Patents by Inventor Bastiaan Van Berchum
Bastiaan Van Berchum 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).
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Patent number: 10633499Abstract: A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) screen-printing a radiation-curable composition onto a membrane in a patterned manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the printed, radiation-curable composition; wherein the radiation-curable composition has a viscosity of at least 30 Pa·s when measured at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 at 20° C.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Van Baak
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Publication number: 20190143274Abstract: A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) applying a radiation-curable composition to a membrane in a patternwise manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the radiation-curable composition present on the membrane; wherein the radiation-curable composition comprises: a) 10 to 65 wt % of curable ionic compound(s) comprising one ethylenically unsaturated group; b) 3 to 60 wt % of crosslinking agent(s) comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and having a number average molecular weight below 800; c) 0 to 70 wt % of inert solvent(s); d) 0 to 10 wt % of free-radical initiator(s); and e) 0.5 to 25 wt % of thickening agent(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Johannes Van Engelen, Willem Johannes Van Baak, Adam Batting
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Patent number: 10279319Abstract: A membrane obtainable from curing a composition comprising: (i) a curable compound comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups and a sulphonic acid group and having a molecular weight which satisfies the equation: MW<(300+300n) wherein: MW is the molecular weight of the said curable compound; and n has a value of 1, 2, 3 or 4 and is the number of sulphonic acid groups present in the said curable compound; and optionally (ii) a curable compound having one ethylenically unsaturated group; wherein the molar fraction of curable compounds comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups, relative to the total number of moles of curable compounds present in the composition, is at least 0.25.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Johannes Van Baak, Jacko Hessing
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Patent number: 10213743Abstract: A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) applying a radiation-curable composition to a membrane in a patternwise manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the radiation-curable composition present on the membrane; wherein the radiation-curable composition comprises: a) 10 to 65 wt % of curable ionic compound(s) comprising one ethylenically unsaturated group; b) 3 to 60 wt % of crosslinking agent(s) comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and having a number average molecular weight below 800; c) 0 to 70 wt % of inert solvent(s); d) 0 to 10 wt % of free-radical initiator(s); and e) 0.5 to 25 wt % of thickening agent(s).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Johannes Van Engelen, Willem Van Baak, Adam Batting
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Patent number: 10173174Abstract: A process for preparing a membrane stack comprising the steps of: (i) interposing a curable adhesive between alternate anion exchange membranes and cation exchange; and (ii) curing the adhesive; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said adhesive, when cured, has a Shore A hardness of less than 70 and an elongation at break of at least 50%.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Peter Jessen, Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Willem Van Baak, Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Patent number: 10155201Abstract: A disposable, crossflow membrane stack suitable for use in an ion exchange unit, the stack comprising alternate dilution compartments and concentration compartments, each compartment being defined by a flat cation-permeable membrane (2) and a flat anion-permeable membrane (1) and at least two edges along which the cation-permeable and an anion-permeable membranes are permanently secured together wherein the cation-permeable membranes and/or the anion-permeable membranes have a textured surface profile which keep said membranes apart and/or from touching each other and wherein the edges secured together define the direction in which liquid may flow through the compartments. Also claimed are ion exchange units comprising the stack, optionally comprising a quick-release securement means to allow facile attachment and release of modular units comprising the stacks.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Willem Van Baak, Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Bastiaan Van Berchum, Johannes Van Engelen
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Patent number: 10035105Abstract: A process for preparing a membrane stack comprising the steps of (i) interposing a curable adhesive between alternate anion exchange membranes and cation exchange; and (ii) curing the adhesive; CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said membranes are in a swollen state when step (ii) is performed.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Peter Jessen, Willem Van Baak, Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20170246594Abstract: A membrane obtainable from curing a composition comprising: (i) a curable compound comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups and a sulphonic acid group and having a molecular weight which satisfies the equation: MW<(300+300n) wherein: MW is the molecular weight of the said curable compound; and n has a value of 1, 2, 3 or 4 and is the number of sulphonic acid groups present in the said curable compound; and optionally (ii) a curable compound having one ethylenically unsaturated group; wherein the molar fraction of curable compounds comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups, relative to the total number of moles of curable compounds present in the composition, is at least 0.25.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Johannes Van Baak, Jacko Hessing
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Patent number: 9675940Abstract: A membrane obtainable from curing a composition comprising: (i) a curable compound comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups and a sulphonic acid group and having a molecular weight which satisfies the equation: MW<(300+300n) wherein: MW is the molecular weight of the said curable compound; and n has a value of 1, 2, 3 or 4 and is the number of sulphonic acid groups present in the said curable compound; and optionally (ii) a curable compound having one ethylenically unsaturated group; wherein the molar fraction of curable compounds comprising at least two (meth)acrylic groups, relative to the total number of moles of curable compounds present in the composition, is at least 0.25.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Johannes Van Baak, Jacko Hessing
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Publication number: 20170056828Abstract: A process for preparing a membrane stack comprising the steps of: (i) interposing a curable adhesive between alternate anion exchange membranes and cation exchange; and (ii) curing the adhesive; CHARACTERISED IN THAT said adhesive, when cured, has a Shore A hardness of less than 70 and an elongation at break of at least 50%.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Peter Jessen, Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Willem Van Baak, Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20170056826Abstract: A process for preparing a membrane stack comprising the steps of (i) interposing a curable adhesive between alternate anion exchange membranes and cation exchange; and (ii) curing the adhesive; CHARACTERISED IN THAT said membranes are in a swollen state when step (ii) is performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Peter Jessen, Willem Van Baak, Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20170029586Abstract: A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) screen-printing a radiation-curable composition onto a membrane in a patterned manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the printed, radiation-curable composition; wherein the radiation-curable composition has a viscosity of at least 30 Pa·s when measured at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 at 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: February 2, 2017Inventors: Johannes Van Engelen, Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Van Baak
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Publication number: 20170007965Abstract: A process for preparing an ion-exchange membrane having a textured surface profile comprising the steps (i) and (ii): (i) applying a radiation-curable composition to a membrane in a patternwise manner; and (ii) irradiating and thereby curing the radiation-curable composition present on the membrane; wherein the radiation-curable composition comprises: a) 10 to 65 wt % of curable ionic compound(s) comprising one ethylenically unsaturated group; b) 3 to 60 wt % of crosslinking agent(s) comprising at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups and having a number average molecular weight below 800; c) 0 to 70 wt % of inert solvent(s); d) 0 to 10 wt % of free-radical initiator(s);and e) 0.5 to 25 wt % of thickening agent(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Johannes Van Engelen, Willem Van Baak, Adam Batting
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Patent number: 9539548Abstract: A device selected from the group consisting of an electrodialysis or reverse electrodialysis unit, an electrodeionization module and a flow through capacitor, the device comprising a membrane obtained from a process comprising the following steps: applying a curable composition to a support; and curing the composition to form a membrane; wherein the curable composition comprises: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt comprising a cation and an anion, wherein the anion is not sulfate; wherein the molar ratio of (i):ii) is greater than 0.10 and less than 5.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20170001146Abstract: A disposable, crossflow membrane stack suitable for use in an ion exchange unit, the stack comprising alternate dilution compartments and concentration compartments, each compartment being defined by a flat cation-permeable membrane (2) and a flat anion-permeable membrane (1) and at least two edges along which the cation-permeable and an anion-permeable membranes are permanently secured together wherein the cation-permeable membranes and/or the anion-permeable membranes have a textured surface profile which keep said membranes apart and/or from touching each other and wherein the edges secured together define the direction in which liquid may flow through the compartments. Also claimed are ion exchange units comprising the stack, optionally comprising a quick-release securement means to allow facile attachment and release of modular units comprising the stacks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2015Publication date: January 5, 2017Inventors: Willem Van Baak, Vinodnarain Bhikhi, Bastiaan Van Berchum, Johannes Van Engelen
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Patent number: 9487418Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 20 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and an anionic group; (iii) 15 to 45 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is 0.1 to 1.5. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe B.V.Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Jacko Hessing, Harro Antheunis
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Publication number: 20160207008Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is >0.10. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum
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Publication number: 20160185629Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 20 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and an anionic group; (iii) 15 to 45 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is 0.1 to 1.5. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Jacko Hessing, Harro Antheunis
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Patent number: 9309343Abstract: A membrane obtainable from curing a composition comprising (i) a curable compound comprising at least two acrylic groups and a quaternary ammonium group; (ii) solvent; and optionally (iii) a curable compound having one ethylenically unsaturated group.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Bastiaan Van Berchum, Willem Johannes Van Baak, Jacko Hessing
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Patent number: 9259685Abstract: A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is >0.10. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Fujifilm Manufacturing Europe BVInventors: Harro Antheunis, Jacko Hessing, Bastiaan Van Berchum