Patents Examined by Shane Fang
  • Patent number: 11987710
    Abstract: Water soluble polymeric dyes and polymeric tandem dyes are provided. The polymeric dyes include a water solvated light harvesting multichromophore having a conjugated segment of aryl or heteroaryl co-monomers including branched non-ionic water soluble groups (WSG) comprising two or more water soluble polymers. In some cases, the branched non-ionic water soluble groups (WSG) of the present disclosure are capable of imparting solubility in water in excess of 50 mg/mL to the multichromophore. The polymeric tandem dyes further include a signaling chromophore covalently linked to the multichromophore in energy-receiving proximity therewith. Also provided are aggregation-resistant labelled specific binding members that include the subject water soluble polymeric dyes. Methods of evaluating a sample for the presence of a target analyte and methods of labelling a target molecule in which the subject polymeric dyes find use are also provided. Systems and kits for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Glenn P. Bartholomew, Yongchao Liang
  • Patent number: 11987664
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a novel class of polymers with superior mechanical properties and chemical stability, as compared to known polymers. These polymers are particularly well suited for use in anion exchange membranes (AEMs), including those employed in fuel cells. Novel methods for the manufacture of these polymers are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Chulsung Bae, Woo-Hyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11981773
    Abstract: A ring-opened copolymer including structural units derived from a norbornene compound having a specific structure and structural units derived from a monocyclic olefin, wherein the proportion of the structural units derived from a norbornene compound is 25 to 90 wt % and the proportion of the structural units derived from a monocyclic olefin is 10 to 75 wt % relative to the total repeating structural units in the ring-opened copolymer, the weight average molecular weight of the ring-opened copolymer is 100,000 to 1,000,000, and the cis/trans ratio of the ring-opened copolymer is 0/100 to 50/50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Tsunogae, Shingo Okuno
  • Patent number: 11969497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an extract of seeds of the Entada genus by selective hydrolysis of the metabolites accumulated in the seeds. The invention also relates to the extract produced using such a method, to a composition comprising such an extract, and to the cosmetic and dermocosmetic applications of such an extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: EXSYMOL
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Seguin
  • Patent number: 11970445
    Abstract: There is provided a method and an apparatus for efficiently recovering an amide-based compound such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from an aqueous solution containing an amide-based compound such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sanghwan Jo, Joong Jin Han, Hansol Kim
  • Patent number: 11970590
    Abstract: Described herein are anionic phenylene oligomers and polymers, and devices including these materials. The oligomers and polymers can be prepared in a convenient and well-controlled manner, and can be used in cation exchange membranes. Also described is the controlled synthesis of anionic phenylene monomers and their use in synthesizing anionic oligomers and polymers, with precise control of the position and number of anionic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Holdcroft, Thomas J. G. Skalski, Michael Adamski, Benjamin Britton, Timothy J. Peckham
  • Patent number: 11968882
    Abstract: A high-molecular-weight compound having at least one substituted triarylamine structural unit represented by the following general formula (1), further including a structural unit having at least one aromatic hydrocarbon ring or a structural unit having a triarylamine skeleton in addition to the at least one substituted triarylamine structural unit, and having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 1,000,000 or less in terms of polystyrene and no a crosslinker, wherein the high-molecular-weight compound is used in an organic EL device as a constituent material of at least one organic layer. A polymer material having excellent hole injection/transport performance, electron blocking capability, high heat resistance, and high stability in a thin-film state for use in a polymer organic EL device, and an organic EL device having a low drive voltage, high light emission efficiency, and a long lifetime using this polymer material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HODOGAYA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazunori Togashi, Mika Shinoda, Hideyoshi Kitahara, Shunji Mochizuki, Hiroki Hirai, Yuta Saegusa
  • Patent number: 11952450
    Abstract: A compound for an encapsulation film and a composition thereof, a film, an organic light-emitting device, and an encapsulation method are provided. The composition comprises the compound, one or more photocurable and thermocurable propenyl compounds, and one or more compounds that produce a free radical and produce an acid under light or heat. The encapsulation film includes the composition as a film of an organic layer. The organic light-emitting device includes the film. The encapsulation method involves encapsulating the organic light-emitting device using the encapsulation film. The composition containing the compound serves as an organic layer. An encapsulation film for the organic light-emitting device is manufactured by repetitively and alternately laminating an inorganic layer and the organic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Jilin OLED Optical and Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Enxin Yin, Xiaochen Jiang, Weiwei Duan, Zhe Yu, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 11939422
    Abstract: A copolymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 wherein the copolymer is capable of improving luminous efficiency and durability, particularly, an improvement in luminescence life-span, of an electroluminescence device, particularly a quantum dot electroluminescence device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Tsuji, Fumiaki Kato, Naotoshi Suganuma, Takahiro Fujiyama, Yusaku Konishi, Dae Young Chung, Ha Il Kwon, Soonmin Cha, Tae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11932729
    Abstract: A polybenzimidazole production method for producing the polybenzimidazole including a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein Rf is —SO2—, —O—, —CO—, an alkylene group optionally containing a substituent, or a group represented by the following formula (a): two Xs are each individually a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and R1 is a divalent organic group, the production method including a step (1-1) of polymerizing a tetramine compound and a dicarboxylic acid derivative compound to provide a polybenzimidazole precursor polyamide, and a step (1-2) of dehydrocyclizing the polybenzimidazole precursor polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, IWATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Oishi, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, Tadashi Kanbara
  • Patent number: 11926733
    Abstract: A polymer blend including 5 to 95 weight percent of a poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate) comprising 40 to 95 mole percent of ester units comprising low heat bisphenol groups and high heat bisphenol groups, wherein the ester units comprise 20 to 80 mole percent of the low heat bisphenol groups and 20 to 80 mole percent of the high heat bisphenol groups, based on the total moles of ester units in the poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate), and 5 to 60 mole percent of carbonate units comprising the low heat bisphenol groups and the high heat bisphenol groups, wherein the carbonate units comprise 20 to 80 mole percent of the low heat bisphenol groups and 20 to 80 mole percent of the high heat bisphenol groups, based on the total moles of carbonate units in the poly(ester-carbonate-carbonate); and 5 to 95 weight percent of a poly(etherimide), wherein the weight percent of each polymer is based on the total weight of the polymers in the blend, and a molded 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, Norimitsu Yamaguchi, Jacob Lee Oberholtzer, James Alan Mahood
  • Patent number: 11930694
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for the development and applications of monomeric, oligomeric and/or polymeric semiconductor materials comprising a five-membered heteroaromatic unit (e.g., thiophene; furan; selenophene; etc.) that includes an acrylyl or an acrylyl-like (—C?C—CO—) side chain. The semiconductor materials can be used as organic semiconductors for use in electronic, optical, or optoelectronic devices such as organic thin film transistors and organic photovoltaics. The disclosed semiconductor materials (e.g., semiconducting polymer compounds) can be used as high performance semiconductors (e.g., for organic solar cells or organic photovoltaics (OPVs)), and the disclosed semiconductor materials can be used for other devices (e.g., organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) and sensors, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
    Inventor: Yuning Li
  • Patent number: 11920002
    Abstract: A zwitterionic polysulfone formed from an allyl-containing monomer, a phenol-containing monomer, and an aryl-halide-containing monomer. The zwitterionic polysulfone may be incorporated into a desalination membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Matthew Green, Yi Yang
  • Patent number: 11921425
    Abstract: A hard mask-forming composition which forms a hard mask used in lithography, including: a resin containing an aromatic ring and a polar group; and a compound containing at least one of an oxazine ring fused to an aromatic ring, and a fluorene ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi Tsuchiya, Keiichi Ibata
  • Patent number: 11914296
    Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] An object is to provide a compound with good heat resistance. And another object is to provide a coating made exhibits less film shrinkage, good gap filling property and good planarization. [Solution] The present invention provides an ethynyl derived composite and a composition comprising thereof. And the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a coating by it, and a method for manufacturing a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Shigemasa Nakasugi, Yusuke Hama, Hiroshi Yanagita, Takashi Sekito, Yuriko Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11917899
    Abstract: An arylamine-fluorene alternating copolymer having a structural unit (A) is represented by Chemical Formula (1): wherein Chemical Formula (1) is the same as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Tsuji, Takahiro Fujiyama, Yusaku Konishi, Dae Young Chung, Fumiaki Kato, Jaejun Chang, Keigo Furuta, Takao Motoyama, Eun Joo Jang, Hyo Sook Jang, Tae Ho Kim, Tomoyuki Kikuchi, Yuho Won
  • Patent number: 11912816
    Abstract: A polymer and a light-emitting device employing the same are provided. The polymer includes a first repeat unit with a structure represented by Formula (I): wherein the definitions of R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, and Z1 and n are as defined in the specification. At least one of A1, A2, and A3 is not hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chin-Hui Chou, Han-Cheng Yeh, Jia-Lun Liou, Mei-Rurng Tseng
  • Patent number: 11905609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a one-step process for preparation of “in-situ” or “ex-situ” self-organized and electrically conducting polymer nanocomposites using thermally initiated polymerization of a halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer or its derivatives. This approach does not require additional polymerization initiators or catalysts, produce gaseous products that are naturally removed without affecting the polymer matrix, and do not leave by-product contaminants. It is demonstrated that self-polymerization of halogenated 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomer is not affected by the presence of a solid-state phase in the form of nanoparticles and results in formation of 3,4-polyethylenedioxythiophene (PEDOT) nanocomposites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTH DAKOTA BOARD OF REGENTS
    Inventors: Alevtina Smirnova, Michael McGraw, Praveen Kolla
  • Patent number: 11910697
    Abstract: A copolymer having a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 is provided. The copolymer may improve performance, e.g., luminous efficiency, of an electroluminescence device. In Chemical Formula 1, the definition of each substituent is as described in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fumiaki Kato, Masashi Tsuji, Takao Motoyama, Yusaku Konishi, Keigo Furuta, Takahiro Fujiyama, Tae Ho Kim, Won Sik Yoon, Ha Il Kwon, Dae Young Chung, Eun Joo Jang
  • Patent number: 11898001
    Abstract: An organic polymer having an asymmetric structure, a preparation method thereof and a use as a photoelectric material thereof, where the organic polymer with an asymmetric structure is obtained by polymerization after performing Stille coupling reaction between an electron-donating unit D and an electron-withdrawing unit A in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst. The compound of the present application has good heat stability, controllable absorption level, and is suitable for the preparation of hole transport materials of high-performance perovskite solar cells with high efficiency, flexibility, good stability and a large area as well as donor materials of organic solar cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA THREE GORGES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dongxue Liu