Patents Examined by Katie L Hammer
  • Patent number: 11652052
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes a substrate, a copper layer, an organic composite protective layer, and a silver nanowire layer. The copper layer is disposed on the substrate. The nanowire-distribution-promotion layer is disposed between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Xi-Zhao Wang, Yi-Min Jiang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chao-Hui Kuo, Can-Liang Zhao, Hong-Yan Lian, Chun-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11652051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes: a substrate; a copper layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the copper layer, wherein the adhesion promotion layer forms a monomolecular adsorption layer on the surface of the copper layer; and a silver nanowire layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is 3B or more. In the present disclosure, by disposing the adhesion promotion layer on the copper layer, in the stacked structure of the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer, the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is increased, so as to prevent a peeling phenomenon of the copper layer occurring in the subsequent yellow-light process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Jiang, Xi-Zhao Wang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen, Chao-Hui Kuo, Wei-Chuan Chao, Chia Jui Lin
  • Patent number: 11639453
    Abstract: An electrically conductive material includes an anionic polymer having a polymer backbone that is bonded to a plurality of terminal catechol moieties and a plurality of terminal sulfonate moieties. It also includes a cationic polymer including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoyong Chung, Minkyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11639553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are corrosion control compositions comprising one or more multiple charged cationic compounds to reduce corrosion of metal surfaces in a water system. The multiple charged cationic compounds are derived from polyamines through a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide or two reactions: an aza-Michael addition with an activated olefin having a cation group and a ring-opening reaction with an epoxide. The disclosed compositions are found to be effective corrosion inhibitors for water systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Ashish Dhawan, Jeremy Moloney, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Patent number: 11634321
    Abstract: The hydrogen storage product comprises one or more reduced-graphene oxide layers functionalized with a boron species and decorated with an alkali or alkaline earth metal. Each layer of the structure further comprises boron-oxygen functional groups comprising oxygen atoms bonded to boron atoms. The hydrogen storage product has a composition suitable for physisorption of hydrogen molecule, and operates to reversibly store hydrogen under operating conditions of low pressure and ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HYDROGEN IN MOTION INC. (H2M)
    Inventors: Pei Pei, Michael Brian Whitwick, Andrey Tokarev, Sahida Kureshi, Erik Kjeang, Mark Cannon, Grace Quan
  • Patent number: 11629446
    Abstract: A system and a method for treating a textile material with ozone gas. The system includes: an ozone gas supply system, a hollow chamber fillable with ozone provided by said gas supply system, a textile-feeding port connected to said chamber and comprising a first liquid fillable tank, a textile-discharging port connected to said chamber and comprising a second liquid fillable tank, guide rollers, driving rollers, at least one tension compensator located inside the hollow chamber. The system is adapted for implementing the method, the latter including: using the system and providing liquid to said first and second tanks, providing ozone gas to said hollow chamber, driving the textile material to pass tensed through the system while controlling its tension using the tension compensators. The use of the tension compensators prevents the formation of ozone induced defects on the textile material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JEANOLOGIA, S. L.
    Inventors: Vicente Albert Revert, Victoria Puchol Estors, Peiming Liu
  • Patent number: 11631580
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention is formulations comprising both organoaminohafnium and organoaminosilane precursors that allows anchoring both silicon-containing fragments and hafnium-containing fragments onto a given surface having hydroxyl groups to deposit silicon doped hafnium oxide having a silicon doping level ranging from 0.5 to 8 mol %, preferably 2 to 6 mol %, most preferably 3 to 5 mol %, suitable as ferroelectric material. In another aspect, the invention is methods and systems for depositing the silicon doped hafnium oxide films using the formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Versum Materials US, LLC
    Inventors: Xinjian Lei, Matthew R. MacDonald, Moo-Sung Kim, Se-Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11623998
    Abstract: An object is to achieve both good washing fastness and texture by combining a urethane resin of high fracture elongation with a small quantity of crosslinking agent. As a means for achieving the object, a white inkjet ink composition for textile printing is provided that contains a white pigment, a water-dispersible urethane resin having reactivity to cationic compounds, a crosslinking agent, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water; wherein the crosslinking agent is contained by 0.02 to 0.15 parts by mass relative to 1 part by mass of the water-dispersible urethane resin, and as the water-soluble organic solvent, a glycol ether that dissolves by 1 to 60 g in 100 g of water is contained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichi Sato, Ayumi Minegishi, Hiroyuki Konishi, Ryuta Noda
  • Patent number: 11621396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (1) which are suitable for use in electronic devices, in particular organic electroluminescent devices, and to electronic devices which comprise these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Amir Parham, Jonas Kroeber, Jens Engelhart, Anja Jatsch, Christian Eickhoff, Christian Ehrenreich
  • Patent number: 11594696
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electronic component comprising a cathode, an anode, at least one light-emitting layer which is arranged between the anode and the cathode, a first layer, which comprises a first matrix material and a dopant, a second layer, which comprises a second matrix material, wherein the first layer is arranged between the second layer and the anode, wherein the second layer is arranged between the anode and the at least one light-emitting layer, wherein the dopant is a fluorinated sulfonimide metal salt of the following formula 1:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventors: Andreas Rausch, Niels Gerlitzki
  • Patent number: 11585043
    Abstract: By sequentially performing: a step (I) of dissolving fullerene C70 in an organic solvent to prepare a fullerene solution; a step (II) of immersing a material carbon fiber in the fullerene solution; and a step (III) of extracting the carbon fiber from the fullerene solution and drying the extracted carbon fiber, a carbon fiber on which fullerene C70 adsorbs is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi, Tomoyuki Takei, Yu Gao, Masumi Kuritani
  • Patent number: 11578411
    Abstract: This invention presents a novel corrosion inhibitor. In the preferred embodiment, the inventive corrosion inhibitor comprises extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). In one embodiment, the invention presents a novel EPS corrosion inhibitor using waste activated sludge (WAS). In this embodiment, WAS is heated to release EPS from the microbial mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Inventors: Rafael Hernandez, Liew Go
  • Patent number: 11566142
    Abstract: A conductive ink is provided, which includes an ink solvent and a conductive composition dispersed in the ink solvent. The conductive composition includes a silver nanoparticle and a molecular chain of polyaniline formed on a surface of the silver nanoparticle. A method for preparing a conductive ink and a flexible display device are further provided. The conductive ink has good film forming property and good conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Wei Zhang, Xingfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11560486
    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: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: XILICO, LLC
    Inventors: Greg P Cauchon, Ian D McFadden, Samir Sachdev
  • Patent number: 11559839
    Abstract: A method of producing nanoscale materials comprising the steps of entraining liquid droplets containing at least one nanoparticle precursor within a gaseous stream, and passing said gaseous stream containing said liquid droplets through a non-thermal equilibrium plasma whereby said plasma interacts with said at least one nanoparticle precursor to produce nanoparticles within said droplets without substantial evaporation of the droplets and conveying the thus produced nanoparticles within said gaseous stream downstream of said plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: University of Ulster
    Inventors: Davide Mariotti, Paul Maguire
  • Patent number: 11555128
    Abstract: A printing formulation, an electronic device comprising a function layer prepared from the printing formulation and a preparation method for obtaining a functional material thin film by utilizing the printing formulation. The printing formulation comprises at least one functional material and at least one inorganic ester solvent, and the inorganic ester solvent can be selected from alkyl borate or alkyl phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU CHINARAY OPTOELECTRONIC MATERIALS LTD.
    Inventors: Junyou Pan, Xi Yang, Xiaolin Yan
  • Patent number: 11549026
    Abstract: A metallic nanoparticle composition includes copper nanoparticles, a first non-aqueous polar protic solvent (boiling point in a range of 180° C. to 250° C. and viscosity in a range of 10 cP to 100 cP at 25° C.), and a second non-aqueous polar protic solvent (boiling point in a range of 280° C. to 300° C. and a viscosity of at least 100 cP at 25° C.). The concentration of copper nanoparticles in the composition is in a range of 32 wt % to 55 wt %, and the concentration of the second non-aqueous polar protic solvent in the composition is in a range of 4 wt % to 10 wt %. There is polyvinylpyrrolidone present on the copper nanoparticles surfaces. The composition's viscosity is at least 250 cP at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: XTPL S.A.
    Inventors: Mateusz Lysień, Aneta Wiatrowska, Maciej Ziȩba, Ludovic Schneider, Filip Granek
  • Patent number: 11549022
    Abstract: Disclosed are conductive composites comprising a polymer, a conductor selected from metals and metal alloys, a compatibilizing agent, and an optional thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ashley M. Dustin, Andrew P. Nowak, Xin N. Guan, Adam F. Gross, Richard E. Sharp
  • Patent number: 11535981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a defined three-dimensional texture on a textile, in which the texture is provided on a textile with a defined area and a defined height, the texture is formed with at least one texture layer, wherein the height and the area of the texture are adjusted by at least one defined height and at least one defined area of the at least one texture layer, at least one variable-volume ink is applied to the textile in the form of individual ink droplets, wherein a plurality of ink droplets are provided on the textile according to the area of the texture, and the applied ink droplets are activated, whereby a predefined volume increase of the ink droplets is produced and the at least one texture layer is formed on the textile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Angelo Schiestl
  • Patent number: 11530312
    Abstract: A stretchable wiring film includes: (A) a stretchable film made of, at least as a top surface of the stretchable film, a cured product of a stretchable film material containing a silicone polyurethane resin; and (B) a stretchable wiring. The top surface of the stretchable film has a repeated uneven pattern formed with depths of 0.1 ?m to 5 mm and pitches of 0.1 ?m to 10 mm. The stretchable wiring is formed on the top surface of the stretchable film where the repeated uneven pattern is formed. Thus, the present invention provides: a stretchable wiring film having less decrease in electric conductivity in stretching and excellent water repellency on the film top surface; and a method for forming the stretchable wiring film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jun Hatakeyama