Patents Examined by Ross J Christie
  • Patent number: 10584072
    Abstract: A method for making an admixture in liquid form for concrete includes the step of providing a nanocarbon mixture containing at least two different types of nanocarbon particles, with each type of nanocarbon particle having a predetermined percentage range by mass of the admixture, crushing or grinding the nanocarbon mixture into a carbon powder, and wetting and mixing the carbon powder in a water/surfactant mixture using high energy mixing apparatus. The method can also include blending the nanocarbon mixture with a nano-silica based compound, either before or after the wetting and mixing step. An admixture for concrete includes at least two different types of nanocarbon particles in a water/surfactant mixture having a predetermined percentage range by mass of the admixture. The admixture also includes surfactant and can include a nano-silica based suspension stabilizer having a predetermined percentage range by mass of the admixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: EDEN INNOVATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Justin Fulton, Gregory H. Solomon, Roger W. Marmaro, Robert Cavaliero, Allan Godsk Larsen, Shawn Meredith, Christopher Flatley Abatelli
  • Patent number: 10577503
    Abstract: A fabric having ultraviolet radiation protection is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each of the zinc oxide particles having a surface and a quantity of an acid polymer, with the acid polymer binding to the surfaces of the zinc oxide particles. A fabric having ultraviolet radiation protection is further disclosed having a quantity of zinc oxide particles with each of the zinc oxide particles having a surface and a quantity of boronic acid polymer, wherein the boronic acid functional groups of the polymer bind to the surface of the zinc oxide particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: THE SWEET LIBING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 10577525
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composite abrasive with hard core and soft shell, comprising hard abrasive core with grain diameter in a range of 0.1˜1 ?m and a soft oxide shell with thickness in a range of 5˜100 nm, the grain size of the oxide of the soft oxide shell is in a range of 5˜20 nm, the composite abrasive is obtained from aqueous solution of oxide inorganic salt precursor and the hard abrasive by dispersing, constant temperature reflux hydrolyzing, solid-liquid separating, washing and drying. The component abrasive with hard core and soft shell of the present invention can improve the manufacturing efficiency and the surface quality during the ultraprecise manufacturing of the sapphire substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jing Lu, Xipeng Xu, Dayu Zhang, Yongchao Xu, Qiufa Luo
  • Patent number: 10563106
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle having a body formed by an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Adam J. Stevenson, Amin M'Barki, David F. Louapre, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Nabil Nahas
  • Patent number: 10563066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to iron oxide red pigments having improved color values, a process for producing these improved iron oxide red pigments by the Penniman red process using nitrate (also referred to as nitrate process or direct red process) and an apparatus for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Waldemar Czaplik, Jurgen Kischkewitz, Stephan Spiegelhauer
  • Patent number: 10556832
    Abstract: Superabrasive compacts and methods of making superabrasive compacts are disclosed. A superabrasive compact includes a polycrystalline diamond table and a substrate attached to the polycrystalline diamond table. The substrate includes a hard metal carbide and a binder having a compound with a composition of AxByCz, where A and B are transition metals, where C is carbon, and where 0?x?7, 0?y?7, x+y=7, and 0?z?3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Hui Zhang, Abhijit Suryavanshi, Alexander Hirsch, Kai Zhang
  • Patent number: 10557067
    Abstract: A shaped abrasive particle including a body comprising a first major surface, a second major surface, and a side surface extending between the first major surface and the second major surface, the body comprising a sharpness-shape-strength factor (3SF) within a range between about 0.7 and about 1.7 and a Shape Index within a range between at least about 0.01 and not greater than about 0.49.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Arcona, David Louapre, Samuel S. Marlin, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Kristin Breder, Flavien Fremy
  • Patent number: 10538432
    Abstract: Coated diamond particles have solid diamond cores and at least one graphene layer. Methods of forming coated diamond particles include coating diamond particles with a charged species and coating the diamond particles with a graphene layer. A composition includes a substance and a plurality of coated diamond particles dispersed within the substance. An intermediate structure includes a hard polycrystalline material comprising a first plurality of diamond particles and a second plurality of diamond particles. The first plurality of diamond particles and the second plurality of diamond particles are interspersed. A method of forming a polycrystalline compact includes catalyzing the formation of inter-granular bonds between adjacent particles of a plurality of diamond particles having at least one graphene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Soma Chakraborty, Anthony A. DiGiovanni, Gaurav Agrawal, Danny E. Scott, Vipul Mathur
  • Patent number: 10494874
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table having at least two regions and being bonded to a fine grained cemented tungsten carbide substrate. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate having a cobalt-containing cementing constituent cementing tungsten carbide grains together that exhibit an average grain size of about 1.5 ?m or less, and a PCD table having at least one upper region including diamond grains exhibiting an upper average grain size and at least one lower region adjacent to the upper region a lower average grain size that may be at least two times greater than the upper average grain size. The cemented carbide substrate includes an interfacial surface and a depletion zone depleted of the cementing constituent that extends inwardly from the interfacial surface to a depth of, for example, about 30 ?m to about 60 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Greg Carlos Topham, Renato Ventura
  • Patent number: 10493598
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to polycrystalline diamond compact (“PDC”) including a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table that bonded to a cobalt-nickel alloy cemented carbide substrate. The cobalt-nickel alloy cemented carbide substrate provides both erosion resistance and corrosion resistance to the cemented carbide substrate. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a cemented carbide substrate including cobalt-nickel alloy cementing constituent. The PDC further includes a PCD table bonded to the cemented carbide substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: US SYNTHETIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debkumar Mukhopadhyay, Kenneth E. Bertagnolli
  • Patent number: 10494528
    Abstract: A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection into a synthetic polymer is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with a quantity of synthetic polymer chips having C—H bonds. A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection and antimicrobial protection into a synthetic polymer prior to forming a synthetic material is also disclosed which has a quantity of synthetic polymer chips and a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with the quantity of the synthetic polymer chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 10472523
    Abstract: An additive for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection into a synthetic polymer with the additive and the synthetic polymer for forming a synthetic material is disclosed which has a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with a synthetic polymer having C—H bonds. A product for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection into a synthetic polymer prior to forming a synthetic material has a quantity of a synthetic polymer and a quantity of zinc oxide particles modified with a layer of a reactive group that forms a bond with the quantity of the synthetic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: THE SWEET LIVING GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall
  • Patent number: 10442976
    Abstract: An oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier, a preparation method thereof, and a use thereof in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining. The oil-soluble coated particle flow modifier is of a core-shell structure, which has a core layer of a coated core and a shell layer of a coating agent, wherein the coated core is made of a plugging material, and the coating agent consists of petroleum resin and hollow beads. Based on the total weight of the coated particle flow modifier, the content of the petroleum resin, the hollow beads, the cotton linters, and the coated cores is 10-40 wt %, 9-40 wt %, 1-10 wt %, and 35-80 wt %, respectively. A preparation method of the coated particle flow modifier and a use of the coated particle flow modifier in fractured-vuggy carbonate reservoirs mining to improve oil recovery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: China University of Geosciences (Beijing), China University of Petroleum (East China)
    Inventors: Qing You, Caili Dai, Long He, Jichao Fang, Baolei Jiao, Liang Li, Guang Zhao, Yifei Liu, Yan Zhang, Pan Wang
  • Patent number: 10435827
    Abstract: A scouring article including a monolithic nonwoven pad with a semi-densified fibrous layer that is integral to the monolithic nonwoven pad and that provides a major surface of the monolithic nonwoven pad, and methods of making and using.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: James P. Endle, John M. Brandner, Lauren K. Carlson, Robert J. Maki, Stephen M. Sanocki
  • Patent number: 10428585
    Abstract: Cutting elements for use with earth-boring tools include a cutting table having at least two sections where a boundary between the at least two sections is at least partially defined by a discontinuity formed in the cutting table. Earth-boring tools including a tool body and a plurality of cutting elements carried by the tool body. The cutting elements include a cutting table secured to a substrate. The cutting table includes a plurality of adjacent sections, each having a discrete cutting edge where at least one section is configured to be selectively detached from the substrate in order to substantially expose a cutting edge of an adjacent section. Methods for fabricating cutting elements for use with an earth-boring tool including forming a cutting table comprising a plurality of adjacent sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
    Inventors: Danny E. Scott, Timothy K. Marvel, Yavuz Kadioglu, Michael R. Wells
  • Patent number: 10428255
    Abstract: A method of forming a mixture including a ceramic material into a sheet, sectioning at least a portion of the sheet using a mechanical object and forming at least one shaped abrasive particle from the sheet, such that the at least one shaped abrasive particle can have a two-dimensional shape as viewed in a plane defined by a length and a width of the shaped abrasive particle selected from the group consisting of polygons, ellipsoids, numerals, Greek alphabet characters, Latin alphabet characters, Russian alphabet characters, complex shapes having a combination of polygonal shapes, and a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Braun, Doruk O. Yener, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Ralph Bauer, Krishnamoorthy Subramanian, Robin M. Bright, Anuj Seth, Gregory G. Lafond
  • Patent number: 10399201
    Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and manufacturing methods related thereto. According to one or more embodiments herein, a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments herein thus may provide an advanced polishing pad having discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents. For example, the advanced polishing pad may be formed from a plurality of polymeric layers, by the automated sequential deposition of at least one polymer precursor composition followed by at least one curing step, wherein each layer may represent at least one polymer composition, and/or regions of different compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Mahendra C. Orilall, Hou T. Ng, Jason G. Fung, Mayu Yamamura
  • Patent number: 10400395
    Abstract: The current invention relates to methods of the recovery and re-use of minerals obtained from the combustion of the residues of a process to recycle paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Andrew Sohara, Ari Aari
  • Patent number: 10399149
    Abstract: A composite polycrystal contains polycrystalline diamond formed of diamond grains that are directly bonded mutually, and non-diamond carbon dispersed in the polycrystalline diamond, and has a concentration of contained hydrogen of greater than 1000 ppm and less than or equal to 20000 ppm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Sumiya, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 10391605
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to advanced polishing pads with tunable chemical, material and structural properties, and new methods of manufacturing the same. According to one or more embodiments of the disclosure, it has been discovered that a polishing pad with improved properties may be produced by an additive manufacturing process, such as a three-dimensional (3D) printing process. Embodiments of the present disclosure thus may provide an advanced polishing pad that has discrete features and geometries, formed from at least two different materials that include functional polymers, functional oligomers, reactive diluents, addition polymer precursor compounds, catalysts, and curing agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Boyi Fu, Ashwin Chockalingam, Daniel Redfield, Rajeev Bajaj, Mahendra C. Orilall, Hou T. Ng, Jason G. Fung, Mayu Yamamura