Patents Examined by Harold Pyon
  • Patent number: 8784698
    Abstract: Disclosed are inorganic nanoparticles comprising a body comprising cadmium and/or zinc crystallized with selenium, sulfur, and/or tellurium; a multiplicity of phosphonic acid ligands comprising at least about 20% of the total surface ligand coverage; wherein the nanocrystal is capable of absorbing energy from a first electromagnetic region and capable of emitting light in a second electromagnetic region, wherein the maximum absorbance wavelength of the first electromagnetic region is different from the maximum emission wavelength of the second electromagnetic region, thereby providing a Stokes shift of at least about 20 nm, wherein the second electromagnetic region comprises an at least about 100 nm wide band of wavelengths, and wherein the nanoparticle exhibits has a quantum yield of at least about 10%. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Michael A. Schreuder, James R. McBride, Sandra J. Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 8784508
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of inkjet printing on fabric, comprising the steps of pretreatment, printing with a white underprint of substantially the same shape as the colored image and printing an image on the fabric. The preferred digitally printed inks are pigmented inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Scott W. Ellis
  • Patent number: 8778230
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the invention is a novel process for the preparation of sulphur-modified monolithic porous carbon-based materials by impregnation with a strong sulphur-based acid, the materials capable of being obtained according to this process and the use of these materials with improved supercapacitance properties to produce electrodes intended for energy storage systems. Electrodes composed of sulphur-modified monolithic porous carbon-based materials according to the invention and lithium batteries and supercapacitors having such electrodes also form part of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Hitchinson
    Inventors: David Ayme-Perrot, Marie Dieudonné, Philippe Sonntag, Anne-Caroline Pasquier
  • Patent number: 8778218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, an organic or aqueous medium, and a compound with a head group derived from phosphoric acid or sulphuric acid. The invention further relates to novel compounds, and the use of the compound as a dispersant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Lubrizol Limited
    Inventors: Dean Thetford, Patrick J. Sunderland
  • Patent number: 8771374
    Abstract: Process for the production of leather, wherein pelts, pickled pelts or semifinished products are treated with at least one copolymer (A) which is obtainable by copolymerization of the following comonomers: (a) at least one ethylenically unsaturated C3-C10-carboxylic acid or at least one ethylenically unsaturated C4-C10-dicarboxylic acid or its anhydride, (b) at least one (meth)acrylate of an ?-branched C3-C10-alkanol, (c) at least one (meth)acrylate of a primary C4-C20-alkanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Brym, Audrey Renoncourt, Stephan Huffer, Gerhard Wolf, Ulrike Mahn, Edward Bohres, Petra Schocker, Hubertus Peter Bell, Peter Danisch
  • Patent number: 8771560
    Abstract: In a process for manufacturing doped semiconductor single crystal comprises solidifying in a crucible, the amount of dopant is added into the semiconductor melt after the beginning of the crystal growth onto the seed crystal, or after at least partial solidification of the semiconductor single crystal in a conical or tapered portion of the crucible. Dopant may be partially added in advance into the crucible, with the remainder added into the semiconductor melt as described. Type III-V semiconductor single crystals or wafers having a diameter of at least about 100 mm, can be prepared having an electrical conductivity of at least about 250 Siemens/cm, and/or an electric resistivity of at most about 4×10?3 ?cm, and/or a significantly improved ratio of hall mobility to charge carrier concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Kretzer, Stefan Eichler, Thomas Bünger
  • Patent number: 8771558
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an anti-counterfeit ink is provided. A tungsten oxide nanowire is provided. A hydrophilic treatment is performed to the tungsten oxide nanowire to form a tungsten oxide nanowire with hydrophilicity. The tungsten oxide nanowire with hydrophilicity and an ink are mixed to form an anti-counterfeit ink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Borh-Ran Huang, Tzu-Ching Lin, Ying-Kan Yang
  • Patent number: 8765020
    Abstract: Mitigating or preventing corrosion of metal may be achieved in systems that are alkaline, such as carbon dioxide capture systems. The method may include adding an additive to a system wherein the system is at an alkaline pH; the system has both O2 and CO2 present; or the system is at an alkaline pH and has both O2 and CO2 present. The additive may be selected from the group consisting of: quaternary aromatic amines; quaternary alkyl substituted aromatic amines; and combinations thereof. The corrosion inhibiting properties of the additives may be increased by use of synergistic combinants. The abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Ksenija Babić-Samard{hacek over (z)}ija, Lawrence N. Kremer, David J. Poelker, Vladimir Jovancicevic, Sunder Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 8765023
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for preparing a separator for an electrochemical device, a method preparing a separator for an electrochemical device, and an electrochemical device having a separator prepared therefrom, more particularly, a composition for preparing a separator for an electrochemical device, comprising a polyolefin, a first diluent, and a second diluent, wherein an interaction energy between the first diluent and the second diluent is in the range of 2 to 3.5 cal/cm3, a method preparing a separator for an electrochemical device using the composition, and an electrochemical device having a separator prepared therefrom. In accordance with the present invention, the pore size of a polyolefin separator can be suitably controlled into a size desired by a user, and the high-temperature stability and mechanical property of the separator can be remarkably improved, thereby enhancing the life time and stability of an electrochemical device having the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bong-Tae Kim, Heon-Sik Song, Cheon-Il Park
  • Patent number: 8765027
    Abstract: A polymer composition comprises at least one substantially non-conductive polymer binder and at least first and second electrically conductive fillers. The first electrically conductive filler is comprised of particles having avoid-bearing structure; and the second electrically conductive filler is comprised of particles which are acicular in shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Peratech Limited
    Inventors: David Lussey, David Bloor, Paul Laughlin, Cyril Hilsum
  • Patent number: 8765028
    Abstract: Provided are a composition for an oxide semiconductor, a method of preparing the composition, methods of forming an oxide semiconductor thin film and an electronic device using the composition. The composition for an oxide semiconductor includes a tin compound, a zinc compound, and a low electronegativity metal compound containing a metal with an electronegativity lower than zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Hyun Jae Kim, You Seung Rim, Dong Lim Kim
  • Patent number: 8758644
    Abstract: An oxygen-scavenging component and methods for producing the oxygen-scavenging component are provided. The oxygen-scavenging component, which in preferred embodiments is suitable for use in packaging articles, includes an oxygen-scavenging group preferably having at least one double bond. The oxygen-scavenging component may be combined with a polymer and/or an oxidation catalyst to form an oxygen-scavenging composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Share, Jeffrey Niederst, Richard H. Evans, Grant Schutte
  • Patent number: 8753546
    Abstract: Techniques are generally described related to a composite material with dielectric properties and the preparation method thereof. One example composite material may include a core having a first polymer and an ionic salt and a shell having a second polymer, where the core is electrically conductive and the shell electrically insulates and substantially surrounds the core, wherein the first polymer has a first polarity and the second polymer has a second polarity, and the first polarity is greater than the second polarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Nanjing University
    Inventors: Yun Lu, Tingyang Dai, Xutang Qing
  • Patent number: 8753542
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are thermally stable conducting polymers prepared by template polymerization of a conducting monomer in the presence of a sulfonated poly(amic acid). The resulting conducting polymer-sulfonated poly(amic acid) complex can be thermally converted to a conducting polymer-sulfonated poly(imide) complex having high thermal stability and high conductivity. Also disclosed are articles prepared from the thermally stable conducting polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Gregory A. Sotzing
  • Patent number: 8747700
    Abstract: Provided are charge-transporting varnishes that can form satisfactory thin films and can provide organic EL elements that can exhibit excellent emission efficiency and luminance characteristics when used for EL elements that have a structure on a substrate. The charge-transporting varnishes comprise quinone diimine derivatives represented by general formula (1) that are oligoaniline derivatives or oxides thereof, electron-accepting dopant substances or hole-accepting dopant substances, and at least one kind of silane compound. [In the formula, R1, R2 and R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, etc. A and B each independently represents a divalent group represented by general formula (2) or (3). (In the formulas, R4-R11 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, etc.) m and n are each independently integers of 1 or greater and satisfy m+n?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Nakaie, Tomohisa Yamada
  • Patent number: 8747705
    Abstract: Disclosed are new compound semiconductors which may be used for solar cells or as thermoelectric materials, and their application. The compound semiconductor may be represented by a chemical formula: InxCo4Sb12-zTez, where 0<x?0.5 and 0.8<z?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol-Hee Park, Tae-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 8747707
    Abstract: A paste for solar cell electrodes includes conductive particles, a glass frit, an organic vehicle, and lead oxide. The lead oxide may be added in an amount of about 0.05 to about 1.5 wt % with respect to a total weight of the paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Jun Kim, Jae Hwan Oh, Seok Hyun Jung, Byung Chul Lee, Hee In Nam
  • Patent number: 8747701
    Abstract: The charging roller has a base layer formed of an electroconductive rubber composition containing (a) a polar rubber having an unsaturated bond or an ether bond, (b) an ion carrier containing one or more phosphonium salts selected from the group consisting of phosphonium salts having the formulae (1) and (2), and (c) a cross-linker, wherein the amount of (b) component ranges from 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the (a) component. The formula (1) represents [(H9C4)3(CnH2n+1)P]+(CF3SO2)2N—, and the formula (2) represents [(H9C4)3(CnH2n+1)P]+(CF3SO3)—.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kadai Takeyama, Takenori Saito, Naoaki Sasakibara, Keiichi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 8747487
    Abstract: Compositions, methods, apparatuses, kits, and combinations are described for permanently or temporarily re-designing, decorating, and/or re-coloring a surface. The compositions useful in the present disclosure include a décor product that is formulated to be applied and affixed to a surface. If desired, the décor product may be substantially removed from the surface before being affixed thereto. If a user desires to remove the décor product, the décor product is formulated to be removed by a number of methods including, for example, vacuuming, wet extraction, chemical application, and the like. If the user desires to affix the décor product to the surface in a permanent or semi-permanent manner, the décor product may be affixed to the surface by applying energy thereto in the form of, for example, heat, pressure, emitted waves, an emitted electrical field, a magnetic field, and/or a chemical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Kimball, Ketan N. Shah, Eric J. Minor, Marcia L. Santaga
  • Patent number: 8747703
    Abstract: There is provided a curable composition which can give a cured product having excellent physical properties and is particularly useful as a material for the separator of a fuel cell such as polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrically conducting curable resin composition of the present invention comprises (A) a hydrocarbon compound having a plurality of carbon-carbon double bonds, (B) an elastomer excluding the component (A), and (C) a carbonaceous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Nobutoshi Sasaki, Masayuki Noguchi, Kentaro Seki