Patents Examined by Jeffrey D Washville
  • Patent number: 11834376
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for the production of a solid fire protection material. The composition for producing the fire protection material contains at least one water glass and microcapsules provided with propellant gas. The fire protection material is formed by expanding the microcapsules or by breaking the polymer material of the shell of the microcapsules by the influence of temperature or by adding an agent which breaks the shell of the microcapsules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Dirk Frehe, Heike Huth
  • Patent number: 11834546
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising: —a composition A containing at least one polyurethane comprising at least two terminal functions T of formula (I): and —a composition B comprising at least one amine. Also disclosed is the use of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bostik SA
    Inventors: Guillaume Michaud, Frédéric Simon, Stéphane Fouquay
  • Patent number: 11827838
    Abstract: Wellbore fluids may include an oleaginous continuous phase; a non-oleaginous discontinuous phase; and a polymeric amidoamine emulsifier stabilizing the non-oleaginous discontinuous phase in the oleaginous continuous phase, wherein the polymeric amidoamine emulsifier has at least 5 repeating units. Wellbore fluids may include an oleaginous continuous phase; a non-oleaginous discontinuous phase; and a polymeric amidoamine emulsifier stabilizing the non-oleaginous discontinuous phase in the oleaginous continuous phase, wherein the polymeric amidoamine emulsifier includes at least 3 repeating units selected from allylamine, polyaminopolyamide, N-alkyl acrylamides, (meth)acrylic acid, alkyleneamine reacted with a dicarboxylic acid, alpha-olefin-alt-maleic anhydride, styrene maleic anhydride, alkylene oxide, wherein one or more amine or acid group on the repeating unit is amidized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dimitri M. Khramov, Stephen Cliffe, Reda Karoum
  • Patent number: 11827808
    Abstract: Polyurethane-based coatings which exhibit superior erosion and heat resistance combined with antifouling and chemical resistance that are useful for protection of metal components are provided. The coatings are characterized by enhanced particle erosion resistance and enhanced heat resistance and are derived from specific multicomponent slurry compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Praxair S.T. Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W Perpall, Irina Belov
  • Patent number: 11827804
    Abstract: The invention relates to a curable coating composition comprising at least one glycidyl carbamate (GC) resin, at least one amphiphilic GC-functional prepolymer, and at least one curing agent. The invention also relates to a method of making the curable coating compositions. The invention also relates to an article of manufacture comprising the curable coating composition of the invention and a method of making such article. The invention also relates to a fouling-release (FR) coating system and an anti-coating system, each of which comprises the curable coating compositions of the invention, methods of applying the FR coating systems and anti-coating systems to substrates, and methods for reducing or preventing biofouling or icing of a surface exposed to an aqueous environment using the FR coating systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NDSU RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Dean C. Webster, AliReza Rahimi
  • Patent number: 11819574
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to batches of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) prepared by a commercial manufacturing process using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hall, David J. Turnbull, John J. Grigsby, Jr., Soroush M. Ardekani, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 11819575
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to batches of bupivacaine multivesicular liposomes (MVLs) prepared by a commercial manufacturing process using independently operating dual tangential flow filtration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hall, David J. Turnbull, John J. Grigsby, Jr., Soroush M. Ardekani, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 11823808
    Abstract: Electrically conductive polymeric composite materials include microbially produced protein nanowires. The conductive composites are useful in diverse electronic materials applications, particularly in applications requiring biocompatibility, such as sensors and wearable electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Derek R. Lovley, Todd Emrick, Yun-Lu Sun, Brian Montz
  • Patent number: 11814324
    Abstract: Methods for fabricating high-temperature composite structures (e.g., structures comprising carbon-carbon composite materials or ceramic composite matrix (CMC) materials and configured for use at temperature at or exceeding about 2000° F. (1093° C.)) include forming precursor structures by additive manufacturing (“AM”) (e.g., “3D printing”). The precursor structures are exposed to high temperatures to pyrolyze a precursor matric material of the initial 3D printed structure. A liquid resin is used to impregnate the pyrolyzed structure, to densify the structure into a near-net final shape. Use of expensive and time-consuming molds and post-processing machining may be avoided. Large, unitary, integrally formed parts conducive for use in high-temperature environments may be formed using the methods of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Talbot P. Thrasher, Timothy E. Dominick
  • Patent number: 11814470
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a thermoset omniphobic composition, which includes a thermoset polymer with first, second, and third backbone segments, urethane groups linking the first and third backbone segments, and urea groups linking the first and second backbone segments. The first, second, and third backbone segments generally correspond to urethane or urea reaction products of polyisocyanate(s), amine-functional hydrophobic polymer(s), and polyol(s), respectively. The thermoset omniphobic composition has favorable omniphobic properties, for example as characterized by water and/or oil contact and/or sliding angles. The thermoset omniphobic composition can be used as a coating on any of a variety of substrates to provide omniphobic properties to a surface of the substrate. Such omniphobic coatings can be scratch resistant, ink/paint resistant, dirt-repellent, and optically clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Muhammad Rabnawaz, Fahad Khan, Nazim Uddin
  • Patent number: 11814784
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a closed porous composite material includes 1) preparing a mixture that has 30 to 70 parts by weight of water-dispersed resin, 10 to 300 parts by weight of unexpanded thermal expansion microspheres, and 100 to 550 parts by weight of water, and stirring the mixture thoroughly; 2) preparing a carrier; 3) coating the carrier with the mixture acquired in step 1; 4) heating the carrier so that the unexpanded thermal expansion microspheres expand; and 5) repeating steps 3 and 4 multiple times to acquire a closed porous composite material. The closed porous composite material has a large number of closed cavities and polymer walls separating the closed cavities. The closed cavity is 20 ?m to 800 ?m in size. The ratio of a total volume of the closed cavities to a total volume of the polymer walls is greater than 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Jinbang Zhong
  • Patent number: 11807583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to preceramic polymer grafted nanoparticles and as well as methods of making and using same. Advantages of such preceramic polymer grafted nanoparticles include, reduced out gassing, desired morphology control and desirable, distinct rheological properties that are not found in simple mixtures. As a result, Applicants' preceramic polymer grafted nanoparticles can be used to provide significantly improved, items including but not limited to hypersonic vehicles, jets, rockets, mirrors, signal apertures, furnaces, glow plugs, brakes, and armor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Matthew B. Dickerson, Kara L. Martin
  • Patent number: 11802208
    Abstract: The present disclosure is a stilbene-based compound or a salt thereof represented by a following formula (1), wherein a group X represents a nitro group or an amino group optionally having a substituent; a group Y represents an amide group optionally having a substituent or a naphthotriazole group optionally having a substituent; and p and q each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON KAYAKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, POLATECHNO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoutarou Morita, Noriaki Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 11795376
    Abstract: A water-in-oil emulsion that includes an oil phase (O) and an aqueous phase (A) at an O/A ratio of from about 1:8 to about 10:1; wherein the water-in-oil emulsion includes the oil phase as a continuous phase that includes an inert hydrophobic liquid, at least one water-insoluble hydrophobic monomer, and at least one surfactant, and the aqueous phase as a dispersed phase of distinct particles in the oil phase that includes water and a water soluble polymer that includes: (i) at least one acrylamide monomer and (ii) at least one acrylic acid monomer; wherein the water soluble polymer is present in an amount from about 10 to about 35 weight percent of the water-in-oil emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Genyao Lin, Louis Villafane, Kailas Sawant, Shih-Ruey Chen, Kevin Frederick
  • Patent number: 11786880
    Abstract: A preparation method of the microcapsules for low-temperature well cementation to be used to control cement hydration heat includes: (S1) a shell material, and added into deionized water, then the resultant mixture being stirred in a thermostat water bath so as to completely dissolve it into a homogeneous and stable shell material solution; (S2) a core material and an emulsifier being put into a three-necked flask and stirred in a thermostat water bath so as to uniformly emulsify and disperse them, forming a stable oil-in-water core material emulsion, while adjusting the pH value of the emulsion with a pH adjuster; (S3) the three-necked flask containing the core material emulsion being transferred to a water bath, and then the shell material solution being dropwise added into it with stirring, after reacting, a solid-liquid mixture being poured out so as to naturally cool it to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY, YAO BAI SPECIAL CEMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunmei Zhang, Jingxuan Cai, Jia Wang, Xiaowei Cheng, Kaiqiang Liu, Ping Wang, Hao Xu, Bibo Dai, Baoyang Ke, Xiaoyang Guo, Mingze Li, Song Yang, Zheng Xi
  • Patent number: 11786931
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a coated material by using a composition that can be spray-coated, and that does not run downward after coating (i.e., rheology controllable). The method for producing a coated material includes step (1) of applying an electron beam-curable composition containing an ethylenically unsaturated group-containing compound to a substrate to form a coating film that has a surface viscosity of 1 Pa·s to 300 Pa·s as measured based on an electric-field pickup method, step (2) of drying the coating film obtained in step (1) to form a dry coating film when the electron beam-curable composition contains a volatile component, and step (3) of irradiating the substrate that has the coating film obtained in step (1) or the dry coating film obtained in step (2) with electron beams in an inert gas atmosphere to form a cured coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: TOAGOSEI CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Eiichi Okazaki, Kazuki Ofusa, Katsunobu Mochizuki, Shinya Kanbe, Nobuaki Koike, Keiji Ambo, Atsuo Nabeshima, Mamoru Kouzaki, Shuji Yomo, Kanji Mori
  • Patent number: 11788211
    Abstract: An infrared reflecting fiber includes 76.0 parts by weight to 88.5 parts by weight of a carrier, 1.8 parts by weight to 4.0 parts by weight of an infrared reflecting composition, 2.5 parts by weight to 7.5 parts by weight of a titanium dioxide containing composition, and 6.0 parts by weight to 16.0 parts by weight of a color adjusting composition. The carrier includes polyethylene terephthalate (PET). When a content of 5.0 wt % to 7.5 wt % of the infrared reflecting composition and a balance of the carrier are mixed together to form a first fiber, a maximum infrared reflectivity of the first fiber is between 61% and 70%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Shan Chang, Jo-Cheng Chiang, Chao-Huei Liu
  • Patent number: 11779896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic-optical composite nanostructure, which has a heterogeneous nature due to consisting of a first core-shell nanoparticle and second core-shell nanoparticles and thus realizes magnetic and optical functions at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Keun Kim, Yu Jin Kim, Bum Chul Park, Myeong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11773318
    Abstract: A curable composition includes (A) a quantum dot; (B) a polymerizable compound; (C) a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1; and (D) a polymerization initiator. A resin layer manufactured utilizing the curable composition, and a display device including the resin layer are also provided. In Chemical Formula, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsuop Youn, Youn Je Ryu, Bumjin Lee, Jiyoung Jeong, Jong Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11767458
    Abstract: A wellbore servicing fluid comprising (a) a cationic formation stabilizer having (i) a molecular weight in a range of from equal to or greater than 0.05 to equal to or less than 2.0 kiloDaltons (kDa), or (ii) cationic charge functional groups of greater than 2 to equal to or less than 5 cationic charges per molecule, or (iii) both (i) and (ii), (b) an anionic friction reducer, and (c) an aqueous fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Denise Nicole Benoit, Kristina Henkel Holan, Antonio Recio, III