Patents Examined by Joseph D. Anthony
  • Soil amendment and method
    Patent number: 11109564
    Abstract: A soil amendment comprising lignocellulosic fibrous materials is provided having one or more solvents and a fiber, wherein the fiber has been processed by ruminant digestion and anaerobic digestion. A method for preparing a soil amendment is also disclosed including the steps of providing excrement from a ruminant which has undergone ruminant digestion, introducing the ruminant excrement into an anaerobic digester, modifying the ruminant excrement to a first wet product, modifying the first wet product to generate a first dry product, and densifying the first dry product to, in turn, generate the soil amendment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CCD Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Carey J. Boote, Russ Malek
  • Dust suppressant and soil stabilization composition comprising lignocellulosic byproducts
    Patent number: 11091697
    Abstract: Provided is a solvent borne dust suppressant or stabilization composition in a solvent which includes, a blend of an inorganic salt and a lignin-carbohydrate mixture, optionally with one or more of a surfactant and crosslinker, wherein the lignin-carbohydrate mixture may be a copolymer and may be present in an amount of 5 weight % to 50 weight % solids, wherein the lignin is a low average molecular weight lignin, the carbohydrate includes hemicellulose and wherein the lignin and hemicellulose are substantially derived from a non-wood source, a wood source or a blend thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Sustainable Fiber Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Lewis, Sabrina Burkhardt, Jessica Lewis
  • Catalytically enhanced compositions for efficient removal of contaminants in flue gas streams
    Patent number: 11071948
    Abstract: A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B. Huston, Roger H. Cayton, Joseph M. Wong, Jacob B. Lowring
  • Low dust animal litter
    Patent number: 11058091
    Abstract: Provided is a carrier material and its use in animal litter, where the carrier material exhibits reduced dust formation during handling. The carrier material comprises: bentonite clay; and a dust suppression agent coated on the bentonite clay, wherein the dust suppression agent is one or more alkoxylate materials of formula (I): R—O-(AO)2—H, wherein R is H, aryl (e.g., phenyl), or linear or branched C4-C24 alkyl; AO at each occurrence is independently ethyleneoxy, propyleneoxy, butyleneoxy, or random or block mixtures thereof; and z represents average number of moles of AO and ranges from 1 to 80.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: John Hayes, Theodore Tysak
  • Method and apparatus for obtaining a mixture for producing H2, corresponding mixture
    Patent number: 11046580
    Abstract: A method for obtaining a mixture for producing H2, the mixture comprising a metal borohydride, Me(BH4)n, a metal hydroxide, Me(OH)n, and H2O, in which Me is a metal and n is the valance of the metal ion. The H2O is provided in ultrapure water, UPW, the UPW having an electrical conductance below 1 ?S/cm. The method comprises dissolving the metal borohydride and the metal hydroxide in UPW to obtain the mixture for producing H2 comprising an amount of borohydride, BH4, groups of the metal borohydride in the range of 45 to 55% mol of the mixture, an amount of hydroxide, OH, groups of the metal hydroxide in the range of 2 to 5% mol of the mixture, and at least substantially UPW for the remainder of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: H2FUEL-SYSTEMS B.V.
    Inventor: Gerardus Wilhelmus Lugtigheid
  • Methods for the treatment of a flue gas stream using catalytically-enhanced sorbent compositions
    Patent number: 11045764
    Abstract: A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B. Huston, Roger H. Cayton, Joseph M. Wong, Jacob B. Lowring
  • Premix for producing an absorption agent for removing acid gases from a fluid flow
    Patent number: 11045759
    Abstract: A premixture for producing an absorbent for removing acid gases from a fluid stream containing a) at least a tertiary amine and/or a sterically hindered secondary amine; b) a dicarboxylic acid in an amount, calculated as neutralization equivalent based on the protonatable nitrogen atoms in a), of at least 30%, wherein the dicarboxylic acid has a solubility in water at a temperature of 20° C. of not more than 15 g of dicarboxylic acid per 100 g of water; and c) 20 to 80 wt % of water. Also described is a process for producing an absorbent from the premixture. The premixture is a transportable and readily handleable solution of a dicarboxylic acid having poor solubility in water for producing an absorbent for removing acid gases from a fluid stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Ingram, Gerald Vorberg, Georg Sieder
  • Countermass liquid for a shoulder launched munition propulsion system
    Patent number: 11035631
    Abstract: A countermass liquid for a shoulder launched propulsion system that has low corrosivity, high density, low viscosity, and a constant viscosity as a function of temperature. Upon function of the shoulder launched propulsion system, the countermass liquid may be expelled through the breach end of the shoulder launched propulsion system by expanding propellant gas. The countermass liquid may be an organic salt selected from the group consisting of at least one or more of cesium formate and potassium formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Nammo Defense Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Dominic Jezierski, Jerry Lambert, Harry Blomquist, Stephen Joseph Early, Bill Goodwin
  • Composition for washing pickled steel plate, method for washing pickled steel plate by using same, and steel plate obtained thereby
    Patent number: 11028322
    Abstract: A composition for washing a pickled steel plate and a method for washing a pickled steel plate using the same are provided. The composition for washing a pickled steel plate includes a phosphoric acid ester compound, an amine-based compound, sodium carbonate, ammonium acetate, ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) and a remainder of water, and the method for washing a pickled steel plate is performed using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Rho-Bum Park, Yon-Kyun Song, Ji-Hoon Park, Hoon Yun, Seok-Chan Choe, Kyoung-Pil Ko
  • Mine safety dust and method of production
    Patent number: 11021956
    Abstract: A mine safety dust exhibiting improved dispersion in water. The rock dust includes dolomitic limestone particles which, when mixed at the mine site to form a slurry, stay in suspension during intermittent operation of spray machinery and with a reduced need for continuous mixing. The rock dust composition includes an inorganic salt that acts as a dispersant to improve dispersion of the rock dust in water and further acts as a deflocculant to keep the dust particles in suspension in the resultant slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: E. DILLON & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mike Miller, Thomas Harmon Harris
  • HFO-1234yf inhibited solutions
    Patent number: 11021639
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and ?-terpinene useful in automotive air conditioning systems and devices, commercial refrigeration systems and devices, chillers, residential refrigerator and freezers, general air conditioning systems, heat pumps, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David Nalewajek, Rajiv Ratna Singh, Rajiv Banavali, Gregory Laurence Smith
  • Hydrotesting and mothballing composition and method of using combination products for multifunctional water treatment
    Patent number: 11013232
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition, comprising a) at least one quaternary ammonium compound of the formula (I) wherein R is a C5 to C21 aliphatic hydrocarbon group, X is an anionic counter ion, and Ra, Rb are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, allyl, propyl, butyl, phenyl or benzyl residues, b) ammonium bisulfite or sodium bisulfite, c) glutaraldehyde or THPS, and d) at least one organic dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Clariant International Ltd
    Inventors: Jonathan Wylde, David Glasgow, Craig John Kelly
  • Formulation of thinners for waterborne paints with low volatile organic compound levels
    Patent number: 11008472
    Abstract: A formulation of thinners for waterborne automotive paints with low volatile organic compound levels, that include components able to be diluted in water, including a composition of a benzene derivative; a combination of two alcohols of a methyl alcohol and an isopropyl alcohol; an ester; osmotized water; and a ketone, where the benzene derivative is a toluene, a xylene, or a mixture of both; and wherein the composition is formed by the following compounds (in weight): Toluene/xylene from 1% to 9.5%; Isopropyl Alcohol from 30% to 45%; Methyl Alcohol from 1.5% to 12%; Methyl Acetate from 0.4% to 3%; Dimethyl Ketone from 0.78% to 6.3%; and Water from 30% to 66%, with the thinner compound mixed with waterborne paint having a low roughness, an improved gloss and particle size distribution (PSD) and a drying time between ½ and ¼ of the drying time without this thinner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sinforiano José Posadas Mañanes, Omar Martinez Castro
  • Treated activated carbon for removal of airborne organic and inorganic contaminants
    Patent number: 11000824
    Abstract: A filter composition effective in reacting with airborne or gaseous organic impurities, such as formaldehyde. The filter composition is formed from a filter substrate, such as for example, a fibrous web or extruded carbon block, treated with tris-(hydroxymethyl) aminomethane. The unexpected result of this combination is a longer lasting filter capable of adsorbing organic airborne impurities for a much longer period of time than an untreated filter media of the same type. The removal of formaldehyde is presented as an illustrious example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Graver Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kartik Potukuchi, Robert W. Rezuke
  • Stabilizer for thiol-ene compositions
    Patent number: 10995270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stabilizers for thiol-ene compositions and to radiation curable thiol-ene compositions based thereon. Such radiation curable compositions can advantageously be used in inks, overprint varnishes, coatings, adhesives, for the making of 3D objects and for the making of solder resist and gel nails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: ALLNEX BELGIUM S.A.
    Inventors: Luc Boogaerts, Steven Cappelle, Hugues Van Den Bergen
  • Modified sulfur, method for preparing same, apparatus for preparing same, and use thereof
    Patent number: 10994995
    Abstract: Disclosure relates to modified sulfur, preparation method thereof, preparation equipment thereof. The modified sulfur has spinnability or includes micro-structures such as fiber-, film- and network-like structure. The modified sulfur can be prepared by inducing polymerization with ultrasonic or ageing. The modified sulfur has various excellent features such as anticorrosiveness, waterproofing, strength, and fast drying and can control the features depending on its viscosity or polymerization degree. In addition due to the above features, the modified sulfur can be applied to anticorrosive or waterproofing material and can prepare anticorrosive or waterproofing material which has good workability, hardening, salt spray resistance, and weldability exceeding a certain level, and specially improved adhesiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Goo Dae Kim, No Gyung Park, Hyok Kwon, Young Sik Seo, Seung Gun Yu, Hyuk Rae Noh
  • Method for imparting water repellency to substrate, surface treatment agent, and method for suppressing collapse of organic pattern or inorganic pattern in cleaning substrate surface with cleaning liquid
    Patent number: 10988649
    Abstract: A method for imparting water repellency to a substrate; a surface treatment agent used in the method; and a method for suppressing collapse of an organic or inorganic pattern in cleaning the substrate surface with a cleaning liquid. The method includes exposing a surface of a substrate to a surface treatment agent, the surface treatment agent including a water-repelling agent and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, the water-repelling agent including an alkoxymonosilane compound having a hydrophobic group bonded to a silicon atom. A surface treatment agent including a water-repelling agent and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, the water-repelling agent (A) including an alkoxymonosilane compound having a hydrophobic group bonded to a silicon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Seki, Takumi Namiki
  • Composition for dust suppression and containment of radioactive products of combustion
    Patent number: 10991475
    Abstract: The invention relates to means for protecting the environment from the consequences of fires complicated by a radiation factor. A composition for dust suppression and containment of radioactive products of combustion after a fire with a radiation factor has been extinguished comprises, as a surfactant, a mixture of an anionic, a non-ionic and an amphoteric surfactant, and has the following ratio of components: 3.0-7.0% by weight of an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol (in terms of a mass fraction of dry product); 0.1-0.3% by weight of plasticizer; 11.0-29.0% by weight of surfactant; with water making up the remainder. The invention makes it possible to carry out dust suppression and containment of radioactive products of combustion which are formed on surfaces, including at elevated temperatures, after a fire has been extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: STATE ATOMIC ENERGY CORPORATION “ROSATOM” ON BEHALF OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
    Inventor: Ol'ga Ivanovna Likhomanova
  • Non-flammable mixed refrigerant capable of reducing greenhouse effect and use thereof
    Patent number: 10988650
    Abstract: Provided are a mixed refrigerant that is non-flammable and capable of reducing the greenhouse effect, and the use thereof. The mixed refrigerant comprises the following components in mass fractions: 10%-30% of R134a, 5%-70% of R1234ze(E), and 18%-65% of R1234yf. The mixed refrigerant of the present invention, in fitting combination with the amount ranges of all the components, makes the refrigerant non-flammable, and the ODP thereof is 0, and the GWP thereof is no greater than 400. The mixed refrigerant can be used in a refrigeration system, has no ozone destructive power, reduces the greenhouse effect, has a lower temperature glide, and belongs to ternary azeotropic or nearly azeotropic refrigerants, which is beneficial to the stable operation of a refrigeration system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGXI TIANYU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xi Yang, Xiaori Yue
  • Compositions for gap coating and/or filling in or between electronic packages by capillary flow and methods for the use thereof
    Patent number: 10985108
    Abstract: Provided herein are conductive formulations which are useful for applying conductive material to a suitable substrate; the resulting coated articles have improved EMI shielding performance relative to articles coated with prior art formulations employing prior art methods. In accordance with certain aspects of the present invention, there are also provided methods for filling a gap in an electronic package to achieve electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding thereof, as well as the resulting articles shielded thereby. Specifically, invention methods utilize capillary flow to substantially fill any gaps in the coating on the surface of an electronic package. Effective EMI shielding has been demonstrated with very thin coating thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH
    Inventors: Xuan Hong, Xinpei Cao, Derek Wyatt, Qizhuo Zhuo, Elizabeth Hoang