Patents Examined by Lanee Reuther
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Patent number: 8450408Abstract: A pneumatic tire obtained by using a rubber composition containing 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising at least one of natural rubber and diene base synthetic rubber, 20 to 150 parts by mass of precipitated silica as a filler in which a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-adsorbing specific surface area (CTAB) (m2/g) and the mode Aac in diameters (nm) of primary aggregates determined by acoustic measurement of particle size distribution satisfy equation (A) shown below and in which a difference between an ignition loss (mass reduction % when heated at 750° C. for 3 hours) and a heating loss (mass reduction % when heated at 105° C. for 2 hours) satisfies equation (B) shown below and 1 to 25 parts by mass of at least one specific sulfur-containing silane compound as a silane coupling agent: Aac??0.76×(CTAB)+274??(A) (ignition loss)?(heating loss)?3??(B).Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Bridgestone CorporationInventor: Naohiro Sasaka
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Patent number: 8450265Abstract: The present invention is directed to a novel compound, 3-methyl-cyclohexadec-6-enone, and a method of improving, enhancing or modifying a fragrance formulation through the addition of an olfactory acceptable amount of 3-methyl-cyclohexadec-6-enone.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.Inventors: Anubhav P. S. Narula, Edward Mark Arruda, Benjamin Amorelli, Franc T. Schiet
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Patent number: 8445424Abstract: A method of providing to a fragrance application a musky odor, comprising the addition thereto of at least one compound according to the formula I in which R1 is selected from H and CH3; R2, R3 are selected from the possibilities that (a) both are CH3; and (b) R2 and R3 together form a single bond (as indicated by the broken line); and n is an integer selected from 1, 2, 3, and 4. The compounds are useful in the complete range of fine and functional fragrance applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Givaudan SAInventor: Philip Kraft
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Patent number: 8426354Abstract: Provided is a fragrance composition having a natural rose aroma with freshness, sweetness, and softness, which is hardly reproduced by combining aroma components conventionally known as rose aromas. Also provided is a fragrance composition having excellent rose-like naturalness, freshness, and richness. More specifically, provided are: a fragrance composition, having added thereto 2-isopropyl-4-methylthiazole alone or in combination with rose oxide; a method of manufacturing the same; and a method of imparting an aroma to a fragrance composition, the method including adding 2-isopropyl-4-methylthiazole to a base fragrance composition having a rose-like aroma as a main aroma.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignees: Shiseido Company, Ltd., Takasago International CorporationInventors: Atushi Joichi, Yasuko Nakamura, Shinichiro Haze, Takahiro Ishikawa, Takashi Nishida, Kazutoshi Sakurai
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Patent number: 8426353Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing perfume-containing microcapsules with a polyurea wall that can be used in home or personal care products, as well as to the microcapsules themselves and consumer products that include or incorporate these microcapsules. The process of the invention uses a particular colloidal stabilizer in the form of an aqueous solution that includes defined proportions of particular polymers.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Lahoussine Ouali, Arnaud Struillou, Estelle Rassat, Marlène Jacquemond, Otto Gräther, Claudie Bellouard Drevet
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Patent number: 8426352Abstract: A scenting composition comprising a perfume and a polyolefin, the polyolefin having a crystallinity of from about 5% to about 60% and wherein the composition has a crystallinity of from about 0.5% to about 60%.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Giovanni Scarabaggio, Italo Corzani, Yessica De Nardin, Juana Rios
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Patent number: 8420727Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition with excellent rigidity (flexural strength) and impact resistance, and a method of preparing the same are disclosed. The polycarbonate resin composition includes 1 to 70 parts by weight of a filament filler of 5˜30 mm based on 100 parts by weight of the total amount of a first polycarbonate resin (A) having a weight-average molecular weight of 25,000 g/mol or less, the filament filler (B), and one of a second polycarbonate resin (C) having a weight-average molecular weight of more than 25,000 g/mol and a rubber-modified styrene graft copolymer resin and a styrene copolymer resin (C?). The polycarbonate resin composition provides high rigidity and impact strength, and thus is useful to manufacture a variety of molded articles such as mobile products, electronic components, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Kyoung Tae Kim, Chang Min Hong
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Patent number: 8410042Abstract: The present invention concerns the use as perfuming ingredients of para-substituted derivatives of ?-methyl cinnamic alcohol of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl or alkenyl group or a formyl or acetyl group; R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a methyl, ethyl or methoxy group; and R3 represents a CH2 group or a carbon-carbon double bond. The present invention concerns the use of said compound in the perfumery industry as well as the compositions or articles containing said compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignee: Firmenich SAInventor: Robert Moretti
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Patent number: 8394906Abstract: The invention is a polymeric ophthalmic lens material comprising a polymeric ophthalmic lens material comprising a) one or more lens-forming polymerizable monomers selected from the group of hydrophilic acrylate-substitute monomers, hydrophobic acrylate-substituted monomers, vinyl-substituted monomers, and platinum-catalyzed vinyl hydride addition-cured silicones, b) a polymerizable ultraviolet absorber and c) a polymerizable yellow dye. In one embodiment of the invention, the polymerizable ultraviolet absorber has the formula: and the polymerizable yellow dye has the formula: wherein R1=vinyl, R2, R3=H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, wherein R2=vinyl, R1, R3=H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, and wherein R3=vinyl, R1, R2=H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Aaren Scientific Inc.Inventor: Marie Dvorak Christ
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Patent number: 8389466Abstract: A description is provided of the use of certain carboxylic acid esters as a fragrance substance, preferably as a fragrance substance for conveying, modifying and/or intensifying one, two or all the fragrance notes fruity and green, preferably both the fragrance notes fruity and green.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Symrise AGInventors: Johannes Panten, Egon Oelkers, Joachim Correll, Pierre Kurzenne
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Patent number: 8383574Abstract: The present invention relates to a perfume composition as a raw material of fruity perfumes which has a conventionally unknown peculiar fresh, woody, floral, grassy-leafy nuance and is capable of harmonizing with various perfumes to provide perfume preparations having a more sophisticated odor or scent. The perfume composition of the present invention includes a compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R3 is a hydrocarbon group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2009Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Shinji Kotachi, Shinya Nagasawa, Satoshi Ohno
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Patent number: 8367774Abstract: Among other things, a process for producing an agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particle and an agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particle are disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (A) bringing superabsorbent polymer fine particles having at least about 40 wt. %, a particle size of less than about 150 ?m into contact with a fluid comprising to more than about 10 wt. % a cross-linkable, uncrosslinked polymer based on polymerized, ethylenically unsaturated, acid group-bearing monomers or salts thereof; and (B) cross-linking the uncrosslinked polymer by heating the superabsorbent polymer fine particles and the fluid to a temperature from about 20 to about 300° C., so that the cross-linkable, uncrosslinked polymer at least partially crosslinks.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Evonik Stockhausen GmbHInventor: Markus Frank
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Patent number: 8354369Abstract: An alcoholic perfume solution with an improved tenacity when applied onto a surface is described. The solution contains an effective amount of a single polymer capable of extending the diffusion of perfuming ingredients in the air.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2012Date of Patent: January 15, 2013Assignee: Firmenich SAInventor: Pascal Beaussoubre
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Patent number: 8338361Abstract: A novel musk-based fragrance having an excellent musky fragrance is provided. Also provided is a fragrance composition containing, as an active ingredient, a macrocyclic lactone compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein A represents an ethylene group or an ethenylene group; and when A is an ethylene group, R represents an alkyl group having 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 1 to 6, while when A is an ethenylene group, R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 1 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Fumikazu Takahashi, Kazuyuki Fukuda, Yasushi Takimura, Takahiro Asada