Patents Issued in February 16, 2016
  • Patent number: 9260351
    Abstract: A process of preparing a microbe digested liquid plant nutrient containing metabolites, amino acids and polypeptides, comprising the steps of partial composting of animal effluent solids; adding the partially composted animal effluent to a vessel containing water and held in suspension; the aqueous dispersion is thoroughly aerated for up to 4 days. Solids and liquids are subsequently removed from the metabolic reactor, separated and used as plant nutrients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Garry Robert Nunn
  • Patent number: 9260352
    Abstract: A general purpose plant growth medium and planting methods incorporating shredded coastal redwood bark for use in planting. In some embodiments the shredded coastal redwood bark fibers vary in length from about 0.125-14 inches and comprise about 10-100% of the plant growth medium volume. In some embodiments the plant growth medium is compacted to an approximate unhydrated density of about 200-400 pounds per cubic yard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Nahum Shpak, Donna Shpak
  • Patent number: 9260353
    Abstract: An organic feed method for use as food supplements for humans or animals as well as for feeding plants. The organic feed method generally includes first mixing an organic material such as peat moss or compost with water at a ratio of approximately 1.2 pounds of organic material to 1 gallon of water. The resulting mixture is pumped through a wet mill grinder to reduce size, maintaining a temperature of below 130 degrees Fahrenheit through the mixture and grinding processes. After grinding, the resulting mush is pumped through a 400 mesh filter, cooled to room temperature, and bottled as an organic feed. The organic feed may be utilized as a health or nutritional food supplement for humans or animals. The organic feed may also be mixed with water or chemicals such as fertilizer and applied to plants as plant feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Pioneer Peat, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pierce, Kevin Pierce, Austin M. Pierce
  • Patent number: 9260354
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the preparation of radiochemical compounds. It is provided that the device comprises at least a reaction module, a dosing module, and a storage module, wherein the reaction module has at least one reaction vessel having a closable opening through which substances needed for the preparation of a predetermined radiochemical compound can be introduced into the reaction vessel of the reaction module and through which the prepared radiochemical compound can be removed from the reaction vessel of the reaction module; the dosing module has at least one pipetting head which can be moved relative to the storage module and the reaction module and in x, y, and z directions and also has at least one dosing unit; and at least one reservoir for one of the substances needed for the preparation of the respective radiochemical compound is formed in the storage module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: ABX ADVANCED CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS GMBH, GeSIM—Gesellschaft für Silizium-Mikrosysteme mbH
    Inventors: Marco Mueller, Steffen Howitz
  • Patent number: 9260355
    Abstract: A process for production of propylene can include simultaneously subjecting isobutanol to dehydration and skeletal isomerization to make a mixture of n-butenes and iso-butene. The n-butenes can be subjected to methathesis. The process can include introducing isobutanol into a dehydration/isomerization reactor and contacting the isobutanol with a catalyst at conditions effective to dehydrate and skeletal isomerase the isobutanol to make a mixture of n-butenes and iso-butene. A mixture of n-butenes and iso-butene can be recovered and fractionated to produce an n-butenes stream. The n-butenes stream can be sent to a methathesis reactor and contacted with a catalyst at conditions effective to produce propylene. A stream can be recovered from the methathesis reactor that includes propylene, unreacted n-butenes, heavies, and optionally unreacted ethylene. The stream can be fractionated to recover propylene, and the unreacted n-butenes and unreacted ethylene can optionally be recycled to the methathesis reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventors: Walter Vermeiren, Cindy Adam, Delphine Minoux
  • Patent number: 9260356
    Abstract: The present invention is the use of a catalyst in a MTO process to convert an alcohol or an ether into light olefins wherein said catalyst comprises a phosphorus modified zeolite and is made by a method comprising the following steps in this order, a) the essential portion of the phosphorus is introduced into a zeolite comprising at least one ten members ring in the structure, b) the phosphorus modified zeolite of step a) is mixed with at least a component selected among one or more binders, salts of alkali-earth metals, salts of rare-earth metals, clays and shaping additives, b)* making a catalyst body from mixture b), c) an optional drying step or an optional drying step followed by a washing step, d) a calcination step, d*) an optional washing step followed by drying, e) optionally a small portion of phosphorus is introduced in the course of step b) or b)* or at end of step b) or b)*.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Total Research & Technology Feluy
    Inventors: Nikolai Nesterenko, Sander Van Donk, Delphine Minoux, Jean-Pierre Dath
  • Patent number: 9260357
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and equipment for converting C3+ olefin to, e.g., one or more of di-C3+ olefin, oligomers and polymers of C3+ olefin, branched C4+-aldehydes, C4+-carboxylic acids, and C4+ oxygenates. The invention encompasses producing methyl tert-butyl ether and diisobutylene, and converting methyl tert-butyl ether to isobutylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Yarrison, Alok Srivastava, Roshni Jindal, Chee Keong Then, Rodney S. Smith
  • Patent number: 9260358
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for oligomerization of the olefins into compounds or into a mixture of compounds of general formula CpH2p with 4?p?80 that implements a catalytic composition that comprises at least one organometallic complex of an element of group IV that is selected from among titanium, zirconium, or hafnium, whereby said organometallic complex contains at least one aryloxy-type (or phenyloxy-type) ligand that is functionalized by a heteroatom that is selected from among nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus or sulfur or by an aromatic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies Nouvelles
    Inventors: Jean-Benoit Cazaux, Lionel Magna, Lucien Saussine
  • Patent number: 9260359
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose) and ethylene in the presence of an acid, such as a Lewis acid. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) and 2-methylfuran, which may be converted into para-xylene and toluene, respectively. In particular, para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Micromidas, Inc.
    Inventors: Makoto N. Masuno, Douglas Cannon, John Bissell, Ryan L. Smith, Alex Benjamin Wood, Patrick B. Smith, Dennis A. Hucul, Katherine Brune
  • Patent number: 9260360
    Abstract: The invention relates to minimizing ammonia poisoning of a catalyst and to a xylene isomerization process using said catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Chunshe Cao, Jeffrey L. Andrews, Michel Molinier
  • Patent number: 9260361
    Abstract: The invention relates to processes for converting hydrocarbons to olefins products such as ethylene and propylene. The invention also relates to polymerizing the olefins, and to equipment useful for these processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Keusenkothen, Frank Hershkowitz, S. M. Davis
  • Patent number: 9260362
    Abstract: A one-piece solid phase extraction article to be used in solid phase extraction analysis, a filtration funnel comprising the one piece solid phase extraction article, and a method of use of the article. The article, device and method provide for improved analysis of hexane extractable material by eliminating the standard use of polar solvents to pre-condition the sorbent materials. The one-piece solid phase extraction article comprises water wettable monomeric phase type sorptive material embedded within a porous matrix. The water wettable monolithic polymeric sorptive material may be a hydrophilic polymeric gel, such as functionalized C-18 sorbent material, and the porous matrix may be fibrous matric, such as a glass fiber. The one-piece solid phase extraction article may further comprise one or more pre-filtration layers which do not contain the sorptive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Environmental Express, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Boyd, Edward J. Kim
  • Patent number: 9260363
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a new indenotriphenylene derivatives and an organic light emitting device using the derivative. The organic light emitting device employing the new indenotriphenylene derivative as host material can lower driving voltage, prolong half-lifetime, increasing efficiency. The new indenotriphenylene derivative is represented by the following formula(A): According to formula(A), A1, A2 are substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring systems with one to five rings and independently selected from the group consisting of a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthracenyl group, a pyrenyl group, a chrysenyl group and a perylenyl group. R1 to R4 are identical or different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventors: Feng-Wen Yen, Cheng-Hao Chang, Hsu-Kai Chang, Feng-Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 9260364
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a preparation method of parylene AF4, which provides a reactant and a reducing agent with the use of catalyst or exposure to UV light with photo-initiator, to shorten the reaction time as a result of minimized the byproduct(s) formation, and obtain high purity (>99.0%) of parylene AF4 product under high concentrated reaction mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: YUAN-SHIN MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsu Lin, Chien-Yi Sun, Yung-Yu Yin, Chun-Shih Li, Yo-Chun Chou
  • Patent number: 9260365
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a process and method for manufacturing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene by dehydrohalogenating a reactant stream of 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane that is substantially free from impurities, particularly halogenated propanes, propenes, and propynes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Merkel, Konstantin A. Pokrovski, Hsueh S. Tung, Haiyou Wang
  • Patent number: 9260366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of ethylene oxide, comprising the steps of: producing ethylene by converting a stream comprising an oxygenate into a stream comprising ethylene and ethane; producing ethylene oxide by subjecting ethylene and ethane from the stream comprising ethylene and ethane to oxidation conditions resulting in a stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane; and recovering ethylene oxide from the stream comprising ethylene oxide, unconverted ethylene and ethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Michael Johannes Franciscus Maria Verhaak, Jeroen Van Westrenen
  • Patent number: 9260367
    Abstract: Methods for converting polyols are provided. The methods provided can include using a metal pincer catalyst (e.g., an iridium pincer catalyst) to remove at least one alcohol group from a polyol. The methods provided can include converting glycerol to 1,3-propanediol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Univesity of Washington Through Its Center For Communication
    Inventors: Karen I. Goldberg, D. Michael Heinekey, Nandita Malathi Weliange, Takiya J. Ahmed Foskey, Eric R. Camp, Gene Wong, David Lao
  • Patent number: 9260368
    Abstract: A multistage process for the preparation of methacrylic acid and esters thereof via the hydrolysis of ACH, cracking the hydrolysis products, and converting the cracked products to the desired acid or ester, wherein the average temperature in the first hydrolysis reactor is from 55 C to 70 C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Andrew M. Lemonds, Minh N. Ngo, Muhunthan Sathiosatham, Donald Lee Zolotorofe
  • Patent number: 9260369
    Abstract: A process for producing an acetic acid product having low butyl acetate content via a carbonylation reaction. The carbonylation reaction is carried out at a temperature from 100 to 300° C., a hydrogen partial pressure from 0.3 to 2 atm, and a metal catalyst concentration from 100 to 3000 wppm, based on the weight of the reaction medium. The butyl acetate concentration in the acetic acid product may be controlled by removing acetaldehyde from a stream derived from the reaction medium and/or by adjusting at least one of reaction temperature, hydrogen partial pressure, and metal catalyst concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yaw-Hwa Liu, Mark O. Scates
  • Patent number: 9260370
    Abstract: Processes for manufacturing purified aromatic carboxylic acids include: oxidizing a substituted aromatic compound in a reaction zone to form a crude aromatic carboxylic add; transferring a vapor phase from the reaction zone to a separation zone, the vapor phase containing water and a plurality of organic compounds including at least one oxidation by-product; withdrawing an organic-depleted water stream from the separation zone and combining at least a portion of the organic-depleted water stream with at least a portion of the crude aromatic carboxylic acid in a purification zone; and purifying the crude aromatic carboxylic acid in the purification zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Bartos
  • Patent number: 9260371
    Abstract: The present invention provides modified cycloalkyne compounds; and method of use of such compounds in modifying biomolecules. The present invention features a cycloaddition reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the invention involves reacting a modified cycloalkyne with an azide moiety on a target biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provide for its application in vivo (e.g., on the cell surface or intracellularly) and in vitro (e.g., synthesis of peptides and other polymers, production of modified (e.g., labeled) amino acids).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi, Nicholas J. Agard, Jennifer A. Prescher, Jeremy Michael Baskin, Ellen May Sletten
  • Patent number: 9260372
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pretreatment method to reduce saturated fatty acids of fatty acids used as feedstock when preparing ester polyols. The range of feedstock includes non-fractionated to fully fractionated feedstock. Performing some fractionation by distillation of the fatty acids derived from feedstock eliminates the need to fractionate the various ozone esters from each other before esterification. Further, the approach of the present invention is more economical and efficient than the conventional method of fractionation by crystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Petroliam Nasional Berhad
    Inventors: Herman Paul Benecke, Daniel B. Garbark
  • Patent number: 9260373
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing carboxylic esters by converting a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof with an alcohol in a reaction system comprising one or more reactors, wherein reaction water is distilled as alcohol-water-azeotrope with the vapors, the vapors are at least partially condensed, the condensate is separated into an aqueous phase and an organic phase and said organic phase is supplied at least partially back into said reaction system. Components boiling lower than the alcohol are at least partially removed from said returned organic phase such as wherein components boiling lower than alcohol are evaporated and/or distilled off. An enrichment in the reaction system of by-products boiling lower than alcohol is avoided. Alcohol losses can be minimized by discharge currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Walter Disteldorf, Jarren Peters, Thomas Schäfer, Katrin Friese, Christoph Übler
  • Patent number: 9260374
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of ?,?-branched carboxylic acids vinyl esters comprising the following steps: isomerizing and converting an olefin feed with CO and water under Koch reaction conditions to make an acid with a ratio of Non Blocking isomers (NB) versus Blocking isomers (B) of NB/B above 1.5, wherein a blocking isomer has always a tertiary carbon atom in alpha position of the carboxylic acid and in the beta position of the carboxylic acid, whereas a non-blocking isomer has primary carbon atoms in the beta position of the carboxylic acid converting the resulting acid into a vinyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HEXION INC.
    Inventor: Denis Heymans
  • Patent number: 9260375
    Abstract: A new metallo-?-lactamase inhibitor which acts as a medicament for inhibiting the inactivation of ?-lactam antibiotics and recovering anti-bacterial activities is disclosed. The maleic acid derivatives having the general formula (I) have metallo-?-lactamase inhibiting activities. It is possible to recover the anti-bacterial activities of ?-lactam antibiotics against metallo-?-lactamase producing bacteria by combining the compound of the general formula (I) with ?-lactam antibiotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Chikauchi, Mizuyo Ida, Takao Abe, Yukiko Hiraiwa, Akihiro Morinaka, Toshiaki Kudo
  • Patent number: 9260376
    Abstract: Compounds particularly for use in an autoimmune inflammatory disease and especially the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease have the formula: wherein R is selected from one or more of the same or different of hydrogen, hydroxyl, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, thiol, and optionally substituted amino, and wherein R1 is selected from one or more of the same or different of hydrogen, acetyl, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, and an amino acid selected from leucine, valine, isoleucine, and glycine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: VENANTIUS LIMITED
    Inventors: Neil Frankish, Helen Sheridan
  • Patent number: 9260377
    Abstract: The invention provides a continuous adiabatic process for the preparation of nitrobenzene by nitrating benzene with mixtures of sulfuric and nitric acids using a stoichiometric excess of benzene, wherein the content of organic compounds in the circulating sulfuric acid, at least during the start-up period of the production plant, is always kept below 1.0 mass percent, based on the total mass of circulating sulfuric acid. This is preferably achieved by a procedure in which, either after the end or before the beginning of a production cycle, the circulating sulfuric acid is circulated at elevated temperature so that the organics contained in the sulfuric acid, preferably comprising nitrobenzene and traces of benzene, dinitrobenzene and nitrophenols, are separated off in the evaporation apparatus for concentrating the sulfuric acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Thomas Knauf, Michael Merkel, Antoni Mairata
  • Patent number: 9260378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of substituted N-(benzyl)cyclopropanamines of the general formula (II) starting from N-[(aryl)methylene]cyclopropanamine derivatives. The present invention further provides the N-[(aryl)methylene]cyclopropanamine derivatives used as starting compounds in this process according to the invention, and their use for the preparation of substituted N (benzyl)cyclopropanamines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Lui, Wahed Ahmed Moradi, Thomas Norbert Muller
  • Patent number: 9260379
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are processes for making L-ornithine phenyl acetate. The process may include, for example, intermixing a halide salt of L-ornithine with silver phenyl acetate. The process may also include forming a phenyl acetate salt in situ. The present application also relates to various compositions obtained from these processes, including crystalline forms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Ocera Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Anderson, Jim Behling, Christine Henderson Dougan, Stephen William Watt, Peter Manini, Attilia Figini
  • Patent number: 9260380
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method for preparing, purifying, precipitating, etc., a subject compound for use in a subsequent reaction carried out in suspension. The present invention relies on a precipitating solvent being added to an aqueous solution comprising the subject compound to form a precipitate of the subject compound, which may be further dried and/or purified. Compositions made according to present methods have improved characteristics and properties, such as increased surface and/or reduced density, resulting in a higher reactivity in a subsequent reaction carried out in suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Inventor: Keith R. Latham
  • Patent number: 9260381
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, Leber's congenital Amaurosis, Syndromic retinal degenerations, age-related macular degeneration and Usher Syndrome, and hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome are described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: USHER III INITIATIVE, INC.
    Inventors: Roland Werner Bürli, William Rameshchandra Krishna Esmieu, Christopher James Lock, Karine Fabienne Malagu, Andrew Pate Owens, William E Harte
  • Patent number: 9260382
    Abstract: A method of reducing virulence in a bacterium comprising at least one of a GacS/GacA-type system, a HrpX/HrpY-type system, a T3SS-type system, and a Rsm-type system, the method comprising contacting the bacterium with an effective amount of a compound described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: UWM Research Foundation, Duke University
    Inventors: Ching-Hong Yang, Xin Chen, Eric J. Toone
  • Patent number: 9260383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a carbamate compound, comprising reacting a fluorine-containing carbonic diester compound represented by formula (1) and a non-aromatic diamine compound represented by formula (2) without using a catalyst, to thereby produce a carbamate compound represented by formula (3), and a method of producing an isocyanate compound represented by formula (20) from the carbamate compound without using a catalyst, wherein R represents a fluorine-containing monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and A represents a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic-aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Okazoe, Yuko Nagasaki, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 9260384
    Abstract: A compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, is provided. Also, a composition containing a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient or diluents, is provided. Further, use of a compound of Formula I, or an isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof for anti-apoptosis is provided, preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with apoptosis; especially for protecting cardiomyocyte, preventing or treating a disease or disorder associated with cardiomyocyte apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Chinese PLA General Hospital
    Inventors: Kunlun He, Song Li, Wu Zhong, Juan Liu, Lili Wang, Xin Li, Guoliang Hu, Long Long, Junhai Xiao, Zhibing Zheng, Wei Li, Ruijun Li, Chunlei Liu, Jie Bai
  • Patent number: 9260385
    Abstract: A process for the production of surfactant compounds from a feed obtained from renewable sources, comprising hydrotreatment of feed in a fixed bed reactor having a plurality of catalytic zones disposed in series containing a hydrotreatment catalyst. The feed is injected in a staggered manner and injected in increasing proportions in order to produce an effluent containing at least hydrocarbon compounds containing linear paraffins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventor: Thierry Chapus
  • Patent number: 9260386
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the thioetherification of mercaptanes with polyunsaturated hydrocarbons, carried out in a reactor with the addition of hydrogen, using a heterogenic catalyst and in the presence of 1-butene. The aim of the invention is to develop such a method to the extent that the creation of value from the C4 raw material stream is increased. Said aim is achieved in that the hydrogen is added to the reaction in such a manner that the molar ratio of hydrogen to polyunsaturated hydrocarbons is no more than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Evonik Industries AG
    Inventors: Stephan Peitz, Markus Winterberg, Dietrich Maschmeyer, Frank Geilen, Reiner Bukohl, Joerg Schallenberg, Armin Rix, Andreas Wolff, Matthias Leipold
  • Patent number: 9260387
    Abstract: In a process for producing phenol and/or cyclohexanone, cyclohexylbenzene is contacted with an oxygen-containing gas under conditions effective to produce an oxidation effluent containing cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide. At least a portion of the oxidation effluent containing cyclohexylbenzene hydroperoxide is then contacted with a cleavage catalyst under conditions effective to produce a cleavage effluent containing phenol and cyclohexanone. At least one of the oxidation effluent and the cleavage effluent contains a by-product comprising a mixture of isomers of phenylcyclohexanol and/or phenylcyclohexanone, in which the 2-phenyl isomer(s) is present in an amount less than 20% of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad M. Dakka, Edmund J. Mozeleski
  • Patent number: 9260388
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I) and (II) and salts, hydrates, or solvates thereof, where R1, R2, R3, R5, and R6 are defined herein, compositions containing these compounds, methods of preparing these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as a surfactant or additive in personal care products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Henton, Cynthia L. Rand, Sze-Sze Ng
  • Patent number: 9260389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel polymorphic forms of Saxagliptin Hydrochloride. The present invention also relates to methods of making polymorphic forms of Saxagliptin Hydrochloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SANDOZ AG
    Inventors: Arthur Pichler, Josef Wieser, Christoph Langes, Milica Vukicevic
  • Patent number: 9260390
    Abstract: Provided are an organic EL device material that reduce the driving voltage of an organic EL device and increase the lifetime of the device as compared with a conventional organic EL device material. Also provided are organic electroluminescence devices containing the organic EL device material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Kato
  • Patent number: 9260391
    Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, a compound of formula I: wherein the substituent designations are indicated in the Specification. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I, and methods of treatment or prevention of diabetes or hyperglycemia in a patient, and of normalizing blood glucose levels in a subject, by administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Yuli Xie, Shixian Deng, Donald W. Landry, Paul Harris, Antonella Maffei
  • Patent number: 9260392
    Abstract: 4-Amino-5-fluoro-3-chloro-6-(substituted)picolinates are prepared from trifluoroacetic acid, p-methoxyaniline, a C1-C4 alkyl propiolate and a substituted methylene amine by a series of steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Natalie C. Giampietro, James M. Renga
  • Patent number: 9260393
    Abstract: The invention relates to solid state forms of N—((S)-2,3-Dihydroxy-propyl)-3-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenylamino)-isonicotinamide, processes for their preparation, and medical uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Becker, Christoph Saal, Clemens Kuehn, Donald Bankston, Marco Poma
  • Patent number: 9260394
    Abstract: A derivative of nicotinic acid N-oxide is described having formula (I): that acts as inhibitor of enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilate-3,4-dioxygenase (3HAO), and is thus able to reduce QUIN biosynthesis in vivo under excitotoxic or pathological conditions, said compound being at the same time also chemically stable towards auto-oxidation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE, UNIVERSITA' DELGI STUDI DI PARMA
    Inventors: Robert Schwarcz, Gabriele Costantino, Laura Amori
  • Patent number: 9260395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), their the treatment or the prevention of viral disorders, including HIV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: LABORATOIRE BIODIM
    Inventors: Richard Benarous, Francis Chevreuil, Benoit Ledoussal, Sophie Chasset, Frédéric Le Strat
  • Patent number: 9260396
    Abstract: The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Dow AgroSciences LLC
    Inventors: Qiang Yang, Beth Lorsbach, Greg Whiteker, Carl DeAmicis, Kaitlyn Gray, Yu Zhang, Joseck M. Muhuhi
  • Patent number: 9260397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to salts comprising novel aryl-alkyl-substituted imidazolium and triazolium cations and arbitrary anions. The invention further relates to methods for the chemical conversion and separation of substances, comprising the salts according to the invention as solvents, solvent additives, or extraction means, and to the use of the salts according to the invention, for example as solvents or solvent additives in chemical reactions, as extracting agents for the separation of substances, or for storing hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DRESDEN
    Inventors: Thomas Strassner, Sebastian Ahrens
  • Patent number: 9260398
    Abstract: Sodium channel blockers represented by the formula: are provided where the structural variables are defined herein. The invention also includes a variety of compositions, combinations and methods of treatment using these inventive sodium channel blockers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: PARION SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ross Johnson, William Robert Thelin, Richard C. Boucher
  • Patent number: 9260399
    Abstract: Described are bifunctional NOTA-based derivatives capable of conjugating with alginate and with metal ions, as well as NOTA-alginate conjugates which can be labeled with stable or radioactive metal ions. Also described are conjugation methods of the bifunctional NOTA-based linker with alginate, and methods of using radiometal-labeled NOTA-alginate conjugates or other radio-labeled alginate conjugates as imaging reagents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Bellerophon BCM LLC
    Inventors: Fuqiang Ruan, Thomas L. Deckwerth, Martin D. Meglasson
  • Patent number: 9260400
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new class of compounds able to inhibit with high affinity and selectivity the 5-HT7 receptor and having the following formula IV: wherein W is O; K, L, M and Q is CH or nitrogen; R1 is hydrogen; R2 is hydrogen; and Ar is an aromatic ring with the following formula: wherein X, Y and Z is CH; and R3 is a five- or six-membered ring selected from the group consisting of:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BARI “ALDO MORO”
    Inventors: Marcello Leopoldo, Enza Lacivita, Nicola Antonio Colabufo, Paola De Giorgio, Francesco Berardi, Roberto Perrone