Patents Issued in February 21, 2017
  • Patent number: 9574098
    Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; and resin particles, wherein 50% by mass or more of the water-soluble organic solvent is a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of lower than 200° C., and the water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point of lower than 200° C. comprises 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ichiroh Fujii, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Hidefumi Nagashima
  • Patent number: 9574099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink set enabling the recording of images that have excellent gloss clarity and abrasion resistance even when a plurality of inks are used in combination, and an ink jet recording method using the ink set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Minako Kawabe, Hiroshi Kakikawa, Satoshi Takebayashi
  • Patent number: 9574100
    Abstract: A coated polymer foil is described and can be produced via coating of a polymer foil with an aqueous composition comprising (A) a polymer which is obtained via free-radical polymerization and which is composed of from 10 to 80% by weight of a compound selected from ethylenically unsaturated anhydrides and ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acids, the carboxylic acid groups of which can form an anhydride group, and (B) an alkanolamine having at least two hydroxy groups. The coating gives the polymer foil an oxygen barrier and can in particular be used for producing packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ines Pietsch, Axel Weiss, Kathrin Michl, Peter Preishuber-Pflügl, Theo Smit
  • Patent number: 9574101
    Abstract: The present invention provides low solvent or substantially solvent-free multi-ethylenically unsaturated acrylate composition imbibed particles of an acid functional group containing acrylic polymer for ultraviolet curing coating applications and methods of making the same wherein the acrylic polymer is formed by polymerizing in organic solvent, then neutralized and combined with a multi-ethylenically unsaturated acrylate composition prior to dispersing the mixture into water and, preferably, removing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Andrew Hejl, Eric Greyson, Wenqin Wang
  • Patent number: 9574102
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition capable of inhibiting moisture vapor emission from concrete structures and enhancing adhesion of a finish material to the concrete structure comprising an aqueous mixture of a first copolymer of mer units formed from vinylidene halide and a C1-C2 alkyl acrylate with a second copolymer of mer units formed from vinylidene halide and a C4-CS alkyl acrylate and to the method of forming a moisture barrier/adhesion promoter coating on concrete comprising applying from 2.8 to 5.6 liters (0.75 to 1.5 gallons) of an aqueous carrier having from 10 to 50 weight percent of the mixture of copolymers stated above per 14 m2 (150 square feet) of the free surface of a concrete structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Uniseal Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Ray Leaman
  • Patent number: 9574103
    Abstract: An aqueous dispersion of pigmented opacifying polymer particles, the particles comprising: i. an inorganic core comprising dispersed inorganic pigment particle and a dispersant ii. a first layer of base-swellable polymer comprising acid groups encapsulating the core iii. a second layer of non-base-swellable polymer encapsulating the first layer wherein the dispersant comprises or consists of hydroxyl moieties; and carboxyl groups derived from itaconic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Neal St. John Williams, Stephen Arthur Wheeler, Robert David Bradley
  • Patent number: 9574104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel copolymers containing cross-linkable and graft-able moieties, novel compositions comprised of these novel copolymers and a solvent, and methods for using these novel compositions to form neutral layer films which are both cross-linked and grafted on the substrate which are used in processes for aligning microdomains of block copolymers (BCP) on this neutral layer coated substrate such as self-assembly and directed self-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AZ ELECTRONIC MATERIALS (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: JiHoon Kim, Jian Yin, Hengpeng Wu, Jianhui Shan, Guanyang Lin
  • Patent number: 9574105
    Abstract: An aqueous solution coating composition comprising an autoxidizable polyvinyl polymer having ?20% of fatty acid residue by weight of polymer; Tg from ?60 to +15° C.; acid value of 15 to 75 mg KOH/g, Mw from 2500 to 100000 g/mol; polydispersity ?30, said composition having ?25% co-solvent by weight of solids, ?30% solids by weight of composition; said composition when in the form of a coating having a telegraphing value defined as the difference in gloss at a 20° angle of between a film cast on rough PVC and a film cast on smooth PVC of 10 gloss units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Ilse Van Casteren, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Ronald Tennebroek, Tijs Nabuurs, Richard George Coogan
  • Patent number: 9574106
    Abstract: An optical element material which is obtained by curing a resin composition for photoimprinting containing a photocurable monomer (A) of the formula (1) and a photocurable monomer (B) of the formula (2) in a weight ratio of from 30/70 to 87/13, and containing a photopolymerization initiator (C) in a content of from 0.01 to 30 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the monomer (A) and the monomer (B), and which has a shrinkage on curing of at most 4.5%, and a method for producing it: wherein R1 is —CH?CH2, —CH2CH2—O—CH?CH2, —CH2—C(CH3) ?CH2 or a glycidyl group; R2 and R3 are each independently hydrogen or a C1-4 alkyl group; R4 and R5 are each independently —O—CH?CH2, —O—CH2CH2—O—CH?CH2, —O—CO—CH?CH2, —O—CO—C(CH3)?CH2, —O—CH2CH2—O—CO—CH?CH2, —O—CH2CH2—O—CO—C(CH3)?CH2 or a glycidyl ether group; and R6 and R7 are each independently hydrogen or a C1-4 alkyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Hayashida, Takuro Satsuka, Teruyo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 9574107
    Abstract: A film layer comprising a high-chi (?) block copolymer for self-assembly and a hexafluoroalcohol-containing surface active polymer (SAP) was prepared on a substrate surface that was neutral wetting to the domains of the self-assembled block copolymer. The block copolymer comprises at least one polycarbonate block and at least one other block (e.g., a substituted or unsubstituted styrene-based block). The film layer, whose top surface has contact with an atmosphere, self-assembles to form a lamellar or cylindrical domain pattern having perpendicular orientation with respect to the underlying surface. Other morphologies (e.g., islands and holes of height 1.0Lo) were obtained with films lacking the SAP. The SAP is preferentially miscible with, and lowers the surface energy of, the domain comprising the polycarbonate block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joy Cheng, Anindarupa Chunder, Daniel P. Sanders, Melia Tjio, Ankit Vora
  • Patent number: 9574108
    Abstract: A composition for forming a silica-based insulation layer, a silica-based insulation layer, and a method of manufacturing the silica-based insulation layer, the composition including a solvent; and an organosilane-based condensation polymerization product that includes a structural unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: CHEIL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eun-Su Park, Taek-Soo Kwak, Yoong-Hee Na, Hyun-Ji Song, Han-Song Lee, Seung-Hee Hong
  • Patent number: 9574109
    Abstract: Provided in various embodiments are surface-modified hydrogels and hydrogel microparticles, methods for their preparation, and uses thereof for delivery of personal care and healthcare active ingredients, and agricultural active ingredients. In some embodiments, such hydrogels and hydrogel microparticles comprise surface coatings that are resistant to solvent washing and can act as barriers for the migration of water and/or water-compatible alcohols and actives soluble therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Dongchan Ahn, James Thompson
  • Patent number: 9574110
    Abstract: A barrier chemical mechanical planarization polishing composition is provided that includes suitable chemical additives. The suitable chemical additives are organic polymer molecules containing ethylene oxide repeating units having the general molecular structure of where n refers to the total numbers of the repeating unit giving the molecular weights of polyethylene oxide ranging from 100,000 to 8,000,000. There is also provided a chemical mechanical polishing method using the barrier chemical mechanical planarization polishing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Maitland Gary Graham, James Allen Schlueter, Xiaobo Shi
  • Patent number: 9574111
    Abstract: A novel transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device is provided, that, under the constraint of holding down the thickness of the adhesive sheet to 250 ?m or less, can relieve a distortion arising within the adhesive sheet after laminating even if a member has a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height on the laminating surface. Proposed is a transparent double-sided adhesive sheet for image display device which is used for the purpose of laminating an image display device constitutive member having on a laminating surface a stepped portion of 50 ?m to 100 ?m in height and a flat surface portion, and another image display device constitutive member, wherein a thickness of the maximum thickness portion of the adhesive sheet is 250 ?m or less, and a gel fraction (a) at a position in contact with a stepped portion after laminating is 10% or greater and smaller than a gel fraction (b) at a position in contact with a flat surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kahoru Niimi, Hidejirou Yoshikawa, Takahisa Uchida, Makoto Inenaga
  • Patent number: 9574112
    Abstract: A hot-melt polyester tape and a preparation method thereof is provided, the hot-melt polyester tape comprises a PET film layer which has a thickness of 10-20 ?m, and one side of the PET film layer is coated with a hot-melt glue layer which has a thickness of 2-5 ?m; the preparation method thereof comprises sizing, curing, slitting and winding formation. The hot-melt polyester tape of the invention has the PET film layer and the hot-melt glue layer, and such hot-melt polyester tape is added with a layer of hot-melt glue compared to a conventional PET film, which makes it have higher extension capacity and not easy to break, the extension strength is much higher than the national standard, and the hot-melt polyester tape has the functions of waterproofing and reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: HANGZHOU LINAN TIANHONG TELECOMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shengyue Cai
  • Patent number: 9574113
    Abstract: The invention provides novel devices, systems, designs, materials and fabrication methods that enable high-load capacity, easy release, and suitable for extended/repeated use in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Alfred J. Crosby, Michael Bartlett, Andrew B. Croll, Daniel J. King
  • Patent number: 9574114
    Abstract: A curable formaldehyde-free binding composition for use with fiberglass is provided. Such curable composition comprises an aldehyde or ketone and an amine salt of an inorganic acid. The composition when applied to fiberglass is cured to form a water-insoluble binder which exhibits good adhesion to glass. In a preferred embodiment the fiberglass is in the form of building insulation. In other embodiments the product is a microglass-based substrate for use in a printed circuit board, battery separator, filter stock, or reinforcement scrim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi, James Patrick Hamilton, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 9574115
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber laminate, comprising a vulcanized rubber sheet having a degree of vulcanization in a range from 85% to 95%, a rubberized ink layer, a pressure sensitive adhesive rubber layer and a surface coating layer. The raw materials of the vulcanized rubber sheet, of the rubberized ink layer, and of the pressure sensitive adhesive rubber layer all include an identical rubber composition. Accordingly, the rubber laminate can firmly adhere to a rubber article and does not detach from the rubber article after the vulcanization and inflation of the rubber article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Yuh-Jye Uang
  • Patent number: 9574116
    Abstract: Two-component adhesion composition suitable for extrusion coating paper substrates which comprises: a) from 70 to 98 wt % of high melt strength polypropylene (A) with a branching index g? of 0.9 or less; and b) from 2 to 30 wt % of a component (B) selected from the group consisting of: (i) maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene (MAPP); (ii) maleic anhydride-modified polypropylene wax; (iii) polypropylene homopolymer with high melt flow rate; or (iv) ethylene-vinyl acetate-based hot melt adhesive, and its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Borealis, AG
    Inventors: Erkki Laiho, Auli Nummila-Pakarinen, Elke Pachner, Hanna Rajala, Markku Sainio, Juha Yli-Peltola
  • Patent number: 9574117
    Abstract: Adhesives suitable for use with low surface energy materials are described. The adhesive contain an acrylic copolymer, a high glass transition temperature tackifier and a low glass transition temperature tackifier. The acrylic copolymer is the reaction product of a first alkyl(meth)acrylate having at least 5 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, a second alkyl(meth)acrylate having 1 to 4 carbon atoms in the alkyl group, and a vinyl carboxylic acid. Both tackifiers have a Tg greater than the Tg of the acrylic copolymer. The high glass transition temperature tackifier has a Tg of at least 20° C. and the low glass transition temperature tackifier has a Tg of less than 0° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jingjing Ma, Zhong Chen, Megan P. Lehmann, Michael L. Tumey, Dong-Wei Zhu
  • Patent number: 9574118
    Abstract: The present invention provides fast fixturing two part adhesive compositions which include a first part containing a (meth)acrylic component and a cure system for the epoxy resin component of the second part and a second part containing an epoxy resin component and a cure system for the (meth)acrylic component of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Chih-min Cheng, James Murray, Charles F. Schuft
  • Patent number: 9574119
    Abstract: This invention is method of producing a creping cylinder adhesive comprising: contacting a dry form PVOH with a liquid form PVA at a temperature of less than 80° C., maintaining the PVOH and PVA at a temperature of between 90-95° C. until the PVOH is completely dissolved into a medium, and allowing the medium to cool to below 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventors: Gary S. Furman, Jr., Mingli Wei, Christopher D. Kaley, David J. Castro, Vladimir A. Grigoriev
  • Patent number: 9574120
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structural adhesive sheet specifically for use in a mirror base of an automobile interior rear-view mirror and a method for producing the same, said structural adhesive sheet comprises in parts by weight of 20-100 parts of a nitrile-butadiene rubber, 10-70 parts of a partially cured polysulfide adhesive, 5-40 parts of a bisphenol A type epoxy resin, 0.1-2.5 parts of a crosslinking agent, 0.2-2.5 parts of a softening agent, 3-20 parts of a curing agent, 1-10 parts of an accelerator, 20-100 parts of an inorganic filler, and 0.1-3.0 parts of a silane coupling agent. The structural adhesive sheet of the present invention is obtained by subjecting the above-mentioned components to a compounding process and an extrusion film forming process. The advantages of said structural adhesive sheet include good film-forming property, and simple curing process, while having high structural strength, good toughness, and excellent heat-resistance and cold-resistance after cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ZHENGZHOU ZHONGYUAN APPLIED TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Deheng Zhang, Junshi Kong, Wenli Li, Huan Wu, Yajuan Yang
  • Patent number: 9574121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing an amine adduct, in which a polyamine component (A), a polyester component (B) and a hydrocarbon component (C) are reacted. The amine adduct is of particularly good suitability as a wetting agent and dispersant, especially for coatings and plastics applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BYK-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Omeis, Stefan Mössmer, Andrea Esser, Monika Roch, Wolfgang Pritschins
  • Patent number: 9574122
    Abstract: There is provided a method for reducing the content of at least one water soluble volatile organic compound in a gas. The method comprises contacting the gas with an aqueous acidic oxidizing composition comprising H2O2 and a metal catalyst, and submitting the at least one water soluble volatile organic compound and the aqueous acidic oxidizing composition to an UV radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Uniboard Canada Inc., EXP Services Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre-André Gignac, Martin Beaulieu, Yves Charest, Stéphane Chabot, Abderrahman Mahfoud, Jules Lemay
  • Patent number: 9574123
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of HFC and HFO and having improved lubrication performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a composition comprising HFC and HFO, wherein the composition comprises 1) at least one of HFC-134a and HFC-134 as the HFC, 2) at least one of HFO-1234yf and HFO-1234ze as the HFO, and 3) at least one member selected from the group consisting of HCFC-1122, HCFC-124, CFC-1113, and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne as a third component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shibanuma
  • Patent number: 9574124
    Abstract: A process for cooling or heating a fluid or a body by a vapor compression circuit having a centrifugal compressor and containing a heat transfer fluid, the heat-transfer fluid including at least two of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, 1,1-difluoroethane and 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, wherein: the ratio of the Mach number of the centrifugal compressor to the Mach number when the centrifugal compressor has, under the same operating conditions, the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is at least 0.97 and at most 1.03; the compression ratio of the centrifugal compressor is less than or equal to the compression ratio when the centrifugal compressor has, under the same operating conditions, the heat-transfer fluid is replaced with 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane. Also, equipment suitable for implementing this cooling or heating process, and also to a process for converting existing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Patent number: 9574125
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite graphite heat insulating material with improved thermal conductivity in the thickness direction and a method for manufacturing the same. The composite graphite heat insulating material according to the present invention comprises: an expanded graphite matrix which is compressed in the thickness direction; and high-density compressed and expanded graphite particles which are filled in the pores within the compressed and expanded graphite matrix and have a density of 0.1 g/cm3 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: GTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Han Lee, Duk-Joon Jung
  • Patent number: 9574126
    Abstract: The hydration of clays and shale in drilling operations may be inhibited by employing an aqueous based drilling fluid comprising a shale hydration inhibition agent having the formula: (Formula I should be inserted here.) wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbons, R1 is an alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbons, and R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbons. The shale hydration inhibition agent should be present in the aqueous based drilling fluid in sufficient concentration to reduce the reactivity, such as swelling, of clays and shale when exposed to water-based drilling fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Aleksandr T. Gamble, Cole A. Witham, Michael K. Poindexter, Felipe A. Donate, Kyle R. Essenmacher, Stephen W. King, John Beckerdite
  • Patent number: 9574127
    Abstract: The present invention provides a wellbore fluid, such as a drilling, completion or workover fluid, said wellbore fluid comprising a glucomannan additive. Further provided is a method of forming a gel plug from the wellbore fluid, a method of modifying the properties of a wellbore fluid, a method of drilling a subterranean hole with such a fluid and the use of glucomannan in wellbore fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: M-I Drilling Fluids UK Ltd.
    Inventor: John W. Chapman
  • Patent number: 9574128
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using water-in-water polymer emulsions to uniformly dissolve a rheologically active polymer, such as a thickener or friction reducer, in the treatment fluid. The emulsions have a low viscosity and are easily pumped for mixing into a treatment fluid, where upon dilution with an aqueous medium, the polymer is easily hydrated without forming fish-eyes. The partitioning agent in the water-in-water emulsion does not generally affect the rheology of the treatment fluid. The invention also relates to further processing of the emulsion by wet grinding, high shear mixing and/or heating to enhance the hydration rate in the preparation of the well treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yiyan Chen, Lijun Lin, Philip F. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9574129
    Abstract: Alkali metal ions may lead to the production of insoluble materials during the course of stimulating a subterranean formation, particularly when acidizing a siliceous formation or a formation containing a siliceous material. Alkali metal ions may be sequestered using an alkali metal complexing agent in order to reduce their propensity toward forming insoluble materials in a subterranean formation. Methods for stimulating a subterranean formation can comprise: providing a treatment fluid that comprises an alkali metal complexing agent comprising a cyclic polyether having between 3 and 6 ether oxygen atoms present therein, and hydrofluoric acid, a hydrofluoric acid-generating compound, or any combination thereof; and introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Enrique A. Reyes, Alyssa L. LaBlanc
  • Patent number: 9574130
    Abstract: A well treatment composite which allows for the slow release of one or more well treatment agents into a subterranean formation and/or a wellbore penetrating the formation has a nano-sized calcined porous substrate (adsorbent) of high surface area onto which is applied the well treatment agent. The composites are suitable for use in such well treatment operations as hydraulic fracturing and sand control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: D. V. Satyanarayana Gupta
  • Patent number: 9574131
    Abstract: Some embodiments disclosed herein comprise a method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: providing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid and an extracted natural mucilage; and introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. The treatment fluid may further comprise a mucin in an amount in the range of from about 0.000001% to about 10% by weight in the treatment fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmie Weaver, Ali Alwattari
  • Patent number: 9574132
    Abstract: A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a thioether-substituted ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Zai-Ming Qiu
  • Patent number: 9574133
    Abstract: A frame-sealing adhesive composition and a method of preparing the same. The frame-sealing adhesive composition includes 1.45 wt % to 1.65 wt % of photochromic molecules based on the total weight of the frame-sealing adhesive composition, said photochromic molecules are inert to polymeric materials. The method of producing a frame-sealing adhesive composition includes mixing 1.45 wt % to 1.65 wt % of photochromic molecules based on the total weight of the frame-sealing adhesive composition with a frame-sealing adhesive to form a stirred mixture; and degassing the stirred mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiuqiang Zhao, Hao Wu, Yanyan Yin
  • Patent number: 9574134
    Abstract: A voltage driven light emitting device includes an electroluminescent material and semiconductor nanocrystals, luminescent organic small molecules, mixtures of emissive species molecules, or conductive polymers. The semiconductor nanocrystals, luminescent organic small molecules, mixtures of emissive species molecules, or conductive polymers emit light. The semiconductor nanocrystals, luminescent organic small molecules, mixtures of emissive species molecules, or conductive polymers can be doped to provide desired emission characteristics. Devices that share a substrate and emit more than one color may be conveniently made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Vanessa Wood, Matthew J. Panzer, Jonathan E. Halpert, Moungi G. Bawendi, Vladimir Bulovic
  • Patent number: 9574135
    Abstract: Light-emitting materials are made from a porous light-emitting semiconductor having quantum dots (QDs) disposed within the pores. According to some embodiments, the QDs have diameters that are essentially equal in size to the width of the pores. The QDs are formed in the pores by exposing the porous semiconductor to gaseous QD precursor compounds, which react within the pores to yield QDs. According to certain embodiments, the pore size limits the size of the QDs produced by the gas-phase reactions. The QDs absorb light emitted by the light-emitting semiconductor material and reemit light at a longer wavelength than the absorbed light, thereby “down-converting” light from the semiconductor material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Nanoco Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Nigel Pickett, Nathalie Gresty
  • Patent number: 9574136
    Abstract: We disclose novel metallic nanoparticles coated with a thin protective carbon shell, and three-dimensional nano-metallic sponges; methods of preparation of the nanoparticles; and uses for these novel materials, including wood preservation, strengthening of polymer and fiber/polymer building materials, and catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Kun Lian
  • Patent number: 9574137
    Abstract: The invention shows an apparatus for recycling bituminous material bodies by melting, in particular for recycling bituminous composite material bodies comprising a composite material and a bituminous material, in particular roofing materials, in particular in the form of bituminous covering layers of roofing sheets, the apparatus including: a vessel having a vessel wall surrounding an interior space of the vessel extending along a vertical axis of the vessel for receiving the bituminous material bodies, a bottom plate and a compression plate extending transverse to the vertical axis wherein at least the compression plate has a number of through flow orifices adapted to allow a through flow of molten bituminous material, wherein the plates are movable along the vertical axis such that in a first operating state the compression plate is in a middle position for forming a melting space of larger size between the compression plate and the bottom plate for melting bituminous material in the melting space wherei
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventors: Jan-Niels Pochert, Daniel Appels
  • Patent number: 9574138
    Abstract: Provided are processes for making saturated hydrocarbons from renewable feed sources. In an embodiment, a process for producing a lube basestock and/or a diesel fuel from a feedstock of biological origin includes: contacting the feedstock in a single reactor in the presence of hydrogen with catalyst components including a first catalyst and a second catalyst, wherein the first catalyst comprises an acidic material, a basic material, or a combination of both, and wherein the second catalyst is a hydrogenation catalyst including a hydrothermally stable binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
    Inventors: Kun Wang, Virginia M. Roberts, Paul D. Oldenburg, Suzzy Chen Hsi Ho, Michel Daage, Frank Cheng-Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 9574139
    Abstract: Processes for removing sulfur and nitrogen contaminants from hydrocarbon streams are described. The processes include contacting the hydrocarbon stream comprising the contaminant with lean halometallate ionic liquid an organohalide resulting in a mixture comprising the hydrocarbon and rich halometallate ionic liquid comprising the contaminant. The mixture is separated to produce a hydrocarbon effluent and a rich halometallate ionic liquid effluent comprising the rich halometallate ionic liquid comprising the contaminant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Erin M. Broderick, Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Shurong Yang, Beckay J. Mezza
  • Patent number: 9574140
    Abstract: Methods, systems and designs are provided for removing mercury from crudes. Crude oil is heated to a temperature above 100° C. and held at that temperature for a specified period of time to convert all of the forms of mercury in the oil into the elemental mercury form. The elemental mercury is then stripped from the crude oil by e.g., flashing the hot oil and/or contacting it with a gas phase. This process transfers the elemental mercury from the oil phase into the gas phase. Elemental mercury can then be removed from the gas phase by methods such as condensation, precipitation, or absorption either alone or in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventors: Charles J Lord, III, Lars T Lambertsson, Erik L. Björn, Wolfgang Frech, Sally A. Thomas
  • Patent number: 9574141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wet start-up method for hydrogenation unit, an energy-saving hydrogenation process, and a hydrogenation apparatus. The method involves heating a start-up activating oil to a specific temperature and flowing the heated oil through a bed of hydrogenation catalyst bed, so that the temperature at the catalyst bed layer is increased to 180±10° C. or above by means of heat exchange and the reaction heat generated from activation in the start-up method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Fushun Research Institute of Petroleum and Petrochemicals, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Ronghui Zeng, Tao Liu, Xiangchen Fang, Zhaoming Han, Xuehui Zhang, Shike Sun, Chong Peng, Rong Guo, Jihua Liu, Benzhe Li
  • Patent number: 9574142
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for upgrading a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (c) separating the hydrocarbons and the oxidized sulfur compounds by solvent extraction; (d) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds; and (e) supplying the residue stream to a gasifier to produce a syngas stream and a hydrogen sulfide stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdennour Bourane, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Stephane Cyrille Kressmann
  • Patent number: 9574143
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for upgrading a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (c) separating the hydrocarbons and the oxidized sulfur compounds by solvent extraction; (d) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds; and (e) supplying the residue stream to a coker to produce coker gases and solid coke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdennour Bourane, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Stephane Cyrille Kressmann
  • Patent number: 9574144
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering components from a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The method includes the steps of (a) supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock; (b) separating the hydrocarbons, the oxidized sulfur compounds, and the oxidized nitrogen compounds by solvent extraction; (c) collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds and the oxidized nitrogen compounds; and (d) supplying the residue stream to a fluid catalytic cracking unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdennour Bourane, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Stephane Cyrille Kressmann
  • Patent number: 9574145
    Abstract: A method of upgrading bitumen in a plant comprising a diluent recovery unit that processes diluted bitumen and outputs atmospheric topped bitumen (ATB), a vacuum distillation unit which processes ATB and outputs vacuum topped bitumen (VTB), and at least one fluid coker unit which processes VTB and outputs a tar pot bottom stream comprising heavy heavy gas oil is provided comprising the step of processing the tar pot bottom stream in a catalytic hydrocracking unit comprising an ebullated bed reactor to produce naphtha, light gas oil, and heavy gas oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD.
    Inventors: Craig A. McKnight, Jason Wiens
  • Patent number: 9574146
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions obtainable by free-radical polymerization of at least two different alkyl (meth)acrylates in the presence of at least one ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer, the alkyl (meth)acrylates used being a mixture comprising alkyl (meth)acrylates having linear C12- to C60-alkyl radicals and different alkyl (meth)acrylates having linear C1- to C11-alkyl radicals and/or branched C4- to C60-alkyl radicals and/or cyclic C5- to C20-alkyl radicals. The use of such polymeric compositions as pour point depressants for crude oils, mineral oils or mineral oil products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Kai Gumlich, Stefan Frenzel, Maria Heuken, Rouven Konrad, Karin Neubecker
  • Patent number: 9574147
    Abstract: A mixing apparatus for producing a feedstock for a reformer, the mixing apparatus including at least one mixing vessel comprising a cylindrical vessel with a conical bottom; a steam inlet configured for introducing steam into the conical bottom; a carbonaceous material inlet configured for introducing a carbonaceous feed into the cylindrical vessel; and an outlet for a reformer feedstock comprising at least 0.3 pounds of steam per pound of carbonaceous material, with the at least one mixing vessel configured for operation at a pressure of greater than about 10 psig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: RES USA, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Blevins, Joshua B. Pearson, Harold A. Wright