Patents Examined by Stefanie J Cohen
  • Patent number: 11591413
    Abstract: A methodology useful for predicting the texture of a heated starch suspension by predicting the storage modulus (G?) of the starch suspension resulting from starch granule swelling during heating has been developed. The methodology is based on the physical properties of the starch granules in the starch suspension and the temperature history of the heated starch suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ganesan Narsimhan, Gnana Prasuna Desam, Jinsha Li, Vivek Narsimhan
  • Patent number: 11591472
    Abstract: A wax-extender emulsion including a plurality of wax-extender complex particles suspended in water is described. A wax-extender complex includes a wax component, an organic extender component and a surfactant that stabilizes the wax component and the organic extender component collectively to form the wax-extender complex. The wax-extender emulsion comprises from 2 wt % to 30 wt % organic extender. During manufacturing, the organic extender and wax component are emulsified and homogenized together to produce the wax-extender emulsion. The wax-extender emulsion can be co-applied as a mixture with adhesive resin during wood-based composite manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Williamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse L. Paris, Matthew G. Peterson, James A. Livings, Sudip Chowdhury, Curtis G. Burton
  • Patent number: 11584688
    Abstract: A visible-light-photocatalyzed composite light-transmitting concrete contains several bundles of optical fibers, the optical fibers are coated with a protective layer on their outer surface, the protective layer contains a visible light photocatalyst, and the concrete has several gas-permeable pores. Such concrete is prepared by mixing a visible light photocatalyst and a light-transmitting glue, applying the mixture to the surface of optical fibers to form a protective layer, and using optical fibers in the concrete. The resulting concrete has dual properties of light transmittance and photocatalytic oxidation of gas-phase pollutants under visible light irradiation. The visible-light-photocatalyzed composite light-transmitting concrete significantly breaks through the limitation of photocatalytic concrete to light sources, so that gas-phase pollutants can be removed under visible light irradiation through photocatalysis of light-transmitting concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Chongqing University
    Inventors: Yuxin Zhang, Xingjian Dai, Yi Wang, Kailin Li, Xiaoying Liu, Xuelei Zhang, Li Feng, Yifan Zhang, Jinsong Rao, Jizhou Duan, Haiyan Li, Zhihao Bao, Yucheng Du, Junshu Wu, Yizhuang Wu, Chenhao Zhao, Jiayi Zhang, Peng Yan, Fan Dong
  • Patent number: 11578268
    Abstract: An improved surface material is particularly suited for non-turf baseball field applications such as the pitcher's mound and base paths. The material generally comprises clay, wax, Foots oil and sand and has a putty-like consistency. Cleats can penetrate the material but are not likely to pull it out in clumps upon removal of the cleats. Method for forming the surface includes pre-coating the soil with Foots oil and then spraying an emulsified wax on a surface and mixing it with the surface material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Hubbs, Clayton D. Hubbs
  • Patent number: 11578247
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing a biomass-derived rheology modifier, comprising: providing a pretreated feedstock comprising cellulose-rich solids; refining the cellulose-rich solids in a first high-intensity refining unit, generating refined cellulose solids; gelling the refined cellulose solids in a second high-intensity refining unit, thereby generating gelled cellulose solids; and homogenizing the gelled cellulose solids in a high-shear homogenizer, thereby generating a biomass-derived rheology modifier. The pretreated feedstock may include kraft pulp, sulfite pulp, AVAP® pulp, soda pulp, mechanical pulp, thermomechanical pulp, and/or chemimechanical pulp, derived from wood or lignocellulosic biomass. The pretreated feedstock may be GP3+® pulp, obtained from steam or hot-water extraction of lignocellulosic biomass. These rheology modifiers may be utilized in a wide variety of applications, including water-based or oil-based hydraulic fracturing fluid formulations, as gelling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Monclin, Hisako Kurebayashi
  • Patent number: 11577229
    Abstract: The invention discloses a phosphorus-doped tubular carbon nitride micro-nano material and application thereof in waste gas treatment. Melamine is partially hydrolyzed into cyanuric acid through a phosphorous acid-assisted hydrothermal method to form a melamine-cyanuric acid super molecular precursor; the center of the precursor starts to be pyrolyzed under heating calcination, and thus phosphorus-doped tubular carbon nitride is obtained; the phosphorus-doped tubular carbon nitride and sodium borohydride are mixed and subjected to low-temperature calcination in an inert gas atmosphere, and defect-modified phosphorus-doped tubular carbon nitride is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianmei Lu, Dongyun Chen, Jun Jiang
  • Patent number: 11578007
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of foam formation and stabilization, particularly foamed construction materials, such as cement. Disclosed are additives suitable to obtain mineral foams when added to the corresponding starting materials. The invention provides a ready-to-use product in the form of a solid particulate composition comprising hydrophobized particles (1) and catalytically active particles (2) as defined in claim 1. The invention further provides for manufacturing methods of such ready-to-use product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Urs T. Gonzenbach, Philip Noah Sturzenegger
  • Patent number: 11572491
    Abstract: An adhesive for heat press molding contains a reaction product obtained by heat treatment on a mixture containing a polycarboxylic acid and a saccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Naito, Yoshio Ueyama
  • Patent number: 11572418
    Abstract: A composition comprising nanocellulose is disclosed, wherein the nanocellulose contains very low or essentially no sulfur content. The nanocellulose may be in the form of cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils, or both. The nanocellulose is characterized by a crystallinity of at least 80%, an onset of thermal decomposition of 300° F. or higher, and a low light transmittance over the range 400-700 nm. Other variations provide a composition comprising lignin-coated hydrophobic nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose contains very low or essentially no sulfur content. Some variations provide a composition comprising nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose contains about 0.1 wt % equivalent sulfur content, or less, as SO4 groups chemically or physically bound to the nanocellulose. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose contains essentially no hydrogen atoms (apart from hydrogen structurally contained in nanocellulose itself) bound to the nanocellulose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GranBio Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Theodora Retsina, Kimberly Nelson
  • Patent number: 11566134
    Abstract: An organic slurry for use in wood-based composites is described herein. In one aspect, the organic slurry may include water, a lignin material insoluble in the water, such as dewatered kraft lignin, and a defoamer. During manufacturing, the water, lignin material and defoamer may be combined and mixed together in a vessel to produce the organic slurry. In one aspect, the defoamer may include a water-based defoamer, a silicone-based defoamer, a silicone-free defoamer, an oil-based defoamer, a polymer-based defoamer, or mixtures thereof. The organic slurry may have a pH less than neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Williamette Valley Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse L. Paris, Matthew G. Peterson, James A. Livings, Sudip Chowdhuruy, Curtis G. Burton
  • Patent number: 11560485
    Abstract: A surface-treating agent including a perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing silane compound and a perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing compound. The perfluoro(poly)ether group-containing compound contains a radical capturing group or a UV absorbing group in the molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Mitsuhashi, Masatoshi Nose, Kaori Ozawa, Tsuneo Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11547113
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a suspension of a polymer comprising, in addition to said polymer, a) a liquid medium; b) a monovalent cation salt; c) an alginate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Marc Balastre, Florent Pinot
  • Patent number: 11549025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a film for blocking ultraviolet rays that has excellent light resistance, thus exhibiting stable UV blocking performance for a long time, and has a low haze value, and thus is suitable for protecting an organic light emitting device and the like from the external light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwangseok Seo, Heon Kim, Jinseok Byun, Yeongrae Chang
  • Patent number: 11542170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the calcination of a zeolitic material, wherein said process comprises the steps of (i) providing a zeolitic material comprising YO2 and optionally further comprising X2O3 in its framework structure in the form of a powder and/or of a suspension of the zeolitic material in a liquid, wherein Y stands for a tetravalent element and X stands for a trivalent element; (ii) atomization of the powder and/or of the suspension of the zeolitic material provided in (i) in a gas stream for obtaining an aerosol; (iii) calcination of the aerosol obtained in (ii) for obtaining a calcined powder; as well as to a zeolitic material obtainable and/or obtained according the inventive process, and to its use as a molecular sieve, as an adsorbent, for ion-exchange, as a catalyst, and/or as a catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Benedikt Kalo, Thomas Geiger, Rene Koenig, Ulrich Mueller, Stefan Maurer
  • Patent number: 11535753
    Abstract: A natural binder for binding biomasses and industrial waste and/or recycled materials, using processes employed for petroleum-derived binders, includes a mixture of a protein flour, a plant hydrolyzate, and a magnesium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Enrico Canti
  • Patent number: 11530343
    Abstract: A binder has at least one isocyanate and at least one biopolymer mixed with water. The biopolymer may be a biopolymer nanoparticle or cooked and chemically modified starch. Optionally, the binder may also include urea. The biopolymer and water are mixed, and the isocyanate is added to the mixture. The binder may have a viscosity that is suitable for being sprayed on a substrate to make a composite material, for example a viscosity of 700 cP or less or 500 cP or less at 40° C. The substrate may be wood, another lignocellulosic material, or synthetic or natural fibers. In particular examples, the binder is used to make no added formaldehyde wood composites including particle board and fiberboard. Alternatively, the binder may have a higher viscosity and be used to make plywood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ECOSYNTHETIX INC.
    Inventors: Somaieh Salehpour, J. Douglas Ireland, Niels M. B. Smeets, Steven Bloembergen, Michael Kuska
  • Patent number: 11524096
    Abstract: A first alternative to a composition for preventing or retarding degradation of a functional coating on a medical device includes an antioxidant selected from gallic acid or a derivative thereof. A second alternative to a composition for preventing or retarding degradation of a functional coating on a medical device includes carboxymethyl cellulose or a derivative or salt thereof. The use of the compositions for preventing or retarding degradation of a functional coating on a medical device from reactive species generated during exposure of radiation, and a wetting agent comprising the compositions, are also provided. The wetting agent prevents or retards the hydrolytic degradation of the coating during the intended shelf-life of the wetted coated product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Denzell McBurney, Ronald John Kelly, Morgan Tierney
  • Patent number: 11511267
    Abstract: Described herein are heterogeneous materials comprising a mixture of a first n-type semiconductor and a second n-type semiconductor. The first n-type semiconductor may be a single or plural phase TiO2 material. The second n-type semiconductor includes a metal titanate and/or a noble metal. Upon activation with ultraviolet light, the photocatalytic material mixtures described herein efficiently decompose volatile chemical compounds. Furthermore, the photocatalytic materials disclosed herein are observably more stable, relative to known semiconductor materials, to inactivation by deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ekambaram Sambandan, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11492674
    Abstract: A process for production of sugars from biomass derived from guayule plants includes placing a certain amount of the biomass in contact with a certain amount of water and with at least one organic acid. The sugars thus obtained may advantageously be used as sources of carbon in fermentation processes for the production of alcohols, lipids, diols, or in chemical synthesis processes for the production of other intermediates or chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Versalis S.P.A.
    Inventors: Stefano Ramello, Mario Baldassarre, Roberto Buzzoni
  • Patent number: 11492498
    Abstract: A non-toxic isosorbide-based degassing agent producible from biorenewable sources for addition to paints and coatings, powder coatings in particular, to prevent pinholing and minimize yellow discoloration during cure without use of potentially harmful VOCs or predominant proportions of benzoin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventors: Fred M. Allen, Anna Chizhikova, Robert A. Auerbach, Charles David Green