Patents Examined by John E Uselding
  • Oxygen absorbing agent
    Patent number: 11174368
    Abstract: An oxygen absorbing agent containing a compound (A) of formula (I): wherein X is a chalcogen atom, R1 and R2 are each any one of an alkyl group which optionally has a substituent, an alkenyl group which optionally has a substituent, an aryl group which optionally has a substituent, and an aralkyl group which optionally has a substituent, R3 and R4 are each any one of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group which optionally has a substituent, an alkenyl group which optionally has a substituent, an aryl group which optionally has a substituent, and an aralkyl group which optionally has a substituent, and R5 is a polymerizable group; and a transition metal salt (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Noguchi, Akinobu Takeda, Takashi Fukumoto
  • Recycled polyester fiber
    Patent number: 11168198
    Abstract: A recycled polyester fiber is provided. The recycled polyester fiber is made of a raw material by melt spinning. The raw material includes 95.0 wt % to 99.99 wt % recycled polyester pellet formed from recycled bottle chip and 0.01 wt % to 5.0 wt % titanium dioxide slurry. Based on the total weight of the titanium dioxide slurry, the titanium dioxide slurry includes 20 wt % to 50 wt % bio-oil acting as carrier, 50 wt % to 80 wt % titanium dioxide powder, 0.1 wt % to 5 wt % dispersant, 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % antioxidant, and 0.001 wt % to 0.1 wt % dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Chung-Chi Su, Chia-Sheng Lai
  • Resin composition and article made therefrom
    Patent number: 11168200
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to the technical field of resin composite materials and more particularly relates to resin compositions and articles made therefrom, including a resin film, a prepreg, a laminate or a printed circuit board, wherein the resin composition comprises a phosphorus-containing flame retardant of Formula (I) and a prepolymerized resin prepared at least from a divinylbenzene compound, an allyl resin and an acrylate resin. The resin compositions may be further used to make a resin film, a prepreg, a laminate or a printed circuit board, which has the properties of absence of branch-like pattern on laminate surface, high glass transition temperature, low ratio of thermal expansion, and high copper foil peeling strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: ELITE ELECTRONIC MATERIAL (ZHONGSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhilong Hu, Teng Xu
  • Electrically conductive adhesive and electrically conductive material
    Patent number: 11162004
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrically conductive adhesive containing: (A) a polyether polymer having a backbone comprising a repeating unit of the formula: —R1—O— wherein R1 is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and an end group which is a hydrolyzable silyl group, and (B) silver particles. Further disclosed is an electrically conductive material which is a hardened product of the electrically conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Teppei Kunimune, Masafumi Kuramoto
  • Metal-coated steel strip
    Patent number: 11155911
    Abstract: A method of forming an Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coating on a steel strip includes dipping steel strip into a bath of molten Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy and forming a coating of the alloy on exposed surfaces of the steel strip. The method also includes controlling conditions in the molten coating bath and downstream of the coating bath so that there is a uniform Al/Zn ratio across the surface of the coating formed on the steel strip. An Al—Zn—Mg—Si coated steel strip includes a uniform Al/Zn ratio on the surface or the outermost 1-2 ?m of the Al—Zn—Si—Mg alloy coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Bluescope Steel Limited, Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Coated Sheet Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Andrew Renshaw, Cat Tu, Joe Williams, Jason Hodges, Shiro Fujii, Nobuyuki Shimoda, Shuichi Kondo, Takashi Hirasawa
  • Binder composition for the agglomeration of fine minerals and pelletizing process
    Patent number: 11124855
    Abstract: A process for pelletizing particles of a fine mineral ore, the process comprises the steps of a) mixing the particles of a fine mineral ore with a binder composition to obtain a pellet feed, b) forming the pellet feed into balls, c) drying the balls to form dried balls, d) preheating the dried balls at 60 to 105° C. until constant weight to form preheated balls, e) subsequently heating the preheated balls to a temperature of 1200° C. to 1400° C. to obtain pellets, wherein the binder composition comprises a) at least one colloid agent which exerts a cohesive force on the particles of a fine mineral ore forming the pellets, and b) at least one synthetic polymer which disperses the particles of a fine mineral ore in the pellets, wherein the synthetic polymer is a maleic acid/acrylic acid or a maleic acid/methacrylic acid copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Stefan Dilsky, Carlos Augusto Blasques Tooge, Nilson Mar Bartalini, Almir T. Santos, Wagner Claudio Da Silva, Monica Speck Cassola, Jorge Antonio Arias Medina
  • Latex composition
    Patent number: 11118038
    Abstract: A latex composition containing a conjugated diene polymer latex and a medium-chain fatty acid glyceride, wherein a content proportion of the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is 1 to 40 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the conjugated diene polymer. In the present invention, a medium-chain fatty acid forming the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is preferably a fatty acid having 6 to 18 carbon atoms. In the present invention, the medium-chain fatty acid glyceride is preferably a medium-chain fatty acid triglyceride. The latex composition preferably further contains a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masatoshi Ishiba, Takashi Iga, Junji Kodemura
  • Calixarene compound and curable composition
    Patent number: 11111225
    Abstract: A compound useful as a release agent, and a release agent, a curable composition, and a nanoimprint lithography resin material each containing the compound are provided. More specifically, a calixarene compound with a molecular structure represented by the following structural formula (1) and a composition containing the calixarene compound are provided. wherein R1 denotes a structural moiety with a perfluoroalkyl group, R2 denotes a hydrogen atom, a polar group, a polymerizable group, or a structural moiety with a polar group or a polymerizable group, R3 denotes a hydrogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group that may have a substituent, or an aryl group that may have a substituent, n denotes an integer in the range of 2 to 10, and * denotes a bonding point with an aromatic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Yamamoto, Masanori Miyamoto, Tomoyuki Imada
  • Resin composition and resin molded body
    Patent number: 11098189
    Abstract: A resin composition includes an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin (A), a polyethylene terephthalate resin (B), a condensed phosphoric acid ester-based flame retardant (C), and a thermally expandable graphite (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Akira Imada
  • Strength enhancing admixture for cementitious compositions
    Patent number: 11097988
    Abstract: A strength enhancing admixture for cementitious and/or pozzolanic compositions including, based on the total dry weight of the admixture, calcium silicate hydrate in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 94 weight percent, and: i) at least one alkanolamine in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 55 weight percent; ii) at least one inorganic accelerator in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 85 weight percent; and iii) at least one carbohydrate in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 50 weight percent; wherein the calcium silicate hydrate includes a product of a reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound with a water-soluble silicate compound in presence of a water-soluble dispersant; and wherein the at least one inorganic accelerator includes any inorganic accelerator(s) other than calcium silicate hydrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Van Bui, Steve Schaef, Paul Horst Seiler
  • Thermoplastic resin composition having excellent electrical properties, and molded article produced using same
    Patent number: 11091604
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent electric properties and the thermoplastic resin composition comprises: (A) 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; (B) 2 to 6 parts by weight of a phosphorous-based flame retardant; and (C) 0.2 parts by weight to 2 parts by weight of a mineral filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pilho Kim, Sunyoung Kim, Suji Kim, Seungshik Shin, Woo Jin Lee
  • Dispersant, dispersion and ink composition, and preparing method thereof
    Patent number: 11066568
    Abstract: A dispersant, a dispersion and an ink composition including the dispersant, and a method of preparing the dispersion and the ink composition, in which the dispersant includes: (A) 0.5 to 30% by weight of a compound selected from at least one of acetylene glycol represented by the specific formula (1) and an ethoxylated substance of acetylene glycol represented by the specific formula (2); (B) 5 to 98% by weight of a nonionic aryl phenol compound represented by the specific formula (3); and (C) 1 to 70% by weight of an anionic aryl phenol compound represented by the specific formula (4), and wherein the total amount of components (A) to (C) is 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: NISSIN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nishikawa
  • Resin powder, method for its production, composite, molded product, method for producing ceramic molded product, metal laminated plate, printed circuit board and prepreg
    Patent number: 11041053
    Abstract: A resin powder having a high bulk density and an average particle size of at most 50 ?m from resin particles containing a fluorocopolymer as the main component and having a melting point of 260 to 320° C., where the fluorocopolymer contains a unit containing a carbonyl group-containing group, a unit based on tetrafluoroethylene, and a unit based on a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) or a unit based on hexafluoropropylene. A method of producing the resin powder by subjecting resin particles (A) having an average particle size of at least 100 ?m to mechanical pulverization treatment. The resin particles (A) is made of a material (X) having a fluorocopolymer (X1) as the main component, which has a unit (1) based on a monomer containing at least one functional group selected from a carbonyl group-containing group, a hydroxy group, an epoxy group and an isocyanate group, and a unit (2) based on tetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoya Hosoda, Eiichi Nishi, Toru Sasaki, Nobutaka Kidera
  • Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article of same
    Patent number: 11034834
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition, including: an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A); and a polyether compound (B) having a polyoxyalkylene structure, in which: the polycarbonate resin composition includes 0.005 part by mass to 5 parts by mass of the polyether compound (B) with respect to 100 parts by mass of the aromatic polycarbonate resin (A); and the polycarbonate resin composition satisfies at least one of the following conditions (1) and (2): (1) an amount of potassium in the polyether compound (B) is 6 ppm by mass or less; and (2) an amount of sodium in the polyether compound (B) is 1 ppm by mass or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunobu Yamazaki, Masami Takimoto, Tsuyoshi Murakami
  • Terminal-functionalized polymer, rubber composition containing same and related processes
    Patent number: 11028208
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a terminal-functionalized polymer, rubber compositions containing the polymer, and related processes for preparing the polymer. The functionalizing compound used to prepare the terminal-functionalized polymer has a specified formula which includes a silicon atom and a moiety containing at least two carbon-carbon double bonds in a conjugated configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Yong Yan
  • Polyoxymethylene resin composition
    Patent number: 11028263
    Abstract: A polyoxymethylene resin composition including a polyoxymethylene homopolymer, a polyhydric alcohol, and a calcium phosphate compound, which has excellent thermal stability and a low weight-reduction rate and thus can be favorably used in various industrial fields and used as an engineering plastic in fields of machine parts and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA ENGINEERING PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hwan Joo, Chang Ho Lee, Kwan Yong Choi
  • Melt additive compounds, methods of using the same, and articles and compositions including the same
    Patent number: 11028252
    Abstract: A melt additive compound has the general formula (I) wherein R represents a linear alkylene group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms; n represents an integer from 1 to 4, inclusive; and Rf1 is represented by the general formula II wherein Rf represents a perfluorinated group having from 3 to 5 carbon atoms. Compositions comprising a thermoplastic polymer and the melt additive compound, methods of extruding them and extruded articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Georgiy Teverovskiy, Chetan P. Jariwala, Ajay K. Vidyasagar, Maria A. Appeaning, Kristy A. Jost, Robert A. Polik
  • Active polymer modification of bitumen for use in roofing materials
    Patent number: 11021609
    Abstract: A modified bitumen consisting of a polyurethane wherein the polyisocyanate or polyisocyanate-dominated polyurethane prepolymer (or prepolymers) is first reacted with the bitumen to take advantage of the bitumen's hydroxyl and amine functionality and form an isocyanate-bitumen adduct to form a weatherproofing product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Garland Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason D. Smith, Joseph W. Mellott, II, Melissa Rus, David Sokol, Julia Holland
  • Powder composition
    Patent number: 11001721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition that includes a PTFE powder, a surfactant, at least one of a polyalkylsiloxane, a polyalkylarylsiloxane, a fatty acid, a fatty acid salt, an alkyl- or alkyl aryl-fatty acid ester, a phosphate trialkyl or triaryl ester, an alkyl fluorosilicone, a C12-C40 alkane, a vegetable oil or a paraffin wax, and a salt. The present invention also relates to aqueous system that includes such composition and to uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Polastri, Fulvia Roncati
  • Stabilizer composition
    Patent number: 11001698
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer composition containing at least one sterically hindered amine (HALS) in which the amino group carries a basicity-reducing substituent, at least one antioxidant containing one or more thioether groups and at least one liquid plasticizer containing carboxylate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventors: Bernd Hoevel, Angelika Roser, Claudia Fischer