Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170009059
    Abstract: A three-dimension forming material includes a radiation curable compound and a benzotriazole derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Morikawa, Takashi Oyanagi
  • Publication number: 20170009060
    Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a thermoplastic, non-elastomer ethylene-based polymer, an organic peroxide, and a crosslinking coagent comprising N,N,N?,N?,N?,N?-hexaallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions and their crosslinked forms can be employed as polymeric layers in wire and cable applications, such as insulation in power cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yabin SUN, Yu CAI, Hong Liang ZHANG, Jeffrey M. COGEN, Saurav S. SENGUPTA, Timothy J. PERSON
  • Publication number: 20170009061
    Abstract: Crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising an ethylene-based polymer, an organic peroxide, and a diallyl isocyanurate crosslinking coagent. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions and their crosslinked forms can be employed as polymeric layers in wire and cable applications, such as insulation in power cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yu Cai, Hong Liang Zhang, Yabin Sun, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Saurav S. Sengupta
  • Publication number: 20170009062
    Abstract: The present invention provides a material that has a good compatibility with monomers and can be used as dispersing agent even after a period of not shorter than one week since the preparation of the dispersion. The dispersion of the present invention comprising metal oxide particles with an average primary particle diameter of not more than 50 nm; an organic acid; a dispersion medium; and an organophosphorus compound represented by formula (1) or an organosulfur compound represented by formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junya KIMURA, Tomoyuki YAO, Hironobu HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170009063
    Abstract: Polyamide-based compositions may be heat stabilized by compositions of iron oxalate and diapentaerythritol. The heat stabilized polyamides may be used for production of moulding materials which may be injection moulded, blow-moulded, or extruded to provide articles of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas LINDER, Detlev JOACHIMI
  • Publication number: 20170009064
    Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire comprises 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising diene rubber, and from 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of pellets comprising paper powder and starch and having water content of 5 mass % or more. A tire is provided with a tread rubber part comprising a foamed rubber formed by the rubber composition. A method for manufacturing a tire comprises mixing from 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of pellets comprising paper powder and starch and having water content of 5 mass % or more with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising diene rubber to prepare a rubber composition, producing an unvulcanized tire using the rubber composition obtained, and vulcanization molding the unvulcanized tire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fumihiko Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170009065
    Abstract: [Object] The invention provides rubber compositions having excellent filler dispersibility, crosslinked products having excellent properties such as abrasion resistance, and tires that exhibit enhanced rolling resistance performance and attain simultaneous enhancements in steering stability and ice grip performance by virtue of using the compositions or the crosslinked products in portions of the tires. [Solution] The rubber composition includes 100 parts by mass of a solid rubber (A), 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a modified liquid diene rubber (B) that is obtained by adding a modifying agent to an unmodified liquid diene rubber (B?) and has functional groups derived from the modifying agent, and 20 to 150 parts by mass of a filler (C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke KODA, Kei HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20170009066
    Abstract: A rubber composition contains 100 parts by mass of a rubber component comprising diene rubber, and from 1 to 100 parts by mass of a (meth)acrylate polymer having a weight average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 1,000,000 and a glass transition point of from ?70 to 0° C. A pneumatic tire is obtained using the rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Fukunishi, Takashi Yuri
  • Publication number: 20170009067
    Abstract: Copolymers comprising ethylene, vinyl esters, in particular vinyl acetate and esters of (meth)acrylic acid, selected from esters comprising branched alkyl, cyclic alkyl or optionally alkyl substituted aryl moieties and having a weight average molecular weight of 35,000 g/mol to 150,000 g/mol, formulations of such copolymers in organic solvents and their use as pour point depressant, wax inhibitor and flow enhancer for crude oils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ivette GARCIA CASTRO, Stefan FRENZEL, Maria HEUKEN, Jennifer JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20170009068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyolefin composition comprising two heterophasic propylene copolymers which differ in the intrinsic viscosity of their xylene soluble fractions, the heterophasic propylene copolymer mit with the lower intrinsic viscosity is present up to 10 wt.-% in the polyolefin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Susanne KAHLEN, Martina SANDHOLZER, Georg GRESTENBERGER, Juliane BRAUN, Hansjörg PRAMER
  • Publication number: 20170009069
    Abstract: Zwitterionic crosslinking agents, crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels prepared from copolymerization of zwitterionic monomers with the zwitterionic crosslinking agent, methods for making crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels, and devices that include and methods that use the crosslinked zwitterionic hydrogels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization
    Inventors: Shaoyi Jiang, Hong Xue, Wei Yang, Louisa R. Carr
  • Publication number: 20170009070
    Abstract: The present invention provides a block copolymer composition comprising a block copolymer A represented by formula (A) and a block copolymer B represented by formula (B), the block copolymer composition having a water content of 200 ppm by weight or less when the block copolymer composition has been formed in a shape of pellets, dried, and allowed to stand at a temperature of 37° C. and a relative humidity of 70% for 24 hours. In the formulas, Ar1a, Ar1b, and Ar2b are aromatic vinyl polymer blocks having a weight average molecular weight of 6,000-18,000, Ar2a is an aromatic vinyl polymer block having a weight average molecular weight of 40,000-400,000, and Da and Db are specific conjugated diene polymer blocks. The block copolymer composition has a high modulus of elasticity, exhibits low tension set, and ensures that the formation of a hole is prevented when a film is formed by melt-forming the block copolymer composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoji ODA, Yuta ISHII
  • Publication number: 20170009071
    Abstract: A resin composition is provided that is capable of inhibiting degradation of the organic EL device. The resin composition, includes: (A) an alicyclic epoxy compound; (B) a bisphenol A epoxy resin; (C) a bisphenol F epoxy resin; and (D) a photocationic polymerization initiator. The bisphenol A epoxy resin (B) and the bisphenol F epoxy resin (C) are compounds not having the alicyclic epoxy compound (A) and the resin composition has a moisture content of 1000 ppm or less. Alternatively, the resin composition may further include a filler (H) and may have a moisture content of 50 ppm or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Denka Company Limited
    Inventors: Takako Hoshino, Yuki Hisha, Yoshitsugu Goto
  • Publication number: 20170009072
    Abstract: A resin composition of the present invention contains: an epoxy resin (A); a hardener (B); and an ion exchanger (C). At least one of the epoxy resin (A) and the hardener (B) contains a modified silicone (S), and the epoxy resin (A) is at least one type selected from the group consisting of a bisphenol A type epoxy resin, a bisphenol F type epoxy resin, a phenol novolac type epoxy resin, and an epoxy-modified silicone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji KOBAYASHI, Takae HAYASHI, Kunihisa OBI
  • Publication number: 20170009073
    Abstract: A photochromic polycarbonate composition including: a polycarbonate comprising bisphenol A carbonate units; a cycloaliphatic polyester comprising units of the formula (5) wherein R is a C2-12 alkylene or a C3-12 cycloalkylene; and a photo-chromic dye; wherein the composition has a transmission of 80% or more and a haze of 3% or less, measured according to ASTM D1003 (2007) using the color space CIE1931 (Illuminant C and a 2° observer) at a thickness of 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: LIANG WEN, HUIHUI WANG
  • Publication number: 20170009074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a halogen-free flame-retardant resin composition, based on the weight parts of organic solids, comprising (A) from 1 to 10 parts by weight of bismaleimide resin, (B) from 30 to 60 parts by weight of benzoxazine resin, (C) from 10 to 40 parts by weight of polyepoxy compound, (D) from 5 to 25 parts by weight of phosphorous-containing flame retardant, and (E) from 1 to 25 parts by weight of curing agent, which is amine curing agent and/or phenolic resin curing agent. The present invention further provides prepregs, laminates, laminates for printed circuits prepared from said resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SHENGYI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Xi, Yueshan He, Biwu Wang
  • Publication number: 20170009075
    Abstract: Provided are a green pigment composition for a color filter having high brightness and wide color reproduction range in a liquid crystal display, and a color filter formed including the same. A halogenated zinc phthalocyanine containing an average of 10 to 14 halogen atoms per molecule in which an average of 8 to 12 are bromine atoms and an average of 2 to 5 are chlorine atoms is used. As a result, film thickness is less than when using Pigment Green 7 and, thus, a color filter with high brightness and wide color reproduction range can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Keisuke SAKAMOTO, Akira KIMURA, Katsunori SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20170009076
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of a mineral filler product is disclosed, the process comprising a step of dry grinding a calcium carbonate-containing material in a mixture obtained by contacting the calcium carbonate-containing material with at least one grinding agent selected from specific styrene-maleic anhydride co-polymers and/or specific derivatives of styrene-maleic anhydride co-polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel Rentsch, René Vinzenz Blum, Patrick A.C. Gane
  • Publication number: 20170009077
    Abstract: The present invention is related to ball-shaped spherical surface modified spherical calcium carbonate comprising minerals, the process for preparing such ball-shaped spherical surface modified spherical calcium carbonate comprising minerals, and their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Omya International Ag
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Gerard, Joachim Schoelkopf, Patrick Arthur Charles Gane, Fritz Lehner, Dennis Werner
  • Publication number: 20170009078
    Abstract: The method of producing stannous oxide includes: a Sn ion-containing acid solution forming step (S01); a first neutralizing step (S02), which is a step of forming Sn precipitates by adding one or more of alkaline solutions of ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, and aqueous ammonia to the Sn ion-containing acid solution to retain pH at 3-6 therein; a Sn precipitate separating step (S03); a Sn precipitate dispersing step (S04), which is a step of dispersing the separated Sn precipitates in a solvent liquid to obtain a dispersion liquid; and a second neutralizing step (S06), which is a step of forming SnO by adding an alkaline solution to the dispersion liquid of the Sn precipitates and then by heating, wherein Na, K, Pb, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Al, Mg, Ca, Cr, Mn, Co, In, and Cd reside in the Sn ion-containing acid solution in the first neutralizing step (S02).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Katase, Hirotaka Hirano
  • Publication number: 20170009079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to coating composition. And in particular, to an inorganic coating composition which can be cured at low temperature and a preparation method thereof. In order to solve the problems that the organic coating is harmful for the environment, the inorganic coating has bad flexibility, and the traditional ceramic coatings need heat and is inconvenient for curing in prior art, the present invention provide an inorganic coating composition which can be cured at low temperature and a preparation method thereof. The inorganic coating composition comprises the ingredient as below: 70-80 wt % of inorganic solution; 5-10 wt % of functional additives, which are potassium titanate, alumina, or a compound thereof; 10-20 wt % of inorganic pigment; 0.5-2.0 wt % of other functional additives. The said inorganic solution comprises the following ingredients: 30-40 wt % of organic alkoxy-silane, 15-20 wt % of organic solvent, and 25-30 wt % of silica sol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Xiaodong LIU
  • Publication number: 20170009080
    Abstract: This invention provides a convenient method of forming and applying a thermoplastic material for roadway markings, comprising: obtaining individual components of a thermoplastic composite material suitable for roadway markings; mixing and heating the individual components to produce a fully compounded form of the thermoplastic composite material; solidifying and prilling the fully compounded form of the thermoplastic composite material to produce a plurality of thermoplastic prills; on a marking vehicle or mobile apparatus, introducing the thermoplastic prills to an on-board melter to produce a liquid phase of the thermoplastic prills; and applying the liquid phase of the thermoplastic prills to a roadway, thereby marking the roadway. Compositions and systems are also described. Surprisingly, prills melt in approximately half the time as the powder/granular form. Also, the melter can be operated at lower temperature, leading to less discoloration of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Glen Alan MARTYN, Scott Nelson COKE
  • Publication number: 20170009081
    Abstract: A powder coating composition comprising a specific organosilicon compound forms a coating which exhibits satisfactory water-loading resistant performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Munenao HIROKAMI
  • Publication number: 20170009082
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protection layer which is used as anticorrosion layer on corrosion-prone substrates, especially corroding metals, alloys and other materials, especially on steel, and as a basecoat for the application of further porous layer systems or as a topcoat, and to the process for production thereof and to use on a coated substrate for protection against corrosion and specifically for use against microbially induced corrosion (MIC), wherein the anticorrosion layer comprises a high-density protection layer on a corrosion-prone substrate, containing pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are formed from monomer units selected from the group of the triethoxysilane precursors, wherein the molecules of the pre-condensed layer-forming alkoxysilane precursors are crosslinked with one another, and wherein the high-density protection layer has a layer thickness of at least 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Edwin Kroke, Stefan Pfeifer
  • Publication number: 20170009083
    Abstract: Disclosed are corrosion resistant compositions and processes for the preparation thereof that involve the application of a plurality of layers comprised of at least one tetraalkoxysilane and at least one functionalized silane layer to a supporting substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Zelisko, Jacqueline P Sequin
  • Publication number: 20170009084
    Abstract: Nanoparticles of N-halamine-derivatized crosslinked polyamide. Process of preparing the polymeric nanoparticles per se and incorporated in or on a substrate. Uses of the polymeric nanoparticles and of substrates incorporating same, particularly for reducing a formation of organic based contaminants, e.g., load of a microorganism or of a biofilm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shlomo MARGEL, Ehud BANIN, Ori GUTMAN, Michal NATAN
  • Publication number: 20170009085
    Abstract: Embodiments can include aqueous coating compositions, modified particles and methods. In an embodiment, an aqueous coating composition is included with particles having an inorganic core, a surface on the outside of the core, an agent including a hydrophobic moiety adhering to the surface, and an agent including a hydrophilic moiety adhering to the surface. The aqueous coating composition can further include a film forming polymer composition including a polymer and water. The particles can be mixed with the polymer composition. In an embodiment, a method of coating a flooring surface is included, the method including applying an aqueous coating composition to a flooring surface and drying the aqueous coating composition. In an embodiment, a particle is included. The particle can include agents including a hydrophobic moiety adhering to the surface of the particle and agents including a hydrophilic moiety adhering to the surface. Other embodiments are also included herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Feng Bai, Wendy L. Thompson, Haeen Sykora, Terry R. Hobbs
  • Publication number: 20170009086
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an item having anti-soiling properties and intended for aquatic, and particularly ocean use, and to a method for slowing the growth of aquatic organisms on submersible or semi-submersible structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: BLUESTAR SILICONES FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Aurelie MONDIERE, Tania IRELAND, Anne SEGGIO
  • Publication number: 20170009087
    Abstract: The invention relates to paints, lacquers or other coating agents in solution consisting of binding agents, pigments, solvents, fillers and additives, said additives at least partially counteracting the formation of pin-holes and the anti-pin-hole additive being hydrophilic fumed silica. The invention also relates to the production and use of the additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Ralf Hohmann
  • Publication number: 20170009088
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing a substrate that is coated with an organic coated coating by means of ionogenic gel formation. In said method, a wet or dry organic coating that has not yet formed a film on the substrate is treated with an aqueous solution of a metal salt from main group I in the periodic table of the elements, a complexing agent and/or a basic compound having a pH value>10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ron EILINGHOFF, Michael SCHWAMB, Daniel WASSERFALLEN, Vera SOTKE, Aliaksandr FRENKEL, Stephanie GEROLD, Wolfgang BREMSER, Martin DROLL, Oliver SEEWALD, Evgenija NIESEN-WARKENTIN, Lars SCHACHTSIEK, Manuel TRAUT
  • Publication number: 20170009089
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet ink, which is stable for a long period of storage and which increases repellency to ink ejection surface. Disclosed is a pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet ink, comprising: a pigment; a pigment dispersing agent; and a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, wherein the pigment dispersing agent has an amine value of 20 mgKOH/g or less and an acid value of 10 mgKOH/g or less, contains one or more components selected from the group consisting of: a copolymer having a styrene-derived repeating unit, a repeating unit derived from an unsaturated fatty acid having 12 or more carbon atoms, and a repeating unit derived from a polyalkylene oxide having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; a specific salt of the copolymer and an amine derivative of the copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yukiko ISHIMA, Keishiro YOSHIMORI, Yukio SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20170009090
    Abstract: A novel ferroelectric ink comprising multiphase Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) in a polymer composite is described. The ink can be employed using direct-ink writing techniques to print high dielectric constant, low loss, and electrostatically-tunable dielectrics on substrates. The substrates can be flexible such as plastics or rigid, such as substrates comprising semiconductor materials or ceramics and the like. The dielectric ink is made by suspending pre-sintered nano/submicron-sized particles of BST in a thermoplastic polymer with a solvent. After printing with the ink, a low temperature curing process is performed at temperatures below 200° C., a temperature too low to sinter BST. Fully printed devices, such as a varactor and a phase shifter using direct ink writing methodologies are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Mahdi Haghzadeh, Alkim Akyurtlu, Craig Armiento
  • Publication number: 20170009091
    Abstract: The present invention provides digital printing inks comprising one or more acrylamides. Particularly preferred are inks containing diacetone acrylamide. The inks of the invention show good cure speed, blocking resistance, tack free cure, stability and resistance to blocking, and adhesion to the substrate. The inks of the invention are useful for replacing the currently used inks containing odiferous and toxic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shaun HERLIHY
  • Publication number: 20170009092
    Abstract: Ink includes a coloring material, an organic solvent, and water, wherein the ink satisfies the following requisites: I. the organic solvent includes an organic solvent X having a solubility parameter (SP value) of 8.9-12.0, II. the organic solvent includes glycol ether compound (compound Z) having a vapor pressure of 50 mmHg or greater at 100 degrees C., and III. a mass ratio of the organic solvent X to the glycol ether compound is 1:1-8:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi GOTOU, Keita KATOH, Yuuki YOKOHAMA, Yukiko TAKAMURA, Hiromi SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170009093
    Abstract: A liquid composition contains a first solvent that is a propanediol compound having a water-octanol partition coefficient in the range of 0.5 to 2.0 and containing a phenoxy or a benzyloxy group, a second solvent that is a water-soluble organic solvent having a water-octanol partition coefficient in the range of ?1.0 to 1.0, water, and a coloring material. The first solvent content is in the range of 0.05% by mass to 0.5% by mass, and the second solvent content is in the range of 0.5% by mass to 15% by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Hiroshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20170009094
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a photocurable inkjet ink having favorable discharge stability and a reduced odor. The photocurable inkjet ink of the present invention contains a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a gelling agent; the content of the gelling agent is 0.5 mass % or more to 10 mass % or less based on the photocurable inkjet ink; and the photocurable inkjet ink further contains 10 mass ppm or more to 100 mass ppm or less of the compound which has a molecular weight of 200 or less and which contains a hydrophobic moiety having four or more carbon atoms Sbased on the photocurable inkjet ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Masashi MIYANO
  • Publication number: 20170009095
    Abstract: The aqueous, substantially volatile organic compound (VOC)-free coating compositions of the invention include an acrylic latex and a vinyl acetate-ethylene latex including from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of a vinyl acetate-ethylene polymer, based on total weight of acrylic polymer and vinyl acetate-ethylene polymer, having a Tg from about ?20 to about 20 degrees Celsius; and from about 10 to about 90 weight percent of an acrylic polymer, based on the total weight of acrylic polymer and vinyl acetate-ethylene polymer, the acrylic polymer comprising, in polymerized form, at least one ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic monomer and from about 0.01 to about 10 weight percent, based on total weight of the acrylic polymer, of an acetoacetate moiety containing monomer, where the acrylic polymer has a Tg of from about ?20 to about 20 degrees Celsius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wenjun Wu, Jeffrey A. SCHNEIDER, Albert R. MINER, II
  • Publication number: 20170009096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, comprising a binder resin, a block copolymer which comprises at least a block A and a block B, wherein the block A comprises monomer units derived from a compound selected from (meth)acrylic acid, a (meth)acrylic acid ester, a (meth)acrylamide, a vinyl aromatic compound, or any mixture thereof, the block B comprises monomer units derived from a compound selected from a fluorinated (meth)acrylic ester having the following formula (I): H2C?C(R1)(C(O)ORF?1)??(I) wherein R1 is H or methyl; and RF?1 is an organic residue containing a perfluorinated C4-6 alkyl group, a fluorinated alpha-olefin having the following formula (II): H2C?CH(RF?2)??(II) wherein RF?2 is an organic residue containing a perfluorinated C4-6 alkyl group, i.e., —(CF2)3-5—CF3 or any mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mary THOMSON, Ralf KNISCHKA, Clemens AUSCHRA, Lothar ENGELBRECHT
  • Publication number: 20170009097
    Abstract: A composition of matter is described in which a porous material, such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), is coated with parylene N, C, D, or AF-4 by vapor deposition polymerization while a temperature of the porous material's surface being coated is heated to between 60° C. and 120° C., or 80° C. and 85° C., during deposition. The parylene forms nano roots within the porous material that connect with a conformal surface coating of parylene. In some embodiments, a watertight separation chamber in an integrated microfluidic liquid chromatography device is fabricated by heating tunnels in micro-fabricated PDMS and depositing parylene within the heated tunnels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yu-Chong Tai, Dongyang Kang
  • Publication number: 20170009098
    Abstract: The present application discloses a one-part room temperature vulcanizable (RTV) poly(diorganosiloxane) composition for a silicone elastomer air-water barrier coating for a building envelope; a method of preparing a silicone elastomer air-water barrier coating for a building envelope using such a composition and a building envelope prepared by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: CSL Silicones Inc.
    Inventors: Faisal Huda, Farooq Ahmed, Jocelyn J. Johansen, Balwantrai Mistry, Christopher W. McConnery
  • Publication number: 20170009099
    Abstract: A crosslinkable silicone based emulsion composition includes a hydroxylated polydiorganopolysiloxane grafted onto at least one colloidal silica dispersion, wherein the at least one hydroxylated polydiorganopolysiloxane grafted onto the least one colloidal silica dispersion contains residual silanol groups from the at least one hydroxylated polydiorganopolysiloxane. Further, a waterborne co-binder silicone-organic resin composition includes (A) the crosslinkable silicone emulsion and (B) an organic resin emulsion which provides improved cured properties including, but not limited to, improved hydrophobicity (water resistance), scratch resistance and gloss retention as well as process for making the emulsions and the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ping Jiang, Louisa Maio, Vikram Kumar, Martin Wusik, Yogesh Tiwary, Michael Seeber
  • Publication number: 20170009100
    Abstract: The current method relates to compositions and methods for inhibiting the deposition of organic contaminants in pulp and papermaking systems. The current method also relates to controlling the deposition of organic contaminants on equipment in the pulp and papermaking systems, which can cause both quality and efficiency problems. In particular it relates to the use of non-sulfonated or slightly sulfonated lignin dispersions and solutions for inhibiting deposition of contaminants in pulp and paper making system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Tien-Feng Ling, Zhaoqing Liu, Kyle J. Bottorff
  • Publication number: 20170009101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polishing composition used in application in which a polishing object having a cobalt element-containing layer is polished, including: a cobalt dissolution inhibitor; and a pH adjusting agent, wherein the polishing composition has a pH of 4 or more and 12 or less, and the cobalt dissolution inhibitor is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an organic compound having an ether bond, an organic compound having a hydroxyl group, an organic compound having a carboxyl group and having a molecular weight of 130 or more, and salts thereof. According to the present invention, there is provided a polishing composition capable of suppressing the dissolution of a cobalt element-containing layer when a polishing object having a cobalt element-containing layer is polished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Akihito YASUI
  • Publication number: 20170009102
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polishing agent comprising: water; tetravalent metal hydroxide particles; and an additive, wherein the additive contains at least one of a cationic polymer and a cationic polysaccharide. The present invention can provide a polishing agent which is capable of polishing an insulating film at a high speed with less polishing flaws, and having a high polishing rate ratio of a silicon oxide film and a stopper film, in the CMP technology of flattening insulating film. The present invention can also provide a polishing agent set for storing the polishing agent, and a method for polishing a substrate using this polishing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yousuke HOSHI, Daisuke RYUZAKI, Naoyuki KOYAMA, Shigeru NOBE
  • Publication number: 20170009103
    Abstract: A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting (i) at least one dibasic or polybasic carboxylic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) at least one first epoxidized fatty acid at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive carboxylic acid groups relative to reactive epoxy groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group; and (b) curing the resulting carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one difunctional epoxide or polyfunctional epoxide, and optionally at least one second epoxidized fatty acid, to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the difunctional epoxide or polyfunctional epoxide is not an epoxidized vegetable oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Oregon State University
    Inventors: Kaichang Li, Anlong Li
  • Publication number: 20170009104
    Abstract: One embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive label or tape that comprises a facestock, and a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the facestock and the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a product made from reacting an epoxidized naturally occurring oil or fat with a dimer acid. Another embodiment of the invention is a method that comprises reacting an epoxidized naturally occurring oil or fat with a dimer acid to form a PSA precursor; coating the PSA precursor onto a carrier and curing the PSA precursor via UV radiation to form a pressure sensitive adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Carol A. KOCH, Srikant PATHAK
  • Publication number: 20170009105
    Abstract: Adhesive articles include a substrate with a first major surface and a second major surface, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive with a first major surface and a second major surface, where the second major surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer is disposed on the first major surface of the substrate, and a plurality of non-pressure sensitive adhesive structures disposed on the first major surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The plurality of non-pressure sensitive adhesive structures are arrayed in a random or non-random pattern, and are applied to the first major surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer by direct contact printing. The articles may also include a microstructured release liner or conformable sheet covering the first major surface of the pressure sensitive adhesive layer and the plurality of non-pressure sensitive adhesive structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: John P. Baetzold, Audrey A. Sherman, Brian T. Weber, John J. Stradinger, Mikhail L. Pekurovsky, Suman K. Patel, Frank T. Sher
  • Publication number: 20170009106
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions are described which can be selectively detackified or deadened. Articles using such adhesive compositions are also described. Also described are techniques in which select regions of adhesive layers in the articles are detackified. Also described are systems and methods using the various articles and adhesive compositions. And particular label constructions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert H. DE BOER, Ronald HAYCOX, David W. WHITMAN, Pavel JANKO
  • Publication number: 20170009107
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions are described which can be selectively detackified or deadened. Articles using such adhesive compositions are also described. Also described are techniques in which select regions of adhesive layers in the articles are detackified. Also described are systems and methods using the various articles and adhesive compositions. And particular label constructions are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Robert H. DE BOER, Ronald HAYCOX, David W. WHITMAN, Pavel JANKO
  • Publication number: 20170009108
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a washable linerless self-adhesive label, and to a method and apparatus for producing said label. The present invention also relates to labelled products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Noel Mitchell, Klaudia Korman, Jan-Erik Forsstrom, Tom Saxberg