Patents Examined by Satya B. Sastri
  • Patent number: 7786194
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a composition prepared from a Class 1 member, a Class 2 member, and a Class 3 member, said Class 1 member contributing approximately 0.1 percent to approximately 10 percent by dry weight of said composition, said Class 2 member contributing approximately 1 percent to approximately 10 percent by dry weight of said composition, and said Class 3 member contributing an amount up to a balance by dry weight of said composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: AgroShield, LLC
    Inventors: Joel Zychick, Shelby F. Thames, Sandipan Dutta, Sharathkumar K. Mendon, Oliver W. Smith
  • Patent number: 7786205
    Abstract: A foamable copolymer based coupling is provided for securely affixing a light emitting glass lamp in a metal base to form a lamp assembly. The copolymer is preferably selected from ethylene vinyl acetate, ethylene methyl acrylate, and combinations thereof. The foamable coupling may be placed around one end of the glass lamp or in the lamp base before the lamp and base are matingly engaged. The assembled lamp is then heated to a temperature, which causes the foamable coupling to expand and securely affix the lamp in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok Mehan, Daniel A. Chandler, Erling Hansen, Rene J. Revueltas, Stephen P. Tordoff, Bryan P. Williams
  • Patent number: 7786183
    Abstract: The invention is a composition comprising: a) one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; b) one or more reactive diluents capable of reacting with the film forming resin; c) one or more silicon, titanium, zirconium, aluminum or metal containing compounds capable of promoting adhesion of the composition to glass; d) one or more fillers capable of imparting abrasion resistance to the composition when cured; and e) one or more compounds which is reactive with the film forming resin which also contains at least one acidic moiety. The composition of the invention is useful as a frit on the window of a vehicle. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for applying the coatings to glass and a method for bonding the coated glass to a structure or substrate, for instance, a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran K. Baikerikar, Syed Z. Mahdi, Dominic J. Allam, Marcy N. Burris, Andrew R. Kneisel
  • Patent number: 7786206
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising: (A) 30 to 80 parts by mass of a polyamide; (B) 20 to 70 parts by mass of a polyphenylene ether; (C) 0 to 40 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a rubbery polymer; and (D) 10 to 50 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the total amount of the polyamide (A) and the polyphenylene ether (B), of a platy inorganic filler having an average particle size of 9 to 20 ?m, and having a particle size ratio (d75%/d25%) of the particle size (d75%) at 75% counted from smaller particle size to the particle size (d25%) at 25% of 1.0 or more and 2.5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Doki, Takaaki Miyoshi, Kazuya Noda
  • Patent number: 7781508
    Abstract: A rubber composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer rubber, 5-40 parts by weight of EPDM, 1-40 parts by weight of an ?-olefin oligomer, 0.5-4 parts by weight of an organic peroxide cross-linking agent, 0.5-4 parts by weight of an amine-based vulcanizing agent, and 300-1,000 parts by weight of magnetic powder. The rubber composition is a rubber composition filled a magnetic powder at a high packing density, where an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer rubber having amine vulcanizable groups as a binder, and effectively usable in rubber-bonded sensor magnets, etc., without any foaming at the time of vulcanization molding and with distinguished processabilities such as mold releasability, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Komiya, Shiro Hirose
  • Patent number: 7781519
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solubilizing agent that can give solubility or dispersibility in resins to copper-containing phosphorus compounds, and a composition containing the solubilizing agent. The solubilizing agent of the invention comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (100) having a main chain with an oxyalkylene unit. [wherein R111 represents hydrogen or a b-valent organic group, R112 represents C2-4 alkylene, R113 represents hydrogen, alkyl, aryl or acyl, a represents an integer of 1-50 and b represents an integer of 1-4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Rumi Ueda, Naoki Hayashi, Yutaka Kobayashi, Tomomi Ujiie, Hiroki Katono
  • Patent number: 7781493
    Abstract: The invention is a composition comprising: a) one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; b) one or more reactive diluents capable of reacting with the film forming resin; c) one or more silicon, titanium, zirconium, aluminum or metal containing compounds capable of promoting adhesion of the composition to glass; d) one or more fillers capable of imparting abrasion resistance to the composition when cured; and e) one or more compounds which is reactive with the film forming resin which also contains at least one acidic moiety. The composition of the invention is useful as a frit on the window of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kiran Baikerikar, Syed Z. Mahdi
  • Patent number: 7777093
    Abstract: The invention relates to absorptive, crosslinked polymers which are based on partly neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers carrying acid groups wherein the absorptive crosslinked polymer may be coated with a thermoplastic polymer, and have improved properties, in particular in respect of their capacity for transportation of liquids in the swollen state, and which has a high gel bed permeability and high centrifuge retention capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Evonik Stockhausen, LLC
    Inventors: Scott J. Smith, Stan McIntosh, Heinz Bremus, Frank Loeker
  • Patent number: 7772318
    Abstract: An aqueous polymer dispersion comprising polymer particles (A), polymer particles (B) and at least one low molecular weight polymer (C) where polymer particles (A) comprise high molecular weight polymer pA having Mw >50,000 and acid number of from 0 to 160, polymer particles (B) comprise high molecular weight polymer pB having Mw >50,000 and acid number of from 0 to 160, and C is an addition polymer having a calculated Tg,(low) of less than 10° C., Mn <10,000, acid number of from 0 to 80, formed by the polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: David M. Fasano, Matthew S. Gebhard, Kathleen A. Koziski, Willie Lau, Aurelia C. Sheppard
  • Patent number: 7759421
    Abstract: A soft resinous sheet article having both flexibility and heat-stable, is prepared from a composition containing a matrix and a filler (C) comprising at least one of a metal carbonate and a metal hydroxide, having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 30 ?m and showing a decomposition temperature of 250° C. or higher, the matrix containing an acrylic copolymer (A) containing at least one carboxyl group as a functional group and having a molecular weight of 800 to 20000 and an acid value (AV) of 20 to 150; and a compound (B) containing two or more glycidyl groups in its molecule and having a weight per epoxide of 80 to 400. This article is used to for example thermal interface materials, thermal conductive sheet, thermally conductive polymer, heat conductive sheet, heat dissipative sheet and heat transfer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Achilles Corporation
    Inventors: Takuo Suzuki, Mamoru Ubukata
  • Patent number: 7759400
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a composition which has well-balanced pressure-sensitive adhesiveness and cohesive force as well as favorable application properties to the skin, and a patch which has the above-described characteristics and hardly peels off. This object can be achieved by providing a composition comprising an acrylic copolymer containing from 3 to 25% by weight of hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate as a constituent, a plasticizer and a pseudo-crosslinking compound, wherein the ratio of the content of the plasticizer to the content of the pseudo-crosslinking compound ranges from 30:1 to 250:1, and a patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Minoru Kohara
  • Patent number: 7754235
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive capable of affording an adhesive layer showing reduced stickiness, reduced cohesive failure and the like. An adhesive containing a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing monomers containing a (meth)acrylic acid alkyl ester as a main component, and a vinyl monomer having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxyl group and which has an average molecular radius of not less than 70 nm as measured by a multi angle laser light scattering method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Akemi, Keigo Inosaka, Junichi Sekiya, Junichi Saito, Yoshifumi Hosaka
  • Patent number: 7678847
    Abstract: The invention teaches an encapsulated curable adhesive composition especially adapted for use as a structural adhesive. The adhesive composition enables formation of a thin layer reactive composition of microcapsules and a two-part curative. The adhesive composition comprises a first population of microcapsules encasing a monomer and a first-part curative comprising an initiator. The adhesive composition further comprises a second-part curative. The second-part curative comprises an activator and a catalyst. At least the activator of the second-part curative is preferably encapsulated in a second population of microcapsules. The catalyst and the second population of microcapsules can be dispersed in a binder material, along with the first population of microcapsules. The first population of microcapsules contain encapsulated within the core a monomer having a Tg 35° C. or less and the first-part curative. The first population microcapsules contain encapsulated within the core a monomer having a Tg 35° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Appleton Papers Inc.
    Inventors: Nianxi Yan, Peggy Dorothy Sands, Sandra Jacqueline Guinebretiere
  • Patent number: 7674874
    Abstract: Methods of making a coating composition including a film-forming material having a covalently bonded phosphorous atom, the phosphorous atom having at least one covalently bonded oxygen atom. Coating compositions can be used to coat a substrate, such as a metal substrate, by electrodeposition. Applied coatings containing the film-forming resins can be cured to form crosslinked films on substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Sergio Gonzalez, Timothy S. December
  • Patent number: 7671170
    Abstract: Film-forming materials include resins having a covalently bonded phosphorous atom, the phosphorous atom having at least one covalently bonded oxygen atom. Film-forming resins containing phosphorous can include epoxy, acrylic, polyurethane, polycarbonate, polysiloxane, polyvinyl, polyether, aminoplast, and polyester resins. A process to produce a film-forming resin includes reacting various polymers to incorporate a pendent group comprising a covalently bonded phosphorous atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: BASF Coatings AG
    Inventors: Sergio Gonzalez, Timothy S. December
  • Patent number: 7671116
    Abstract: The composition for forming an ink-receiver layer according to the invention comprises (A) a monomer component containing a monofunctional monomer; (B) a powder containing an egg white component; and (C) eggshell powder. The component (A) may further contain a polyfunctional monomer with two or more functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Q.P. Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Sasagawa, Yoshiharu Kimura, Masaaki Kunou, Mineo Hasegawa, Hideki Yamaguchi, Ayako Maruta
  • Patent number: 7649047
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-purpose alkali-swellable and alkali soluble associative polymers, which are the polymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising: (a) at least one acidic vinyl monomer; (b) at least one nonionic vinyl monomer; (c) a first associative monomer having a first hydrophobic end group; (d) a monomer selected from the group consisting of a second associative monomer having a second hydrophobic end, a semihydrophobic monomer and a combination thereof; and, optionally, (e) one or more crosslinking monomers or chain transfer agents. When monomer (d) is an associative monomer, the first and second hydrophobic end groups of monomers (c) and (d) have significantly different hydrophobic and/or steric character from one another. The multi-purpose associative polymers surprisingly provide desirable rheological and aesthetic properties in aqueous media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnan Tamareselvy, Thomas A. Barker, Pravinchandra K. Shah, Kittie L. Ramey
  • Patent number: 7645436
    Abstract: Tractable metal oxide sols are made by combining at least one metal oxide compound, at least one organofunctional silane, at least one boron oxide compound, and a liquid, or metal oxide sols are made by combining at least one metal oxide compound, at least one organofunctional silane, at least one of an acid catalyst and salt/complex catalyst, and a liquid. Also disclosed are nanocomposites containing the metal oxide sols and at least one of metal nanoparticle, metal-chalcogenide nanoparticle, metal oxide nanoparticle, and metal phosphate nanoparticle. Further disclosed are composites containing a polymer material and at least one of the metal oxide sol and the nanocomposite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: APS Laboratory
    Inventor: Hong-Son Ryang
  • Patent number: 7642328
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel pH sensitive copolymer synthesized from lactide macromers and basic monomers. This composition comprises an acrylate or methacrylate ester of low molecular weight oligomeric lactide copolymerized with basic monomer. These copolymers show pH sensitive dissolution behavior which can be exploited for pharmaceutical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Suvarnapathaki Rupali Kedar, Kulkarni Mohan Gopalkrishna
  • Patent number: 7642329
    Abstract: A macromer based novel copolymer comprising an acrylate or methacrylate ester of low molecular weight oligomeric lactide copolymerized with basic monomer is provided. These copolymers show unusual dissolution behavior in that they are soluble over a wide range of pH from 1.8 to 7.4. This unexpected solubility behavior can be exploited to develop pharmaceutical dosage forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Suvarnapathaki Rupali Kedar, Kulkarni Mohan Gopalkrishna