Patents Examined by Jessica M Roswell
  • Patent number: 11993726
    Abstract: A coating system for the decoration of a recyclable plastic substrate. The coating system includes a primer layer and a decorative layer. The primer layer includes at least one coating which is made from at least one coating material having 60 to 80 wt.-% of at least one difunctional, alcoxylated acrylate monomer, 5 to 15 wt.-% of at least one acrylate oligomer, 5 to 15 wt.-% of at least one of at least one carbonyl-functional acrylate and at least one methacrylate oligomer or 5 to 15 wt.-% of at least one of at least one polyethylene glycol acrylate and at least one polyethylene glycol methacrylate, and 1 to 10 wt.-% of at least one photoinitiator, each of which are based on a total weight of the coating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: MANKIEWICZ GEBR. & CO. (GMBH & CO.KG)
    Inventors: Umberto De Rossi, Oliver Bolender, Timo Steffen
  • Patent number: 11993720
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for selective reshaping of nanoparticles in three dimensional articles, three dimensional articles produced by such processes, and methods of using such three dimensional articles. As a result of the aforementioned process, such three dimensional articles can have selective tuning that arises, at least in part, from the reshaped nanoparticles found in such articles. Such tuning provides the aforementioned articles with superior performance that can be advantageous in the areas including such as optical filters, multi-functional composites and sensing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Clare M. Mahoney, Richard A. Vaia, Kyoungweon Park
  • Patent number: 11987653
    Abstract: A method of preparing a polyolefin is disclosed. In some examples, the method comprises contacting an olefin monomer with an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a photoacid generator (PAG) to provide an olefin polymerization mixture; and irradiating the olefin polymerization matrix for a first period of time with ultraviolet or visible light, activating the precatalyst to catalyze polymerization of the olefin monomer, thereby preparing a polyolefin. Additive manufacturing approaches employing the methods are also disclosed, as are ink compositions comprising an olefin polymerization precatalyst and a PAG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brian Keith Long, Jordan Michael Kaiser
  • Patent number: 11976172
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to polysiloxanes and polysiloxane compositions having dual-curable properties, to methods for forming articles from such compositions, and to articles formed thereby. In one embodiment, the polysiloxane comprises at least about two alkenyl groups and at least about two (meth)acryloyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Qiaoxi Li, Jianfeng Zhang, Xipeng Liu, Lian Wang
  • Patent number: 11969754
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for preparing a composite material. The present application provides a method for preparing a composite material comprising a metal foam and a polymer component, wherein the polymer component is formed in an asymmetrical structure on both sides of the metal foam, and a composite material prepared in such a manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Chem, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Yoo, Jong Min Shin
  • Patent number: 11959194
    Abstract: A method for producing shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers having an average fiber length of 1 ?m or more and 500 ?m or less, the method including cleaving sugar chains of anionically modified cellulose fibers by thermal decomposition under temperature conditions of 50° C. or higher and 230° C. or lower, wherein the average fiber length of the anionically modified cellulose fibers is 700 ?m or more and 10000 ?m or less. By the use of shortened anionically modified cellulose fibers or the like obtained by the method for production of the present invention, a dispersion containing fine cellulose fibers having a low viscosity and excellent handling property can be prepared while at a high concentration, so that the dispersion can be suitably used in various industrial applications such as daily sundries, household electric appliance parts, packaging materials for household electric appliances, automobile parts, and materials for three-dimensional modeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Fukui, Yutaka Yoshida, Kyohei Yamato, Junnosuke Saito, Takuya Morioka, Tadanori Yoshimura, Takuma Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11958967
    Abstract: Provided is an acrylic resin composition having high chemical resistance and high oil resistance. This acrylic resin composition contains a polymer that includes a unit derived from a predetermined monomer, wherein the proportion of the unit derived from the predetermined monomer contained in the polymer to 100% by mass of all monomer units constituting the polymer is 40-99% by mass, and the tensile strength of the acrylic resin composition after being immersed in oleic acid for 24 hours is 50% or more of the value of the tensile strength thereof before being immersed in oleic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Teraoka Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tsuchiya, Goh Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11939416
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for optical stereolithography the stereolithography (photocuring) of which is completed in a shorter time and which provides a stereolithographic object having excellent strength (strength that prevents the occurrence of a fracture and the like when the stereolithographic object is subjected to an impact, or dropping, and strength with which the stereolithographic object can withstand repeated folding). The composition for optical stereolithography of the present invention includes (A) a diallyl phthalate-based polymer; (B) radical polymerizable compounds having a methacrylic group and/or an acrylic group; (C) a radical polymerization initiator; and (D) a sensitizer. The (B) radical polymerizable compounds includes at least (B1) an epoxy (meth)acrylate having a methacrylic group and/or an acrylic group, or (B2) a dioxane (meth)acrylate having a methacrylic group and/or an acrylic group. The composition contains 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Okamoto Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Okamoto, Masaro Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11932738
    Abstract: A rubber-reinforcing cord of the present invention is a rubber-reinforcing cord for reinforcing a rubber product. The rubber-reinforcing cord includes at least one strand. The strand includes at least one filament bundle and a coating provided to cover at least a portion of a surface of the filament bundle. The coating includes a rubber component and a crosslinking agent. The crosslinking agent includes two or more isocyanate compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Tatsuya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11926683
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting material, which contains the following components (A) to (C) and which, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate (JIS K7117-2:1999), exhibits a viscosity at 25° C. and 10 s?1 of 5 Pa·s or more and 200 Pa·s or less and, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate in the same manner as above, exhibits a viscosity at 25° C. and a shear rate of 100 s?1 of 0.3 Pa·s or more and 50 Pa·s or less. (A): a (meth) acrylate compound in which a substituted or unsubstituted alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms is ester-bonded, and which, when measured with a rotational viscometer at a constant shear rate in the same manner as above, exhibits a viscosity of 5 to 300 mPa·s as a viscosity measured at 25° C. and 10 to 100 s?1; (B): spherical silica; and (C): a black pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Obata, Haruhiko Mori
  • Patent number: 11926770
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising at least one interpolymer dispersed within an aqueous medium, the interpolymer comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one mono-ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof, and, optionally, at least one surfactant configured to stabilize the interpolymer within the aqueous medium. The conjugated acid may be derived from a naturally-occurring oil, such as tung oil. There is also provided a method for preparing a composition, comprising forming an interpolymer comprising the at least one unsaturated monomer and the at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one mono-ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof. There is still further provided a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising the composition prepared according to the disclosed method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jiguang Zhang, Miao Yang, Shaoguang Feng, Zhaohui Qu
  • Patent number: 11912881
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for photo-curable ink jet printing, comprising (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of hexanediol acrylate, 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, and hydroxy pivalic acid neopentyl glycol diacrylate, (B) at least one of vinyl amide monomer and acryloyl amine monomer, (C) an acrylated amine compound having two photopolymerizable functional groups and two amino groups in a molecule, (D) a monofunctional monomer (excluding vinyl amide monomer which is the (B) component), and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein a content of the (A) component is 40 to 70% by mass, wherein a content of the (B) component is 5 to 30% by mass, wherein a content of the (C) component is 0.1 to 15% by mass, and wherein a viscosity is 200 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Okinori Nakashima, Takuya Myose, Kazuhiro Fuke
  • Patent number: 11905423
    Abstract: A polymerizable liquid useful for the production of a three-dimensional object comprised of silicone, or a copolymer thereof, which includes at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of (i) a blocked or reactive blocked siloxane-containing prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked siloxane-containing polyisocyanate, and (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked siloxane-containing polyisocyanate chain extender. Methods of using the same in additive manufacturing processes such as continuous liquid interface production are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jessica D. Drazba, Kai Chen, Jason P. Rolland
  • Patent number: 11897977
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a redox initiator system for initiating polymerization comprising an oxidizing agent, a photolabile reducing agent derived from a barbiturate, and a transition metal complex that participates in a redox cycle. On exposure to actinic radiation, such as UV, the photolabile compound photolyzes, releasing the reducing agent and initiating the redox-initiated polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William H. Moser, Erik M. Townsend, Zachary J. Thompson, Mary M. Caruso Dailey, Michael A. Kropp
  • Patent number: 11891341
    Abstract: This disclosure provides resin formulations which may be used for 3D printing and thermally treating to produce a ceramic material. The disclosure provides direct, free-form 3D printing of a preceramic polymer, followed by converting the preceramic polymer to a 3D-printed ceramic composite with potentially complex 3D shapes. A wide variety of chemical compositions is disclosed, and several experimental examples are included to demonstrate reduction to practice. For example, preceramic resin formulations may contain a carbosilane in which there is at least one functional group selected from vinyl, allyl, ethynyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, ester group, amine, hydroxyl, vinyl ether, vinyl ester, glycidyl, glycidyl ether, vinyl glycidyl ether, vinyl amide, vinyl triazine, vinyl isocyanurate, acrylate, methacrylate, alkacrylate, alkyl alkacrylate, phenyl, halide, thiol, cyano, cyanate, or thiocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Zak C. Eckel, Andrew P. Nowak, Ashley M. Dustin, April R. Rodriguez, Phuong Bui, Tobias A. Schaedler
  • Patent number: 11880133
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a method for making an architected three-dimensional aerogel, comprising providing a photoresin comprising a solvent, a photoinitiator, a crosslinkable polymer precursor, and a precursor for graphene, metal oxide or metal chalcogenide; curing the photoresin using projection microstereolithography layer-by-layer to produce a wet gel having a pre-designed three dimensional structure; drying the wet gel to produce a dry gel; and pyrolyzing the dry gel to produce an architected three-dimensional aerogel. Also disclosure is a photoresin for projection microstereolithography, comprising a solvent, a photoinitiator, a crosslinkable polymer precursor, and graphene oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Marcus A Worsley, Patrick G. Campbell, Eric B. Duoss, James S. Oakdale, Christopher M. Spadaccini, Ryan Hensleigh
  • Patent number: 11866619
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polyurethane based switchable adhesives. In at least one embodiment, a switchable adhesive composition comprises an adhesive component, which is formed from at least one isocyanate and a material or materials capable of undergoing cross-linking with isocyanate other than by free radical polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Lumina Adhesives AB
    Inventor: Mats Tunius
  • Patent number: 11866609
    Abstract: The present invention is an optically clear adhesive composition including a free-radically polymerizable acrylate or meth(acrylate) functional group oligomer, a trialkyl borane complex initiator, a photoacid generator, and a photosensitizer. A viscosity of the composition immediately after mixing and a viscosity of the composition about 24 hours after mixing changes by less than about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher J. Campbell, John W. Campbell, Mark F. Ellis, Kathleen S. Shafer, Wayne S. Mahoney
  • Patent number: 11851509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a photocurable composition containing an ultraviolet absorber, which has high photocurability and yields a cured material having a high cutting capacity against ultraviolet rays from the outside, a low yellow index, and colorlessness and transparency. The present invention relates to a sheet-shaped photocurable composition which includes the following components (A) to (D), and when a cured material obtained after photocuring the photocurable composition has a thickness of 150 ?m, a yellow index of the cured material is 4.0 or less and a light transmittance of the cured material at a wavelength of 385 nm is 5.0% or less: a component (A): a (meth)acrylate compound, a component (B): a film forming resin, a component (C): a photoinitiator, and a component (D): an ultraviolet absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THREEBOND CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ueno, Yoshihide Arai, Takashi Nemoto
  • Patent number: 11840644
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radiation curable coating composition (I) consisting essentially of: —from 20 to 95 wt % of one or more (meth)acrylated compounds (a), —from 5 to 80 wt % of one or more metal salts of a C10 to C22 fatty acid (b), and —optionally, from 0 to 10 wt % of one or more additives (c), wherein the wt % of compounds (a) to (c) add up to at least 95%, preferably add up to 100%. Compositions of the invention are compatible with a whole range of radiation curable materials and with the standard additives like the standard matting agents. Compositions of the invention permit to obtain a dead matt effect using lower amounts of matting agents like silica and/or waxes. Dead matt effects can be obtained over a wide range of coating thicknesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ALLNEX BELGIUM, S.A.
    Inventor: Guido Van Meulder