Patents Issued in October 25, 2016
  • Patent number: 9475976
    Abstract: Methods of performing a cleanout treatment including providing a wellbore in a subterranean formation having unconsolidated particulates therein; providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid and a hydrophobically modified flocculating water-soluble polymer; introducing the treatment fluid into the wellbore in the subterranean formation; flocculating at least a portion of the unconsolidated particulates by exposure to the hydrophobically modified flocculating water-soluble polymer; removing the treatment fluid comprising the flocculated unconsolidated particulates from the wellbore in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Julio Estuardo Vasquez, B. Raghava Reddy, Natalie Lynn Pascarella
  • Patent number: 9475977
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel
  • Patent number: 9475978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel
  • Patent number: 9475979
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surfactant mixture comprising at least three ionic surfactants which differ in terms of the hydrocarbyl moiety (R1)(R2)—CH—CH2— and are of the general formula (I) where R1, R2, A0, k, X, o, Y, a, b, M are each as defined in the description and the claims. The invention further relates to the use and preparation thereof, and to aqueous surfactant formulations comprising the mixtures, and to processes for producing mineral oil by means of Winsor type III microemulsion flooding, in which the aqueous surfactant formulation is injected into a mineral oil deposit through injection wells and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through production wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Christian Bittner, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel
  • Patent number: 9475980
    Abstract: Incorporating at least oil-soluble organic peroxide into a mixture of an aqueous phase and at least one surfactant creates a breaker fluid that is a microemulsion or a nanoemulsion that can then perform as an internal breaker for reducing the viscosity of aqueous fluids gelled with a polymer, such as a crosslinked polysaccharide. One phase of the breaker fluid is water or water-based, e.g. brine, containing at least one oil-soluble organic peroxide as a non-aqueous internal phase that will, over time and optionally with heat, break the polymer-gelled portion of the gel. The overall breaking using the breaker fluid is slower as compared to introducing the organic peroxide breaker in a non-microemulsified or non-nanoemulsified form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Lirio Quintero, Gianna A. Pietrangeli, Frances H. DeBenedictis, Qi Qu, Hong Sun
  • Patent number: 9475981
    Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore includes introducing a treatment fluid comprised at least a crosslinkable component, and a metal crosslinker to the subterranean formation, forming a crosslinked treatment fluid, and de-crosslinking bonds of the crosslinked treatment fluid by manipulating a pH of the treatment fluid with a pH triggering agent, wherein the pH triggering agent is an amine-precursor compound or a derivative thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrice Abivin, Wingki Lee, Sergey Makarychev-Mikhailov, Michael D. Parris, Andrey Mirakyan, Rasika Prabhu
  • Patent number: 9475982
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength composite light-storing powder and method of manufacturing and applying the same. It utilizes organic compound having double-imide-bond steric structure, to produce high speed collisions with light-storing material containing rare earth elements in an environment of extremely low temperature, to make collision surface produce instantaneous high temperature, so that the organic compound is sputtered onto a surface of the light-storing material. The surface is cooled instantly due to extremely low temperature to produce the composite light-storing powder. The composite light-storing powder is apt to engage cross linked structure of thermoplastic polymer in a high temperature blending process. Then, through a filament process, to produce successfully light-storing fiber capable of emitting multi-wavelengths with high heat resistance and wash endurance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sheng-Jen Lin, Ying-Hsiu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 9475983
    Abstract: A fluorescence light emitting element includes a phosphor layer that includes phosphors and a binder made of an inorganic material. A thermal conductivity B of the binder is larger than 1.88 times a thermal conductivity A of the phosphors. When the volume of the phosphors included in the phosphor layer is X and the volume of the binder included in the phosphor layer is Y, a relationship of X/Y>1/2 is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Kuroi, Toshiaki Hashizume
  • Patent number: 9475984
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a quantum dot phosphor for light emitting diodes, which includes quantum dots and a solid substrate on which the quantum dots are supported. Also, a method of preparing the quantum dot phosphor is provided. Since the quantum dot phosphor of the current invention is composed of the quantum dots supported on the solid substrate, the quantum dots do not aggregate when dispensing a paste obtained by mixing the quantum dots with a paste resin for use in packaging of a light emitting diode. Thereby, a light emitting diode able to maintain excellent light emitting efficiency can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Mi Yang Kim, Hyung Kun Kim, Shin Ae Jun, Yong Wan Jin, Seong Jae Choi
  • Patent number: 9475985
    Abstract: A composite of the invention is a homogenous mixture of room temperature vulcanizing material or polymer and luminescent silicon nanoparticles. The composite can be formed into a film and can serve as a paint, adhesive, or coating, depending upon the material or polymer used. A preferred polymer is polyurethane. A method for forming a silicon nanoparticle and room temperature vulcanizing (RTV) material or polymer composite of the invention includes steps of providing silicon nanoparticles that were prepared in a solvent. The solvent is mixed with RTV or polymer precursors. The RTV or polymer components are permitted to cure. A preferred solvent is isopropynol alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: NanoSi Advanced Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Munir H. Nayfeh, Ebtesam Mohammed Salah Al-Olayan
  • Patent number: 9475986
    Abstract: There is provided a red phosphor including a compound represented by an empirical formula Az(Sr,M)2(Si,Al)O4-xNy:R(0<x<3, y=2x/3, and 0.0001?z<0.1), and has a grain size distribution corresponding to 6.9 ?m?D50?13.9 ?m, wherein M and Al are optional, A is at least one element selected from a group consisting of lithium (Li), potassium (K) and sodium (Na), and M is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Barium (Ba), magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventors: Do-Hwan Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Chul-Soo Yoon
  • Patent number: 9475987
    Abstract: Disclosed are phosphors and, more particularly, yellow light emitting phosphors and light emitting device packages using the same. The yellow light emitting phosphor includes a first phosphor including at least one of Lu3Al5O12:Ce, SrSi2O2N2, and ?-type SiAlON and a second phosphor mixed with the first phosphor to form a mixture, the second phosphor including ?-type SiAlON(Li-?-SiAlON) containing Li as a metal component, wherein the second phosphor emits light having a central wavelength in a range of 550 nm to 590 nm by being excited by near ultraviolet (UV) or blue light, The mixture of the first phosphor and the second phosphor is excited by the near UV or blue light to emit yellow light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Younggil Yoo, Dongwon Kang, Gunyoung Hong, Minsung Kim
  • Patent number: 9475988
    Abstract: Provided are a stable alignment type liquid crystal composition and use thereof. The liquid crystal composition has negative dielectric anisotropy, better stability and a large absolute value of dielectric anisotropy. The liquid crystal composition comprises a compound of general formula (I) accounting for 10%-80% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, a compound of general formula (II) accounting for 0.0005%-0.5% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, a compound of general formula (IV) accounting for 15%-90% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition, and a polymerizable compound accounting for 0.1%-5% of the total weight of the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition is less subject to interference of such factors as radicals, oxygen, heat or the like. Also provided is the use of the liquid crystal composition in a liquid crystal display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: JIANGSU HECHENG DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Song, Zhaoyuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9475989
    Abstract: A novel material of a binaphthyl compound represented by General Formula (G1) is provided. Ar11 and Ar12 independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkylene group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkenylene group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, m represents 1 or 2, and n represents any one of 0 to 2. R12 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a single bond. R13 represents hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms. One of R10 and R11 represents a substituent represented by General Formula (G2), and the other represents hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Momoko Kato, Yasuhiro Niikura, Tetsuji Ishitani
  • Patent number: 9475990
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to mesogenic media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae M-I and M-II wherein the parameters are as specified in the text, preferably to mesogenic media showing a blue phase, preferably stabilized by a polymer, and their use in electro-optical light modulation elements and their respective use in displays, as well as to such devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Wittek, Norihiko Tanaka, Mila Fischer, Matthias Bremer, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 9475991
    Abstract: Provided are a polymerizable liquid crystal composition, a coating material, a medium, and a polarizing device each produced using a polymerizable liquid crystal compound and a colorant and each capable of producing polarized light suitable for polarizing devices, and also a novel naphtholactam derivative, a novel coumarin derivative, a novel Nile Red derivative, and a novel anthracene derivative each suitable for use as the colorant. Specifically provided are a polymerizable liquid crystal composition containing (A) at least one liquid crystal compound having a polymerizable functional group, (B) at least one colorant, and (C) a polymerization initiator, and a novel naphtholactam derivative of formula (IV?), a novel coumarin derivative of formula (VI?), a novel Nile Red derivative of formula (VII?), and a novel anthracene derivative of formula (VIII?) each suitable for use as the colorant (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kubota, Masatomi Irisawa, Toru Yano, Ken Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 9475992
    Abstract: A premium “fuel-grade” petroleum coke is produced by modifying petroleum coking technology. Coking process parameters are controlled to consistently produce petroleum coke within a predetermined range for volatile combustible material (VCM) content. The invention includes a process of producing a coke fuel, the method comprising steps: (a) obtaining a coke precursor material derived from crude oil and having a volatile organic component; and (b) subjecting the coke precursor material to a thermal cracking process for sufficient time and at sufficient temperature and under sufficient pressure so as to produce a coke product having volatile combustible materials (VCMs) present in an amount in the range of from about 13% to about 50% by weight. Most preferably, the volatile combustible materials in the coke product typically may be in the range of from about 15% to about 30% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Roger G. Etter
  • Patent number: 9475993
    Abstract: A continuous high capacity system for converting hydrocarbon containing post-consumer waste, post-industrial waste, renewable hydrocarbon feedstock into a biofuel, using a pug for blending less than 200 micron diameter particulate with a plasticizing agent; a sealing auger for forming an agglomerated material and sealing, a cutting device, a vacuum chamber to remove air from the cut material, an extruder forming an extrudate, a heating chamber or the heat exchanger to evolve at least one gas; a pressure sensor and temperature sensors in the heating chamber or the heat exchanger, a cooling chamber providing controlled pressure and controlled temperature cooling of the evolved gasses, wherein the cooling chamber liquefies sequentially at least 50 percent of the evolved gasses forming a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: George Francis Cudahy
  • Patent number: 9475994
    Abstract: A modified paraffinic froth treatment (PFT) process is described, in which a fine tailings stream obtained from a water extraction process practiced on oil sands is added during the treatment process. This modified process may be useful as a treatment for the fine tailings stream, allowing for the flocculation of the fines, thus reducing the volume of such fine tailings. The modified process may also be useful in that the fine tailings stream can be used as a supplement or a replacement for dilution water, thus eliminating or reducing the need for dilution water in the PFT process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Payman Esmaeili, Ronald D. Myers, Brian C. Speirs, Olusola B Adeyinka
  • Patent number: 9475995
    Abstract: Disclosed are a gas to liquids (GTL)—floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) system that can be used in offshore oil-gas fields or stranded gas fields and a method for producing synthetic fuel using the same. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a GTL-FPSO system capable of producing liquid synthetic fuel from gas extracted from stranded gas fields or associated gas extracted from oil-gas fields, including a reforming reactor and a liquid hydrocarbon producer, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Ju Moon, Yun Ju Lee, Jung Shik Kang, Moonju Park, Sojung Kim, Sang Deuk Lee, Hyunjoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9475996
    Abstract: The Centrifugal Fluid Ring Plasma Reactor employs a centrifugal impeller and a fluid barrier to mix multi-phase fluids and repeatedly move the mixture through a reaction zone, where the mixture contacts catalysts and/or is subjected to electromagnetic, mechanical, nuclear, and/or sonic energy to create ions, free radicals or activated molecules, which initiate or promote a desired reaction. In one embodiment, high-voltage electromagnetic energy is applied to Cobalt and Tungsten/Thorium electrodes in the reaction zone to create plasma. The Centrifugal Fluid Ring Plasma Reactor is suitable for converting carbon dioxide and methane into useful fuel products and for performing other multi-phase chemical reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Max Mandle
  • Patent number: 9475997
    Abstract: Processes for removing sulfur and nitrogen contaminants from hydrocarbon streams are described. The processes include contacting the hydrocarbon stream comprising the contaminant with lean carbenium pseudo ionic liquid or a combination of carbenium pseudo ionic liquid and ionic liquid to produce a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon and rich carbenium pseudo ionic liquid or carbenium pseudo ionic liquid and ionic liquid comprising the contaminant. The mixture is separated to produce a hydrocarbon effluent and a rich carbenium pseudo ionic liquid or carbenium pseudo ionic liquid and ionic liquid effluent comprising the rich carbenium pseudo ionic liquid or carbenium pseudo ionic liquid and ionic liquid comprising the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Erin M. Broderick, Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Shurong Yang, Beckay J. Mezza
  • Patent number: 9475998
    Abstract: Alkali metals and sulfur may be recovered from alkali monosulfide and polysulfides in an electrolytic process that utilizes an electrolytic cell having an alkali ion conductive membrane. An anolyte solution includes an alkali monosulfide, an alkali polysulfide, or a mixture thereof and a solvent that dissolves elemental sulfur. A catholyte includes molten alkali metal. Applying an electric current oxidizes sulfide and polysulfide in the anolyte compartment, causes alkali metal ions to pass through the alkali ion conductive membrane to the catholyte compartment, and reduces the alkali metal ions in the catholyte compartment. Liquid sulfur separates from the anolyte solution and may be recovered. The electrolytic cell is operated at a temperature where the formed alkali metal and sulfur are molten.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CERAMATEC, INC.
    Inventors: John Howard Gordon, Javier Alvare
  • Patent number: 9475999
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of middle distillate hydrocarbon bases from an ethanol feedstock that is produced from a renewable source that is obtained from biomass, whereby said process comprises a stage for purification of said feedstock, a stage for transformation of said purified feedstock into a light olefinic effluent that comprises at least 30% by weight of olefins that have between four to six carbon atoms relative to the total mass of the formed hydrocarbon compounds, whereby said stage works in the presence of a catalyst that comprises at least one zeolite that is selected from among the zeolites that have a structural type that appears in the following list: CHA, ERI, MTF, AEI, AEL, FER, EUO, MEL, MFS, TON, MTT and the zeolites ZBM-30, ZSM-48, IM-5 and IZM-2, taken by themselves or in a mixture, a stage for separation of the olefinic effluent that is obtained from stage b) in such a way as to eliminate at least a portion of the water that is formed during stage b) to produce
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Emmanuelle Guillon, Nicolas Cadran, Natacha Touchais, Laurent Bournay
  • Patent number: 9476000
    Abstract: A process for hydrotreating full range naphtha is disclosed including the steps of passing a vapor stream composed of naphtha hydrocarbons to a first catalyst bed of a hydrotreating reactor, passing a liquid stream composed of naphtha hydrocarbons to a second catalyst bed of the hydrotreating reactor, and recovering a hydrotreated product stream from the hydrotreating reactor. The first and second catalyst beds are arranged in series within the hydrotreating reactor, and the second catalyst bed is downstream of the first catalyst bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Deepak Bisht, Soumendra Banerjee
  • Patent number: 9476001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus (10) for use in rarefying a syngas so as to improve a calorific value of the syngas through the reduction of a concentration of tar from the syngas. The apparatus (10) comprises a gasification/pyrolysis means (12) such as a kiln (11), for generation of a flow of syngas from a raw material, and a cracking means (14). The cracking means (14) comprising a body (42) having an insulated internal volume (44) adapted to hold a heated bed of char. The flow of syngas from the kiln (11) is directed through the cracking means (14) where it comes into contact with the heated bed of char. Heavy long-chained carbon based molecules within the syngas undergo a cracking reaction and are broken into constituent lighter carbon based molecules. The method and apparatus of the present invention provides a rarefied output flow of syngas having an improved calorific quality and a substantially reduced concentration of tar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: ANSAC Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Martella, Dongke Zhang
  • Patent number: 9476002
    Abstract: The present invention provides a blended fuel and methods for producing the blended fuel, wherein a low carbon fuel derived from a renewable resource such as biomass, is blended with a traditional, petroleum derived fuel. A blended fuel which includes greater than 10% by volume of low carbon fuel has an overall improved lifecycle greenhouse gas content of about 5% or more compared to the petroleum derived fuel. Also, blending of the low carbon fuel to the traditional, petroleum fuel improves various engine performance characteristics of the traditional fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Greyrock Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle
  • Patent number: 9476003
    Abstract: Process for producing a clean burning coal from low grade coal, having a higher heating value per unit mass, as compared to the feed stock coal. The clean coal may be used in coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, and homes since it produces fewer to none of the emissions commonly associated with coal burning devices. The process treats coal prior to its combustion and removes about 90 percent of the pollutants. These pollutants are removed within 6 to 18 minutes, many of which may be recycled into products such as roofing tar, chemical feed stocks, and light hydrocarbons that can be used as gaseous fuels. The product may be used for cooking and heating, and improves the health of persons exposed to toxic fumes from burning uncleaned coal. The process is fueled by its own by-products, recycles heat, and reduces coal weight, thereby saving energy in transportation to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Larry Hunt, Anton Dilo Paul, Florentino J. Mendez, Alejandro Garcia
  • Patent number: 9476004
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid fuel composition comprising a mixture of hydrocarbons and a cyclic hydrocarbon compound that suppresses the emission of soot particulates. The present invention also relates to a method for reducing the emission of soot particulates in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. It is desirable for the cyclic hydrocarbon compound to contain one or more oxygen atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
    Inventor: Michael Dirk Boot
  • Patent number: 9476005
    Abstract: The present teachings are directed toward the invention of high-performance diesel fuel lubricity additives that are comprised of a mixture of one or more C3-C10 di-carboxylic acids with a mixture of one or more C3-C14 carboxylic acids that are blended in one or more C3-C16 hydroxy-alkanes. These additives may be produced by blending one or more C3-C14 carboxylic acids, C3-C10 di-carboxylic acids and C3-C16 hydroxy-alkanes, or by using various chemical synthesis procedures to directly produce mixtures of these classes of oxygenated aliphatic hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Greyrock Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Schuetzle, Dennis Schuetzle
  • Patent number: 9476006
    Abstract: A method for producing a highly aromatic base oil of the present invention includes a step of hydrorefining a clarified oil to obtain a highly aromatic base oil having an aromatic content of 50% by mass or more determined by a column chromatography analysis method. The step of hydrorefining a clarified oil is preferably performed under conditions of a hydrogen pressure of 5.0 to 20.0 MPa, a temperature of 280 to 400° C., a hydrogen oil ratio of 300 to 750 NL/L, and a space velocity of 0.3 to 2.0 h?1. According to the present invention, a highly aromatic base oil used for rubber processing, asphalt reclamation and the like, and a novel method for producing a highly aromatic base oil can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Morishima, Takashi Ito
  • Patent number: 9476007
    Abstract: An article of method of manufacture of a low friction tribological film on a substrate. The article includes a substrate of a steel or ceramic which has been tribologically processed with a lubricant containing selected additives and the additives, temperature, load and time of processing can be selectively controlled to bias formation of a film on the substrate where the film is an amorphous structure exhibiting highly advantageous low friction properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Oyelayo O. Ajayi, Maria De La Lorenzo-Martin, George R. Fenske
  • Patent number: 9476008
    Abstract: A process for separating polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from less saturated long chain fatty acids (LCFAs) in a lipid composition, wherein said PUFAs and LCFAs are present as (i) triglycerides, or (ii) free fatty acids or monoalkyl esters, by exchange of at least a portion of LCFAs with short and/or medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs). The process can suitably be employed on marine derived oil, marine oil 2 derived oil products and other sources of PUFAs, including PUFA-rich singe cell oils (SCOs), and oils from genetically modified organisms with a modified lipid metabolism. The inventive process is based on novel use of lipases and distillation techniques, selectively chemically modifying species in the substrate material such that the desired species and chemically similar species become sufficiently dissimilar to be separable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Epax AS
    Inventors: Gudmundur G. Haraldsson, Bjorn Kristinsson
  • Patent number: 9476009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of producing fatty acid alkyl esters from a lipid, comprising steps of introducing a gas comprising vapor of an alcohol selected from methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, iso-propanol and butanols, into the lipid in a form of bubbles to enable the bubbles to pass through the lipid and be discharged from the lipid. The product may then be subjected to a transesterification process catalyzed by a base catalyst. The present invention is robust with low quality feedstocks thus significantly reduce production cost for biodiesel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: Drexel University, Environmental Fuel Research, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Allan Cairncross, Megan Elizabeth Hums, Colin James Stacy
  • Patent number: 9476010
    Abstract: A method of using a multi-layer biocidal structure includes providing a multi-layer biocidal structure that includes a support and a structured bi-layer on or over the support, the structured bi-layer including a first cured layer on or over the support and a second cured layer on or over the first cured layer on a side of the first cured layer opposite the support. The structured bi-layer has at least one depth greater than the thickness of the second layer and multiple biocidal particles located only in the second cured layer. The multi-layer biocidal structure is located on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventor: Ronald Steven Cok
  • Patent number: 9476011
    Abstract: An automatic dishwashing liquor comprising: a) from about 0.5 to about 10 ppm of orthophosphate expressed as elementary phosphorous; b) from about 40 to about 600 ppm of a first polymer comprising: i) carboxylic acid monomers; ii) monomers comprising a sulfonic acid group wherein the monomers comprising a sulfonic acid group represent 10% or less of the polymer on a molar basis; c) from about 15 to about 150 ppm of a phosphonate; d) a bleach system comprising bleach and a bleach catalyst; and e) less than 30 ppm of polyphosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nathalie Sophie Letzelter, Alexander Charles Hollingsworth, Fernando Solache Leon, Victoria Wray, Neil Bradley
  • Patent number: 9476012
    Abstract: A composition comprising (a) an esterquat that is a quaternized reaction product of an alkanol amine and a fatty acid, wherein from at least 90 wt % to up to 100 wt % of the esterquat is comprised of triesterquat and from 0 wt % to up to 10 wt % of the esterquat is comprised of at least one of monoesterquat and diesterquat, and (b) a water swellable cationic polymer. The water swellable cationic polymer aids in dispersion and/or in deposition of the triesterquat. Also, a method of producing such a composition and a method of softening a fabric, and increasing fragrance delivery, comprising treating the fabric with the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Charles J. Schramm, Katie Truong, Karen L. Wisniewski
  • Patent number: 9476013
    Abstract: A process for preparing builder granules suitable for use in a granular or tabletted detergent compositions, particularly for machine dishwash, involves forming a slurry of solid and aqueous MGDA Na3 spray dryer, under non-agglomerating conditions, to form spray dried particles comprising solid crystalline MGDA Na 3 dihydrate, compacting the spray dried particles into compacted aggregates and comminuting the compacted aggregates into granular particles to form builder granules having a particle size distribution suitable for use in a granular detergent composition. Prior to spray drying, the slurry is maintained at a slurry temperature of 20° or more for sufficient time for the resulting builder granules to remain free flowing after 48 hours storage at 20° C. and 65% relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PQ SILICAS BV
    Inventors: Joris Van Der Eerden, Roger Janssen, Remco Visseren
  • Patent number: 9476014
    Abstract: A method for cleaning an outdoor surface includes combining a first composition from a first vessel with a second composition from a second vessel. The first composition includes hydrogen peroxide and makes up 94-99.5% of the combination by weight. The second composition including at least one of a silicate, a carbonate, a bicarbonate and a percarbonate and makes up 0.5-6% of the combination by weight. The method further includes mixing the first composition with the second composition. The method further includes applying the combination to the outdoor surface within twenty four hours after mixing. The method further includes contacting the outdoor surface with the combination for at least five minutes. The method further includes rinsing the combination off of the outdoor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph M. Galimi, II
  • Patent number: 9476015
    Abstract: A cleaning composition comprises between about 10% to about 50% of at least one organic solvent comprising vegetable oil. The composition further comprises between about 2% to about 20% of at least one co-solvent. The composition further comprises at least one water-in-oil emulsifier and non-ionic surfactant. The composition also comprises at least one anionic surfactant and between about 20% to about 60% of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Inventor: Richard Adam Cesari
  • Patent number: 9476016
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a mount substrate comprising the step of: preparing a cleaning solution and cleaning the mount substrate by using the cleaning solution. The cleaning solution is a chemical solution produced by providing organic amine as a content in a hydrocarbon-based solvent containing a ketone or an aromatic and by adding unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or carboxylic anhydride to this solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kamo, Masaru Kinugawa
  • Patent number: 9476017
    Abstract: Methods are provided which include a method of cleaning, sanitizing, or disinfecting, wherein the method comprises: contacting a soiled substrate with a cleaning, sanitizing, or disinfecting composition, such that at least a portion of the soil is removed from the substrate; wherein the cleaning, sanitizing, or disinfecting composition consists essentially of one or more food grade agents or a salt thereof; and wherein the method is effluent neutral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: DIVERSEY, INC.
    Inventors: Holger Theyssen, Marco Haag, Henry Von Rege, Jeff Denton, John Cornford
  • Patent number: 9476018
    Abstract: Methods and systems for cleaning corrosion product of a metallic layer from the surface of a substrate are provided. According to one embodiment, a treatment solution includes a surfactant, a complexing agent, and a pH adjuster. The surfactant is configured to enhance wetting of the substrate surface, and inhibit further corrosion of the capping layer. The complexing agent is configured to bind to metal ions which have desorbed from the substrate surface. The pH adjuster is configured to adjust the pH to a desired level, so as to promote desorption of the corrosion product from the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventor: Artur Kolics
  • Patent number: 9476019
    Abstract: A cleaning agent for a microelectronic device provided with metal wiring, which has an excellent ability to remove polishing particle residues derived from a polishing agent and an excellent ability to remove metallic residues on an insulating film, and has excellent anticorrosiveness to the metal wiring. The cleaning agent is used at a step subsequent to chemical mechanical polishing in a manufacturing process of a microelectronic device in which a metal wiring, e.g., copper or tungsten, is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Nakanishi, Hiroshi Yoshimochi, Yukichi Koji
  • Patent number: 9476020
    Abstract: A method of preparing a yeast fermented beverage is provided, which method comprises (a) fermenting wort with a biologically active yeast to produce a fermented liquid; (b) combining the fermented liquid with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) particles to bind at least a fraction of the polyphenols and/or proteins contained in the fermented liquid; (c) removing a slurry containing the PVPP particles and yeast from the fermented liquid; (d) separating said slurry into a yeast-enriched fraction and a PVPP-enriched fraction a technique selected from flotation separation, settling separation and separation using a hydrocyclone; (e) regenerating the PVPP particles before, during and/or after the separation by desorbing polyphenols and/or protein from said PVPP-particles; and (f) recirculating the regenerated PVPP particles to step (b). The method can be operated with single use PVPP as well as regenerable PVPP and does not require sophisticated filter hardware for regenerating the PVPP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
    Inventors: Tom Reinoud Noordman, Marcel Van Der Noordt, Anneke Richter
  • Patent number: 9476021
    Abstract: A method of preparing a yeast fermented beverage is disclosed, comprising: (a) fermenting wort with yeast to produce a fermented liquid; (b) optionally removing the yeast; (c) mixing the fermented liquid with polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (PVPP) particles; (d) filtering the fermented liquid over a first membrane filter without employing a filter aid; (e) combining a first retentate with an aqueous regeneration liquid to desorb polyphenols and/or protein from the PVPP particles, wherein the aqueous regeneration liquid has a pH of at least 10.0; (f) filtering the combination retentate and regeneration liquid over a second membrane filter without employing a filter aid; and (g) after, optional further refining the regenerated PVPP particles from the second retentate, and recirculating the particles to step (c); wherein macromolecular components contained in the first retentate and/or retained on the second filter are degraded using a degradative agent selected from oxidants, enzymes and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Heineken Supply Chain B.V.
    Inventors: Tom Reinoud Noordman, Marcel Van Der Noordt, Anneke Richter
  • Patent number: 9476022
    Abstract: A fermentation system include a volatile organic compound (VOC) recovery sub-system and an instrumented control devise for detecting anomalous condition with a fermentor vessel and providing alarms or alerts and controlled responses to overcome the cause of the detected anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: EcoPAS LLC
    Inventors: Steven G. Colome, Marci Norkin, Leonard Mark Ramsaier
  • Patent number: 9476023
    Abstract: The culture device (100, 200) for culturing algae includes a culture pond (110) including an opening (112) on an upper side thereof and accommodating an alga solution (M) as a culture solution containing algae; a sheet (130) having optical transparency and flexibility, the sheet sealing at least a portion of the opening (112) of the culture pond (110); and a gas supply unit (124, 160, 212) used to supply high concentration CO2 gas having a higher concentration of carbon dioxide than that of the atmosphere, between the culture pond (110) and the sheet (130). A gas storage space (G) to store gas between a liquid surface (114) of the alga solution (M) and the sheet (130) is formed by at least part of the supplied high concentration CO2 gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Matsuzawa, Kousuke Ishii, Hiroshi Tanaka, Junji Yamamura
  • Patent number: 9476024
    Abstract: The invention relates to a culture substrate having thermoresponsive microgel particles that have a thermoresponsive polymer and modulator particles fixed to the carrier area of the substrate. The modulator can be a substance that has an adhesion capability with biological cells or a substance that causes cellular reactions that are inducible to binding to surface receptors of biological cells. Methods for preparation and use in culturing cells are given.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Claus Duschl, Andreas Lankenau, Stephan Schmidt, Thomas Hellweg, Erik Wischerhoff, Andre Laschewsky, Jean-Francois Lutz
  • Patent number: 9476025
    Abstract: A porous, collagen coated, ferromagnetic cell culture microcarrier, which is suitable for in vitro cell and tissue culture and which facilitates 3D multicellular construct generation. Also provided is a method for creating batches of microcarriers which have inserted within them magnetite (Fe3O4) in the presence of collagen, thus creating a microcarrier which becomes magnetic in nature when placed in a the presence of a magnetic field and which facilitates cellular adherence (via the collagen coating) for 3D construct development.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Jeanne L. Becker