Patents Issued in March 7, 2017
  • Patent number: 9587097
    Abstract: Blow molded article comprising a propylene copolymer having a MFR2 (230° C.) in the range of more than 2.0 to 12.0 g/10 min, a comonomer content in the range of 4.0 to below 4.0 mol.-%, a melting temperature in the range of 125 to below 143° C., and a xylene cold soluble fraction (XCS) in the range of above 15.0 to 40.0 wt.-%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Jingbo Wang, Katja Klimke, Petar Doshev, Tung Pham
  • Patent number: 9587098
    Abstract: Biocomposite compositions and compositions, which include dried distillers solubles, and which can be used in making biocomposite compositions are described. Methods for preparing the compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Riebel, Jeffrey L. Tate
  • Patent number: 9587099
    Abstract: Biocomposite compositions and compositions, which include dried distillers solubles, and which can be used in making biocomposite compositions are described. Methods for preparing the compositions are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GS CLEANTECH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Riebel, Jeffrey L. Tate
  • Patent number: 9587100
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylic copolymer additive useful as a process aid in highly filled polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) composites. The acrylic additive is especially useful in highly filled PVC flooring tiles, rolled flooring, pipe and siding. The acrylic copolymer additive contains from 50 to 79 weight percent of methyl methacrylate monomer units, and has a Tg of less than 90° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Lavallee, Mark L. Lavach, Rong Maria Hu
  • Patent number: 9587101
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a polyvinyl chloride modifier, composition and a preparation method thereof. The composition comprises the following components by parts by weight: (a) polyvinyl chloride resin of 100 parts, and (b) a toughening modifier of 2-16 parts, the toughening modifier being rubber powder whose an elongation at break is greater than 2201% and which contains weight percentage of chlorine of 5-45 wt %. The elongation at break of the polyvinyl chloride composition of the present invention is greatly improved, and the defect of low elongations at break of polyvinyl chloride product is substantially solved accordingly, therefore, the application scope of polyvinyl chloride surely will be greatly widened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shandong Rike Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongri Zhao
  • Patent number: 9587102
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a flame-retardant resin composition having high flame retardancy, and a flame-retardant resin film having high thickness precision and excellent flame retardancy and a solar battery back sheet. The flame-retardant resin film according to the present invention is a flame-retardant resin film obtained from a resin composition, wherein the resin composition comprises a polyphenylene ether resin (a), a phosphorus flame retardant (b), and a fluorine-containing resin (c); in the resin composition, the content of the component (a) is 75 to 98 parts by mass and the content of the component (b) is 25 to 2 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the components (a) and (b) in total; the content of a fluorine element in the resin composition is 100 to 1000 mass ppm; and the flame-retardant resin film has a thickness of 20 to 500 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yutaka Eguchi, Minoru Sakata, Hiroaki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 9587103
    Abstract: One-part binder compositions are described that may include a protein and a crosslinking combination. The crosslinking combination may include at least a first crosslinking compound and a second crosslinking compound. The first and second crosslinking compounds are individually crosslinkable with each other and with the protein. Examples of the protein include soy protein. Fiber products and methods of making the fiber products are also described. The fiber products may include organic fibers, inorganic fibers, or both, in a cured thermoset binder based on solutions of the one-part binder compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 9587104
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising polymer particles and functionalized stimulus responsive polymer; the polymer particles (i) comprising block co-polymer, and (ii) having a core-shell structure, said block co-polymer comprising (a) a non-stimulus responsive polymer block that forms at least part of the core structure, and (b) a stimulus responsive polymer block that forms at least part of the shell structure; wherein the stimulus responsive polymer of both the polymer particles and the functionalized stimulus responsive polymer are responsive to at least one common stimulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The University of Queensland
    Inventors: Peter Gray, Michael John Monteiro, Trent Phillip Munro, Andrew Benjamin James Prowse
  • Patent number: 9587105
    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(0)ORF-1), 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: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Mary Thomson, Ralf Knischka, Clemens Auschra, Lothar Engelbrecht
  • Patent number: 9587106
    Abstract: Improved methods for preparing sulfonated block polymers with acyl sulfates in non-halogenated aliphatic solvents are provided. The methods include the sulfonation of a precursor block polymer with an acyl sulfate in a reaction mixture further comprising at least one non-halogenated aliphatic solvent to form a sulfonated block polymer, wherein the initial concentration of the precursor block polymer is in the range of from about 0.1 wt % to a concentration that is below the limiting concentration of the precursor block polymer based on the total weight of the reaction mixture. A sulfonation degree of greater than about 1.0 milliequivalent sulfonic acid per gram sulfonated block polymer can be achieved substantially free of polymer precipitation and free of disabling gelation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Stepan Company
    Inventors: Gregory Paul Dado, Dale Lee Handlin, Jr., Carl Lesley Willis
  • Patent number: 9587107
    Abstract: The invention relates to heat treatment of polymorphic semicrystalline or crystallizable polymers to increase the content of the highest melting crystalline form. Such heat treatment results in a polymer powder that has a consistent, uniform melting range, improved flow and improved durability of the powder particle size for applications that require powder flow at elevated temperatures. In addition to improved powder properties, the articles produced from the powders also exhibit better physical properties in both appearance and in mechanical properties. Thus the invention also includes polymer powders and articles produced by the described processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Bertelo, Manuel A. Garcia-Leiner, Anthony Decarmine, Scott F. Defelice
  • Patent number: 9587108
    Abstract: This application describes methods of forming an object. The methods described include forming a mixture with i) one or more primary diamines, ii) one or more polymerizable monomers, iii) a formaldehyde-type reagent, and iv) a polymerization initiator; forming a gel by heating the mixture to a temperature of at least 50° C.; and curing the one or more polymerizable monomers by activating the polymerization initiator. The one or more primary diamines may include one or more amine functional oligomers and/or primary aromatic diamine small molecules. The one or more polymerizable monomers may include styrenics, acrylates, methacrylates, vinyl esters, unsaturated polyesters, and derivatives thereof. The gel is a polyhemiaminal (PHA), a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT), and/or a polyoctatriazacane (POTA) polymer, and curing of the gel forms an interpenetrating network of the PHA/PHT/POTA and the polymer formed from the polymerizable monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Alshakim Nelson, Rudy J. Wojtecki
  • Patent number: 9587109
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes polycarbonate-siloxane blends with a constant percentage of siloxane in the formulations. The polycarbonate-siloxane blends achieve improved impact properties, as well as the ability to achieve deep black and bright white colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Jian Yang, Robert Dirk Van de Grampel, Mark Adrianus Johannes van der Mee, Jon Michael Malinoski, Niles Richard Rosenquist
  • Patent number: 9587110
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polymer composition comprising a polymer blend of Polyaryl Ether Ketone (PAEK) and Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) characterized with enhanced mechanical and wear resistance properties as compared to commercial polymer blends of Polyaryl Ether Ketone and Polybenzimidazole. The present disclosure also relates to shaped articles derived from the polymer composition of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventor: Keki Hormusji Gharda
  • Patent number: 9587111
    Abstract: A polyamide composite resin composition for a fuel filler pipe, the polyamide composite resin includes 41 to 77% by weight of polyamide 6, 5 to 15% by weight of m-xylenediamine (MXD)-based modified nylon, 14 to 30% by weight of a maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-octene copolymer, a maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene-propylene-diene monomer or a thermoplastic elastic body rubber as a mixture thereof, and 3 to 10% by weight of mixed clay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, SHINIL CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jee Young Youn, Dong Yol Ryu, Keum Suk Seo
  • Patent number: 9587112
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an aromatic polysulfone resin is offered which is suitable as film material, especially in porous membranes. The aromatic polysulfone resin of the present invention has a reduced viscosity of 0.55-0.65 dL/g, and preferably 0.58-0.62 dL/g, number average molecular weight (Mn) of 22000 or more, and preferably 23500 or more, and a value of the ratio of weight average molecular weight (Mw) relative to number average molecular weight (Mn) of 2.54 or less, and preferably 2.50 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusaku Kohinata, Hiroshi Harada
  • Patent number: 9587113
    Abstract: Disclosed are granules comprising an elastomeric polyurethane and bitumen, processes for preparing the granules in an extruder and to their use for preparing a bituminous binder, which may especially be used for producing prefabricated sealing membranes by depositing said bituminous binder onto a fibrous support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Soprema
    Inventors: Henri Sautel, Pierre-Etienne Bindschedler, Rémi Perrin
  • Patent number: 9587114
    Abstract: In some examples, a method for making a composite product can include combining a plurality of lignocellulose substrates, one or more complexed metal catalysts, one or more complexing agents, and one or more oxidants to produce a lignocellulose binder mixture and heating the lignocellulose binder mixture to produce a composite product. The lignocellulose binder mixture can have a molar ratio of the complexing agent to the complexed metal catalyst of about 0.1 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Bobby L. Williamson, Adam K. Sniady
  • Patent number: 9587115
    Abstract: Methods for making lignocellulose composite products can include combining a plurality of lignocellulose substrates, calcium lignosulfonate, and a free radical precursor to produce a mixture. The free radical precursor can include an oxidant and a catalyst. The mixture can be at least partially cured to produce a lignocellulose composite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Adam K. Sniady, Bobby L. Williamson
  • Patent number: 9587116
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or (II) or (III): wherein R5, R6, R7, R8?, R8? and R8?? are as defined herein. This compound can be used in a composition for the dyeing of fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Noxell Corporation
    Inventors: Heike Gertrud Abel, Armin Osan, Markus Speckbacher, Ingo Reinhold Weber
  • Patent number: 9587117
    Abstract: The invention provides coalesced and un-coalesced organic/inorganic films and methods of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: YISSUM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM LTD.
    Inventors: Roie Yerushalmi, Sergey Ishchuk, Niv Kaynan, Dereje Hailu Taffa, Thangavel Subramani
  • Patent number: 9587118
    Abstract: A coated electronic device that is fire resistant includes an electronic component and an intumescent layer disposed over the electronic component. The intumescent layer includes sodium silicate having formula Na2SiO3, pentaerythitol, a resin that is cross-linked by melamine, boron nitride particles, and triammonium phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Herman K. Phlegm, Mahmoud H. Abd Elhamid, Edgar P. Calderon, Sami A. Syed
  • Patent number: 9587119
    Abstract: To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid, capable of forming a surface layer which has high initial water/oil repellency and which is excellent in abrasion resistance, fingerprint stain removability, lubricity and uniformity, as well as a substrate having such a surface layer, and a method for its production. A substrate having a surface layer formed of a fluorinated ether compound represented by D1-Rf1—O—CH2—(CmF2mO)n-A (D1 is CF3— or CF3—O—; Rf1 is a C1-20 fluoroalkylene group containing at least one hydrogen atom, etc.; m is 1 to 6; n is 1 to 200; A is —CaF2a—B—CbH2b—SiLcR3-c; B is —CgH2gO—, —ChH2hO—C(?O)NH—, etc.; L is a hydrolysable group; R is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, etc.; a is 1 to 5; b is 1 to 10; c is 1 to 3; g is 1 to 5; and h is 1 to 5) or a fluorinated ether composition containing the compound; and a method for its production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Taiki Hoshino, Nobuyuki Otozawa
  • Patent number: 9587120
    Abstract: Titanium dioxide is used as an emissivity enhancer in high emissivity coating compositions. The titanium dioxide increases the emissivity of the high emissivity coating compositions. In certain embodiments, titanium dioxide is recovered from industrial waste sources such as catalyst containing waste streams from olefin polymerization processes or re-based sources. Titanium dioxide emissivity enhancers recovered from industrial waste solution sources contribute favorably to the cost of manufacturing high emissivity coating compositions containing such enhancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: SCG Chemicals Co., Ltd., Siam Refractory Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Songsak Klamklang, Suntad Charukijpipat, Thanapong Prasertphol, Songsak Chinkomolsuk, Somkeat Suebthawilkul, Chanvit Chawengkul
  • Patent number: 9587121
    Abstract: A functional material and a preparation method thereof, a curable resin composition, a film and a display device are provided. The functional material comprises inorganic powder provided with modifying layer on the surface, the inorganic powder comprising any one or more selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, boron oxide, iron sesquioxide, calcium oxide, potassium oxide, sodium oxide, lithium oxide; and the modifying layer being formed by the reaction of a dianhydride and a diamine. The curable resin composition of the present invention contains the above functional material. The film and display device comprise a transparent film layer formed by the curing of the above-mentioned curable resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiuxia Yang, Feng Bai, Jiantao Liu
  • Patent number: 9587122
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, which is stored in an storage body, including a pigment; a pigment dispersant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, in which water content is 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass % based on the total amount of the ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, and in which both the acid value and the amine value of the pigment dispersant are 50 mgKOH/g or less, and at least one of the acid value and the amine value thereof is 10 mgKOH/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kida, Tetsuya Aoyama, Keitaro Nakano, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Toshiyuki Yoda
  • Patent number: 9587123
    Abstract: An active light beam-curable inkjet magenta ink, wherein the ink comprises at least a pigment, a polymer dispersing agent, a crystalline gelling agent, a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator, the pigment is a solid-solution of PV19 and PR202 which has been subjected to surface treatments with alumina and sulfonic acid, the impart amount of the alumina with respect to the pigment is from 1,500 to 7,500 ppm by mass ratio, and the content of the crystalline gelling agent is from 1.5 to 3.0% by mass with respect to the entirety of the ink has fine storage stability and pinning property, and has a small gloss difference from other colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Katsunori Goi, Ryo Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9587124
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet includes water, at least one hydrosoluble organic solvent each having a boiling point of 250° C. or lower; vinyl polymer particles containing a pigment, and polycarbonate-based urethane resin particles, wherein the aqueous ink for inkjet is used for an inkjet recording system including a heating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Patent number: 9587125
    Abstract: A photo-curable ink composition including an acrylic polymer or copolymer, a mono-functional monomer, a multi-functional monomer, a photo-initiator and a pigment. Also disclosed herein is a method for forming a printed article and an inkjet printing system using said photo-curable ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Industrial Printing LTD.
    Inventors: Eytan Cohen, Malan Calitz, Alex Trubnikov, Alona Makarsky
  • Patent number: 9587126
    Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing which is favorably cured with light from a light-emitting diode (LED), favorably adheres to a polyvinyl chloride sheet such as a tarpaulin and a vinyl chloride resin sheet, suppresses the occurrence of cockling, and has both safety and favorable ejection stability at room temperature when ejected from an inkjet head for low-viscosity ink, and a printed material. The present invention is a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing containing photopolymerizable compounds and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable compounds are vinyloxyethoxyethyl acrylate and benzyl acrylate, and contained in specific amounts. The photopolymerization initiator is a compound that expresses an initiator function when irradiated with light having a wavelength within the range of 450 to 300 nm. The photocurable ink composition has a flash point of 70° C. or higher and a viscosity at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SAKATA INX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Mizutani, Takuya Myose, Tadashi Hirose
  • Patent number: 9587127
    Abstract: The acrylate monomers of the present invention, particularly o-phenyl phenoxyethyl acrylate, provide very fast curing, hard and solvent resistant digital printing inks, and yet are also still surprisingly flexible. These properties make for a technically superior alternative to the widely accepted very hard monomer isobornyl acrylate. O-phenyl phenoxyethylacrylate also has the additional benefit of being free from the strong odor associated with isobornyl acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shaun Lawrence Herlihy, Jason Wilber, Stephen Anthony Hall, Brian Rowatt
  • Patent number: 9587128
    Abstract: A water-based ink for ink jet recording contains a colorant containing a dye; water; an anionic zirconium complex ion; and a surfactant represented by the formula (1) in the formula (1): R1 is an alkyl group having 12 to 18 carbon atoms or an R4—CO—NH group (R4 is an alkyl group having 12 carbon atoms); each of R2 and R3 is a methyl group or a hydroxyethyl group; and R2 and R3 may be identical to or different from each other. Chromaticness of a recorded matter is improved without any increase in dye concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yuki Okumura
  • Patent number: 9587129
    Abstract: An ink composition includes, as dyes, a dye (Bk-1) represented by the formula (Bk-1); and a dye (Bw-1) represented by the formula (Bw-1), in which a content ratio A (dye (Bk-1):dye (Bw-1)) of the dye (Bk-1) and the dye (Bw-1) is 100:18 to 100:40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuho Miyake, Ryosuke Teramoto, Hiromi Ohori, Daisuke Ishihara, Miharu Kanaya
  • Patent number: 9587130
    Abstract: Anti-kogation agents and ink compositions containing it. Such anti-kogation agent has the formula (I) or (II) wherein R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n is an integer ranging from 3 to 10. A disclosed ink composition includes an ink vehicle, from about 0.1 to about 10 weight percentage of colorants and from about 0.01 to about 10 weight percentage of the anti-kogation agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Tyrell, Robert A. Brunck, Kevin P. DeKam, Garry Hinch
  • Patent number: 9587131
    Abstract: An image recording method includes a conveyance process for conveying a recording medium and an ink-applying process for applying a first ink and a second ink to the recording medium, wherein the first ink and the second ink contain a surfactant represented by Formula (1), the amount of the surfactant represented by Formula (1) in the first ink is greater than the amount of the surfactant represented by Formula (1) in the second ink, and a liquid X prepared by removing the surfactant represented by Formula (1) from the first ink and a liquid Y prepared by removing the surfactant represented by Formula (1) from the second ink satisfy a particular condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Akihiro Taya, Masahiro Terada, Hidetaka Kawamura, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Takaharu Aotani
  • Patent number: 9587132
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a polymer thick film transparent conductive composition that may be used in applications where thermoforming of the base substrate occurs, e.g., as in capacitive switches. Polycarbonate substrates are often used as the substrate and the polymer thick film conductive composition may be used without any barrier layer. Depending on the specific design, the thermoformable transparent conductor may be below or on top of a thermoformable silver conductor. Thermoformable electric circuits benefit from the presence of an encapsulant layer over the dried polymer thick film conductive composition. The electrical circuit is subsequently subjected to a injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Jay Robert Dorfman
  • Patent number: 9587133
    Abstract: A preferably aqueous dispersion comprises carbon nanotubes and graphene platelets, with the ratio by mass of carbon nanotubes to graphene platelets being situated within a range from ?5:95 to ?75:25. In a process for preparing a dispersion of this kind, carbon nanotubes and graphene platelets are combined so that the ratio by mass of carbon nanotubes to graphene platelets in the dispersion is in a range from ?5:95 to ?75:25. The dispersion can be used as a printing ink for producing electrically conductive films. The invention further provides an electrically conductive film comprising carbon nanotubes and graphene platelets, with the ratio by mass of carbon nanotubes to graphene platelets being situated within a range from ?5:95 to ?75:25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: FUTURECARBON GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Rudhardt, Thomas Buesgen, Stefanie Eiden, Diana Dimowa Landen, Gesa Behnken
  • Patent number: 9587134
    Abstract: Provided is a graphite-based carbon material useful as a graphene precursor, from which graphene is easily exfoliated when the graphite-based carbon material is useful as a precursor and from which a highly-concentrated graphene dispersion can easily be obtained. The graphite-based carbon material is a graphite-based carbon material useful as a graphene precursor wherein a Rate (3R) based on an X-ray diffraction method, which is defined by following Equation 1 is 31% or more: Rate(3R)=P3/(P3+P4)×100??Equation 1 wherein P3 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the rhombohedral graphite layer (3R) based on the X-ray diffraction method, and P4 is a peak intensity of a (101) plane of the hexagonal graphite layer (2H) based on the X-ray diffraction method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GRAPHENE PLATFORM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shoji Hasegawa, Nagisa Kamiya
  • Patent number: 9587135
    Abstract: A stable aqueous dispersion including certain composite particles and a method for forming the stable aqueous dispersion is provided. The composite particles include a pigment particle, the pigment particle having disposed thereon a certain water-soluble polymer including copolymerized carboxylic acid monomer and N-containing monomer and the pigment particle bearing the water-soluble polymer having disposed on it a plurality of water-insoluble polymer particles. Also provided is a dry coating formed from the aqueous dispersion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Antony K. Van Dyk, Jonathan P. DeRocher, Kevin J. Henderson, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera, Anurima Singh
  • Patent number: 9587136
    Abstract: Block copolymers for use in block copolymer lithography, self-assembled films of the block copolymers and methods for polymerizing the block copolymers are provided. The block copolymers are characterized by high Flory-Huggins interaction parameters (?). The block copolymers can be polymerized from protected hydroxystyrene monomers or from tert-butyl styrene and 2-vinylpyridine monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Padma Gopalan, Daniel Patrick Sweat, Xiang Yu, Myungwoong Kim
  • Patent number: 9587137
    Abstract: A conductive polymer composite includes (A) a ?-conjugated polymer and (B) a dopant polymer which contains a repeating unit “a” which is shown by the following general formula (1) having weight-average molecular weight thereof in the range of 1,000 to 500,000, wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a single bond, an ester group, or a linear, branched, or cyclic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may optionally contain any one of an ether group and an ester group or both; Z represents a phenylene group, a naphthylene group, or an ester group; and “a” is in the range of 0<a?1.0. There can be provided a conductive polymer composite which has excellent filterability and film-formability by spin coating, and also can form a conductive film having high transparency and excellent flatness when the film is formed with the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SHI-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Nagasawa, Jun Hatakeyama, Koji Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 9587138
    Abstract: An RMA crosslinkable composition for making thick coating layers having at least one crosslinkable component comprising reactive components A and B each including at least 2 reactive groups wherein the at least 2 reactive groups of component A are acidic protons (C—H) in activated methylene or methine groups, and the at least 2 reactive groups of component B are activated unsaturated groups (C?C), to achieve crosslinking by Real Michael Addition reaction, the composition further including a base catalyst (C), an X—H group containing component (D) that is also a Michael addition donor reactable with component B under the action of catalyst C, wherein X is C, N, P, O or S and a sag control component (E). A crosslinkable composition is also disclosed for preparing thick coating layers having a dry thickness of at least 70 mu having a surface appearance and hardness of the resulting cured composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NUPLEX RESINS B.V.
    Inventors: Richard Hendrikus Gerrit Brinkhuis, Antonius Johannes Wilhelmus Buser, Petrus Johannes Maria David Elfrink, Ferry Ludovicus Thys, Elwin Aloysius Cornelius Adrianus De Wolf
  • Patent number: 9587139
    Abstract: A curable composition includes: a) at least one aliphatic polyisocyanate; b) at least one aliphatic polyamine; and c) from 8 to 17 percent by weight of at least one liquid compound, based on the total weight of components a), b) and c) combined. Each liquid compound is independently represented by the formula (I): wherein Z represents an n valent organic group, and n represents an integer ?1. Methods of coating the curable coating on a substrate and composite articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Alexander J. Kugel, Clinton L. Jones, Cori S. Apel, Ryan B. Prince
  • Patent number: 9587140
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a waterborne coating composition having neutral pH that is low foaming and forms dry coating layer that has high hardness and high gloss. This disclosure is further directed to a coating composition comprising a crosslinking component comprising: (a) one or more alkylated melamines that are essentially unreactive to a polyisocyanate; and (b) a polyisocyanate. The coating composition can be particularly suitable for vehicle coatings and other industrial or consumer applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: AZALTA COATING SYSTEMS IP CO., LLC
    Inventors: Ayumu Yokoyama, Rajesh Gopalan Saliya, Eric C. Houze, Violeta Ilieva Petkovska
  • Patent number: 9587141
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process of coating at least a portion of a substrate surface comprising contacting the surface with hydrogen cyanide monomeric units under conditions permitting polymerisation of the hydrogen cyanide monomeric units to form a polymer that coats the surface. Also provided is a substrate coated by a polymer according to the claimed process. Also provided is a method of forming a hydrocyanic acid-based hydrogel, the method comprising co-polymerisation in a solution, the solution comprising hydrogen cyanide monomer units and co-monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
    Inventors: Helmut Thissen, Richard Evans, Aylin Koegler
  • Patent number: 9587142
    Abstract: Optically clear hydrophobic and superhydrophobic coatings and solutions and methods for preparing them. Branched polysilicate structures having surface hydroxyl groups are formed by at least partially hydrolyzing an alkoxy silane precursor via water and an acid catalyst in a solvent, and catalyzing the hydrolysis product with a base to form a gel. The structures are dispersed to form a colloidal suspension, and then hydrophilic hydroxyl groups on the structures are reacted with a silylating agent and replaced with hydrophobic and/or oleophobic ligands. Additional solvent may be added to form a coating which is optically clear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Lotus Leaf Coatings, Inc.
    Inventor: David J. Kissel
  • Patent number: 9587143
    Abstract: A composition having: an amine-functional compound and an alkoxysilane-terminated polyurea made by reacting: an amino-functional alkoxysilane-polyisocyanate adduct with a difunctional amino- or hydroxyl compound. The composition contains no unreacted isocyanate groups. A coating composition having: an amine-functional compound, an alkoxysilane-terminated polyurea, and an epoxy- or acrylate-functional compound. The coating composition is a two-component system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Erick B. Iezzi
  • Patent number: 9587144
    Abstract: A description is given of a pressure-sensitive adhesive dispersion comprising a water-dispersed polymer P1 formed by emulsion polymerization. The polymer P1 is formed from a monomer mixture comprising (a) at least 40% by weight of C4 to C20 alkyl (meth)acrylates which when polymerized as homopolymers have a glass transition temperature of ?30° C. or less, (b) at least 0.05% by weight of (meth)acrylate monomers having a substituent of the formula where X is CH2, O, NH or NR and R is a C1 to C4 alkyl group, (c) at least 0.1% by weight of acid monomers. The monomer mixture comprises alternatively at least 0.05% by weight of glycidyl (meth)acrylate and/or the pressure-sensitive adhesive dispersion comprises at least one further polymer P2 which contains glycidyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Gerst, Dirk Wulff, Heinrich Harrer
  • Patent number: 9587145
    Abstract: A high-tack pressure sensitive adhesive is provided. A high-tack adhesive is mixed with a low-tack adhesive to form an adhesive mixture. The adhesive mixture applied to a portion of a substrate as a high-tack pressure sensitive adhesive patch. In an embodiment, the adhesive mixture includes a thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Iconex LLC
    Inventors: Martha Patricia Wild, James Kirby Price, Shannon Dwayne McGhinnis
  • Patent number: 9587146
    Abstract: Optically clear stretch releasing pressure sensitive adhesive films containing a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive composition and a tacky tab are provided. The pressure sensitive adhesive compositions are formed from elastomeric silicone polymer selected from the group consisting of urea-based silicone copolymers, oxamide-based silicone copolymers, amide-based silicone copolymers, urethane-based silicone copolymers, polydiorganosiloxane polymers, or mixtures of these copolymers. The pressure sensitive adhesive compositions may also contain an MQ tackifying resin. The pressure sensitive adhesive compositions may be used to form adhesive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Audrey A. Sherman, Scott M. Tapio, Wendy J. Winkler