Patents Examined by Jeffrey D Washville
  • Patent number: 11938444
    Abstract: Provided is a moisture absorbent in liquid form that can effectively inhibit oil bleeding after application. The present invention relates to a moisture absorbent in liquid form, which is a liquid composition including a moisture absorbable particle and a binder, wherein (1) the binder includes a two-liquid component type silicone, and (2) a viscosity (20° C.) as the liquid composition is 10 to 300 Pa·s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: DYNIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Matsui, Hiroki Ohashi, Nobuo Ose, Kaneto Ohyama
  • Patent number: 11939698
    Abstract: A wafer manufacturing method, an epitaxial wafer manufacturing method, and a wafer and epitaxial wafer manufactured thereby, are provided. The wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a wafer with a low density of micropipe defects and minimum numbers of particles and scratches. The epitaxial wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of an epitaxial wafer that has low densities of defects such as downfall, triangular, and carrot defects, exhibits excellent device characteristics, and improves the yield of devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SENIC INC.
    Inventors: Jong Hwi Park, Jung-Gyu Kim, Eun Su Yang, Byung Kyu Jang, Jung Woo Choi, Yeon Sik Lee, Sang Ki Ko, Kap-Ryeol Ku
  • Patent number: 11944009
    Abstract: A compound is represented by one of formulae (11) to (13). R1 to R4 each independently represent a group represented by a formula (1-1), a group represented by a formula (2-1), a group represented by a formula (2-2) or the like. At least one of R1 to R4 is the group represented by the formula (1-1) or the like. At least one of R1 to R4 is the group represented by the formula (2-1), (2-2) or the like. For instance, in the formula (1-1), R11 represents a substituent, and R101 to R110 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. For instance, in the formulae (2-1) to (2-2), R161 to R168 and R171 to R180 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Yasukawa, Shota Sawano, Keiji Okinaka, Toshinari Ogiwara, Takushi Shiomi
  • Patent number: 11931800
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the interventionless activation of wellbore devices using dissolving and/or degrading and/or expanding structural materials. Engineered response materials, such as those that dissolve and/or degrade or expand upon exposure to specific environment, can be used to centralize a device in a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Andrew J. Sherman
  • Patent number: 11932742
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a laminated polyester film that has good adhesion to an UV-curable resin, particularly has excellent adhesion to a coating agent such as an UV-curable ink, and has an excellent property to keep the adhesion at a high level over a long period of time. A laminated polyester film comprising: a polyester film; and a coating layer on at least one surface of the polyester film, the coating layer comprising a composition containing a polyurethane resin having a carboxyl group and having an acid value of 30 to 50 mgKOH/g and a crosslinking agent having a carboxyl group and having an acid value of 30 to 50 mgKOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Taki, Noriyuki Takagi, Isao Takii
  • Patent number: 11932761
    Abstract: Isocyanate-reactive compositions, rigid polyurethane foam-forming compositions, rigid polyurethane foams, and methods for their production, and composite articles having a rigid polyurethane foam sandwiched between metal facer substrates. The rigid polyurethane foams are produced from an isocyanate-reactive composition comprising: (1) a polyol blend that includes an amine-initiated polyether polyol; (2) a hydrochlorofluoroolefin (“HCFO”); and (3) a catalyst that includes an arylalkyl tertiary amine, an aryl tertiary amine, or a mixture thereof. The foam can have excellent adhesion to metal substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Covestro LLC
    Inventor: Michael H. Bell
  • Patent number: 11933937
    Abstract: Methods and systems for generating a nanofluidic chip as a reservoir model are provided. In an example described herein, a nanofluidic chip for reservoir modeling includes a microfluidic chip that includes microchannels etched in a substrate. Silica spheres are assembled in the microchannels to form nanochannels. A carbonate coating is disposed over the surfaces of the nano channels and the silica spheres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Sehoon Chang
  • Patent number: 11925706
    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: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Hall, David J. Turnbull, John J. Grigsby, Jr., Soroush M. Ardekani, Kathleen D. A. Los
  • Patent number: 11927882
    Abstract: A quartz glass plate has a quartz glass plate body and a quartz glass member adhered to the quartz glass plate body through an adhesive layer, where the adhesive layer contains silica, and a sum of concentrations of Li, Na, and K ions, being alkali metal ions and Ca ions, being alkaline earth metal ions contained in the adhesive layer is 10 ppm by mass or less. Consequently, a step with a uniform thickness can be formed, and a quartz glass plate is not easily damaged by irradiation with a light containing an ultraviolet ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU QUARTZ PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Mori, Akira Sato, Atsushi Shimada, Yuya Yokosawa, Nobumasa Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11920085
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to fracturing fluids that use friction reducers. The composition of the present disclosure is a slurry comprising a water-soluble polymer suspended in an oil-based vehicle with the aid of a suspension agent and a surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: PfP Industries LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Patel, Michael J. Callanan
  • Patent number: 11919824
    Abstract: Disclosed are a silicon nitride ceramic sintered body and preparation method thereof. The silicon nitride ceramic sintered body includes a sintered bulk and a hard surface layer having a thickness of 10-1000 ?m, formed on a surface of the sintered bulk, wherein the sintered bulk comprises a first silicon nitride crystalline phase and a first grain boundary phase; the hard surface layer comprises a second silicon nitride crystalline phase and a second grain boundary phase; the first grain boundary phase comprises a metal tungsten phase being tungsten elementary substance and/or a tungsten alloy; the second grain boundary phase comprises tungsten carbide particles; tungsten element in the metal tungsten phase accounts for 80-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the first grain boundary phase; and tungsten element in the tungsten carbide particles accounts for 60-100 wt % of total tungsten element in the second grain boundary phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, Yantai Zhongke Research Institute of Advanced Materials and Green Chemical Engineering, Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing
    Inventors: Zhuhui Qiao, Lujie Wang, Tongyang Li, Ziyue Wang, Yuan Yu, Huaguo Tang
  • Patent number: 11923335
    Abstract: Anisotropic conductive films, each including an insulating adhesive layer and conductive particles insulating adhesive layer in a lattice-like manner. Among center distances between an arbitrary conductive particle and conductive particles adjacent to the conductive particle, the shortest distance to the conductive particle is a first center distance; the next shortest distance is a second center distance. These center distances are 1.5 to 5 times the conductive particles' diameter. The arbitrary conductive particle, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by the first center distance, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by first center distance or second center distance form an acute triangle. Regarding this acute triangle, an acute angle formed between a straight line orthogonal to a first array direction passing through the conductive particles and second array direction passing through conductive particles being 18 to 35°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11920012
    Abstract: To provide a release film not to contaminate a mold or a molded article. The present invention provides a release film comprising, an oligomer bleeding prevention layer formed of an acrylic resin or a siloxane resin and laminated on a first face of a base layer that is formed of a polyethylene terephthalate resin; a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on the oligomer bleeding prevention layer; and a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on a second face of the base layer, or an oligomer bleeding prevention layer formed of an acrylic resin or a siloxane resin and laminated on a second face of the base layer, and a surface layer formed of a fluororesin and laminated on the oligomer bleeding prevention layer that is laminated on the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KOBAYASHI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Sakai, Norifumi Iwawaki, Nanae Tanaka, Satoshi Hiramatsu, Akane Kawafuchi
  • Patent number: 11911738
    Abstract: The system can include: a conduit having a first dimension with an inlet and outlet; an extruder having an inlet and an outlet located within the conduit, an extruder orifice having a second dimension that is smaller than the first dimension; a carrier fluid reservoir coupled with the conduit inlet; an extruder reservoir coupled with the extruder inlet; and a particle collector fluidly coupled with the conduit outlet, wherein the particle collector has a collector inlet with a first temperature and a collector outlet with a second temperature. The method can include flowing carrier fluid through the extrudate conduit; extruding wax with the extruder into the carrier fluid that is flowing through the extrudate conduit such that the extrudate separates into extrudate segments separated from each other by carrier fluid segments; and flowing the extrudate into the particle collector so as to form wax particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: MATRALIX PTE LTD
    Inventors: Siew Keong Loke, Kit Ying Soo
  • Patent number: 11912844
    Abstract: A device (e.g., an article of athletic gear) comprising a post-molded expandable component, which is a part of the device that is configured to be expanded or has been expanded after being molded. This may allow the post-molded expandable component to have enhanced characteristics (e.g., be more shock-absorbent, lighter, etc.), to be cost-effectively manufactured (e.g., by using less material and/or making it in various sizes), and/or to be customized for a user (e.g., by custom-fitting it to the user).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLC
    Inventors: Thierry Krick, François Asselin, Jean-François Laperrière, Martin Ladouceur, Ivan Labonté, Marco Beauregard
  • Patent number: 11904546
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing a wellbore downhole tool, including providing a pre-polymer resin and processing the pre-polymer resin. Processing the pre-polymer resin includes applying directed energy from a directed energy source such that the pre-polymer resin is at least partially polymerized to form a polymer seal of the wellbore downhole tool, the polymer seal having one of more mechanical properties that differ along one or more dimensions of the polymer seal. A downhole tool for use in a wellbore, the downhole tool including a polymer seal. The polymer seal is a continuous single monolithic piece, includes polymer structures having a polymer chain including same types of monomers that are bonded together, and the polymer structures are altered along one or more dimensions of the polymer seal and one of more mechanical properties of the polymer seal differ along a same corresponding one of the or more dimensions of the polymer seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Chad William Glaesman, Anthony Phan
  • Patent number: 11904535
    Abstract: A hybrid connection for connecting a first portion of a three-dimensional (3D) print design to a second portion of the 3D print design may include a cross-sectional pattern of fully-fused connections and under-fused connections that connect between the first portion of the 3D print design and the second portion of the 3D print design. Systems and methods are also described herein that facilitate designing 3D parts with hybrid connections and/or automatically replacing fully-fused connections with hybrid connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Patrick De Marcillac, Gary J. Dispoto
  • Patent number: 11904527
    Abstract: Feedstocks are provided for use in the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects via extrusion-based techniques, such as Fused Filament Fabrication (“FFF”) or Fused Deposition Modeling (“FDM”). Generally, the feedstocks may be in the form of substantially continuous filaments and/or in the form of rods of specified length, with diameters in excess of 3.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Universal Fibers, Inc.
    Inventors: Stuart P. Fairgrieve, Robert Leon Nelson, Logan Michael Pensinger
  • Patent number: 11898097
    Abstract: An aqueous modified acid composition for use in oil industry activities, said composition comprising: an amino acid, an alkanolamine and strong acid wherein the mineral acid: alkanolamine/amino acid are present in a molar ratio of not more than 15:1, preferably not more than 10:1; it can also further comprise a metal iodide or iodate. Said composition demonstrates advantages over known conventional acids and modified acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DORF KETAL CHEMICALS FZE
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger
  • Patent number: 11898084
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modified well fluids. One method including combining an amount of a synthetic functionalized additive with an intermediate well fluid composition to form a synthetic functionalized additive-containing well fluid composition; the synthetic functionalized additive comprising a synthetic layered magnesium silicate that is covalently bonded to a functional group, and the intermediate well fluid composition comprising a water-based continuous phase with solid particles, wherein the synthetic functionalized additive increases suspension stability of the solid particles versus a well fluid composition comprising the solid particles without the synthetic functionalized additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Hasmukh Patel, Ashok Santra, Carl Thaemlitz