Patents Examined by Patrick Niland
  • Patent number: 9169345
    Abstract: An in-mold coated article which is prepared in association with cationic-stabilized dispersions. Preferred cationic-stabilized dispersions, include cationic-stabilized polyurethane dispersions, cationic-stabilized acrylic dispersions, cationic-stabilized polyacrylamides, cationic-stabilized polyallylamines, cationic-stabilized polyetheramines, cationic-stabilized chitosans and/or combinations thereof. The present invention further provides methods for manufacturing in-mold coated articles which are prepared in association with cationic-stabilized dispersions in a consistent and/or repeatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Red Spot Paint & Varnish Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Morgan, Brodie Wright
  • Patent number: 9169413
    Abstract: The invention provides an ink containing a self-dispersion pigment in which a phosphonic acid group is bonded directly or through another atomic group to the surface thereof and a polyurethane polymer, wherein the surface charge amount of the self-dispersion pigment is 0.25 mmol/g or more and 0.42 mmol/g or less, and the polyurethane polymer has units respectively derived from a polyisocyanate, a polyether polyol having no acid group and a diol having an acid group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenichi Shiiba, Daiji Okamura, Kousuke Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 9163161
    Abstract: Provided is a polyurethane aqueous dispersion characterized in having practical utility in terms of processing suitability when a formed film is produced by salt coagulation method, and characterized in that a formed film obtained from the same has practical utility in terms of resistance against ethanol water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: TOYO POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michiro Goto, Kenji Shimizu, Yoshio Seki, Tomoya Genmoto, Chie Ipponsugi, Naohito Higuchi
  • Patent number: 9163111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous composition comprising from 5 to 90% by weight of a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated water dispersible polyurethane (A) and from 1 to 60% by weight relative to the weight of polyurethane (A) of a least one polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated compound (B) having a water solubility at 25° C. of less than 50 g/l, and it use for making high gloss coatings as well as wood stains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Allnex Belgium S.A.
    Inventors: Jurgen Van Holen, Steven Cappelle, Xavier Deruyttere, Michel Tielemans
  • Patent number: 9156776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound characterized by the following formula: where R1, R2, Y, m, and p are described herein. The compound of the present invention is useful as a precursor to hydrophobically modified alkylene oxide urethane polymers, which are useful as rheology modifiers for coatings formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: John J. Rabasco, Barrett R. Bobsein
  • Patent number: 9145502
    Abstract: Aqueous ink jet ink compositions can be used for ink jet printing colored or invisible images on receiver elements. These compositions contain a polymeric agent comprising core-shell polymeric particles. The core of the particles comprises a hydrophobic polymer having an acid number less than 10. The shell of the particles comprises a hydrophilic polymer having an acid number of at least 70. The weight ratio of the core to the shell is at least 50:50 and up to and including 90:10. Such compositions can be used in various ink jet printing systems including drop on demand and continuous ink jet printing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas B. Brust, Catherine A. Falkner, Anne Troxell Wyand
  • Patent number: 9127163
    Abstract: Aqueous binder composition comprising an organic emulsifiable polyisocyanate, an aromatic polyester polyol and a alkali metal salt of a carboxylic acid as trimerisation catalyst and its use for bonding mineral fibre or lignocellulosic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Dominicus Limerkens, Marc Broekaert, Stefan Priemen
  • Patent number: 9109128
    Abstract: Polyurethanes containing at least one bisphosphonate group, as well as related compositions, articles, and methods, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Jinqi Xu, Paul S. Palumbo
  • Patent number: 9109133
    Abstract: The ink jet ink includes pigment, first resin which has a glass-transition temperature of less than 20° C. and a weight-average molecular weight of not more than 10000, second resin which has a glass-transition temperature of not less than 23° C., and specific polyoxyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Soichi Yamazaki, Hideki Okada, Hiroaki Kumeta, Daisuke Ishihara
  • Patent number: 9109124
    Abstract: A solid ink composition comprising oligomer resins which are suitable for direct-to-paper (DTP) and/or transfix inkjet printing. In embodiments, the oligomer resins are poly/oligoester and poly/oligoesteramide compounds, which are non-wax materials having semi-crystalline properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rina Carlini, Adela Goredema
  • Patent number: 9090735
    Abstract: A liquid isocyanate composition is provided. The composition comprises at least one isocyanate component; at least one polyol and/or the adduct of said at least one isocyanate component and at least one polyol; clay nanoparticles. The polyol is an EO-tipped polyol, the NCO/OH ratio being in the range of 1500 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Huntsman International LLC
    Inventors: Marleen Bleyen, Conny Nijs, Chris Ian Lindsay
  • Patent number: 9063424
    Abstract: An isocyanurate compound for forming an organic anti-reflective coating layer, which has superior stability and etch rate at a high temperature, and which has a high refractive index, is represented by following Formula 1. In Formula 1, R is independently a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R1 is independently a chain type or ring type saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing 0 to 6 of hetero atoms, and R2 independently a chain type or ring type saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group of 1 to 15 carbon atoms containing 0 to 15 of hetero atoms, wherein, R1 can have at least two bonding parts, and in the case that R1 has at least two bonding parts, the rest parts except R1 of the compounds represented by Formula 1 can connect to the R1 to form a polymer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: DONGJIN SEMICHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo-Jung Roh, Dong-Kyu Ju, Hyun-Jin Kim, Deog-Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 9051220
    Abstract: A powder molded product produced through molding of a slurry containing a powdery molding raw material, a dispersion medium for dispersing the molding raw material, a dispersant for uniformly dispersing the molding raw material in the dispersion medium, a binder precursor for producing an organic binder through a chemical reaction, a reaction promoter for promoting the chemical reaction, and a pseudo-plasticity-imparting agent for imparting pseudo-plasticity to the slurry. The method for producing a powder molded product of the present invention includes a slurry preparation step; a molding step of molding the prepared slurry into a primary molded product having a specific shape; and a drying-solidification step of solidifying the slurry by promoting the aforementioned chemical reaction in the primary molded product, and removing, through evaporation, the dispersion medium from the primary molded product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiki Hiraiwa, Hidemi Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9045672
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising: a) one or more isocyanate functional prepolymers; b) one or more compounds containing a cycloaliphatic tertiary amine; c) one or more compounds containing a peroxide group; and d) one or more acrylate containing components. The system can be used in the form of a two part adhesive or in the form of a one part adhesive and an activator adapted to be applied to the surface of one or more of the substrates to which the adhesive is to be bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Dow GlobalTechnologies LLC
    Inventors: Gary L. Jialanella, Lirong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9045583
    Abstract: A pigment that exhibits excellent image density, dispersibility, storage stability, and resolubility, and forms an ink film that exhibits marker resistance and rubfastness is provided. A polyurethane resin-bonded pigment is produced by bringing (I) a pigment having a surface acidic group into contact with (II) a water-dispersible polyurethane resin having a tertiary amino group and an anionic polar group or a nonionic polar chain in an aqueous medium. The pigment (I) is preferably self-dispersible carbon black having a surface acidic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: TOKAI CARBON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari Ishibashi, Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9045661
    Abstract: A process for preparing a crossed-linked colorant dispersion is provided in which a partially neutralized dispersant polymer having a cross-linkable moiety is used as a dispersant for a colorant by reacting the cross-linkable moiety on the dispersant with a cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick F. McIntyre, John C. Hornby, Christian Jackson, Xiaoqing Li, James A. Silver, Tristan Williams
  • Patent number: 9045658
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curing accelerator for an oxidative polymerization-type unsaturated resin which can decrease the amount of use of a cobalt metal soap and which has curing performance equal to or higher than the excellent curing performance of a cobalt metal soap, and also provide a printing ink and a coating material using the curing accelerator. The present invention provides a curing accelerator, and a printing ink and a coating material containing the curing accelerator, the curing accelerator including a fatty acid manganese salt (A), an aminoalcohol (B) represented by general formula (1) below, and at least one fatty acid metal salt (C) selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid bismuth salt, a fatty acid zirconium salt, a fatty acid barium salt, and a fatty acid iron salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Matsunaga, Hiroaki Nakano
  • Patent number: 9034947
    Abstract: An ink composition suitable for ink jet printing, including printing on deformable substrates. In embodiments, the stretchable ink composition is based on a solventless monomer-based ink formulation comprising a mixture of acrylic ester oligomer and monomers of acrylic ester and aromatic acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiliang Wu, Cameron Derry, Ping Liu
  • Patent number: 9023941
    Abstract: Provided is a slush molding material which exhibits excellent low-temperature meltability and heat resistance and which can yield a molded product having excellent tensile strength and elongation. The present invention is urethane resin particles (D1) comprising a urethane or urethane-urea resin (U1) that has residues (j) bonded thereto covalently, said residues (j) being residues derived from an at least trivalent aromatic polycarboxylic acid by removing hydroxyl groups, or urethane resin particles (D2) comprising a urethane resin composition (S2) which comprises both a urethane or urethane-urea resin (U2) and a compound (E) that has a residue (j) derived from an at least trivalent aromatic polycarboxylic acid by removing hydroxyl groups, said compound (E) being represented by general formula (1), wherein the residues (j) are linked respectively to urethane or urea groups (u) of the resin (U1) or (U2) by hydrogen bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Yasuhiro Tsudo, Masaki Inaba, Jun Takeuchi, Yuko Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9023933
    Abstract: An autoxidisable coating composition comprising i) 10 to 60 wt % of an autoxidisable material with: a) a number average molecular weight <4500 g/mol; b) optionally 1 to 20 carbohydrate units; c) a fatty acid content of ?60 wt %; d) a viscosity at 100% solids in the range of from 0.05 to 5 Pa·s at 20+/?5° C. at a shear rate of 5000 s?1; ii) 90 to 40 wt % of an autoxidisable urethanised resin with: e) a number average molecular weight ?4000 g/mol; f) a fatty acid content of ?50 wt %; g) an acid value in the range of from 0 to 20 mgKOH/g resin; h) an isocyanate content in the range of from 1 to 35 wt % by weight of autoxidisable urethanised resin; where i)+ii)=100 wt %, based on the total solids content of the autoxidisable coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Willem Grisnich, Fokeltje Akke Koldijk, Adrianus Jozephus Hendricus Lansbergen, Albertus Johannes Reuvers, Stefan Hendrikus Maria Willems