Patents Examined by Bijan Ahvazi
  • Patent number: 9341743
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phthalocyanine compound represented by Formula 1, a dye including the same, a photosensitive resin composition including the same, and a color filter prepared using the same. In Formula 1, Z1 to Z16 and M1 are the same as defined in the specification, wherein 1 to 8 of Z1 to Z16 are substituted with one of Formulae 2 to 5, as also defined in the specification. The phthalocyanine compound can have high luminance, high contrast, and excellent heat resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Dong Hoon Won, Myoung Youp Shin, Hwan Sung Cheon
  • Patent number: 9340673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a blue dye compound for a color filter represented by Chemical Formula 1. The blue colored resin composition including the blue dye compound has excellent solubility to an organic solvent, such as propylene glycol methyl ether acetate (PGMEA), excellent miscibility with the other dyes or pigments and high heat resistance. Therefore, when using the blue dye compound, it is possible to obtain a color filter having high luminance and contrast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KYUNG-IN SYNTHETIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soonhyun Park, Jung Rok Kim, Jeong Gi Kim, Hyun Jae Chun, Do Kyung Lee, Min-Jung Lee, Youn A Lee
  • Patent number: 9341742
    Abstract: A method of forming colloidal photonic crystal structures, which diffract light to create color, which includes dispersing solid particles within a magnetic liquid media, and magnetically organizing the solid particles within the magnetic liquid media into colloidal photonic crystal structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yadong Yin, Le He
  • Patent number: 9334484
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing detergent composition in unit dose form wherein the composition comprises at least about 0.2 mg of active starch degrading enzyme per gram of composition and wherein the weight of the composition is less than about 25 grams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Penny Sue Dirr, Corrine Nichol Case, Kathleen Anne Perry, Pamala Gail Begley
  • Patent number: 9335442
    Abstract: A polarizing film including a melt-elongated film including a polyolefin and a dichroic dye represented by Chemical Formula 1: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, each group and variable is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deuk Kyu Moon, Ha Na Kim, Sang Ho Park, Yong Joo Lee, Jong Hoon Won, Myung Sup Jung
  • Patent number: 9327471
    Abstract: A flat composite component, in particular a vehicle body part, comprising a material composite having an outer layer, a barrier layer adjoining the outer layer and a carrier structure on which the barrier layer is arranged and which comprises a core which has a first cover layer on the side facing the barrier layer and a second cover layer on the side facing away from the barrier layer. According to the invention, the barrier layer and the carrier structure have thermal expansion coefficients which are selected such that a deformation of the material composite in the case of a temperature change at least largely stops in a range between ?50° C. and +80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Dirk Legler, Adam Wagner, Frank Kiesewetter, Michael Koelbl, Thomas Peter, Jan Wokoeck
  • Patent number: 9331290
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal complexes and to electronic devices, in particular organic electro-luminescent devices, comprising these metal complexes. M(L)n(L?)m formula (1), where the compound contains a moiety M(L)n of the formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Stoessel, Dominik Joosten, Anja Gerhard, Esther Breuning
  • Patent number: 9325005
    Abstract: A lithium nickel composite oxide, having small inner resistance, large battery capacity and high thermal stability, can be used as a positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The positive electrode active material is composed of the lithium nickel composite oxide of LibNi1-aMaO2 (wherein M represents at least one element selected from a transition metal element other than Ni, the second group element and the thirteenth group element; a satisfies 0.01?a?0.5; and b satisfies 0.9?b?1.1). This is obtained by filtering and drying the fired powder after water washing, wherein it is dried at 90° C. or lower, till moisture is reduced to 1% or less by mass in drying, and then at 120° C., and under gas atmosphere where content of compound components containing carbon is 0.01% or less by volume, or under vacuum atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Matsumoto, Isao Abe, Yutaka Kawatate, Norihiro Yamamoto, Shinji Arimoto
  • Patent number: 9315592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for preparing procatalyst compositions with an internal electron donor containing greater than 4.5 wt % of a compounded alkoxyalkyl ester. Also disclosed are catalyst compositions containing the procatalyst composition and polymers, i.e., propylene-based polymers, produced therefrom. The present procatalyst compositions improve catalyst selectivity, catalyst activity, procatalyst morphology and polymer particle morphology, and improve hydrogen response during olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Linfeng Chen, Tak W. Leung, Kelly Gonzalez, Tao Tao
  • Patent number: 9315641
    Abstract: A product including ultrafine natural glass, methods of producing the ultrafine natural glass, and methods of use thereof are provided. The product may have, for example, a small top cut (d99) particle size of, for example, less than 12 microns. The product may also have high blue light brightness higher than, for example, 69, and/or low oil absorption, for example, less than 100 percent in volume. The product may be used in a variety of applications, such as, for example, anti-block filler in plastic films and/or reinforcement filler in polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: IMERYS FILTRATION MINERALS, INC.
    Inventor: Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 9315901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid phase process for producing indium oxide-containing layers from nonaqueous solution, in which an anhydrous composition containing at least one indium oxo alkoxide of the generic formula MxOy(OR)z[O(R?O)cH]aXb[R?OH]d where x=3-25, y=1-10, z=3-50, a=0-25, b=0-20, c=0-1, d=0-25, M=In, R, R?, R?=organic radical, X=F, Cl, Br, I and at least one solvent are applied to a substrate, optionally dried, and converted to an indium oxide-containing layer, to the layers producible by the process according to the invention and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Steiger, Duy Vu Pham, Heiko Thiem, Alexey Merkulov, Arne Hoppe
  • Patent number: 9315724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and specific azabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diode, OLED) which comprise such complexes, to a device selected from the group consisting of illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED, to the use of such a metal-carbene complex in OLEDs, for example as emitter, matrix material, charge transport material and/or charge or exciton blocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Metz, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Oliver Molt, Christian Lennartz, Gerhard Wagenblast, Thomas Geβner, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9315595
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing terminally functionalized telechelic polymers using a cationic living polymer product or a terminal tert-chloride chain end of a carbocationic quasiliving polymer product, which comprises quenching the polymer product with a functionalized N-substituted pyrrole to thereby introduce the functionalized N-substituted pyrrole at the terminal reactive polymer chain end(s). A method is also disclosed whereby the N-substituent may be derivatized to a basic amine containing functional group. Also disclosed are the terminal functionalized polyisobuyl N-substituted pyrrole compounds where the polyisobutyl group is substituted at the 2 and 3 position of the N-substituted pyrrole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: Chevron Oronite Company LLC, The University of Southern Mississippi
    Inventors: Robson F. Storey, Casey D. Stokes, James J. Harrison, Nemesio Martinez-Castro
  • Patent number: 9315420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method for a UV-shielding material based on Mg—Al Layered Double Hydroxide. The material with multi-layered overlay structure is made from Mg—Al double hydroxide layers and interlayer carbonate, its molecular composition is: Mg1-xAlx(OH)2(CO3)x/2.mH2O. The inorganic layers of this material can play a physical shielding role against UV, and the metal elements dispersed on the layer as well as the interlayer anion can play a great role in the chemical absorbing. In addition, by controlling the particle size and the amount of the layers, UV light can be effectively shielded by multi-level reflection and absorption of the multi-level layered structure. Therefore, the material with multi-level chemical and physical shielding properties has a good UV barrier effect for the anti-ageing asphalt, and could significantly increase its UV resistance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignees: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, WUHAN UNIVERSTIY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xue Duan, Wenying Shi, Min Wei, Yanjun Lin, Shaopeng Wu, Jianying Yu
  • Patent number: 9315600
    Abstract: A method for producing a modified conjugated diene polymer comprising a polymerization step of obtaining a conjugated diene polymer containing a nitrogen atom in a polymer chain and an active end by copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound and a nitrogen atom-containing vinyl compound, or a conjugated diene compound, an aromatic vinyl compound and a nitrogen atom-containing vinyl compound by use of an alkali metal compound and/or an alkaline earth metal compound as a polymerization initiator, and a modification step of reacting a modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Hayata, Chigusa Yamada, Junichi Yoshida, Takaaki Matsuda, Yuichi Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 9310538
    Abstract: Composition for producing a filter material for radiation includes a silicone and at least one dye dispersed in the silicone, wherein the composition has a relative transmission of less than 20% for radiation of the wavelength of 400 nm to 700 nm, and has a relative transmission of greater than 50% for radiation of the wavelength of 850 nm to 1025 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Hohn, Michael Schumann, Dirk Sossenheimer
  • Patent number: 9309332
    Abstract: The invention provides novel polymer compositions and methods for preparing such compositions. The invention also provides methods for polymerizing various unsaturated monomers, including naturally occurring or plant biomass-derived renewable acrylic monomers. The monomers can be rapidly polymerized using various organic catalysts or organometallic catalysts, as described herein. In one embodiment, nearly perfectly isotactic polymers (mmmm>99%) can be prepared using a C2-symmetric zirconocenium catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eugene Y. Chen, Yangjian Hu, Yuetao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9309595
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-phase method for producing metal oxide-containing layers from nonaqueous solution. In said method, an anhydrous composition containing i) at least one metal oxo-alkoxide of generic formula MxOy(OR)z[O(R?O)cH]aXb[R?OH]d, where M=In, Ga, Sn, and/or Zn, x=3-25, y=1-10, z=3-50, a=0-25, b=0-20, c=0-1, d=0-25, R, R?, R?=organic group, X?F, Cl, Br, I, and ii) at least one solvent is applied to a substrate, is optionally dried, and is converted into a metal oxide-containing layer. The invention also relates to the layers that can be produced using the method of the invention and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Steiger, Duy Vu Pham, Heiko Thiem, Alexey Merkulov, Arne Hoppe
  • Patent number: 9303361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cationic surface sizing agent, and contains a first step of obtaining a copolymer (A) by solution-polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains a monomer having a tertiary amino group (a) in the amount of 15 to 45% by weight, a (meth)acrylic acid ester (b) in the amount of 15 to 85% by weight, and styrenes (c) in the amount of 0 to 70% by weight in the presence of a chain transfer agent; a second step of obtaining a copolymer (B) by polymerizing the copolymer (A) and a nonionic hydrophilic monomer (d); a third step of obtaining a copolymer (C) by polymerizing the copolymer (B) and a hydrophobic monomer (e) in the absence of a surfactant; and a fourth step of obtaining a quaternary ammonium salt of the copolymer (C) by quaternizing a tertiary amino group present in the copolymer (C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: HARIMA CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Takuji Sodeyama, Yoko Hayashi, Kazushige Inaoka
  • Patent number: 9302909
    Abstract: The invention relates to nanotechnology and is directed at nanocomposite materials with effectively controllable optical properties which can be used in non-linear optics, information engineering, for designing optical memory means etc. The inventive nanocomposite material comprises nanoparticles, intermediate bonding molecule particles which modify the space configuration when they are exposed to an external light action, and bondable molecule particles which exhibit the optical properties near nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles, intermediate bonding molecules and bondable molecules are connected in series so as to form a three-dimensional cluster structure. Moreover, the intermediate bonding molecule particles which modify the space configuration when they are exposed to an external light action can contain additional inclusions in the form of functional substituents which enhance the bonding properties thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Inventors: Evgeny P. Grebennikov, Alexandr G. Devyatkov, Grigory E. Adamov