Patents Examined by Mark Kopec
  • Materials for forming a nucleation-inhibiting coating and devices incorporating same
    Patent number: 11730012
    Abstract: An opto-electronic device comprising a nucleation inhibiting coating (NIC) disposed on a surface of the device in a first portion of a lateral aspect thereof; and a conductive coating disposed on a surface of the device in a second portion of the lateral aspect thereof; wherein an initial sticking probability of the conductive coating is substantially less for the NIC than for the surface in the first portion, such that the first portion is substantially devoid of the conductive coating; and wherein the NIC comprises a compound having a formula such as that illustrated by the following formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: OTI Lumionics Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Helander, Scott Nicholas Genin, Zhibin Wang
  • Negative electrode active material containing silicon clathrate II
    Patent number: 11721805
    Abstract: Provided is a negative electrode active material that contains silicon clathrate II and that is suitable for a negative electrode of a lithium ion secondary battery. The negative electrode active material includes a silicon material in which silicon clathrate II represented by composition formula NaxSi136 (0?x?10) is contained and a volume of a pore having a diameter of not greater than 100 nm is not less than 0.025 cm3/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masanori Harata, Tatsuya Eguchi, Masakazu Murase, Jun Yoshida, Kazuhiro Suzuki, Daichi Kosaka, Shinji Nakanishi
  • Mixed silver powder and conductive paste comprising same
    Patent number: 11713274
    Abstract: A mixed silver powder and a conductive paste comprising the powder are disclosed. The mixed silver powder is obtained by mixing two or more spherical silver powders having different properties from each other. The mixed powder may minimize the disadvantages of the respective types of the two or more powders and maximize the advantages thereof, thereby improving the characteristics of products. In addition, by comprehensively controlling the particle size distribution of surface-treated mixed silver powder and the particle diameter and specific gravity of primary particles, a high-density conductor pattern, a precise line pattern, and the suppression of aggregation over time can be simultaneously achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: DAEJOO ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Ho Yoon, Jin Ho Kwak, Won Jun Jo, Young Ho Lee, Jong Chan Lim, Moo Hyun Lim
  • Composition for forming metallic luster film, metallic luster film, and article
    Patent number: 11708450
    Abstract: A composition for forming a metallic luster film, includes: a thiophene polymer, in which a total content of an Fe atom, a Cu atom, an Mn atom, a Cr atom, and a Ce atom in the composition for forming a metallic luster film is 1500 ppm or less with respect to the thiophene polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION CHIBA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wataru Yamada, Satoya Sugiura, Katsuyoshi Hoshino, Rihito Tamura, Kenta Horikoshi, Minako Tachiki
  • Pest control and detection system with conductive bait matrix
    Patent number: 11700844
    Abstract: A pest control and/or detection system generally includes an electrically conductive bait matrix including at least one carrier material that is at least one of palatable, a phagostimulant and/or consumable and/or displaceable by pests, and a plurality of electrically conductive particles. The electrically conductive particles are substantially randomly interspersed throughout the at least one carrier material. The at least one carrier material includes a thermoplastic material and/or a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Austin, Cheryl Ann Leichter, Kenneth S. Brown
  • Compound, nanoribbon, and semiconductor device
    Patent number: 11702438
    Abstract: A nanoribbon includes a structure represented by a structural formula (8), where g, p, q, r, s, t, and u are mutually independent and are integers greater than or equal to 1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are mutually independent and are one of a hydrogen atom, a substituent, an alkyl moiety, a phenyl moiety, and a halogen atom, and A denotes a hydrogen atom or an aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hideyuki Jippo, Manabu Ohtomo, Hironobu Hayashi, Hiroko Yamada
  • Fullerene derivative blends, methods of making and uses thereof
    Patent number: 11706971
    Abstract: Fullerene derivative blends are described herein. The blends are useful in electronic applications such as, e.g., organic photovoltaic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NANO-C, INC.
    Inventors: Henning Richter, Edward A. Jackson
  • ITO particles, dispersion, and production method of ITO film
    Patent number: 11692104
    Abstract: Provided is ITO particles satisfying a relationship expressed in Expression (1) given below. 16×S/P2?0.330 . . . (1) (In the expression, S indicates a particle area in a TEM photographed image, and P indicates a perimeter of the particle).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Muramatsu, Kiyoshi Kanie, Ryoko Suzuki, Yasutaka Nishi, Makoto Nakazumi
  • Method of dishwashing comprising detergent compositions substantially free of polycarboxylic acid polymers
    Patent number: 11685882
    Abstract: Methods of dishwashing to remove soils are disclosed, including a first detergent wash step, wherein the detergent is substantially-free of water conditioning agents including polycarboxylic acid polymers and phosphonates, followed by a second step of rinsing under high temperature with a water conditioning agent, namely polycarboxylic acid polymers. The methods result in little to no precipitation forming on the treated ware due to the treating of the hard water before it contacts the alkalinity source which prevents precipitation and/or flocculation from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Erik C. Olson, Carter M. Silvernail
  • Electrically conductive polyester compositions
    Patent number: 11688526
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrically conductive thermoplastic polyester compositions comprising: a) at least one thermoplastic polyester; b) conductive carbon black; c) at least one ethylene copolymer based impact modifier; and d) at least one hyperbranched polyester having an acid number of about 80-340 mg KOH/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: DuPont Polymers, Inc.
    Inventor: Yunfeng Jiao
  • Nickel hydroxide, positive electrode material, alkaline battery, and method of producing nickel hydroxide
    Patent number: 11682761
    Abstract: A nickel hydroxide includes stacked nickel hydroxide layers. Each of the nickel hydroxide layers includes Ni2+ and OH?. At least one of the nickel hydroxide layers further includes a type of polyatomic anions. The polyatomic anions include a type of anions that are not SO42? or CO32?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
    Inventors: Kenji Takahashi, Christina Bock, Nafiseh Ebrahimi, Olga Naboka
  • Low-power sensor memory
    Patent number: 11674829
    Abstract: A sensor system includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter. The sensor system also includes a memory configured to record one or more occurrences when the parameter is outside of a predetermined range. The memory includes a wire, a counter-electrode, and an electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sean E. Doris, Kent Evans
  • Nickel-based active material precursor for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, nickel-based active material for lithium secondary battery formed therefrom, and lithium secondary battery including positive electrode including nickel-based active material
    Patent number: 11677076
    Abstract: A nickel-based active material precursor includes a particulate structure including a core portion, an intermediate layer portion on the core portion, and a shell portion on the intermediate layer portion, wherein the intermediate layer portion and the shell portion include primary particles radially arranged on the core portion, and each of the core portion and the intermediate layer portion includes a cation or anion different from that of the shell portion. The cation includes at least one selected from boron (B), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), tungsten (W), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zirconium (Zr), and aluminium (Al), and the anion includes at least one selected from phosphate (PO4), BO2, B4O7, B3O5, and F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pilsang Yun, Wooyoung Yang, Jangsuk Hyun
  • Light-emitting composition
    Patent number: 11667835
    Abstract: A composition comprising a light-emitting material having a photoluminescent spectrum with a peak wavelength of more than 600 nm and material comprising a group of formula (I): wherein 1 2 3 4 Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 are each independently a C6-20 aryl group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents, Ar5 independently in each occurrence is a heteroarylene group or a C6-20 arylene group which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents, and m is 0, 1, 2 or 3. The composition may be used in an organic light-emitting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventor: Kiran Kamtekar
  • Fluorinated esters as lubricants for heat transfer fluids
    Patent number: 11649202
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds of formula (I), and preparation method thereof, wherein W is independently selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br and I; X is independently selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, I, CW3 and OR on the basis that at least one X is OR; R is independently selected from the group consisting of C(O)CH2)m(CF2)nY and CW2C(CW2OC(O)(CH2)m(CF2)nY)3; m is an integer from 0 to 2;15 n is an integer from 2 to 8; Y is C(Z)3; and Z is independently selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br and I. Such compounds may be utilised as lubricants, for example in heat transfer compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: MEXICHEM FLUOR S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Robert Elliot Low, Andrew Paul Sharratt, Emma Jane Hodgson
  • Li ion conductor and process for producing same
    Patent number: 11649172
    Abstract: A Li ion conductor having a composition different from a conventional composition is provided. The Li ion conductor contains at least one selected from a group Q consisting of Ga, V, and Al, Li, La and O. A part of an Li site is optionally substituted with a metal element D, a part of an La site is optionally substituted with a metal element E, and parts of Ga, V and Al sites are optionally substituted with a metal element J. A mole ratio of an amount of Li to a total amount of La, the element E, Ga, V, Al, and the element J is not lower than 8.1/5 and not higher than 9.5/5. A mole ratio of a total amount of Ga, V, and Al to a total amount of La and the element E is not lower than 1.1/3 and not higher than 2/3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuaki Kanai
  • Conductive ink compositions comprising palladium and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 11649366
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are ink compositions for making a conductive palladium structure. For example, the ink composition can comprise a palladium salt and a complex of a complexing agent and a short chain carboxylic acid or salt thereof. In some embodiments, a second or third metal salt is included in the compositions. Also disclosed herein are methods for making and using such conductive ink compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONINKS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Steven Brett Walker
  • Conductive polymer coating composition and method of making the same
    Patent number: 11649362
    Abstract: A conductive polymer coating composition including a conductive fibrillated structure and a base polymer, wherein the conductive fibrillated structure includes a fibrillated polymer and a conductive polymer grafted on the fibrillated polymer, and wherein the conductive polymer coating composition has an electrical conductivity from about 10?5 S/cm to about 10+1 S/cm and a thermal conductivity from about 1.1 W/m K to about 3 W/m K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kamaraj Kandhasamy, Om Prakash, Patrick J. Kinlen, Stephen P. Gaydos
  • Process for manufacturing a carbon-metal composite material and use thereof for manufacturing an electric cable
    Patent number: 11646125
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a composite material comprising a non-pulverulent carbon-based conductive material and metal nanoparticles dispersed within said non-pulverulent carbon-based conductive material, to said composite material, to the use of the composite material for manufacturing an electrically conductive element, and to an electric cable comprising at least one such composite material, as electrically conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventor: Thibault Paniagua
  • Materials with extremely durable intercalation of lithium and manufacturing methods thereof
    Patent number: 11646419
    Abstract: Composites of silicon and various porous scaffold materials, such as carbon material comprising micro-, meso- and/or macropores, and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The compositions find utility in various applications, including electrical energy storage electrodes and devices comprising the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: GROUP 14 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Avery Sakshaug, Henry R. Costantino, Aaron M. Feaver, Leah A. Thompkins, Katharine Geramita, Benjamin E. Kron, Sarah Fredrick, Farshid Afkhami, Adam Strong