Patents Examined by Jim J Seidleck
  • Patent number: 9764594
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 50 to about 90 phr of a solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?65° C. to ?55° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 50 to about 10 phr of polybutadiene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent and a Tg ranging from ?80 to ?110° C.; (C) from 30 to 80 phr of a combination of a resin having a Tg of at least 30° C. and an oil, wherein the weight ratio of resin to oil is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Nihat Ali Isitman, Claude Charles Jacoby, Georges Marcel Victor Thielen
  • Patent number: 9663648
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a modified polypropylene comprising from 0.3 to 2 long-chain branches per 1,000 carbon atoms, wherein said long-chain branch has more than 1,000 carbon atoms and 0 to 6% of ethene and/or alpha-olefinic comonomer having 3 to 18 carbon atoms. The polypropylene of the present invention is a homopolymer, a random copolymer, or a heterophasic copolymer. The present invention also relates to large, deep, complex and/or thick articles which are thermoformed from said polypropylene. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the process for thermoforming said modified polypropylene into large, deep, complex and/or thick articles. The present invention also relates to the use of the polypropylene to prepare large, deep, complex and/or thick articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Braskem S.A.
    Inventors: Marcelo Farah, Fernando Cruz, Alessandro Cauduro Lima, Alexandre di Pintor da Luz, Etienne Marcos de Almeida Rocha, Ana Paula de Azeredo, Claudio Jose Autran Neves, Fabio Lamon Sofri
  • Patent number: 9650298
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the for the preparation of a hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound, the reaction being carried out in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a plasticizer suitable for hydraulic binders, characterized in that said reaction is being carried out in the presence of apatite and that the molar ratio of calcium to phosphor in the hardening accelerator is from 25/1 to 400/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Luc Nicoleau, Hubert Leitner
  • Patent number: 9637624
    Abstract: Included are polymer compositions including a polymer and about 0.1% to 25% by weight of a cellulose additive. The polymer composition is in the form of a film and the cellulose additive may be a cellulose ester such as cellulose acetate butyrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Ronald D. Bing-Wo, Robert Van De Kerkhof
  • Patent number: 9631061
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite material obtained by reinforcing a matrix resin with fibers, wherein the matrix resin contains a thermoplastic resin and a carbon black, the fibers are discontinuous carbon fibers, a part of the discontinuous carbon fibers forms fiber bundles, and the thickness of a thinnest part of the matrix resin which is located between an outermost surface of the composite material and the fibers existing in an inside of the composite material is less than 100 ?m. Further, it is preferred that the thermoplastic resin is a polyamide-based resin, that the discontinuous carbon fibers have a length of from 3 to 100 mm, and that the orientation of the discontinuous carbon fibers is random. Furthermore, it is preferred that the size of the primary particle diameter of the carbon black is within a range of 7 to 75 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Teijin Limited
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Kondo, Takuro Kitamura, Kazunari Kosaka, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9631084
    Abstract: An elastomeric composition, and method of making the same, useful for forming thin films and sheets, comprising 55-60% hydrogenated SEEPS having a number average molecular weight of 90,000 to 100,000, 7-12% polystyrene, 15-30% oil, and 5 to 20% of an aliphatic hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: KURARAY AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Brian K. Chapman, Heith A. Foster
  • Patent number: 9605186
    Abstract: The present invention is related to adhesive compositions and their applications. In particular, the adhesive compositions described herein comprise an ethylene-based polymer and a propylene-based polymer with varying comonomer content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Mun Fu Tse
  • Patent number: 9587138
    Abstract: An RMA crosslinkable composition for making thick coating layers having at least one crosslinkable component comprising reactive components A and B each including at least 2 reactive groups wherein the at least 2 reactive groups of component A are acidic protons (C—H) in activated methylene or methine groups, and the at least 2 reactive groups of component B are activated unsaturated groups (C?C), to achieve crosslinking by Real Michael Addition reaction, the composition further including a base catalyst (C), an X—H group containing component (D) that is also a Michael addition donor reactable with component B under the action of catalyst C, wherein X is C, N, P, O or S and a sag control component (E). A crosslinkable composition is also disclosed for preparing thick coating layers having a dry thickness of at least 70 mu having a surface appearance and hardness of the resulting cured composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NUPLEX RESINS B.V.
    Inventors: Richard Hendrikus Gerrit Brinkhuis, Antonius Johannes Wilhelmus Buser, Petrus Johannes Maria David Elfrink, Ferry Ludovicus Thys, Elwin Aloysius Cornelius Adrianus De Wolf
  • Patent number: 9581904
    Abstract: Photoresist overcoat compositions are provided. The compositions comprise: a matrix polymer, an additive polymer a basic quencher and an organic solvent. The additive polymer has a lower surface energy than a surface energy of the matrix polymer, and the additive polymer is present in the overcoat composition in an amount of from 1 to 20 wt % based on total solids of the overcoat composition. The compositions have particular applicability in the semiconductor manufacturing industry for use in negative tone development processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials LLC
    Inventors: Choong-Bong Lee, Stefan J. Caporale, Jason A. DeSisto, Jong Keun Park, Cong Liu, Cheng-Bai Xu, Cecily Andes
  • Patent number: 9557445
    Abstract: The invention relates to blend materials useful in LED lighting applications. The diffusing particle blend is a synergistic mixture of selected organic particles and selected inorganic particles of specific composition, loading, and a refractive index difference with the matrix polymer, that provide excellent light diffusion, high hiding properties and good light transmission. Articles made of this blend are useful in commercial and residential lighting, motor vehicle illumination (lights, panels), street lighting, displays and signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventors: Jiaxin J. Ge, Michael T. Burchill, Gary A. Hall, Florence Mehlmann
  • Patent number: 9557311
    Abstract: A plastic packaging component is provided that is formed of a resin containing an electromagnetic spectrally detectable additive mixed with the resin. The resin formed into a plastic packaging component of an aerosol package lid, an aerosol spray button, an aerosol spray tube, a trigger sprayer, an integrated lid-sprayer, a grease cartridge, a grease cap, plastic fiber toweling, a packaging strap, a pail lid, a jar cap, or a brush. A process for detecting a displaced packaging component in an organic production stream is provided that includes adding to a resin an electromagnetically detectable additive intermixed with the resin and forming the additive loaded resin into the plastic packaging component. The production stream is then scanned for the detectable signal of the additive. Upon detecting the additive, an alarm signal is provided that the production stream contains the displaced packaging component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert H. Martin, John Gregory Bruce, Darylnn Phillips Jordan, Craig Martin Stearns
  • Patent number: 9547108
    Abstract: The invention relates to blend materials useful in LED lighting applications. The diffusing particle blend is a synergistic mixture of selected organic particles and selected inorganic particles of specific composition, loading, and a refractive index difference with the matrix polymer, that provide excellent light diffusion, high hiding properties and good light transmission. Articles made of this blend are useful in commercial and residential lighting, motor vehicle illumination (lights, panels), street lighting, displays and signs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventors: Jiaxin J. Ge, Michael T. Burchill, Gary A. Hall, Florence Mehlmann
  • Patent number: 9528029
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition including: a first emulsion polymer including, as copolymerized units, 5% to 50% styrene monomer, by weight based on the weight of the first emulsion polymer, wherein the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the first emulsion polymer is from 55° C. to 110° C.; a certain optional second emulsion polymer; and from 20% to 35%, by weight based on the total weight of the first emulsion polymer and the optional second emulsion polymer, coalescent selected from the group consisting of hexaoxatricosane, C4 alkyl glutarates, C4 alkyl succinates, C4 alkyl adipates, and mixtures thereof is provided. A method for providing a coating using the aqueous coating composition, particularly a coating for cementious substrates, the coating desirably providing superior hot tire pickup resistance is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Sobczak