aromatic epoxide and at least one first polyisocyanate having an average isocyanate functionality of no more than 2.7 and greater than 1.8, in the presence of at least one catalyst, the aromatic oxazolidone compound includes at least one free isocyanate group and at least one aromatic oxazolidone group, the aromatic oxazolidone group includes an aromatic group and an oxazolidone group, and (b) at least one second polyisocyanate has an average isocyanate functionality equal to or greater than 2.7 and less than 6.0. The second polyisocyanate is added to the preformed mixture to form the polyisocyanate component. The polyisocyanate component has a viscosity of no more than 4.0 Pa-sat 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yanli Feng, Weijun Zhou, Luigi Bertucelli, Rajat Duggal, Yibei Gu, Wei Liu, Davide Micheletti