Patents Examined by Kofi Adzamli
  • Patent number: 10590149
    Abstract: Novel fluorosilicon nitrile compounds, and methods of preparing them, are described. The fluorosilicon nitrile compounds are characterized by having a total of four substituents attached to a silicon atom, wherein one or two of the substituents are fluorine atoms, one or two of the substituents are cyanoalkyl groups, which are the same as or different from each other, and the remainder of the substituents, if any, are alkyl groups, which are the same as or different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Robert George Syvret, Craig Alan Polsz
  • Patent number: 10590071
    Abstract: Isosulfan blue and processes for the preparation thereof are provided. A process is also provided for preparation of the intermediate, 2-chlorobenzaldehyde-5-sulfonic acid, sodium salt of formula (2), used in the preparation thereof and a procedure for the isolation of benzaldehyde-2,5-disulfonic acid, di-sodium salt of the formula (3). Also provided is a process for the preparation of an isoleuco acid of formula (4), which upon oxidation gives rise to isosulfan blue of pharmaceutical grade which can be used for preparation of pharmaceutical formulations. The isolation and purification procedures provided in the process provide substantially pure isosulfan blue with HPLC purity 99.5% or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Apicore US LLC
    Inventors: Ravishanker Kovi, Satyam Nampalli, Peter Xavier Tharial
  • Patent number: 10570160
    Abstract: The invention provides a direct solvent free method for the selective synthesis of trialkoxysilanes having the formula SiH(OR)3, the method comprises providing a mixture of metallic silicon and copper based catalyst in a packed bed reactor, wherein neither the metallic silicon nor the silicon-catalyst mixture is subjected to any washing step. Claim 1 relates to a direct solvent free method for the selective synthesis of trialkoxysilanes having the formula SiH(OR)3, wherein each R is a C1-C4 alkyl, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mixture of metallic silicon and copper based catalyst in a packed bed reactor; heating the mixture at an activation temperature of about 180° C.-about 250° C.; introducing C1-C4 alcohol to the reactor at a reaction temperature of about 180° C.-less than about 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
    Inventors: Fidelis Chigondo, Paul Watts
  • Patent number: 10570086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for converting the unwanted S enantiomer form to its useful raceme with respect to a 4-aminoindane derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Narayana Swamy, Chokalingam Devarajan, Ravindra Vitthal Datar
  • Patent number: 10570513
    Abstract: Disclosed are organosilane precursors, methods of synthesizing the same, and methods of using the same to deposit silicon-containing films using vapor deposition processes. The disclosed organosilane precursors have the following formula: SiHx(RN—(CR)n—NR)y(NRR)z wherein R may each independently be H, a C1 to C6 alkyl group, or a C3-C20 aryl or heterocycle group, x+y+z=4 and n, x, y and z are integers, provided that x?3 when y=1. Preferably, n=1 to 3, x=0 to 2, y=1 to 2, and z=1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Kuchenbeiser, Claudia Fafard
  • Patent number: 10562923
    Abstract: The invention relates to silane mixtures comprising a silane of the formula I (R1)y(R2)3-ySi—R3—(S—R4)n—S—R5??(I) and a silane of the formula II (R1)y(R2)3-ySi—R3—(S—R4)z—S—R3—Si(R1)y(R2)3-y??(II) where the molar ratio of silane of the formula I to silane of the formula II is 20:80-90:10. The silane mixture according to the invention can be prepared by mixing the silanes of the formula I and silanes of the formula II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Caren Roeben, Ralph Moser, Alexander Koepfer, Stefanie Mayer, Andre Hasse, Frank Forster
  • Patent number: 10550136
    Abstract: A method simply produces a narrowly distributed and high-purity polyalkylene glycol derivative having an amino group at an end without using a heavy metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuki Suka, Yuji Harada, Takeru Watanabe, Shiori Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10550132
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of metal ion complexes, the process comprising contacting a metal in the form of particles with a chelating agent in solid form and, while the metal is in contact with the chelating agent, contacting the metal and chelating agent with an oxidising agent. The present invention also provides novel metal ion complexes. The invention further provides uses of the metal ion complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: RR Medsciences Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Llewellyn Stephen Frank Casbolt, William John Simpson
  • Patent number: 10544171
    Abstract: A process for producing a cyclic hydrogenated silane compound comprising: a decomplexation step of contacting a salt of a cyclic halosilane compound with a Lewis acid compound to react, thereby obtaining a cyclic halosilane compound; and a reduction step of contacting the cyclic halosilane compound with a metal hydride to reduce the cyclic halosilane compound, thereby obtaining a cyclic hydrogenated silane compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD
    Inventor: Takashi Abe
  • Patent number: 10544276
    Abstract: A subject-matter of the invention is a process for the depolymerization of a polyester feedstock comprising opaque PET, the said process comprising at least the stages of conditioning, of depolymerization and of separation of the diol and of separation of the liquid effluent rich in monomers, followed by a decolouration stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Cyprien Charra, Frederic Favre, Adrien Mekki-Berrada, Olivier Thinon
  • Patent number: 10547014
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula (I) as compounds capable of emitting delayed fluorescence, and uses of the compounds in organic light-emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: KYULUX, INC.
    Inventors: Jorge Aguilera-Iparraguirre, Rafael Gomez-Bombarelli, Timothy D. Hirzel, Hisashi Okada, Yu Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 10544267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing siloxanes that have glycerin modifications and, at the same time, hydrophobic substituents. The invention further relates to a siloxane that has glycerin modifications and also hydrophobic side chains, wherein at least some of the glycerin modifications bear ketal groups, and to the use of said new siloxanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Horst Dudzik, Klaus-Dieter Klein
  • Patent number: 10544170
    Abstract: Provided are an organosilicon compound capable of improving the storage stability of a composition (curability after long-term storage); and a method for producing the same. The organosilicon compound has, in one molecule, at least one carboxylic acid ester group represented by the following general formula (1) and at least one hydrolyzable silyl group represented by the following general formula (2): —OC(?O)CH2R1??(1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; —SiR23-nYn??(2) wherein R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, Y represents a hydrolyzable group, and n represents an integer satisfying 1?n?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Taiki Katayama, Isao Iwasaki, Takafumi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10538488
    Abstract: The present invention discloses processes for producing methyl ethyl sulfide by contacting dimethyl sulfide and diethyl sulfide in the presence of a suitable catalyst. Methyl ethyl sulfide can be used as an odorant in natural gas. Integrated mercaptan and sulfide manufacturing systems and integrated methods for making mercaptans and sulfides also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Daniel M. Hasenberg, Kenneth M. Lassen, Jason L. Kreider, Henry Hwu
  • Patent number: 10525418
    Abstract: To provide: a purification method which uses a polyimide and/or polyamide imide porous membrane that exhibits excellent removal performance for impurities such as metals, and wherein a liquid that is a silylating agent liquid, a film forming material or a diffusing agent composition is an object to be purified; a purification method for purifying a silicon compound-containing liquid that contains a silicon compound which is capable of producing a silanol group by hydrolysis; a method for producing a silylating agent liquid, a film forming material or a diffusing agent composition, which uses the purification method; a filter medium which is composed of the above-described porous membrane; and a filter device which comprises the above-described porous membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sawada, Tsukasa Sugawara
  • Patent number: 10519096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating nitrile compounds to amino compounds, in which the cross-sectional loading of the reactor during the hydrogenation is less than or equal to 4.0 kg/m2*s, based on the liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Anne Rittsteiger, Stephan Kohlstruk, Dirk Hoppe, Alexander Martin Rüfer, Sabrina Sowka, Sven Schneider, Norbert Schlüter, Axel Hengstermann, Markus Galle, Stefan Röder, Monika Berweiler
  • Patent number: 10519173
    Abstract: A process for the selective removal of a component from a liquid phase and subsequently returning the component to a liquid phase is disclosed. A novel compound of formula (I) [SUP]-[[L]-[G]]a (I) in which L is a linking group, G is an aryl group having a leaving group LG selected from Cl, Br, I, sulfonate such as triflate, a diazo group, a nitrile, an ester and an alkoxy group and substituent Q is selected from H, NR2, OR, CO2R, F, Cl, NO2 CN and SUP is a support having a plurality of groups -[L]-[G] bound to the support is contacted with the liquid phase to bind the component to the compound I thereby forming a captured component which is separated from and may be returned to the liquid phase. The compound I is especially useful in binding homogeneous catalysts to remove it from a reaction medium and selectively returning the catalyst to the reaction medium at a later stage. The compound is particularly useful for cross-coupling reactions, for example in Suzuki reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: PHOSPHONICS LTD
    Inventors: Paul Murray, Robin Wilkes, Christopher North
  • Patent number: 10517967
    Abstract: An aqueous approach to synthesize capped SnS quantum dots (QDs) followed by optional capping molecule extension by attaching one or more extending molecules to the capping molecule via peptide bond formation at elevated temperature. The capped SnS QDs may have a capping molecule:Sn:S molar ratio of 16:3:1 to 16:12:1. A suspension of SnS QDs was heat-treated at 200° C. for 0.5-4 hrs. The obtained SnS QDs showed an NIR emission peak at 820-835 nm with an excitation wavelength at 690 nm. The as synthesized SnS QDs were found to have high positive zeta potential of ˜30 mV and thus were toxic to cells. By neutralizing the SnS QDs the cytotoxicity was reduced to an accepted level. The heat-treatment step can be obviated by adding a glycerol solution containing S2? anions and capping molecule to a glycerol solution of Sn2+ ions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Drexel University
    Inventors: Wei-Heng Shih, Wan Y. Shih, Song Han, Xiaomin Niu, Shi Fang
  • Patent number: 10513637
    Abstract: Materials containing the reaction products of a cyclic azasilane with water and a compound or polymer containing an isocyanate or epoxy functional group and methods for their synthesis are provided. Stable mixtures containing a cyclic azasilane and a compound or polymer containing an isocyanate or epoxy functional group according to invention are stored under anhydrous conditions. The invention also provides a novel class of materials, mono and bis(cycloaza)disiloxanes comprising one or two cyclic structures bridged by an Si—O—Si bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Gelest Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry C. Arkles, Youlin Pan
  • Patent number: 10513584
    Abstract: A process and composition for the hydrosilylation of an unsaturated compound comprising reacting (a) a silyl hydride with (b) an unsaturated compound in the presence of (c) a platinum compound and (d) a cyclodiene, with the proviso that when the unsaturated compound is a terminal alkyne, the silyl hydride is other than a halosilane. The process and composition optionally comprise an inhibitor (e). The process and composition may be employed to form a variety of hydrosilylation products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Aroop K. Roy, Julie L. Boyer