Patents Examined by Rabon A. Sergent
  • Composition and a process for a preparation of polyurethane dispersion
    Patent number: 10584090
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition for a preparation of polyurethane dispersion, comprising bio-based polyol as shown in structure (I) and polyhydroxy fatty acid compound as shown in structure (II): wherein, R represents a polyhydric alcohol unit that is selected from aliphatic polyhydric alcohol, alicyclic polyhydric alcohol, cyclic polyhydric alcohol, aromatic polyhydric alcohol, or optionally, cyclic polyhydroxyl having heteroatom; R\ represents a hydrocarbon unit obtained from a molecular chain of unsaturated fatty acid having 14-24 carbon atoms and having from 1-6 pairs of vicinal diol group per one molecular chain of such unsaturated fatty acid; n represents an integer from 2 to 8 of an ester group obtained from a reaction of polyhydric alcohol and unsaturated fatty acid; wherein said composition is prepared from a process comprising the steps of: i.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited
    Inventor: Papapida Pornsuriyasak
  • Thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition having enhanced texture and durability and production method thereof
    Patent number: 10556982
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition having enhanced texture and durability is capable of ensuring excellent appearance quality by applying polyester polyol including, polytetramethylene ether glycol and polydimethylsiloxane diol to an existing thermoplastic polyurethane resin composition, having excellent mechanical properties and long-term durability, such as anti-scratch and abrasion resistance, while largely enhancing texture quality, largely reducing producing costs by replacing a material such as natural leather, reducing generation of a volatile organic compound (VOC), and using the VOC in a surface material for a vehicle interior material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hak Soo Kim, Sang Yun Lee, Jae Chan Lee, Dae Young Kwon
  • Method for treatment of carbon dioxide absorbing agent
    Patent number: 10544252
    Abstract: There is provided a method that can realize the treatment of an amine compound, a deterioration product thereof and the like in a simple and a low-cost manner. The method includes treating a carbon dioxide absorbing agent, comprising a step in which at least one carbon dioxide absorbing agent represented by OH—R2—NR3—R4—OH or H—NR6—R7—NR8—H into contact with a compound containing two or more isocyanate groups in its molecule to produce a solid containing a urethane bond or a urea bond. In the above formula, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 each independently represent CvHwOxNy wherein v, w, x, and y are 0?v?10, 0?w?22, 0?x?3, and 0?y?3, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroko Watando, Takashi Kuboki, Satoshi Saito
  • Elastic jelly-like composition
    Patent number: 10500150
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oil-in-water emulsion composition thickened with a hydrophobically modified polyether urethane, the composition having improved high-temperature stability and giving a pudding-like unique feeling. The invention provides an elastic jelly-like composition characterized in that a hydrophobically modified polyether urethane has been incorporated into an oil-in-water emulsion including oil droplets with an average particle diameter of 150 nm or smaller. The elastic jelly-like composition is transparent or translucent, gives a pudding-like elastic feeling, has excellent viscosity stability at high temperatures, and is suitable for use as a cosmetic-preparation base. The hydrophobically modified polyether urethane is especially preferably a PEG-240/decyltetradeceth-20/HDI copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: SHISEIDO COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ayano Matsuo, Koichi Fujii
  • Polyurethane elastomers
    Patent number: 10501571
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane elastomer obtainable by reacting a polyol and an isocyanate wherein the polyol comprises a) at least one dimer fatty residue selected from a dimer fatty diacid residue, a dimer fatty diol residue and a dimer fatty diamine residue; and b) at least one furan dicarboxylic acid residue. The invention also relates to a polyol for making the polyurethane elastomer, the use of the polyol and a method of making the polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CRODA INTERNATIONAL PLC
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Adrianus Jacobus Honcoop, Remco Benjamin Van Triet, Angela Leonarda Maria Smits
  • Improving the purity of materials recycled from disposable absorbent articles
    Patent number: 10493661
    Abstract: Improving the recovery from recycling a disposable absorbent article including superabsorbent polymer includes separating the article into a mixed polymeric material/cellulosic fiber stream and a superabsorbent polymer/fibers stream; and processing the mixed polymeric material/cellulosic fiber stream using an enzyme to release the cellulosic fibers from the polymeric materials. The method can also include shredding the disposable absorbent article; re-pulping the shredded disposable absorbent article; and dehydrating the superabsorbent polymer, wherein dehydrating includes belching fluid from swollen superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) by immersing swollen SAP in a gel state into a composition for removing moisture, wherein seawater and 0.5 to 3% by weight of calcium chloride based on the weight of seawater are mixed for 10 minutes to 4 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: HoSun Lee, KyungShin Kim, HyungByum Kim
  • Hydrophobic polyols
    Patent number: 10487171
    Abstract: A curable composition includes a reaction product of an isocyanate component that includes one or more isocyanates, at an isocyanate index being from 90 to 150, and an isocyanate reactive component that includes a blend including from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of a first butylene oxide based polyol and from 5 wt % to 95 wt % of a second butylene oxide based polyol. The first butylene oxide based polyol has a number average molecular weight from 200 g/mol to 1,000 g/mol and a nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 6. The second butylene oxide based polyol has a number average molecular weight greater than 1,000 g/mol and less than 8,000 g/mol and a nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 4. The blend accounts for at least 50 wt % of a total weight of polyols in the isocyanate-reactive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Adam C. Colson, Amber Marie Stephenson, Bindu Krishnan
  • Polymerizable composition, transparent resin, optical material, plastic lens, and method for manufacturing transparent resin
    Patent number: 10465036
    Abstract: A polymerizable composition which can suppress generation of turbidity, optical distortion, and striae in a transparent resin obtained therefrom, a transparent resin obtained from the polymerizable composition, an optical material containing the transparent resin, a plastic lens containing the optical material, and a method for manufacturing the transparent resin. The present disclosure is a polymerizable composition containing a polythiol compound having at least three mercapto groups and a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound. The polyiso(thio)cyanate compound contains only a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound having no aromatic ring, and a thiol equivalent ratio which is a measured value of a thiol equivalent of the polythiol compound with respect to a theoretical value of the thiol equivalent is 0.900 or more and less than 1.000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Iijima, Masahisa Kousaka
  • Alcohol-based printing ink composition
    Patent number: 10457820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcohol-based printing ink composition, comprising a colorant (E), a medium and a polyurethane urea resin (D) obtained by reacting a polyol (A), a diisocyanate (B) and a chain extender (C), wherein the polyol (A) comprises a polyester polyol (A0) having a repeating unit derived from a saturated hydroxycarboxylic acid having a side chain, and the medium comprises an alcohol (F), wherein the proportion of the alcohol (F) is at least 50% by weight relative to a value of 100% by weight for the total medium. Accordingly, the invention provides a printing ink comprising an alcohol having minimal environmental impact as the main component of the ink medium, the ink exhibiting excellent colorant dispersibility and storage stability, and having excellent re-solubility during long runs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Oya, Yuki Sato, Yoshitaka Tone, Harunori Narihiro
  • Method of preparing a polycarbodiimide polymer and polycarbodiimide polymer prepared thereby
    Patent number: 10457767
    Abstract: A method of producing a polycarbodiimide polymer comprises heating a precursor compound at a desired temperature. The method further comprises combining the precursor compound, a diisocyanate compound, and a carbodiimidization catalyst to form a reaction mixture. Finally, the method comprises heating the reaction mixture for a first period of time at a first temperature, thereby reacting the precursor compound and the diisocyanate compound in the presence of the carbodiimidization catalyst to produce the polycarbodiimide polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michele Williams-Harry, Rajesh Kumar
  • Production methods of polyester and polyurethane
    Patent number: 10450404
    Abstract: At the time of producing a polyester by using a dicarboxylic acid component and a biomass-resource-derived diol as raw materials, a polyester is efficiently produced with good color tone, as the raw material diol derived from biomass resources, a diol in which the content of a cyclic carbonyl compound having a carbon atom number of 5 or 6 is from 0.01 to 12 ppm by mass, is used, and by controlling the content of a cyclic carbonyl compound having a carbon atom number of 5 or 6 in the raw material diol to fall in a prescribed range, the color tone of the polyester is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Genomatica, Inc.
    Inventors: Masaru Utsunomiya, Yusuke Izawa, Norikazu Konishi, Kota Tanaka, Shinichiro Matsuzono, Takayuki Suzuki, Michael Japs, Mark Burk, Warren Clark
  • Polyurethane based gel composition
    Patent number: 10435500
    Abstract: A polyurethane gel for comfort applications includes a reaction product of a composition that includes (1) from 5 wt % to 35 wt % of a prepolymer component, based on a total weight of the composition, the prepolymer component including a reaction product of an isocyanate component that includes diphenylemethane diisocyanate (MDI) and a polyol component that includes a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene polyol that has an polyoxyethylene content greater than 65 wt %, based on a total weight of the polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene polyol, and (2) a remainder of a prepolymer-reactive component that includes an amine-terminated polyol and a propylene oxide-ethylene oxide based monol or polyol. The composition excludes any plasticizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yasmin N. Srivastava, Rogelio Gamboa
  • Method for improving fracture toughness of polyisocyanurate comprising reaction products
    Patent number: 10421831
    Abstract: A curable composition for making polyisocyanurate comprising products obtained by combining and mixing at an isocyanate index of at least 100 at least a polyisocyanate composition, a polytetrahydrofuran polyol (P-THF) having average molecular weight in range 1000-5000 g/mol as toughening agent and diols having an average molecular weight <1000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: Steve Andre Woutters
  • Method for improving toughness of polyisocyanate polyaddition reaction products
    Patent number: 10421833
    Abstract: Use of compounds selected from polyols derived from dimer fatty acids and/or dimer fatty alcohols as toughening agent in a process for making polyisocyanate polyaddition reaction products, in particular for polyisocyanate polyaddition reaction products having a hardblock >40% and a process for making said products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Hugo Verbeke, Hans Godelieve Guido Verbeke, Christian Esbelin, Ainara Astaburuaga Gutierrez
  • Polyisocyanate composition, polyurethane resin, and coating
    Patent number: 10392528
    Abstract: A polyisocyanate composition includes at least a pentamethylenediisocyanate derivative. The polyisocyanate composition contains 5 mass % or more and 95 mass % or less of a uretdione derivative composed of an isocyanate bimolecular-product of pentamethylenediisocyanate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Toshihiko Nakagawa, Aya Nakagawa, Shinji Kiyono, Takashi Kanno, Hirokazu Morita, Satoshi Yamasaki
  • Blocked isocyanate, coating composition, adhesive composition, and article
    Patent number: 10385157
    Abstract: The blocked isocyanate is a blocked isocyanate containing a latent isocyanate group, which is an isocyanate group blocked with a blocking agent, wherein the blocked isocyanate includes a first latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a first blocking agent and a second latent isocyanate group that is an isocyanate group blocked with a second blocking agent; and the first blocking agent is represented by general formula (1) below, and has a higher catalysis activity that activates the isocyanate group than that of the second blocking agent. (where R1 to R3 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, and at least one of R1 to R3 represents a hydrogen atom, and R1 and R3 may be bonded to each other to form a heterocycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Fukuda, Jun Kamada, Takashi Uchida, Masakazu Masui, Shinji Tachibana, Hirokazu Mizuma, Kenichi Fujii
  • Strong reversible hydrogels
    Patent number: 10377847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved hydrogel materials using water gellants that are comprised of polymer backbones P to which hydrogen bonding 4H-units are covalently attached via a hydrophobic linker L. Optionally, the hydrogel contains additional ingredients or additives. These new reversible hydrogels can easily be fine-tuned in their mechanical performance and function and are especially suitable for biomedical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SupraPolix B.V.
    Inventors: Travis Wayne Baughman, Gaby Maria Leonarda Hoorne-Van Gemert, Henricus Marie Janssen, Egbert Willem Meijer, Anton Willem Bosman
  • Dry fibrous material for subsequent resin infusion
    Patent number: 10369773
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dry, self-supporting fibrous material, the fibers of which have been treated with a binder composition. The fibrous material can be slit into tapes or tows that are suitable for use in an Automated Tape Laying (ATL) or Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) process. This fibrous material is suitable for forming preforms which are configured to receive a matrix resin by resin infusion in the manufacturing of structural composite parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Dominique Ponsolle, Carmelo Luca Restuccia, William Jacobs, Robert Blackburn, Carmelo LoFaro, Richard Price, Marc Doyle, Mitchell Smith, Abdel Abusafieh
  • Supramolecular biodegradable polymer
    Patent number: 10358522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a supramolecular biodegradable polymer comprising a quadruple hydrogen bonding unit (abbreviated herein as “4H-unit”), a biodegradable backbone and hard blocks and a process for preparing such a supramolecular biodegradable polymer. The supramolecular polymer is specifically suitable for biodegradable articles such as biomedical implants that need high strength and/or elasticity, e.g. medical implants in the cardio-vascular field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SUPRAPOLIX B.V.
    Inventors: Tristan Mes, Anton Willem Bosman
  • Polyurethane-polyurea dispersions comprising hydrazine or hydrazide chain extenders
    Patent number: 10351653
    Abstract: A method of making a silyl-terminated polyurethane in an aqueous dispersion aqueous silyl-terminated polyurethane dispersions are described. In one embodiment, the polyurethane comprises a) urethane moieties derived from the reaction of a (i) a diol; (ii) a neutralized anionic water solubilizing compound; and iii) a diisocyanate. The polyurethane also comprises b) silyl terminal groups derived from an alkoxy silane compound having the formula (R3O)3SiR4—Z, wherein R3 is independently hydrogen or a C1-C4 alkyl; R4 is a divalent group selected from alkylene, alkylarylene, oxyalkylene; and Z is selected from the group consisting of —OH, —SH, —NR, —NH2, wherein R is an aromatic or aliphatic cyclic group. The polyurethane also comprises c) urea moieties derived from the reaction of an isocyanate terminated prepolymer and a difunctional hydrazine or hydrazide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Yongshang Lu, Jon P. Nietfeld, Susan M. Endle, Richard G. Hansen, Suresh Iyer