Patents Issued in July 1, 2014
  • Patent number: 8765622
    Abstract: A method of recovering unsupported fine catalyst from heavy oil comprises combining a slurry comprising unsupported fine catalyst in heavy oil with solvent to form a combined slurry-solvent stream. The combined slurry-solvent stream is filtered in a deoiling zone. A stream comprising unsupported fine catalyst and solvent is recovered from the deoiling zone. Unsupported fine catalyst is separated from the stream comprising unsupported fine catalyst and solvent. Filtering in the deoiling zone can comprise filtering the slurry and solvent through a cross-flow microfiltration unit, recovering a retentate stream of the cross-flow microfiltration unit, combining the retentate stream of the cross-flow microfiltration unit with solvent to form a combined retentate-solvent stream, and filtering the combined retentate-solvent stream through a cross-flow microfiltration unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Lalit S. Shah, Christopher A. Powers, James R. Stoy, Fred D. Brent, Bruce E. Reynolds, Andre R. Da Costa
  • Patent number: 8765623
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon selective catalytic reduction (HC-SCR) catalyst is regenerated using a nitrogen-based reductant agent. The HC-SCR catalyst is in communication with a power system such as an internal combustion engine and receives exhaust gasses from the internal combustion engine. Sulfur in the exhaust gasses may deactivate the HC-SCR catalyst by sulfur oxides forming thereon. To remove the sulfur oxides, a nitrogen-based reductant agent is introduced to the exhaust gasses. The nitrogen-based reductant agent decomposes to nitrogen oxides and hydrogen. The hydrogen reacts with the sulfur oxides to form hydrogen sulfides thereby removing the sulfur oxides from the HC-SCR catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Praveen S. Chavannavar
  • Patent number: 8765624
    Abstract: A coating suspension for coating catalyst substrates comprises at least two different particulate metal and/or semi-metal oxides with a sedimentation mass (MS), characterized in that the sedimentation mass (MS) of the particulate metal and/or semi-metal oxide with the smallest sedimentation mass is between 70% and 100% of the sedimentation mass of the particulate metal and/or semi-metal oxide with the largest sedimentation mass. Further, a method for producing a coating suspension, the use of the coating suspension to coat a catalyst substrate, as well as a catalyst produced using the coating suspension are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Meyer, Olaf Helmer, Sascha Podehl
  • Patent number: 8765625
    Abstract: An emission control catalyst includes copper-ceria to boost low temperature CO oxidation performance, generate exothermic heat during the process, and reduce HC and NOx emissions. As a result, system performance is boosted at equal catalyst cost or maintained at a reduced catalyst cost. In one embodiment, an engine exhaust catalyst includes a first washcoat layer having at least one of a platinum-based catalyst, a palladium-based catalyst, and combinations thereof; and a second washcoat layer having copper-ceria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Shubin, Inc.
    Inventors: Xianghong Hao, Juan Cai
  • Patent number: 8765626
    Abstract: The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to solid catalyst components comprising titanium, magnesium, halogen and an internal electron donor compound having at least one ester group and at least one alkoxy group, and catalyst systems containing the catalyst solid components, organoaluminum compounds, and organosilicon compounds. The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) further relates to methods of making the catalyst components and the catalyst systems, and methods of polymerizing or copolymerizing alpha-olefins using the catalyst systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventor: Main Chang
  • Patent number: 8765627
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst system, to a method of manufacturing this system, and also to uses of this system. The catalyst system of the invention is characterized in that it comprises molecules of a polymer having, at one of its ends or along the chain, one or more polar functional groups; a solvent, said solvent, due to the fact of said polar functional group of said polymer, provoking and maintaining, when said molecules of the polymer are introduced thereinto, an organization of said molecules of the polymer into aggregates, micelles or vesicles so that the polar functional groups of said polymer are located inside the aggregates, micelles or vesicles formed; and a catalyst activator and a catalyst trapped in said aggregates, micelles or vesicles of said polymer. The catalyst system of the present invention may be used, for example, for catalyzing a (co)polymerization of olefins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—CNRS
    Inventors: Henri Cramail, Cécile Bouilhac, Eric Cloutet, Daniel Taton, Alain Deffieux
  • Patent number: 8765628
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to the processing of hydrocarbon-containing feedstreams in the presence of an active catalyst component comprising a surface, and a metal oxide film coated on the surface of the active catalyst component. The catalysts and processes of the present invention can improve overall hydrogenation, product conversion, as well as improved resistance to catalytic deactivation due to sulfur and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstreams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Chuansheng Bai, Adrienne J. Thornburg, Heather A. Elsen, William G. Borghard, Cody R. Cole
  • Patent number: 8765629
    Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising a mixed oxide of vanadium, titanium, and phosphorus. The titanium component is derived from a water-soluble, redox-active organo-titanium compound. The catalyst composition is highly effective at facilitating the vapor-phase condensation of formaldehyde with acetic acid to generate acrylic acid, particularly using an industrially relevant aqueous liquid feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David William Norman, Gerald Charles Tustin, Michael James Nash, Liu Deng, Theresa Sims Barnette
  • Patent number: 8765630
    Abstract: A catalyst for the manufacture of alkylene oxide, for example ethylene oxide, by the vapor-phase epoxidation of alkene containing impregnated silver and at least one efficiency-enhancing promoter on an inert, refractory solid support, said support incorporating a sufficient amount of zirconium component (present and remaining substantially as zirconium silicate) as to enhance at least one of catalyst activity, efficiency and stability as compared to a similar catalyst which does not contain the zirconium component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Juliana G. Serafin, Albert C. Liu, Seyed R. Seyedmonir, Hwaili Soo, Thomas Szymanski
  • Patent number: 8765631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cerium oxide-zirconium oxide based composite oxide that has a large OSC at a low temperature and that has a suitable OSC, and a method for readily producing the composite oxide. Specifically, the present invention provides a cerium oxide-zirconium oxide based composite oxide comprising a mixture of (1) a cerium-zirconium composite oxide from a melting process and (2) cerium dioxide from a wet process, and a method for producing a cerium oxide-zirconium oxide based composite oxide, the method comprising dispersing a cerium-zirconium composite oxide from a melting process in a cerium-containing solution, neutralizing the resulting dispersion; and then performing a heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadahiro Yagishita, Noriyuki Omura, Akiko Tatsumi
  • Patent number: 8765632
    Abstract: A process for preparing a catalyst comprising palladium supported on a carrier via a layered precursor, comprising the following steps: (1) synthesis of hydrotalcite layered precursor which comprises promoting metal element and aluminium on the surface of the carrier of A12O3 microspheres, the atoms of the promoting metal and aluminium being highly dispersed by each other and bonded firmly to the carrier due to the crystal lattice positioning effect of the hydrotalcite crystal; (2) introduction of palladium into the carrier through impregnation; (3) drying; and (4) calcination and reduction with H2, the hydrotalcite layered precursor being converted into a composite oxide which consists of oxides of the promoting metal and aluminium, and the promoting metal element and aluminium being highly dispersed by each other and being able to separate and disperse the mainly active palladium element loaded later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Beijing University of Chemical Technology
    Inventors: Fazhi Zhang, Peng Chen, Rong Hou, Jiali Chen, Chao Gao, Hui Zhang, Dianqing Li, Feng Li, Xue Duan
  • Patent number: 8765633
    Abstract: A catalyst for the production of ethylene oxide in high efficiency and high selectivity, as well as stably for a long period of time is provided. A catalyst for the production of ethylene oxide comprising silver and a reaction promoter supported on a porous carrier comprising ?-alumina as a main component, characterized in that a relative standard deviation of silver supporting rate of each particle of the catalyst is 0.001 or more and 0.1 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hirota, Hiromi Yunoki, Kenichi Ochiai
  • Patent number: 8765634
    Abstract: A catalytically active composition comprising, prior to reduction with hydrogen: 10 to 75% by weight of an oxygen compound of zirconium, calculated as ZrO2; 1 to 30% by weight of an oxygen compound of copper, calculated as CuO; 10 to 50% by weight of an oxygen compound of nickel, calculated as NiO; 10 to 50% by weight of an oxygen compound of cobalt, calculated as CoO; and 0.1 to 10% by weight of one or more oxygen compounds of one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Pb, Bi, Sn, Sb and In, calculated as PbO, Bi2O3, SnO, Sb2O3 or In2O3, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Petr Kubanek, Bram Willem Hoffer, Ekkehard Schwab, Johann-Peter Melder, Holger Evers, Till Gerlach
  • Patent number: 8765635
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an absorption cell includes preparing a first absorption layer formed of a mixture of a first absorbent and a second absorbent having a higher density than the first absorbent; coating the surface of the first absorption layer with a protective layer formed of a low-carbonizing point material and the second absorbent so as to prevent generation of dust particles from the first absorption layer; and removing the low-carbonizing point material from the protective layer so as to form a second absorption layer including a plurality of pore parts through which a fluid flows to the first absorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee Yong Kim, Rae Eun Park
  • Patent number: 8765636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel active compound combinations comprising a known carboxamide, a known azole and additionally a second known azole or alternatively a known strobilurin, which combinations are highly suitable for controlling unwanted phytopathogenic fungi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Dahmen, Ulrike Wachendorff-Neumann, Isolde Häuser-Hahn, Hans-Ludwig Elbe, Ralf Dunkel, Anne Suty-Heinze
  • Patent number: 8765637
    Abstract: In agricultural practice it is known to use emulsifiable oils (commonly referred to a Crop Oil Concentrates, COC) as bioefficacy enhancers for pesticides, especially herbicides. Cationic surfactants are widely known to be particularly effective bio-active enhancers for herbicides, especially for glyphosate-type herbicides. The present invention includes two novel aspects: 1) While the vast majority of COCs are petroleum-based paraffinic oils or esterified seed oils, this invention embodies a new oil phase, a hydrocarbon oil such exemplified by EXXON-MOBIL'S D-130, which when combined with the surfactants described herein, exhibits surprising enhancement of herbicidal activity in field tests; and 2) COC's are designed to form stable emulsions in water. The combination of cationic surfactants and phosphate esters in this invention not only form very stable emulsions in water, but, surprisingly, also form extremely stable emulsions in concentrated liquid fertilizers, including 32-0-0 fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC
    Inventors: R. Scott Tann, Howard M. Stridde, Curtis M. Elsik
  • Patent number: 8765638
    Abstract: A herbicide combination comprising of components (A) and (B) exhibit synergistic herbicidal effects, where (A) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of heteroaryloxy- and aryloxy-phenoxypropionic acids, their salts and esters and cyclohexanediones, and (B) is one or more herbicides selected from the group consisting of (B1) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous plants, (B2) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, (B3) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae and (B4) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against mono-cotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants and cyperaceae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Hacker, Hermann Bieringer, Thomas Auler, Alvaro Melendez
  • Patent number: 8765639
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a herbicidal formulation that comprises at least one phenoxy acid herbicide or an agriculturally acceptable salt or derivative thereof, and a surfactant adjuvant, wherein said surfactant adjuvant comprises at least one alkoxylated asymmetric alkylamine surfactant having the formula (I) wherein R1 is a straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 is a C1-C4 alkyl group or a benzyl group; A is an alkylene group containing from 2-4 carbon atoms; x is 1-30; and y is 0-10; or a quaternised derivative of (I) having the formula (II) wherein R1 is a straight or branched chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group having from 8 to 24 carbon atoms; R2 is a C1-C4 alkyl group or a benzyl group; A is an alkylene group containing from 2-4 carbon atoms; x is 1-30; y is 0-10; R3 is a C1-C4 alkyl group; and Y? is an anion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventor: Claes Johan Markus Jönsson
  • Patent number: 8765640
    Abstract: Crystal forms of sulfonylurea compound and method for producing the same. It has been found that a sulfonylurea compound of Formula (1): has two types of crystal polymorphisms and four types of pseudo crystal polymorphisms. A production method of each crystal form of the sulfonylurea compound of Formula (1) through recrystallization or solvate has been also found. In addition, a suspension of a composition containing the crystal that is improved in storage stability is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kusuoka, Yoshihiko Nakaya, Nao Kitayado
  • Patent number: 8765641
    Abstract: An antibody microarray screen including a substrate, monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies that are purified immunoglobins, wherein the antibodies are spotted on predetermined positions on the substrate, and fluids unprocessed for immunoglobulin isolation (e.g., anti-sera, ascites fluids, or hybridoma culture media), wherein the unprocessed fluids are spotted on the predetermined positions on the substrate. Production of drug-metabolizing enzyme antibody microarrays containing closely related cytochromes P450 is disclosed. Methods of manufacturing an antibody microarray, an internal control molecule for use in an antibody microarray, a method of determining optimal spotting concentrations of IgG and a method to increase a detectable signal with microarray analysis are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Detroit R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Hyesook Kim, Alan A. Dombkowski, Raymond F. Novak, Brian B. Haab
  • Patent number: 8765642
    Abstract: Provided herein is a set of reagents comprising: a plurality of at least three probe libraries, wherein each library of the plurality comprises one or more probe sets that are each specific for a target; and at least one of the libraries comprises a probe set that is present in another of the libraries. The plurality of libraries can be hybridized to spatially separated targets, simultaneously or sequentially. The identity of a spatially separated target can be determined by identifying which combination of the multiple libraries hybridize thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Agilent Technolgies, Inc.
    Inventor: Bo U. Curry
  • Patent number: 8765643
    Abstract: The composition includes a first probe and a first initiator bonded to the first probe. The composition further includes a second probe and a second initiator bonded to the second probe. The first probe and the second probe are capable of binding to a single analyte. An associated kit, device, and method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhida Pan, Su Lu, Liangliang Qiang, John Yupeng Gui, John Richard Nelson, Bahram Moasser, Anup Sood, Gregory Andrew Grossmann, Wei Cai, Zhixin Zheng
  • Patent number: 8765644
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to emulsifiers for oil-based drilling fluids and muds comprising an emulsifier based on the polyamides derived from fatty acid/carboxylic acid and optionally alkoxylated polyamines. The invention also relates to oil or synthetic based drilling fluids comprising the emulsifiers of the invention and to drilling methods utilizing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventors: Hua Yu, Dale Stanley Steichen, Alan Duncan James, Jon B. Staley, Thomas William Himmel
  • Patent number: 8765645
    Abstract: A method of servicing a wellbore in contact with a subterranean formation, comprising placing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a drilling fluid and lost circulation material into a lost circulation zone within the wellbore, wherein the lost circulation material comprises a polyelectrolyte multilayer material and a first counterion. A wellbore servicing fluid comprising a drilling fluid and a lost circulation material comprising a polyelectrolyte multilayer material and a counterion comprising a halide, wherein the LCM has a first state that is hydrophilic. A tunable lost circulation material comprising a base material, a polyelectrolyte multilayer on said base material, wherein the polyelectrolyte multilayer comprises a first electrolyte layer, a second electrolyte layer, and a charged surface, and a counterion, wherein wettability of the lost circulation material is a function of the counterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Wayne Livanec, Matthew Lynn Miller
  • Patent number: 8765646
    Abstract: A slurry and method are disclosed for low damage gravel packing. The slurry comprises a solids mixture comprising a plurality of volume-averaged particle size distribution (PSD) modes such that a packed volume fraction (PVF) exceeds 0.75; a carrier fluid in an amount to provide a solids volume fraction (SVF) less than the PVF of the solids mixture; and a stability additive to inhibit settling of the solids mixture. The method comprises circulating the slurry into a wellbore to deposit the slurry downhole; terminating the slurry circulation for a period of time, wherein the stability additive inhibits settling of the solids mixture; and thereafter circulating the deposited slurry in contact with a surface of a screen. Stability additives disclosed include colloidal particles, hydratable polymer particles, and particles having an aspect ratio above 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Mohan K. R. Panga, Philip F. Sullivan, Balkrishna Gadiyar, Ryan Hartman, Bruno Drochon, John W. Still, Bryan Stamm
  • Patent number: 8765647
    Abstract: Method and agent for reducing water production from oil and gas wells. The agent comprises polymer, cross-linked particles which are stable in water-free solvents. The particles are manufactured in an oil-in-oil emulsion and are cross-linked with at least one water-stable cross-linker and at least one water-labile cross-linker. The water-labile cross-linker is chosen so that when it is opened or broken in a reaction with water a hydrophilic seat is formed which increases the particle's ability to swell in water. The particles furthermore comprise a controlled amount of an immobilized chemical compound which by means of the reaction between water and reactive groups in the polymer skeleton, become able to form chemical bonds to another particle, to another reactive seat in the same particle or to another compounds thereby increasing the agent's stability in the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Wellcem Innovation AS
    Inventors: Lars Kilaas, Einar Dahl-Jörgensen
  • Patent number: 8765648
    Abstract: The passage of a container along a conveyor is lubricated by applying to the container or conveyor a mixture of a water-miscible silicone material and a water-miscible lubricant. The mixture can be applied in relatively low amounts, to provide thin, substantially non-dripping lubricating films. In contrast to dilute aqueous lubricants, the lubricants of the invention provide drier lubrication of the conveyors and containers, a cleaner conveyor line and reduced lubricant usage, thereby reducing waste, cleanup and disposal problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Arturo S. Valencia Sil, Lawrence A. Grab, Bruce E. Schmidt, David A. Halsrud, Guang-Jong Jason Wei, Eric D. Morrison, Hector R. Dibenedetto
  • Patent number: 8765649
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition, comprising: a lubricant base oil having a sulfur content adjusted to 0.1% or less by mass; and (A) one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylates in which the ratio of a salicylate constituent having, in the 3- and 5-positions, hydrocarbon groups having 1 to 40 carbon atoms is adjusted to 10% or more by mol and/or (B) one or more alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salicylates in which the ratio of one or more monoalkylsalicylate constituents is adjusted to 85% or more by mol and the ratio of a monoalkylsalicylate constituent having, in the 3-position, a secondary alkyl group having 10 or more and less than 20 carbon atoms is adjusted to 50% or more by mol, the (A) and/or (B) being incorporated into the base oil in an amount of 0.005 to 5% by mass of the total of the composition, and the amount being an amount in terms of the metal element therein. In this way, the oxidation life under the contamination of water content is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Oil Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Yagashita
  • Patent number: 8765650
    Abstract: A composition of an oil-soluble ionic detergent that does not contribute metal ions to the composition, and which comprises a quaternary non-metallic pnictogen cation and an organic anion having at least one hydrocarbyl group of sufficient length to impart oil solubility to the detergent, the detergent having a total base number (TBN) to total acid number (TAN) ratio of at least 2:1 imparts ash-free basicity to a lubricant composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Ewan E. Delbridge, Virginia A. Carrick, John K. Pudelski, Matthew D. Gieselman, Christopher L. Friend, Patrick E. Mosier, Michelle M. Rogers, Mark L. Tierney
  • Patent number: 8765651
    Abstract: Method of cleansing hair comprising: (a) applying a composition to the hair; (b) dissolving and lathering the composition using a water-based solvent; (c) rinsing the hair with a water-based solvent; wherein during the rinsing a total of about 100 gram to about 300 gram of water-based solvent per gram of hair (dry weight) is employed; wherein the composition comprises from about 3 wt % to about 35 wt % of a mixture of at least two compounds of Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Howard David Hutton, III, Jeffrey John Scheibel, David Johnathan Kitko, Jun Xu, Charles Winston Saunders, Kenneth Nathan Price, Stephanie Ann Urbin, Phillip Richard Green
  • Patent number: 8765652
    Abstract: The present invention relates to reagents for use in deactivating nucleic acids and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Gen-Probe Incorporated
    Inventors: Norman C. Nelson, Kenneth A. Browne, Lizhong Dai, James Russell, Mark E. Filipowsky, Margarita B. Kaminsky, Daniel L. Kacian
  • Patent number: 8765653
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of cleaning to removal residue in semiconductor manufacturing processing, comprising contacting a surface to be cleaned with an aqueous formulation having a polymer selected from the group consisting of acrylamido-methyl-propane sulfonate) polymers, acrylic acid-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid copolymer and mixtures thereof and a quaternary ammonium hydroxide having greater than 4 carbon atoms or choline hydroxide with a non-acetylinic surfactant. The present invention is also a post-CMP cleaning formulation having the components set forth in the method above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Dnyanesh Chandrakant Tamboli, Madhukar Bhaskara Rao, Gautam Banerjee, Keith Randolph Fabregas
  • Patent number: 8765654
    Abstract: An oxidizing aqueous cleaning composition and process for cleaning post-plasma etch residue and/or hardmask material from a microelectronic device having said residue thereon. The oxidizing aqueous cleaning composition includes at least one oxidizing agent, at least one oxidizing agent stabilizer comprising an amine species selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines and amine-N-oxides, optionally at least one co-solvent, optionally at least one metal-chelating agent, optionally at least one buffering species, and water. The composition achieves highly efficacious cleaning of the residue material from the microelectronic device while simultaneously not damaging the interlevel dielectric and metal interconnect material also present thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Minsek, Michael B. Korzenski, Martha M. Rajaratnam
  • Patent number: 8765655
    Abstract: This invention encompasses compositions of surfactant-based products containing anionic and nonionic sufactants, one or more sequestering agents, a glycol solvent for the preparation of liquid cleaning compositions. The surfactant-based product may be any type of cleaning product based on surfactants, which include a sequestering agent. Specifically, the invention relates to a cleaning composition with desirable cleansing properties possessing increased grease cutting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Georges Yianakopoulos, Patricia Pagnoul
  • Patent number: 8765656
    Abstract: Source water is treated by mixing a first component selected from the group comprising neutralized phosphonic acid compounds, neutralized phosphonate compounds, neutralized derivatives of phosphorus, neutralized anti-scalent polymers, and mixtures thereof, a second component from the group comprising chlorite salt and chlorate salt is admixed to the mixture of the water and the first component, and water. The water and the first and second components are present in amounts sufficient to form a stable liquid composition in which there is substantially no conversion of the second component to chlorine dioxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: CH2O Incorporated
    Inventor: Carl E. Iverson
  • Patent number: 8765657
    Abstract: The invention relates to a microbicidal use solution which comprises a) one or more isothiazolin-3-ones and b) one or two organic amines selected from N-dodecylpropane-1,3-diamine and bis(aminopropyl)-dodecylamine and optionally c) one or more oxidizing agents. The use solution is preferably in the form of technical and domestic products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Wolfgang Beilfuss, Ralf Gradtke, Ingo Krull, Jennifer Knopf
  • Patent number: 8765658
    Abstract: A method for preparing an emulsion cleaning composition that is resistant to separation upon exposure to depressed and elevated temperatures and which exhibits a persistent peroxide content comprises preparing an organic portion and an oxidant portion and then combining the organic portion and the oxidant portion under mixing to make the emulsion. The organic portion comprises an organic solvent, and emulsifier and a cleaner surfactant. The oxidant portion comprises an oxidizing compound activator and a peroxide generator. The emulsion cleaning composition is useful for removing petroleum distillate residue from metal surfaces such as refinery surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Carus Corporation
    Inventors: John MacKinnon, Sheryl Ivy
  • Patent number: 8765659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cationic polymer to provide stability to microcapsules in a composition, wherein the microcapsule comprises a shell encapsulating materials having an average C log P of at least 2.5 and more than 60% by weight of the encapsulated materials have a C log P of at least 3.3. The cationic polymer is derived from the polymerization of 5 to 100 mole percent of a cationic vinyl addition monomer, 0 to 95 percent acrylamide, and 5 to 500 ppm of a tetrafunctional vinyl addition monomer cross-linking agent. The cationic polymer and encapsulated material may be used, for example, in a fabric softener composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yonas Gizaw, Giulia Ottavia Bianchetti, Karel Geert Claeys, Jean-Francois Bodet, Olav Pieter Dora Tony Keijzer, Denise Malcuit Belanger, Lon Montgomery Gray, Peter Marie Kamiel Perneel
  • Patent number: 8765660
    Abstract: Methods for removing surfactants from polar solids are described herein. In particular, various embodiments described herein relate to the removal of surfactants from polar solids that involves contacting a surfactant-containing porous polar solid with an extraction agent comprising water, a salt, and, optionally, a polar organic compound. In certain embodiments described herein, the extraction agents are used to remove surfactants from a mesoporous zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Rive Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Kunhao Li, Barry Speronello
  • Patent number: 8765661
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for preparing foods and beverages that contain additives, such as nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and supplements, such as essential fatty acids, including omega-3 fatty acids, omega-6 fatty acids, conjugated fatty acids, and other fatty acids; phytochemicals, including phytosterols; other oils; and coenzymes, including Coenzyme Q10, and other oil-based additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Virun, Inc.
    Inventor: Philip J. Bromley
  • Patent number: 8765662
    Abstract: The invention provides Sp35 polypeptides and fusion proteins thereof, Sp35 antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof and nucleic acids encoding the same. The invention also provides compositions comprising, and methods for making and using, such Sp35 antibodies, antigen-binding fragments thereof, Sp35 polypeptides and fusion proteins thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Biogen Idec MA Inc.
    Inventors: Sha Mi, John McCoy, R. Blake Pepinsky, Daniel H. S. Lee
  • Patent number: 8765663
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing adiponectin in a patient in need thereof by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonists include ActRIIB polypeptides, anti-ActRIIB antibodies, anti-activin A and/or B antibodies, anti-myostatin antibodies, anti-GDF3 antibodies, and anti-BMP7 antibodies. Also provided are methods for ameliorating one or more undesired effects of anti-androgen therapy, including muscle loss, bone loss, increased adiposity, and/or increased insulin resistance. A variety of disorders may be treated by causing an increase in circulating adiponectin concentrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Acceleron Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Jasbir Seehra, Ravindra Kumar, Jennifer Lachey, Alan Koncarevic
  • Patent number: 8765665
    Abstract: A Factor VIII composition formulated without albumin, comprising the following formulation excipients in addition to Factor VIII: 4% to 10% of a bulking agent selected from the group consisting of mannitol, glycine and alanine; 1% to 4% of a stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, and arginine; 1 mM to 5 mM calcium salt; 100 mM to 300 mM NaCl; and a buffering agent for maintaining a pH of approximately between 6 and 8. Alternatively, the formulation can comprise 2% to 6% hydroxyethyl starch; 1% to 4% of a stabilizing agent selected from the group consisting of sucrose, trehalose, raffinose, and arginine; 1 mM to 5 mM calcium salt; 100 mM to 300 mM NaCl; and a buffering agent for maintaining a pH of approximately between 6 and 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Baxter International Inc., University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Marc Besman, Erik Bjornson, Feroz Jameel, Ramesh Kashi, Michael Pikal, Serguei Tchessalov, John Carpenter
  • Patent number: 8765666
    Abstract: The embodiment of the invention is a virus-like particle vector, a process for the manufacture thereof, use of the virus-like particle vector and a pharmaceutical composition, which contains the virus-like particle vector. The vector is intended for the delivery of therapeutic agents into specific mammalian tissues, especially low molecular weight agents, in particular low molecular weight anti-cancer drugs into cancer tissues. More specifically, the invention relates to the virus-like particle vector, which constitutes an adenoviral dodecahedron with the therapeutic substance encapsulated or covalently linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Instytut Bio chemii i Biofizki PAN
    Inventors: Ewa Szolajska, Jadwiga Chroboczek, Monika Zochowska
  • Patent number: 8765667
    Abstract: Novel compounds that are potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus protease are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these inhibitors, methods of preparing the inhibitors and methods of using the inhibitors to treat hepatitis C and related disorders also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Eissenstat, Rongjian Lu, Sang Uk Kang
  • Patent number: 8765668
    Abstract: The present invention relates to process to prepare ?-aminobutyryl compounds having ?-amino acid core structural moieties and optionally having ?-phenyl and/or heterocyclic structural moieties. Such compounds are useful as key structure framework of modern drug chemistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Lek Pharmaceuticals D.D.
    Inventors: Damjan Sterk, Matjaz Ustar, Marko Zlicar
  • Patent number: 8765669
    Abstract: Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides are more stable in blood and more active in controlling blood-sugar levels than GLP-1 peptides without added oligosaccharides. Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides having GLP-1 activity include at least one or at least two amino acids each substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid in GLP-1; a peptide having the amino acid sequence of GLP-1 with deletion, substitution or addition of one or several amino acids; or a GLP-1 analog. Oligosaccharide chain added GLP-1 peptides with at least one amino acid substituted with an oligosaccharide chain added amino acid include an oligosaccharide chain with oligo hyaluronic acid. Oligosaccharide chain added amino acids include oligosaccharide chains attached to amino acids via linkers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Glytech, Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kajihara, Takashi Tsuji, Izumi Sakamoto, Yuri Nambu, Naohiro Hayashi, Kazuyuki Ishii, Kazuhiro Fukae, Katsunari Tezuka, Hiroaki Asai
  • Patent number: 8765670
    Abstract: In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating body weight, in particular, for treating obesity and obesity-associate disorders. The present invention also provides methods of screening compounds that modulate activity of GDF3. The compositions and methods provided herein are also useful in treating diseases associated with abnormal activity of GDF3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Acceleron Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: John Knopf, Jasbir Seehra
  • Patent number: 8765671
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for modulating blood-neural barrier (BNB) for the treatment of CNS conditions such as edema, and for increased drug delivery efficacy across the BNB. The present invention further relates to improved tPA treatment of ischemic cerebrovascular and related diseases in combination with antagonism of the PDGF signaling pathway. The inventive method and composition is particularly suitable for conjunctive therapy of ischemic stroke using tPA and an anti-PDGF-C antagonist or an anti-PDGFR-? antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignees: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Maryland, The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ulf Eriksson, Daniel Lawrence, Enming Joe Su, Dudley Strickland, Manuel Yepes, Linda Fredriksson
  • Patent number: 8765672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating a release of biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity, and more specifically, to a method of modulating a release of biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity, using thiolated heparin adsorbed on metal surface. According to the present invention, it is possible to modulate various biomolecules having heparin-binding affinity such as growth factors spatiotemporally by external electrical stimulations, without causing cytotoxicity and having deteriorating effects on cell activity. Thus, the present invention can be applied for various biomedical and biotechnical fields including drug delivery, biosensor, and cell culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Giyoong Tae, Bo-young Kim, Kihak Gwon, Young Ha Kim, Myung-Han Yoon