Patents Examined by Mark S Kaucher
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Patent number: 11976186Abstract: The invention provides a flame retardant polyolefin composition comprising a) an ethylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.850 to 0.915 g/cm3 and an MFR2 in the range 0.5-30 g/10 min; b) a propylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.860 to 0.910 g/cm3 and an MFR2 in the range 0.01-30 g/10 min; and c) a flame retardant.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Bhawna Kulshreshtha, Johan Defoer
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Patent number: 11976184Abstract: A process for producing a low density polyethylene with modified melt flow index, comprising subjecting to thermal visbreaking a precursor polyethylene (I) comprising 35% by weight or more of LDPE and blending the so obtained intermediate polyethylene product (II) with an additional polyethylene (III).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Andreas Maus, Timo Hees, Pascal Rebmann, Diana Doetsch, Katharina Elsas, Harilaos Mavridis, Gerhardus Meier
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Patent number: 11976151Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a polymer polyol, comprising: (a) reacting a first mixture comprising an initiator, a polyol, a diluent, a stabilizer, a styrene-based monomer and a nitrile-based monomer; and (b) continuously adding, to the first mixture, a second mixture comprising an initiator, a polyol, a stabilizer, a styrene-based monomer and a nitrile-based monomer to react, wherein the first mixture and second mixture comprise the stabilizer in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 3, respectively, and a polymer polyol produced according to the process.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: KOREA KUMHO PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Seulgi Kim, Gi Jung Kim, Jinwoo Park
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Patent number: 11976183Abstract: A process for producing a low density polyethylene with modified melt flow index, comprising subjecting to thermal visbreaking a precursor polyethylene (I) comprising 35% by weight or more of LDPE.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Basell Polyolefine GmbHInventors: Timo Hees, Andreas Maus, Pascal Rebmann, Diana Doetsch, Katharina Elsas, Harilaos Mavridis, Gerhardus Meier
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Patent number: 11970602Abstract: A first composition comprising a first ethylene/?-olefin/diene interpolymer and a second ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer, and wherein the first composition comprises from 0.1 to 1.0 wt % diene, based on the weight of the first composition, and wherein the first composition comprises from 40 to 70 wt % ethylene, based on the weight of the first composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Xiaosong Wu, Guang Ming Li, Bo Lv, Tao Han, Colin LiPiShan
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Patent number: 11965086Abstract: A styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer, a method for manufacturing the same, a composition, and an adhesive composition using the same are provided. The styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer includes a first polystyrene block, a polyisoprene block, and a second polystyrene block. Based on 100 wt % of the styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer, the content of the first polystyrene block and the second polystyrene block is 30-50 wt %, and the content of the polyisoprene block is 70-50 wt %. The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer is 40,000-75,000.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LCY CHEMICAL CORP.Inventors: Chun-Hung Wang, Ging-Ming Wang
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Patent number: 11958926Abstract: A modified polyolefin resin having an intended adhesion strength to various substrates even when graft modification may be carried out by using an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure. The modified polyolefin resin may be a modified product of a polyolefin resin and satisfies conditions (A) to (C): condition (A)—a modifying component includes an ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative having a cyclic structure; condition (B)—a ring-opening degree expressed by formula (1) is 40 or more; and condition (C)—the polyolefin resin includes an ethylene structural unit, ring-opening degree=modification degree K×ring-opening rate R??(1) wherein, in the formula (1), the modification degree K is a grafting weight (wt. %) of the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative, and the ring-opening rate R is a ring-opening rate (%) of the cyclic structure in the ?,?-unsaturated carboxylic acid derivative.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Isamu Ono, Kei Kondo, Koji Kimura, Takato Takenaka, Yuuko Nahara, Shunji Sekiguchi
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Patent number: 11957757Abstract: The present disclosure provides method of making a nanoparticle complex wherein the nanoparticle complex comprises a ligand and a metal cation. The disclosure also provides nanoparticle complexes, methods of treating a disease in a patient utilizing the nanoparticle complexes, methods of identifying a disease in a patient utilizing the nanoparticle complexes, and kits involving the nanoparticle complexes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: AUBURN UNIVERSITYInventors: Feng Li, Wu Chen, Pengyu Chen
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Patent number: 11952484Abstract: An electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material and the manufacturing method thereof is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes three steps. Firstly, prepare a mother solution of PVDF. Then, add graphene powders into the mother solution of PVDF to prepare a graphene-PVDF slurry. At last, remove the solvent from the graphene-PVDF slurry to directly form an electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material. Due to the ability of transforming the non-electrical energy into the electrical energy, the electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material can be formed for many different applications in the form of individual film or of film with a substrate via various film formation methods.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Wei-Sung Hung, Jian-Xiang Huang
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Patent number: 11945978Abstract: The invention is related to fast setting, bio-based hot melt adhesive compositions and use thereof. The bio-based hot melt adhesive compositions are based on renewable-based feedstock, making them environmentally friendly, and particularly suitable for sealing cardboard case, carton, and cardboards.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Henkel AG & CO. KGaA, Ingevity UK LTD., PURAC Biochem B.V.Inventors: Patrick Hayes, Michael Harwell, Jennifer Plummer
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Patent number: 11939463Abstract: Provided is a resin composition having a large proportion of polyolefin components, allowing preparation of a solution having a high solid content, having a good solution property after long-term storage, having good pigment dispersibility, and including a modified product of component (A): polyolefin resin with component (B): (meth)acrylic acid and/or (meth)acrylic acid ester, in which the weight ratio of the component (A) to the component (B) ((A)/(B)) is 90/10 to 30/70, and the component (B) contains 20% by weight or more of component (B1): an alkoxy (poly)alkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylic acid ester.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: NIPPON PAPER INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaru Kono, Hitomi Abe, Minoru Yada, Naosuke Komoto
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Patent number: 11939458Abstract: The present disclosure relates to polymer compositions, articles formed from polymer compositions, methods of making polymer compositions, and methods of making articles including polymer compositions. In at least one embodiment, a composition includes: (1) an ethylene polymer, (2) a vinyl alcohol polymer or a polyamide, and (3) a polar polymer or a grafted polyolefin. A composition of the present disclosure may further include a polypropylene polymer. A polar polymer may be an ethylene-acrylic-acid-copolymer, ethylene acrylate copolymer, a polyvinyl acetate, or combination(s) thereof. In at least one embodiment, a film includes a composition having: (1) an ethylene polymer, (2) a vinyl alcohol polymer or a polyamide, and (3) a polar polymer or a grafted polyolefin.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Co.Inventors: Carolyne N. Szala, Martin Machado, Michael Martin-Gatius, Joachim F. Laun, Linda M. Van den Bossche
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Patent number: 11939459Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photosensitive resin composition having good liquid repellency. The photosensitive resin composition of the present invention at least contains a fluororesin having a crosslinking site, a solvent, and a photopolymerization initiator, and the fluororesin contains a repeating unit derived from a hydrocarbon having a fluorine atom.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Yuzuru Kaneko, Satoru Miyazawa, Keiko Sasaki, Asuka Sano, Yusuke Nomura
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Patent number: 11932775Abstract: A curable coating composition is provided having multi-functionalized acrylic copolymer and silicone imine resin curing agents. The acrylic copolymer of the curable coating composition has, in polymerized form, epoxy functionalized groups and cure compatibility groups and the silicone imine forms an amino-functional silicone in the presence of water. The coating compositions are useful in the field of superior weatherable and durable coatings and are useful to replace isocyanate-containing polyurethane based coatings. Also provided are coated articles produced from the curable composition.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Siliicones CorporationInventors: Alan M. Piwowar, Ray E. Drumright, Erin B. Vogel, Gary M. Wieber, Patrick J. Fryfogle, Yanxiang Li, Susan M. Machelski, Paul J. Popa, Adam C. Tomasik, Gerald Lawrence Witucki
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Patent number: 11932754Abstract: The present disclosure provides a geosynthetic. In one embodiment, the geosynthetic contains a composition containing (A) a polypropylene and (B) from greater than 0 wt % to less than 3 wt % of a halogen-free flame retardant, based on the total weight of the composition. In another embodiment, the geosynthetic contains a composition containing (A) a polypropylene and (B) greater than 20 wt % zinc sulfide, based on the total weight of the composition. In another embodiment, the geosynthetic contains a composition containing (A) a polypropylene; (B) a halogen-free flame retardant; and (C) greater than 20 wt % zinc sulfide, based on the total weight of the composition. The composition has a specific gravity greater than 1.00 g/cc.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Propex Operating Company, LLCInventors: Chastity Adkins, Drew Loizeaux, Scott Manning, Lee Pierce
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Patent number: 11920024Abstract: The present invention provides a method that enables the use of an aqueous solution of a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an alkali metal neutralized product of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or carboxymethyl cellulose or a salt thereof, as a binder for secondary batteries, without causing a significant viscosity increase even if stored in the state of an aqueous solution. More specifically, the present invention provides a composition in the form of an aqueous solution containing a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an alkali metal neutralized product of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or carboxymethyl cellulose or a salt thereof, wherein when the viscosity of the composition after being diluted with water (25° C. or less) to a viscosity of 200±100 mPa·s at room temperature (25° C.) and being adjusted to a temperature of 25° C. is defined as Xa1 (Pa·s), and the viscosity of the composition after being placed in an airtight container and being allowed to stand at 95° C.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.Inventors: Shun Hashimoto, Koji Fujita
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Patent number: 11920027Abstract: A polymer blend membrane includes a polyether-based copolymer and a polyether polymerized in situ and has high permeability and high selectivity for carbon dioxide. In the polymer blend membrane, the free volume of the polyether-based copolymer is greatly increased, and the adsorption capacity for carbon dioxide is enhanced. Thus, it can have excellent mechanical properties and excellent permeability and selectivity for carbon dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONInventors: Jong Suk Lee, Munsuk Seong, Heseong An, Ju Ho Shin
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Patent number: 11912807Abstract: A composite for sensing heat or infrared light includes a block copolymer including a first structural group represented by Chemical Formula 1, a second structural group represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a third structural group represented by Chemical Formula 3; and a polyvalent metal ion that is coordinated with a side chain group of the block copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., California Institute of TechnologyInventors: Yeong Suk Choi, Tae Hyun Kim, Linghui Wang, Vincenzo Costanza, Zhun Zhou, Chiara Daraio
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Patent number: 11912829Abstract: The present invention relates to a new class of cationic linear polyphosphazenes bearing as side groups a hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) and a spacer group selected from the group consisting of lysine, oligopeptides containing lysine, amino-ethanol, amino-propanol, amino-butanol, amino-pentanol and amino-hexanol, and the polyphosphazene-drug conjugates comprising hydrophobic anticancer drugs by covalent bonding and the preparation methods thereof. The present polyphosphazene-drug conjugates exhibit outstanding tumor selectivity and low toxicity.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CNPHARM CO., LTD.Inventors: Youn Soo Sohn, Yong Joo Jun, Prakash Gouda Avaji
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Patent number: 11912931Abstract: A polymeric surfactant for use in chemical enhanced oil recovery, including a terpolymer of a first non-ionic monomer, a second non-ionic monomer, and an ionic monomer, the first non-ionic monomer being a hydrophilic monomer and the second non-ionic monomer being a hydrophobic monomer, the ionic monomer being in a lower proportion than the first and second non-ionic monomers. A method of preparation of polymeric surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: YPF TECNOLOGÍA S.A., CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET)Inventors: Omar Azzaroni, Juan Martín Giussi, Agustín Iborra, Isabel Vega