Patents Examined by Mark Eashoo
  • Patent number: 8263714
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin and a curing agent as essential components, in which the curing agent comprises a phenol resin which has each structural moiety of a phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P), an alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) and a divalent aralkyl group (X), and also has, in a molecular structure, a structure in which the phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) and the alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) are bonded with the other phenolic hydroxyl group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (P) or alkoxy group-containing aromatic hydrocarbon group (B) via the divalent aralkyl group (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ichiro Ogura, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Kazuo Arita, Kunihiro Morinaga, Yutaka Satou
  • Patent number: 8263701
    Abstract: The polypropylene resin composition is disclosed which includes 50-94% by weight of a polypropylene resin having a specific structure, 1-25% by weight of an ethylene-?-olefin copolymer rubber composed of an ethylene-?-olefin (C4-20) copolymer rubber having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm3 and an MFR of 0.9-20 g/10 min and/or an ethylene-?-olefin (C5-20) copolymer rubber having a density of 0.85-0.91 g/cm3 and MFR of not less than 0.01 but less than 0.9 g/10 min, and 5-25% by weight of an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Susumu Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 8263224
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition containing a hexagonal ferrite and a resin, which is characterized in that the hexagonal ferrite is contained in an amount of 50-98 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total of the resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventor: Tetsuji Tokiwa
  • Patent number: 8258222
    Abstract: A composition for epihalohydrin vulcanized rubber excellent in heat resistance while keeping good vulcanization rate and store stability, comprising (a) an epihalohydrin robber, (b) a metal soap, (c) an acid acceptor, and (d) a vulcanizing agent, the composition further preferably containing (e) a fatty acid for suppressing vulcanization, or preferably containing (f) an alcohol for accelerating vulcanization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Daiso Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toyofumi Otaka, Shigeru Shoji, Yasushi Hamura, Toshiyuki Funayama
  • Patent number: 8247078
    Abstract: Photocurable fluorine compound, compatible with non-fluorine organic compounds, of formula (1), wherein: a is 1-4, b is 0-3, c is 1-4, provided that a+b+c is 3-5; e is 2-8; R1 has formula (2), (C4H8O)f(C3H6O)g(C2H4O)h(CH2O)iR3??(2) wherein f, g, h, and i are independently 0-100, and R1 has an MW of 30-3000, these repeating units may be sequenced at random, and R3 is C1-10 hydrocarbon; R2 is independently H, F, CH3, or CF3; Rf is a perfluoropolyether residue represented by the following formula (3), wherein j, k, l, and m are independently of each other integers of 0 to 50, provided that a molecular weight of Rf is in a range of 200 to 6000, X is F or CF3, and these repeating units may be sequenced at random; Z is a divalent organic group; and d is 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasunori Sakano, Noriyuki Koike
  • Patent number: 8247364
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by having a dispersion component value of the Hansen Solubility Parameter of less than or equal to about 17 MPa0.5. This invention also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Eugene Steven Sadlowski, Mark Robert Sivik, Michael David Cummings, Donna D'Angelo Morrall, Kevin Lee Kott, Keith Homer Baker, Brian Joseph Loughnane, Michael A Valenti, Laurent D Kieken, Xiayong Michael Hong, Eduardo Torres, Dominick J Valenti, Patrick D Moore, Leonard J Starks
  • Patent number: 8247614
    Abstract: Fluorinated copolymers are prepared via copolycondensation polymerization in a process comprising reacting A) a telechelic fluoroazido compound of formula N3(Y)p—(CH2)n—R—(CH2)m—(Y)pN3, wherein Y is SO, SO2, C6H4, or CO, p=0 or 1, n and m are independently 1 to 4, and R is selected from the group consisting of i) a C3-C10 fluoroalkylene group, ii) a C3-C10 fluoroalkoxylene group, iii) a substituted aryl group, iv) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether), v) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, vi) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoro(methyl vinyl ether), and vii) an oligomer comprising copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and a hydrocarbon olefin with B) a telechelic diyne or dinitrile compound in the presence of copper halide catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ming-Hong Hung, Bruno Ameduri, Bernard Boutevin, Aurelien Soules
  • Patent number: 8247363
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for removing or preventing scale formation in a liquid food processing operation. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for increasing the solubility of insoluble calcium salts in an acidic environment. Aqueous antiscalant solutions comprising soluble magnesium salts are used to prevent the precipitation of insoluble calcium salts and/or to increase the solubility of insoluble calcium salts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Fernholz, John W. Bolduc, Paul F. Schacht, Michael E. Besse, Anthony W. Erickson, Eric V. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8247497
    Abstract: The invention relates to formulated compositions which can be easily formed into bottle caps, without the need for a liner, while still maintaining pressure requirements, such as for carbonated beverages. The compositions may include an ethylene polymer having a density in the range of from about 0.947 to 0.962 g/cm3, a melt index of from about 1 to about 10 g/10 min., and another ethylene polymer having a density in the range of from about 0.912 to 0.932 g/cm3, a melt index of from about 0.25 to about 6 g/10 min., wherein the two ethylene polymers have a density difference of equal to or greater than 0.03 g/cm3. In other cases, the composition may include a single component resin with a density in the 0.935-0.955 g/cm3 range with a melt index in the range of 0.3-1.2 g/10 minutes, and wherein the resin comprises a polyethylene polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Debra R. Wilson, William J. Michie, Jr., Spyro P. Petsalis
  • Patent number: 8247076
    Abstract: Composition comprising fluoropolymers, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), poly(hexafluoroethylene), poly(tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoroethylene), and poly(tetrafluoroethylene-ethylene-propylene), which are dispersed in flame retardants, such as organic, bromine compounds and/or organic phosphorus compounds, and that consist of particles that comprise one or more fluoropolymers and flame retardants. The fluoropolymers may be enveloped by the flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Bromine Compounds Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav Bar-Yaakov, Pierre Georlette, Daniel Plewinski, Ita Finberg
  • Patent number: 8242194
    Abstract: The invention relates to preparation of a high silica reinforcement-containing rubber composition by a method which involves a delayed and divided inclusion of greater than 50 percent of fatty acid salt processing aid to a rubber composition in an internal rubber mixer following completion of addition of precipitated silica and silica coupling agent in a preceding rubber mixing step in an internal rubber mixer. The invention further relates to a resulting rubber composition and to tires having a component thereof such as, for example, a tire tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Paul Harry Sandstrom
  • Patent number: 8241521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium ion cathode material lithium iron phosphate having oxygen vacancy and doped in the position of Fe and a preparation method of quick micro-wave sintering for the same. The molecular formula of the product in present invention is expressed as LiFe1-x-aMeaMxPO4-yNz, wherein Me is one or more elements selected from Mg, Mn or Nd, and M is one or more elements selected from Li, Na, K, Ag or Cu; 0?x?0.1, 0<a?0.1, 0<y?0.5, 0?z?0.5, wherein x and z can not be 0 simultaneously. The quick micro-wave sintering preparation method in the present invention has advantages of high production efficiency, low energy consumption, good batch stability of the prepared product, excellent rate performance and cycle performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetic Limited Company
    Inventors: Jiangjian Jin, Guoguang Wang, Jun Xu, Daxin Bao
  • Patent number: 8236425
    Abstract: A composition comprises a distribution of telomers of ethylene and at least one fluoroalkyl or perfluoroalkyl halide, the telomers comprising at least one polymethylene segment (—(CH2)n—) and at least one halomethyl group (—CXH2) and optionally comprising at least one non-fluorine heteroatom, and the halogen being selected from iodine and bromine; wherein the distribution has a number average ratio of methylene moieties of the polymethylene segment to the halomethyl groups of at least about 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: George G. I. Moore, Yu Yang, Richard M. Flynn
  • Patent number: 8236923
    Abstract: A method of producing a fluorine-containing polymer, containing conducting an addition polymerization of a fluorine-containing compound having 2 or more terminal fluorine-containing vinyl groups each directly bonded to an oxygen atom per molecule, and a compound having 2 or more groups represented by —XH, where X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and a fluorine-containing polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by formula (i): wherein Rf1 represents a perfluoroalkylene group; each of Rf2 and Rf3 independently represents a fluorine atom, a perfluoroalkyl group or a perfluoroalkoxy group; at least two among Rf1, Rf2 and Rf3 may bond to each other to form a ring structure; X represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom; and L represents a divalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Ito, Toshimitsu Sakuma, Masayuki Harada
  • Patent number: 8236213
    Abstract: A process for producing a perfluoropolymer, the process including extruding a polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer to prepare strands, and bringing a gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands; the process being conducted on an apparatus that includes an extruder for melting and extruding the polymer obtained by polymerizing a perfluoromonomer, a die having a plurality of pores for preparing the strands from the molten polymer extruded, and a fluorination tank for bringing the gas comprising from 3 to 50 volume % of fluorine gas into contact with the strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kasahara, Noriaki Miyaki, Fusaaki Takeo, Satoshi Shiratori
  • Patent number: 8232342
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a transparent ABS resin composition having excellent impact resistance and flowability, which comprises about 10 to about 50 parts by weight of a rubber/(meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl-unsaturated nitrile graft copolymer; about 50 to about 90 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin matrix; and about 0.2 to about 0.5 parts by weight of a fluidizer, per 100 parts by weight of a base resin comprising the rubber/(meth)acrylate-aromatic vinyl-unsaturated nitrile graft copolymer and the thermoplastic resin matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Cheil Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Young Sub Jin, Jae Keun Hong, Hwan Seok Park, Byeong Do Lee
  • Patent number: 8231973
    Abstract: Antireflective film articles and low refractive index coating compositions are described that comprises a fluorinated free-radically polymerizable polymeric (e.g. intermediate) material. The free-radically polymerizable fluorinated polymeric intermediate comprises the reaction product of i) at least one multi-functional free-radically polymerizable material having a fluorine content of at least 25 wt-%, and ii) optionally other multi-functional free-radically polymerizable material. The total amount of multi-functional materials is preferably at least about 25 wt-%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Marc D. Radcliffe, Thomas P. Klun, Lan H. Liu, Richard J. Pokorny, Suresh Iyer, Zai-Ming Qiu
  • Patent number: 8227535
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a curable composition comprising a polyhydroxy curable fluoroelastomer, a polyhydroxy curative, a cure accelerator and 11 to 60 parts by weight lanthanum(III) oxide per hundred parts by weight fluoroelastomer. Cured articles made therefrom are resistant to volume swell in acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Christopher Scott Grant
  • Patent number: 8226854
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device is provided and includes a photoelectric conversion layer containing a compound represented by the following formula (1). Formula (1): In the formula, Z1 represents an atomic group for forming a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; Za represents an atomic group for forming a 5- or 6-membered ring; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group; L11 to L14 each represents a methine group which may have a substituent or may form a ring with another methine group; p1 represents 0 or 1; n1 represents an integer of 0 to 4 and when n1 is an integer of 2 or more, each L13 or L14 may be the same as or different from every other L13 or L14; M1 represents an ion for neutralizing the electric charge; and m1 represents a number necessary for neutralization of the electric charge; provided that a compound where Z1 is an atomic group forming a thiazoline nucleus or a thiazole nucleus is excluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Rui Shen, Kimiatsu Nomura, Hideyuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8222347
    Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a thermoplastic resin composition derived from (i) a polyester derived from a cycloaliphatic diol, and an aromatic diacid; (ii) a polycarbonate derived from at least from 20 mole percent to 100 mole percent of an aromatic diol derived from structure II wherein R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of C1-C30 aliphatic, C2-C30 cycloaliphatic and C2-C30 aromatic groups, X is CH2 and m is an integer from 3 to 7, n is an integer from 1 to 4, p is an integer from 1 to 4, and from 0 mole percent to 80 mole percent of a second aromatic dihydroxy compound; and wherein the resin composition is transparent is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process to prepare this composition and articles therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
    Inventors: Shreyas Chakravarti, Songping Liao, Dake Shen, Huiping Zhang