Patents Examined by Katie L Hammer
  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon copolymer-containing organic semiconductor compositions
    Patent number: 10707420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to organic copolymers and organic semiconducting compositions comprising these materials, including layers and devices comprising such organic semiconductor compositions. The invention is also concerned with methods of preparing such organic semiconductor compositions and layers and uses thereof. The invention has application in the field of printed electronics and is particularly useful as a semiconducting material for use in formulations for organic thin film transistor (OTFT) backplanes for displays, integrated circuits, organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), photodetectors, organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells, sensors, memory elements and logic circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: SMARTKEM LIMITED
    Inventor: Russell Jon Griffiths
  • Solvent containing anitmicrobial hard surface cleaning compositions
    Patent number: 10696930
    Abstract: The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, which is also preferably suitable for surfaces which contact food, is met by formulating the antimicrobial composition according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam Simon Hayward, Alan Edward Sherry
  • Dispersions of holey graphene materials and applications thereof
    Patent number: 10689537
    Abstract: A method of forming a graphene-based material includes: (1) treating a mixture including an etchant and graphene oxide sheets to yield formation of holey graphene oxide sheets; (2) dispersing the holey graphene oxide sheets in a re-dispersal solvent to yield a holey graphene oxide dispersion including the holey graphene oxide sheets; and (3) treating the holey graphene oxide dispersion under reducing conditions to yield self-assembly of the holey graphene oxide sheets into a graphene-based material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Xiangfeng Duan, Yuxi Xu, Yu Huang
  • Conductive thermoplastic polyurethane
    Patent number: 10692624
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane, where the thermoplastic polyurethane has been prepared from a) a diisocyanate, b) a polyol comprising a polyol A and a polyol B and c) a chain extender, optionally with the aid of catalysts and optionally further comprising additives and/or auxiliaries, and a salt and/or an ionic liquid, preferably an ionic liquid, is comprised in the composition and the polyol A comprises ethoxy and propoxy groups and the polyol B comprises butoxy groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Schaefer, Ernst Minder, Dirk Kempfert, Christoph Bahr, Cornelia Hinrichs, Anja Oltmanns
  • Water mineral cleaning solutions and related methods
    Patent number: 10683468
    Abstract: Implementations of cleaning compositions may include at least one of sodium lauryl sulfate, hydrochloric acid, muriatic acid, hydrobromic acid, and hydroiodic acid, may include at least one of citric acid, maleic acid, oxalic acid, sulfuric acid, sulfamic acid, sodium benzoate, and may include glutamic acid, sodium sulfonate, and potassium nitrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Inventor: Miguel Angel Regalado, Sr.
  • Conductive fluoropolymer compositions
    Patent number: 10676591
    Abstract: A composition of solid particles comprising substantially inorganic, electronically conductive particles and fluoropolymer particles, wherein the fluoropolymer is melt-processable and has a melting point between 100° C. and 325° C. and a melt flow index at 372° C. and at 5 kg load (MFI 372/5) of at least 0.1 and up to 100 g/10 min, and wherein the fluoropolymer particles have a particle size of less than 500 nm and wherein the particles comprising the substantially inorganic, electronically conductive material is present in the form of particles having a particle size of less than 15,000 ?m, and methods for producing such compositions and articles containing such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael H. Mitchell, Tatsuo Fukushi, Muhammad Z. Nawaz, Michael C. Dadalas, Klaus Hintzer, Tilman C. Zipplies, Denis Duchesne
  • Transparent electrode and organic electronic device including the same
    Patent number: 10675842
    Abstract: A transparent electrode has excellent adhesion between a substrate and a conductive layer. A transparent electrode includes a substrate, an underlying layer, and a conductive layer sequentially stacked. The underlying layer contains at least one selected from a compound having a thiol group and a poly(meth)acrylate and a poly(meth)acrylamide each having an aminoethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suematsu, Kazuaki Nakamura
  • Bio-derived composition for dust control
    Patent number: 10669463
    Abstract: Bio-derived glycerides formed from a reaction between waste glycerol and biodegradable or bio-derived fatty acid esters such as crude biodiesel or soybean oil triglycerides are useful as dust suppressants, binders, and stabilizing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NDSU Research Foundation
    Inventor: James Allen Bahr
  • Composition for forming solar cell electrode and electrode prepared using the same
    Patent number: 10665733
    Abstract: A composition for solar cell electrodes, an electrode formed of the same, and a method of forming an electrode, the composition including a conductive powder; a glass frit; at least one of a cyclosiloxane compound and a silsesquioxane compound; and an organic vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae Chan Kwon
  • High energy cathodes for lithium ion batteries
    Patent number: 10651470
    Abstract: An electrode formed from a material represented by Li1-xMxCo1-yM?yO2-d where 0<x?0.2, 0?y<1, and 0<d?0.2. M and M? each independently comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals, Group I elements, and Group II elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanghong Yi, Bin Li
  • Fluorinated coatings for high performance electrodes
    Patent number: 10650981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrode material comprising a carbon-containing substrate, comprising a surface and a plurality of RF moieties wherein each RF moiety is covalently bound to the surface; and each RF moiety comprises a fluorine atom. Also, disclosed herein is a method of preparing an electrode material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yogesh Surendranath, Stefan M. Kilyanek, Sterling B. Chu
  • Excavated nanoframes with three-dimensional electrocatalytic surfaces
    Patent number: 10646921
    Abstract: Described herein are metallic excavated nanoframes and methods for producing metallic excavated nanoframes. A method may include providing a solution including a plurality of excavated nanoparticles dispersed in a solvent, and exposing the solution to chemical corrosion to convert the plurality of excavated nanoparticles into a plurality of excavated nanoframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Peidong Yang, Nigel H. Becknell, Yoonkook Son
  • Conductive polymer dispersion for improved reliability
    Patent number: 10650980
    Abstract: A capacitor and process for forming the capacitor, is provided wherein the capacitor comprises a conductive polymer layer. The conductive polymer comprises first particles comprising conductive polymer and polyanion and second particles comprising the conductive polymer and said polyanion wherein the first particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 micron to no more than 10 microns and the second particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 nm to no more than 600 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: KEMET Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ajaykumar Bunha, Antony P. Chacko, Qingping Chen, Yaru Shi, Philip M. Lessner
  • Polymer containing antimicrobial hard surface cleaning compositions
    Patent number: 10647948
    Abstract: The need for a fast acting and broad spectrum antimicrobial composition which does not reduce surface shine and does not leave visible residues on the surface, while also providing greater residuality of the actives can be met by formulating antimicrobial compositions as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alan Edward Sherry, Molly Pelon Bohlen, Samuel Kimani Njoroge, LaShanda Marie Glenn, Janice Lynn Dhonau, Christopher Todd Morrissey, Jamesina Anne Fitzgerald, Phillip Kyle Vinson, Melinda Phyllis Steffey, Rafael Ortiz, Benjamin Patrick Hale, Yonas Gizaw, Roy Jerome Harrington, Peter Herbert Koenig, Nicola John Policicchio, Stefano Scialla, Steven Daryl Smith, Matthew Scott Wagner
  • Method and resins for creating electrically-conductive objects
    Patent number: 10647857
    Abstract: A method and resins for use with three-dimensional printing systems and/or other energy-curing devices to create 3-D objects having electrical conductivity. The resins comprise an initiator, a photopolymerizable agent, and a nanocarbon, particularly, single-walled carbon nanotubes. The initiator, photopolymerizable agent, and nanocarbon are mixed and agitated without fully solubilizing the nanocarbon so as to maintain the electrically conductive property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: XILICO, LLC
    Inventors: Greg P Cauchon, Ian D McFadden, Samir Sachdev
  • Method for preparing superabsorbent polymer and superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby
    Patent number: 10632451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing superabsorbent polymer that has not only excellent permeability and absorption speed, but also minimized absorbency under pressure decrease rate, and superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Ho Hwang, Hye Mi Nam, Sang Gi Lee, Soo Jin Lee, Tae Hwan Jang
  • Production of a master batch based on sulphur and carbonaceous nanofillers, the master batch produced, and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10633508
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a master batch comprising between 0.01 and 50 wt. % of carbonaceous nanofillers and at least one sulphurated material such as elemental sulphur by melt compounding, and to the master batch thus produced and the different uses thereof. The invention also relates to a solid composition comprising carbonaceous nanofillers dispersed in a sulphurated material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Alexander Korzhenko, Christophe Vincendeau, Thierry Aubert
  • Powder paint thermosetting binder composition and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 10626277
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a powder paint thermosetting binder composition that is solvent-free and includes at least one hardener and one cross-linking catalyst, and a first epoxy resin or a functionalized resin having at least one epoxy group. The resin has an epoxy equivalent weight of between 250 and 800 g/eq and a glass transition temperature of between 35 and 80° C. A binder composition of this kind has a polymerization starting temperature of 80° C. and a gel time of between 35 s and 140 s at 180° C. Some embodiments also relate to a paint composition containing a thermosetting binder composition of this kind, at least one pigment and, optionally, in addition a leveling agent and inorganic or organic fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: H.E.F.
    Inventors: Constantin Iacob, Sébastien Bucher, Christophe Heau, Fabrice Prost
  • Use of thianthrene-containing polymers as a charge store
    Patent number: 10608255
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a thianthrene-containing polymer as redox-active electrode material, for example as an electrode slurry, for electrical charge storage means, especially secondary batteries. It additionally also relates to the electrode material comprising the polymer, and to an electrode and an electrical charge storage means comprising the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Wild, Ulrich Schubert, Bernhard Häupler
  • Piezoresistive ink, methods and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10590296
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piezoresistive ink composition for sensors production. This ink, change linearly their electrical resistivity with an applied deformation and can easily recover when the external applied stress is released. The composition comprises flexible polymers as thermoplastic elastomers from the styrene-butadiene-styrene family (SBS, SEBS or others), nanostructures of carbon or metal, polar solvents and dispersive agents. With this ink, the user can print the sensor with any desired geometry and use different printing techniques, including drop casting, spray, screen and inkjet printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSIDAD DO MINHO, DYNASOL ELASTOMEROS S.A.
    Inventors: Senen Lanceros Mendez, Pedro Filipe Ribeiro Da Costa, Juliana Alice Ferreira Oliveira, Bruna Ferreira Gonçalves, Sergio Corona Galvàn