Patents Examined by Robert Jones
  • Stiff polypropylene composition suitable for primerless painting
    Patent number: 9701825
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polypropylene composition (C), an article comprising the polypropylene composition (C) as well as the use of the polypropylene composition (C) to reduce paintability failure of a molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Georg Grestenberger, Claudia Kniesel, Daniela Mileva, Dietrich Gloger
  • Resin composition for wire covering material, insulated wire, and wiring harness
    Patent number: 9701837
    Abstract: A resin composition for a wire covering material that is excellent in high-temperature oil resistance, wear resistance, and elongation, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness in which the resin composition for a wire covering material is used as the covering material contains a (A) polysulfone-based resin, a (B) aromatic polyester resin, a (C) polyester elastomer, and a (D) compound having a reactive functional group that reacts with one of a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group, wherein the (D) component reacts with the (B) component or the (C) component to form a bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toyoki Furukawa, Satoshi Murao
  • Mixture comprising polyolefin particles and fibrous basic magnesium sulfate aggregated particles
    Patent number: 9701808
    Abstract: A resin composition having high compositional uniformity can be advantageously prepared in industry by depositing a mixture comprising polyolefin particles and fibrous basic magnesium sulfate aggregated particles which satisfies the condition that a value resulting from calculation of formula of DA2×?A/DB2×?B is in the range of 0.2 to 5 in a hopper of a melt kneader through a supply port of the hopper and introducing the deposited mixture into the melt kneader so as to melt and knead the mixture therein, in which DA is a mean particle size (unit: cm) of the polyolefin particles, ?A is a density (unit: g/cm3) of the polyolefin, DB is a mean particle size (unit: cm) of the fibrous basic magnesium sulfate aggregated particles, and ?B is an apparent density (unit: g/cm3) of the aggregated particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: UBE MATERIAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouichi Nomura, Yojiro Ichimura
  • Demulsifiers
    Patent number: 9695366
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel demulsifiers for use in the demulsification of oils from water and vice versa, including the demulsification of crude oil from sea water or brine. In particular, the present invention relates to novel demulsifiers which are environmentally friendly, or ‘green’, and which can be used without restriction on-site in offshore oil drilling fields, for example in the North Sea. The novel demulsifiers are based on the reaction product of alkoxylated polyols or polyol esters with dicarboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Croda International PLC
    Inventors: Hanamanthsa Shankarsa Bevinakatti, Neil Grainger, Tracey Joanne Wardell
  • Elastic hydrogel
    Patent number: 9688741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydrogels and to the use of hydrogels for repair or restoration of tissue. In particular, the hydrogels of the present invention can be used for the repair or restoration of cardiac tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Elastagen Pty Ltd, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Nasim Annabi, Anthony Steven Weiss, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Curable silicone composition, cured product thereof, and optical semiconductor device
    Patent number: 9683084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a curable silicone composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by a specific average unit formula and having at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule, (B) an optional straight-chain organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups and not having any silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, (C) an organopolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in a molecule, wherein at least 80 mass % of this component comprises an organotrisiloxane represented by the formula: H(CH3)2SiO(C6H5)2SiOSi(CH3)2H, and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. The curable silicone composition has excellent handleability and high reactivity and forms a cured product with low gas permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: DOW CORNING TORAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiko Kobayashi, Yutaka Oka, Michitaka Suto, Tomohiro Iimura
  • Methods for treating rubber-containing particles and products produced therefrom
    Patent number: 9683089
    Abstract: Methods for treating rubber-containing particles to produce materials suitable for blending with thermoplastic or thermoset polymers are disclosed. The rubber-containing particles are mixed with a fatty acid-containing material in a friction mixer to produce a rubber-containing particulate mixture. The rubber-containing particles may comprise virgin or recycled particulate rubber such as from used tires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: PRIME ELASTOMERS, LLC
    Inventors: Gary Brown, Clifford C. Fay
  • Heat resistant clear polycarbonate-polysiloxane compounds
    Patent number: 9676939
    Abstract: Provided herein are polycarbonate blend compositions, methods for making polycarbonate blend compositions and articles containing the polycarbonate blend composition, wherein the polycarbonate blend composition comprises a first polycarbonate and a second polycarbonate wherein the polycarbonate blend has a glass transition temperature (Tg) between 148° C. and 155° C. as measured using a differential scanning calorimetry method; a percent (%) haze of less than 3.5% and a % transmission of greater than 80% as measured using a method of ASTM D 1003-07, and wherein the blend composition possesses 80% or greater ductility in a notched izod test at ?20° C. at a thickness of 0.125 inches according to ASTM D256-10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Niles Rosenquist, Srinivas Siripurapu
  • Hardening accelerator containing ettringite and calcium silicate hydrate
    Patent number: 9676666
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the preparation of a calcium silicate hydrate and ettringite containing hardening accelerator composition by reaction of a water-soluble calcium compound, silicate compound, aluminum compound and a sulfate compound, wherein the molar ratio of silicon to sulfate is from 2/1 to 30/1 and the reaction of the four compounds being carried out in the presence of an aqueous solution which contains a comb polymer suitable as a plasticizer for hydraulic binders. Also concerned are the use of said accelerators in building material mixtures, the building material mixtures containing said accelerators and a process for the preparation of a sprayable binder composition in which said accelerators are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: BASF Construction Solutions GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Hesse, Niklas Loges
  • Fine silver particle ink, fine silver particle sintered body, and method for producing fine silver particle ink
    Patent number: 9674953
    Abstract: Provided are a fine silver particle ink composed of hexylamine, dodecylamine, oleic acid, fine silver particles and a solvent, in which the volume resistivity of a sintered body at 100° C. obtained after the ink is applied on a substrate by spin coating is 8 to 25 ??cm, a sintered body thereof, and a method for producing a fine silver particle ink. When a fine silver particle ink containing coated fine silver particles is produced by a silver-amine complex decomposition method, production can be carried out smoothly. The fine silver particle ink can be sintered even at a low temperature, and a sintered body thereof has a mirror surface and low volume resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Kubo, Yusuke Ohshima, Noriaki Nakamura, Hiroshi Noguchi, Junichi Taniuchi, Yuichi Makita
  • Matrix material
    Patent number: 9670356
    Abstract: A matrix material for a carbon fiber-reinforced composite comprises a matrix resin as a resin component. The matrix resin contains both a first epoxy resin and a second epoxy resin or only the first epoxy resin, further contains a third epoxy resin, and has an average epoxy equivalent weight of 109 to 162. The first epoxy resin contains a polyfunctional glycidylamine-type epoxy resin. The second epoxy resin contains at least one of a p-aminophenol-type epoxy resin and a tetramethylbiphenol-type solid epoxy resin. The third epoxy resin contains a bisphenol A-type epoxy resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 8000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., FUKUI PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Shuichiro Yoshida, Keiichi Kondo
  • Composition for low density, ultrathin, and inorganic film and its preparation method
    Patent number: 9670333
    Abstract: A composition for low density, ultrathin, and inorganic films, comprising a mixture of 70-82% of calcium carbonate by weight, 10-15% of linear polyethylene by weight, 1-5% of stearic acid by weight, 0.40-0.80% of aluminate by weight, 0.20-0.80% of titanic acid ester by weight, 0.4-3.0% of modified polyethoxylated silicone emulsion by weight, 0.05-0.5% of foaming agent by weight, and 0.01-0.1% of foaming agent accelerator by weight. The inorganic of the present invention is reduced in thickness, light in weight, easy to degrade, high tensile and high tear strength, toxicity-free, high temperature resistance, and low prices, so as to fulfill the requirement of producing the mulch, trash bags, shopping bags, and package bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Xingkui Zhou
  • Biomimetic adhesive compositions comprising a phenolic polymer and methods for use thereof
    Patent number: 9670386
    Abstract: Biomimetic adhesive compositions can be used in various aspects of subterranean treatment operations. Methods for treating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing an adhesive composition that comprises a first polymer comprising a plurality of monomers that comprise a phenolic moiety, a biopolymer that is crosslinkable with the first polymer, a crosslinking agent, and an oxidizing agent; introducing the adhesive composition into a subterranean formation; and forming a coacervate-bound surface in the subterranean formation by crosslinking the first polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Enrique A. Reyes, Pinmanee Boontheung, Narongsak Tonmukayakul
  • Poly(2-hydroxyalkanoic acid) and method of its manufacture
    Patent number: 9670314
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing poly(2-hydroxyalkanoic acid) included the steps of a) mixing a cyclic diester of a 2-hydroxyalkanoic acid and a polymerization catalyst, b) polymerizing the cyclic diester to form poly(2-hydroxyalkanoic acid) in liquid phase, c) adding a phosphoric acid ester as a catalyst deactivating agent to the liquid phase, d) applying a devolatilization step to the liquid phase, and e) allowing the poly(2-hydroxyalkanoic acid) to solidify. The catalyst deactivating agent is added after the devolatilization step is applied. The method results in an improved melt stability of the manufactured polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: PURAC BIOCHEM B.V., SULZER CHEMTECH AG
    Inventors: Siebe Cornelis De Vos, Gerrit Gobius Du Sart, Robert Edgar Haan, Francois Loviat
  • Polyester resin composition, and molded article containing said resin composition
    Patent number: 9670358
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aliphatic polyester resin composition that simultaneously improves slow crystallization, low impact strength, and low tensile elongation that are the drawbacks of a polyhydroxyalkanoate. The aliphatic polyester resin composition comprises: a polyhydroxyalkanoate (A); a graft copolymer (B); and pentaerythritol (C), wherein the graft copolymer (B) is obtained by graft polymerization of a vinyl-based monomer onto at least one rubber selected from the group consisting of a composite rubber (b1) comprising a polyorganosiloxane component and a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate component, an acrylic rubber (b2), and a diene-based rubber (b3) comprising a diene-based monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Minami, Noriyuki Suzuki
  • Modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, method for producing same, and use of same
    Patent number: 9663592
    Abstract: Provided is a modified ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, wherein the copolymer is represented by a following formula (I), contents (mol %) of a, b, and c based on the total monomer units satisfy following formulae (1) through (3), and a degree of saponification (DS) defined by a following formula (4) is not less than 90 mol %, 18?a?55??(1) 0.01?c?20??(2) [100?(a+c)]×0.9?b?[100?(a+c)]??(3) DS=[(Total Number of Moles of Hydrogen Atoms in X, Y, and Z)/(Total Number of Moles of X, Y, and Z)]×100??(4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Okamoto, Keisuke Morikawa
  • Self-fixturing metallic composite laminate
    Patent number: 9662811
    Abstract: A number of variations may include a method that may include providing a composite material that may include nano-tubes that may include pressure activated resin, forming the composite material such that the resin within the nano-tubes may begin to cure, holding the composite material in a formed state, removing the composite material from the formed state, and curing the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Hesham A. Ezzat, Joseph M. Polewarczyk, Bhavesh Shah
  • Rubber compositions including a functionalized wax
    Patent number: 9663629
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are rubber compositions suitable for use in tire treads comprising (a) at least one conjugated diene polymer or copolymer; (b) at least one filler; (c) a curative package; and (d) at least one of: (i) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax, or (ii) from 0.2 to 10 phr of at least one silicone-containing wax comprising a functionalized polyalkylsiloxane, a functionalized polyalkylsilsesquioxane resin, or combinations thereof. In certain embodiments, the at least one halogenated hydrocarbon wax is a chlorinated hydrocarbon or a fluorinated hydrocarbon wax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao-Dong Pan, Yaohong Chen, Mindaugas Rackaitis, James D. Ulmer, Nicole Capitos-Davis
  • Strapping and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9657170
    Abstract: An article includes about 85.5 wt % to about 99.85 wt % of a polyester, and about 0.15 wt % to about 4.5 wt % of a polyolefin co-polymer, where the polyolefin co-polymer is polymerized from monomers including about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % of propylene or one or more (meth)acrylates, and about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % of an olefin other than propylene or a (meth)acrylate, where the article is a strapping article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samuel Strapping Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Des Tohill
  • Flame retardant composition
    Patent number: 9657171
    Abstract: A flame retardant composition contains the flame retardant described in Claim 1, aromatic polyester, a styrene polymer, rubber having a siloxane bond, and a fluorine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Matsuda, Toshinari Miura, Takeshi Komuro