Patents Examined by Christopher M Rodd
  • Patent number: 12696932
    Abstract: A vaporization core of an electronic vaporization device includes: a heating body for generating heat; an electrode body electrically connected to the heating body; and a substrate for buffering liquid and having a mounting surface and a heating surface spaced apart from the mounting surface. The electrode body is arranged on the mounting surface. The heating body is arranged on the heating surface. The heating surface absorbs heat generated by the heating body and vaporize the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xueqin He, Congwen Xiao, Wu Chen
  • Patent number: 12696934
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided for an inductively heatable aerosol-generating device, the article including a liquid reservoir to store aerosol-forming liquid; and a liquid-conveying susceptor assembly to convey the aerosol-forming liquid into a region outside the liquid reservoir and for inductively heating the aerosol-forming liquid under an influence of an alternating magnetic field to generate an aerosol, the assembly including a filament bundle of inductively heatable filaments including first and second soaking sections and an intermediate section therebetween, the soaking sections being arranged at least partially in the liquid reservoir and the intermediate section being arranged outside the liquid reservoir, the filaments being parallel to each other along the intermediate section, and the soaking sections differing from each other in at least one of a number of fibers therein, a surface property of the filaments therein, or a length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Fursa, Oleg Mironov, Ozgur Ozsun
  • Patent number: 12698425
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot melt adhesive comprising: (A) a copolymer of ethylene with an olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; (B) a copolymer of ethylene with a carboxylic acid derivative having an ethylenic double bond; and (C) a tackifying resin, wherein the (B) copolymer of ethylene with a carboxylic acid derivative having an ethylenic double bond comprises (B1) a copolymer of ethylene with a (meth)acrylic acid derivative, which copolymer (B1) has a melt flow rate of 1 to 38 g/10 min.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO., KGaA
    Inventor: Ai Takamori
  • Patent number: 12692421
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot melt adhesive comprising: (A) a copolymer of ethylene with an olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms; (B) an ethylene-carboxylic acid ester copolymer; and (C) a tackifying resin, wherein the (B) ethylene-carboxylic acid ester copolymer comprises (B1) an ethylene-(meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer containing a structural unit derived from the (meth)acrylic acid ester in an amount of 2 to 24% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO., KGaA
    Inventor: Ai Takamori
  • Patent number: 12692391
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition for a refrigerant-transporting hose includes a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer. A 10% modulus M10 (MPa) at 25° C., a water vapor permeability coefficient PCH2O (g·mm/(m2·24 h) at a temperature of 60° C. and a relative humidity of 100%, a strength at break TB 150 (MPa) in a tensile test at 150° C., and an elongation at break EB150 (%) in a tensile test at 150° C. satisfy Expressions (1), (2), and (3), namely 0.9?M10×PCH2O?90 . . . (1), 1.0?TB150?20 . . . (2), and 50?EB150 . . . (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Wakabayashi, Shusaku Tomoi, Shun Sato
  • Patent number: 12679971
    Abstract: An aerogel hybrid and a method for preparing the aerogel hybrid. The aerogel hybrid includes a resin composition and a plurality of aerogel particles. The resin composition may fill the interstitial space between the plurality of aerogel particles. The aerogel hybrid may be produced by preparing the aerogel and preparing the resin composition, blending the aerogel and the resin composition together to form an aerogel hybrid and curing the aerogel hybrid for providing an aerogel hybrid containing resin mixture with the ability to fit large amounts of aerogel into the resin to enhance the aerogel's physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventors: Todd Sirotiak, Dean C. Webster, Samantha Silbert Uzelac
  • Patent number: 12668657
    Abstract: A multiblock, cationic-functionalized norbornene copolymer is formed by a process including performing a vinyl addition polymerization in the presence of a metal catalyst of a first norbornene monomer substituted with a first alkyl group and a second norbornene monomer substituted with a second alkyl group by adding a predetermined amount of the first norbornene monomer and a predetermined amount of the second norbornene monomer sequentially to the reaction to form blocks of an intermediate norbornene multiblock copolymer. The second alkyl group includes a substituent which undergoes a reaction with a precursor for a cationic group having a volume less than 0.25 cm3/mol. The process further includes reacting the precursor for the cationic group with the intermediate norbornene multiblock copolymer to form the multiblock, cationic-functionalized norborene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kevin Noonan, Ryan Selhorst, Jamie Gaitor
  • Patent number: 12668706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antibacterial polymer composition, and more particularly, to an antibacterial polymer composition that enables the preparation of a coating layer exhibiting excellent antibacterial properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Seok Lee, Hyungsam Choi, Seonjung Jung, Soonhee Kang, Haesung Yun
  • Patent number: 12655287
    Abstract: The present invention is related to high Impact strength thermoplastic compositions comprising: a) from 10 to 90% by weight of a rubber-modified monovinylidene aromatic (co)polymer; b) from 10 to 90% by weight of a polyphenylene ether; wherein: said rubber-modified monovinylidene aromatic (co)polymer a) comprising: I) a matrix comprising monovinylidene aromatic polymer, and II) from 5 to 25% by weight of rubber in the form of discrete rubber particles dispersed within the matrix, wherein the rubber particles comprise a blend of at least two polybutadienes as well as graft- and block copolymers of polybutadiene and monovinylidene aromatic polymer segments, said rubber particles exhibit: —an average particle size by volume (D50) comprised between 0.8 and 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: TotalEnergies OneTech Belgium
    Inventor: Eloïne Npetgat
  • Patent number: 12655257
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer. More specifically, it relates to a preparation method of a super absorbent polymer, which can improve a drying efficiency in the preparation process and realize excellent absorption-related properties of the prepared super absorbent polymer by using a specific inorganic material in the reassembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junwye Lee
  • Patent number: 12655314
    Abstract: A low volatile organic compound (VOC) coating composition with a low viscosity is described. The coating composition includes a hydrocarbon solvent; a reactive or non-reactive diluent; a drier composition; and a hyper-branched alkylated polymer. A colorant can be added so that the coating composition can be used as a stain, such as a wood stain. The hyper-branched alkylated polymer functions as the main binder to provide an effective coating composition having a relatively low VOC level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Dun Zhang, Zhiwei Xie, Matthew H. Striewing, Frank F. Markovitz, II
  • Patent number: 12655329
    Abstract: Hot melt adhesive compositions prepared with a mixture of propylene copolymers are disclosed. The hot melt adhesive compositions require little to no oil content while providing high cohesion and excellent adhesion to nonwoven substrates and polymeric films. The hot melt adhesive compositions are particularly suitable for manufacturing absorbent construction articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGaA
    Inventors: Darshak Desai, Yuhong Hu
  • Patent number: 12643966
    Abstract: The copolymerization of ethylene with vinylcyclohexane is carried out with a catalyst system comprising a bridged hafnocene. When relatively low levels of vinylcyclohexane are incorporated, the ethylene-vinylcyclohexane copolymers have high degrees of crystallinity as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (Xc in %). These copolymers have good thermoformability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: XiaoChuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy
  • Patent number: 12637558
    Abstract: Provided is syndiotactic polypropylene-based ethylene-propylene copolymers comprising a) 5 to 15% by weight of ethylene and 85 to 95% by weight of propylene; b) 60 to 90% rr triads; c) Mw (LS) of 10 to 250 kg/mol; and d) no substantial melting peak, wherein the heat of fusion of the peak is 5 J/g or less as determined by differential scanning calorimetry at a scan rate of 10° C./min (ASTM D3418-03).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jingwen Zhang, Jo Ann M. Canich, Peijun Jiang, John R. Hagadorn, Chase A. Eckert, Sarah J. Mattler, Shuhui Kang
  • Patent number: 12630658
    Abstract: The copolymerization of ethylene with vinylcyclohexane (VCH) is carried out with a catalyst system comprising a bridged hafnocene. High levels of vinylcyclohexane incorporation can be achieved affording ethylene-vinylcyclohexane copolymers having low degrees of crystallinity as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (Xc in %). These copolymers have good barrier properties when made into film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Wang, Peter Zoricak, Brian Molloy
  • Patent number: 12630671
    Abstract: A cyclic olefin polymer, a cyclic olefin polymer monomer, and an optical product using the foregoing cyclic olefin polymer are provided. The cyclic olefin polymer includes a repeat unit shown in Formula (1) and/or a repeat unit shown in Formula (2). In Formula (1), 0?p, and q?6; x?0, and y?0; 0?p1, q1?6, and p1 and q1 are not 0 at the same time; R1 to R12, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R13, R14, R15, and R16 are separately and independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a hydroxy group, an ester group, a cyano group, an amino group, a thiol group, and an atom or an atomic group that can replace the foregoing group; and any two, three, or four of R13, R14, R15, and R16 may be connected to form a cyclic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailiang Zou, Chen Chen, Huihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 12624145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous binding composition containing a) a reducing sugar; b) ammonium sulphamate and/or sulphamate of an alkaline or alkaline-earth metal; c) a pH-adjusting agent selected from ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH), an organic and/or inorganic ammonium salt and/or an organic amine; and a resin (or pre-condensate) obtained by reaction of a polyaldehyde, a urea compound and at a lignin sulphonate and/or a condensation derivate thereof with a polyaldehyde, the resin being present in a percentage of at least 10% by weight on the dry weight of the composition. The binder may be efficiently used to bind cotton fibres, cellulose fibres, organic tissues, coal dust, natural and artificial inorganic fibres, thereby obtaining products with good mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: STM TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco La Greca, Roberto Massini
  • Patent number: 12624210
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a rapid digestion process (“RDP”) product are described. The method includes receiving a bitumen compound and first heating the bitumen compound to 320° F. to 420° F. The method then proceeds to add tire rubber to the bitumen compound. The bitumen compound and the tire rubber are mixed for 5 minutes to 360 minutes during a second heating to 525° F. to 700° F. Further, sulfur is added to the mixture of tire rubber and bitumen compound. These steps generate the RDP product. The RDP product is then cooled for transfer to a storage vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Asphalt Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Randall Bruns, Hashem Hashemi
  • Patent number: 12624249
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved wood coating composition wherein said composition (C) comprises, relative to the total weight of composition (C), from 58.00 to 95.00 weight percentage of at least one alkyd resin or at least one drying oil, from 0.10 to 8.00 wt. % of at least one microcrystalline wax having a congealing point from 60° C. to 100° C., and from 5.00 to 34.00 wt. % of at least one synthetic micronized wax, said at least one synthetic micronized wax having a particle size D90 equal to or less than 36.0 ?m and a particle size D50 equal to or less than 20.0 ?m, wherein the congealing point of the microcrystalline wax (Wc) is measured according to the standard ASTM D938, and wherein the particle size of the at least one micronized wax (Mp) is measured according to the standard DIN ISO 13320.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: MUYLLE-FACON
    Inventors: Arne Verduyn, Elke De Meyer, Jan Torfs, Sam Van Der Heijden
  • Patent number: 12624250
    Abstract: A method for generating a shingle roofing coating is described. The method includes mixing 1% by weight to 20% by weight of an elastomeric polymer with an asphalt flux to generate a concentrate. The concentrate is then heated and mixed with an oxidized asphalt feedstock. The mixture of the concentrate and oxidized asphalt is then heated to generate the shingle roofing coating. The shingle roofing coating includes between 10% by weight and 30% by weight of the concentrate and between 0.1% by weight and 6% by weight of the elastomeric polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Asphalt Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Randall Bruns, Hashem Hashemi, Moises Cisneros Rached