Patents Examined by Mark Kaucher
  • Patent number: 9647213
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention provide for the use of polycycloolefins in electronic devices and more specifically to the use of such polycycloolefins as interlayers applied to fluoropolymer layers used in the fabrication of electronic devices, the electronic devices that encompass such polycycloolefin interlayers and processes for preparing such polycycloolefin interlayers and electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Merck Patent GmbH, Promerus LLC
    Inventors: David Christoph Müller, Pawel Miskiewicz, Toby Cull, Piotr Wierzchowiec, Andrew Bell, Edmund Elce, Larry F. Rhodes, Kazuyoshi Fujita, Hendra Ng, Pramod Kandanarachchi, Steven Smith
  • Patent number: 9643383
    Abstract: Disclosed are a car interior sheet manufactured by using a defective product (defective hygiene product) among hygiene products such as tissues or diapers including wet-strength paper made of pulp including plastic or super absorbent polymer (SAP). The car interior sheet is manufactured by attaching surface layers such as a nonwoven fabric to both surfaces of a base layer thereof including 30-50 weight % of a pulverized material, 5-15 weight % of additives, and 30-50 weight % of thermoplastic resin. The car interior sheet represents a low manufacturing cost, and does not generate environmental hazardous materials. The car interior sheet represents superior impact resistance at high and low temperatures, has a superior moisture absorption rate due to the SAP, so that the car interior sheet is rapidly dried after the moisture has been absorbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: Young-Chul Jeon
  • Patent number: 9637581
    Abstract: A photocurable or thermally curable thiosulfate-containing polymer has (a) recurring units and (d) recurring units, shown as either Structure (I) or (II) and Structure (V) below: R represents the organic polymer backbone, G is a single bond or divalent linking group, Q+ is an organic charge balancing cation, M represents a charge balancing cation, and “a” represents at least 0.5 mol % and to 99.5 mol % of (a) recurring units; R? represents the organic polymer backbone, G? is a carbonyloxy group, R3 comprises a monovalent linear, branched, or carbocyclic non-aromatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, or it comprises a phenyl group having one or more such substituents, and “d” represents at least 0.5 mol % and to 99.5 mol % of (d) recurring units. These thiosulfate-containing polymers can be used to made dielectric compositions and gate dielectric layers in various devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Kevin M. Donovan, Mark R. Mis
  • Patent number: 9636642
    Abstract: A resilient anion exchange membrane including a homogeneous cross-linked ion-transferring polymer substantially filling pores and substantially covering surfaces of a porous substrate, wherein the resilient anion exchange membrane is prepared by polymerizing a composition including a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant monomer, a crosslinking monomer including two or more ethylenic groups, a free radical initiator, and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: SALTWORKS TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Xiangchun Yin
  • Patent number: 9631056
    Abstract: A method is provided for synthesizing a core-shell nanoparticle that includes the following steps: providing a polymeric seed (in a solvent) that includes mono-vinyl monomer cross-liniked with a cross-linking agent to form the core of the nanoparticle, the core has an average diameter of from about nanometers to about 10,000 nanometers, and the core has polymer chains with living ends; adding a stabilizer to stabilize the seed and prevent the seed from precipitating out of solution; and grafting a shell species onto the living ends of the core to form the shell of the nanoparticle. A core-first synthesized nanoparticle, along with a rubber composition and tire product are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Yaohong Chen, Mindaugas Rackaitis, Xiaorong Wang, Hideki Kitano
  • Patent number: 9631036
    Abstract: A fluoroelastomer comprising a copolymer of fluoroolefin monomers selected from one or more of the group consisting of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, and ethylenically unsaturated co-monomers; wherein the fluoroelastomer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of from about ?60° C. to about 53° C. A process of making the fluoroelastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Kobe Feng, Andrew J. Poss, Jun Liu, Yun Lin, Rajiv R. Singh
  • Patent number: 9631033
    Abstract: The present invention provides an N-phenylmaleimide compound that can improve the quality of the obtained copolymer by using N-phenylmaleimide containing impurities in specific amounts or less as at least one component of the copolymerization monomers. The N-phenylmaleimide compound of the present invention contains 0.1% by weight or less of N-(2,5-dioxo-1-phenyl-3-pyrrolidinyl)-N-phenylmaleamic acid (PPMA) and/or 0.3% by weight or less of N-phenylfumaramic acid (PFA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Takaki
  • Patent number: 9632221
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical resin composition and use thereof. The optical resin composition of the present disclosure comprises unsaturated phenol formaldehyde epoxy acrylate oligomer: 40%-50%, episulfide oligomer: 20%-30%, methacrylate resin: 20%-50%, and multifunctional active acrylate monomer: 2%-5%, which achieves an optimal match with the refractive index of the liquid crystal lens layer, so as to improve the visual effect of the naked-eye 3D/2D switchable birefringent grating under 2D conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chunmiao Zhou
  • Patent number: 9624347
    Abstract: The present invention provides the resin composition having excellent inflation moldability by which a film having high water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) and low elastic modulus can be produced, and a film which is formed from the resin composition. The present invention relates to a resin composition comprising a polyamide resin (A) and a polyvinyl alcohol-based resin (B) which includes 2-10% by mole of structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and has a degree of saponification of 70-90% by mole, and a film which is formed from the resin composition. [In the formula, R1 to R6 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group, and X represents a single bond or a linking chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihito Sakai, Kaoru Inoue
  • Patent number: 9627147
    Abstract: A composition for forming an electroactive coating is described, including an acid as a polymerization catalyst, at least one functional component, and at least one compound of formula (1) as a monomer: wherein X is selected from S, O, Se, Te, PR2 and NR2, Y is hydrogen (H) or a precursor of a good leaving group Y? whose conjugate acid (HY) has a pKa of less than 30, Z is hydrogen (H), silyl, or a good leaving group whose conjugate acid (HY) has a pKa of less than 30, b is 0, 1 or 2, each R1 is a substituent, and the at least one compound of formula (1) includes at least one compound of formula (1) with Z?H and Y?H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: PolyM technology corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Han, Ting-Chia Ku, Jo-Wen Chiang
  • Patent number: 9624326
    Abstract: Purpose: To provide a melt-moldable tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer with excellent durability without causing an excessive decrease of the melt flow rate and an increase of the perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) content. Solution means: A melt-moldable tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, which is characterized in that in a parallel plate mode of a dynamic viscoelasticity measuring device, when the temperature is raised from ?40° C. to 200° C. at 5° C./min while fixing the measuring frequency to 1 Hz, the slope (? tan ?/?T) of the loss tangent (tan ?) measured between two arbitrary points in a range of 50-75° C. and at a temperature difference of 3° C. or higher is always in a range of 0.0005-0.0030, and its preparation method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: DUPONT-MITSUI FLUOROCHEMICALS COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitomi Kitagawa, Yuji Mochizuki, Jeong Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 9617356
    Abstract: A crosslinked polyethylene composition comprising 100 parts by weight of polyethylene, 0.05-5 parts by weight of crosslinking agent, 0.03-3 parts by weight of crosslinking aid. Polyethylene is a copolymer, homopolymer and/or a mixture thereof. The crosslinking agent is an organic peroxide having a half-life period longer than 3 minutes at 190° C. and/or a multi-membered heterocyclic alkane consisting of 3 to 6 carbon atoms and 3 to 6 oxygen atoms and/or a derivative thereof. The crosslinking aid is an organic substance containing allyl, maleimido, (meth)acrylate group and/or a polymer having a vinyl content higher than 50%. Preferably, the crosslinking aid is triallyl isocyanate (TAIC), triallyl cyanurate (TAC) or a mixture thereof. The crosslinked polyethylene composition has a crosslinking efficiency index >1000 Nm/g and a ? torque value >15 Nm at 220° C., and has a high safe processing temperature and long crosslinking delay, and therefore is particularly suitable for rotationally molded products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy, Shenhua Group Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Xuelian Chen, Wenbin Liang, Yanhua Niu, Shih-yaw Lai
  • Patent number: 9617419
    Abstract: A resin composition contains: 60 to 95% by mass of polyphenylene ether (A); 35 to 0% by mass of styrene-based resin (B); and 15 to 5% by mass of elastomer component (C). The component (C) is present as dispersion particles in the resin composition. The dispersion particles have a number average particle size of 0.04 to 0.25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Toru Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9593194
    Abstract: A method for producing an olefin block polymer, the method including: polymerizing olefins using a polymerization catalyst (X) and an organometallic compound (C) containing an atom of any of Groups 2, 12, and 13 of the periodic table of the elements, the organometallic compound (C) excluding an activating co-catalyst agent (B), wherein the polymerization catalyst (X) is formed by bringing a transition metal compound (A) into contact with the activating co-catalyst agent (B), the transition metal compound (A) is represented by the following general formula (1), and the activating co-catalyst agent (B) is selected from among an organoaluminumoxy compound (B-1), an organoboron compound (B-2), a zinc co-catalyst component (B-3), and ion-exchange layered silicate (B-4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koji Ishiwata, Masato Takano, Kazuo Takaoki
  • Patent number: 9589699
    Abstract: Disclosed are insulating electric conductors against partial discharge and a method for producing an insulation system having improved partial discharge resistance and such an insulation system. There is an erosion-inhibiting effect of adhesion promoters, such as organic silicon compounds, added to resin when admixing nano particulate fillers. Good results may be attributable to a type of particle wetting of the nano particles as a result of particle wetting with organosilanes. The admixture of adhesion promoters with the resin before the addition of the nano particulate filler provides considerable advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Peter Gröppel, Dieter Heinl, Christian Meichsner, Igor Ritberg
  • Patent number: 9590269
    Abstract: A polyelectrolyte includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein the structure of the first segment is at least one of formula (1) and formula (2); the structure of the second segment is at least one of formula (3) and formula (4). The polyelectrolyte undergoes microphase separation to form a nanoscale ordered self-assembled microstructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Chung-Hsiang Chao, Li-Duan Tsai, Chia-Chen Fang, Chih-Ching Chang, Chi-Yang Chao, Kun-Lin Liu
  • Patent number: 9587105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, comprising a binder resin, a block copolymer which comprises at least a block A and a block B, wherein the block A comprises monomer units derived from a compound selected from (meth)acrylic acid, a (meth)acrylic acid ester, a (meth)acrylamide, a vinyl aromatic compound, or any mixture thereof, the block B comprises monomer units derived from a compound selected from a fluorinated (meth)acrylic ester having the following formula (I): H2C?C(R1)(C(0)ORF-1), wherein R1 is H or methyl; and RF-1 is an organic residue containing a perfluorinated C4-6 alkyl group, a fluorinated alpha-olefin having the following formula (II): H2C?CH(RF-2) (II) wherein RF-2 is an organic residue containing a perfluorinated C4-6 alkyl group, i.e. —(CF2)3-5—CF3 or any mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mary Thomson, Ralf Knischka, Clemens Auschra, Lothar Engelbrecht
  • Patent number: 9580531
    Abstract: Disclosed is a poly(ethylene-aliphatic diene) copolymer having superior miscibility, adhesivity, printability and scratch resistance, compared to conventional TPO based TPEs or SBC TPEs, by introducing a variety of functional groups to an end portion of the ethylene-aliphatic diene copolymer such that the poly(ethylene-aliphatic diene) copolymer may be utilized in a variety of fields, and a method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong-Hyun Kim, Jung-Soo Kim, Dong-Jin Yang, Dong-Gyu Jeon
  • Patent number: 9580535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the preparation of block copolymers, which can be used in particular as rheology agents, suitable, inter alia, for oil extraction, comprising a step of radical micellar polymerization wherein the following are brought into contact in an aqueous medium: —hydrophilic monomers, dissolved or dispersed in the aqueous medium; —hydrophobic monomers in the form of a micellar solution, i.e. containing, in a dispersed state, micelles comprising these hydrophobic monomers; —at least one radical polymerization initiator; and —at least one radical polymerization control agent. The polymers obtained according to the invention can be used in particular for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: James Wilson, Mathias Destarac, Arnaud Cadix
  • Patent number: 9574027
    Abstract: A process for reducing thermally induced discoloration of fluoropolymer resin produced by polymerizing fluoromonomer in an aqueous dispersion medium to form aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion and isolating the fluoropolymer from the aqueous medium to obtain fluoropolymer resin. The process comprises contacting the aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion with sorbent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Douglas Brothers, Gregory Allen Chapman, Subhash Vishnu Gangal