Patents Examined by John Uselding
  • Derivatives of native lignin from annual fibre feedstocks
    Patent number: 8912257
    Abstract: The present invention provides derivatives of native lignin having certain aliphatic hydroxyl content. Surprisingly, it has been found that consistent and predictable antioxidant activity may be provided by selecting for derivatives of native lignin having certain aliphatic hydroxyl content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Lignol Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikhail Yurevich Balakshin, Alex Berlin, Humbert Thomas Dellicolli, Chadrick Adam Nathaniel Jordan Grunert, Vera Maximenko Gutman, Darwin Ortiz, Edward Kendall Pye
  • Resin composition and resin molded article
    Patent number: 8901215
    Abstract: A resin composition includes a polylactic acid, a solid flame retardant that has at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of a phosphate group, a sulfate group, and a sulfite group in a structure, a bifunctional compound that has a carbodiimide group, and a crystal nucleating agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masaya Ikuno
  • Polylactic acid resin sheet and molded article
    Patent number: 8900698
    Abstract: A polylactic acid based resin sheet includes a layer formed of a composition (D) containing polylactic acid (A), an ionic surface active agent (B), and a nonionic surface active agent (C), wherein the polylactic acid (A) has a content of 50 mass % or more and 99.5 mass % or less in the entire 100 mass % of the composition (D), and the mass ratio between the ionic surface active agent (B) and the nonionic surface active agent (C) satisfies 2?(B)/(C)?20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hisataka Tabata, Taisei Matsumoto, Takeshi Ishii
  • Compositions containing borane or carborane cage compounds and related applications
    Patent number: 8883895
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a polymer-containing matrix and a filler comprising a cage compound selected from borane cage compounds, carborane cage compounds, metal complexes thereof, residues thereof, mixtures thereof, and/or agglomerations thereof, where the cage compound is not covalently bound to the matrix polymer. Methods of making and applications for using such compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel E. Bowen, III, Eric A. Eastwood
  • Chemical modification of lignin and lignin derivatives
    Patent number: 8865802
    Abstract: In one example implementation, a trans-esterified APL can include an APL and a polyester including polyester chains. The polyester may be an aliphatic polyester, a semi-aromatic polyester, or an aromatic polyester. In other examples, an acetate ester of the APL can be used to swap carboxylic acid groups with the alcohol oligomer units in the polyester chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Cyclewood Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Nhiem Cao, Kevin Oden, Wolfgang G. Glasser
  • Hydrodispersible polyisocyanate compositions
    Patent number: 8853308
    Abstract: A composition comprising: at least one (poly)isocyanate and at least one surfactant comprising an acid or a mixture of acids and an optionally heterocyclic amine or polyamine or a mixture of such amines, the amine or polyamine or at least one amine of said mixture carrying at least one alkylene oxide, preferably ethylene oxide, functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Vencorex France
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Bernard, Philippe Olier
  • Setting retarder for hydrate-forming binders
    Patent number: 8853305
    Abstract: A method for producing a setting retarder for hydrate-forming binders, wherein a) a first reactant A, comprising an amino acid and/or an amino acid derivative, is reacted with b) a second reactant C, including an amine-free carboxylic acid and/or an amine-free carboxylic acid derivative, to form a reaction product, characterized in that the reaction is carried out at a pH value of 7.5-11.5 and the pH value is held constant in the specified range of 7.5-11.5 during the reaction. In order to hold the pH value constant in the specified range and to avoid fluctuations, in one process step an aqueous solution of reactant A is prepared and a pH of 7.5-11.5, preferably 8-11, in particular 8.5-10.5, is set by adding a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sika Technology AG
    Inventors: Christina Hampel, Joerg Zimmermann
  • High curing inducing surface applied setting retarder
    Patent number: 8846787
    Abstract: Exemplary methods and compositions of the invention for retarding the surface of a hydratable cementitious composition comprise the use of a non-bituminous cationic emulsion comprising at least one curing compound comprising an acrylic polymer, a paraffin, or a mixture thereof, to hinder evaporation of water; at least one set retarder; and at least one cationic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Eric Dananche, Dany Vincent
  • Elastomer composition, method for producing same and pneumatic tire using same
    Patent number: 8841359
    Abstract: An elastomer composition, having an excellent flexibility and low temperature durability, a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same are provided. An elastomer composition (C) comprising a matrix of a thermoplastic resin (A), in which a dispersed phase of an elastomer component (B) is finely dispersed to form an island-in-sea structure, wherein volume ratios of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the elastomer component (B) satisfy the following formula (I): ?d/?m>?d/?m??(I) wherein ?d and ?d, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the elastomer component (B), and ?m and ?m, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the thermoplastic resin (A)), a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Hara
  • Reinforced polyester resin composition
    Patent number: 8829084
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reinforced polyester resin composition, which comprises, with respect to 100 parts by mass of a polyester resin, 0.01 to 400 parts by mass of an inorganic filler as component (A) and 0.001 to 10 parts by mass of a metal salt of a sulfonamide compound as component (B), the metal salt of the sulfonamide compound having a structure represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or the like; R1 and R2 are also optionally linked together to form a cyclic group; n represents number of 1 or 2; when n is 1, M represents an alkali metal atom or the like; when n is 2, the plural R1s and R2s are each optionally different; M represents a divalent metal atom or linking group; and when M is the linking group, either of R1 and R2 is an alkali metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Adeka Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Urushihara, Yota Tsuneizumi
  • Polymer material
    Patent number: 8829111
    Abstract: A process is described for providing a polymer material by blending as a first component one or more hydrophilic polymers, and as a second component one or more neutralising chemicals, in the complete or substantial absence of water. In the absence of water, the components will not be aqueous solutions. Thus the components can be used in blending processes, and the present invention is able to form many other shapes and forms of material other than laminates on substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Brian Alan Beadle, Graham Samuel Garrett, Alan Hugh Clarke
  • Curable composition
    Patent number: 8815985
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition which is made mainly of a polymer having one or more reactive silicon groups, has good curability even when filler is used while a non-organotin catalyst is used, and is further high in industrial practicability. The object is solved by a curable composition, comprising, as constituents, a polymer (A) having one or more reactive silicon groups on average per molecule thereof, the reactive silicon group(s) being (each) a group which can be crosslinked by forming a siloxane bond, a Lewis acid and/or derivative thereof (B), an amine compound (C), a compound (D) having a reactive silicon group, and filler (E), and obtained by mixing the constituents with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuyu Wakabayashi, Katsuya Ouchi
  • Aqueous pigment anti-settling agent and process for producing same
    Patent number: 8809429
    Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous pigment anti-settling agent which, when added to an aqueous coating material, demonstrates excellent pigment anti-settling effect, and in particular, demonstrates excellent pigment anti-settling effect even under a high-temperature environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Kusumoto Chemicals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Azeyanagi, Makoto Ubukata, Tomohisa Ikuta, Yumiko Kawai
  • Chemical modification of lignin and lignin derivatives
    Patent number: 8809426
    Abstract: A method for producing an APL is provided in one example embodiment and includes mixing a solvent, a catalyst, a reagent, and a HPL to create a solution, raising the temperature of the solution to a first reaction temperature, raising the temperature of the solution to a second reaction temperature, allowing reactions in the solution to occur for a predetermined amount of time, precipitating the solution to produce a precipitate, and washing, filtering, and drying the precipitate to produce the APL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Cyclewood Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Nhiem Cao, Kevin Oden, Wolfgang G. Glasser
  • Flame retardant resin composition and molded product
    Patent number: 8796363
    Abstract: A flame retardant resin composition including: a thermoplastic resin; and a flame retardant, wherein the flame retardant includes a phosphorylated lignin derivative, and wherein the phosphorylated lignin derivative is produced by adding phosphoric acid to a lignin derivative obtained by subjecting a naturally occurring lignin to a predetermined treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadakatsu Harada, Yasuo Yamanaka, Yasuyuki Matsushita, Kazuhiko Fukushima
  • Fiber-containing pasty construction materials
    Patent number: 8795842
    Abstract: The invention relates to fiber-containing pasty construction materials, containing a) one or more fillers, b) optionally additives, characterized in that they contain c) fibers, d) one or more polymers based on one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, having a glass transition temperature Tg of ??15° C., e) ?5% by weight hydraulically setting binders and f) water, wherein the information in % by weight relates to the dry weight of the fiber-containing pasty construction materials. The invention also relates to a process for producing a reinforcing composition free of woven reinforcing fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Stefan Ingrisch, Thomas Bastelberger, Jürgen Bezler, Jakob Mühlthaler
  • Two-component polyurethane adhesives with thixotropic effect
    Patent number: 8791184
    Abstract: A two-component polyurethane adhesive is provided, which comprises a component A comprising at least one polyol with a molecular weight of more than 500 g/mol, a component B comprising at least one polyisocyanate with a molecular weight of less than 1000 g/mol, and additional additives. The component A contains 0.1 to 10 wt. % sterically hindered amines having primary amino groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignees: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Henkel (China) Investment Co. Ltd., Henkel (China) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qingwei Meng, Yonghua Zhao, Nicole Knips, Hongxia Zhao, Lothar Thiele
  • Fiber for fiber cement and resulting product
    Patent number: 8791178
    Abstract: A fiber-cement product which includes a treated cellulose wood pulp fiber. The fiber is treated with fibrillated carboxymethyl cellulose or a carboxyethyl cellulose and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride). The fiber can be bleached or partially bleached, refined or unrefined or a mixture of refined and unrefined fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Weyerhaeuser NR Company
    Inventors: S. Ananda Weerawarna, Harshadkumar M. Shah
  • Process for production of a heat-stabilized acrylate polymer
    Patent number: 8791180
    Abstract: Polyamide-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions comprising a continuous polyacrylate polymer phase and a discontinuous polyamide phase are produced by a melt mixing process. When crosslinked with peroxide curatives the polyamide-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions exhibit enhanced resistance to heat aging compared to carbon black-reinforced polyacrylate polymer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Steven R Oriani
  • Glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate molding compositions
    Patent number: 8779033
    Abstract: The invention relates to glass fiber reinforced polycarbonate compositions and molding compositions of the present investor and distinguished by high rigidity, high flowabillty, high processing stability, good chemical resistance and good aging resistance vis-à-vis the effects of light and heat compared with the prior art. The present invention also relates to the use of the compositions for the production of shaded articles and to shaped articles comprising the compositions according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Materialscience AG
    Inventors: Andreas Seidel, Michael Erkelenz, Eckhard Wenz