Patents Examined by Rosalynd Keys
  • Patent number: 11292763
    Abstract: A method includes combining first components including at least one of CF2?CF—CF2—OSO2Cl or CF2?CF—CF2—OSO2CF3, a polyfluorinated compound having at least one ketone or carboxylic acid halide, and fluoride ion to provide a compound comprising at least one perfluorinated allyl ether group. A method includes combining second components including B(OSO2Cl)3 and hexafluoropropylene to provide CF2?CF—CF2—OSO2Cl. Another method includes combining second components including M(OSO2CF3)3 and hexafluoropropylene at a temperature above 0° C. to provide CF2?CF—CF2—OSO2CF3, wherein M is Al or B. The compound CF2?CF—CF2—OSO2Cl is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Klaus Hintzer, Markus E. Hirschberg, Romana Pajkert, Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler, Sergey N. Tverdomed
  • Patent number: 11292756
    Abstract: Provided herein are novel extended branched alcohols having a lower branching number and improved biodegradability when compared to other branched alcohols. Also provided are novel extended branched ethoxylates having surfactant properties which can be more efficient in reducing surface tension when compared to the ethoxylated form of other branched alcohols. Further provided are novel syntheses of making extended branched alcohols and extended branched ethoxylates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ross Mabon, Shane Deighton, Arben Jusufi, Kanmi Mao
  • Patent number: 11247961
    Abstract: To provide a method capable of easily and efficiently removing a 2-alkoxyethanol from a mixture containing the 2-alkoxyethanol and a (2-alkoxyethyl) vinyl ether while suppressing a decrease in the yield of (2-alkoxyethyl) vinyl ether. A method for removing a 2-alkoxyethanol, including the step of adding one or more azeotropic solvents selected from the group consisting of alkanes having 7 to 8 carbon atoms and cycloalkanes having 7 to 8 carbon atoms to a mixture containing the 2-alkoxyethanol represented by the following formula (1) R—O—CH2CH2OH??(1) where R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a (2-alkoxyethyl) vinyl ether represented by the following formula (2) R—O—CH2CH2O—CH?CH2??(2) where R has the same meaning as R in the formula (1), and subjecting the resulting mixture to azeotropic distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Naniki, Ryuichi Tenjimbayashi, Masuo Yamazaki, Tomohiko Sato
  • Patent number: 11242360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of triaryl-organo borates from boronic ester and the use of these substances in photo initiator systems, photopolymer compositions comprising such photo initiator systems, a holographic medium comprising said photopolymer composition and the respective hologram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Thomas Rölle, Ganugapati Satyanarayana, Sumana Roychowdhury, Ravindra Mahadev Patil, Anup Krishnnan Appukuttan Pillai
  • Patent number: 11242316
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butyric acid (HMTBA) from 2-hydroxy-4-methylthio-butyronitrile (HMTBN), where HMTBN is hydrolyzed into HMTBA in the presence of a mineral acid in an aqueous medium, the medium is neutralized by addition of a base, a first phase including at least HMTBA and salts and a second phase containing salts are separated, the method including the separation of the HMTBA from the salts of the first phase, by subjecting the latter to a chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: ADISSEO FRANCE S.A.S.
    Inventors: Virginie Belliere-Baca, Didier Morvan
  • Patent number: 11242420
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluorosulfonyl group-containing compound to obtain a compound represented by the following formula 5 from a compound represented by the following formula 1 as a starting material and a method for producing a fluorosulfonyl group-containing monomer in which the fluorosulfonyl group-containing compound is used: wherein R1 and R2 are a C1-3 alkylene group, and RF1 and RF2 are a C1-3 perfluoroalkylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Hirai, Daisuke Jomuta, Chikaya Tamitsuji
  • Patent number: 11236032
    Abstract: A process for dehydrating methanol to dimethyl ether using a Brønsted acid catalyst which is a 1-dimensional or a 3-dimensional aluminosilicate zeolite or a heteropolyacid, and a promoter of Formula I CnH(2n+1)CO2CH3 wherein n=1 to 11 or Formula II CmH2m(CO2CH3)2 wherein m=2 to 7 and the molar ratio of promoter to methanol is maintained at less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: BP P.L.C.
    Inventors: Benjamin James Dennis-Smither, John Glenn Sunley, Zhiqiang Yang
  • Patent number: 11225448
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing isopulegol includes the step of diastereoselective ring-closing a citronellal using an aluminum compound of formula (1) below. In formula (1), X represents a halogen atom, Y represents a halogen atom or a hydrogen atom, and R1 represents a phenyl group or a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 12 carbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Komatsuki, Kazuya Taira, Ayaka Koike, Kazuki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11220478
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preparation method for 4-phenylthio-benzenethiol. The preparation method comprises the following steps: subjecting phenyl sulfide as a raw material to a halogenation reaction to obtain 4-halophenyl sulfide; subjecting the 4-halophenyl sulfide to a sulfhydrylation reaction to obtain a 4-phenylthio-phenylthiolate; and subjecting the 4-phenylthio-phenylthiolate to acidification. The preparation method of the present disclosure avoids the use of materials such as thiophenol which pollutes the environment, and realizes efficient recycling of the reaction materials, solvents, water and the like. The preparation method of the present disclosure is a green process for the synthesis of 4-phenylthio-phenylthiol without organic waste, waste acid and waste water discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignees: Zhejiang NHU Company Ltd., Zhejiang University, Zhejiang NHU Special Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhirong Chen, Woyuan Li, Hong Yin, Guíyang Zhou, Haoran Li, Shuaifeng Pan, Ming Lian, Guangde Qin, Qichuan Li
  • Patent number: 11214580
    Abstract: The present specification relates to a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Pil Moon, Hoyong Lee, Duy Hieu Le, Jeeseon Kim
  • Patent number: 11214581
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing Crisaborole of Formula I, comprising using m-methylphenol as the starting material to obtain a target product through a five-step reaction. The starting materials and the raw materials used in each step of the method according to the present invention are cheap and easy to obtain, and the process is simple. The reaction of introducing boron atoms into the benzene ring to form an oxygen boron heterocycle is novel, with high yield and mild conditions, and is suitable for industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGXI SYNERGY PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhengwei Pang, Siming Ye, Yang Liu, Weiping Huang, Liyong Zhou, Yujie Feng
  • Patent number: 11208378
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel alkoxymethyl-substituted bisphenol compound having exceptional storage stability and exceptional solvent solubility, heat resistance, and optical properties when used as a resin raw material. This problem can be solved by using an alkoxymethyl-substituted bisphenol compound represented by General Formula (1): (wherein each R independently represents an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HONSHU CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihito Nasu
  • Patent number: 11203562
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to a process for separating compound (I) from a mixture comprising compound (I). The present subject matter also relates to a process for separating compound (I) from a mixture comprising compound (I) and compound (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: ADAMA AGAN LTD.
    Inventors: Doron Pappo, Shmuel A. Baron, Sima Mirilashvili, Yaniv Barda
  • Patent number: 11192855
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing methionine capable of achieving an improvement in ammonia removal efficiency. The manufacturing method of the present invention comprises a removal step of supplying a liquid containing a methionine salt, which is obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, or a compound obtained by reacting 3-methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and hydrocyanic acid, with carbon dioxide and ammonia to obtain a liquid containing 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin and then hydrolyzing the 5-(2-methylmercaptoethyl)hydantoin, to a diffusion tower from an upper portion thereof while supplying a stripping gas to the diffusion tower from a lower portion thereof to remove ammonia contained in the liquid through stripping, and the stripping gas contains a process gas generated in a process of manufacturing methionine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takao Mizuno, Daisuke Yamashita, Yoshiyuki Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11186683
    Abstract: A method of producing an alcohol ethoxylate surfactant or lubricant includes reacting a low molecular weight initiator with ethylene oxide in the presence of a polymerization catalyst, the low molecular weight initiator having a nominal hydroxyl functionality at least 1, and the polymerization catalyst being a Lewis acid catalyst having the general formula M(R1)1(R2)1(R3)1(R4)0 or 1, whereas M is boron, aluminum, indium, bismuth or erbium, R1, R2 and R3 each includes a same fluoroalkyl-substituted phenyl group, and optional R4 includes a functional group or functional polymer group. R1, R2, and R3 are the same fluoroalkyl-substituted phenyl group. The method further includes forming the alcohol ethoxylate surfactant or lubricant having a number average molecular weight of greater than the number average molecular weight of the low molecular weight initiator in the presence of the Lewis acid catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Arjun Raghuraman, William H. Heath, Bruce D. Hook, Wanglin Yu, Sukrit Mukhopadhyay, Heather A. Spinney, David R. Wilson, Justin M. Notestein, SonBinh T. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11180436
    Abstract: A method for purifying by-product ethylene glycol of polyester in converting plasticizer includes: inputting a reaction liquid waste stream including ethylene glycol and 2-ethylhexanol into an ethylene glycol dehydration tower; inputting a hot water stream into the ethylene glycol dehydration tower to mix with the reaction liquid waste stream and to remove the 2-ethylhexanol from the reaction liquid waste stream; dehydrating the ethylene glycol via the ethylene glycol dehydration tower to collect a crude ethylene glycol stream including dehydrated ethylene glycol from a tower bottom of the ethylene glycol dehydration tower and to collect an organic liquid waste stream including the 2-ethylhexanol from a tower top of the ethylene glycol dehydration tower; and inputting the crude ethylene glycol stream into an ethylene glycol distillation tower to collect a ethylene glycol solution from a tower top of the ethylene glycol distillation tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Te-Chao Liao, Jung-Jen Chuang, Chung-Yu Chen, Chiou-Nan Lai
  • Patent number: 11174225
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods for synthesizing asymmetrical sulfide compounds and asymmetrical ether compounds from a variety of ether, sulfide, alcohol, and thiol reactants that are contacted in the presence of a suitable catalyst. Conversions of the limiting reactant to the desired asymmetrical sulfide or asymmetrical ether compound generally exceed 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LP
    Inventors: Daniel M. Hasenberg, Kenneth M. Lassen, Jason L. Kreider, Henry Hwu
  • Patent number: 11161810
    Abstract: Continuous photochemical production of high purity linear mercaptan and sulfide-containing compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe R. Chauvin, Brian E. Lordan, Patricia Wing-Kee Cheung, Vijay R. Srinivas, Andrew D. Polli
  • Patent number: 11155678
    Abstract: A method for chromatographically separating a mixture containing a perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing monoalcohol compound represented by the following formula (2) and a perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing dialcohol compound represented by the following formula (3): A-Pf-Z??(2) Z-Pf-Z??(3) wherein Pf represents a divalent perfluoropolyether group and A and Z are as defined herein, the method including: adsorbing the mixture onto a stationary phase, and eluting the perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing monoalcohol compound represented by formula (2) by one mobile phase selected from hydrofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons, hydrofluoroethers, fluorine-containing ester solvents, and fluorine-containing aromatic solvents to separate the perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing monoalcohol compound represented by formula (2) from the perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing dialcohol compound represented by formula (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Naitou, Takashi Nomura, Shinya Takano
  • Patent number: 11136283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering and purifying resveratrol produced by microbial fermentation. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for recovering and purifying resveratrol produced by yeast fermentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: EVOLVA SA
    Inventors: Nicholas Lawrence Ohler, Satish Kumar Bachu, Oliver Frankovic