Patents Examined by Amanda C. Walke
  • Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern
    Patent number: 11656549
    Abstract: A resist composition including a resin component (A1) having a structural unit (a01), a structural unit (a02) and a structural unit (a03) derived from compounds represented by general formulae (a01-1), (a02-1) and (a03-1), respectively (W01 represents a polymerizable group-containing group containing no oxygen; W02 represents a polymerizable group-containing group containing oxygen; W03 represents a polymerizable group-containing group which may contain oxygen; Wa01 and Wa02 represent an aromatic hydrocarbon group; Xa03 represents a group which forms an alicyclic hydrocarbon group together with Ya03; Ra00 represents a hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahito Yahagi, Yoichi Hori
  • Film structure for electric field guided photoresist patterning process
    Patent number: 11650506
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for minimizing line edge/width roughness in lines formed by photolithography are provided. In one example, a method of processing a substrate includes applying a photoresist layer comprising a photoacid generator to on a multi-layer disposed on a substrate, wherein the multi-layer comprises an underlayer formed from an organic material, inorganic material, or a mixture of organic and inorganic materials, exposing a first portion of the photoresist layer unprotected by a photomask to a radiation light in a lithographic exposure process, and applying an electric field or a magnetic field to alter movement of photoacid generated from the photoacid generator substantially in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Materials Inc.
    Inventors: Huixiong Dai, Mangesh Bangar, Christopher S. Ngai, Srinivas D. Nemani, Ellie Y. Yieh, Steven Hiloong Welch
  • Actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, resist film, pattern forming method, and method for manufacturing electronic device
    Patent number: 11650501
    Abstract: Provided are an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin (A), in which the resin (A) includes a repeating unit having an acidic group and a repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group, a content of the repeating unit having an acidic group is 15% by mole or more with respect to all the repeating units in the resin (A), a content of the repeating unit having an acid-decomposable group is more than 20% by mole with respect to all the repeating units in the resin (A), a glass transition temperature of the resin (A) is 145° C. or lower, and the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition is used for formation of a film having a film thickness of 2 ?m or more; and a resist film, a pattern forming method, and a method for manufacturing an electronic device, each using the actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshimura, Yasunori Yonekuta, Naoya Hatakeyama, Kohei Higashi, Yoichi Nishida
  • Wearable battery pack
    Patent number: 11646468
    Abstract: A wearable battery pack includes a battery pack body, a battery cell and a housing accommodating a battery cell and a wearable device capable of wearing so that the battery pack body at least be worn on a user's back. The battery pack body has a heat dissipation channel running through one side of the battery pack body to the opposite side. The side of the battery pack body which is penetrated by the heat dissipation channel is located between the back of the user and the other side when the user carries the battery pack body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuexiang Zhang, Xiaohong Lin, Xiangyang Zhao
  • Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern
    Patent number: 11644751
    Abstract: A resist composition that generates an acid upon exposure is soluble in a developing solution, and is changed by action of an acid. The resist composition contains a resin component having solubility in a developing solution, which is changed by action of an acid, and has a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a01-1) and a constitutional unit derived from a compound represented by General Formula (a02-1). In General Formula (a01-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Yax01 represents a single bond or a linking group; Ax represents a sulfonyl group or a sulfoxide group; and Rax01 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Miyakawa, Masatoshi Arai, Takashi Nagamine
  • Resist composition and patterning process
    Patent number: 11644753
    Abstract: A resist composition is provided comprising a base polymer and a quencher comprising a salt compound consisting of a cyclic ammonium cation and a 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propoxide anion having a trifluoromethyl, hydrocarbylcarbonyl or hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl group bonded thereto. The resist composition has a high sensitivity and forms a pattern with improved LWR or CDU, independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hatakeyama
  • Electrode having three dimensional structure and electrochemical device including the same
    Patent number: 11646426
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode having a three-dimensional structure, the electrode including: a porous nonwoven web including a plurality of polymer fibers that form an interconnected porous network; an active material composite positioned among the polymer fibers and including active material particles and a first conductive material; and a second conductive material positioned on an outer surface of the active material composite, wherein the interconnected porous network is filled homogeneously with the active material composite and the second conductive material to form a super lattice structure, and an electrochemical device including the electrode having a three-dimensional structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventors: In-Sung Uhm, Sang-Young Lee, Sung-Joong Kang, Jeong-A Kim, Je-Young Kim, Ju-Myung Kim, Yong-Hee Lee, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for lithium-ion battery, thermally crosslinkable slurry for lithium-ion battery negative electrode, negative electrode for lithium-ion battery, lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, and lithium-ion battery and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 11637288
    Abstract: Provided are a thermally crosslinkable binder aqueous solution for a lithium-ion battery, a thermally crosslinkable slurry for a lithium-ion battery negative electrode, a negative electrode for a lithium-ion battery, a lithium-ion battery negative electrode material, as well as a lithium-ion battery and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARAKAWA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Goda, Naoki Sasagawa, Shinji Ozaki, Satoru Aoyama, Katsuya Okubo, Katsuhiko Ikeyatsu
  • Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern
    Patent number: 11635687
    Abstract: A resist composition that generates an acid upon exposure and has solubility in a developing solution, which is changed by action of an acid, the resist composition containing a resin component having a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a01-1) and a constitutional unit represented by General Formula (a02-1). In General Formula (a01-1), R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogenated alkyl group; Yax01 represents a linking group; Ax represents a sulfonyl group or a sulfoxide group; Rax01 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, or a halogenated alkyl group; s0 and v0 represent an integer of 0 to 6; and 1?s0+v0?6 and u0?s0+v0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Miyakawa, Masatoshi Arai, Takashi Nagamine
  • Flow battery control method, flow battery control system and flow battery
    Patent number: 11626605
    Abstract: The control method for a flow battery includes acquiring a current electrolyte capacity decay rate of the flow battery; comparing the current electrolyte capacity decay rate with a first preset decay rate and a second preset decay rate; when the current electrolyte capacity decay rate is greater than the first preset decay rate and less than the second preset decay rate, adjusting a liquid level of positive electrolyte and a liquid level of negative electrolyte, such that a difference between these two liquid levels is less than a preset value, a ratio of the total amount of vanadium in the positive electrolyte to the total amount of vanadium in the negative electrolyte remains in a first preset ratio range, or a ratio of a vanadium ion concentration in the positive electrolyte to a vanadium ion concentration in the negative electrolyte remains in a second preset ratio range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN RONGKEPOWER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiangkun Ma, Huamin Zhang, Ting Chigan, Xinliang Gao, Hongbo Wang, Yang Huo
  • Non-aqueous electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same
    Patent number: 11626619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery comprising same. The non-aqueous electrolyte comprises: a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; a first additive containing at least one compound among compounds represented by chemical formulas 1 to 4; and a second additive containing at least one compound among compounds represented by chemical formula 5 or 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunhee Kim, Kyoung Soo Kim, Yongchan You, Erang Cho, Seonju Choi
  • Lithium metal pouch cells and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11621414
    Abstract: A lithium metal pouch cell having a specific energy ?300 Wh·kg?1 includes an anode comprising lithium metal and an anode current collector, the anode having an areal capacity N (mAh·cm?2); a cathode comprising a cathode material and a cathode current collector, the cathode having an a real capacity P (mAh·cm?2), wherein a ratio of N/P is within a range of 0.02 to 5; an electrolyte having an electrolyte mass E and comprising a lithium active salt and a solvent, the lithium metal pouch cell having an electrolyte mass to cell capacity (E/C) ratio within a range of 1 to 6 g·Ah?1; a separator positioned between the anode and the cathode; and a packaging material defining a pouch enclosing the anode, cathode, electrolyte, and separator; wherein a protruding tab of the anode current collector and a protruding tab of the cathode current collector are external to the pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jie Xiao, Jun Liu, Hongkyung Lee, Dianying Liu, Chaojiang Niu
  • Fuel cell system
    Patent number: 11621430
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a controller that controls actions of the fuel cell system. The controller includes a freezing presence-absence determination unit that performs freezing presence-absence determination, a temperature raising execution unit that performs temperature raising processing for raising a temperature of an exhaust and drain valve, and a thawing presence-absence determination unit. In the freezing presence-absence determination, freezing determination is made when the exhaust flow rate of gas is equal to or lower than a first threshold. In the thawing presence-absence determination, thawing determination indicating that the exhaust and drain valve is thawed is made when the exhaust flow rate of gas is higher than a second threshold. The second threshold shows a flow rate higher than the first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomio Yamanaka, Tomotaka Ishikawa, Shinji Asou, Tsuyoshi Maruo
  • Quantum dot-polymer composite pattern, production method thereof, and electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 11613692
    Abstract: A quantum dot-polymer composite pattern including at least one repeating section configured to emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and a production method and a display device including the quantum dot-polymer composite are disclosed. The quantum dot-polymer composite includes a polymer matrix including linear polymer including a carboxylic acid group-containing repeating unit and a plurality of cadmium-free quantum dots dispersed in the polymer matrix, has an absorption rate of greater than or equal to about 85% for light at wavelength of about 450 nm, and has an area ratio of a hydroxy group peak relative to an acrylate peak of greater than or equal to about 2.6 in Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang Hyeun Park, Tae Gon Kim, Shin Ae Jun
  • Elevated pressure operation of molten carbonate fuel cells with enhanced COutilization
    Patent number: 11616248
    Abstract: Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) are operated at elevated pressure to provide increased operating voltage and/or enhanced CO2 utilization with a cathode input stream having a low CO2 content. It has been discovered that increasing the operating pressure of a molten carbonate fuel cell when using a low CO2-content cathode input stream can provide unexpectedly large increases in operating voltage while also reducing or minimizing the amount of alternative ion transport and/or enhancing CO2 utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, FUELCELL ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Rosen, Eric B. Shen, Timothy C. Geary
  • Binder, method of preparing the same, electrode for secondary battery including the binder, and secondary battery including the electrode
    Patent number: 11616236
    Abstract: A binder including a metal salt of a graft copolymer, which is a polymerization product of polyvinyl alcohol, an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid, and a polymerizable monomer having a long-chain alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Takei, Woojin Bae, Kanghee Lee, Seongho Jeon, Heechul Jung, Sungsoo Han
  • Resist composition and patterning process
    Patent number: 11609497
    Abstract: The present invention is a resist composition comprises a polymer compound having one or two repeating units selected from repeating units represented by the following general formulae (p-1), (p-2) and (p-3), a repeating unit represented by the following formula (a-1) and the formula (a-2) polarities of which are changed by an action of an acid, and a repeating unit represented by the following formula (b-1); a salt represented by the following general formula (B); and a solvent, wherein a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-1) before and after changing the polarity is 3.0 to 4.5, and a difference of a C log P of the repeating unit (a-2) before and after changing the polarity is 2.5 to 3.2. This provides a resist composition which has high sensitivity, wide DOF and high resolution, reduces LER, LWR and CDU, and has good pattern shape after exposure and excellent etching resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sasami, Kenji Yamada, Jun Hatakeyama, Satoshi Watanabe
  • Silicon electrode binder
    Patent number: 11611080
    Abstract: The present application relates to a binder. The present application can provide a binder which can be applied to production of silicon series negative electrodes to cope well with shrinkage and expansion by repeated charge and discharge, and has excellent binding force between active materials and adhesive force to a current collector, and an active material composition, an electrode and a secondary battery, comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Oh Kim, Jeong Ae Yoon, Sung Soo Yoon, Jang Bae Kim, Su Jee Kwon, Jong Hyun Chae, Jong Heon Kwak
  • Radiation-sensitive resin composition and resist pattern-forming method
    Patent number: 11609495
    Abstract: A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a polymer including a phenolic hydroxyl group, a compound represented by formula (1-1) or formula (1-2), and a compound represented by formula (2). In the formula (1-1), a sum of a, b, and c is no less than 1; at least one of R1, R2, and R3 represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, or the like. In the formula (1-2), in a case in which d is 1, R6 represents a fluorine atom or the like, and in a case in which d is no less than 2, at least one of the plurality of R6s represents a fluorine atom or the like; and R8 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuaki Nishikori, Kazuya Kiriyama, Takuhiro Taniguchi, Ken Maruyama
  • Sulfonimide salts for battery applications
    Patent number: 11605834
    Abstract: A class of sulfonimide salts for solid-state electrolytes can be synthesized based on successive SNAr reactions of fluorinated phenyl sulfonimides: Fluorinated Aryl Sulfonimide Tags (FAST). The chemical and electrochemical oxidative stability of these FAST salts as well as other properties like solubility, Lewis basicity, and conductivity can be tuned by introducing different numbers and types of nucleophilic functional groups to the FAST salt scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics Co, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeremiah Allen Johnson, Yang Shao-Horn, Robinson Anandakathir, Mao Chen, Shuting Feng, Livia Giordano, Mingjun Huang, Wenxu Zhang