Patents by Inventor Alan Ekin

Alan Ekin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11008416
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous, curable composition, comprising or consisting of A) at least one uretdione prepolymer, which comprises at least one uretdione group, and which is obtainable by reacting A1) at least one uretdione polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of at least 2.0, whereby said uretdione polyisocyanate is obtained from at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, with A2) at least one compound comprising at least one Zerewitinoff-active group, and A3) at least one reactant, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group and being different from A2 or which is H2O, preferably in the presence of at least one catalyst, to obtain the uretdione prepolymer, wherein the prepolymer has an acid number of at most 4 mg KOH/g, preferably determined according to DIN EN ISO 2114:2002-06 as 37 wt. % aqueous dispersion; and B) optionally at least one compound, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group; and C) at least one azolate-compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Covestro LLC, Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Sebastian Dörr, Saskia Beuck, Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Nusret Yuva, Ralph-Georg Born, Alan Ekin
  • Patent number: 10793667
    Abstract: A curable composition, a method of making the curable composition, and an article and product produced therefrom are provided. A morpholinedione is contacted with an isocyanate to form a resin composition. The resin composition is reacted with an amine to form the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro Deutschland AG, Covestro LLC
    Inventors: Igor Pochorovski, Alan Ekin
  • Patent number: 10750750
    Abstract: Disclosed are seed treatment compositions that include: (a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and (b) an insecticide, a fungicide, a nematicide, and/or other pesticides. Also disclosed are seeds treated with such a treatment compositions and methods for treating a seed using such treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro LLC, Covestry Deutschland AG, Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, James A. Thompson-Colon, Timothy Pike, Scott Grace, Jinqi Li, Sebastian Doerr, Ronald Reichert, William S. Hanson
  • Publication number: 20200255585
    Abstract: A curable composition, a method of making the curable composition, and an article and product produced therefrom are provided. A morpholinedione is contacted with an isocyanate to form a resin composition. The resin composition is reacted with an amine to form the curable composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Igor Pochorovski, Alan Ekin
  • Patent number: 10731051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer; and a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The present invention further provides a method of making an allophanate system comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer to produce an allophanate composition, and contacting the allophanate composition with a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to coating on non-neutralized basecoats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Alan D. Bushmire
  • Patent number: 10703853
    Abstract: A cross-linker composition, a resin composition, a curable composition, a method of making thereof, and articles produced therefrom are provided. The cross-linker composition can be formed from by contacting a diethanolamine with a dialkylsquarate to form the cross-linker composition. The resin composition can be formed by contacting the cross-linker composition with an isocyanate. The curable composition can be formed by contacting the resin composition with an amine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG, COVESTRO LLC
    Inventors: Igor Pochorovski, Alan Ekin
  • Patent number: 10696775
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer and a neutralized basecoat comprising an acid scavenger and a pigment. The resulting allophanate system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to non-neutralized basecoats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: COVESTRO LLC, COVESTRO DEUTSCHLAND AG
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Florian Johannes Stempfle
  • Patent number: 10653135
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for treating seeds with a seed treatment composition that includes: (A) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and (B) an insecticide, a fungicide, a nematicide, and/or other pesticides. Also disclosed are seeds treated with such a treatment compositions and methods for treating a seed using such treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro LLC, Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, James A. Thompson-Colon, Timothy Pike, Scott Grace, Jinqi Li, Ronald Reichert, William S. Hanson
  • Patent number: 10653136
    Abstract: Disclosed are seed treatment compositions that include: (A) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and (B) an insecticide, a fungicide, a nematicide, and/or other pesticides. Also disclosed are seeds treated with such a treatment compositions and methods for treating a seed using such treatment composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro LLC, Bayer CropScience LLC
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, James A. Thompson-Colon, Timothy Pike, Scott Grace, Jinqi Li, Ronald Reichert, William S. Hanson
  • Patent number: 10633477
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a polyuretdione resin, a neutralized polyol, an acid-blocked tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, and wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the acid has a pKa of greater than 4.82. Compositions made from the reaction mixture of the present invention may be catalyzed at temperatures from room temperature to 130° C. and are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance and extended pot-life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro LLC, Covestro Deutschland AG
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, David P. Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20190292293
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer and a neutralized basecoat comprising an acid scavenger and a pigment. The resulting allophanate system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to non-neutralized basecoats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Florian Johannes Stempfle
  • Publication number: 20190292294
    Abstract: The present invention provides an allophanate system made by a method comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of an optional reducer to produce a one-component allophanate composition, and contacting the one component allophanate composition with a basecoat comprising a tertiary amine catalyst. The inventive allophanate system is particularly applicable in providing coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, David P. Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20190292400
    Abstract: The present invention provides an allophanate polymer system made by a method comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of a reactive reducer comprising a reducing agent and a tertiary amine catalyst to produce a clear-coat, and contacting the clear-coat with a basecoat comprising a tertiary amine catalyst. The reaction between the polyol and the polyuretdione will proceed after the reactive reducer reduces the viscosity of the one component clear-coat formulation to appropriate levels. The inventive allophanate polymer system is particularly applicable in providing coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Joseph Pierce
  • Publication number: 20190292297
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a polyuretdione resin, a neutralized polyol, an acid-blocked tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, and wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the acid has a pKa of greater than 4.82. Compositions made from the reaction mixture of the present invention may be catalyzed at temperatures from room temperature to 130° C. and are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance and extended pot-life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, David P. Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20190292299
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aqueous, curable composition, comprising or consisting of A) at least one uretdione prepolymer, which comprises at least one uretdione group, and which is obtainable by reacting A1) at least one uretdione polyisocyanate having an isocyanate functionality of at least 2.0, whereby said uretdione polyisocyanate is obtained from at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate, with A2) at least one compound comprising at least one Zerewitinoff-active group, and A3) at least one reactant, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group and being different from A2 or which is H2O, preferably in the presence of at least one catalyst, to obtain the uretdione prepolymer, wherein the prepolymer has an acid number of at most 4 mg KOH/g, preferably determined according to DIN EN ISO 2114:2002-06 as 37 wt. % aqueous dispersion; and B) optionally at least one compound, which comprises at least one Zerewitinoff-active group; and C) at least one azolate-compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sebastian Dörr, Saskia Beuck, Hans-Josef Laas, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Nusret Yuva, Ralph-Georg Born, Alan Ekin
  • Publication number: 20190292305
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a polyuretdione resin; and a blocked amine; and optionally, an additive package (e.g. flow control, wetting agent) and a solvent. The present invention further provides a method of forming a biuret comprising the steps of: unblocking a blocked amine in the presence of moisture; and crosslinking the unblocked amine with a polyuretdione resin. The compositions of the present invention are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance and extended pot-life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, David P. Zielinski, Dorota Greszta-Franz, Florian Johannes Stempfle
  • Publication number: 20190292292
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a hot blend of a first isocyanate-based uretdione resin and a second isocyanate-based uretdione resin, a neutralized polyol and a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, pigments (colorants), wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the first isocyanate and the second isocyanate are different. The isocyanate-based uretdiones that have been hot blended together produce coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants, which exhibit better performance properties (such as microhardness) than those coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants produced from the constituent isocyanate-based uretdiones alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Florian Johannes Stempfle, Alan D. Bushmire
  • Publication number: 20190292296
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a polyuretdione resin, a neutralized polyol, a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, wetting agents, and solvents. The present invention also provides methods of making allophanates which are particularly applicable in or as coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants with good performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, David P. Zielinski, Rick L. Adkins, Nigel Barksby
  • Publication number: 20190292295
    Abstract: The present invention provides a reaction mixture comprising a blend of a first isocyanate-based uretdione-containing resin and a second isocyanate-based uretdione-containing resin, a neutralized polyol and a tertiary amine catalyst, and optionally, an additive package selected from the group consisting of flow control additives, pigments (colorants), wetting agents, and solvents, wherein the first isocyanate and the second isocyanate are different. The first isocyanate-based uretdione-containing resin and the second isocyanate-based uretdione-containing resin may be cold blended or hot blended. Coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants made from hot blended formulations exhibit superior performance over those made from cold blended formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Florian Johannes Stempfle, Alan D. Bushmire
  • Publication number: 20190292401
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising an allophanate composition comprising a neutralized polyol, a polyuretdione resin, a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer; and a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The present invention further provides a method of making an allophanate system comprising combining a neutralized polyol with a polyuretdione resin in the presence of a tertiary amine catalyst, an additive package, and a reducer to produce an allophanate composition, and contacting the allophanate composition with a neutralized basecoat comprising an inorganic salt and a pigment. The system may be used to make coatings, adhesives, castings, composites, and sealants in which clear-coating on neutralized pigmented basecoats is much improved in comparison to coating on non-neutralized basecoats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Alan Ekin, Alan D. Bushmire