Patents Examined by Rosalynd Keys
  • Patent number: 10000514
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing tetraalkoxysilane while saving energy at a high yield. Tetraalkoxysilane can be produced while saving energy at a high yield by the method including a first step of reacting alcohol with carbon dioxide in the presence of a dehydrating agent and/or in a reactor provided with a dehydrating means, and a second step of reacting a reaction mixture obtained in the first step with silicon oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Norihisa Fukaya, Seong-Jib Choi, Jun-Chul Choi, Toshio Horikoshi, Kazuhiko Sato, Hiroyuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 9981992
    Abstract: A method of producing an alcohol, comprises reducing an aldehyde or a ketone with a hydridosilatrane. The reducing is carried out with an activator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University
    Inventors: Marc J. Adler, Thomas M. Gilbert, Sami E. Varjosaari, Vladislav Skrypai
  • Patent number: 9960415
    Abstract: A silicon-carbon composite. In order to improve the cycle stability of a lithium cell equipped therewith, the silicon-carbon composite is produced by a condensation reaction of silicon particles surface-modified with a first condensation-capable group and carbon particles surface-modified with a second condensation-capable group, the silicon particles being covalently bonded to the carbon particles via the condensation reaction product of the first condensation-capable group and the second condensation-capable group. In addition, a method for the production thereof and to an electrode, an electrode material, and a lithium cell is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Pallavi Verma
  • Patent number: 9851314
    Abstract: Provided are novel ligand, a chiral metal complex including the same, and a use of the chiral metal complex for analyzing the chirality of a charged compound by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The chiral metal complex of the present invention may be used as the chiral solvating agent to conveniently analyze the optical purity of charged compounds such as various amine derivatives, carboxylic acid derivatives, cyanohydrin derivatives and charged metal complexes by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyunwoo Kim, Min-Seob Seo
  • Patent number: 9845394
    Abstract: Provided are a method for easily and quickly producing a patterned thin film having a high refractive index and a high transparency, and a highly refractive thin film produced by the method. The method comprises a first step: a step of forming, on a substrate, a coating using a sol containing a metal oxide modified with a phosphorus compound represented by the following formula (1): (wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkynyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, an aliphatic heterocyclic group, or an aromatic heterocyclic group; R2 is a divalent organic residue; and n is 1 or 2); a second step: a step of curing the coating on the substrate obtained in the first step by light irradiation; and a third step: a step of further adding energy to the cured film obtained in the second step by heating and/or light irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, DAIHACHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimihiro Matsukawa, Seiji Watase, Koji Mitamura, Manabu Hirata
  • Patent number: 9828319
    Abstract: A process for the acid-catalyzed dehydration of ethanol, the process comprising the steps of distilling an ethanol feedstock (101) comprising at least one nitrogen-containing contaminant to form an overhead stream (102) and a bottom stream comprising ethanol (103), wherein the distillation has a reflux ratio of at least 20:1; and reacting the bottom stream in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a product stream comprising ethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Technip E&C Limited
    Inventors: Leslie William Bolton, Nigel Stewart Brown, Lewis Adam Heptonstall, Andrew John Hogben, Susan Elizabeth Little, Stephen James Smith
  • Patent number: 9809521
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to cannabinoid derivative compounds, pharmaceutical compositions made thereof, and methods for treating various diseases and disorders including cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUTTER WEST BAY HOSPITALS
    Inventors: Sean D. McAllister, Pierre-Yves Desprez, Anuradha Mahadevan
  • Patent number: 9790155
    Abstract: A method for producing a polyether diol includes the step of subjecting a compound represented by the following general formula (1) to hydrogenation reduction in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to provide a specific polyether diol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okamoto, Hideyuki Sato, Yoshiaki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9790175
    Abstract: In the present disclosure there is provided a process for obtaining di-sulfide oil having sodium level below 0.1 ppm wherein a stream comprising di-sulfide oil having sodium level 1 ppm, collected as a waste stream from LPG desulfurization unit, is passed through an alumina bed packed in a column at a pre-determined liquid hourly space velocity (LHSV) and at pre-determined temperature to obtain a treated stream comprising di-sulfide oil having sodium level below 0.1 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Reliance Industries Limited
    Inventors: Biswajit Shown, Nagarathinam Shenbaga Murthy, Asit Kumar Das, Swapan Ghosh, Bidhayak Das, Rajeshwer Dongara, Anirban Ray, Chirag Dalpatbhai Panseriya, Udayan Sivathanu Ramalakshmi, Atul Kathiria
  • Patent number: 9783474
    Abstract: Described herein are processes for one-step delignification and hydrodeoxygenation of lignin fraction a biomass feedstock. The lignin feedstock is derived from by-products of paper production and biorefineries. Additionally described is a process for converting biomass-derived oxygenates to lower oxygen-content compounds and/or hydrocarbons in the liquid or vapor phase in a reactor system containing hydrogen and a catalyst comprised of a hydrogenation function and/or an oxophilic function and/or an acid function. Finally, also described herein is a process for converting biomass-derived oxygenates to lower oxygen-content compounds and/or hydrocarbons in the liquid or vapor phase in a reactor system containing hydrogen and a catalyst comprised of a hydrogenation function and/or an oxophilic function and/or an acid function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: William Nicholas Delgass, Rakesh Agrawal, Fabio Henrique Ribeiro, Basudeb Saha, Sara Lynn Yohe, Mahdi M Abu-Omar, Trenton Parsell, Paul James Dietrich, Ian Michael Klein
  • Patent number: 9771311
    Abstract: Method for coupling a phenol and an arene using selenium dioxide, and also novel phenol-arene derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Katrin Marie Dyballa, Robert Franke, Dirk Fridag, Michael Mirion, Thomas Quell, Siegfried R. Waldvogel
  • Patent number: 9771457
    Abstract: Process for the production of a mercapto-terminated liquid polymer with the formula HS—R—(Sy —R)t —SH, wherein each R is independently selected from branched alkanediyl or branched arenediyi groups and groups with the structure —(CH2)p—O—(CH2)q—O—(CH2)r- and wherein 0-20% of the number of R-groups in the polymer are branched alkanediyl or branched arenediyl groups and 80-100% of the number of R-groups in the polymer have the structure —(CH2)p—O—(CH2)r—, wherein t has a value in the range 1-60, y is an average value in the range 1.0-1.5, q is an integer the range 1 to 8, and p and r are integers the range 1-10. The resulting polymer has an improved ability of recovering its original shape after release from deforming compression forces and improved tendency to recover during the application of those forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Jan Tobis, Olaf Klobes, Günter Sonnenburg
  • Patent number: 9765001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing arylpropenes, especially 1-methoxy-4-(1-propenyl)benzene (anethole), by means of thermolysis of the corresponding 1,1-diarylpropanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan Rüdenauer, Andreas Lanver, Ralf Pelzer, Klaus Ebel, Thomas Fenlon
  • Patent number: 9745326
    Abstract: A bridged alkaline earth metal alkylphenate having reduced monomeric alkylphenol is prepared by reacting (a) a 4-alkylphenol, unsubstituted at the ortho positions, (b) an alkaline earth metal oxide or hydroxide, (c) a bridging agent comprising sulfur or a carbonyl compound of 1 to about 6, or to 4 or to 2, carbon atoms, and (d) a 2,6-dialkylphenol. The amount of the 2,6-dialkylphenol is 0.05 to 3 moles per 1 mole of the 4-alkylphenol; if there is a molar excess of the 2,6-dialkylphenol, then the excess is added after initial reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Jayasooriya Sujith Perera, Gary M. Walker, Christopher J. Ciolli, Christopher L. Friend
  • Patent number: 9745237
    Abstract: Problem The present invention is to provide a generation method that can generate 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol, which was not found at all from raw oyster meat originally, at an extraction phase of oyster meat essence. Solution The present invention heats raw oyster meat from which 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl alcohol is not detected in a raw state at 98° C. to 100° C. for six hours or more to generate 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenyl alcohol from oyster meat liquid on which the heating process has been performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: WATANABE OYSTER LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsugu Watanabe, Takayuki Watanabe, Hideaki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9745422
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a mercapto-terminated liquid polymer comprising the steps of: a) reacting (para)formaldehyde with a halo-alcohol to form a reaction mixture comprising bis(2-dihaloalkyl)formal and b) reacting the reaction mixture of step a) with either (i) sodium polysulfide or (ii) a combination of sodium hydrosulfide and sulfur, wherein the process is performed in the presence of a branching agent selected from the group consisting of di-aldehydes and their corresponding actetals and hemi-acetals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Manfred Menzel, Olaf Klobes, Volker Burkhardt
  • Patent number: 9745259
    Abstract: A process for preparing an alcohol ether sulfate is disclosed which comprises: (a) sulfating an alkoxylated alcohol; and (b) neutralizing the sulfated product of step (a) in the presence of a base and a co-solvent having a flash point of at least 60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Wang, Curtis Bay Campbell
  • Patent number: 9732101
    Abstract: Methods for enhancing cellular uptake of cargo molecules by boronating the cargo molecule, particularly with one or more phenylboronic acid groups. Boronation reagents for reversible boronation of cargo molecules, particularly, cargo molecules having one or more amino groups are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ronald T. Raines, Thomas P. Smith
  • Patent number: 9724322
    Abstract: The invention features 4-((phenoxyalkyl)thio)-phenoxyacetic acids and analogs, compositions containing them, and methods of using them as PPAR delta modulators to treat or inhibit the progression of, for example, dyslipidemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.
    Inventors: Gee-Hong Kuo, Rui Zhang, Aihua Wang, Alan R. DeAngelis
  • Patent number: 9718752
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the recovery of an alkylene glycol from an aqueous stream comprising the alkylene glycol and the corresponding dialkylene glycol, said process comprising the steps of providing the aqueous stream comprising the alkylene glycol and the corresponding dialkylene glycol, providing a first solvent stream, combining said aqueous stream comprising the alkylene glycol and the corresponding dialkylene glycol with said first solvent stream and recovering at least a portion of the alkylene glycol by liquid-liquid extraction, wherein said solvent comprises an amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Kai Jürgen Fischer, Wouter Koot, Arlette Wesenhagen, Roel Guillaume Hubertus Leonardus Bastings