Patents Examined by Michael M Bernshteyn
  • Patent number: 10043986
    Abstract: An organometallic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, M, L1, n1, n2, and R41 to R47 are described in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changho Noh, Rupasree Ragini Das, Kangmun Lee, Virendra Kumar Rai, Dmitry Kravchuk
  • Patent number: 10035933
    Abstract: Disclosed are removable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions (PSAs) useful with facestocks and/or packaging labels designed to be removed in the recycling of polymeric packaging. The PSAs of the invention include (a) at least one monomer which may undergo free radical polymerization and whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to 10° C., (b) at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having aldehyde or ketone functionality, and (c) an effective amount of at least one polyhydrazide crosslinker having hydrazine functionality. The PSA composition of the invention exhibits a peel adhesion value of between about 0.4 lbs/in (70 N/m) and about 4 lbs/in (700 N/m), and the percent film remaining on the polymeric packaging after a sink-float testing is 0% to about 8%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Synthomer USA LLC
    Inventors: Andrew LaChapell, Jong Guo
  • Patent number: 10035935
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive being highly environmentally-friendly, and as well having sufficient pressure-sensitive adhesiveness, adhesion, thermal stability and the like. The present invention relates to a hot melt adhesive comprising (A) a polar functional group-modified polymer, (B) an aliphatic polyester-based resin, (C) a tackifier resin and (D) a thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventor: Makoto Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10035144
    Abstract: Multi-acid polymers for use as a fuel cell membrane, for example, have multi-acid monomers that have an imide base and more than two proton conducting groups. The multi-acid polymers are made by reacting a polymer precursor in sulfonyl fluoride or sulfonyl chloride form with a compound with an acid giving group. One example of a multi-acid polymer is: wherein R is one or more units of a non-SO2F or non-SO2Cl portion of a polymer precursor in sulfonyl fluoride or sulfonyl chloride form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rameshwar Yadav
  • Patent number: 10035898
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a liquid composition or a coating liquid for forming a catalyst layer, which can make cracking less likely to occur at the time of forming a solid polymer electrolyte membrane or a catalyst layer; and a method for producing a membrane electrode assembly, which can make cracking less likely to occur at the time of forming the catalyst layer or the solid polymer electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Satoru Hommura, Hiroyuki Watabe, Masahiro Kaseda, Toshihiro Tanuma
  • Patent number: 10030112
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite, to a process for manufacturing said fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite and films and membranes thereof and to uses of said fluoropolymer hybrid organic/inorganic composite and films and membranes thereof in various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: SOLVAY SA, COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Baptiste Ducros, Aurelie Lavie-Cambot, Lionel Picard, Olivier Pras, Helene Rouault, Christine Hamon, Julio A. Abusleme
  • Patent number: 10030081
    Abstract: A (meth)acrylic resin composition is obtained by a method comprising: continuously feeding a raw material solution essentially comprising methyl methacrylate, a chain transfer agent and a radical polymerization initiator, and optionally comprising an acrylic acid alkyl ester in a mass ratio of the acrylic acid alkyl ester to the methyl methacrylate of 0/100 to 20/80 into a tank reactor to allow bulk polymerization to proceed in the tank reactor at a polymerization conversion ratio of 40 to 70% by mass to obtain a reaction product while continuously discharging the reaction product from the tank reactor; heating the discharged reaction product with a heat exchanger; removing volatile matter from the heated reaction product; filtrating a liquid additive through a filter; and adding the filtrated liquid additive to the reaction product from which the volatile matter has been removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhito Kitade, Hiroshi Ozawa, Shouji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10011675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a block copolymer film nanostructured in nanodomains at a predetermined temperature, obtained from a basic block copolymer which is nonstructured at said predetermined temperature, and at least one block of which comprises styrene and at least another block of which comprises methyl methacrylate. The block copolymer film is useful for forming nano-lithography masks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Christophe Navarro, Celia Nicolet, Xavier Chevalier
  • Patent number: 10005886
    Abstract: Described herein are stable hydroxide ion-exchange polymers. The polymers include ionenes, which are polymers that contain ionic amines in the backbone. The polymers are alcohol-soluble and water-insoluble. The polymers have a water uptake and an ionic conductivity that are correlated to a degree of N-substitution. Methods of forming the polymers and membranes including the polymers are also provided. The polymers are suitable, for example, for use as ionomers in catalyst layers for fuel cells and electrolyzers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Simon Fraser University
    Inventors: Steven Holdcroft, Andrew Wright
  • Patent number: 10005263
    Abstract: A display device may include a first substrate, a lower barrier layer disposed on a rear surface of the first substrate, an upper barrier layer disposed on a front surface of the first substrate, a display structure disposed on the upper barrier layer, and a second substrate disposed on the display structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Ho Jung, Chaun-Gi Choi, Hye-Young Park, Young-Sik Yoon, Joo-Hee Jeon
  • Patent number: 10005856
    Abstract: Provided are a curable composition including an amide compound that is represented by Formula (1) below and of which a density of sulfonic acid is 3.9 milliequivalent/g or greater. m represents an integer of 1 or greater, n represents an integer of 2 or greater, L1 represents a m+1-valent linking group, and L2 represents an n-valent linking group. R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and R2 represents —SO3?M+ or —SO3R3 (R3 represents an alkyl group or an aryl group). Here, in a case where there are plural R2's, not all of the R2's are —SO3R3. M+ represents a hydrogen ion, an inorganic ion, or an organic ion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuusuke Iizuka, Satoshi Sano, Keisuke Kodama, Sotaro Inomata, Kuniyuki Kaminaga
  • Patent number: 9997733
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a first emission unit and a second emission unit between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a first charge generation layer between the first emission unit and the second emission unit; wherein the first emission unit includes a first emission layer and a first inorganic buffer layer, and the second emission unit includes a second emission layer and a second inorganic buffer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongkyu Seo, Dongchan Kim, Wonjong Kim, Eungdo Kim, Jihye Lee, Dahea Im, Sanghoon Yim, Yoonhyeung Cho, Wonsuk Han
  • Patent number: 9994659
    Abstract: A crosslinked metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene copolymer having a higher molecular weight (HMW) component and lower molecular weight (LMW) component wherein the HMW component is present in an amount of from about 10 wt. % to about 30 wt. % and wherein the LMW component is present in an amount of from about 70 wt. % to about 90 wt. %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Vivek Rohatgi, Yongwoo Inn, Ashish M. Sukhadia, Qing Yang, Paul J. DesLauriers
  • Patent number: 9994686
    Abstract: Disclosed are a biodegradable film and an enhanced biodegradable fabric and laminate prepared by laminated biodegradable films, which mainly comprise PBAT or PBS, or a mixture thereof, PLA and other degradable high molecular polymers, such as PBSA, PCL, PCL-BS and PHA, to prepare PLA, and a new mixture of PLA and PHAs, or a mixture of PLA with PBAT and PBS, or a mixture of PLA and PHAs with PBAT and PBS or other degradable high molecular polymers. The new fabrics and laminates have a stronger biodegradability in an environment containing microorganisms and have a good shelf life, and good strength, agility and flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: U.S. PACIFIC NONWOVENS INDUSTRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cho Kee Wong, Larry Clifton Wadsworth
  • Patent number: 9994727
    Abstract: Surface pretreating additive compositions, surface pretreating compositions therefrom, surface adhesion promoting compositions, and paint compositions therefrom including an adhesion promoter system, a surfactant system, a solvent system, a solid system, a drying agent system, a crosslinking agent system, a biocide system, a UV stabilizer system, an abrasion resistance system, a wetting system, a defoaming system, and/or a paint additive system and to methods for making and using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventors: John S. Ledford, C. Johnson, Amber Livesay, Lynn Place, T. J. Minor, Jason Olson
  • Patent number: 9988507
    Abstract: Provided is a polyvinyl acetal film which, when used as an intermediate film for a laminated glass, can provide a laminated glass that exhibits a low degree of yellowness and excellent surface appearance, and which is thus useful as a sealing material or intermediate film that can prolong the life of a laminated glass provided with a solar cell or a functional unit. Further, the content of corrosion-causing substance in the polyvinyl acetal film is low, so that the polyvinyl acetal film permits high-temperature lamination and thus ensures excellent productivity. Also provided are a solar cell module and a laminated glass prepared using the polyvinyl acetal film. A plasticized polyvinyl acetal film which comprises 15 to 60 parts by mass of a plasticizer having a total number of 28 or more of carbon atoms and oxygen atoms constituting a molecule based on 100 parts by mass of a polyvinyl acetal resin, and which has an acid value of 5.0 meq/kg or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichiro Isoue, Yoshiaki Asanuma
  • Patent number: 9988481
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyisocyanate composition wherein the composition is obtained from an aliphatic diisocyanate unit including 1,6-diisocyanatohexane, and has an isocyanurate group, a uretdione group, a uretonimine group, and an iminooxadiazinedione group, and the molar ratio of the uretonimine group to the isocyanurate group is 0.0010 to 0.0050, and the molar ratio of the iminooxadiazinedione group to the isocyanurate group is 0.00050 to 0.30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masakazu Yamauchi, Hironori Katagawa
  • Patent number: 9977359
    Abstract: Provided is an electrophotographic member that is excellent in charge-imparting performance for a toner, and that hardly causes tackiness on its surface even when placed under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment over a long time period. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer, in which the surface layer satisfies the following requirements (A) and (B): (A) the surface layer contains, in a region from its surface to a depth of up to 0.1 ?m, a copolymer containing a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (1), and at least one selected from the group consisting of a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (2) and a constituent unit represented by the following structural formula (3); and (B) the concentration of a nitrogen atom derived from a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic amine structure in the copolymer is from 6.0 mass % to 30.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Koyanagi, Masaki Yamada, Shohei Urushihara, Hideya Arimura
  • Patent number: 9969879
    Abstract: The invention relates to copolycarbonate compositions having branch structures and linear oligomers and improved flow properties, to their use for producing blends and moldings and to moldings obtained therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Rolf Wehrmann, Helmut Werner Heuer, Anke Boumans
  • Patent number: 9972791
    Abstract: Disclosed are [2.2]paracyclophane-derivative compounds and related polymers that are useful as stable, efficient, blue-light emitting compounds for OLED applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Stephen L. Buchwald, Wenliang Huang