Patents Examined by Christopher M Rodd
  • Patent number: 11401361
    Abstract: The curable composition for imprinting includes: a compound represented by the following Formula (1); a radically polymerizable compound other than the compound represented by Formula (1); and a photoradical polymerization initiator, in Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms and may be bonded to each other to form a ring, R3 represents a monovalent organic group, and R4 and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Naoya Shimoju, Akinori Shibuya, Yuichiro Goto
  • Patent number: 11390771
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to 3D printed articles prepared from filaments comprising an ionomer (A) prepared from a base resin (B); wherein: base resin (B) is prepared from ethylene and at least one C3 to C8 ?,? ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer; the carboxylic acid moieties of base resin (B) are 10 to 99.5 percent neutralized by zinc or lithium; the at least one C3 to C8 ?,? ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid is present from about 2 weight percent to about 30 weight percent, based on the weight of base resin (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Lynda Kaye Johnson
  • Patent number: 11384162
    Abstract: The invention discloses a preparation method of a catechol group modified biomacromolecular scaffold material, comprising: grafting a catechol-containing compound by amidation to obtain modified biomacromolecules; then, allowing dopamine to perform oxidized self-polymerization in a weakly alkaline buffer solution to form polydopamine (PDA) particles with a uniform particle size; next, forming a scaffold which has three cross-linking structures, namely modified biomacromolecules, modified biomacromolecules/PDA, and biomacromolecules/PDA, through interaction between catechol groups, interaction between catechol groups and PDA particles, and interaction between macromolecules and PDA particles in the modified macromolecules respectively; and cross-linking the scaffold with calcium ions, adipic dihydrazide or genipin to further adjust the degree of cross-linking and porosity of the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dongjian Shi, Jiali Shen, Zhuying Zhang, Chuanhao Cao, Qian Zhao, Xiaojie Li, Mingqing Chen
  • Patent number: 11383886
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a functionalized polymer for use in coating compositions and a method for making the functionalized polymer. In some embodiments, the functionalized polymer is a water-dispersible polymer, more preferably a water-dispersible polyester polymer, having one or more side groups including one or more salt groups. Packaging containers (e.g., food or beverage cans) comprising the functionalized polymer and methods of making such containers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Carl Cavallin, Charles Skillman, Richard H. Evans, Larry B. Brandenburger, T. Howard Killilea, George W. O'Dell
  • Patent number: 11377552
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane can be obtained by a process involving a reaction of a thermoplastic polyester (PE-1) with a diamine (D1), to obtain a composition (Z1) containing an amide (PA-1), and a reaction of the obtained composition (Z1) with an isocyanate composition (I1), containing at least one polyisocyanate, and a polyol composition (P1). The diamine (D1) has a molecular weight in the range from 50 g/mol to 700 g/mol. A process can produce such a thermoplastic polyurethane, and shaped articles can be made containing the thermoplastic polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Nabarun Roy, Dirk Kempfert, Oliver Muehren, Alfons Bertels, Sebastian Hartwig
  • Patent number: 11370852
    Abstract: Provided is method of treating a collection of resin beads (a) comprising the steps of (a) providing the collection of resin beads (a), wherein the resin beads (a) comprise one or more vinyl polymers having quaternary ammonium groups; wherein 90 mole % or more of the quaternary ammonium groups are each associated with a chloride anion; (b) bringing the collection of resin beads (a) into contact with an aqueous solution (b) comprising one or more dissolved (M)nXq to form a mixture (b), (c) separating water and compounds dissolved in the water from the mixture (b), to form resin beads (c) and waste solution (bw); (d) bringing resin beads (c) into contact with an aqueous solution (c) comprising dissolved (M3)(OH)p, to form a mixture (d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: John C. Rohanna, Marvin H. Tegen, Alfred K. Schultz
  • Patent number: 11365286
    Abstract: A polyarylether-based polymer with side chain in methoxypolyethylene glycols structure, a solid polymer electrolyte and preparation methods therefore are disclosed. The main chain of the polymer has a polymer structure containing a polyarylether group, the side chain has a methoxypolyethylene glycols structure, and the structural formula of the polyarylether-based polymer is as follows: and the preparation method for the polyarylether-based polymer with side chain in methoxypolyethylene glycols structure comprises: step (1): preparing a polymer containing a polyarylether group; and step (2): dissolving the polymer containing a polyarylether group and methoxypolyethylene glycols in a solvent, then adding a catalyst, dripping a co-catalyst after the catalyst is dissolved, and conducting reaction while stirring to obtain the polyarylether-based polymer with side chain in methoxypolyethylene glycols structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xigao Jian, Fangyuan Hu, Cheng Liu, Shouhai Zhang, Jinyan Wang, Lishuai Zong
  • Patent number: 11365277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing polyisocyanates containing sulfonate groups, the products obtainable or obtained by said process and also to the use thereof as starting component for producing polyurethane plastics. The invention further relates to coating compositions comprising polyisocyanates containing sulfonate groups and also to the substrates coated with said coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Laas
  • Patent number: 11359090
    Abstract: Polymers are disclosed that incorporate portions of secondary or tertiary polyamide segments connected with polyisocyanates. These polymers have enhanced matting properties. The enhanced matting properties are from creating an inherently matt surface from the polymer without the use of any separate fine particle size matting additives. Conventional matting agents such as fine particle size silica usually results in loss of physical properties such as haze development and porosity in the coating from the matting agent. Composites and hybrids of these polymers and other polyamides, polyurethane with vinyl polymers (acrylates) are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabor Erdodi, Naser Pourahmady, Jonathan J. Bird, Israel J. Skoff, Christopher Swech
  • Patent number: 11359062
    Abstract: Provided herein is a polymer composition comprising a polyhydroxyamino ether (e.g., a crosslinked polyhydroxyamino ether) and printed circuit boards comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Thintronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Amla, Stefan J. Pastine
  • Patent number: 11345822
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a powder coating composition including a hydroxy-functional polymer, a carbodiimide crosslinker, and an organometallic catalyst. The present invention is also directed to a substrate at least partially coated with the powder coating composition. The present invention is also directed to a method of applying a coating composition to a substrate including: applying the powder coating composition to a substrate and heating the powder coating composition to form a coating over the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongying Zhou, Daniel K. Dei, Edward R. Millero, Jr., Kathryn A. Shaffer, Brian E. Woodworth
  • Patent number: 11339253
    Abstract: A method for preparing comb structure temperature/pH-responsive polycarboxylic acid by end-group functionalization adopts temperature/pH-responsive monomer, unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbon, small monomer of carboxylic acid and other raw materials to prepare polycarboxylic acid material via self-polymerization, substitution and copolymerization. Temperature/pH-responsive monomers are first self-polymerized to obtain temperature/pH-responsive polymer chain with end-group functionalization, and then substitution with unsaturated halogenated hydrocarbons is conducted to obtain temperature/pH-responsive macromonomers with end-group functionalization, finally the obtained product is copolymerized with small carboxylic acid monomers to prepare comb structure polymer with polycarboxylic acid main chain and temperature/pH-responsive side chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiao Liu, Xiabing Bai, Jianan Guan, Ziming Wang, Guanghong Lai, Shanshan Qian, Qian Xu
  • Patent number: 11332585
    Abstract: A synthesis method includes synthesising copolydendrimers containing heteroatoms from at least two dendrimers as starting precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE EUROMEDITERRANEENNE DE FES
    Inventors: Mosto Bousmina, Nadia Katir, Abdelkrim El Kadib, Nabil El Brahmi, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Nathalie Marcotte
  • Patent number: 11319441
    Abstract: A method for forming a polyarylene sulfide with a relatively low content of volatile malodorous compounds is provided. More particularly, such low compound levels may be achieved by subjecting a washed polyarylene sulfide to a heat treatment in the presence of an atmosphere that includes an inert gas, wherein the heat treatment occurs at a temperature of from about 150° C. to about 275° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventor: Hendrich A. Chiong
  • Patent number: 11319398
    Abstract: Method for the production of polyoxazolidinone compounds, comprising the reaction of at least one biscarbamate compound (A) with at least one bisepoxide compound (B) in the presence of at least one base (D), at least one Lewis acid catalyst (E), and optionally at least one compound (C), wherein the compound (C) comprising a mono-carbamate group, a mono-isocyanate group and/or a mono-epoxide group, and wherein the base (D) having a pKb-value of ?9. The invention is also related to the resulting polyoxazolidinone compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Thomas Ernst Müller, Christoph Gürtler, Carsten Koopmans, Volker Marker, Claudine Rangheard, Walter Leitner
  • Patent number: 11312823
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including subjecting a dihaloaromatic compound and a sulfidizing agent to a polymerization reaction in the presence of an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis, in which corrosion of a production apparatus is suppressed. More particularly, provided is a method for producing a polyarylene sulfide resin, the method including a dehydration step (1) in which a water-containing sulfidizing agent and an aliphatic cyclic compound having a ring openable by hydrolysis are heated in the presence of a dihaloaromatic compound to a liquid temperature in the range of 90° C. or higher and 170° C. or lower under the atmospheric pressure, and then dehydration is performed while maintaining the liquid temperature and reducing the pressure to a pressure in the range of 30 [kPa abs] or higher and 80 [kPa abs] or lower to thus obtain a mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Kadoki, Saori Nara, Taku Ibaraki, Hideki Watanabe, Satoshi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11312812
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for producing an elastomer, preferably a polyurethane-containing elastomer, by reacting a polyol component (A) comprising at least one polyether carbonate polyol (A-1) containing carbon-carbon double bonds with a component (B) which is reactive with OH groups and contains at least one compound reactive toward OH groups, preferably an isocyanate component (B-1) containing NCO groups, in the presence of a free-radical initiator (C), preferably at least one peroxide (C-1), and optionally a catalyst (D), where the molar ratio of the OH-reactive groups of component (B) reactive with groups, to the OH groups of the polyol component (A) containing carbon-carbon double bonds, is greater than 1.0. It further relates to elastomers obtainable by such a process, preferably polyurethane elastomers, the use thereof, and two-component systems for production of elastomers, preferably polyurethane elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Jochen Norwig, Volker Marker, Jens Langanke, Aurel Wolf, Christoph Gürtler, Philipp Nicholas Wagner, Florian Kessler
  • Patent number: 11306286
    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: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohide Nakaguma, Tetsuo Takada, Ayako Isshiki
  • Patent number: 11306229
    Abstract: Polybenzoxazine comprises repeat units which comprise at least one unit corresponding to the formulae (I) or (II): in which Z1 and Z2, which are identical or different, represent an at least divalent, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or aromatic bonding group comprising at least one carbon atom and optionally at least one heteroatom selected from O, S, N and P. Such a polybenzoxazine may be used as a metal-adhesive layer, in particular for the adhesive bonding of a metal substrate, in particular made of carbon steel, to a rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Milan Fedurco, Marco Ribezzo
  • Patent number: 11299576
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of recycling additively manufactured objects, which may include making a reactive particulate material by recycling preformed articles or recovered coating material. Methods of use of the reactive particulate material and material sets including the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Poelma, Mu San Zhang, Xinyu Gu, Jason P. Rolland, Joseph M. DeSimone