Patents Examined by M. Bernshteyn
  • Patent number: 11976146
    Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure are directed to ethylene-based polymers. The ethylene-based polymer are polymerized units derived from ethylene, diene, and optionally, one or more C3-C12 ?-olefins. The ethylene-based polymer includes a melt viscosity ratio (V0.1/V100) at 190 C greater than 20. The V0.1 is the viscosity of the ethylene-based polymer at 190 C at a frequency of 0.1 radians/second, and the V100 is the viscosity of the ethylene-based polymer at 190 C at a frequency of 100 radians/second. Additionally, the ethylene-based polymer includes an average g greater than 0.86, where the average g? is an intrinsic viscosity ratio determined by gel permeation chromatography using a triple detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert D. J. Froese, Keran Lu, Robert L. Sammler, Cornelis F. J. Den Doelder
  • Patent number: 11980091
    Abstract: An organic electroluminescence device of an embodiment includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the emission layer includes a compound represented by Formula 1 below, and thus the organic electroluminescence device may exhibit high luminous efficiency characteristics and improved service life characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Lapto Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongchan Lee, Eu-gene Oh, SeulOng Kim, Yunjee Park, Munsoo Kim, JuWan Maeng, Kap-jong Han
  • Patent number: 11976143
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an aerogel-modified polypropylene and a preparation method thereof, and ultralight thermal-insulating melt-blown non-woven fabric containing the aerogel-modified polypropylene and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method for the aerogel-modified polypropylene includes the following steps: before or during a polymerization reaction, adding aerogel to blend with reaction materials with low viscosities. thereby implementing uniform dispersion of the aerogel to prepare the aerogel-modified polypropylene; herein the reaction materials include a propylene monomer, a catalyst, and an additive, and the aerogel has a granularity falling within a range from 20 nm to 100 ?m, a porosity falling within a range from 40% to 99.9%, a stacking density falling within a range from to 500 g/L, and, a volume fraction being 20-60% of a volume of the ultralight thermal-insulating melt-blown non-woven fabric prepared from the aerogel-modified polypropylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING HONG WARM FIBRES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guangwu Li
  • Patent number: 11970628
    Abstract: Provided is a fluororesin coating composition for forming a topcoat having improved non-tackiness and water and oil repellency. The fluororesin is crystalline tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether) copolymer having a perfluoro(ethyl vinyl ether) content of 8 to 20 mass % based on the total mass of the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC, CHEMOURS-MITSUI FLUOROPRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisaku Shinohara, Kazuhiko Miyagishima
  • Patent number: 11970589
    Abstract: A composite proton conductive membrane, comprising an inorganic filler having covalently bonded acidic functional groups and a high surface area of at least 150 m2/g; and a water insoluble ionically conductive polymer. This membrane provides advantages over traditional polymeric proton conductive membranes for redox flow battery, fuel cell, and electrolysis applications include: 1) enhanced proton conductivity/permeance due to the formation of additional nanochannels for proton conducting; 2) improved proton/electrolyte selectivity for redox flow battery application; 3) reduced membrane swelling and gas or electrolyte crossover; 4) improved chemical stability; 5) increased cell operation time with stable performance, and 6) reduced membrane cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Chunqing Liu, Xueliang Dong, Chaoyi Ba
  • Patent number: 11970556
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to provide a methacrylic resin and a methacrylic resin composition which enable production of a shaped article excellent in color tone in a long path length. A methacrylic resin of the present disclosure has a structural unit (X) including a cyclic structure in a main chain thereof. The methacrylic resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of higher than 120° C. and 160° C. or lower. An emission intensity at 514 nm in terms of a concentration of a solution of fluorescein in ethanol is 30×10?10 mol/L or less when a solution containing 2.0 mass % of the methacrylic resin in chloroform is spectroscopically analyzed using an excitation wavelength of 436 nm and a slit width of 2 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuichiro Inagawa, Junichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11969723
    Abstract: An anion exchange membrane is composed of a copolymer of 1,1-diphenylethylene and one or more styrene monomers, such as 4-tert-butylstyrene. The copolymer includes a backbone substituted with a plurality of ionic groups coupled to phenyl groups on the backbone via hydrocarbyl tethers between about 1 and about 7 carbons in length. High-temperature conditions enabled by these copolymers enhance conductivity performance, making them particularly suitable for use in anion exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolyzers employing hydrogen, ion separations, etc. The properties of the membranes can be tuned via the degree of functionalization of the phenyl groups and selection of the functional groups, such as quaternary ammonium groups. Several processes can be used to incorporate the desired ionic functional groups into the polymers, such as chloromethylation, radical bromination, Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation, sulfonation followed by amination, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Sangwoo Lee, Chulsung Bae, Carrie Lynn Trant
  • Patent number: 11965045
    Abstract: A method of forming an etched part includes forming a substrate including a thermoset resin and etching a surface of the substrate. The thermoset resin includes a vat photopolymerization (VPP) thermoset resin and at least one of an etchable phase and etchable particles disposed within the VPP thermoset resin. The etching removes the etchable phase from the VPP thermoset resin at the surface of the substrate such that a plurality of micro-mechanical bonding sites are formed on an etched surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Xiaojiang Wang, Shannon Christine Bollin, Robert D. Bedard, Matthew Cassoli, Ellen Cheng-Chi Lee
  • Patent number: 11965074
    Abstract: Anion exchange membrane and methods of making and using the same. In one embodiment, the anion exchange membrane may be made by a method that includes a two-step polymerization. In the first step, an ?-olefin monomer containing a pendant halide, such as 8-bromo-1-octene, may be polymerized by Ziegler-Natta polymerization to form a first polymer portion, the first polymer portion being a homopolymer. In the second step, the polymerization is charged with a non-functionalized ?-olefin monomer, such as ethylene, thereby forming a second polymer portion, the second polymer being a copolymer made up predominantly of the non-functionalized olefin monomer. If desired, a small amount of an ?-olefin monomer containing a crosslinking functionality may be included in the first and/or second steps. Following the two-step polymerization, the polymer is fabricated into a thin film. Thereafter, the thin film may be functionalized by replacing the pendant halides with pendant cations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GINER, INC.
    Inventors: Derek J. Strasser, Hui Xu, Judith Lattimer
  • Patent number: 11958925
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparation of superabsorbent polymer with high fluid absorptivity. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising said superabsorbent polymer and their use for absorbing aqueous fluids, for example in the agricultural industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: UPL LTD
    Inventors: Prashant Vasant Kini, Vilas Manikant Mukadam, Janardan Ramnihor Tiwari
  • Patent number: 11957043
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an interlayer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer patterned into a red emission layer and a green emission layer for a corresponding sub-pixel, wherein the red emission layer includes a red dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and the green emission layer comprises a green dopant having a horizontal dipole moment, and the horizontal dipole moment of the green dopant is greater than the horizontal dipole moment of the red dopant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsook Bang, Donghoon Kim, Sanghoon Yim, Jinyoung Choi, Eunjeong Hong, Kwanhee Lee
  • Patent number: 11945893
    Abstract: A curable composition can comprise a polymerizable material including a monomer of Formula (1), with R being H or alkyl or alkylaryl, n being 1-4, m being 0-6, X1 being C1-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, X2 being CH3 or H, After forming a cured layer of the curable composition, the cured layer can have an excellent etch resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fen Wan, Weijun Liu, Gary F. Doyle
  • Patent number: 11945890
    Abstract: Fluorinated compositions include a fluorinated copolymer formed from a fluorine-containing monomer and vinyl chloride, the fluorine-containing monomer in an amount of from 0.5 weight % to 10.0 weight % based on a combined weight % of fluorine-containing monomer and vinyl chloride. Methods of making a fluorinated copolymer are further provided. Ultraviolet-protective films formed from a mixture including a fluorinated copolymer are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mexichem Specialty Resins Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Thomas Scilla, Viswanathan Narayan
  • Patent number: 11938472
    Abstract: The anion exchange membranes exhibit enhanced chemical stability and ion conductivity when compared with traditional styrene-based alkaline anion exchange membranes. A copolymer backbone is polymerized from a reaction medium that includes a diphenylalkylene and an alkadiene. The copolymer includes a plurality of pendant phenyl groups. The diphenyl groups on the polymer backbone are functionalized with one or more haloalkylated precursor substrates. The terminal halide from the precursor substrate can then be substituted with a desired ionic group. The diphenylethylene-based alkaline anion exchange membranes lack the ?-hydrogens sharing tertiary carbons with phenyl groups from polystyrene or styrene-based precursor polymers, resulting in higher chemical stability. The ionic groups are also apart from each other by about 3 to 6 carbons in the polymer backbone, enhancing ion conductivity. These membrane are advantageous for use in fuel cells, electrolyzers employing hydrogen, ion separations, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Sangwoo Lee, Chulsung Bae, Musashi J. Briem, Sungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11939496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable adhesive composition based on acetoacetate compound, and to its use in multi-purpose bonding applications. In particular, the present invention relates to a curable adhesive composition based on a multifunctional acetoacetate compound and polyoxyalkylene polyamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Hendrik Luetzen, Patrick Seggewiss, Thomas Kamm, Jose Garcia Miralles, Olaf Hartmann
  • Patent number: 11931921
    Abstract: An extruder including a housing, a first material inlet for a mixture at least consisting of a solvent and a dissolved medium, a material outlet, a screw, a screw drive, and at least one distillation region between the inlet and the outlet, which allows an outflow of solvent, and a discharge line for the solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DOMO ENGINEERING PLASTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Hans-Jürgen Gnam, Renè Gloor, Tamer Balikavlayan
  • Patent number: 11932765
    Abstract: Meltable flame retardant compositions and fibers fabricated thereof are provided. Compositions of the present disclosure comprise a polymer, a nitrogenous compounds and/or a phosphorus compound. Fibers and compositions of the present disclosure can be used to make fabrics. When fibers, fabrics, and compositions of the present disclosure are exposed to flame, non-flammable gases are released such that the flames is retarded and/or extinguished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: QED Labs, Inc.
    Inventor: Gangadhar Jogikalmath
  • Patent number: 11926637
    Abstract: The present invention provides a metal-oxo complex represented by the following general formula (1), wherein in the general formula (1) above, “M” represents a molybdenum atom or a tungsten atom; “A” represents a carbon atom, a silicon atom, a germanium atom, a tin atom or a lead atom; X1 and X2 each independently represent a halogen atom; R1 to R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched chain alkyl group that is substituted or unsubstituted and has 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; each of R1 to R3 may be bonded to one another to form a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: RIMTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Oshiki, Michiru Kamada
  • Patent number: 11919276
    Abstract: Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Bradley A. Newcomb, Julien P. Mourou, Giles D. Bryer, Joung Min Choi, Thomas S. Prevost
  • Patent number: 11918990
    Abstract: Described are ion-exchange membranes that include a porous polymeric membrane and imidazole ion-exchange groups at surfaces of the membrane; ion-exchange membranes and filters that contain the ion-exchange membranes; and methods of using the ion-exchange membranes and filters for separating charged biological molecule from a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ENTEGRIS, INC.
    Inventors: Maybelle Woo, Jad A. Jaber, Saksatha Ly, Jeffrey E. Townley, James Hamzik, Justin Brewster