Patents Examined by Jeffrey Mullis
  • Patent number: 9522992
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition including: (a): 75 to 97% by mass of a polypropylene-based resin; (b): 1 to 15% by mass of a polyphenylene ether-based resin having a reduced viscosity (?sp/c: measured as a 0.5 g/dL chloroform solution at 30° C.) of 0.25 to 0.36 dL/g; and (c): 2 to 19% by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer which is a hydrogenated product of a block copolymer including at least two polymer blocks A mainly including a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymer block B mainly including a conjugated diene compound, wherein the polymer block A has a number average molecular weight (MncA) of 4,000 to 8,000 excluding 8,000, and a mass ratio ((b)/(c)) of the component (b) to the component (c) is 10/90 to 60/40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shunichiro I
  • Patent number: 9522994
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vinyl copolymer and a thermoplastic resin composition including the same. The vinyl copolymer is prepared by copolymerization of (A) an aromatic vinyl monomer, (B) a vinyl cyanide monomer, and (C) a dimaleimide monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Eun Kim, Joo Hyun Jang, Jae Won Heo, Kwang Soo Park, Yu Jin Jung, Ki Bo Chang, Young Sub Jin
  • Patent number: 9505894
    Abstract: Provided is a polypropylene-based resin composition which gives uniform and fine cells and from which a foamed sheet and thermoform excellent in appearance, thermoformability, impact resistance, lightness, stiffness, heat resistance, heat insulating properties, oil resistance and the like can be produced and includes (X) 5 to 99% by weight of a polypropylene resin having a structure with long chain branches, and (Y) 1 to 95% by weight of a propylene-based block copolymer produced by sequential polymerization, which block copolymer comprises (Y-1) a propylene (co)polymer and (Y-2) a propylene-ethylene copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sachio Hotta, Kazuo Asuka, Shinichi Kitade, Kuninori Takahashi, Iku Kouzai, Takao Tayano
  • Patent number: 9505868
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer composition in powder form comprising an olefin block copolymer and optionally a high density polyethylene (HDPE), said composition having a Shore A hardness greater than 75, a Tg less than ?45° C., a distinct melting peak greater than 95° C., a zero shear viscosity equal to or less than 1,200 Pa-s and a particle size distribution wherein 85 percent of the particles fall between 150 microns to 420 microns and no particles are greater than 500 microns. Said composition demonstrates good pulverizing and flow characteristics at a temperature of 5° C. or less than the distinct melting peak of the olefin block copolymer. In another aspect, this invention relates to a process for preparing said thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer powder and applications for using said powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Teodora Doneva, Mary Ann Jones
  • Patent number: 9505924
    Abstract: An ABS resin composition including: (A) 100 parts by mass of an ABS resin having a total light transmittance of 70% or more; (B) 1 to 70 parts by mass of an antistatic agent including a polyether ester amide having a polyamide 12 skeleton; (C) 1 to 70 parts by mass of an acid-modified methacrylic acid-based polymer having a refractive index of 1.50 to 1.56.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: DAICEL POLYMER LTD.
    Inventor: Toshihiro Tai
  • Patent number: 9493648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic resin composition including: (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) an acrylate-styrene-acrylonitrile (ASA) graft copolymer; (C) a random copolymer of an alkyl(meth)acrylate, an aromatic vinyl compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound; and (D) a copolymer of an aromatic methacrylate and a monofunctional unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Chol Kim, Chang-Min Hong, Ja-Yoon Kim, Ji-Eun Park
  • Patent number: 9493688
    Abstract: A resin composition including an alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3], and a hydrocarbon-based polymer [4] having a number average molecular weight of 300 to 5000, the resin composition including the hydrocarbon-based polymer [4] in an amount of 1 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3], the alkoxysilyl group-containing hydrogenated block copolymer [3] being obtained by introducing an alkoxysilyl group into a hydrogenated block copolymer [2] that is obtained by hydrogenating 90% or more of unsaturated bonds of a block copolymer [1] that includes at least two polymer blocks [A] and at least one polymer block [B], and a ratio (wA:wB) of a weight fraction wA of the polymer block [A] in the block copolymer [1] to a weight fraction wB of the polymer block [B] in the block copolymer [1] being 30:70 to 65:35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Ishiguro, Ryuta Kurihara, Youhei Koide, Daido Chiba
  • Patent number: 9469752
    Abstract: Disclosed are cold flow resistant and dimensionally stable compositions containing a diene rubber and a conjugated diene monovinylarene block copolymer, and generally, these compositions have solutions viscosities and cold flows that are less than that of the diene rubber. Methods for reducing cold flow and for storage-stabilizing bales of diene rubbers also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Chevron Philips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Cliff C. Pettey, David L. Hartsock, Jinping Joe Zhou
  • Patent number: 9458399
    Abstract: Polymeric mist control materials, methods of forming polymeric mist control materials, and methods of using such materials for mist control are provided. The polymeric mist control additives are formed of molecules comprised predominantly of monomers that confer high solubility in fuel and include associative groups that attract each other in donor-acceptor manner, and are incorporated such that multiple associative groups are in close proximity (“clusters”), such that the clusters are separated by very long non-associative sequences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ming-Hsin Wei, Julia A. Kornfield, Ralph Leonard Ameri David
  • Patent number: 9446173
    Abstract: A block copolymer comprising a fluorinated block and a non-fluorinated block and method of making the block copolymer are provided. Also provided herein are a coating on an implantable device comprising the block copolymer and method of using the implantable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Charles D. Claude
  • Patent number: 9441100
    Abstract: Disclosed are high frequency-active blends comprising (a) ethylene copolymers with polar comonomers such as ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene/alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers and ethylene/(meth)acrylate/carbon monoxide terpolymers; (b) copolymers of ethylene and maleic anhydride or its functional equivalents and (c) a short chain polymer containing one primary amine, the remainder comprising propylene oxide, ethylene oxide, or mixture thereof; and films, powders, multilayer structures, and articles prepared therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Richard T Chou
  • Patent number: 9422386
    Abstract: A flame retardant acrylic/polylactic acid (PLA) copolymer is synthesized which contains a FR-PMMA block that includes either a poly(MMAP) block or a poly(MMA-co-MMAP) block, wherein MMA is methyl methacrylate and MMAP is a MMA-like monomer that is functionalized with a phosphorus-containing moiety. In some embodiments, the flame retardant acrylic/PLA copolymer is a diblock copolymer containing a PLA block and a FR-PMMA block. In other embodiments, the flame retardant acrylic/PLA copolymer is a triblock-graft copolymer containing a PLA block, a PMMA block and a FR-PMMA block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Timothy C. Mauldin
  • Patent number: 9422463
    Abstract: Provided are buffered adhesive compositions comprising a high molecular weight non-neutralized polymeric acid and a high molecular weight partially neutralized polymeric acid and products such as wound dressings, ostomy skin barriers, and ostomy barrier rings incorporating the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: HOLLISTER, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Gerard Taylor, Richard Iwao Murahata
  • Patent number: 9415532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to molding and overmolding compositions for delicate components. More particularly the invention relates to compositions for low pressure molding and overmolding, making these compositions particularly well suited for electronic devices. The molding and overmolding composition is suitable for low pressure injection molding processes, particularly at 0.5 to 200 bars at 70° C. to 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: HENKEL IP HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Cynthia L. Cain, Charles W. Paul, Maria Cristina Barbosa DeJesus
  • Patent number: 9416302
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition comprising a benzoxazine compound and a catalyst is described. The polymerizable composition may be cured to produce compositions useful in coating, sealants, adhesive and many other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Dmitriy Salnikov, Ilya Gorodisher, Robert J. Webb
  • Patent number: 9416266
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition including: an acrylic graft copolymer (A), an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer (B), a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate resin (C), and an acrylic compound-grafted silicon-based impact reinforcing agent (D). The thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent impact resistance and colorability with minimal or no deterioration of dimensional stability, molding processability, weather resistance and mechanical and physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Hyo Kim
  • Patent number: 9403978
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) about 30 to about 98 wt % of a polycarbonate resin, (B) about 1 to about 50 wt % of a rubber modified acrylic-based graft copolymer, and (C) about 1 to about 69 wt % of a branched copolymer including silicon-based compound. A molded article can be made using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Kee-Hae Kwon, In-Chol Kim, Bo-Eun Kim, Joo-Hyun Jang, Chang-Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9359500
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition including (A) a polycarbonate resin and (B) a rubber modified vinyl-based graft copolymer, and (C) about 1 to about 9 parts by weight of a random copolymer of a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, an aromatic vinyl monomer, and a vinyl cyanide monomer, based on about 100 parts by weight of the polycarbonate resin (A) and the rubber-modified vinyl-based graft copolymer (B): wherein, in the above chemical formula, m is an integer ranging from 0 to 10, and X is phenyl, methylphenyl, methylethylphenyl, methoxyphenyl, cyclohexylphenyl, chlorophenyl, bromophenyl, phenylphenyl group, or benzylphenyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Eun Park, Kee-Hae Kwon, Jin-Young Huh, Chang-Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9359498
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag housing cover containing a thermoplastic elastomer composition which contains the following components (A) and (B) and contains from 10 to 300 parts by weight of the component (B) per 100 parts by weight of the component (A) and in which the melt flow rate at a measurement temperature of 230° C. and a measurement load of 21.18 N is from 5 to 50 g/10 min: Component (A): a polypropylene-based resin Component (B): an olefin-based block copolymer containing a polymer block composed of ethylene and an ethylene ?-olefin copolymer block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junya Mikami, Naomasa Hatoyama
  • Patent number: 9359523
    Abstract: The invention relates to unique applications for the novel high melt flow, low viscosity, selectively hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene (hSBS) or selectively hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene-butadiene/styrene-styrene (hSBSS) block copolymers, wherein the melt flow rate of said block copolymer is at least 100 g/10 min at 230° C. under 2.16 kg mass according to ASTM D1238. These block copolymers are novel and have the highest melt flow rate of any styrenic block copolymer also possessing high strength and elasticity. It has applications that prior to the present invention were not normally possible due to the normal low melt flow rate of styrenic block copolymers. The present invention also encompasses various fields of use such as a fiberglass hSBS or hSBSS reinforced mat, low viscosity hSBS or hSBSS coatings for industrial uses, hot melt adhesives prepared from hSBS or hSBSS blended with polyalpha-olefins, and elastic film, fiber, and nonwoven constructions using hSBS or hSBSS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Donn Anthony Dubois, John E. Flood