Patents Examined by Taylor V. Oh
  • Process for the preparation of gamma-valerolactone
    Patent number: 10377727
    Abstract: Gamma-valerolactone is prepared from a levulinic acid ester in a continuous process where a stream of the levulinic acid ester together with a gaseous stream of a hydrogen-containing gas is contacted with a hydrogenation catalyst, where the levulinic acid ester is in the liquid phase, and where the hydrogenation catalyst is a solid particulate catalyst including at least one hydrogenating metal, supported on an oxide carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Synvina C.V.
    Inventors: Nicolas André Vélu Popoff, Jan Cornelis van der Waal
  • Food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10374036
    Abstract: Aspects described herein relate to food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents and methods of use for the treatment of a variety of disorders. More particularly, aspects described herein relate to food and beverage compositions infused with lipophilic active agents such as cannabinoids, nicotine, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs), and vitamins, that provide enhanced bioavailability of the lipophilic active agents in a subject, and that mask unpleasant tastes of lipophilic active agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventors: Michelle Reillo, Marian E. Washington
  • Method for producing diol having cyclic acetal skeleton
    Patent number: 10370384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a diol having a cyclic acetal skeleton, in which the method include an acetalization reaction step of obtaining a diol having a cyclic acetal skeleton by subjecting raw material hydroxypivalaldehyde and at least pentaerythritol and/or trimethylolpropane to an acetalization reaction under an acid catalyst and the raw material hydroxypivalaldehyde can contain a prescribed amount of at least one impurity selected from the group consisting of formaldehyde, neopentyl glycol, an ester compound having a neopentyl glycol skeleton represented by formula (III), and isobutyraldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Masahiro Yamane
  • Diamine compounds, dinitro compounds and other compounds, and methods of producing thereof and uses related thereof
    Patent number: 10364210
    Abstract: Provided herein are (phenylene)dialkanamines, and methods of producing such (phenylene)dialkanamines from various furanyl and benzyl compounds. Such furanyl compounds may include, for example, bis(nitroalkyl)furans, bis(aminoalkyl)furans, and nitroalkyl(furan)acetonitriles. Such compounds may include, for example, bis(nitroalkyl)benzenes. Provided herein are also alkyldiamines, and methods for producing such alkyldiamines from furanyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MICROMIDAS, INC.
    Inventors: Alex B. Wood, Makoto Nathanael Masuno, Ryan L. Smith, John Albert Bissell, II, Robert Joseph Araiza, Dimitri A. Hirsch-Weil
  • Method for producing 2,3,5-trimethyl benzoquinone by oxidation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol
    Patent number: 10364231
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing 2,3,5-trimethyl benzoquinone or a compound containing 2,3,5-trimethyl benzoquinone, the method comprising the following steps: Oxidation of 2,3,6-trimethylphenol with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in a two-or multi-phase reaction medium in the presence of a catalyst or catalyst system containing at least one copper (II)-halide to a mixture containing 2,3,5-trimethyl benzoquinone, characterized in that the reaction medium contains water and at least one secondary aliphatic acyclic alcohol having 6 or more, preferably 7 or more, carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Richard Dehn, Michael Kraus, Martine Dehn, Manuel Danz, Joaquim Henrique Teles
  • Compositions and methods for forming articles having silver metal
    Patent number: 10358725
    Abstract: Electrically-conductive silver metal can be provided in a thin film or pattern on a substrate from a silver complex having reducing silver ions and represented by: (Ag+)a(L)b(P)c?? (I) wherein L represents an ?-oxy carboxylate; P represents a 5- or 6-membered N-heteroaromatic compound; a is 1 or 2; b is 1 or 2; and c is 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that when a is 1, b is 1, and when a is 2, b is 2. The silver complex is mixed in a hydroxy-free, nitrile-containing aprotic solvent with a polymer that is either (i) a hydroxy-containing cellulosic polymer or (ii) a non-cellulosic acrylic polymer having a halo- or hydroxy-containing side chain. The reducible silver ions in the a thermally sensitive thin film or pattern can be thermally converted to electrically-conductive metallic silver under suitable heating conditions to provide a product article that can be used in various devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Kevin M. Donovan, Dianne Marie Meyer
  • Process for the production of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran from furan
    Patent number: 10351496
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol and tetrahydrofuran said process comprising contacting furan with hydrogen and water in the presence of a supported catalytic composition comprising at least one first metal selected from those in groups 8 to 10 of the periodic table and a further metal selected from manganese, molybdenum, niobium and tungsten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Sipke Hidde Wadman, Jean Paul Andre Marie Joseph Ghislan Lange
  • Process for the preparation of terpinolene epoxide
    Patent number: 10344008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of terpinolene epoxide by epoxidation of terpinolene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Bernd Wolf, Michael Rack, Stefan Benson, Helmut Kraus, Roland Goetz, Sukunath Narayanan, Chidambaram Rishinaradamangalam
  • Method for industrial production of optically active fluoroalkyl ethylene oxide
    Patent number: 10336718
    Abstract: It is possible to produce an optically active fluoroalkyl chloromethyl alcohol with a high optical purity and a good yield by treating a fluoroalkyl chloromethyl ketone with a microorganism having an activity for asymmetrically reducing the ketone or an enzyme having the activity. Then, it is possible to obtain a fluoroalkyl ethylene oxide by treating the alcohol with a base. Industrial implementation of the production method of the present invention is easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tetsuro Nishii, Ayumi Yamaguchi, Takashi Ootsuka, Naoki Sawai
  • Antiviral-agent resistant virus detection system
    Patent number: 10336693
    Abstract: An oseltamivir analog and nanoparticles having the analog bound thereto, of the present invention, strongly bind to oseltamivir-resistant influenza virus, and thus, the use of the same can allow detection of oseltamivir-resistant influenza viruses quickly and conveniently with the naked eye. Therefore, the present invention can be favorably utilized in promptly establishing a therapeutic schedule for a patient infected with influenza viruses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
    Inventors: Juyeon Jung, Eun Kyung Lim
  • Biaromatic vitamin D analogs
    Patent number: 10336675
    Abstract: Novel biaromatic compounds, which are vitamin D analogs, processes for their preparation and cosmetic, dermatological and pharmaceutical preparations containing one or more of these compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Bendik, Piero Geotti-Bianchini, Marc Heidl, Eileen Jackson, Alexander Schlifke-Poschalko
  • Method of recovering lactide
    Patent number: 10336882
    Abstract: A method of recovering lactide which includes introducing a molten resin composition that contains a polylactic acid, a depolymerization catalyst and a carrier resin into a vent chamber (3) that is maintained under a reduced pressure using a first screw conveyer passage (11) that extends in the vent chamber (3), gasifying the lactide contained in the molten resin composition, and recovering a gaseous lactide from the vent chamber, wherein a second screw conveyer passage (60) is provided under the first screw conveyer passage (11) in the vent chamber (3) to recover the carrier resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: TOYO SEIKAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuro Ito, Junko Tanabe, Tomoaki Taguchi
  • Method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione
    Patent number: 10329267
    Abstract: The invention addresses the problem of providing a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione that is suited to industrial production. The invention provides a method for producing 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by reacting 3-bromo-3-buten-2-one and 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone in the presence of a solvent, then obtaining crystals of 2-acetyl-4H,9H-naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione by adding an alcohol-based solvent and/or water to the reaction system, and treating the crystals by using a specific adsorbent in the presence of a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO DAINIPPON PHARMA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshikazu Yagi, Satoshi Suzuki, Hiroto Tatamidani, Kazuki Hashimoto
  • Sulfoperoxycarboxylic acids, their preparation and methods of use as bleaching and antimicrobial agents
    Patent number: 10323218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Further, the compounds of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials. The compounds of the present invention can be used as antimicrobials, and bleaching agents. The compounds of the present invention are also suitable for use as coupling agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Junzhong Li, Richard K. Staub, David D. McSherry, Keith G. Lascotte, Steven J. Lange, Frank Everts
  • Crystallization procedure for obtaining canagliflozin hemihydrate crystals
    Patent number: 10323025
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved crystallization procedure to obtain canagliflozin hemihydrate crystals having a narrow particle size distribution by removing a small part of the crystalline suspension in the crystallization vessel from said vessel and subjecting said part to particle size reduction of the formed crystals followed by heating and reintroducting said part of the crystalline suspension again in the crystallization vessel which is kept within a specific temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Ruben De Keyser, Stijn Laps, Thomas Joachim Landewald Rammeloo, Koen Johan Herman Weerts
  • Solid dispersions of low-water solubility actives
    Patent number: 10322126
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions including a solid dispersion comprising a dispersion polymer, a basic low-water solubility active, and an anionic counterion, as well as methods of making and using the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Bend Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren K. Miller, Michael M. Morgen
  • Polymer coating compositions and coated products
    Patent number: 10314912
    Abstract: Described herein are coating compositions for consumer and/or medical products. The coating compositions can be used to confer desirable properties to the consumer and/or medical products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ariste Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Lisa Jennings, Jonathan McCanless, Brian Best, Timothy Fabian, Michael Cole
  • Part-stream distillation
    Patent number: 10316007
    Abstract: A continuous process for preparing propylene oxide proceeds by (a) reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in a reaction apparatus in the presence acetonitrile as solvent, obtaining a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least one further component B; (b) separating propylene oxide from S0, obtaining stream S1 containing acetonitrile, water and B; (c) dividing S1 into streams S2 and S3; (d) subjects S3 to vapor-liquid fractionation in a first fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4a being depleted, relative to S3, of at least one of B and obtaining liquid bottoms stream S4b, and subjecting at least part of vapor fraction stream S4a to vapor-liquid fractionation in a second fractionation unit, obtaining vapor fraction stream S4c and liquid bottoms stream S4 being depleted, relative to S4a, of at least one of B; (e) recycling at least a portion of S4 to (a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: BASF SE, DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Joaquim Henrique Teles, Dominic Riedel, Bianca Seelig, Philip Kampe, Markus Weber, Alexander Schroeder, Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu, Ulrich Mueller, Daniel Urbanczyk, Meinolf Weidenbach, Werner J. Witzl, Holger Baer
  • Compounds and methods for detection of enzymes that remove formyl, succinyl, methyl succinyl or myristoyl groups from epsilon-amino lysine moieties
    Patent number: 10308974
    Abstract: Provided is a compound that comprises the structure: where SIG is a signaling molecule and R3 is a formyl, a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, or a myristoyl. Also provided is a kit is provided that comprises the above compound, with instructions for determining the presence of the enzyme. Additionally, a method is provided for determining whether a sample has an enzyme that removes a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, a formyl, or a myristoyl moiety from an ?-amino of a lysine. Also provided is a method of determining whether a molecule inhibits an enzyme that removes a succinyl, a methyl succinyl, a formyl, or a myristoyl moiety from an ?-amino of a lysine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Enzo Life Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Konrad T. Howitz, Zhongda Zhang, Anne Kisielewski, Elizabeth Dale, Wayne Forrest Patton
  • Synthesis of amides and amines from aldehydes or ketones by heterogeneous metal catalysis
    Patent number: 10308588
    Abstract: A mild and efficient synthesis of primary amines and amides from aldehydes or ketones using a heterogeneous metal catalyst and amine donor is disclosed. The initial heterogeneous metal-catalyzed reaction between the carbonyl and the amine donor components is followed by the addition of a suitable acylating agent component in one-pot, thus providing a catalytic one-pot three-component synthesis of amides. Integration of enzyme catalysis allows for eco-friendly one-pot co-catalytic synthesis of amides from aldehyde and ketone substrates, respectively. The process can be applied to asymmetric synthesis or to the co-catalytic one-pot three-component synthesis of capsaicin and its analogues from vanillin or vanillyl alcohol. A co-catalytic reductive amination/dynamic kinetic resolution (dkr) relay sequence for the asymmetric synthesis of optically active amides from ketones is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ORGANOFUEL SWEDEN AB
    Inventors: Armando Córdova, Carlos Palo-Nieto, Samson Afewerki