Patents Examined by Catherine S Branch
  • Patent number: 11524973
    Abstract: Described herein are metal compounds and methods of fabricating semiconductor devices using the same. The metal compounds include a material of Chemical Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Min Ryu, Akio Saito, Takanori Koide, Atsushi Yamashita, Kazuki Harano, Gyu-Hee Park, Soyoung Lee, Jaesoon Lim, Younjoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11518832
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorine-containing diene compound represented by the following formula I, and to a polymer thereof. In the formula, each of R1 to R7 is independently a hydrogen atom, a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1 to 5 which may be substituted by a fluorine atom, k is 0 or 1, and at least one of R1 to R7 is a hydrogen atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi Watakabe
  • Patent number: 11518831
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a multicomponent copolymer with which a multicomponent copolymer having excellent rupture strength can be obtained, and a multicomponent copolymer, a rubber composition and a tire having excellent rupture strength. The method is a method for producing a multicomponent copolymer having a conjugated diene unit, a non-conjugated olefin unit and an aromatic vinyl unit, comprising adding a conjugated diene compound in divided portions into a reactor containing a catalyst and at least one selected from the group consisting of a non-conjugated olefin compound and an aromatic vinyl compound. The multicomponent copolymer is obtained with the production method. The rubber composition comprises the multicomponent copolymer as a rubber component. The tire uses the rubber composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigenaga Takano, Aya Yanagisawa, Olivier Tardif, Yasuo Horikawa
  • Patent number: 11512192
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a) a thermoplastic matrix polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomer(s), wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polystyrene, polyacrylates, ethylene-vinylacetate copolymer, and copolymers and blends of the aforementioned, b) an inorganic flame retardant, c) a polymer based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers and having a plurality of alkoxysilane and/or acetoxysilane groups covalently linked to the polymer, wherein the ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable monomers of component c) are different or have a different composition than the ethylenically unsaturated monomer(s) of component a) and d) a clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BYK-CHEMIE GMBH
    Inventors: Frederik Piestert, Inno Rapthel, Thorsten Kröller, Jochen Wilms, Dennis Levering, Markus Borth, Hans-Jürgen Eichler, Patricia Oostendorp
  • Patent number: 11505634
    Abstract: Process for the production of anionic water-soluble polymer obtained by the polymerization of acrylic acid and acrylamide obtained by biocatalysed reaction, said process comprising the steps of preparing a diluted solution of acrylic acid by mixing acrylic acid and water wherein the mass ratio between acrylic acid and water is comprised between 95:5 and 70:30, preparing a diluted solution of bioacrylamide and water wherein the mass ratio between bioacrylamide and water is comprised between 60:40 and 10:90, mixing said diluted solution of acrylic acid with said diluted solution of bioacrylamide, neutralizing partially or totally the acid function of acrylic acid and polymerizing the resulting mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SPCM SA
    Inventors: Cédrick Favero, Jun Gao, Jing Ling
  • Patent number: 11499057
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of preparing a terpolymer-doped polyaniline super-hydrophobic composite anticorrosive paint. The method includes: firstly by adopting solution polymerization, stirring a hydrophilic vinyl monomer, a fluorine-containing acrylate monomer and an oil-soluble initiator in a solvent evenly and carrying out a reaction for a period of time, then adding a functional acrylic monomer or long-chain acrylate monomer as a third monomer for further reaction for a period of time to obtain a fluorine-containing terpolymer surfactant; then mixing the fluorine-containing terpolymer surfactant with an aniline monomer and an oxidant evenly, and carrying out a reaction for a period of time to obtain super-hydrophobic polyaniline; and finally dispersing the prepared super-hydrophobic polyaniline evenly in a resin matrix to prepare the polyaniline super-hydrophobic composite anticorrosive paint with an excellent anticorrosive performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventors: Haihua Wang, Liyu Sun, Guiqiang Fei, Yongning Ma, Yanyu Li
  • Patent number: 11492428
    Abstract: Methods to produce heterogeneous polyethylene granules, the method including: contacting first olefin monomers and second olefin monomers with a catalyst system in a single reaction zone to produce heterogeneous polyethylene granules and recovering the heterogeneous polyethylene granules; wherein the catalyst system includes a product of a combination including: one or more catalysts having a Group 3 through Group 12 metal atom or lanthanide metal atom; at least one activator; and optionally, one or more support material compositions; and wherein the heterogeneous polyethylene granules include a product of a combination of: a first portion comprising a first polyethylene including the first olefin monomers and the second olefin monomers; a second portion including a second polyethylene including the first monomers and the second monomers; and wherein the first polyethylene has a higher second monomer weight percent than the second polyethylene, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Xuan Ye, Jonathan J. Schaefer, Timothy M. Boller, Christopher S. Breiner, Chi-I Kuo, Kevin A. Stevens, Logan E. Shephard, Eyerusalem H. Mamo, Evan J. Morris, Shamah Lloyd
  • Patent number: 11492475
    Abstract: A polypropylene film which is capable of suppressing blocking in a rolled polypropylene film. The polypropylene film has a first surface and a second surface, contains a polypropylene resin as a main component, and is configured such that: the Svk value (SvkA) of the first surface is 0.005 ?m or more and 0.030 ?m or less; the Spk value (SpkA) of the first surface is more than 0.035 ?m and 0.080 ?m or less; the Svk value (SvkB) of the second surface is 0.005 ?m or more and 0.030 ?m or less; and the Spk value (SpkB) of the second surface is 0.015 ?m or more and 0.035 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuji Ishida, Yoshimune Okuyama, Masahiro Nakata, Tadakazu Ishiwata
  • Patent number: 11485642
    Abstract: A SiH-free vinyldisilane compound, which is free of (lacks) a silicon-bonded hydrogen atom. The use of the SiH-free vinyldisilane compound, or a collection of such compounds, as a starting material or precursor for synthesizing or making silicon-heteroatom compounds. The silicon-heteroatom compounds synthesized therefrom; films of and devices containing the silicon-heteroatom compounds; methods of making the SiH-free vinyldisilane compound, silicon-heteroatom compounds, films, and devices; and uses of the SiH-free vinyldisilanes, silicon-heteroatom compounds, films, and devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DDP Specialty Electronic Materials US 9, LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Rekken
  • Patent number: 11485803
    Abstract: Provided is a new method that effectively reduces odor components that are present in a hydrogenated petroleum resin, and adjusts a softening point to an appropriate range for exhibiting an adhesive performance. A method for deodorizing a hydrogenated petroleum resin, includes stripping a hydrogenated petroleum resin at a gas flow rate of 1 to 45 VVM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoki Hayashi, Yoshikazu Iijima, Keisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 11473198
    Abstract: Described are lanthanide-containing metal coordination complexes which may be used as precursors in thin film depositions, e.g. atomic layer deposition processes. More specifically, described are homoleptic lanthanide-aminoalkoxide metal coordination complexes, lanthanide-carbohydrazide metal coordination complexes, and lanthanide-diazadiene metal coordination complexes. Additionally, methods for depositing lanthanide-containing films through an atomic layer deposition process are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Knisley, Mark Saly
  • Patent number: 11472903
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for polymerization from which a macromolecular material that contains a host-group-introduced polymer with excellent energy to failure can be produced without using a solvent; a polymer of the composition; and a method for producing the polymer. The composition for polymerization contains a solution containing a first polymerizable compound and a host-group-containing polymerizable compound that is dissolved in the first polymerizable compound, wherein the host group present in the host-group-containing polymerizable compound is a group formed by removing one hydrogen atom or hydroxy group from a cyclodextrin, and wherein the cyclodextrin is at least one cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of ?-cyclodextrin, ?-cyclodextrin, and ?-cyclodextrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Akira Harada, Hiroyasu Yamaguchi, Yoshinori Takashima, Tomoko Tokuhara, Suguru Nomimura, Hikaru Aramoto, Ryohei Ikura, Nanami Okano
  • Patent number: 11472916
    Abstract: Shape, size and composition are nature's most fundamental design features, enabling highly complex functionalities. Despite recent advances, the independent control of shape, size and chemistry of macromolecules remains a synthetic challenge. Herein reported is a scalable methodology to produce large well-defined macromolecules with programmable shape, size and chemistry that combines reactor engineering principles and controlled polymerizations. Specifically, bottlebrush polymers with conical, ellipsoidal and concave architectures are synthesized using two orthogonal polymerizations. The chemical versatility is highlighted by the synthesis of a compositional asymmetric cone. The strong agreement between predictions and experiments validate the precision that this methodology offers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Damien S. Guironnet, Dylan J. Walsh
  • Patent number: 11466107
    Abstract: A solid catalyst component for the polymerization of olefins CH2?CHR, wherein R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, made from or containing Mg, Ti, Bi, a halogen and an electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Simona Guidotti, Dario Liguori, Giampiero Morini, Gianni Vitale
  • Patent number: 11458230
    Abstract: The present inventions in various aspects provide elastic biodegradable polymers. In various embodiments, the polymers are formed by the reaction of a multifunctional alcohol or ether and a difunctional or higher order acid to form a pre-polymer, which is cross-linked to form the elastic biodegradable polymer. In preferred embodiments, the cross-linking is performed by functionalization of one or more OR groups on the pre-polymer backbone with vinyl, followed by photopolymerization to form the elastic biodegradable polymer composition or material. Preferably, acrylate is used to add one or more vinyls to the backbone of the pre-polymer to form an acrylated pre-polymer. In various embodiments, acrylated pre-polymers are co-polymerized with one or more acrylated co-polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bettinger, Joost P. Bruggeman, Lino Da Silva Ferreira, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert S. Langer, Christiaan Nijst, Andreas Zumbuehl, Jason Burdick, Sonia J. Kim
  • Patent number: 11459412
    Abstract: A method can be used for manufacturing an ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer for a fuel cell. A polymerization step includes subjecting an organic chelate compound forming a coordinate bond, a vanadium-based Ziegler-Natta catalyst, an organoaluminum compound, and ethylene, propylene, and diene monomers, together with a solvent, to polymerization in a reactor. A separation step includes recovering residual catalysts and unreacted monomers from the stream discharged from the reactor. An acquisition step includes recovering the solvent from the stream deprived of the residual catalysts and unreacted monomers to acquire the ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong-Heon Jeong, Hee Ryoung Koo, Au Ji Ru Son, Young Min Jang, Hyun Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11453735
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of copolymers which are water-soluble or water-dispersible at neutral pH or near-neutral pH, that is to say between 5.5 and 9.5, comprising at least one random copolymer comprising methacrylic acid, butyl acrylate, styrene and a monomer chosen from styrenesulfonic acid or salts thereof, vinylbenzoic acid or salts thereof, 2-acrylamido-2-methanesulfonic acid or salts thereof, N-vinylpyrrolidone, alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Anne-Laure Brocas, Sylvie Cazaumayou, Sylvain Bourrigaud, Guillaume Decrevoisier
  • Patent number: 11444254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to metal-carbene complexes comprising a central atom selected from iridium and platinum, and diazabenzimidazolocarbene ligands, to organic light diodes which comprise such complexes, to light-emitting layers comprising at least one such metal-carbene complex, to a device selected from the group comprising illuminating elements, stationary visual display units and mobile visual display units comprising such an OLED and 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: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: UDC IRELAND LIMITED
    Inventors: Oliver Molt, Nicolle Langer, Evelyn Fuchs, Korinna Dormann, Christian Schildknecht, Soichi Watanabe, Gerhard Wagenblast, Christian Lennartz, Thomas Schaefer, Heinz Wolleb, Teresa Marina Figueira Duarte, Stefan Metz, Peter Murer
  • Patent number: 11440980
    Abstract: According to one or more embodiments disclosed herein, the amount of one or more contaminants in an initial ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composition may be reduced by a method including contacting the initial ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composition with an acid to form a processed ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composition. The initial ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composition may include at least 0.02 wt. % of one or more contaminants. The contacting of the acid with the initial ultra high molecular weight polyethylene composition may be for a time, at a pressure, and at a temperature sufficient to reduce the amount of the one or more contaminants in the initial ultra high molecular weight polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Motaz Khawaji, Faisal Melebari, Hussain Al Yami, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 11434315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a propylene polymerizing solid catalyst for reducing the volatile organic compound (VOC) and a method of producing polypropylene using the propylene polymerizing solid catalyst, the propylene polymerizing solid catalyst including an organic electron donor formed of a combination of a first internal electron donor of titanium, magnesium, halogen and cyclic diester and a second internal electron donor of diether, and has improved hydrogen reactivity of a catalyst compared to a conventional method and has an effect that is capable of producing an eco-friendly polypropylene which has greatly lowered a content of the VOC by using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Joo Lee, Su Min Ko, Joon Ryeo Park, Eun Il Kim