Patents Issued in March 14, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130066012
    Abstract: A resin for OSB comprising an aqueous resole reaction product of phenol, formaldehyde, alkaline metal hydroxide or carbonate, urea and a degraded lignin polymer having 35-65% solids, a pH of 8-13 and a viscosity 50-1000 centipoises. The phenol and formaldehyde are present in a molar ratio of 1.5 to 3.4 moles formaldehyde to 1 mole phenol and are 40 to 85% of the total solids added to the mixture. In one embodiment they are 50 to 75% of the total solids added to the mixture. The alkaline metal hydroxide or carbonate are 5 to 20% of the total solids added to the mixture. Urea is 5 to 35% of the total solids added to the mixture. The degraded lignin is 5 to 20% of the total solids added to the mixture. A method for making the resin and a product using the resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
    Inventor: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
  • Publication number: 20130066013
    Abstract: Polysaccharide fibres, such as cellulose or starch, modified by grafting an amino-containing antimicrobial polymer (ACP) onto the fibres or starch using a co-polymerization reaction, exhibits high antimicrobial activity. For example, the presence of 1.0% by weight grafted polymer in the cellulose fibres or starch fibres results in excellent antimicrobial activity (over 99% inhibition). The application further discloses that including triclosan or butylparaben into a novel cationic ?-cyclodextrin polymer or nanocapsule yields a bacteriostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK
    Inventors: Huining Xiao, Yong Guan
  • Publication number: 20130066014
    Abstract: Organosilicon compounds are represented by the following formula: wherein R is a hydrolyzable group, R? is an alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, A is an alkylene having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, X is O or S, Y is —NH— or S, L1 and L2 are C or N, Z and M are —NH—, O or S, R1 to R11 are H, alkyl having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, alkoxy or fluoroalkyl, or amino, m is 1 to 3, and n is 0 to 3. R1 and R2 or R2 and R3 may bonded together. R5 and R6 or R9 and R10 may directly bond together. R4 and R7 or R8 and R11 may form a ring skeleton. Their production processes, pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions, self-adhesive polarizers and LCDs are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130066015
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polylactic acid composition with improved heat-resistance and improved impact-resistance. Specifically, in the disclosed polylactic acid composition, both impact strength and heat-resistance are improved by mixing 30 to 80 wt % of polyketone and 10 to 40 wt % of modified rubber. The disclosed polylactic acid composition does not only exhibit excellent in heat resistance, chemical resistance, fuel permeation resistance, abrasion resistance, etc., but also has improved impact-resistance and improved heat resistance. Thus, it is possible to employ polylactic acid as a bioplastic in interior/exterior parts of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, DESCO CO., LTD., HYOSUNG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Choon Soo Lee, Min Hee Lee, Bong Hyun Park, Jong Hwal Kim, Sung Kyoun Yoon, Byoung Gook Kang, Keun Kyu Lee, Jong Lee
  • Publication number: 20130066016
    Abstract: A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of preparing a reactive polymer and reacting the reactive polymer with a heterocyclic nitrile compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bridgestone Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130066017
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising (i) a crosslinkable polyolefin with hydrolysable silane groups (A), (ii) a silanol condensation catalyst (B), and (iii) a silicon containing compound (C) according to the formula (R1)x[Si(R2)yR3)z]m (I) wherein R1, which may be the same or different if more than one such group is present, is a monofunctional, or, if m=2, is a bifunctional, hydrocarbyl residue comprising from 1 to 100 carbon atoms and at least one heteroatom; R2, which may be the same or different if more than one such group is present, is a hydrocarbyloxy residue comprising from 1 to 100 carbon atoms; R3, is —R4SiR1pR2q, wherein p is 0 to 3, q is 0 to 3, with the proviso that p+q is 3, and R4 is —(CH2)rYs(CH2)t— where r and t independently are 1 to 3, s is 0 or 1 and Y is a difunctional heteroatomic group selected from —O—, —O—(CO)—, —NH—, —NH2, —NH—(CO)—NH2, —NH—(CO)—OCH3, an epoxy group, a carbamate group, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NR—, —PR—, where R is a hydrocarbon or a hydrogen and where
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Roger Carlsson
  • Publication number: 20130066018
    Abstract: Fluoroelastomer compositions comprising fluoroelastomers having copolymerized units of a nitrile group-containing cure site monomer are cured with certain hydroxylamine derivatives. The hydroxylamine derivative is of formula R1(C(O))nNHOR2 wherein n is 0 or 1; R1 is H, C(O)R3, C(O)R4, C(O)OR3, or C(O)SR3; R2 is H, C(O)R3, or C(O)OR3; R3 is C1-C20 alkyl group, aryl, heterocycle, benzyl, 9-fluorenylmethyl, or CH2R4; and R4 is a fluoroalkyl group, with the proviso that R1 and R2 cannot simultaneously be H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER J. BISH, Peter A. Morken
  • Publication number: 20130066019
    Abstract: A method of enhancing and stabilizing the physical property (for example, liquid permeability) of a water absorbent resin by means of a simple technique without requiring any alteration of the raw materials or high capital investment, is provided. Disclosed is a method for producing a water absorbent resin, which includes a polymerization step of polymerizing an aqueous solution of acrylic acid (salt) to obtain a water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer; a drying step of drying the water-containing gel-like crosslinked polymer, to obtain a water absorbent resin powder; a classification step of classifying the water absorbent resin powder; and a surface crosslinking step of surface crosslinking the water absorbent resin powder, wherein in the classification step that is carried out before the surface crosslinking step and/or after the surface crosslinking step, a tapping material is installed below the metal sieve mesh used in the classification step, and thereby classification is carried out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sumio Okuda, Syuji Kanzaki, Kunihiko Ishizaki, Shinichi Fujino, Kozo Nogi
  • Publication number: 20130066020
    Abstract: A functional macromonomer, which is an isobutylene-rich polymer that homopolymerizes when initiated by a free-radical initiator, is described that has an acrylate moiety substituted by at least one substituent that bears a functional moiety. Methods of making functional macromonomers by ring-opening various anhydrides and methods of curing functional macromonomers are described. Cured products are halo-free thermosets that have only small amounts of initiator-derived byproducts and substantially no residual unreacted functionality, which is beneficial for chemical and physical stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: J. Scott Parent, Ralph A. Whitney, Karthik Vikram Siva Shanmugam
  • Publication number: 20130066021
    Abstract: The present invention provides a modified natural rubber having a reduced tan ?, a method for producing the modified natural rubber, a rubber composition produced using the modified natural rubber, and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition. The present invention also provides a modified natural rubber having a reduced tan ?, a method for producing the modified natural rubber, a rubber composition produced using the modified natural rubber and achieving good fuel economy and abrasion resistance at the same time, and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a modified natural rubber having a phosphorus content of 200 ppm or less and a total content of sodium and potassium of 350 ppm or less. The invention also relates to a modified natural rubber having a phosphorus content of 200 ppm or less and a nitrogen content of 0.2% by mass or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Ichikawa, Toshiaki Sakaki, Lucksanaporn Tarachiwin, Kamalin Kanyawararak
  • Publication number: 20130066022
    Abstract: A shaped article, suitable for in a prosthetic device, is formed of polyethylene having a molecular weight of at least 3×105 g/mol as determined by ASTM 4020, and has a yield strength greater than 20 as determined by DIN EN ISO 527. The polyethylene is produced by polymerizing ethylene in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising a Group 4 metal complex of a phenolate ether ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TICONA GMBH
    Inventors: Dominique Robert, Julia Hufen, Kerstin Lüdtke, Christian Meermann, Jens Ehlers
  • Publication number: 20130066023
    Abstract: Elastomer composites are prepared by wetting particles of a natural or synthetic rubber with a liquid one-component moisture-curable resin composition and then exposing the wetted particles to moisture to cure the resin composition. The moisture-curable resin composition comprises (a) an isocyanate-terminated polyurethane prepolymer having an isocyanate content of from 0.5 to 12% by weight and (b) from 1 to 30%, based on the combined weight of components (a) and (b), of an epoxide or lactone compound having a molecular weight of from about 70 to about 1000 and which is miscible in the prepolymer at the relative proportions thereof that are present. In addition, the composition contains no more than 0.1% by weight of compounds having a primary or secondary amino group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: BIndu Radhakrishnan, William Aaron Koonce
  • Publication number: 20130066024
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polysiloxane-polylactide block copolymer and a preparation method thereof, in which the polysiloxane-polylactide block copolymer has improved impact resistance and flexibility, compared to the conventional polylactide resins and can be prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactide monomers in the presence of a polymerization initiator of polysiloxane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Seung-Young Park, Sung-Cheol Yoon, In-Su Lee, Do-Yong Shim
  • Publication number: 20130066025
    Abstract: New polymer compositions based on poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and other high-softening-temperature polymers are disclosed. These materials have a microphase domain structure that has an ionically-conductive phase and a phase with good mechanical strength and a high softening temperature. In one arrangement, the structural block has a softening temperature of about 210° C. These materials can be made with either homopolymers or with block copolymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEEO, INC
    Inventors: Jin Yang, Hany Basam Eitouni, Mohit Singh
  • Publication number: 20130066026
    Abstract: A multifunctional aromatic amine hardener composition including the reaction condensation product of (a) at least one aniline and (b) at least one non-aromatic cyclic dicarboxaldehyde; and a reactive thermosettable resin composition including (i) at least one multifunctional aromatic amine hardener composition curing agent, (ii) at least one thermoset resin, and optionally (c) at least one catalyst; and a process for preparing a thermoset product from the thermosettable composition. The hardener composition above and a thermoset resin may be used to prepare a thermoset product with improved thermo-mechanical behavior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Mark B. Wilson, Stephanie L. Potisek, Ashwin Bharadwaj, Michael J. Mullins, Steven J. Guillaudeu
  • Publication number: 20130066027
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for the gas phase polymerisation of one or more olefin monomers in a fluidised bed reactor in a dry mode or in a (super) condensed mode with a gas stream comprising an inert gas characterised in that the inert gas comprises a mixture of inert components: (1) nitrogen; (2) a gas heat capacity increasing agent (3) a sorption promoting agent and (4) a polymer swelling agent. The inert gas may comprise (1) 5-60% by mol nitrogen (2) 10-90% by mol ethane (3) 1-50% by mol % n-butane and (4) 0.1-10% by mol % n-pentane or iso-pentane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yahya Banat, Fahad Al-Obaidi, Abdul Kader Malek
  • Publication number: 20130066028
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprising a metal complex of formula CyLMD and an activating cocatalyst, wherein: —M is titanium; —Cy is a cyclopentadienyl-type ligand; —D is a diene; —L is an amidinate-containing ligand of formula (1), wherein the amidinate-containing ligand is covalently bonded to the titanium via the imine nitrogen atom, Sub, is a substituent, which comprises a group 14 atom through which Sub1 is bonded to the imine carbon atom, Sub2 is a substituent, which comprises a nitrogen atom, through which Sub2 is bonded to the imine carbon atom, and the activating cocatalyst is a boron compound represented by the general formula BR1R2R3, wherein B is a boron atom in the trivalent valence state and R1, R2 and Ware individually selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, hydrocarbyl, halogenated hydrocarbyl, substituted silyl, alkoxy or di-substituted amino residue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: LANXESS ELASTOMERS B.V.
    Inventors: Gerardus Van Doremaele, Martin Alexander Zuideveld
  • Publication number: 20130066029
    Abstract: Multi-metallic organometallic complexes that allow performance of olefin based reaction and in particular polymerization of olefins to produce polyolefin polymers, and related methods and systems are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Madalyn RADLAUER, Joshua D. WIENSCH, Aya K. BUCKLEY, Theodor AGAPIE
  • Publication number: 20130066030
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for making absorbent for metal. In the method, at first, solution of first monomer and solution of second monomer are provided. Then, the solution of the second monomer is introduced into the solution of the first monomer. Finally, a microwave reaction is executed to provide micro-alls of absorbent for metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Armaments, Bureau, Ministry of National Defense
    Inventors: Yen-Chung Chen, Chih-kai Chang, Hsiou-Jeng Shy, Ching-Yu Tso, Jen-Bin Won, Ming-Der Ger
  • Publication number: 20130066031
    Abstract: A method of making such is carried out by (a) providing a reverse template for said article, said template comprising an elastomeric polymer such as PDMS; (b) providing a solution comprising a polymer dissolved in a first solvent; wherein said polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, poly(methyl methacrylate), epoxy, and aliphatic polyesters; and wherein said solvent comprises a lactone; (c) depositing said solution on said template; (e) removing said solvent from said template to form said article from said polymer on said template; and then (f) separating said template from said article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Nancy Allbritton, Christopher Sims, Yuli Wang
  • Publication number: 20130066032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing ethylene and/or propylene, comprising providing a hydrocarbon stream, comprising C4+ normal and C4+ iso-olefins; subjecting the hydrocarbon stream to an etherification process wherein the iso-olefins are converted with alcohol to an tert-alkyl ether, and retrieving a first etherification product stream; separating the first etherification product stream into a first ether-enriched stream and an iso-olefin-depleted hydrocarbon stream; converting the normal olefins in the iso-olefin-depleted hydrocarbon stream to ethylene and/or propylene with a molecular sieve-comprising catalyst and retrieving an olefinic product; decomposing the tert-alkyl ether in the ether-enriched stream into alcohol and an iso-olefin; isomerising the obtained iso-olefins to normal-olefins and retrieving an normal-olefin-enriched hydrocarbon stream; and converting the normal olefins in the normal-olefin-enriched hydrocarbon stream to ethylene and/or propylene by contacting the normal-
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Leslie Andrew CHEWTER, Rajaram RAMESH, Sivakumar SADASIVAN VIJAYAKUMARI, Jeroen VAN WESTRENEN
  • Publication number: 20130066033
    Abstract: A thermoplastic silicone resin has a main chain consisting of a polysiloxane and at least two side chains which branch off from the main chain. The side chain contains a functional group having two or more atomic groups each capable of forming a hydrogen bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki KATAYAMA, Haruka FUJII
  • Publication number: 20130066034
    Abstract: Polymerization catalysts for organic polythiourethane glass which do not contain organometallic compounds contain a mixture of a tertiary aliphatic amine and a disubstituted phosphoric acid in a molar ratio ranging from 1/1.3 to 1/20. Polymerizable liquid compositions containing three components (A), (B) and (C) are also provided, wherein component (A) contains at least one cycloaliphatic diisocyanate monomer wherein the weight percentage of free isocyanate groups in component (A) ranges from about 20% to about 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of component (A); component (B) contains at least one polythiol having a molecular weight ranging from 50 to 1,200 g/moles and a functionality ranging from 2 to 5, said components (A) and (B) being present in a weight ratio varying from 0.5:1 to 2:1; and component (C) being said polymerization catalyst. A process for the production of organic glass using the polymerizable liquid composition is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Renzi, Roberto Forestieri, Andrea Vecchione, Willem Bos
  • Publication number: 20130066035
    Abstract: Provided herein are non-naturally occurring eukaryotic organisms that can be engineered to produce and increase the availability of cytosolic acetyl-CoA. Also provided herein are non-naturally occurring eukaryotic organisms having a 1,3-butanediol (1,3-BDO) pathway. and methods of using such organisms to produce 1,3-BDO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Genomatica, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony P. Burgard, Mark J. Burk, Robin E. Osterhout, Priti Pharkya, Jingyi Li
  • Publication number: 20130066036
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of novolac-type phenol resin, wherein phenols and aldehydes are allowed to react with each other, a water-soluble organic phosphonic acid is used as a reaction catalyst, and a tertiary phosphine compound is used as a reaction promoter. It is preferable that the aforementioned organic phosphonic acid have the structure shown in the following general formula (1): R—PO(OH)2 ??(1) (R is a group which contains a carbon atom, and which contains —COON and/or —PO(OH)2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO BAKELITE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakatsu Asami, Takuya Tochimoto
  • Publication number: 20130066037
    Abstract: A dihydric phenol compound represented by the following formula (2), a phosgene compound, and an aliphatic tertiary amine are mixed together using a hydrophobic organic solvent to produce bischloroformate that is represented by the following formula (1) and has an average number of repeating units (n) of 1.99 or less. In the formulae (1) and (2), Ar is a divalent aromatic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takaaki HIKOSAKA, Hideyuki Miyamoto, Hiroichi Hokari, Chikayuki Chiba, Hitoshi Takemoto
  • Publication number: 20130066038
    Abstract: An aliphatic polyester resin having excellent moldability and its production method are provided. When the amount of specific structural units contained in an aliphatic polyester resin is adjusted to an optimum amount, an aliphatic polyester resin having sufficient melt tension at the time of molding and excellent moldability than in the past and its production method is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Toyomasa HOSHINO, Shinichiro MATSUZONO, Hiroyuki KANEKO, Toshiyuki HAMANO, Takayuki AOSHIMA, Tadashi UEDA
  • Publication number: 20130066039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel biomass plastic. The biomass plastic of the present invention is an alternative to polyethylene terephthalate and is composed of an adhesive polymeric substance. The biomass plastic is obtained by a production method including the steps of: (1) culturing a microorganism mixture composed of Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilus, and Bacillus thuringiensis at 30 to 50° C. for 12 hours to 4 days in an environment (medium) including starch and silicic acid or a silicate acceptable in microbial culture; (2) subsequently adding Corynebacterium glutamicum thereto and culturing it at 30 to 50° C. for 12 hours to 4 days; and (3) collecting the adhesive polymeric substance from culture obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SEIHO SYOJI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiko Sato
  • Publication number: 20130066040
    Abstract: A polyamide compound containing from 50 to 99.9 mol % of an ?-aminocarboxylic acid unit represented by the following general formula (I), and from 0.1 to 50 mol % of a constituent unit represented by the following general formula (II): [In the general formula (I), m indicates an integer of from 2 to 18. In the general formula (II), R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Takafumi Oda, Ryoji Otaki, Tsuneaki Masuda
  • Publication number: 20130066041
    Abstract: Provided is a polyamide resin having excellent color tone and elastic modulus, excellent gas barrier properties and low water absorption. The polyamide resin comprises a diamine structural unit and a dicarboxylic acid structural unit, wherein 70 mol % or more of the diamine structural unit is derived from xylylenediamine (A-1) and/or bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane (A-2) and 50 mol % or more of the dicarboxylic acid structural unit is derived from sebacic acid (B), characterized in that it has a sulfur atom concentration of 1 to 200 ppm by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Mitadera, Masashi Kurokawa, Shigeyuki Hirose, Nobuhiko Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20130066042
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing the content of a metal catalyst in a biodegradable and absorbable polymer that can be applied on an industrial scale and a method for producing a biodegradable and bioabsorbable polymer having a metal catalyst content of less than 1 ppm in terms of a metal. The method includes the steps of (1) copolymerizing lactide and ?-caprolactone at a molar ratio ranging from 40/60 to 60/40 or 65/35 to 85/15 in the presence of the metal catalyst to produce a copolymer; and (2) washing the copolymer with a mixed solvent comprising acetic acid and isopropanol at a volume ratio ranging from 25/75 to 45/55 or 45/55 to 55/45 at less than 40° C., and drying the copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GUNZE LIMITED
    Inventor: GUNZE LIMITED
  • Publication number: 20130066043
    Abstract: A conjugated polymer containing dithienopyrrole-quinoxaline, the preparation method and uses thereof are disclosed. The structural formula of the polymer is general formula (I) as follows: wherein, x+y=1, 0<y?0.5, n is an integer and 1<n?100, R1 is selected from C1 to C20 alkyl group, and R2 and R3 are selected from —H, C1 to C20 alkyl group, C1 to C20 alkoxyl group, alkyl-containing phenyl group, alkyl-containing fluorenyl group, or alkyl-containing carbazyl group. The polymer can be used for polymer solar cells and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Mingjie Zhou, Jie Huang, Erjian Xu
  • Publication number: 20130066044
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polymerization systems for the copolymerization of CO2 and epoxides comprising 1) a catalyst including a metal coordination compound having a permanent ligand set and at least one ligand that is a polymerization initiator, and 2) a chain transfer agent having two or more sites that can initiate polymerization. In a second aspect, the present disclosure encompasses methods for the synthesis of polycarbonate polyols using the inventive polymerization systems. In a third aspect, the present disclosure encompasses polycarbonate polyol compositions characterized in that the polymer chains have a high percentage of —OH end groups and a high percentage of carbonate linkages. The compositions are further characterized in that they contain polymer chains having an embedded polyfunctional moiety linked to a plurality of individual polycarbonate chains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NOVOMER, INC.
    Inventors: Scott D. Allen, Geoffrey W. Coates, Anna E. Cherian, Chris A. Simoneau, Alexei A. Gridnev, Jay J. Farmer
  • Publication number: 20130066045
    Abstract: Methods for microfabricating composite materials and composite materials prepared there from are described herein. The sacrificial material can be etched or patterned to create a two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional sacrificial material structure. The resulting sacrificial material structure can be embedded in one or more embedding materials. The sacrificial material(s) are materials whose solubility can be altered by application of a stimulus typically pH, and/or temperature, light, pH, pressure, presence of absence of ions, and combinations thereof. The embedding materials can contain one or more additives that modify one or more properties of the embedding materials, such as degradation properties, porosity, mechanical properties, viscosity, conductive properties, and combinations thereof. The composite materials can be used in tissue engineering, drug screening, toxin detection, drug delivery, filtrations, bioseparations, and as microfluidic devices for fluid mixing and structural repair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: The United States Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Leon M. Bellan, Robert S. Langer, Donald M. Cropek
  • Publication number: 20130066046
    Abstract: A method for combining two or more maximum moieties to yield functional cassettes with ultra-high binding affinities, in which at least two binding sequences are incorporated into the same linear polypeptide such that each is separated by between five and forty amino acids, to create a polypeptide having geometrically increased binding affinity compared to the arithmetically summed binding affinities of the individual maximum moieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Roy H. Hammerstedt, Michael D. Boyle
  • Publication number: 20130066047
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are used to identify and characterize new channelrhodopsins derived from algae and several of which are red-shifted. The rhodopsin domain of these red-shifted channelrhodopsins can be cloned and expressed in mammalian systems and used in optogenetic applications and as therapeutic agents. Also provided are methods and compositions for use in red-shifting the absorbance maxima of channelrhodopsins in order to improve their utility for use in vivo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: John Lee SPUDICH, Elena G. GOVORUNOVA, Oleg A. SINESHCHEKOV
  • Publication number: 20130066048
    Abstract: Described herein is an enriched substance containing a ground edible material comprising one or more concentrated bioactive natural products from plant juice, as well as methods of producing such enriched substances and methods of using such solids to provide beneficial effects to humans or other animals. Enriched foods comprising the enriched substance(s) are also provided. Also provided are non-sorbed natural products such as sugars, fats oils, and carotenoids found in the non-sorbed plant liquor fraction of plant juice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Inventors: Ilya Raskin, Diana Roopchand, Slavko Komarnytsky
  • Publication number: 20130066049
    Abstract: A cross linked recombinant gelatin composition for the induction of blood coagulation and hemostasis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJIFILM MANUFACTURING EUROPE B.V.
    Inventor: Elisabeth Marianna Wilhelmina Maria Van Dongen
  • Publication number: 20130066050
    Abstract: The invention relates to various intraflagellar transport (IFT) polypeptides and the nucleic acids that encode them. The new IFT particle polypeptides and nucleic acids can be used in a variety of diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: YALE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: University of Massachusetts, Yale University
  • Publication number: 20130066051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fusion polypeptide against EB virus-induced tumor, which comprises an antibody or a mimetic antibody against EB virus and an ion channel forming colicin selected form E1, Ia, Ib, A, B, N and their mutants. The present invention also provides a colicin Ia mutant, which comprises mutations of G11A, H22G, A26G, V31L, and H40D. The present invention also provides a gene, vector, preparation method and use of the fusion polypeptide, and provides a gene and use of the mutant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: PROTEIN DESIGN LAB, LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoqing Qiu
  • Publication number: 20130066052
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptide, designated in the present application as “UCP4” (SEQ ID NO: 1), having homology to certain human uncoupling proteins (“UCPs”) and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention, and methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GENENTECH, INC.
    Inventor: Genentech, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130066053
    Abstract: The invention describes methods and kits for detecting and determining current and future synthetic cannabinoids from the JWH and CP families. Unique antibodies derived from novel immunogens enable said methods and kits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: RANDOX LABORATORIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Fitzberald, Ivan Robert McConnell, Paul John Innocenzi, Elouard Benchikh, Philip Andrew Lowry
  • Publication number: 20130066054
    Abstract: A multivalent antibody fusion protein comprising: a heavy chain comprising, in sequence from the N-terminal, a variable domain nominally VH1, a CH1 region and a further variable domain nominally VH2, a light chain comprising, in sequence from the N-terminal, a variable domain nominally VL1, a CL domain and a variable domain nominally VL2, wherein said heavy and light chains are aligned to provide a first binding site formed by a first variable domain pair of VH1 and VL1 and a second binding site formed by a second variable domain pair of VH2 and VL2, wherein there is a disulfide bond between a variable domain pair forming a binding site, and said fusion protein is conjugated to a PEG polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: UCB PHARMA S.A.
    Inventors: David Paul Humphreys, Sam Philip Heywood, Alastair David Griffiths Lawson
  • Publication number: 20130066055
    Abstract: The present application relates to new binder-drug conjugates (ADCs) of N,N-dialkylauristatins that are directed against the target C4.4a, to active metabolites of these ADCs, to processes for preparing these ADCs, to the use of these ADCs for treating and/or preventing illnesses, and also to the use of these ADCs for producing medicaments for treating and/or preventing illnesses, more particularly hyperproliferative and/or angiogenic diseases such as, for example, cancer diseases. Such treatments may be practised as a monotherapy or else in combination with other medicaments or further therapeutic measures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Georg Lerchen, Lars Linden, Sherif El Sheikh, Jörg Willuda, Charlotte Christine Kopitz, Joachim Schuhmacher, Simone Greven, Christoph Mahlert, Beatrix Stelte-Ludwig, Sven Golfier, Rudolf Beier, Iring Heisler, Axel Harrenga, Karl-Heinz Thierauch, Sandra Bruder, Heike Petrul, Hannah Jörissen, Sandra Borkowski
  • Publication number: 20130066056
    Abstract: The invention described herein pertains to processes for the preparation of macrolide antibacterial agents. In particular, the invention pertains to processes for preparing macrolides and ketolides from erythromycin A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: CEMPRA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventor: David E. Pereira
  • Publication number: 20130066057
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for obtaining surfactants from cellulose and hemicellulose, which comprises one reaction in a single reactor (one pot) and which includes at least the following steps: a) a first hydrolysis step, in which the cellulose is mixed with at least one ionic liquid, water and a catalyst; and b) a second glycosylation step, in which at least one alcohol is added when the hydrolysis level of the cellulose is between 10 and 80%. The resulting products are preferably alkyl-?,?-glycosides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS (CSIC)
    Inventors: Avelino Corma Canos, Nicolás David Villandier
  • Publication number: 20130066058
    Abstract: The present invention relates to apoptosis specific eucaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A), referred to as apoptosis factor 5A1 or simply factor 5A1, apoptosis factor 5A1 nucleic acids and polypeptides and methods for inhibiting or suppressing apoptosis in cells using antisense nucleotides or siRNAs to inhibit expression of factor 5A1. The invention also relates to suppressing or inhibiting expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines by inhibiting expression of apoptosis factor 5A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: John E. Thompson, Bruce C. Galton, Catherine Taylor, Adrienne Boone, Elizabeth Margaret Heikkila, Dominic Cliche, Shelley Culp-Stewart, John Gerard Flannagan, Michelle Senchyna
  • Publication number: 20130066059
    Abstract: A bifunctional and photocleavable linker for cyclizing a morpholino-based oligonucleotide, having the formula: with the Linker as a photoactive group derivatized spacer molecule that presents two functional groups for cyclizing a selected morpholino and with the R group as a photoactive group utilized in the process of photocleavage and the X and Z groups are functional groups utilized for attachment to a morpholino to generate a cyclic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: JAMES K. CHEN, ILYA A. SHESTOPALOV, SAYUMI YAMAZOE
  • Publication number: 20130066060
    Abstract: This invention relates to methods and compositions for detecting mutations causing Familial Dysautonomia (FD), an Ashkenazi Jewish disorder characterized by widespread sensory and variable autonomic dysfunction. Previously, we mapped the FD gene, DYS, to a 0.5 cM region of chromosome 9q31. We sequenced the minimal candidate region and cloned and characterized its 5 genes. IKBKAP harbors two mutations that can cause FD. The major haplotype mutation is located in the donor splice site of intron 20. This mutation can result in skipping of exon 20 in the mRNA from FD patients, although they continue to express varying levels of wild-type message in a tissue-specific manner. RNA isolated from patient lymphoblasts is primarily wild-type, whereas only deleted message is seen in RNA from isolated brain. The mutation associated with the minor haplotype is a missense (R696P) mutation in exon 19 that is predicted to disrupt a potential phosphorylation site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Susan Slaugenhaupt, James F. Gusella
  • Publication number: 20130066061
    Abstract: A method for purifying a protected oligonucleotide comprising the steps of: a) providing a solution of the protected oligonucleotide in at least one solvent A having a boiling point below the boiling point of a solvent B, heating the solution at a temperature of at least 30° C. and below the boiling point of the at least solvent A, adding solvent B until precipitation of a material is visible in the solution, said solvent B being an alcohol having 1 to 6 C-atoms or a diol having 2 to 6 C-atoms, allowing the solution to cool down under stirring until formation of a supernatant and a residue, removing the supernatant or b) providing solvent B, said solvent B being an alcohol having 1 to 6 C-atoms or a diol having 2 to 6 C-atoms, heating solvent B at a temperature above 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Girindus AG
    Inventors: Olaf Grössel, Andreas Hohlfeld, Meinolf Lange, Fritz Link, Andreas Schönberger