Patents Examined by Joseph D. Anthony
  • Patent number: 12269010
    Abstract: Provided are: a water-absorbent resin that has excellent heat resistance, even in a water-absorbed state; and a water-blocking material comprising the water-absorbent resin. The water-absorbent resin according to the present invention includes a crosslinked polymer of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and has a gel-viscosity retention S of 0.5 or more as calculated by the following formula (I): Gel ? viscosity ? retention ? at ? high ? temperature ? S = B / A ( I ) (wherein A represents an initial gel viscosity (mPa·s), and B represents a gel viscosity (mPa·s) after 10 days).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Maoki Hama
  • Patent number: 12270151
    Abstract: A one-pot process to separate lignin from a lignocellulosic feedstock includes providing a vessel; providing a lignocellulosic feedstock; providing a composition comprising an acid, a modifying agent comprising a carbonyl-containing nitrogenous base compound, and a peroxide; exposing the lignocellulosic feedstock to the composition in the vessel for a period of time sufficient to remove at least 80% of the lignin present in the lignocellulosic feedstock; and optionally, removing a liquid phase comprising dissolved lignin fragments from a solid phase comprising cellulose fibres.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SIXRING INC.
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Markus Pagels, Kyle G Wynnyk
  • Patent number: 12263462
    Abstract: A material for separating and pumping oxygen is disclosed. The material is a zeolite doped with a chemical element having an electron density of between 30 kJ/mol and 150 kJ/mol. The material is configured for controllable oxygen desorption between 150° C. and 300° C. and pumping the released oxygen into an area having an ambient pressure of less than 100 pascals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Steven Wilson, Christopher Muhich, Ellen B. Stechel, Ivan Ermanoski
  • Patent number: 12251590
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition comprising hydrogen fluoride and 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HFC-143), 1-chloro-2,2-difluoroethane (HCFC-142), or 1,2-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141); and a separation method using the composition. An azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition comprising hydrogen fluoride and HFC-143. An azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition comprising hydrogen fluoride and HCFC-142. An azeotropic or azeotrope-like composition comprising hydrogen fluoride and HCFC-141. A separation method of a composition comprising hydrogen fluoride and at least one member selected from the group consisting of HFC-143, HCFC-142, and HCFC-141.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12252398
    Abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) generating compositions can include a nitrite component, an acidifying component, and a support material configured to carry one of the nitrite component and the acidifying agent. In some examples, the support material can minimize NO generation prior to addition of an activating amount of a suitable solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SaNOtize Research and Development Corp.
    Inventors: Gilly Regev, Christopher C. Miller
  • Patent number: 12240959
    Abstract: Provided are a process for preparing a flame retardant, a flame retardant obtained by the process and use of the flame retardant in a polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ENERGY SOLUTIONS (US) LLC
    Inventors: Gary Woodward, Junli Li, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 12234604
    Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising: sulfuric acid; a heterocyclic compound; an alkanesulfonic acid; and a peroxide. Said composition being capable of delignifying biomass under milder conditions than conditions under which kraft pulping takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: SIXRING INC.
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Markus Pagels, Kyle G Wynnyk
  • Patent number: 12234243
    Abstract: New diorganyl diselenide-clubbed quaternary purine are described herein, as well as the use of such diorganyl diselenide compounds in forming anticorrosion coatings for metal. Also described are methods for forming the new diorganyl disleenides compounds as well as anti-corrosion coatings containing the diorganyl disleenides compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Saadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan, Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Tarek Ahmed Yousef, Ahmed S. M. Aljanabi
  • Patent number: 12221451
    Abstract: New diorganyl diselenide-clubbed quaternary purine are described herein, as well as the use of such diorganyl diselenide compounds in forming anticorrosion coatings for metal. Also described are methods for forming the new diorganyl disleenides compounds as well as anti-corrosion coatings containing the diorganyl disleenides compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Saadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan, Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed, Tarek Ahmed Yousef, Ahmed S. M. Aljanabi
  • Patent number: 12201962
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a particulate water-absorbing agent that can reduce a re-wet amount of an absorbent body when applied to the absorbent body. The method for producing the particulate water-absorbing agent according to an aspect of the present invention includes the step of surface-crosslinking a water-absorbing resin powder with use of a surface-crosslinking agent, wherein the water-absorbing resin powder has a specific surface area index, expressed by formula (1) below, of not less than 1.5, and the surface-crosslinking agent has an apparent Hansen solubility parameter of 22.5 MPa1/2 to 28.5 MPa1/2: (specific surface area index)=(specific surface area of water-absorbing resin powder)/(108×D502)??(1), where: in formula (1), the unit of the specific surface area index is [1/kg], the unit of the specific surface area is [m2/kg], D50 denotes a mass average particle diameter, and the unit of D50 is [m].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takaaki Wada
  • Patent number: 12201961
    Abstract: Disclosed are a targeted and long-lasting passivation material for soil cadmium immobilization, and a preparation method and use thereof. In the disclosure, the passivation material is a mercaptosuccinic acid-intercalated calcium iron aluminum hydrotalcite, which is prepared by hydrothermal co-precipitation of a metal salt dispersion and an intercalation solution in an alkaline environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Soil Science, CAS
    Inventors: Xingxiang Wang, Yurong Wang, Changfeng Ding, Liqin He, Ziyao Li
  • Patent number: 12195372
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns processes for regenerating organocations from perchlorate-rich waste products, more specifically transformation of water-insoluble organocation-perchlorate salt, originating from perchlorate-removal water treatment processes, into a water-soluble perchlorate salt for reusing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TOXSORB LTD.
    Inventors: Yotam Gonen, Rotem Sade, Ohad Shiftan, Amos Rauch
  • Patent number: 12180240
    Abstract: A pure composition comprises a monoalkyltin trialkoxide compound represented by the chemical formula RSn(OR?)3 or a monoalkyl tin triamide compound represented by the chemical formula RSn(NR?2)3 and no more than 4 mole % dialkyltin compounds relative to the total tin amount, where R is a hydrocarbyl group with 1-31 carbon atoms, and wherein R? is a hydrocarbyl group with 1-10 carbon atoms. Methods are described for the formation of the pure compositions. A solid composition comprises a monoalkyl triamido tin compound represented by the chemical formula RSn—(NR?COR?)3, where R is a hydrocarbyl group with 1-31 carbon atoms, and where R? and R? are independently a hydrocarbyl group with 1-10 carbon atoms. The compositions are suitable for the formation of resist compositions suitable for EUV patterning in which the compositions have a high EUV absorption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Inpria Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Edson, Thomas J. Lamkin, William Earley, Truman Wambach, Jeremy T. Anderson
  • Patent number: 12152164
    Abstract: Methods of employing corrosion inhibitors with oxidizing and/or non-oxidizing biocides, such as peroxycarboxylic acids, to provide corrosion protected compositions are disclosed. Various corrosion inhibitors further provide biocidal efficacy in addition to the corrosion protection providing further benefits for application of use. Methods of employing corrosion protected biocide compositions, such as peroxycarboxylic acid compositions, for corrosion protection are particularly well suited for treating fluids intended to flow through pipes, namely in the energy industry, water and paper industries, etc. Methods providing suitable corrosion protection in comparison to untreated systems and corrosion protected systems using conventional corrosion inhibitors, such as quaternary amines and imidazolines commonly used in the industry, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian, Brian Epps, Jeremy Moloney, Ethan Moloney
  • Patent number: 12151227
    Abstract: A method of absorbing falling precipitation to prevent the falling precipitation from reaching an area for an activity includes spreading a sufficient amount of a water absorbent including superabsorbent granules over the area prior to or during the falling precipitation so that the superabsorbent granules can absorb the water before the falling precipitation can reach the area wherein the activity can immediately occur after the falling precipitation stops and the water absorbent is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Inventor: Locke White, II
  • Patent number: 12129384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pectin based antimicrobial surface coating material. In the present invention, boron compounds are cross-linked with pectin and a surface coating material in the form of a film is obtained. The said coating material can be used in all packaging industry requiring hygiene particularly in food industry. The invention enables packages to be antifungal, anticandidal and antibacterial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: YEDITEPE UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Fikrettin Sahin, Zeynep Iyigundogdu, Okan Demir, Merve Gulerim, Sanem Argin
  • Patent number: 12123138
    Abstract: An aqueous composition comprising: sulfuric acid; a modifying agent comprising an arylsulfonic acid; and a peroxide. Said composition being capable of delignifying biomass under milder conditions than conditions under which kraft pulping takes place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SIXRING INC.
    Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger, Markus Pagels, Kyle G Wynnyk
  • Patent number: 12116554
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and methods for making a colorized solution of an aqueous disinfectant that is both stable in bulk solution and will fade to clear within a predetermined period of time after being applied to a surface, for example as a spray or film. The compositions and methods described here allow an end user to visualize both the extent of coverage and the duration of contact of the disinfectant with the surface, thereby providing more efficient disinfection of the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Kinnos Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Kang, Kevin Tyan, Katherine Jin
  • Patent number: 12110414
    Abstract: A method for suppressing corrosion under insulation includes a step of applying a paste containing aerogel particles and a liquid medium to a target surface to form a coating film. A paste for suppressing corrosion under insulation contains aerogel particles and a liquid medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Izumi, Tatsuya Makino, Tomohiko Kotake, Satoshi Takayasu, Naoyoshi Sato
  • Patent number: 12104089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-soluble pre-reacted binder composition, a method of its manufacture, a use of said pre-reacted binder composition, a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by a polymeric binder, a binder solution or dispersion comprising said pre-reacted binder composition, as well as products comprising the pre-reacted binder composition in a cured state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Knauf Insulation, Inc., Knauf Insulation SPRL
    Inventors: Carl Hampson, Benedicte Pacorel, Roger Jackson