Patents Examined by Stephen E Rieth
  • Patent number: 11939413
    Abstract: An acrylic resin powder soluble in acetone, including a multi-stage polymer (M) that includes a polymer (B) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (b) containing methyl methacrylate and an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (mb) in the presence of a polymer dispersion that contains a polymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (a) containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (ma), in which an alkyl group in the alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (ma) has 4 to 8 carbon atoms, an alkyl group in the alkyl (meth)acrylate ester (mb) has 4 to 8 carbon atoms, a glass transition temperature of the polymer (A) is 20° C. or lower, a glass transition temperature of the polymer (B) obtained by polymerizing the monomer mixture (b) is 55° C. or higher, and a mass average molecular weight of the multi-stage polymer (M) is 10,000 or more and 300,000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Miyai, Toru Kondo
  • Patent number: 11937500
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, a hole transport region between the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron transport region between the emission layer and the second electrode, wherein the electron transport region may include a first compound represented by one selected from Formulae 1A to 1E, and at least one selected from the hole transport region and the electron transport region may include a second compound represented by Formula 2A or 2B:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younsun Kim, Seulong Kim, Dongwoo Shin, Jungsub Lee, Naoyuki Ito, Jino Lim, Hyein Jeong
  • Patent number: 11926079
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a foam fabric comprised of foam particles, a foaming agent, an antibacterial agent, a filler and a glue and methods of making it. The foaming agent is comprised eg of azodicarbonamide, triazinyl triazine, ethanolamine and aluminum potassium sulfate; the antibacterial agent is comprised eg of 2,4,4?-trichloro-2?-hydroxydiphenyl ether and ethylene oxide; the filler is chosen eg from titanium dioxide, iron oxide, mica powder and combinations thereof; and the glue is comprised of eg a rosin resin and an epoxy composite resin, wherein the epoxy composite resin is comprised of an epoxy resin, a terpene resin, aluminum oxide, polybutene and an emulsifier and a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Taikone Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Lung
  • Patent number: 11926723
    Abstract: Provided is a method that can produce a resin porous material from a water-insoluble polymer in a small number of steps while suppressing the formation of skin layers. The production method of a resin porous material disclosed herein includes preparing a solution of a water-insoluble polymer in a mixed solvent including a good solvent of the water-insoluble polymer and a poor solvent of the water-insoluble polymer, and drying the solution to remove the mixed solvent. The poor solvent has a higher boiling point than the good solvent. The drying the solution is performed using superheated water vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Kohei Matsunobu
  • Patent number: 11920054
    Abstract: Solvent-free, hydrophobically modified urethane (HEURs) compositions produced by reactive extrusion, methods of producing the same, and coating compositions containing the same are described. Such HEURs can be used as solvent-free or low-solvent rheology modifiers in coatings formulations. The HEURs compositions herein are formed by reactive extrusion of a polyether polyol and an isocyanate functional material in the presence of a metal catalyst, and an hydrophobic, end-capping modifier without the need for organic solvents, co-solvents, and/or surfactants. In certain aspects, compositions and methods herein do not require the costly stripping of organic solvent to provide useable product, allow for a 100% active solids HEUR that can be added directly to the grind stage of making a paint composition, and are free of VOC-contributing solvents or co-solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SWIMC LLC
    Inventors: Vito J. Pistone, Randolph B. Krafcik
  • Patent number: 11905359
    Abstract: A polyurethane elastomer, which can be a foam, generated from (a) an organic diisocyanate, (b) a polyester resin, (c) a chain extender comprised of a polyhydric alcohol, (d) a crosslinker, (e) a plasticizer, (f) a surfactant, (g) a bio-additive, (h) a blowing agent, and (i) an optional dye; and optionally where the elastomer has, for example, a hardness value of, for example, from about 15 Asker C to about 60 Asker C, a tensile strength of from about 1 MPa to about 10 MPa, a resilience of from about 30 percent to about 60 percent, an elongation at break of from about 150 percent to about 700 percent, and a tear strength from about 2 Newtons/millimeters to about 4 Newtons/millimeters, and which elastomers can be selected for footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Evoco Limited
    Inventors: Jason James Robinson, Mustafa Abu Ghalia, Syed Muhammad Husainie
  • Patent number: 11897993
    Abstract: This invention provides flame retardant compositions comprised of or formed from components comprising a sulfur-containing compound and at least one isocyanate-reactive brominated flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ALBEMARLE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Tang, Augusto Caesar Ibay
  • Patent number: 11890585
    Abstract: A biliquid material includes an emulsion having a continuous liquid phase, a dispersed liquid phase, and a surface-stabilizing material, wherein: the dispersed liquid phase is immiscible with the continuous liquid phase; the dispersed liquid phase is in the form of a plurality of droplets in the continuous liquid phase; the surface-stabilizing material is soluble in at least one of the continuous liquid phase and the dispersed liquid phase and preferentially adsorbs at the surfaces of the plurality of droplets, wherein the surface-stabilizing material imparts a repulsive interaction between the plurality of droplets that inhibits coalescence of the plurality of droplets; and the biliquid material has a structurally-colored droplets structure, wherein the structurally-colored droplets structure yields one or more structural colors when illuminated with broad-spectrum light wherein the one or more structural colors arise from diffraction of the broad-spectrum light by the plurality of droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Thomas G. Mason, Matthew Pagenkopp
  • Patent number: 11879086
    Abstract: A high internal phase emulsion stabilized by a low content of surfactant and its preparation method thereof are provided. An oil ethoxylate is added to a vegetable oil, and the resulting mixture is uniformly mixed under a low-speed stirring at room temperature. Water is added dropwise to the mixture of surfactant and vegetable oil under stirring, and a homogenization is performed on the obtained dispersed system by a high-shear dispersion emulsification homogenizer to obtain the high internal phase emulsion stabilized by oil ethoxylate. The preparation method requires a low content of surfactant, mild preparation conditions and simple operations. When the oil-phase volume fraction is 83 vol %, the minimum mass fraction of the oil ethoxylate to stabilize the high internal phase emulsion is 0.6 wt %, and the prepared oil-in-water type high internal phase emulsion has excellent stability and shows bright color, delicate odor, hydra feel and being easy to apply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF DAILY CHEMISTRY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiumei Tai, Qian Chen, Yanyun Bai, Zeyun Yang, Tianzhuang Wang, Yanjun Ma
  • Patent number: 11851560
    Abstract: A polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: a polycarbonate-based resin satisfying requirements (1) and (2); and an inorganic filler blended into the polycarbonate-based resin, wherein a ratio of the filler in 100 mass % of a total amount of the polycarbonate-based resin and the filler is from 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ishikawa, Tomoko Abe
  • Patent number: 11845018
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a method for preparing a powder or granular foam control compositions and methods for reducing or preventing or breaking foam in various applications such as powder detergents as well as coatings, cementing, concrete, gypsum board and other construction type applications or in some agricultural formulations like fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: ELKEM SILICONES USA CORP.
    Inventors: John P. Garris, Michael Travis Hale, Matthew Timmons
  • Patent number: 11820912
    Abstract: This surface treatment agent using a compound represented by formula (1) or (2) can, even without having a hydrolyzable group, form a water repellent and oil repellent layer having excellent abrasion resistance under mild conditions such as at room temperature. [Rf represents a monovalent or divalent fluorooxyalkylene group-containing polymer residue, Y1 and Y2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q represents a group that has a Si-containing structure having a valence of 2-4, Si, or C, X represents an epoxy-containing group, k represents 0-2, m represents 1-5, n represents 1-3, Z represents H, —SiR3 (R represents an alkyl group or a phenyl group), or —W1-Q?-W2—X? (X? represents X or —SiR3, W1 and W2 each represent a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group, Q? represents a divalent group having a Si-containing structure), and ? represents 1 or 2].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lisa Katayama, Takashi Matsuda, Yuji Yamane
  • Patent number: 11817582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition for a secondary battery, an electrode slurry composition including the same, and an electrode and a secondary battery manufactured by using the same, the binder composition including: a latex particle (A) which is a polymer of a monomer mixture including (a1) a conjugated diene monomer, (a2) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, and (a3) an aromatic vinyl monomer; and an emulsifier (B), wherein the (a2) ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer is included in an amount of 3 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the monomer mixture and the emulsifier (B) is included in an amount of less than 3000 ppm based on 100 parts by weight of the latex particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Hye Soo Han, Seon Hee Han, Min Ah Kang, Cheol Hoon Choi, Dong Jo Ryu
  • Patent number: 11795287
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to pore inducers and porous abrasive forms made using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of forming a porous abrasive form including heating an abrasive composition including pore inducers to form the porous abrasive form. During the heating the pore inducers in the porous abrasive form reduce in volume to form induced pores in the porous abrasive form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian D. Goers, Mark A. Lukowski, Walter Flaschberger, Ernest L. Thurber, John E. Gozum
  • Patent number: 11787918
    Abstract: A composition comprised of a component selected from the group consisting of a biobased bis-alkyl succinate and a biobased bis-alkyl sebacate, each derived, for example, from the esterification of biobased diacid such as succinic acid or sebacic acid, and a biobased alcohol and a biobased polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Evoco Limited
    Inventors: Jason James Robinson, Radu Lucian Vicol, Juri Helmut Moebus, Tristan Calayan, Guerino G. Sacripante
  • Patent number: 11767670
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a heat insulating material composed of a hydrophobic aerogel, and the method includes the steps of: (1) mixing step; (2) hydrolysis step; (3) condensation step; (4) aging step; and (5) drying step. In the method, a siloxane compound, an inorganic gel, and a halogen-free surfactant are mixed and then a sol-gel process is performed to produce the aerogel heat-insulating material without water-washing. The produced heat-insulating material has preferable strength, smooth appearance, and low shrinkage and can overcome the powder-dropping problem. By the provided method, an aerogel heat-insulating board can be produced, or an aerogel cold-resisting and heat-insulating blanket can be produced by mixing with a fiber or a foam material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN AEROGEL TECHNOLOGY MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jean-Hong Chen, Shiu-Shiu Chen, Sheng-Hong Pong
  • Patent number: 11760898
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hard coating film including a substrate and a hard coating layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, in which the hard coating layer includes a fluorine-based UV-curable-functional-group-containing compound, a conductive polymer, and a solvent, the conductive polymer being included in a specific amount, and the surface roughness (Ra) value of the hard coating layer is 1 nm or less, whereby the hard coating film can simultaneously exhibit hard coating performance and antifouling performance even in the form of a single layer not including a separate antifouling layer, and is remarkably improved in an antifouling effect based on the low surface roughness thereof due to the absence of inorganic fine particles, and the improved antifouling effect can be effectively maintained even in the presence of variously changing environmental conditions, and to a window and an image display device using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geo-San Lim, Min-Kyung Kang, Seung-Hee Kim, Hye-Lin Kim
  • Patent number: 11746254
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating comprising a polymeric layer, wherein the polymeric layer comprises a reaction product of a first monomer comprising two or more aromatic acetylene groups and a second monomer comprising two or more cyclopentadienone groups, or a cured product of the reaction product. The coating may or may not additionally contain a crosslinker and/or a thermal acid generator. Optical thin films made from the coatings exhibit refractive indices that make them useful as interlayers for matching refractive indices between adjacent layers of display devices; thereby improving device output efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS LLC
    Inventors: Catherine Mulzer, Anastasia L. Patterson, Charles R. Kinzie, Brian Litchfield, Christopher D. Gilmore, Bethany L. Seckman
  • Patent number: 11746171
    Abstract: To provide a method for fractionating a liquid composition, which is excellent in separability of the liquid composition. This method for fractionating a liquid composition comprises discharging, from a discharge port of a filling nozzle, a liquid composition containing a solvent and a polymer having ion exchange groups, and fractionating a predetermined amount of the liquid composition, characterized in that the temperature of the liquid composition is controlled so that the average tan ?1 of the liquid composition when discharged from the discharge port of the filling nozzle becomes to be at most 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Watabe, Mitsuhisa Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11732103
    Abstract: Disclosed are modified expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles and a modification method thereof, and concrete containing the modified EPS particles and a preparation method thereof, relating to the technical field of inorganic building materials. The modification method of the EPS particles includes following steps: (1) spraying adhesive materials on surfaces of the EPS particles in a stirring state, and obtaining the EPS particles with the adhesive materials attached to the surfaces; and (2) mixing the EPS particles attached with the adhesive materials with inorganic mixed materials to obtain the modified EPS particles. The preparation method of modified EPS concrete includes: mixing the modified EPS particles with a cementitious material, adding an admixture and water, and uniformly stirring to obtain the modified EPS concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hui Li, Wukui Zheng, Diyang He