Patents Examined by Huihong Qiao
  • Patent number: 11970616
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having high linearity and improved compounding properties is provided. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer includes phosphor, sulfur and chlorine in specific amount ranges, and the degree of branching is controlled, and accordingly, if applied to a rubber composition, tensile strength and viscoelasticity may be excellent, and processability may be markedly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Hwan Oh, Hyo Jin Bae, Hyun Woong Park, Jeong Heon Ahn, Jae Hyeong Park
  • Patent number: 11965043
    Abstract: A resin particle includes a fluorescent colorant and a color pigment. A hue angle of the resin particle and a hue angle of the fluorescent colorant are different from each other. When a fluorescence peak wavelength in a spectral reflectance of the fluorescent colorant is represented by A (nm), an integrated value of a spectral reflectance (%) of the color pigment in a wavelength range of from A?30 (nm) to A+30 (nm) is 2,500 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventors: Ryutaro Kembo, Masaru Takahashi, Yukiaki Nakamura, Tomoaki Tanaka, Satomi Hara
  • Patent number: 11965081
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. In an embodiment, the composition includes an olefin-based polymer and from 0.15 wt % to 15 wt % of an odor suppressant. The odor suppressant includes (i) from 0.05 wt % to 2 wt % of a metal oxide having a band gap greater than 5.0 electron volts (eV), and (ii) from 0.1 wt % to 13 wt % of an acid copolymer. The ratio of metal oxide to acid copolymer is from 1:20 to 1:1. Weight percents are based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Casey R. McAlpin, Arkady L. Krasovskiy, Kefu Sun, Scott T. Matteucci
  • Patent number: 11939453
    Abstract: A plasticizer composition including a citrate-based material and an epoxidized oil, and the plasticizer composition capable of maintaining an excellent plasticization efficiency and providing an improved mechanical properties and stress resistance when compared with conventional phthalate-based plasticizer products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu Kim, Seok Ho Jeong, Jeong Ju Moon, Woo Hyuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11932756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polyvinyl butyral (PVB) material, comprising a PVB composite material, a first filler, an anti-hydrolysis agent, zinc stearate, calcium stearate, a polymeric dispersant, a deodorant, tetramethylthiuram monosulfide, and trimethylolpropane tris(3-mercaptopropionate); wherein the PVB composite material is obtained by plasticizing a composition comprising PVB and a first plasticizer. The present invention also relates to a preparation method of the modified PVB material, and a modified PVB product comprising a modified PVB layer prepared from a material comprising the modified PVB material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LEADER SHINING MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chi-Lo Chang
  • Patent number: 11919982
    Abstract: Latex compositions are provided. In embodiments, a latex comprises water and resin particles. The resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising one or more types of hydrophobic monomers and one or more types of acidic monomers comprising one or more types of phosphoric acid monomers, wherein a total amount of polymerized acidic monomers in the resin particles is at least about 8 weight % and a total amount of polymerized phosphoric acid monomers in the resin particles is at least about 2 weight %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Inventor: Sepehr M. Tehrani
  • Patent number: 11866602
    Abstract: A composition is described comprising at least one fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer comprises at least 90% by weight based on the total weight of the fluoropolymer of polymerized units derived from perfluorinated monomers selected from tetrafluoroethene (TFE) and one or more unsaturated perfluorinated alkyl ethers and a fluorinated additive having a Mw of no greater than 50,000 g/mole comprising a partially fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl or ether group. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises a fluorinated solvent. Also described are substrates comprising a coated surface of the fluoropolymer composition described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Naiyong Jing, Tho Q. Nguyen, Klaus Hintzer, Molly J. Smith, Gezahegn D. Damte
  • Patent number: 11851517
    Abstract: A polymer dispersant includes a first block; and a second block, the first block has a structural unit derived from a first monomer having an imidazolium salt portion and a hydrophobic portion, and the second block has a structural unit derived from a second monomer having an imidazolium salt portion and a hydrophilic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: Toshihiro Otake
  • Patent number: 11834569
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a rubber composition comprising 100 phr of one or more diene-based elastomers, 30 phr to 200 phr of a filler, and a benzoxazine which is the reaction of (i) a diphenol comprising two phenol groups and a bridge covalently connecting the two phenol groups, (ii) an aldehyde derivative, and (iii) an amine, wherein the bridge is connected to at least one of the phenol groups at a meta position of said at least one phenol group. The present invention is also directed to a rubber product comprising such a rubber composition and the use of such rubber products in tire components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (LIST)
    Inventors: Marc Weydert, Suzanne Michelle Balko, Laura Puchot, Acerina Trejo Machin, Pierre Verge
  • Patent number: 11827798
    Abstract: An ink-jet ink includes pigment particles; a binder resin; and a penetrant. The binder resin includes a self-emulsification specific resin. The specific resin includes a first repeating unit derived from specific alkyl ester (meth)acrylate including a straight-chain alkyl group having 9 or more and 15 or less carbon atoms. In the specific resin, a content ratio of the first repeating unit is 6.0% by mass or more and 20.0% by mass or less. The penetrant includes specific alkanediol having 6 or more and 8 or less carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Noriaki Ozawa
  • Patent number: 11772871
    Abstract: A packaging or wrapping for a food product, capable of resisting to high temperatures and of eliminating the overpressure generated by the water vapour inside the packaging due to temperature rise, without the same packaging having any aperture communicating its inside and the outside environment. The packaging is also adapted to restrain/reduce the emission of odor-generating substances that are generated during the heating or baking of the packaged food product, with respect to what occurs in the absence of a packaging, or with a packaging provided with apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: CHEF PACK, LLC
    Inventors: Arturo Giusti, Barton Lewis, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11773194
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vinyl chloride-based polymer having a pH of 7 to 11 and satisfying the number of olefin-type defects (NO) of 1.5 or less and the number of chloro-type defects (NC) of 11.0 or less. The vinyl chloride-based polymer contains reduced defects in the entire polymer and may suppress dehydrochlorination reaction or crosslinking reaction during processing, and effects of preventing discoloration phenomenon, improving heat resistance and preventing the deterioration of physical properties may be expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Jin Lee, Yang Jun Jeon, Jae Hyun Park, Hyun Kyou Ha
  • Patent number: 11773235
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions comprising at least one polyolefin, a hindered phenol, and a phenyl phosphite; wherein the overall concentration of the hindered phenol and phenyl phosphite is within a range from 10 ppm to 5000 ppm in the polyolefin, and wherein the amount of the hindered phenol is less than the phenyl phosphite. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising at least one polypropylene, a neutralizer, a hindered phenol, and a phenyl phosphite; wherein the overall concentration of the hindered phenol and phenyl phosphite is within a range from 1000 ppm to 5000 ppm in the polyolefin, and wherein the amount of the hindered phenol is from 200 to 2000 ppm less than the phenyl phosphite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Zhao, Chen Wan, George J. Pehlert, Luis A. Sotomayor
  • Patent number: 11760897
    Abstract: Solvent-borne coating compositions and methods for forming coated substrates are provided. In one example, a solvent-borne coating composition includes a solvent(s), a colorant(s), a binder including one or more resins, a sag control agent, and a wax dispersion. The sag control agent includes urea crystals that are present in an amount of from about 0.5 wt. % to about 6 wt. % based on the weight of the binder. The wax dispersion includes ethylene vinyl acetate-based wax particles present in an amount of from about 3 wt. % to about 8 wt. % based on the weight of the binder. The solvent-borne coating composition has a non-volatile content of from about 11 to about 30 vol. % based on the volume of the solvent-borne coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Yongqing Huang, Delson Trindade, Beatriz E. Rodriguez-Douglas, Candice Pelligra, Gary W. Nickel
  • Patent number: 11759758
    Abstract: An oil gel compositions comprising (i) between 10 to 20 wt. % of a selectively hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer, (ii) an oil, and (iii) optional additives is described herein. In embodiments, the oil gel composition is characterized as having, a viscosity at 25° C. and 10/s between 100 (See claim 2) and 200 Pa-s, a cone penetration at 25° C. from 200 dmm to 600 dmm, a drop point from 100 to 250° C., and oil separation at 100° C. from 0% to 2%. In embodiments, the oil gel composition has a viscosity ratio of 25° C./100° C. from 4 to 20 at 10/s shear rate. The oil gel composition can be used in cables for post tensioning applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: KRATON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hendrik de Groot
  • Patent number: 11746235
    Abstract: A moldable eraser kit includes a first silicone polymer, a second silicone polymer, an abrasive agent, a catalyst configured to catalyze a reaction between the first silicone polymer and the second silicone polymer at room temperature, and at least two containers such that the first silicone polymer, the second silicone polymer, and the catalyst are not all present in the same container. Also disclosed herein is a method of making an eraser including the steps of mixing a first silicone polymer, a second silicone polymer, a catalyst, an abrasive agent, and optionally one or more additives to form a mixture, the mixture being free of polyvinyl chloride. The method also includes molding the mixture to form a shape and curing the mixture in the shape at room temperature to form a molded eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CRAYOLA LLC
    Inventors: Michael G Moskal, Caleigh Anderson, Madison Paige Snyder, Jake Towne
  • Patent number: 11739206
    Abstract: A resin composition and a molded article. The resin composition contains a fluororesin and boron nitride particles, the fluororesin being present in an amount of 35 to 70% by mass and the boron nitride particles being present in an amount of 30 to 65% by mass, each relative to the resin composition, the resin composition having a melt flow rate of 5.0 g/10 min or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Mukae, Hideki Kono, Masaji Komori, Hiroshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11725113
    Abstract: A dispersion contains: a water-insoluble colorant; and acrylic resin particles, where: the acrylic resin particles contain, as a monomer unit, 20 mol % or more of an acrylic blocked isocyanate group based on a total amount of the acrylic resin particles; and the acrylic resin particles have a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventors: Koji Horiba, Koichi Terao
  • Patent number: 11708504
    Abstract: Aqueous inkjet ink compositions are provided. In an embodiment, such a composition comprises water; resin particles; and a colorant; wherein the resin particles comprise a polymerization product of reactants comprising a monomer, an acidic monomer, a multifunctional monomer, and a reactive surfactant, the resin particles having a D(z, ave) of no greater than about 150 nm, a D(v,90) of less than about 200 nm, and a polydispersity index (PDI) of no greater than about 0.050. Methods of forming and using the aqueous inkjet ink compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Sepehr M. Tehrani, Marcel P. Breton, Syed Mohsin Ali, Carlos Dondon, Biby Esther Abraham, C. Geoffrey Allen, Mihaela Maria Birau
  • Patent number: 11685827
    Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride composition for powder molding includes a polyvinyl chloride (A) an amount of 100 parts by mass, a plasticizer in an amount of 110 parts by mass or more and 150 parts by mass or less, and an acrylic polymer in an amount of 4 parts by mass or more and 23 parts by mass or less. The polyvinyl chloride (A) has an average particle diameter of 50 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less and an average degree of polymerization of 1,350 or more. The acrylic polymer has an average particle diameter of 0.01 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less and contains a constitutional unit derived from a (meth) acrylic ester in an amount of 50 mass % or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: KANEKA CORPORATION, TATSUTA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Takesada, Kohei Hosomi