Patents Issued in December 29, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160376456
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided an ink set which contains at least one ink selected from a group of a black pigment ink, a self-dispersing color pigment ink, and a resin-dispersion color pigment ink. The moisture quantity of the black pigment ink is from 68 mass % to 75 mass %. The moisture quantity of the self-dispersing color pigment ink is from 62 mass % to 72 mass %. The moisture quantity of the resin-dispersion color pigment ink is from 68 mass % to 75 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Soichi YAMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160376457
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermochromic micro particles capable of stably implementing a high chromogenic property and a decolorization property and having an improved erasing property, thermal resistance, and chemical resistance, and a thermochromic ink composition, a writing apparatus, and a smart window using the same. The thermochromic micro particles comprise a core part including a phase change material and a dye, the phase change material including a phenol-based compound containing an aliphatic functional group having a carbon number of 6 or more; and a shell layer including a polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Hak Jae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160376458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to thermochromic micro particles capable of stably implementing a high chromogenic property and a decolorization property and having an improved erasing property, thermal resistance, and chemical resistance, and a thermochromic ink composition, a writing apparatus, and a smart window using the same. The thermochromic micro particles comprise a core part including a phase change material, a dye, and a developer, the phase change material including at least one selected from the group consisting of at least one chain hydrocarbon having a carbon number of 8 or more, a hydrated inorganic salt, alcohol having a carbon number of 3 or more, and polyalkyleneglycol; and a shell layer including a polymer resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Hak Jae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160376459
    Abstract: An aqueous organic silicon fluoro-containing polymer dispersion is provided. The dispersion includes 100 parts by weight of poly(vinylidene difluoride-hexafluoropropylene), 10 to 30 parts by weight of organic silicon emulsion, and acrylate polymer. The acrylate polymer and the sum of the poly(vinylidene difluoride-hexafluoropropylene) and the organic silicon emulsion have a weight ratio of 30:100 to 50:100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hsueh-Tso LIN, Dick ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20160376460
    Abstract: There is provided a cure in place process using amorphous peroxide curable fluoropolymer compositions to create a cure in place article and cure in place articles from such process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsuo Fukushi, Steven J. Wellner
  • Publication number: 20160376461
    Abstract: A sprayable glass stabilising composition including: a self-crosslinking acrylic co-polymer emulsion in the amount of 52.6% to 67.1% w/w, a crosslinkable thermoplastic all-acrylic polymer emulsion binder in the amount of 23.0% to 31.8% w/w, the binder having a higher glass transition temperature than the self-crosslinking acrylic co-polymer emulsion; an anionic hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable acrylic polymer emulsion rheology modifier in the amount of 0.45% to 0.61% w/w; an ester surfactant in the amount of 0.45% to 0.61% w/w; a foam control agent in the amount of 0.45% to 0.61% w/w; and the remaining content as water up to 100% w/w.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: William J. Noble, John P. Scott, Loay Ghalib
  • Publication number: 20160376462
    Abstract: There is provided a (meth)acrylic resin composition containing a (meth)acrylic resin, and a compound denoted by General Formula (1) described below, a film formed by using the (meth)acrylic resin composition, and a polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display device including the film: wherein R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, X represents a divalent alicyclic group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, the alicyclic group represented by X may have at least one substituent group selected from a halogen atom, an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and an aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka NOZOE, Shusuke ARITA, Hajime NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160376463
    Abstract: There is provided a (meth)acrylic resin composition, containing a (meth)acrylic resin; a compound denoted by General Formula (1) described below; and a specific compound: wherein R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R11 and R12 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, m and n each independently represent an integer of 0 to 4, in a case where m and n represent an integer of greater than or equal to 2, a plurality of R11's and R12's may be identical to each other or different from each other, at least two R11's, at least two R12's, or R11 and R12 may form a ring by being linked to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka NOZOE, Shusuke ARITA, Hajime NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160376464
    Abstract: A composition for use as an assay reagent comprises a solid support comprising a member of a signal producing system and a coating of a synthetic copolymer. The synthetic copolymer comprises a first polymerized monomer comprising a pendant moiety comprising a reactive functionality or a derivative of a reactive functionality and a second polymerized monomer comprising a pendant moiety comprising at least 1 carbon atoms and at least 2 heteroatoms. In some embodiments the copolymer comprises a polyethylenic backbone comprising the pendant moiety comprising a reactive functionality or a derivative of a reactive functionality and the pendant moiety comprising at least 1 carbon atom and at least 2 heteroatoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
    Inventors: Bhalchandra Lele, Pratap Singh, Raphael Bartz, Jason A. Kellogg
  • Publication number: 20160376465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a coating composition comprising a resinous binder prepared from a reaction mixture comprising (a) a first component; (b) a second component; and (c) a third component comprising a block copolymer having (i) a first block comprising units having functional groups reactive with at least one of the first and second components and (ii) a second block comprising units having functional groups that promote adhesion to a polymeric substrate, provided that the first component, the second component, and the block copolymer differ from each other. The block copolymer may also be used as an additive in a coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Hongying Zhou, Kurt Gordon Olson, Jonathan Thomas Martz, Richard Alan Janoski, SR., Leigh Ann Humbert, David Robert Fenn, Terri Lynn Ziegler
  • Publication number: 20160376466
    Abstract: A resin composition (601) containing the following is prepared: a base unsaturated-polyester resin and/or a base vinyl-ester resin; a base radical-polymerizable monomer; a radical-polymerizable monomer having a thermally latent isocyanate group; a photo-radical polymerization initiator; and an alkylborane and/or an alkoxyamine derivative. A stator coil (60) in a stator (20) in a dynamo-electric machine (10) is coated using said resin composition (601) only, i.e. just the one resin composition. An insulated coated section (29A) and a conductor-exposing section (29B) of a join-side coil end (62) are also coated using said resin composition (601).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Takahito MURAKI, Satoshi YAMAMURA, Masahiko HONMA, Yutaka MATSUNOBU
  • Publication number: 20160376467
    Abstract: A composition of matter suitable for use as a road marking substance and a method thereof provides for the steps of mixing a binder mixture with a filler mixture, heating the mixed ingredients while mixing into a homogenous molten mixture and then extruding the molten mixture. The extruded material is cooled, cut into individual pellets, coated with an anti-clumping coating and packaged for use in making a road marking substance in situ. The binder can be alkyd-based or hydrocarbon based. The binder includes rosin resins, wax and a plasticizer, and a hydrocarbon resin is added for the hydrocarbon-based binder. The filler contains titanium dioxide, a pigment (if necessary) and ground calcium carbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel John Puffer, SR., Lam Thanh Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20160376468
    Abstract: A method for preparing a recycled abrasive slurry includes: polishing a material to be polished, which includes silicon as a main component, with an abrasive slurry including a plurality of kinds of additives added for different purposes; and preparing a recycled abrasive slurry from a collected abrasive slurry collected after the polishing, wherein the recycled abrasive slurry is prepared through: step 1 of removing, from the collected abrasive slurry, at least an additive B capable of decreasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, and step 2 of replenishing at least an additive A capable of increasing a polishing rate among the plurality of additives, to the abrasive slurry from which an additive has been removed, which has been prepared in step 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Chie INUI, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Yuuki NAGAI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20160376469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a radical-curable adhesive composition including a (A) radical-polymerizable compound having at least one hydrophilic functional group in the molecule; a (B) phosphate-based compound having three (meth)acrylic groups in the molecule; and a (C) radical initiator, and a polarizing plate and an optical member including the radical-curable adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Eun-Soo HUH, Kwang-Seung PARK, Mi-Rin LEE, Jun-Wuk PARK
  • Publication number: 20160376470
    Abstract: A PSA sheet is provided, having an adhesive face formed of an acrylic PSA layer comprising an acrylic polymer. The PSA sheet has a peel strength of 5 N/10 mm or greater. The peel strength is measured as such that the adhesive face is directly adhered to an ethylene-propylene-diene rubber surface and after 20 minutes, peeled in the 180° direction at a tensile speed of 50 mm/min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya HIROSE, Shinji INOKUCHI, Kenichi NISHIKAWA, Takayuki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20160376471
    Abstract: An article including a release liner with an adhesive layer disposed thereon, the adhesive layer including a plurality of stripes of a first pressure-sensitive adhesive and of a second pressure-sensitive adhesive, arranged in a generally alternating pattern. The first pressure-sensitive adhesive is a silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive that includes a silicone block copolymer elastomer comprising hard segments that each comprise at least one polar moiety, and the second pressure-sensitive adhesive is an organic polymeric pressure-sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Carlos A. Barrios, James L. Bries, Gary W. Maier, Tyler J. Rattray
  • Publication number: 20160376472
    Abstract: A swelling tape is disclosed comprising a polyurethane film and a method for manufacturing the same. The swelling tape comprises: a base layer including a polyurethane film that is composed of a chain of monomers joined by urethane links as a result of a reaction between a liquid polyol and a crosslinker; and an adhesive layer formed on a first surface of the base layer in a direction horizontal to a lengthwise direction of the base layer. When made with the liquid polyol and the crosslinker, a resulting polyurethane film exhibits appearance and performance similar to polyurethane film prepared through extrusion. The resulting polyurethane film has a uniform thickness and the advantage of being produced at a low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Kwang-Min Park
  • Publication number: 20160376473
    Abstract: A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a base including a metal layer and a resin layer, and a product of an initial elastic modulus of the base and a total thickness of the base is 3000 N/mm or less, and a separation distance is 2 mm or less, the separation distance is measured with a peel test with a constant load as follows: a test piece of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a 10 mm width and a 100 mm length is attached to a surface of a stainless steel test plate and then, the test plate is left stand at a temperature of 23° C. for twenty four hours and then, a load of 100 gf is applied to one end of a length dimension of the test piece vertical to the surface of the test plate and a separation distance of the test piece is measured after one hour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji FURUTA, Yoshio TERADA, Kota NAKAO, Akira HIRAO, Ryo MORIOKA
  • Publication number: 20160376474
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane adhesive, in particular for laminating films, wherein the PU adhesive contains 0.1 to 20 wt % a low molecular weight epoxide comprising at least one epoxide group and at least one hydroxy group, and wherein the epoxide is chemically unbonded or is chemically bonded by means of at least one hydroxy group. The present invention further relates to use of said adhesive for adhesively bonding films, to a method for producing multilayer films, and to multilayer films adhesively bonded with said adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Holger Eichelmann, Marcel Blodau, Andre te Poel
  • Publication number: 20160376475
    Abstract: A silicone emulsion comprises: (A) a silicone compound comprising an anchorage additive for enhancing the adhesion to a polymer film substrate; (B) at least one surfactant; and (C) water. The anchorage additive is the reaction product of (A1) a fluid polyorganosiloxane containing at least one alkenyl group and at least one silanol group with (A2) a hydrolysable silane containing at least one epoxide group. A water-based anchorage additive comprises the silicone emulsion. A silicone release coating composition comprises: (X1) the silicone emulsion; and (X2) at least one curable silicone composition, e.g. a water-based silicone release coating composition. The curable silicone release coating composition may be applied to a sheet-form substrate and cured to form a release-coated layer having good release property and improved rub-off resistance on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, DOW CORNING (CHINA) HOLDING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bruce Fuming HUANG, Chung Mien KUO
  • Publication number: 20160376476
    Abstract: A surgical glove tape comprises an elongate strip of material, an adhesive, and a release liner. In particular, the elongate strip of material is comprised of a combination of cotton and spandex. The elongate strip of material has a first major surface and a second major surface. Moreover, the elongate strip of material is further characterized by a tab section extending from a first end of the elongate strip of material, and a taping section extending from the tab section. The adhesive coats the second major surface of the elongate strip of material within the taping section of the elongate strip of material. The release liner overlies the adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jamal Taha, Assad Taha
  • Publication number: 20160376477
    Abstract: Provided are methods of forming thermally conductive flexible bonds for use in electronic boards of unmanned spacecrafts and other types of aircraft. Also provided are methods of preparing adhesive materials to form these bonds including methods of preparing treated filler particles. In some aspects, an adhesive material includes filler particles having organofunctional groups, such as boron nitride particles treated in silane. These particles may be combined with a urethane modified epoxy to form the adhesive material. The weight ratio of the particles in the adhesive material may be about 40-60%. The adhesive material may be thermally cured using a temperature of less than 110° C. to prevent damage to bonded electronic components. The cured adhesive may have a thermal conductivity of at least about 2 W/m K measured in vacuum and may have a glass transition temperature if less than ?40° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Peter Babilo, Randall Jay Moss
  • Publication number: 20160376478
    Abstract: The present invention is related to an adhesive composition comprising a 30-80 wt % polymer blend and 2 to about 20 wt % of an oil. The blend has a first and second propylene-based polymer, both different homopolymers of propylene or a copolymer of propylene and ethylene or a C4 to C10 alpha-olefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jennifer J. Austin, Jurgen J. M. Schroeyers
  • Publication number: 20160376479
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hot melt adhesive composition for bookbinding comprising a base polymer, a wax and/or an oil, a tackifier, a stabilizer and optionally a filler; wherein the base polymer comprises a propylene-based elastomer, an amorphous poly-?-olefin (APAO), and optionally, an ethylene-based or propylene-based plastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Huimin BAO, Yew-Guan LOW
  • Publication number: 20160376480
    Abstract: Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a protective film, an optical device, and a display device. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may exhibit excellent storage stability, suitable low speed and high speed peel-off strengths after forming a crosslinking structure, and have an excellent balance between them. Accordingly, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may exhibit an excellent protective effect when applied to a protective film, may be easily peeled in a high speed peel-off and thus advantageous for a high speed process, and may exhibit an excellent antistatic characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Sik Bae, Sung Soo Yoon, Kee Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20160376481
    Abstract: In an adhesive composition for steel plate containing a rust preventive, a thermoplastic resin, and a thermosetting resin, the rust preventive is either of aluminum tripolyphosphate or magnesium phosphate, the thermoplastic resin is an acrylic resin, and the thermosetting resin is a phenol resin and an epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Shigeharu FUKUZAWA, Yu CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160376482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a UV-curable hot-melt adhesive for laminating transparent films, in particular, on molded bodies made of wood materials that are coated with melamine or PVC. The hot-melt adhesives contain: at least one UV-curable urethane (meth)acrylate, wherein the urethane (meth)acrylate can be obtained by converting an NCO-functional polyurethane prepolymer with a molar excess of hydroxy and/or amine-modified (meth)acrylates; at least one (meth)acrylate monomer or oligomer, wherein the at least one (meth)acrylate monomer and/or oligomer comprises an acid-modified (meth)acrylate with an acid value of 50 to 400 mg KOH/g; and at least one photoinitiator. Other aspects of the present invention are methods for laminating a film onto a molded body using said hot-melt adhesives, and to the composite materials produced in this manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Morgeneyer, Jurgen Lotz, Claudia Meckel-Jonas
  • Publication number: 20160376483
    Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer having polyamide PA blocks and polyether PE blocks, in which PA is of diamine.diacid X.Y type; X, the number of carbons of the diamine, is within the range from 6 to 14, and Y, the number of carbons of the diacid, is within the range from 6 to 18. The invention also relates to the use of the said copolymer in a process of direct adhesion between two TPE materials for increasing the peel strength between these materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: René-Paul EUSTACHE, Mathieu SABARD, Yves DEYRAIL, Quentin PINEAU, Inci TURAN-ALTUNTAS, Martin POUZET, Atsushi YOSHITAKE
  • Publication number: 20160376484
    Abstract: The use of an alcoholic compound to improve the miscibility of ammonia with 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, as well as to compositions of ammonia, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and an alcoholic compound, and the use thereof, in particular in heat-transfer applications. A composition including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, ammonia and an alcoholic compound having a melting point less than or equal to 0° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventors: Sophie GUERIN, Wissam RACHED
  • Publication number: 20160376485
    Abstract: High viscosity working fluids comprising a fluorinated olefin refrigerant, such as a hydrofluoro-olefin refrigerant, and a high viscosity polyol ester comprising a select mixture of alkylcarboxy esters of pentaerythritol, di-pentaerythritol, tri-pentaerythritol and pentaerythritol oligomers are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Travis Benanti, Roberto Urrego, Edward T. Hessell
  • Publication number: 20160376486
    Abstract: A nanofluid composed of a base fluid and a solid nanocomposite particle, where the solid nanocomposite particle consists of a carbon nanotube and a metal oxide nanoparticle selected from the group consisting of Fe2O3, Al2O3, and CuO. The metal oxide nanoparticle is affixed inside of or to the outer surface of the carbon nanotube, and the solid nanocomposite particle is homogeneously dispersed in the base fluid. The heat transfer and specific heat capacity properties of the nanofluid are measured using differential scanning calorimetry and heat exchanger experiments with different nanocomposite concentrations and different metal oxide percent loadings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Muataz Ali Atieh, Abdallah Darweesh Manasrah, Usamah Ahmad Al-Mubaiyedh, Tahar Laoui, Rached Ben-Mansour
  • Publication number: 20160376487
    Abstract: Micro-nano hybrid composites exhibiting desirable thermal conductivity levels due to the presence of specific ratios of graphite to graphene that have been found to reduce the overall thermal interface resistance. The composites are preferably epoxy matrix composites in some embodiments. Devices including the composites and methods of preparing the composites are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alexis Abramson, Ica Manas-Zloczower, Nayandeep K. Mahanta, Marcio R. Loos
  • Publication number: 20160376488
    Abstract: Crosslinked sulfonate-containing polymers may be stable in high density, monovalent brines, which may render such polymers particularly useful in drilling fluids in general and, especially, in the subclass of drilling fluids known as drill-in fluids. For example, a drilling fluid may include a crosslinked sulfonate-containing polymer dispersed in a monovalent brine having a density of about 8 lb/gal to about 20 lb/gal, wherein the crosslinked sulfonate-containing polymer comprises: reactants of a first repeating unit and a crosslinker that react to form the crosslinked sulfonate-containing polymer, wherein the first repeating unit is a sulfonic acid-containing monomer present from 50% to 99.99% by weight of the reactants, and wherein the crosslinker comprises at least two olefinic bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kay Ann GALINDO, Hui ZHOU, Weibin ZHA
  • Publication number: 20160376489
    Abstract: A method of drilling a wellbore in a subterranean formation employing a high pH aqueous mud or drilling fluid with a high pH lubricant. In one embodiment, the lubricant, which significantly improves the lubricity of the fluid in a high pH environment, comprises about 80 volume percent 2-octyldodecanol and about 20 volume percent alkylglucoside. In one embodiment, the alkylglucoside is comprised of 2-ethylhexylglucoside or a mixture of alkylglucosides having more than about 10 carbon atoms in the alkyl chain. The lubricant is effective at pH ranges from 7 to 14, preventing the lubricity of the aqueous drilling fluid from declining in relation to increasing pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Pober
  • Publication number: 20160376490
    Abstract: A variety of methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, present disclosure relates to treatment of subterranean formations and, in specific examples, to sealant compositions that may be used for creating fluid flow preventing barriers in a subterranean formation. A method may comprise reacting components comprising functionalized silica nanoparticles and a crosslinkable component in a subterranean formation to create a barrier in the subterranean formation, wherein the functionalized silica nanoparticles comprise at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of amino groups, thiol groups, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Rajender Salla, Vilas Ramtenki, Shoy George Chittattukara, Neelam Deepak Raysoni
  • Publication number: 20160376491
    Abstract: Disclosed is a filter cake removal composition, and method of use thereof, for use in a wellbore for controlled removal of a filter cake present in a target production zone. The filter cake removal composition includes hydrochloric acid and an organic acid. The filter cake removal composition, when a mixture of the hydrochloric acid and the organic acid is applied to the filter cake in the target production zone, is operable to dissolve the filter cake in the target production zone over an extended reaction time. The mixture includes the hydrochloric acid present in an amount of between about 0.1% and 5% by weight and the organic acid present in an amount of between about 0.1% and 10% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Abdullah Mohammed AL MOAJIL, Hisham A. NASR-EL-DIN
  • Publication number: 20160376492
    Abstract: Suspensions comprising polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles and at least one carrier fluid. The polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane may include functional groups and the suspension may further comprise carbon-based nanoparticles and silica nanoparticles. Methods of recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation using the suspension are disclosed. The method comprises contacting hydrocarbons with the suspension to form an emulsion stabilized by the polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Soma Chakraborty, Gaurav Agrawal, Devesh Kumar Agrawal, Valery N. Khabashesku
  • Publication number: 20160376493
    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: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Christian BITTNER, Günter Oetter, Jack Tinsley, Christian Spindler, Gabriela Alvarez-Juergenson, Sophie Maitro-Vogel
  • Publication number: 20160376494
    Abstract: Well treatment fluids, and methods for treating wellbores or fracturing subterranean formations, which include acrylamide polymer or copolymer crosslinked with one or more crosslinkers and one or more iron-containing compounds are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Jiang Li, Roopa Tellakula, Scott Rosencrance
  • Publication number: 20160376495
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for storing, transporting, and/or delivering micron- and/or nano-sized solid materials in subterranean operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a fluid comprising an aqueous fluid and one or more gelling agents; mixing one or more small-sized solid materials into the fluid to form a slurry; storing the slurry for a period of storage time; mixing at least a portion of the slurry with a base fluid after the period of storage time to form a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Philip D. Nguyen, James William Ogle, Bradley J. Sparks, Brian D. Mock
  • Publication number: 20160376496
    Abstract: A proppant includes a particle present in an amount of from 90 to 99.5 percent by weight based on the total weight of the proppant, and a polyurethane coating disposed about the particle and present in an amount of from 0.5 to 10 percent by weight based on the total weight of the proppant. The polyurethane coating comprises the reaction product of an isocyanate component and an isocyanate-reactive component comprising a polydiene polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander GERSHANOVICH, Christopher M. TANGUAY
  • Publication number: 20160376497
    Abstract: Methods of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore include providing environmental water, admixing a viscosifying amount of a polymer and at least one divalent cation with the environmental water to form an admixture, and pumping the admixture through the wellbore at a rate and pressure sufficient to treat the subterranean formation. The viscosity of the admixture increases after the at least one divalent cation, the viscosifying amount of polymer and the environmental water are admixed. Such viscosity increase may be at least about 5% over at least a 10 minute period after the admixture is prepared. The divalent cation(s) may be selected from the group consisting of barium, calcium, copper(II), iron(II), magnesium, manganese(II), strontium, tin(II), zinc, and mixtures thereof. Further, the divalent cation(s) may be provided in the form of a salt with one or more anions selected from acetate, bicarbonate, nitrate, chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate ion, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Lindsay Lites, Bruce Alexander MacKay, Andrey Mirakyan, Blake McMahon
  • Publication number: 20160376498
    Abstract: A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a thiol-substituted silicone ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Zai-Ming Qiu
  • Publication number: 20160376499
    Abstract: A phosphor composition is derived from combining K2SiF6:Mn4+ in solid form with a saturated solution of a manganese-free complex fluoride including a composition of formula I:A3[MF6], where A is selected from Na, K, Rb, and combinations thereof and M is selected from Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, Gd, and combinations thereof. The composition of formula I:A3[MF6] has a water solubility lower than a water solubility of K2SiF6. A lighting apparatus including the phosphor composition is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Anant Achyut Setlur, Robert Joseph Lyons, Prasanth Kumar Nammalwar, James Edward Murphy, Florencio Garcia, Ravikumar Hanumantha
  • Publication number: 20160376500
    Abstract: The instant invention is related with new perimidine derivatives synthesized via direct condensation between naphthalene-1,8-diamine and itaconic or citraconic anhydrides at low temperature. The targeting itaco-perinone (IP) molecule formed via double low temperature cyclization has fluorescence properties emitting white light intensively. Besides, 9-methylene-8H-pyrrolo[1,2-a]perimidin-10(9H)-one is copolymerizable with several kind of organic monomer compounds via free radical mechanism maintaining the ability to emit white light even within the polymer film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica A.C. (40%), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTONOMA DE MEXICO (60%)
    Inventors: Alejando Ricardo FEMAT FLORES, David RIOS JARA, Larissa ALEXANDROVA, César Augusto FERNÁNDEZ GIJÓN, Guillermo SANTANA RODRIGUEZ
  • Publication number: 20160376501
    Abstract: Oxygen sensing luminescent dyes, polymers and sensors comprising these sensors and methods of using these sensors and systems are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: SOYA GAMSEY, NATALIE WISNIEWSKI, KRISTEN HELTON, WILLIAM MCMILLAN
  • Publication number: 20160376502
    Abstract: A method of preparing fluorescent material containing carbon quantum dots, comprising milling a metal in the presence of carbon dioxide in a sealed container for a set duration to form the carbon quantum dots containing material. The carbon dioxide is preferably obtained as a waste gas from a human related activity such as an industrial process and may be provided in the form of dry ice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Richard BLAIR, Deepti A. SIDDHANTI, David J. NASH
  • Publication number: 20160376503
    Abstract: Shown is a liquid crystal compound satisfying at least one of physical properties such as high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, a low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds. The compound is represented by formula (1). In the formula, for example, R1 and R2 are alkyl having 1 to 15 carbons, and ring A1, ring A2 and ring A3 are 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-cyclohexenylene, Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or —(CH2)2—, a, b and c are 0 or 1, and a sum of a, b, and c is 0, 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: HIROYUKI TANAKA, KENJI HIRATA, MASAKAZU YANO
  • Publication number: 20160376504
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polymer (LCP) composite film is provided. The LCP composite film includes 88 to 99 weight percent of a liquid crystal polymer based on the total weight of the LCP composite film and 1 to 12 weight percent of a toughening agent based on the total weight of the LCP composite film. The toughening agent includes a copolymer selected from a group consisting of a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, a glycidyl methacrylate copolymer, a polystyrene elastomer, a polyester elastomer, and a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mao-Yuan CHIU, Dan-Cheng KONG, Ang-Ta TSAI, Hung-Jen LIU, Min-Fei TSAI, Li-Han CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20160376505
    Abstract: To show a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one or having a suitable balance regarding at least two of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of a nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, large specific resistance, high stability to ultraviolet light and heat; an AM device having characteristics such as a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a low threshold voltage, a large contrast ratio and a long service life. The liquid crystal composition contains a compound contributing to high stability to heat or ultraviolet light, has negative dielectric anisotropy and has a nematic phase, and may contain a specific compound having high negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a second component, and a specific compound having a polymerizable group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: YOSHIMASA FURUSATO, MASAYUKI SAITO