Patents Examined by James J. Seidleck
  • Formaldehyde-free protein-containing binder compositions
    Patent number: 8809477
    Abstract: A wood-containing composite are described that may include a lignocellulosic material, and a formaldehyde-free binder in contact with at least a portion of the lignocellulose material. The binder is formed from a binder composition that includes a soy flour, a polymer, and a crosslinking agent, at least a portion of each of which are covalently crosslinked to each other in the binder. Also described are methods of making wood-containing composites by providing a pre-mixed, one-part binder composition of at least 60 wt. % soy flour, a polymer, and a crosslinking agent. The binder composition is applied to lignocellulosic material, and the combination may be heated at a temperature of about 100° C. or more to cure the binder composition into a binder. The cured binder has the soy protein, polymer, and crosslinking agent covalently bonded to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Philip Francis Miele, Jawed Asrar
  • Carbon coated magnetic nanoparticles and their use in separation processes
    Patent number: 8801936
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating a dispersed phase from a continuous phase comprising the steps of i) contacting said phases with an effective amount of nanoparticles; ii) applying a magnetic field gradient to the obtained system; iii) separating the obtained phases wherein said nanoparticles are of the core shell type, said core consists of a metal or alloy having soft magnetic properties and said shell contains a graphene layers which are optionally functionalized; to new nanoparticles and method of manufacturing such nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: ETH Zürich
    Inventors: Robert N. Grass, Wendelin Jan Stark
  • Aqueous copolymer dispersion and coating composition
    Patent number: 8802765
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous copolymer dispersion comprising an emulsion copolymer and two hydrophobic aromatic ketones, wherein the aromatic ketones are, based on the dry weight of the copolymer, from 0.1 to 3 wt % benzophenone and from 0.1 to 4 wt % a benzophenone derivative; wherein the dispersion comprises 0 or less than 0.1 wt % hydrophilic aromatic ketone. The copolymer dispersion is suitable for preparation of aqueous coating compositions which yields a relatively hard surface to provide not only short term but also long term dirt pick up resistance effects, after exposure to ultraviolet radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Huiling Yang, Xiangting Dong, Siyuan Jiang, Qianqian Li
  • Lignite-based foundry resins
    Patent number: 8802749
    Abstract: Described herein, in the preferred embodiment, is a leonardite-based polyurethane resin binder that may be used, among other applications, as a binder in combination with foundry aggregate, e.g., sand, for molding or casting metal parts. The binders described herein comprise a humic substance, preferably leonardite, combined with a polymerizable polyol, an isocyanate, and a polymerization catalyst to make a polyurethane resin binder in situ in a foundry aggregate, such as sand. The lignite is mixed with the polymerizable polyol and dispersing agents as additives to improve the suspension quality and binder performance of the lignite-containing part of the binder components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Amcol International Corporation
    Inventors: Jianbo Di, Joseph M. Fuqua
  • Encapsulated cure systems
    Patent number: 8796381
    Abstract: Encapsulated cure systems are provided wherein a curative is incorporated into a solid or semi-solid carrier material whereby mere fracturing or failure of the capsule wall encapsulating such cure systems will not provide for or allow sufficient release of the curative. Also provided are adhesive systems incorporating said encapsulated cure systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Appvion, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Arlin Schwantes, Michael Curley Krzoska, Gregory Stephen Kulibert, Adam Gregg Malofsky, Bernard Miles Malofsky, Nagib Maurice Ward
  • Dental adhesive composition
    Patent number: 8796354
    Abstract: [Problems] A dental adhesive composition containing an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer, that can be used as a dental adhesive material or a primer. The dental adhesive composition has excellent durability of adhesion exhibiting further improved adhering strength and durability of adhesion enabling teeth to be more strongly adhered to a composite resin or a prosthetic over extended periods of time. [Means for Solution] The dental adhesive composition contains a polymerizable monomer and ions of an element of the Group IV as basic components, at least 10 mass % of the polymerizable monomer being a polymerizable monomer having a hydrogenphosphate diester group, such as bis(2-methacryloyloxyethyl)hydrogenphosphate or 2-methacryloyloxyethylphenyl hydrogenphosphate, and the content of ions of the element of the Group IV such as titanium ions or zirconium ions in the composition being 0.1 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Dental Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Gyakushi, Takeshi Suzuki, Mihoko Kajikawa, Hideki Kazama
  • Method for high density data storage and imaging
    Patent number: 8792318
    Abstract: An approach is presented for designing a polymeric layer for nanometer scale thermo-mechanical storage devices. Cross-linked polyimide oligomers are used as the recording layers in atomic force data storage device, giving significantly improved performance when compared to previously reported cross-linked and linear polymers. The cross-linking of the polyimide oligomers may be tuned to match thermal and force parameters required in read-write-erase cycles. Additionally, the cross-linked polyimide oligomers are suitable for use in nano-scale imaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Urs T. Duerig, Jane Elizabeth Frommer, Bernd Walter Gotsmann, Erik Christopher Hagberg, James Lupton Hedrick, Armin W. Knoll, Victor Yee-Way Lee, Teddie Peregrino Magbitang, Robert Dennis Miller, Russell Clayton Pratt, Charles Gordon Wade, Johannes Windeln
  • Architectural paint for covering defects
    Patent number: 8785533
    Abstract: An architectural paint is disclosed which comprises a film-forming binder polymer, cotton fibers, and glass bubbles. The paint, in some embodiments, is capable of covering defects in a wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Richard Randall Chamberlain, Rasna Batra
  • In situ formation of nanoparticles in resins
    Patent number: 8779023
    Abstract: Methods of forming antimicrobial polymeric materials comprising metallic nanoparticles are disclosed. Such methods generally comprise: combining a metal-containing material with a resin in situ; and curing the resin in the presence of a metal-containing material. Antimicrobial polymeric materials formed by said methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventors: Kyumin Whang, H. Ralph Rawls, Barry Norling
  • Acid-neutralizing resins and hardenable dental compositions thereof
    Patent number: 8779024
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are acid-neutralizing polymerizable and/or non-polymerizable resins, methods of making such resins, and dental compositions having such resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: DENTSPLY International Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaoming Jin, Huaibing Liu
  • Impact modified polycarbonate compositions
    Patent number: 8779050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to non-aging, impact-modified polycarbonate compositions and molding compositions comprising: A) from 60 to 86 parts by weight (based on the sum of components A+B+C) of aromatic polycarbonate and/or aromatic polyester carbonate, B) from 4 to 12 parts by weight (based on the sum of components A+B+C) of graft polymer comprising: B.1 from 10 to 50 wt. % (based on the graft polymer B) of a shell of at least one vinyl monomer, and B.2 from 90 to 50 wt. % (based on the graft polymer B) of a graft base of silicone-acrylate composite rubber, C) from 10 to 30 parts by weight (based on the sum of components A+B+C) of a polymer or copolymer based on vinyl monomer, and D) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of polymer additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Materialscience AG
    Inventors: Achim Feldermann, Andreas Seidel, Eckhard Wenz
  • Cyclic olefin compositions for temporary wafer bonding
    Patent number: 8771442
    Abstract: New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions are provided. The compositions comprise a cycloolefin copolymer dispersed or dissolved in a solvent system, and can be used to bond an active wafer to a carrier wafer or substrate to assist in protecting the active wafer and its active sites during subsequent processing and handling. The compositions form bonding layers that are chemically and thermally resistant, but that can also be softened or dissolved to allow the wafers to slide or be pulled apart at the appropriate stage in the fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Brewer Science Inc.
    Inventors: Wenbin Hong, Dongshun Bai, Tony D. Flaim, Rama Puligadda
  • Rubber composition, its manufacturing method and pneumatic tire
    Patent number: 8765844
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of rubber composition for tire tread or the other, which is comprised of adding 30-110 mass parts of silica powders to 100 mass parts of diene rubber component and adding silane coupling agent by 3-15 mass % of the silica powders, comprising: preparing hetero-modified SBR having hetero atom functional group; a first kneader-mixing step, in which 60-85 mass parts of the diene rubber component including no less than 20 mass % of the hetero-modified SBR is mixed in a kneader device with substantially all of the reinforcing fillers; taking out of obtained mixture to give a master batch; and second kneader-mixing step, in which the master batch is mixed substantially solely with remaining mass parts of the diene component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuki Masumoto
  • Dental curable composition
    Patent number: 8765837
    Abstract: [Problems] To provide a chemical polymerization type curable composition which can achieve a very large strength of adhesion even without irradiated with light, and is used in the field of dental therapy. [Means for Solution] A dental curable composition comprising (A) a polymerizable monomer component containing an acidic group-containing polymerizable monomer, (B) water, and (C) a chemical polymerization initiator component comprising a radical-generating species and a reactive species that generates radicals upon reacting with the radical-generating species; wherein, the dental curable composition is stored being divided into a plurality of packages, and is polymerized and cured by mixing together the components contained in the packages; and wherein one package (I) among the packages contains the component (A) and the component (B), and, further, contains polyvalent metal ions in an amount of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Tokuyama Dental Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoichi Fujinami, Ayumi Dodomi, Koji Matsushige, Kazuhiko Okishio
  • Microcapsules with UV filter activity and process for producing them
    Patent number: 8765967
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing microcapsules with UV filter activity, wherein at least one type of crosslinkable chromophore with UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity and optionally at least one type of crosslinkable monomer which does not have UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity are subjected to a crosslinking reaction in the absence of non-crosslinkable chromophores with UV-A and/or UV-B and/or UV-C filter activity and microcapsules obtainable by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventor: Katja Berg-Schultz
  • Reclaimed asphalt pavement
    Patent number: 8758597
    Abstract: A saturated elastomeric mixture is disclosed having a cured or vulcanized elastomer crumb rubber and atmospheric distillations bottoms residue is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: John D. Osborn
  • Copolymer having polyether side chains and dicarboxylic acid derivative components
    Patent number: 8754150
    Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer which can be used as a superplasticizer for hydraulic binders and comprises 30 to 47 mol % of a (meth)allyl alcohol polyether derivative structural unit and 53 to 70 mol % of a maleic acid derivative structural unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Silke Flakus, Klaus Lorenz, Gerhard Albrecht, Helmut Mack, Angelika Hartl, Martin Winklbauer, Petra Wagner, Barbara Wimmer, Christian Scholz
  • Heat-expandable microspheres and a process for producing the same
    Patent number: 8754141
    Abstract: A method that produces heat-expandable microspheres includes the use of a shell of thermoplastic resin and a non-fluorine blowing agent encapsulated therein having a boiling point not higher than the softening point of the thermoplastic resin. The method includes a step of dispersing an oily mixture containing a polymerizable component, the blowing agent, and a polymerization initiator containing a peroxydicarbonate in an aqueous dispersing medium to polymerize the polymerizable component contained in the oily mixture. The resultant heat-expandable microspheres have a shell which is less apt to become thinner than its theoretical value, contain minimum amount of resin particle inside their shell, and have excellent heat-expanding performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Matsumoto Yushi-Seiyaku Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Masuda, Kenichi Kitano, Katsushi Miki, Takeshi Inohara, Takayuki Aoki
  • Covering material for electric wire
    Patent number: 8754157
    Abstract: A polyvinyl chloride-type covering material for electric wire that has an excellent damage-resistance property, cold-resistance property and low-temperature property after aging. The covering material containing a polyvinyl chloride comprises, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl chloride, (A) 15 to 30 parts by mass of a plasticizer comprising 15 parts by mass or more of one or more plasticizers selected from trimellitate plasticizers and pyromellitate plasticizers, (B) 2 to 10 parts by mass of a chlorinated polyolefin, and (C) 1 to 6 parts by mass of a methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyoki Furukawa, Masashi Sato, Masahiro Nakamura
  • Antimicrobial quaternary ammonium organosilane compositions
    Patent number: 8754146
    Abstract: Antimicrobial granules comprise carrier particles agglomerated by a binding agent containing a quaternary ammonium organosilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Nicoias Ziolkowski, Jean-Paul Lecomte, Nathalie Wauthier, Veronique Verhelst, Flore Vandemeulebroucke