Patents Examined by Hui H Chin
  • Patent number: 11834559
    Abstract: A type of composite material where the matrix material and additive are held together by covalently or non-covalently bound ligands is described. A particularly useful composite material covered by the present invention is a carbon nanotube-reinforced composite material where the matrix consists of a polymer, covalently attached to a linker, where said linker is non-covalently attached to the carbon nanotube. Methods for the preparation of such composite materials are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Nanocore APS
    Inventors: Mikkel Dybro Lundorf, Henrik Pedersen, Tore Dehli
  • Patent number: 11839149
    Abstract: A compound for a light emitting device, the compound being represented by Formula 1: wherein, in Formula 1, the variables are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoyoung Lee, Seokhwan Hwang, Sunyoung Pak, Junha Park, Jangyeol Baek, Munki Sim, Minjung Jung
  • Patent number: 11834537
    Abstract: A latex composition for dip molding includes a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex having pKa of 9.5 to 10.2 and satisfying General Formulas 1 and 2. 0.85?P?1.0, P=CVD/CV0??[General Formula 1] 5?M?20, M=m1×m2??[General Formula 2] wherein CV0 represents a capillary viscosity which is measured in a swollen in a methyl ethyl ketone solvent, CVD represents a capillary viscosity in a deswollen state, m1 represents an insolubility of a dried film in the methyl ethyl ketone solvent, and m2 represents a swelling index of the dried film in the methyl ethyl ketone solvent, wherein a carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer of carboxylic acid-modified nitrile-based copolymer latex includes: a conjugated diene-based monomer-derived unit, an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-based monomer-derived unit, and an ethylenic unsaturated acid monomer-derived unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ji Young Lee, Jung Eun Kim, Won Sang Kwon, Seung Uk Yeu, Myung Su Jang
  • Patent number: 11834566
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Patent number: 11833769
    Abstract: A composite is provided to include an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The composite may also include a layer of glass comprising SiO2 formed over the elastomer substrate. A method of fabricating the composite is provided. The method may include diffusing an ozone-rich gas into the substrate of an elastomer substrate comprising methyl groups. The method may also include exposing the elastomer substrate to UV radiation for a period of time. The method may further include converting a surface portion of the elastomer substrate into a layer of glass formed over the elastomer substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott W. Slabaugh, Liliya Lyandres, Warren Taylor
  • Patent number: 11834562
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an article comprising a reinforced glass mat. In some embodiments, the reinforced glass mat includes a glass mat and a reinforcement material. In some embodiments, the glass mat includes a web of glass fibers. In some embodiments, the reinforcement material is embedded into the web of glass fibers of the glass mat. In some embodiments, the reinforced glass mat includes a sufficient amount of the reinforcement material, so as to result in a nail shank shear resistance of 13 lbs to 17 lbs, when the article is tested according to ASTM 1761 at 140° F. Methods of making the article, specific embodiments of the reinforcement material in the form of a polymeric binder, and methods of forming a roofing shingle from the article are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Ming-Liang Shiao, Jim Svec, Brian Lee
  • Patent number: 11826994
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a coating composition comprising a first thermoplastic resin suspended in a liquid medium, and a second thermoplastic resin in the form of solid particles, wherein the second thermoplastic resin is incorporated but insoluble in the liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Day International, Inc.
    Inventor: Damien Nevoret
  • Patent number: 11832506
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, an oppositely disposed second electrode, and a plurality of organic layers disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the plurality of organic layers includes a fused polycyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and has an improved emission efficiency and long device life span:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuji Hayano
  • Patent number: 11828062
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method comprising: obtaining a base formulation, obtaining an activator formulation, mixing the base formulation with the activator formulation, so as to result in a liquid applied roofing formulation, applying the liquid applied roofing formulation to at least one steep slope roof substrate, and solidifying the formulation, so as to form at least one coating layer on the at least one steep slope roof substrate. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a liquid applied roofing formulation comprising a first part and a second part. In some embodiments, the first part comprises the base formulation and the second part comprises the activator formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventors: Adem Chich, Wilson Cheung, Kihyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11827772
    Abstract: A polymer composition containing cellulose acetate in combination with one or more bloom resistant or bio-based plasticizers and optionally one or more bio-based polymers is described. The polymer composition is formulated so as to have properties similar to petroleum-based polymers for producing, for example, single-use biodegradable articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Christopher McGrady, Rongfu Li, Michael Combs, Xiaowei Zhang, Suresh Subramonian
  • Patent number: 11819579
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent articles assembled from a collection of components using an adhesive having an amorphous polyolefin composition with a random butane-?-olefin copolymer and a heterophase polyolefin copolymer composition with a first set of comonomer units and a second set of comonomer units, wherein the first set of comonomer units are propene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: William L Bunnelle, Robert Haines Turner
  • Patent number: 11820921
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a liquid permeable interior layer, a liquid impervious exterior layer, an absorbent layer therebetween, and a hot melt adhesive composition having an amorphous polyolefin composition and a heterophase polyolefin copolymer composition with a first set of comonomer units and a second set of comonomer units, wherein the first set of comonomer units are propene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventor: William L. Bunnelle
  • Patent number: 11814503
    Abstract: Provided herein are composite materials comprising at least 70 wt. % thermally consolidated recovered paper and plastic fragments and less than 5,000 ng water-soluble endotoxin per gram of composite materials, as well as methods of preparing said composite materials and methods of sanitizing recovered waste materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Continuus Materials Intellectual Property, LLC
    Inventors: Jack G. Winterowd, Matthew Spencer, Henry Scheller, Vincent Pastore
  • Patent number: 11814557
    Abstract: The present description provides esterified fatty acid and/or tall oil compositions and their use as alternative plasticizers in adhesives formulations. These esters demonstrate similar or improved performance over adhesives industry standard plasticizers. The description also provides methods of manufacturing and using the same, for example, to improve or modify the performance of adhesive materials, such as, hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives and hygienic adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: INGEVITY SOUTH CAROLINA, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Widders, Russ N. Fitzgerald, Olivia J. Jobes, Brett A. Neumann
  • Patent number: 11814484
    Abstract: Composition of comprising nano metal oxide/hydroxide particles and a polyorganosiloxane having increased refractive index, processes to cure these compositions for making transparent coats, shaped articles by an extrusion or molding process having a refractive index above the refractive index of the polyorganosiloxane. Use of the cured polyorganosiloxane compositions as optical devices, coats, lenses or light guides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Thorsten Felder, Monika Friedrichs, Gunnar Hoffmüller, Abirami Srikanth, Douglas Dukes, Sumi Dinkar, Roland Wagner, Karl Heinz Stachulla
  • Patent number: 11807743
    Abstract: This invention relates to an elastomer composition comprising: about 10-85 wt % of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, optionally based on ethylene produced from a bio-based carbon source; about 15-90 wt % of thermoplastic polyurethane; and about 0-10 wt % of a compatibilizer. This invention also relates to a molding product formed from the elastomer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: BRASKEM AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Rajendra K. Krishnaswamy
  • Patent number: 11802088
    Abstract: High-entropy ultra-high temperature ceramics (HE-UHTC) coatings deposited on substrates, as well methods for depositing the HE-UHTC coatings on the substrates, are provided. An HE-UHTC electrode can be fabricated via spark plasma sintering (SPS) and then a thin coating of the HE-UHTC can be deposited in a precision-controlled manner on a substrate via an electro-spark deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Ambreen Nisar, Arvind Agarwal, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11804322
    Abstract: A method of fabrication of nanostructured thin film includes depositing a Gd20Fe80 alloy by using the thermal evaporating technique on the top of a high-density nanoporous alumina template. In a particular embodiment, the high-density nanoporous alumina template has a pore diameter of 92 nm and interpore distance of 103 nm and the Gd20Fe80 nanostructured thin film has a layer thickness of 48 nm. The present method results in nanostructured GdFe thin films with large perpendicular magnetic energy density of 4.8 erg/cm2, which is 15 times higher than obtained in the conventional ferromagnetic alloy thin films with PMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mai Mostafa Khalaf Ali, Hany Mohamed Ab El-Lateef Ahmed, Mohamed Salaheldeen, Ahmed M. Abu-Dief
  • Patent number: 11795270
    Abstract: For example, a triazine ring-containing polymer containing a repeating unit structure represented by formula (25) below, wherein Ra represents R102 or R103, R102 represents a fluorine atom or a fluoroalkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R103 represents a crosslinking group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Nakaie
  • Patent number: 11800786
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a polycyclic compound, wherein the polycyclic compound includes a boron atom, a first aromatic ring and a second aromatic ring, which are each directly connected with the boron atom, an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, which is directly connected with the boron atom, a third aromatic ring, which is directly connected with the oxygen atom or the sulfur atom, a first linker connecting the first aromatic ring and the second aromatic ring, and a second linker connecting the second aromatic ring and the third aromatic ring, thereby showing long-life characteristics and excellent color reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsuji Hayano