Patents Issued in January 26, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170022306
    Abstract: Provided is a production method for an olefin-based polymer, including polymerizing an olefin raw material using (A) a transition metal compound, (B) a boron compound capable of forming an ion pair with the component (A), (C) an organoaluminum compound, and (D) water, a molar ratio [(D)/(A)] of a molar quantity of the component (D) to a molar quantity of a transition metal in the component (A) being 5 or more and 10,000 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki NISHIDA, Kanako SAMEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170022307
    Abstract: Processes of forming polyolefins are described herein. One or more specific embodiments of the processes generally include introducing olefin monomer selected from C2-C3 olefins into a first reaction zone under first polymerization conditions to form a first polyolefin; withdrawing a transfer effluent from the first reaction zone, the transfer effluent including first polyolefin and unreacted olefin monomer; introducing the transfer effluent, a comonomer selected from C4-C8 olefins, and additional olefin monomer to a second reaction zone under second polymerization conditions to form a second reactor product; maintaining an essentially constant comonomer:olefin monomer ratio in the second reaction zone; and withdrawing at least a portion of the second reactor product, wherein the second reactor product includes a bimodal polyolefin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Chevron Phillips Chemcial Company, LP
    Inventors: Scott E. Kufeld, Joel A. Mutchler
  • Publication number: 20170022308
    Abstract: A propylene-based impact copolymer (ICP) and composition including the ICP, the ICP comprising a polypropylene homopolymer and within the range of from 10 wt % to 45 wt % of propylene copolymer based on the weight of the ICP, wherein the copolymer comprises from 20 wt % to 44 wt % ethylene, 1-butene, 1-hexene and/or 1-octene derived units and from 80 to 60 wt % propylene-derived units based on the weight of the propylene copolymer, the propylene-based impact copolymer having a Melt Flow Rate (230° C./2.16 kg) within the range of from 10 g/10 mm to 50 g/10 mm and an Elongation at Break of greater than 70%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Prasadarao Meka, Chon-Yie Lin, Todd S. Edwards, Christopher G. Bauch
  • Publication number: 20170022309
    Abstract: A method of polymerizing olefins is disclosed. The method comprises contacting ethylene and at least one co-monomer with a catalyst system to produce a polyolefin polymer that is multimodal. The catalyst system comprises a first catalyst that promotes polymerization of the ethylene into a low molecular weight (LMW) portion of the polyolefin polymer and a second catalyst that promotes polymerization of the ethylene into a high molecular weight (HMW) portion of the polyolefin polymer. The first catalyst and at least a portion of the second catalyst are co-supported to form a commonly-supported catalyst system and at least a portion of the second catalyst is added as a catalyst trim feed to the catalyst system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel D. Vanderlende, C. Jeff Harlan, Haiqing Peng, Michael D. Awe, Roger L. Kuhlman, Ching-Tai Lue, Timothy R. Lynn, Wesley R. Mariott, Daniel P. Zilker, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170022310
    Abstract: Continuity compositions are provided as are methods of their preparation. The compositions comprise at least one metal carboxylate salt which is modified with at least one molten fatty amine. These compositions find advantageous use in olefin polymerization processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Richard B. Pannell, David M. Glowczwski, Chi-I Kuo, Timothy R. Lynn, F. David Hussein, Phuong A. Cao, Wesley R. Mariott, Michael D. Awe
  • Publication number: 20170022311
    Abstract: Photopolymer resin formulation for 3D printing enhancing the performance of 3D printed objects. In one example, additives comprising two photoinitiators with different absorption spectrums are used to achieve printing and post-curing processes. A thermal initiator can also be used to complete the post-curing process by baking at appropriate temperature. Additive combinations balanced to absorb some light in the near UV range of about 400 nm to about 420 nm absorption wavelength band or spectrum while fluorescing light at frequencies higher than their absorption wavelength allowing the creation of clear transparent materials using only near UV light sources (i.e., about 400 nm to about 420 nm) instead of deep UV (<400 nm) light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Liu, Chunlin He
  • Publication number: 20170022312
    Abstract: Photopolymer resin formulation for 3D printing enhancing the performance of 3D printed objects. In one example, additives comprising two photoinitiators with different absorption spectrums are used to achieve printing and post-curing processes. A thermal initiator can also be used to complete the post-curing process by baking at appropriate temperature. Additive combinations balanced to absorb some light in the near UV range of about 400 nm to about 420 nm absorption wavelength band or spectrum while fluorescing light at frequencies higher than their absorption wavelength allowing the creation of clear transparent materials using only near UV light sources (i.e., about 400 nm to about 420 nm) instead of deep UV (<400 nm) light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Henry Liu, Chunlin He
  • Publication number: 20170022313
    Abstract: The invention provides lactamic polymers comprising an acetoacetate moiety. The lactamic polymers may be readily functionalized and the functionalized lactamic polymers may be further derivatized to provide a wide variety of useful polymers having desirable chemical and physical properties. The lactamic polymers of the invention may be employed in a wide variety of compositions. (A); (B) wherein R1-R6, w, x, y, z, and n are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ISP Investments LLC
    Inventors: David K. HOOD, Karyn B. VISSCHER, Surya KAMIN, Sounak SARKAR
  • Publication number: 20170022314
    Abstract: Grafted, crosslinked cellulosic materials include cellulose fibers and polymer chains composed of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated acid group-containing monomer (such as acrylic acid) grafted thereto, in which one or more of said cellulose fibers and said polymer chains are crosslinked (such as by intra-fiber chain-to-chain crosslinks). Some of such materials are characterized by a wet bulk of about 10.0-17.0 cm3/g, an IPRP value of about 1000 to 7700 cm2/MPa·sec, and/or a MAP value of about 7.0 to 38 cm H2O. Methods for producing such materials may include grafting polymer chains from a cellulosic substrate, followed by treating the grafted material with a crosslinking agent adapted to effect crosslinking of one or more of the cellulosic substrate or the polymer chains. Example crosslinking mechanisms include esterfication reactions, ionic reactions, and radical reactions, and example crosslinking agents include pentaerythritol, homopolymers of the graft species monomer, and hyperbranched polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
    Inventors: Karen BROGAN, Charles E. MILLER, Angel STOYANOV, Torsten LINDER, Maike SIEMONS
  • Publication number: 20170022315
    Abstract: An underwater pelletizing method for pelletizing brittle hydrocarbon resins with low melt viscosity. A feed material comprising the hydrocarbon resin is formed into a melt, extruded through a die into a water bath below the Tg of the hydrocarbon resin to form a plurality of extrudates and cut adjacent the die surface to form a slurry of resin pellets. A graft monomer and/or other reactants, such as a hydrosilylation agent, may be introduced into the resin melt to chemically modify the hydrocarbon resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Eugene R. Uhl, Edward J. Blok, Dennis Kumor, Randal H. Kerstetter, III, Ronald DeYoung
  • Publication number: 20170022316
    Abstract: A cross-linkable rubber composition for a seal material which is used at an oilfield or gas well comprising a nitrile group-containing copolymer rubber which contains ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 10 to 60 wt % and has an iodine value of 120 or less, an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid metal salt (B), and an organic peroxide cross-linking agent (C) is provided. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a rubber composition which is excellent in shapeability, is high in durability against hydrogen sulfide and other corrosive gases, and is suitable for application as a seal material which is used at an oilfield or gas well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Arinobu KATADA
  • Publication number: 20170022317
    Abstract: A natural oil derived blocked prepolymer is a reaction product of a composition including an isocyanate terminated prepolymer that is the reaction product of a mixture that has at least one or more polyols including at least one polyol having a secondary amine initiator or a tertiary amine initiator and a stoichiometric excess of one or more organic polyisocyanate components of which the stoichiometric excess of isocyanate to alcohol moieties (NCO:OH) is from 1.1:1 to 4:1, and a natural oil derived blocking agent. The viscosity of the natural oil derived blocked prepolymer is from 50,000 Pa*s to 300,000 Pa*s. An acrylic plastisol composition comprises the natural oil blocked prepolymer, one or more acrylic powders, one or more plasticizers, one or more amine crosslinkers, and optionally, one or more fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Masayuki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170022318
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyester resins which are prepared by depolymerizing virgin, scrap, recycled or reclaimed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) via an alcoholysis reaction with one or more polyhydric alcohols to form a depolymerization product and esterifying the depolymerization product with one or more polybasic carboxylic acids and/or anhydrides and optionally polyhydric alcohol to form a polyester polyol. The polyester may then be acrylated with acrylic acid to form a polyester acrylate resin. The polyester resins are then used in energy curable coating compositions or inks and in particular, the polyester acrylate resin is suitably used as a reactive binder/oligomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe GAUDL, Juergen DIEKER, Michael J. JUREK, Lars KELLER
  • Publication number: 20170022319
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses CO2-based polycarbonate polyols that do not degrade from the chain ends to form cyclic carbonate. Importantly, the inventive polyol compositions retain —OH end group functionality desirable for thermoset applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventor: Christopher A. Simoneau
  • Publication number: 20170022320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound having the formula LaM(OR1)bR2cXd wherein M is a metal selected from Ti, Zr and Hf; L is a ligand selected from permethylpentalene, (hydro)permethyl-pentalene, (hydro)pentalene, cyclopentadiene, indene and ethylene- or silane-bridged indene, preferably (bis)indene; R1 is a 1-6C alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenylalkylene group; R2 is Me or Et; X is halogen; a=1 to 3, b=1 to 3, c=0 or 1 and d=0, 1, 2 or 3; and dimers thereof, the use of the compound as an initiator in the polymerisation of lactide monomer and a process for producing a polylactide performed by contacting a lactide monomer with the compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Dermot O'Hare, Jean-Charles Buffet, Zoe Turner
  • Publication number: 20170022321
    Abstract: Polyethylene glycol substituted acyl borates, methods for their preparation, and the use of the polyethylene glycol substituted acyl borates for the preparation of polyethylene glycol substituted macromolecules. The polyethylene glycol substituted acyl borate has the general formula (I) wherein PEG denotes a polyethylene glycol-based substituent; a is an integer from 1 to 12; X1, X2, and X3 are independently of one another selected from the group made of F, OR, N+R3, N+R2OR, N+R2SR, and N+R2NR2, and are optionally forming a cyclic or a bicyclic structure; and R is an organic substituent or H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: ETH Zurich
    Inventors: Jeffrey BODE, Hidetoshi NODA, Gabor EROS, Dmitry MAZUNIN
  • Publication number: 20170022322
    Abstract: A copolymer essentially consisting of: from 50 to 99 mole % of at least one recurring unit (R1), based on the total mole amount of the recurring units (R1) and (R2), wherein the recurring unit (R1) is derived from incorporation of 4,4?-terphenyl-p-diol and a dihaloaryl sulfone compound and from 1 to 50 mole % of at least one recurring unit (R2), based on the total mole amount of the recurring units (R1) and (R2), wherein the recurring unit (R2) is derived from incorporation of 4,4?-terphenyl-p-diol and a dihaloaryl ketone compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: Chantal LOUIS, Mohammad Jamal EL-HIBRI, David B. THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20170022323
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to compositions including iptycene-based structures. Some embodiments provide compositions including polymers having a backbone comprising an iptycene-based compound. Some embodiments described herein provide compositions having enhanced properties such as enhanced porosity, increased glass transition temperatures, and/or improved solubility as compared to traditional poly(aryl ether)-based compounds or traditional iptycene-based compounds. In some cases, the compositions may include various aryl ether compounds such as an aryl ether ketone incorporated into the polymer backbone. Non-limiting examples of suitable aryl ether compounds include polyaylethersulfones, polyaryletherketones, polyetherimides, and polyphenylene ethers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Timothy M. Swager, John B. Goods, Chuanhui L. Moh
  • Publication number: 20170022324
    Abstract: A novel copolymer is made from a thiol terminated hydrocarbon monomer and at least one additional monomer chosen from the compounds of i) a terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer, ii) an isocyanate functionalized hydrocarbon monomer and iii) a silane monomer substituted with two or more C2 to C8 terminally unsaturated alkenyl groups or C2 to C8 terminally unsaturated alkynyl groups, wherein the copolymer is a linear polymer, branched polymer or crosslinked polymer network, with the following provisos: if the at least one additional monomer is either a) a terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer that is not a polymer having 12 carbon atoms or more, or b) a silane monomer, then the thiol terminated hydrocarbon monomer includes a saturated hydrocarbon ring with two or more terminal thiol groups attached to the hydrocarbon ring; if the terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon monomer is polybutadiene, the polybutadiene contains from about 0 mol % to about 30 mol % of polymer units in the cis-1,4-butadiene form; a
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Andrew P. Nowak, April R. Rodriguez, Erin E. Stache
  • Publication number: 20170022325
    Abstract: The invention concerns compositions that can be cured in the presence of water or atmospheric moisture comprising at least one polyorganosiloxane having one or a plurality of condensable group(s) or hydrolysable and condensable group(s) and at least one compound capable of catalyzing the condensation reaction of the condensable or hydrolysable and condensable groups of the polyorganosiloxane. This compound is a heterometallic complex of which the chemical formula comprises at least two different metal atoms M and M?, M being an atom chosen from the group consisting of the atoms of columns 2 and 13 of the periodic table and M? being an atom chose from the group consisting of the atoms of column 4 of the periodic table, and at least one alkoxide or chelating ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent MONTEIL, Roger SPITZ, Aurelie MONDIERE, Tania IRELAND, Anne SEGGIO
  • Publication number: 20170022326
    Abstract: A silicone gel composition for use in sealing or filling of electrical or electronic parts comprising at least one adhesion promoter (Z), and by curing to form a silicone gel having, at 25° C. and a shear frequency of 0.1 Hz, a loss elastic modulus of from 5.0×103 to 1.0×105 dyne/cm2, a complex elastic modulus of from 5.0×104 to 1.0×106 dyne/cm2, and a loss tangent of 0.3 or less. The silicone gel composition is provided, which can suppress the occurrence of air bubbles or cracks in silicone gel that seals or fills an electrical or electronic part and has excellent bonding to the electrical or electronic part even when used under high-temperature conditions as in a power device; and a silicone gel is provided, which can suppress the occurrence of air bubbles or cracks when it seals or fills an electrical or electronic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: DOW CORNING TORAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroji ENAMI
  • Publication number: 20170022327
    Abstract: A novel silicone surfactant comprises a co-modified organopolysiloxane copolymer having a long chain alkyl group, a polyether group, and a specific average polymerization degree of its siloxane back-bone. The silicone surfactant can be used for an emulsifier (especially for a water-in-oil (W/O) type emulsifier), a surface treatment agent, a powder treatment agent, or a dispersant in a cosmetic composition or a medicament. A W/O emulsion composition comprising the silicone surfactant; a powder composition where the surface of the powder is treated using the silicone surfactant as a powder treatment agent; a powder composition further comprising an oil agent and having a form of powder in oil dispersion; and a preparation for external use, particularly a cosmetic composition or medicament, comprising the same; are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Xinyan BAO, Seiji HORI, Sayuri KIKUNAGA, Yang WANG
  • Publication number: 20170022328
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous emulsion and a process for preparing an aqueous emulsion of a midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer comprising at least two non-sulfonated polymer end-blocks A and at least one 5 sulfonated block B comprising the steps of providing a cement of a midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer in a non-polar solvent wherein the non-polar solvent is a hydrocarbon compound comprising from 5 to 12 carbon atoms with a boiling point of less than 100 degree Celsius or mixture of such compounds, mixing the cement with a co-solvent to form a mixture, emulsifying the mixture optionally in the 10 presence of an emulsifier with water to produce an emulsion, and removing the hydrocarbon solvent and optionally the co-solvent from the emulsion to produce the aqueous emulsion. The resulting emulsion of the midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer has relatively small particle diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Bert KRUTZER, Coen DE OUDE
  • Publication number: 20170022329
    Abstract: The present invention concerns aqueous emulsions and a process for preparing aqueous emulsions of a midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer comprising at least two non-sulfonated polymer end-blocks A and at least one sulfonated block B, comprising the steps of providing a cement of a midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer in the apolar solvent, mixing the cement with a co-solvent to form a mixture, emulsifying the mixture in the absence of a surfactant with water to produce an emulsion, and removing the hydrocarbon solvent and any optional co-solvent from the emulsion to produce the aqueous emulsion. The resulting emulsion of the midblock sulfonated styrenic block copolymer has relatively small particle diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: KRATON POLYMERS U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Bert KRUTZER, Coen DE OUDE
  • Publication number: 20170022330
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a superhydrophobic membrane or surface coating of a substrate from an aqueous phase comprising the following steps: a) Preparing an aqueous dispersion by dispersing particles of hydrophobic polymer(s) in an aqueous solution of protic polymer(s), wherein the protic polymer(s) and the hydrophobic polymer(s) are present in a weight ratio of protic polymer(s):hydrophobic polymer(s) in a range of 5:95 to 22:78, b) electrospinning the dispersion of step a) onto a carrier for producing the membrane or onto the surface for producing the surface coating thereby producing at least one fiber and a nonwoven fabric from the fiber, c) subjecting the nonwoven fabric to a sol-gel process, wherein a precursor/precursors of the sol-gel comprise(s) an alkoxysilane, and d) curing the nonwoven fabric obtained by step c) at a temperature in a range of 50° C. to 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas GREINER, Seema AGARWAL, Mitsonobu DOIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170022331
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a crosslinked organic polymer; wherein the composition has a coefficient of friction that is in a range of ±30% of a coefficient of friction for a composition comprising the same organic polymer that is not crosslinked; and wherein the composition has a lower K factor than a K factor of the composition comprising the same organic polymer that is not crosslinked; the coefficient of friction and the K factor being measured in a thrust washer apparatus as per ASTM D-3702, where the counter stationary surface in the thrust washer apparatus comprises carbon steel having a Rockwell C hardness of 18 to 22 and a 12 to 16 micro-inch surface finish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Domenico La Camera, Alexis Chopin, Andre Kijkuit
  • Publication number: 20170022332
    Abstract: Described herein are thermoplastic vulcanizates comprising thermoplastic resin, an at least partially vulcanized rubber dispersed in the thermoplastic resin, and process oil. The process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate may be selected from extension oil, free oil, curative-in-oil, and/or combination thereof. At least a portion of the process oil in the thermoplastic vulcanizate is a low aromatic/sulfur content oil and has an aromatic content of less than 5 wt %, and a sulfur content of less than 0.03 wt %, based on the weight of that portion of the process oil. The thermoplastic vulcanizate exhibits improved gravimetric fogging properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Oscar O. Chung, Eugene R. Uhl
  • Publication number: 20170022333
    Abstract: Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The methods may include the providing of a thermoplastic resin to an extruder, where the thermoplastic resin may include at least one reactive moiety capable of forming a covalent bond with a coupling agent on a plurality of reactive fibers. The methods may further include combining the thermoplastic resin with the plurality of reactive fibers also supplied to the extruder. The reactive fibers are sized with the coupling agent that reacts with the thermoplastic resin to form the fiber-resin composition, which may be extruded from the extruder. Methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J Block, Mingfu Zhang, Asheber Yohannes, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20170022334
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an acrylic resin composition that is a raw material for an acrylic resin film which has an excellent appearance and in which occurrence of blocking is suppressed. The present invention is an acrylic resin composition that comprising an acrylic polymer (A), an anti-blocking agent (B), and a non-crosslinked acrylic polymer (C). The non-crosslinked acrylic polymer (C) is a polymer of a monomer component including 50% to 100% by mass of methyl methacrylate (c1), the polymer having a reduced viscosity of 0.2 to 2 L/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Junichi Abe
  • Publication number: 20170022335
    Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which the transparency can be enhanced. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention is obtained by mixing a first film material containing a first polyvinyl acetal resin and a second film material containing a second polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, and the absolute value of the difference between the content of the hydroxyl group of the first polyvinyl acetal resin and the content of the hydroxyl group of the second polyvinyl acetal resin contained together with the plasticizer in the second film material is less than or equal to 13% by mole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Nami Minakuchi, Tatsuya Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20170022336
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward transparent films prepared from soluble aromatic copolyamides with glass transition temperatures greater than 300 C. The copolyamides, which contain pendant carboxylic groups are solution cast into films using N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc), N-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NMP), or other polar solvents. The films are thermally cured at temperatures near the copolymer glass transition temperature. After curing, the polymer films display transmittances >80% from 400 to 750 nm, have coefficients of thermal expansion of less than 20 ppm, and are solvent resistant. The films are useful as flexible substrates for microelectronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Limin Sun, Frank W. Harris, Jiaokai Jing, Haci B. Erdem, John D. Harvey, Dong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170022337
    Abstract: A method for forming an isoporous graded film comprising multiblock copolymers and isoporous graded films. The films have a surface layer and a bulk layer. The surface layer can have at least 1×1014 pores/m2 and a pore size distribution (dmax/dmin)) of less than 3. The bulk layer has an asymmetric structure. The films can be used in filtration applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ulrich B. Wiesner, Rachel M. Dorin, Joerg Werner, William A. Phillip
  • Publication number: 20170022338
    Abstract: An ordered structured organic film comprising a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be a multi-segment thick structured organic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Adrien P. Côté, Matthew A. Heuft
  • Publication number: 20170022339
    Abstract: A film having first and second segments arranged along the film's width direction. The second segments are more elastic than the first segments. The first segments can include a polymer and a diluent that is miscible with the polymer at a temperature above a melting temperature of the polymer but that phase separates from the polymer at a temperature below a crystallization temperature of the polymer, or the first segments can include at least one of a beta-nucleating agent or thermally induced phase separation caused by a diluent. Laminates and absorbent articles including such films are also disclosed. A method of making the film is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas P. HANSCHEN, Ronald W. AUSEN, Derek J. DEHN, William J. KOPECKY
  • Publication number: 20170022340
    Abstract: Provided are a polyester film that is usable for protecting a surface of a metal plate of a construction material, a decorative material, an interior material, an electronic product, etc., and a manufacturing method therefor, and a polyester mold product using the same and a manufacturing method therefor, wherein the polyester film has low orientation and low modulus to have excellent moldability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Si Min KIM, Dong Jin KIM, Yun Jo KIM
  • Publication number: 20170022341
    Abstract: A three-dimensionally printed article comprises a build material and a support material, the support material comprising a hydroxypropyl methylcellulose having a DS of at least 1.0 and an MS of at least 0.6, wherein DS is the degree of substitution of methoxyl groups and MS is the molar substitution of hydroxypropoxyl groups. The support material can be removed from the build material by contacting the support material with water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Roland Bayer, Aleksander J. Pyzik, Sharon Allen
  • Publication number: 20170022342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas barrier film and a manufacturing method therefor, the gas barrier film comprising: a base; and a barrier layer formed on one surface of the base, wherein the barrier layer has a nitrogen (N) atomic percent of about 1% to about 6%. The gas barrier film, according to the present invention, has an excellent gas barrier property, scratch resistant property, flexibility, transparency and crack prevention effect, and the method for manufacturing the same can be performed by non-vacuum wet coating, and thus a manufacturing time is short, and process performance is excellent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Se Yeong KANG, Joong In KIM, Dae Gyu LEE, Woo Suk CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170022343
    Abstract: A transparent layered film is produced by forming an anti-water-mark layer on a first side of a transparent resin layer and forming an uneven structure on a surface of the anti-water-mark layer, wherein the anti-water-mark layer comprises a cured product of a curable composition containing a curable resin, a thermoplastic resin, and a metal oxide particle having an average primary particle size of 1 to 100 nm, and the uneven structure has a roughness average Ra of not less than 0.005 and less than 0.03 ?m, a mean spacing of profile irregularities Sm of 50 to 300 ?m, an average absolute slope ?a of less than 0.1°, and a ten-point average roughness Rz of less than 0.2 ?m. Lamination of the film on a glass-containing upper electrode of a touch screen display prevents scattering of glass fragments produced by breakage of the upper electrode, occurrence of water marks, and sparkling on a high-definition display provided with the film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Daicel Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro SAKAKIBARA, Hiroaki USHIDA
  • Publication number: 20170022344
    Abstract: A foamable composition comprising from 60 to 99.88% by weight (% wt.) of at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone), from 0.10 to 10.00% by weight (% wt.) of at least one olefinic polymer, from 0.01 to 5.00% by weight (% wt.) of at least one tetrazole compound and from 0.01 to 2.50% by weight (% wt.) of at least one additive selected from the group of titanium dioxide (Ti02), clays, talc, silicates, silica, aluminates, barites, titanates, borates, nitrides, carbon-based materials or combinations thereof, all % wt. are relative to the total weight of the composition (C). Foam materials made from said foamable compositions and articles made from said foam materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Nirupama Kenkare, Kermit S. Kwan
  • Publication number: 20170022345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a gelled, dried composition forming a monolithic aerogel with a heat conductivity of less than or equal to 40 mW·m?1·K?1 and derived from a resin of polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s), to this aerogel composition and to the use thereof. This process comprises: a) polymerization in an aqueous solvent of said polyhydroxybenzene(s) and formaldehyde(s) in the presence of an acidic or basic catalyst, to obtain a solution based on the resin, b) gelation of the solution obtained in a) to obtain a gel of the resin, and c) drying of the gel to obtain a dried gel. According to the invention, step a) is performed in the presence of a cationic polyelectrolyte dissolved in this solvent, and the process also comprises a step d) of heat treatment under inert gas of the dried gel obtained in step c) at temperatures of between 150° C. and 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Bruno DUFOUR, Benjamin SWOBODA, Cedric HUILLET, Florian FANNECHERE, Nadine POUPA
  • Publication number: 20170022346
    Abstract: Systems and methods for purifying or recycling polymeric materials such as polycarbonates are disclosed. Such methods may include performing two or more extractions using differing solvent media to remove non-target materials and attain a purified composition of a target polymer. Other steps including dissolution, precipitation, filtration, and/or centrifugation may also be performed in the methods of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: George S. Weeden, JR., Nien-Hwa Linda Wang, Nicholas Soepriatna, Philip Bell
  • Publication number: 20170022347
    Abstract: Compounds comprising a fluoroelastomer cured with peroxide curing agents and a metal sulfide, wherein the compounds comprise copolymerized units of unsaturated fluorinated olefins, a perfluoro(vinyl ether), and a cure site fluorinated monomer comprising one or more bromine atoms and/or one or more iodine atoms. Articles cured from these compounds; and processes of curing these compounds to result in articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Amiya Ratan Tripathy, Christopher J. Bish
  • Publication number: 20170022348
    Abstract: A hydrogel object includes a polymer and water, wherein the rate of mass loss is not greater than 20 percent by mass when the hydrogel object is left undone for one week at 25 degrees C. and relative humidity of 50 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi IWATA, Tatsuya NIIMI, Yoshihiro NORIKANE, Takashi MATSUMURA
  • Publication number: 20170022349
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiaromatic polyamide resin composition including a semiaromatic polyamide (A) and a polyhydric alcohol (B), wherein a mass ratio (A/B) between the semiaromatic polyamide (A) and the polyhydric alcohol (B) is 99.95/0.05 to 90/10; and the semiaromatic polyamide (A) includes as constituent components thereof an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component and an aliphatic diamine component, and has a melting point of 300 to 350° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: UNITIKA LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi MII, Taiyo AMARI, Hiroo KAMIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20170022350
    Abstract: A photocurable composition is curable by exposure to visible light, and comprises a free-radical polymerizable compound and a photoinitiating system, the photoinitiating system comprising a) a dye which is excitable by visible light and has a triplet energy form 150 kJ/mol to 250 kJ/mol, such as Eosin Yellow and Fluorescein, and b) an ?-halogen carbonyl compound. Preferably, the composition comprises a compound with a C—H-acidic hydrogen atom adjacent to at least one carbonyl group. The composition is cured by visible light in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and results in tack-free, colorless coatings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefan FUELDNER, Iris LOESCHER
  • Publication number: 20170022351
    Abstract: Disclosed is a breathing bag, comprising three components, A, B and C. The weight ratio of the three components, A, B and C is 100:90 to 400:1 to 15, wherein the component A comprises PVC, the component B comprises a plasticizer, and the component C comprises a stabilizer. The Component A is a powder, the component B is a liquid, and the component C is a liquid or a powder. The breathing bag is mainly made of PVC, and a certain amount of a plasticizer and a stabilizer are added, so that the breathing bag does not contain natural rubber latexes to which a patient may be allergic; and the production process does not require the use of talcum powder and ammonia, thus reducing the pollution of the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen Yuantai Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: JUN RONG HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170022352
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber, a hydrocarbon type wax, cashew oil and a processing aid. The rubber composition can suppress whitening of a rubber surface and additionally can give black and luster to the rubber surface. The processing aid comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a fatty acid metal salt, a fatty acid amide, a fatty acid ester and a fatty acid ester amide, wherein the proportion of constituent fatty acids having from 18 to 20 carbon atoms is from 20 to 60 mass %. A pneumatic tire has a rubber part (for example, a tread rubber, a side wall rubber or a rim strip) comprising the rubber composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: TOYO TIRE & RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinsaku Kamada
  • Publication number: 20170022353
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermosetting resin composition comprising (A) a metal salt of disubstituted phosphinic acid, (B) a maleimide compound having a N-substituted maleimide group in a molecule, (C) a 6-substituted guanamine compound or dicyandiamide and (D) an epoxy resin having at least two epoxy groups in a molecule and a prepreg and a laminated plate which are prepared by using the same. The prepregs obtained by impregnating or coating a base material with the thermosetting resin compositions of the present invention and the laminated plates produced by laminating and molding the above prepregs are balanced in all of a copper foil adhesive property, a glass transition temperature, a solder heat resistance, a moisture absorption, a flame resistance, a relative dielectric constant and a dielectric loss tangent, and they are useful as a printed wiring board for electronic instruments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Shinji TSUCHIKAWA, Masanori AKIYAMA, Tomohiko KOTAKE
  • Publication number: 20170022354
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an optical resin composition whose orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence are both very low and which has high transparency and which provides a film having few surface defects, high heat stability, high solvent resistance, and excellent surface appearance, and a film comprising the optical resin composition. The optical resin composition comprises: a resin (A) having a maleimide unit represented by the formula (5) and a (meth)acrylic ester unit; and a glutarimide acrylic resin (B). The resin composition may further comprise multi-layered particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Fuminobu KITAYAMA, Haruki KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170022355
    Abstract: A composition is provided having at least one binder, and a fiber substrate. The fiber substrate has organic fibers and metallic fibers, the amount of metallic fibers being superior or equal to the amount of organic fibers. The composition further has at least one oxide compound (A) selected among at least one silicate compound (A1), at least one phosphate compound (A2), and any mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Anne-Laure Becquet, Wataru Shindo