Patents Examined by Douglas McGinty
  • Patent number: 9676984
    Abstract: The use of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane for increasing the miscibility of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with a lubricating oil, and in particular with a polyalkylene glycol oil. Further included are heat-transfer compositions and also equipment and processes using these compositions. Also, a kit including a heat-transfer fluid including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and a lubricant oil including a polyalkylene glycol, for use in a heat-transfer installation including a vapor compression circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Sophie Guerin, Laurent Abbas, Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9670577
    Abstract: An oxide sintered body which, when made into an oxide semiconductor thin film by sputtering, can achieve low carrier density and high carrier mobility, and a sputtering target using said oxide sintered body are provided. This oxide sintered body contains indium, gallium and zinc as oxides. The gallium content is 0.20 or more and 0.49 or less in terms of Ga/(In+Ga) atomic ratio, and the zinc content is 0.0001 or more and less than 0.08 in terms of Zn/(In+Ga+Zn) atomic ratio. This amorphous oxide semiconductor thin film is formed with the oxide sintered body as a sputtering target, and can achieve a carrier density of 4.0×1018 cm?3 or less and a carrier mobility of 10 cm2/V*s or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Nakayama, Eiichiro Nishimura, Fumihiko Matsumura, Masashi Iwara
  • Patent number: 9673397
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel conjugated polymers containing one or more repeating units derived from indacenodibenzothiophene or dithia-dicyclopenta-dibenzothiophene, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as organic semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices, and to OE and OPV devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: William Mitchell, Mansoor D'Lavari, Changsheng Wang, Steven Tierney, Jingyao Song
  • Patent number: 9670578
    Abstract: An oxide sintered body which, when made into an oxide semiconductor thin film by sputtering, can achieve low carrier density and high carrier mobility, and a sputtering target using said oxide sintered body are provided. This oxide sintered body contains indium, gallium and zinc as oxides. The gallium content is 0.08 or more and less than 0.20 in terms of Ga/(In+Ga) atomic ratio, and the zinc content is 0.0001 or more and less than 0.08 in terms of Zn/(In+Ga+Zn) atomic ratio. This crystalline oxide semiconductor thin film is formed with the oxide sintered body as a sputtering target, and can achieve a carrier density of 8.0×1017 cm?3 or less and a carrier mobility of 10 cm2/V·s or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tokuyuki Nakayama, Eiichiro Nishimura, Fumihiko Matsumura, Masashi Iwara
  • Patent number: 9663611
    Abstract: A conjugated polymer for electronic devices can include a repeated unit having the structure of formula (I)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Yang Yang, Letian Dou, Wei-Hsuan Chang
  • Patent number: 9663694
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of HFC and HFO and having improved lubrication performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition comprising HFC and HFO, wherein the composition comprises 1) at least one of HFC-134a and HFC-134 as the HFC, 2) at least one of HFO-1234yf and HFO-1234ze as the HFO, and 3) at least one member selected from the group consisting of HCFC-1122, HCFC-124, CFC-1113, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne as a third component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shibanuma
  • Patent number: 9663697
    Abstract: The use of a ternary composition of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and difluoromethane, as a heat-transfer fluid, in compression refrigeration systems with exchangers operating in counterflow mode or in cross-flow mode with counterflow tendency. A heat-transfer process in which a ternary composition of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and difluoromethane is used as a refrigerant in compression systems with exchangers operating in counterflow mode or in cross-flow mode with counterflow tendency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9650553
    Abstract: Quasi-azeotropic or azeotropic compositions containing chloromethane and at least one or more compound(s) selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The composition may include either from 0.5 to 70 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 99.5 to 30 mol % of a compound selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, or from 55 to 95 mol % of chloromethane and at least from 45 to 5 mol % of one or more compound(s) selected from 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, E/Z-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene, E/Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene and E-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Deur-Bert, Laurent Wendlinger
  • Patent number: 9644070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cross-linkable and cross-linked polymers, methods for the production thereof, the use of said cross-linked polymers in electronic devices, especially in OLEDs (OLED=Organic Light Emitting Diode), and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices which contain the cross-linked polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Fabrice Eckes, Anja Gerhard, Anna Hayer, Holger Heil, Dominik Joosten
  • Patent number: 9640775
    Abstract: Provided is an organic EL element having a high emission efficiency, a light emission life, and excellent high-temperature preservation stability. This organic electroluminescence element has at least one light-emitting layer between a positive electrode and a negative electrode. The light-emitting layer comprises at least one type of light-emitting dopant and at least three types of non-emitting organic materials represented by general formula (2); of the non-emitting organic materials, the material with the largest molecular weight has a molecular weight of 1,500 or less; and the minimum content of the non-emitting organic materials is 1 mass % or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Satoru Oohisa, Yoshiyuki Suzuri, Shuri Sato
  • Patent number: 9633755
    Abstract: The conductive composition contains at least (a) conductive metal fibers, and (b) at least one compound selected from a compound represented by the following Formula (1), a compound represented by the following Formula (2), and a compound having a partial structure represented by the following Formula (3). Each of R1 and R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an acyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, or a carbamoyl group. Each of R3, R4, R5, R6, R8, R9, R10, and R11 independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent. R12 represents an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, or a hydrogen atom. * represents a bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tokihiko Matsumura, Toyohisa Oya, Kazushi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9624414
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition consisting essentially of R227ea 3-9% R134a 25-70% R125 3-35% R32 10-35% together with an optional hydrocarbon component; wherein the amounts are by weight and are selected to total 100%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: RPL Holdings Limited
    Inventors: John Edward Poole, Richard Powell
  • Patent number: 9624413
    Abstract: A working medium for a heat pump, including: 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene; at least one of 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and pentafluoroethane; and at least one of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventor: Masato Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9620716
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel organic semiconducting polymers containing one or more monomers derived from s-indacene fused symmetrically on each terminus with dithieno[3,2-b;2?,3?-d]thiophene (IDDTT), cyclopenta[2,1-b;3,4-b?]dithiophene (IDCDT), or derivatives thereof, to methods for their preparation and educts or intermediates used therein, to polymer blends, mixtures and formulations containing them, to the use of the polymers, polymer blends, mixtures and formulations as semiconductors in organic electronic (OE) devices, especially in organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices and organic photodetectors (OPD), and to OE, OPV and OPD devices comprising these polymers, polymer blends, mixtures or formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Changsheng Wang, William Mitchell, Nicolas Blouin, Jingyao Song, Mansoor D'Lavari, Steven Tierney
  • Patent number: 9605231
    Abstract: Provided herein are grease compositions comprising at least one estolide compound of formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; m is an integer equal to or greater than 2; R1, independently for each occurrence, is selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R3 and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched. Also provided are methods of making estolide-based grease products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jakob Bredsguard, Jeremy Forest
  • Patent number: 9605230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of zeolites or of agglomerates based on zeolites in order to improve the thermal stability of oils and the invention is targeted in particular at the use of these zeolitic compounds for stabilizing the oils or the formulations based on oils participating in the composition of refrigerants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CECA S.A.
    Inventors: Ludivine Bouvier, Beatrice Boussand
  • Patent number: 9598600
    Abstract: Methods for making phenolic resins modified with one or more monosaccharides and methods for making composite products therewith are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, a method for making a composite product can include contacting a plurality of cellulosic sheets with a resin composition that includes a phenolic resin and a monosaccharide. The resin composition can include about 0.5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the monosaccharide, based on a combined weight of the phenolic resin and the monosaccharide. The method can also include at least partially curing the resin composition to produce a composite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Ramji Srinivasan, Benjamin D. Gapud, Kelly A. Shoemake
  • Patent number: 9598621
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention refrigerant compositions are disclosed. The refrigerant compositions contain comprise 11-28 weight percent difluoromethane; 34-59 weight percent pentafluoroethane; and 21-38 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The refrigerant compositions are useful in processes to produce cooling, in methods for replacing refrigerant R-404A or R-507A, and in refrigeration systems. These inventive refrigerant compositions can be used in stationary and mobile refrigeration equipment, and are particularly useful for transport refrigeration units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Haviland Minor, Kenneth J. Schultz
  • Patent number: 9595363
    Abstract: Nanocrystals comprising organic ligands at surfaces of the plurality of nanocrystals are provided. The organic ligands are removed from the surfaces of the nanocrystals using a solution comprising a trialkyloxonium salt in a polar aprotic solvent. The removal of the organic ligands causes the nanocrystals to become naked nanocrystals with cationic surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Brett Anthony Helms, Delia Jane Milliron, Evelyn Louise Rosen, Raffaella Buonsanti, Anna Llordes
  • Patent number: 9593273
    Abstract: Use of a gaseous mixture, selected from the group consisting of—propylene in a concentration from 90% to 99% by weight and a gas selected from the group consisting of butene, ethylene and ethane or mixtures thereof in a concentration from 1% to 10% by weight; as replacement or alternative refrigerant gas for R404A, R507A and/or R407C, and/or other replacement or alternative refrigerants for R404A, R507A and R407C containing HFC (hydrofluorocarbons), HFO (hydrofluoro olefins) and HFE (hydrofluoro ethers).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Tazzetti S.P.A.
    Inventors: Riccardo Mondino, Valentina Longoni