Patents Examined by Ana L. Woodward
  • Patent number: 11549013
    Abstract: A polyimide copolymer according to the present invention has a particular structure in which siloxane structures are distributed in a nanosize in a polymer and thus enables excellent transparency, heat resistance, mechanical strength and flexibility and effective reduction of residual stress, and thus can be used in various fields such as a substrate for a device, a cover substrate for a display, an optical film, an integrated circuit (IC) package, an adhesive film, a multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), tape, a touch panel and a protective film for an optical disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheolmin Yun, Kyungjun Kim
  • Patent number: 11542418
    Abstract: There is provided an epoxy resin composition having excellent adhesion to copper and aluminum, and having excellent flexibility in a low-temperature environment. The epoxy resin composition comprises (A) an epoxy resin and (B) a polyamide-based rubber elastomer powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kairi Kakutaka, Noriaki Fukuda, Yuhei Funabiki
  • Patent number: 11518875
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition according to the present invention comprises: a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl-based copolymer resin; an aliphatic polyamide resin; a poly(ether ester amide) block copolymer; a modified polyolefin resin; and a heat resistant vinyl-based copolymer resin. The thermoplastic resin composition exhibits excellent anti-static properties, heat resistance and mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Lotte Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: In Sik Sim, Yoen Kyoung Kim, Cheon Seok Yang, Ju Sung Kim, Seung Yong Bae
  • Patent number: 11512190
    Abstract: An ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition is substantially free from coloration, and contains: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer; (B) a polyamide resin; and (C) an iron compound; wherein the iron compound (C) is present in an amount of 0.01 to 20 ppm on a metal basis based on the weight of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Usui, Daichi Nishimura, Minako Ikeshita
  • Patent number: 11505649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the step of melt-mixing a semi-aromatic polyamide (A) having a melting point on second heating of 295° C. or less comprising terephthalamide repeat units and a polyamide oligomer (B) comprising terephthalamide repeat units and having an amine end group concentration of less than 2000 me q/Kg and an inherent viscosity of at least 0.10, at a temperature which is greater than the melting point on first heating of both semi-aromatic polyamide (A) and polyamide oligomer (B) for a time period sufficient to produce semi-aromatic polyamide (C) having a melting point on second heating which is greater than or equal to 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: DUPONT POLYMERS, INC.
    Inventors: Ahmet Turgut Mutel, Shailesh Ratilal Doshi
  • Patent number: 11492489
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat-ageing resistant polyamide molding compound, a molded object made from said polyamide molding compound, and the use of said molded object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Louise-Anne Fillot
  • Patent number: 11492553
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a PVA-based resin having a small distribution in degree of heat treatment in which the degree of heat treatment does not depend on a particle diameter. The polyvinyl alcohol-based resin of the present invention has an absorbance at 280 nm of 0.3 or more when being made to a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution and satisfies the following Formula (1): 0.9?X1/Y1?1.2 (in Formula (1), X1 represents an absorbance at 320 nm of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a particle diameter larger than 1000 ?m and 1680 ?m or less, and Y1 represents an absorbance at 320 nm of a 0.1 wt % aqueous solution of a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin having a particle diameter larger than 212 ?m and 500 ?m or less).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Muramatsu, Yoshihito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11466153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide molding compounds which contain the following components (A) to (C) or consist of these components: (A) 50 to 98% by weight of at least one amorphous or microcrystalline specific polyamide; (B) 2 to 40% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline polyamide which is selected from the group consisting of PA 616, PA 516, PA 1016 and mixtures thereof; and (C) 0 to 16% by weight of at least one additive; the constituent amounts of the components (A) to (C) adding up to 100% by weight. The present invention also relates to molded articles made of these polyamide molding compounds and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiedemann, Georg Stöppelmann
  • Patent number: 11453778
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyamide moulding compounds that contain a semi-crystalline copolyamide, at least one filler, and optionally additives. The invention likewise relates to mouldings manufacture from these moulding compounds and to the use of the moulding compounds to manufacture mouldings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: EMS-Patent AG
    Inventors: Philipp Harder, Christian Schubert, Ronny Ebling
  • Patent number: 11447621
    Abstract: Compositions may include a polymer composition prepared from an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer. Compositions may further comprise other components, such as a curing agent and a blowing agent. Articles may include a polymer composition prepared from an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer. Methods may include mixing an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, a rubber, and a plasticizer; and extruding the mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlos Delevati, Cassia Ruoso
  • Patent number: 11441028
    Abstract: Described herein are polymer compositions including (i) a polymer blend containing an amorphous polyester copolymer and a semi-crystalline polyamide polymer (“polyester/polyamide blend”), (ii) 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 5 wt. % of an epoxy functionalized impact modifier and optionally (iii) one or more additives. It was surprisingly found that incorporation of a specific amount of an epoxy functionalized impact modifier into polymer compositions including a polyester/polyamide blend provided for significantly improved impact performance, relative to corresponding polymer compositions incorporating non-epoxy functionalized impact modifiers or corresponding polymer compositions free of impact modifiers. Due at least in part to the significantly improved impact performance and outstanding chemical resistance, the polymer compositions described herein can be incorporated in a wide variety of application settings, including but not limited to mobile electronic application settings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: David McIlroy, Keshav S. Gautam, Raleigh L. Davis
  • Patent number: 11434366
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a vinyl group-containing polyphenylene ether resin, a polyolefin and a magnesium and aluminum combination ionic compound, wherein the magnesium and aluminum combination ionic compound has a thermal resistance of greater than or equal to 600° C. The resin composition may be used to make various articles, such as a prepreg, a resin film, a laminate or a printed circuit board, and at least one of the following improvements can be achieved, including glass transition temperature, copper foil peeling strength, thermal resistance and dissipation factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chen-Yu Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11421100
    Abstract: A polyethylene blend comprising a uniform dispersion of constituents (A) and (B): (A) a Ziegler-Natta catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene and (B) a metallocene catalyst-made linear low density polyethylene, a composition comprising the polyethylene blend and at least one additive, methods of making and using same, and manufactured articles and films comprising or made from same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
    Inventors: Swapnil B. Chandak, Nitin Borse
  • Patent number: 11407866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are water-soluble films including a polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) resin blend and optionally one or more additional components such as plasticizers, fillers, surfactants, and other additives. The PVOH resin blend includes a first copolymer including a first anionic monomer unit and a second PVOH copolymer including a second anionic monomer unit. When the PVOH copolymers are blended in particular proportions and/or selected with regard to various criteria related to physical and chemical film properties, the resulting water-soluble film formed from the PVOH resin blend exhibits maintained film stiffness, and pouch tautness when in contact with liquid pouch contents, and/or maintain acceptable clarity properties, without impairing the ultimate solubility of the water-soluble film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer L. Childers, Richard Goetz, Percy Bromby, II, Akio Nishimi, Mitsunori Asada, David M. Lee
  • Patent number: 11401417
    Abstract: Described herein is a composition including a) at least one co-polyamide including caprolactam monomer or the corresponding amino acid, at least one aromatic diacid co-monomer and at least one cycloaliphatic diamine co-monomer; b) at least one semi-crystalline polyamide; and c) at least one reinforcing filler. The a) at least one co-polyamide has a crystallization temperature (Tc) of 150° C. or less and the difference between the melting temperature (Tm) and Tc of 50° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mok-Keun Lim, Franco Speroni
  • Patent number: 11396600
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of at least one impact modifier having a refractive index IR1 in a polyamide matrix consisting of a mixture of amorphous polyamide and semicrystalline polyamide, said matrix having a refractive index IR2, the difference in absolute value of IR1-IR2 not exceeding 0.006, to produce a transparent composition having a fatigue strength, under the fatigue test referred to as notched “Ross-Flex”, greater than 50 000 at ?10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Mathieu Sabard, Benoit Brule, Benjamin Saillard, Regis Cipriani
  • Patent number: 11384242
    Abstract: A terpolymer composition is described that contains a statistical amount of 50-98 wt % of a first repeating AA-BB comonomer unit; 1-25 wt % of a second repeating AA-BB comonomer unit; and 1-25 wt % of a repeating lactam comonomer unit or 1-25 wt % of a third repeating AA-BB comonomer unit, where the terpolymer composition exhibits a high melting point similar to that of PA66 while also exhibiting a significantly reduced crystallization rate and crystallization temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jacob G. Ray, Douglas Hoffman, Scott E. Powers
  • Patent number: 11384225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a TPO sheet allowing display and touch sensing. More specifically, the present invention relates to a TPO sheet having a color and light-transmitting properties used as surface materials for automobile interior parts. According to the present invention, when the TPO sheet is used as surface materials for automobile interior parts, an interior decorative effect may be obtained due to color properties thereof. In addition, when the TPO sheet is attached to the surface of a display panel, due to light-transmitting properties thereof, light emitted from the display panel may be transmitted through the TPO sheet. Thus, content displayed on the display panel may be visible through the TPO sheet. In addition, a touch sensing operation may be performed on the TPO sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG Hausys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hun Woo, Yong Bae Jung, Yun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11377555
    Abstract: The present invention relates to transparent polyamide-based composition, comprising: from 5.0 to 40.0% by weight of semi-crystalline polyamide, from 20.0 to 80.0% by weight of at least one amorphous, transparent and at least partially cycloaliphatic polyamide, from 0.0 to 5.0% by weight of PEBA, from 0.0 to 5.0% by weight of additives, and from 5.0 to 50.0%, preferably from 10.0 to 40.0% by weight, preferably from 20.0 to 30.0% by weight by weight of glass filler, where the glass filler, expressed as % by weight with respect to the total weight of filler, less than 60 wt. % silica (SiO2) and more than 5 wt. % of boron oxide (B2O3). The invention also relates to the manufacture of said composition, its use for the manufacture of transparent articles, said transparent articles and their process of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Maho Yasuda, Benoît Brule, Benjamin Saillard, Marie Pommier De Santi
  • Patent number: 11377521
    Abstract: A polyimide composition includes 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 70 to 99 weight percent, more preferably 75 to 95 weight percent of a first polyimide; and 1 to 99 weight percent, preferably 1 to 30 weight percent, more preferably 2 to 25 weight percent of a second polyimide, wherein the first polyimide and the second polyimide are different, and wherein the polyimide composition has a melt flow rate that is greater than a melt flow rate of the first polyimide and less than a melt flow rate of the second polyimide; an apparent viscosity that is less than an apparent viscosity of the first polyimide and less than an apparent viscosity of the second polyimide; and a notched Izod impact strength that is greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the first polyimide and greater than a notched Izod impact strength of the second polyimide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Roy Ray Odle, Peter Johnson, Manojkumar Chellamuthu, Hee Won Kong, Timothy Edward Long