Patents Examined by Pamela H Weiss
  • Porous film and method for producing same
    Patent number: 11344848
    Abstract: Provided are a porous film having excellent surface smoothness and a method for producing the same. The surface roughness of a porous film of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethersulfone, polyimide and/or polyamide-imide is Ra 30,000 ? or less. The opening diameter of the porous film is preferably from 100 nm to 5000 nm. The method for producing a porous film preferably includes a step for kneading a varnish containing fine particles and at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene fluoride, polyether sulfone, polyamic acid, polyimide, polyamide-imide precursor, and polyamide-imide. The varnish preferably has a viscosity at 25° C. of 0.1-3 Pa·s, a solids fraction concentration of 10-50 mass %, and a fine particle average particle size of 10-5000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsukasa Sugawara
  • Flavor briquet
    Patent number: 11339340
    Abstract: A flavor or aroma charcoal material, such as charcoal briquets, which is formulated to include a flavor or aroma component. The charcoal material may include a smoldering agent (e.g., limestone), wood particles (e.g., sawdust), a binder, and the flavor or aroma component (herbs and/or spices). The flavor or aroma charcoal material may not be configured as a fuel charcoal material, for example, it may be substantially void of char and/or coal. In an embodiment, the flavor or aroma charcoal material may be provided as part of a blend of different charcoal materials that includes both flavor or aroma briquets in combination with fuel briquets (e.g., which fuel briquets include char and/or coal, while the flavor briquets do not). The flavor briquets provide enhanced aroma and/or flavor to the grilling experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen S. Fisher, Greg Maier, Marcus Wang, Tarric M. El-Sayed, Michelle E. Claudnic, Calvin daRosa, Allison Gregg, Jeremy Thuerk
  • Fuel blending component composition and method for reducing criteria emissions
    Patent number: 11339338
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a fuel formulation that, as a blending component, at a certain blending volume range, with transportation fuels significantly reduces criteria emissions (i.e., particle number (PN) emissions, Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions, Total Hydrocarbon (THC) emissions) when compared to existing market fuels. The fuel blending component formulation comprises one or more branched alkane components, one or more cyclic alkane components, one or more alkylate component and one or more oxygenate component. The fuel blending component composition achieves reductions on a spark ignition engine (SI) of more than 60% in particulate emissions, up to 30% in NOx emissions, and up to 20% in THC emissions when blended with a reference gasoline in concentrations as low as 10% by volume. A method for reducing criteria emissions is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jose Barrientos Betancourt, Brianne Kanach
  • Blown and stripped blend of soybean oil and corn stillage oil
    Patent number: 11339347
    Abstract: A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CARGILL, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Michael John Hora, Patrick Thomas Murphy, John Carl Tolfa
  • Biofuel product with fat, oil and/or grease components
    Patent number: 11339341
    Abstract: A biofuel product having constituents selected from the group including fat, oil and/or grease components. A container is formed of a biodegradable material having a multiplicity of openings of a size and shape adapted for allowing the fat, oil and/or grease components to pass through the openings to an interior area of the container. An absorbent capture material is positioned in the container and holds a quantity of the fat, oil and/or grease. The container, capture material and fat, oil and/or grease collectively comprise the biofuel product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Martin Franklin McCarthy
  • Asphaltene solvation and dispersion process
    Patent number: 11332683
    Abstract: The capacity of a crude oil to solvate and/or disperse asphaltenes is increased by providing a crude oil which includes an additive comprising (i) a poly(butylenyl)bezene sulphonic acid; or, (ii) a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid; or, (iii) a combination of a poly(butylenyl)bezene sulphonic acid and a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Colin Morton, Paul D. Kerby, Andrew C. Sutkowski, Krzysztof J. Maranski
  • Refinery antifoulant process
    Patent number: 11332681
    Abstract: Fouling in a refinery vessel, such as heat transfer equipment, used in a petroleum refinery operation and in which a refineable petroleum feedstock is at an elevated temperature and in fluid communication with the refinery vessel during a petroleum refinery operation, is reduced by providing in the refineable petroleum feedstock an additive comprising (i) a poly(butylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid; or, (ii) a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid; or, (iii) a combination of a poly(butylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid and a poly(propylenyl)benzene sulphonic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Infineum International Limited
    Inventors: Colin Morton, Paul D. Kerby, Andrew C. Sutkowski, Krzysztof J. Maranski
  • Methods to reduce frequency of diesel particulate filter regeneration
    Patent number: 11312915
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of reducing regeneration frequency of a diesel particulate filter in a vehicle combusting diesel fuel. The method includes combusting a diesel fuel in a vehicle engine having a diesel particulate filter and wherein the diesel particulate filter requires regeneration thereof. The diesel fuel has less than about 50 ppmw of sulfur and one or more select additives to reduce a measured frequency of regeneration of the diesel particulate filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Afton Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Julienne Galante-Fox, Brian Sears, Timothy J. Whalen
  • Composition for removing sulfur-containing compound
    Patent number: 11291947
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for removing a sulfur-containing compound present in liquid or vapor, the sulfur-containing compound being hydrogen sulfide, an —SH group-containing compound or a mixture thereof, the composition containing an ?,?-unsaturated aldehyde represented by the following general formula (1) as an active ingredient; wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, or are connected to each other to represent an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or is connected to R1 to represent an alkylene group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Shimizu, Yuusuke Saitou, Takuo Tsuruta, Takahiro Suzuki, Junichi Fuji
  • Anaerobic paste compositions
    Patent number: 11286382
    Abstract: Anaerobic paste compositions and uses are disclosed. The anaerobic paste compositions remain stable at room temperature for a prolong time without phase separating, making these compositions particularly well suited for long term storage and exposure to extreme temperatures as anaerobic tubular thread sealants compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co., KGaA
    Inventor: Roger J. Grismala
  • Hybrid grease with low friction coefficients and high wearing protection
    Patent number: 11274263
    Abstract: A hybrid grease is provided having low coefficients of friction and high wear protection which is employable over a wide temperature range. The hybrid grease includes a combination of a grease based on a silicone oil in conjunction with a grease based on synthetic hydrocarbon oils, mineral oils or polyglycols. The hybrid grease may especially be used to lubricate joints in vehicle parts based on plastic-steel pairings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Klüber Lubrication München SE & CO. KG
    Inventors: Reiner Schmitz, Martin Wimmer, Stefan Seemeyer
  • Aqueous polymer dispersions, a method for their preparation and the use thereof as pour-point depressants for crude oil, petroleum, and petroleum products
    Patent number: 11261392
    Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous polymer dispersions comprising at least one polymer obtainable by the reaction of at least one monomer M1 of the general formula (I): H2C?CH—C(O)OR, wherein R is an unbranched alkyl chain comprising from 18 to 22 carbon atoms, and optionally at least one monomer M2. The invention relates moreover to a method for the preparing of such aqueous polymer dispersion and the use thereof as pour point depressant for crude oil, petroleum, and petroleum products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frank Pirrung, Edward Bohres, Jennifer Anne Jackson
  • Fuel composition
    Patent number: 11254885
    Abstract: A fuel composition for powering a combustion engine, the composition comprising a liquid base fuel; and a (co)polymer obtainable by (co)polymerizing at least the following monomers: one or more bicyclic (meth)acrylate esters (a); up to 15 wt % of styrene (b); optionally other ethylenically unsaturated monomers that are not monomer (a) or (b); up to a total of 100 wt %, wherein the weight percentages of the monomer are based on the total weight of all of the monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Lawrence Brewer, John Socrates Thomaides, John M Morales, Qiwei He, Damien Christian Vadillo, Michael Timothy Philbin, Joern Karl, Nicholas James Rounthwaite
  • Mixtures of triglycerides and of alkylesters from vegetable oil and applications
    Patent number: 11254891
    Abstract: A mixture of alkylesters of fatty acids is provided, wherein the fatty acids have the following composition: at least 56% of saturated C12 chains, at least 23% of saturated C14 chains, at most 8% of saturated C16 chains, at most 5% of saturated C6-10 chains, at most 5% of monounsaturated C18 chains, at most 2% of saturated C18 chains, at most 0.8% of diunsaturated C18 chains, and at most 0.2% of saturated C20 chains. The percentages are an average percentage expressed in number of moles per total number of moles of alkylesters, and the use of these mixtures is as a viscosity agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: BIOBOON LIMITED
    Inventors: Jeffrey Khoo Meng Chuan, Laurent Richard Charles Dumortier
  • Modified carbon material and method for reducing carbonaceous material ignition temperature
    Patent number: 11234456
    Abstract: A modified carbon material, including a carbonaceous material and a water-insoluble modifier combined with the carbonaceous material, wherein the water-insoluble modifier is CuO, the carbonaceous material is one of or a mixture of biomass carbon or carbon black, a mass of the water-insoluble modifier is being 0.1-10 wt % of the carbonaceous material. The method for preparing the modified carbon material includes: (1) soaking the carbonaceous material in a copper sulfate solution for 5 to 36 hours, and (2) adding an alkali solution into a solution obtained in step (1) to provide a pH value ?12, and after keeping the pH value for 0.5 to 2 hours, filtering and drying to obtain a solid. (3) using the carbonaceous material as a combustion heat source to reduce the ignition temperature, increase or reduce the peak thermal power temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ping Lei, Jianguo Tang, Yongkuan Chen, Shanzhai Shang, Xudong Zheng, Zhiqiang Li, Weimin Gong, Jingmei Han, Chengya Wang, Jun Wu, Pei He, Xiaoli Xu, Dongye Cao, Zhihua Liu
  • Alkyliminoderivatives for use in diesel fuel emulsions
    Patent number: 11236283
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to diesel fuel emulsions, a process to make them and the use thereof in a combustion process. The emulsions are comprise a surfactant of formula wherein R is a C5-C22 linear or branched, saturated or non-saturated, substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, A is or CH2, each X, independently, is H, COOM or SO3M, with at least one X in the molecule being COOM or SO3M, each R2, independently, is H, CH3, or C2H5, k=0-3, each m, independently, is about 2-6, each n, independently, is about 1-6 and the alkylene formed when n>1 may be substituted with alkyl groups, o=0-40, and each M, independently, is selected from H and any cation M+.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Joakim Krigsman, Dennis Selse, Tobias Stein, Sorel Muresan
  • Aviation biofuel base material, aviation biofuel including same, and method for manufacturing aviation biofuel
    Patent number: 11225619
    Abstract: An aviation biofuel component including 90.0 vol % or more of isoparaffins of C10 to C12 and 30.0 vol % or more of isoparaffins which are at least C10 or C12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyo Saito, Akio Imai, Mitsuru Koike, Hiroyuki Tooi
  • Fuel oil composition containing dissolved polymer waste
    Patent number: 11214745
    Abstract: A low value aromatic fuel blending composition containing dissolved waste polystyrene materials having a caloric value comparable to the heavy aromatic compounds in which it is dissolved is disclosed, along with a process for its production from a mixture of heavy aromatic hydrocarbons recovered as the bottoms/reject streams from a variety of refinery aromatics recovery units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Omer Refa Koseoglu, Robert Peter Hodgkins
  • Diamondoid fuels
    Patent number: 11203726
    Abstract: A diamondoid fuel comprising a cage structure including 10, 14, 18, or 22 carbons. The diamondoid fuel also includes one of one to four cyclopropyl groups bonded to the cage structure or two to four functional groups bonded to the cage structure where the functional groups are an alkyl group, an allyl group, a cyclopropyl group, or combinations thereof. Additionally, at least one functional group is an allyl group and at least one functional group is a cyclopropyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Benjamin G. Harvey, Matthew C. Davis
  • Two-layer nanofiltration membranes
    Patent number: 11198103
    Abstract: A two-layer membrane including a polymer layer and a support layer, the polymer layer being disposed on a surface of the support layer. The polymer layer, having a pore size of at most 50 nm and a thickness of 5 nm to 10 ?m, is formed of an amphiphilic copolymer that contains both charged groups and hydrophobic groups. The support layer has a pore size of 3 nm to 10 ?m, which is larger than the pore size of the polymer layer. Also disclosed is a process of filtering a liquid using the two-layer membrane described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: Ayse Asatekin Alexiou, Ilin Sadeghi