Patents Examined by Christopher M Rodd
  • Patent number: 11472988
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an adhesive formulation comprising a high viscosity silyl modified polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may further comprise additional components, such as but not limited to, at least one moisture scavenger, at least one adhesion promoter, at least one catalyst, at least one filler, at least one plasticizer, at least one antioxidant, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may exclude a low viscosity polymer. In some embodiments, the adhesive formulation may include a low viscosity polymer in no more than a specified amount. At least one method of using the adhesive formulation and at least one roofing system comprising the adhesive formulation are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Lingtao Yu, Linlin Xing
  • Patent number: 11465318
    Abstract: A glove including a cured film of an elastomer containing a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit, an unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit and a butadiene-derived structural unit in a polymer main chain, wherein the elastomer contains 20 to 40% by weight of a (meth)acrylonitrile-derived structural unit, 1 to 10% by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit and 50 to 75% by weight of a butadiene-derived structural unit, and has a crosslinked structure of a carboxyl group in the unsaturated carboxylic acid-derived structural unit with an epoxy crosslinker containing an epoxy compound having three or more epoxy groups in one molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Midori Anzen Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihide Enomoto, Taichi Ogawa, Kaname Shibata, Junji Shibasaki
  • Patent number: 11459493
    Abstract: This invention relates to a curable composition comprising: I. Component (I) comprising at least one resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. Component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. Component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof; IV. Component (IV) which is at least one additive comprising at least one adhesion promoter, at least one green strength enhancer, or combinations thereof, or wherein said at least one additive is both an adhesion promoter and a green strength enhancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Shawn Marie Dougherty
  • Patent number: 11459274
    Abstract: A method and system for generating a tire rubber asphalt compound is described. The method includes receiving an asphalt compound and heating the asphalt compound to approximately 320° F. to 420° F. The method then proceeds to add tire rubber to the asphalt compound. The asphalt compound and the scrap tire rubber are mixed for approximately 5 minutes to 360 minutes during heating to approximately 525° F. to 700° F. to generate the tire rubber asphalt compound. The tire rubber asphalt compound is then cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ASPHALT SCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Randall Bruns, Hashem Hashemi
  • Patent number: 11453777
    Abstract: A polymer made by: (A) initially reacting poly(propylene glycol) with tolylene diisocyanate to form an intermediate product, and (B) subsequently reacting the resulting intermediate product with at least one polyol, wherein the polyol was derived from, or is, a plant oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Anlong Li, Kaichang Li
  • Patent number: 11453799
    Abstract: Conventional atomic layer deposition technology is modified to increase its cost-effective viability for use in producing thinly coated flexible packaging film. In one embodiment a thinly coated flexible substrate, e.g., a polyolefin film, is made by a process comprising the steps of: (A) Dissolving a self-limiting precursor in a solvent to form a solution of dissolved self-limiting precursor in the solvent, (B) Applying the solution to a facial surface of a flexible polymer film so that at least a portion of the dissolved self-limiting precursor attaches to the facial surface of the film and the solution is at least partially depleted of self-limiting precursor, and (C) Curing the attached self-limiting precursor by contact with oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Justice Alaboson, Jaclyn Murphy, Yuanqiao Rao, Cristina Serrat
  • Patent number: 11447645
    Abstract: A saltwater corrosion resistant hybrid composite is provided. The saltwater corrosion resistant hybrid composite coating includes at least one conductive polymer, crumb rubber, and a cured epoxy. The conductive polymer is dispersed in particles of the crumb rubber to form a network. The network is dispersed in the cured epoxy to form the saltwater corrosion resistant hybrid composite coating. A method of making of the saltwater corrosion resistant hybrid composite is also provided. A metal when coated with the resistant hybrid composite of the present disclosure is resistant to salt-water corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Arumugam Madhan Kumar, Mohamed Abdrabou Hussein, Naser Mohammed Al-Aqeeli
  • Patent number: 11447629
    Abstract: A core/shell polymer material suitable for three-dimensional printing is provided. The core/shell polymer material may include at least one amorphous polymer as a core particle and at least one semicrystalline polymer as a shell material surrounding the core particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: Luke Rodgers, Erik Gjovik
  • Patent number: 11440982
    Abstract: An ester polymer has a structure represented by the following formula (I): T represents the backbone of the ester polymer; the group B is each independently selected from O or S; the group R each independently represents C1-10 hydrocarbylene group; the group A is each independently selected from O, S or NR?; the group R? each independently represents C1-10 hydrocarbylene group; the group Nb is each independently selected from H or —R??—B?H, wherein at least one of the two Nb on the same nitrogen atom is —R??—B?H; the group R? is each independently selected from H or C1-10 hydrocarbyl group; the group R?? each independently represents C1-10 hydrocarbylene group; the group B? is each independently selected from O or S; each y independently represents an integer between 1 and 6; and m is an integer between 1 and 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING. SINOPEC
    Inventors: Cheng Li, Songbai Tian, Xiaowei Wang, Qundan Zhang, Hu Li, Xinyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11441120
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cell culture substrate including a block polymer including a segment having a lower critical solution temperature and a hydrophobic segment, the cell culture substrate further including an adhesive matrix, in which the adhesive matrix is an extracellular matrix and/or an adhesive synthetic matrix. Furthermore, the invention is to provide a cell culture substrate in which the extracellular matrix is at least one selected from laminin, fibronectin, vitronectin, cadherin, and fragments thereof, and/or the adhesive synthetic matrix is poly[2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl dimethyl-(3-sulfopropyl) ammonium hydroxide] or an oligopeptide-carrying polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohide Nakaguma, Tetsuo Takada, Ayako Isshiki
  • Patent number: 11441055
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition, including a modified polypropylene-based resin (A) that contains at least one of an acidic group or an acid anhydride group, and that contains a (meth)acryloyl group (a), in which the (meth)acryloyl group (a) is introduced by a modification reaction of at least one of an acidic group or an acid anhydride group of a polypropylene-based resin (h) that contains the at least one of the acidic group or the acid anhydride group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ito, Makoto Hirakawa, Mitsue Takamura
  • Patent number: 11434400
    Abstract: This invention relates to an assembly component comprising at least one substrate coated with at least one curable composition comprising: I. a first component (I) comprising a resin having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of ?-ketoester and malonate functional groups, II. a second component (II) comprising at least one curing agent having at least one aldehyde functional group, and III. a third component (III) comprising at least one compound having amine functionality, salts thereof, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Shawn Marie Dougherty, Terri Roxanne Carvagno, Monika Karin Wiedmann Boggs, Christopher Harlan Burk, Nick Allen Collins, Thauming Kuo
  • Patent number: 11434328
    Abstract: The invention is related to a method for preparing polyether polyols, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) providing a crude polyether polyols and a base catalyst; b) mixing the crude polyether polyols mixture with an acid thereby providing a neutralized polyether polyols mixture; c) removing water from the neutralized polyether polyols mixture, thereby providing a dehydrated neutralized polyether polyols mixture comprising polyether polyols and a suspension of the crystallized salts suspended in the polyether polyols; d) separating the polyether polyols from the crystallized salt by filtration resulting in a filtration cake comprising crystallized salts and remaining polyether polyols around the crystals; e) removing polyether polyols from the filter, leaving a filtration cake; f) redissolving the filtration cake obtaining a mixture of a salt solution and the remaining polyether polyols; and separating and removing the remaining polyether polyols from the salt solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Paul Anton Termorshuizen, Hector Cantero
  • Patent number: 11427729
    Abstract: Disclosed are coating material compositions including (i) at least one polyol component (A), (ii) at least one crosslinking agent component (B) having groups reactive toward hydroxyl groups of component (A), (iii) at least one polyamide component (P1) in which the acid amide groups are connected by a saturated, aliphatic hydrocarbyl radical having 6 to 10 carbon atoms. Component (P1) is used in particulate form in which a size distribution (D50) is 20 to 100 ?m. The coating material compositions further include (iv) at least one polycarboxamide component (P2) possessing the following structural formula in which s is 1, 2 or 3, t is 0 or 1, s+t is 2 or 3, R is a specific (s+t)-valent organic radical, and at least one of the radicals R1 and R2 carries at least one hydroxyl group. Also disclosed are methods of producing the coating material compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Elke Wegener, Andreas Janssen, Maria Del Rosario Magarinos
  • Patent number: 11427803
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a cell culture substrate including a block polymer including a segment having a lower critical solution temperature and a hydrophobic segment, in which the segment having a lower critical solution temperature has a degree of polymerization of 400 to 10,000. Also provided is a cell culture substrate, in which the hydrophobic segment is obtainable by polymerizing a monomer having a particular structure. Also provided is a cell culture substrate being laminated on a supporting medium. Furthermore, a cell culture substrate having an average film thickness of 1,000 nm or less is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohide Nakaguma, Ayako Isshiki
  • Patent number: 11427680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of (per)fluoropolyether polymers, to certain novel (per)fluoropolyether polymers. The present invention also relates to the use of the (per)fluoropolyether polymers thus obtained as intermediate compounds for the manufacture of further polymers suitable for use as lubricants, notably for magnetic recording media (MRM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Monzani, Vito Tortelli, Marco Galimberti, Roberto Valsecchi, Patrizia Maccone
  • Patent number: 11421114
    Abstract: An aqueous precursor liquid for forming an anti-fouling heterophasic thermoset polymeric coating is provided. The precursor liquid includes a first fluorine-containing polyol precursor having a functionality >about 2 that forms a fluorine-containing polymer component defining a first phase in the coating. The precursor liquid also includes a second precursor that forms a second component present as a second phase. The first phase can be a continuous phase and the second phase can be a discrete phase, or the second phase can be the continuous phase and the first phase can be the discrete phase. The discrete phase includes a plurality of domains each having an average size of ?to about 500 nm to ?to about 25,000 nm. A crosslinking agent, water, and optional acid or base are also present. Methods of making anti-fouling heterophasic thermoset polymeric coatings with such precursors are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kevin J. Drummey, Adam F. Gross, Ashley M. Dustin, Anthony L. Smith, April R. Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11421078
    Abstract: Disclosed is a preparation method for corncob-shaped HNT-PANI/PP, specifically comprising: polymerizing aniline in situ on cleaned HNTs in an ice-water bath; mixing corncob-shaped HNT-PANI composite powder obtained by vacuum drying and PP plastic in a high-speed mixer in a certain ratio, performing extrusion granulation by using a twin-screw extruder, and performing injection molding by using an injection molding machine to prepare standard sample strips of an HNT-PANI/PP composite material. The corncob-shaped HNT-PANI composite material prepared according to the present invention has excellent electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity and flame retardance, the mechanical properties of the composite material can be improved, electrical and flame-retardant properties of PP engineering materials can be improved, and thus the application field of PP is greatly broadened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FUZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuying Zheng, Yijun Su
  • Patent number: 11421104
    Abstract: New hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers, in particular styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene copolymers (SEBS copolymers), with improved performance in thermoplastic elastomer compositions (TPE compositions), process for preparing said hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers, reprocessable TPE-S compositions made thereof, method for producing an article from said reprocessable TPE-S compositions and articles made of said reprocessable TPE-S compositions, in particular suitable for medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: DYNASOL ELASTÓMEROS S.A.
    Inventors: María Ángela Cruz Tejedor, Luisa María Fraga Trillo, Inés Alonso Zapirain
  • Patent number: 11401407
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A), a hydrate-forming metal salt (B), and a polyamide-based resin (C) that inhibits elution of a resin composition layer during hot water sterilization treatment of a multilayered structure including the resin composition layer, while suppressing odor during melt molding of the resin composition. An aromatic polyamide (C1) and an aliphatic polyamide (C2) are used for the polyamide-based resin (C) at a proportion of (C1)/(C2)=55/45-99/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Honoka Hashimoto, Shinji Nakanishi, Kazuya Furukawa