Patents Examined by Prashant J Khatri
  • Acrylic film, method for producing same, laminate film, laminated injection molded article, and method for producing rubber-containing polymer
    Patent number: 10654962
    Abstract: An acrylic film having few fish eyes and a method for producing latex of an acrylic rubber-containing polymer having low amounts of coarse particles, excellent filtering properties, and low filter clogging frequency during a filtration step for removing foreign substances. An acrylic film containing an acrylic rubber-containing polymer and a thickness of 30 to 300 ?m, wherein the number of fish eyes that are 0.001 mm2 or greater in size is 130/m2 or fewer when a section having a light transmission rate of 75% or less for light having a wavelength of 400 to 1100 nm was detected as a fish eye A laminate film formed by laminating the acrylic film and a layer of at least one resin selected from thermoplastic resin, thermosetting resin, and photo curable resin. A laminated injection molded article formed by laminating the acrylic film on an injection molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Hara, Masato Yamamoto, Hidehito Shimonaka, Yuuhei Konokawa
  • Glass plate with antireflection film
    Patent number: 10654746
    Abstract: Provided is a glass sheet with an antireflection film: containing a glass sheet, a first transparent high refractive index layer located on the glass sheet, a first transparent low refractive index layer located on the first transparent high refractive index layer, a second transparent high refractive index layer located on the first transparent low refractive index layer, and a second transparent low refractive index layer located on the second transparent high refractive index layer; having a haze after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 0.4% or less; and having a visible light reflectance measured from the side of the second transparent low refractive index layer based on JIS R 3106 being 1.0% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara, Kenichi Suzuki, Nobutaka Aomine
  • Transparent conductive oxide having an embedded film
    Patent number: 10650935
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to coated articles. A substrate is coated with an underlayer having at a first underlayer film made of a first high refractive index material. A transparent conductive oxide layer over at least a portion of the underlayer. An embedded film is embedded within the transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the embedded film comprises a second high refractive index material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Ashtosh P. Ganjoo, Sudarshan Narayanan, Dennis J. O'Shaughnessy
  • Polycarbonate resin film, and transparent film and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 10632696
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for producing a transparent film, including the step of stretching a film in at least one direction under a condition(s) that satisfies an expression (5): 200%/min?[stretching speed(strain rate)]?1,200%/min??(5), wherein the film comprises a polycarbonate resin containing at least a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound (A) that has a bonded structure represented by a structural formula (1): in which no hydrogen atom is bonded to the oxygen atom contained in the structural formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Tanaka, Michiaki Fuji, Nao Murakami, Takashi Shimizu
  • Methacrylic resin composition, molded article, film, and polarizing plate
    Patent number: 10633497
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition that has high transparency and a small phase difference in the thickness direction, and is easily stretched is provided. A methacrylic resin composition according to the present invention includes a methacrylic resin and a polycarbonate resin, in which the polycarbonate resin has a viscosity-average molecular weight larger than 15,000 and smaller than 32,000, a content of the polycarbonate resin based on 100 pts.mass of the methacrylic resin is no less than 1 pts.mass and no greater than 4 pts.mass, and a total amount of the methacrylic resin and the polycarbonate resin based on the methacrylic resin composition is 80 to 100 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: KURRAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Yusaku Nomoto
  • Sealant film and laminate film
    Patent number: 10625493
    Abstract: A sealant film used by being laminated on a substrate includes a sealing layer including a first polyolefin resin and an antifogging agent and a first resin layer including 10% to 40% by mass of a cyclic polyolefin resin and 60% to 90% by mass of a second polyolefin resin, wherein the second polyolefin resin is not a cyclic polyolefin resin. The first resin layer is disposed on a surface of the sealing layer, and has a phase-separated structure in which the cyclic polyolefin resin is dispersed in the form of a layer in the second polyolefin resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Matsubara, Tatsuhiko Usui, Yoshitaka Satoh
  • Essentially biobased, thermoformable composition and containers formed thereof
    Patent number: 10626271
    Abstract: An essentially biobased and optionally biodegradable, thermoformable composition containing a) as thermoformable resin at least one poly-L-lactide with less than 1 mol % of D-lactoyl units (PLLA) or at least one poly-L-lactide with 1-5 mol % of D-lactoyl units (PLA) and b) a nucleating combination of ?) 1 to 10% Wt. of at least one poly-D-lactide with less than 1 mol % of L-lactoyl-units (PDLA) or of 0.5 to 5% Wt. of PLLA/PDLA or PLA/PDLA stereocomplex crystallites, ?) 0.1 to 25% Wt. of an inorganic nucleating agent, and ?) 0.1 to 30% Wt. of at least an inorganic filler with lamellar structure, and thermoformed, essentially biobased and optionally biodegradable containers formed of the inventive compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: HUHTAMÄKI OYJ, PURAC BIOCHEM B.V.
    Inventors: Aad Hoekstra, Gerald G. J. Schennink, Sicco De Vos
  • Polyethylene films with matte surface
    Patent number: 10619020
    Abstract: Embodiments of monolayer and multilayer films which provide an improved matte surface are disclosed. The monolayer film or an outer layer of the multilayer films comprise greater than 50% by weight of a first polyethylene having a density of at least 0.935 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) of 0.9 g/10 minutes or less, and less than 50% by weight of a second polyethylene having a density less 0.935 g/cm3 and a melt index (I2) of 20 g/10 minutes or less, wherein the film exhibits an external gloss of less than 20 units when measured at 45 according to ASTM D2457 and a haze greater than 60% when measured according to ASTM D1003.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Rosana Rosa, Gianna Buaszczyk, Nicolas C. Mazzola, Jorge C. Gomes
  • Flexible conductive film and process for producing the same
    Patent number: 10622115
    Abstract: A first object is to provide a conductive film which is flexible from the standpoint that bending in a bending test or the like does not largely change its electrical resistance. Provided is a process for producing a flexible conductive film including applying a solution or dispersion containing at least any one of metal organic compounds, metals, and metal oxides onto a base material and treating the resulting film by at least either one of a heating step at a temperature not deteriorating the base material or an irradiation step with ultraviolet light, microwaves, or plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tetsuo Tsuchiya, Yuuko Uzawa, Tomohiko Nakajima
  • Polymeric interlayers and multiple layer panels made therefrom exhibiting enhanced properties and performance
    Patent number: 10611906
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Functional polymer membrane, method for manufacturing same, composition for forming functional polymer membrane, separation membrane module, and ion-exchange device
    Patent number: 10610833
    Abstract: A functional polymer membrane contains a polymer compound having a constitutional unit represented by Formula I as a constitutional unit A, a constitutional unit represented by Formula I? as a constitutional unit A?, and a constitutional unit derived from a polyfunctional monomer having a C log P value of equal to or greater than ?0.3 to less than 3.0 as a constitutional unit B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuomi Inoue, Yusuke Iizuka
  • Laminated structure and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10603869
    Abstract: A laminated structure has a first layer formed from a fiber reinforced plastic, a second layer formed from a fiber reinforced plastic and arranged opposed to the first layer, a first core layer formed from a first resin foam and arranged between the first layer and the second layer, and a second core layer formed from a second resin foam and arranged between the first core later and the second layer. The first resin foam has a higher flame resistance than the second resin foam. A laminated structure having flame resistance and high strength enough to endure a bird strike or the like at the same time can be manufactured at relatively low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryo Morihashi, Takeshi Hasegawa, Yosuke Tsumura, Takeshi Takagi
  • Shock absorption structure and vehicle outer panel member having the same
    Patent number: 10603879
    Abstract: A shock absorption structure has an exterior member made of a first fiber-reinforced composite material, an interior member made of a second fiber-reinforced composite material, and a first intermediate member made of resin, extending along the exterior member and the interior member, and sandwiched between the exterior member and the interior member. The first intermediate member has a lower elongation percentage than the exterior member. The first intermediate member has lower strength than the exterior member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Yoshida
  • Flexible display apparatus
    Patent number: 10603876
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a first adhesive film on the display unit, an optical film on the first adhesive film, a second adhesive film on the optical film, and a window film on the second adhesive film, and the second adhesive film has a higher modulus than the first adhesive film at ?20° C. to 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Do Kwak, Sung Hyun Mun, Ik Hwan Cho
  • Optical resin material and optical film
    Patent number: 10598822
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical resin material and an optical film, which are very small in both orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence, excellent in transparency, have few defects due to foreign substances, and are excellent in heat resistance and mechanical strength. Provided is an optical resin material containing a graft copolymer (C) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl-based monomer mixture (B) in the presence of a vinyl-based polymer (A) having at least one crosslinked structure layer, wherein the graft copolymer (C) has an orientation birefringence of ?15×10?4 to 15×10?4 and a photoelastic constant of ?10×10?12 to 10×10?12 Pa?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminobu Kitayama, Nobuyoshi Maizuru, Keisuke Hatano
  • Stiff interlayers for laminated glass structures
    Patent number: 10596783
    Abstract: A new laminated glass structure for automotive glazing, architectural window and other applications that includes two sheets of relatively thin, optionally chemically strengthened glass, such as Corning® Gorilla® Glass, with a composite interlayer structure that includes at least one relatively stiff layer having relatively high Young's modulus of 50 MPa or higher and a relatively softer polymer layer having a relatively low Young's modulus of 20 MPa or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: William Keith Fisher, Mark Stephen Friske, Anurag Jain
  • Electromagnetic wave shielding material and layered body for electromagnetic wave shielding
    Patent number: 10597508
    Abstract: There is provided an electromagnetic wave shielding material excellent in moldability and developing a good electromagnetic wave shielding function. The electromagnetic wave shielding material 1 contains a synthetic resin 11, and an exfoliated graphite 12 being a layered body of graphene and having a number of graphene layers of 200 or smaller and an aspect ratio of 20 or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsunori Takahashi, Kensuke Tsumura, Kazuhiro Sawa
  • Polymeric interlayers and multiple layer panels made therefrom exhibiting enhanced properties and performance
    Patent number: 10589495
    Abstract: Polymeric interlayers for use in making multiple layer panels having a unique balance of properties are provided. Single and multiple layer interlayers according to various embodiments of the present invention can be used to form multiple layer panels that exhibit both enhanced rigidity and improved impact resistance, while still retaining desirable optical performance. Interlayers and multiple layer panels of the present invention may be particularly suitable for use in a wide range of applications, including, for example, in many indoor and outdoor architectural and structural applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Solutia Inc.
    Inventors: Aristotelis Karagiannis, Yalda Farhoudi, Yinong Ma, Megan Lee Szlosek, Pu Zhang
  • Laminated polyester film
    Patent number: 10589490
    Abstract: A laminated polyester film includes a pigment-containing polyester layer A and wax-containing polyester layers B1 and B2 on both sides of the polyester layer A, wherein the film satisfies formulae (I) and (II), and the coefficient of variation of water contact angle for each layer B1 and layer B2 is not less than 0% and not more than 10%, when the contact angle with water is measured 10 times at arbitrary defined positions within the range of 200 mm×200 mm: Wb1>Wa??(I) Wb2>Wa??(II) wherein Wb1 and Wb2 represent the wax content per unit area of the layer B1 and layer B2 respectively, and Wa represents the wax content per unit area of the layer A, and wherein the coefficient of variation represents a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation in values measured 10 times by the average value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitsutaka Sakamoto, Mayumi Nakamura, Isao Manabe, Yasushi Takada, Satoshi Nakamura
  • Modified polymers and stable emulsions comprising the same
    Patent number: 10584220
    Abstract: A modified polymer includes a diene-based polymeric chain and at least one end terminated with a blocked isocyanate group. The blocked isocyanate group may be the reaction product of an isocyanate and a blocking agent, and the blocking agent is selected, such that the modified polymer deblocks at temperatures of at least 100 C. An aqueous emulsion of the modified polymer may be provided that may be surfactant-free. The emulsion may be combined with one or more latexes to provide a treatment solution for a fabric or fiber that does not require the use of resorcinol and formaldehyde. Once treated and dried, the fabric or fiber may be used to impart tensile strength to rubber products, such as tires, air springs, flexible couplings, power transmission belts, conveyor belts, and fluid routing hoses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fabien Salort, Jean-Marc Monsallier