Patents Issued in March 21, 2017
  • Patent number: 9598599
    Abstract: The use of a colloidal silica having a specific surface area greater than 300 m2/g in a gas barrier coating additionally comprising polyvinyl alcohol and/or ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and/or a silylated derivative thereof improves wet bond strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL, B.V.
    Inventors: Derek Ronald Illsley, Graham Trevor Street
  • Patent number: 9598600
    Abstract: Methods for making phenolic resins modified with one or more monosaccharides and methods for making composite products therewith are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, a method for making a composite product can include contacting a plurality of cellulosic sheets with a resin composition that includes a phenolic resin and a monosaccharide. The resin composition can include about 0.5 wt % to about 30 wt % of the monosaccharide, based on a combined weight of the phenolic resin and the monosaccharide. The method can also include at least partially curing the resin composition to produce a composite product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Ramji Srinivasan, Benjamin D. Gapud, Kelly A. Shoemake
  • Patent number: 9598601
    Abstract: The instant invention provides an aqueous dispersion, a coating composition, coating layers and coated article made therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: David L. Malotky, Bernhard Kainz, Charles F. Diehl, Denise Lindenmuth, Timothy J. Young, John N. Argyropoulos
  • Patent number: 9598602
    Abstract: A thermosetting composition having: I. a curable polyester resin containing beta-ketoacetate moieties without vinyl unsaturations; and II. a phenolic resin having at least one methylol group. The curable polyester resin can be made by reacting a polyester resin with a compound containing a beta-ketoacetate moiety that does not contain a vinyl unsaturation such as alkyl acetoacetate compounds or diketene compounds. The curable polyester resin can be dispersed in water or dissolved in a solvent and is suitable for waterborne or solventborne coating compositions. Phenolic based crosslinking coating compositions that contain these curable polyester resins cure well with phenolic resin crosslinking compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thauming Kuo, Phillip Bryan Hall
  • Patent number: 9598603
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for paper-coating comprising aliphatic polycarbonate having an average molecular weight of 30,000 to 300,000 obtained by reaction of one or at least two different kinds of epoxide compounds selected from a group consisting of (C2-C10)alkylene oxide substituted or unsubstituted with carbon dioxide, halogen, or alkoxy; (C4-C20)cycloalkylene oxide substituted or unsubstituted with halogen or alkoxy; and (C8-C20)styrene oxide substituted or unsubstituted with halogen, alkoxy, alkyl or aryl, wherein it contains 0 to 40 weight % of polyolefin-based resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, based on the total amount of the composition. In addition, the present invention relates to a paper coating method of extrusion-coating the resin composition for paper-coating on paper at 130 to 250° C. to manufacture a coated paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minho Jeon, Jieun Yoo, Moonjung Choi, Myungahn Ok
  • Patent number: 9598604
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of aqueous polyurethane-polyurea dispersions comprising the steps of: A) reacting primary and/or secondary monoamines or diamines A1) with cyclic carbonate containing one hydroxy group A2) such that the molar ratio of total primary and/or secondary amine groups to cyclic carbonate groups is in the range of 0.8 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: STAHL INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventor: Juergen Muenter
  • Patent number: 9598605
    Abstract: A method minimizes emissions while spraying a mixture of a resin composition and a polyisocyanate onto a surface. The resin composition has a hydroxyl content of at least 400 mg KOH/g and includes a blowing agent that is a liquid under pressure, a first polyol, at least one additional polyol other than the first polyol, and optionally a catalyst, surfactant, and water. The mixture is sprayed onto the surface to form a polyurethane foam having a closed cell content of at least 90 percent. The mixture is also sprayed through a spray nozzle at a spray angle corresponding to a control spray angle of from 15 to 125 degrees measured at a pressure of from 10 to 40 psi using water as a standard. The step of spraying produces less than 50 parts of the polyisocyanate per one billion parts of air according to OSHA Method 47.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventor: Joseph Ogonowski
  • Patent number: 9598606
    Abstract: A method of forming a three-dimensional object of polyurethane, polyurea, or copolymer thereof is carried out by: (a) providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; (b) filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid, the polymerizable liquid including at least one of: (i) a blocked or reactive blocked prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate, or (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate chain extender; (c) irradiating the build region with light through the optically transparent member to form a solid blocked polymer scaffold and advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form a three-dimensional intermediate having the same shape as, or a shape to be imparted to, the three-dimensional object, with the intermediate containing the chain extender; and then (d) heating or microwave irradiating the three-dimensional intermediate sufficiently to form from the three-dime
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Kai Chen, Justin Poelma, James Goodrich, Robert Pinschmidt, Joseph M. DeSimone, Lloyd M. Robeson
  • Patent number: 9598607
    Abstract: This invention is related to compositions that can be used to protect surfaces, such as those found on bowling lanes (both synthetic and wood). The compositions are low viscosity and contain little to no VOCs (volatile organic compounds). In one embodiment, the flowable compositions are 100% solids, while in another embodiment, they are solvent-borne compositions that only include VOC-exempt solvents. Regardless of the embodiment, the compositions can be cured via UV LED light to yield scratch, abrasion, and impact resistant coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Kegel, LLC
    Inventors: Elena Y. Komarova, Dennis Sheirs, Brandy Padilla, Donald Wall
  • Patent number: 9598608
    Abstract: Polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) and polyhemiaminal (PHA) materials incorporating divalent or trivalent bridging groups tend to form highly cross-linked polymers. While highly cross-linked polymers have certain advantageous with respect to stability and various physical characteristics, they are difficult to process once formed. PHA and PHT materials incorporating a plurality of trivalent PHA/PHT groups, a plurality of divalent bridging groups, and a plurality of monovalent end groups are disclosed. According to an embodiment, the cross-link density and molecular weight can be controlled by the inclusion of the end groups. Lower cross-link density and molecular weight give PHA and PHT materials improved characteristics with respect to film and fiber formation methods. A method of coating a component or substrate with a polymer is also disclosed. Embodiments of the method can be used to form either a PHA or PHT film on a substrate, such as microelectronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Rudy J. Wojtecki
  • Patent number: 9598609
    Abstract: The present application relates to a hard-coating resin composition including a siloxane resin, a preparing method of a siloxane cured hard-coating article using same and an optical film including the siloxane cured hard-coating article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Byeong-Soo Bae, Ji-Hoon Ko, Gwang-Mun Choi
  • Patent number: 9598610
    Abstract: Disclosed are asphalts that are suitable for making shingles and other roofing material, i.e., coating asphalts, from harder paving asphalts, without oxidation of the paving asphalts. This is achieved by using various additives, including polyethylene waxes, low density and high density polyethylene materials, hard paraffin polyethylene, Sasol waxes, that are made using the Fischer-Tropsch process, and thermoplastic polyolefins that reduce brittleness at cold temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TAMKO Building Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Shane Hilsenbeck
  • Patent number: 9598611
    Abstract: A method for producing a high purity silica sol is provided. This method has enabled use of water glass for the starting material, and the resulting silica sol has a reduced metal impurity Cu and Ni content compared to conventional methods. The method comprises (1) ultrafiltration of an aqueous solution of an alkali silicate; (2) ion exchange process for removal of at least a part of cationic components in the purified aqueous solution of an alkali silicate; (3) another ion exchange process using a chelating ion exchange resin to obtain high purity silicate solution; and (4) adjustment of a part of the high purity silicate solution (seed solution) to alkaline pH and mixing of this solution with another part of the solution (feed solution) to produce a high purity silica sol having a Cu concentration and a Ni concentration (in relation to the dry silica) of up to 50 ppb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakayama, Akira Nakashima, Michio Komatsu
  • Patent number: 9598612
    Abstract: An adhesive composition and an optical member using the same, the adhesive composition including an acrylic resin; an isocyanate cross-linking agent; and a carbodiimide cross-linking agent, wherein the adhesive composition exhibits a creeping distance of about 100 ?m or less when the composition attached to a glass substrate with a bonding area of about 1.5 cm×1.5 cm is left at about 22° C. and about 50% RH for about 3 days and is subjected to a load of about 10 gf/mm2 for about 1,000 seconds, and a storage modulus of about 1×105 to about 1×107 Pa at about 10 Hz and about 30° C. under conditions in which a sample has a thickness of about 1 mm and an elongation of about 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hee Yeon Ki, Woo Jin Jeong
  • Patent number: 9598613
    Abstract: The specification discloses a composite adhesive tape, containing a thermally reflective and insulative adhesive tape layer; and a rigid adhesive tape layer. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing a composite adhesive tape, containing the step of laminating a thermally reflective and insulative tape layer with a rigid adhesive tape layer. Further disclosed is a method of applying a flooring material, containing the steps of placing the composite adhesive tape as described herein on a surface; and positioning the flooring material on the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Shawn Bruce Joseph Daley
  • Patent number: 9598614
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive film comprising a layer of an adhesive compound as well as conductive particles that are added to the adhesive compound, characterized in that a portion of the conductive particles are fibrous and a portion of the particles are in the form of dendritic structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Lesmona Scherf, Thorsten Krawinkel, Alexander Fischer
  • Patent number: 9598615
    Abstract: Provided are a propylene-based polymer which enhances heat creep resistance and a hot-melt adhesive having excellent heat creep resistance. A propylene-based polymer which satisfies the following (1) and (2): (1) 125?a modulus of elasticity in tension (MPa) at 23° C.?400; and (2) 100?an elongation at break (%) at 23° C.?1,000, and a hot-melt adhesive containing the propylene-based polymer in an amount of 1 to 50% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Fujinami, Kazuhiro Hashima, Yutaka Minami, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Patent number: 9598616
    Abstract: The invention provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, which is prepared by using an alcohol solvent to obtain a high-molecular weight acrylic polymer, and exhibits excellent levels of coating liquid storage stability, stability over time in the adhesiveness, aging suitability, adhesive strength, releasability and heat-resistant holding power, as well as providing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition comprises a specific crosslinking agent and an acrylic polymer with a glass transition temperature of ?60 to 0° C. obtained by radical polymerization in an alcohol solvent of an ethylenic unsaturated bond-containing monomer comprising specific amounts of specific monomers, wherein the acrylic polymer contains a low-molecular weight component and a high-molecular weight component with an area ratio therebetween of 65/35 to 80/20, and the monomer has a carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Sato, Toru Oya, Yoshitaka Tone, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9598617
    Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylate based adhesive composition for optical use that includes: a copolymer prepared by polymerizing an alkyl (meth)acrylate (wherein the alkyl is a C16 to C22 linear alkyl group) in an amount of about 1 to about 10 parts by weight, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (wherein the alkyl is a C1 to C12 alkyl group) in an amount of about 70 to about 98 parts by weight, and a polar monomer in an amount of about 1 to about 20 parts by weight; and a cross-linking agent. The cross-linking agent is included in an amount of about 0.5 to 5 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., NITTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong-Sun Lee, Sang-Hyun Lim, Dae-Guen Choi, Hak-Sun Kim, Shinichiro Kawahara, Minoru Nanchi, Keisuke Sako, Yuta Irie, Satoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9598618
    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: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BYK-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pritschins, Jürgen Omeis, Stefan Mössmer, Andrea Esser, Monika Roch
  • Patent number: 9598619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an one-component adhesive composition, comprising a moisture cross-linking silyl modified polymer and an organoclay-based rheology controller being an alkyl ammonium salt modified mineral clay mixture. The present invention relates moreover to a two-component adhesive composition, comprising a first component A) comprising a moisture cross-linking polymer and an organoclay-based rheology controller; and a second water-based component B) that is reactive with component A) upon mixing thereof. The present invention moreover relates to a method of production of said adhesive composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BOSTIK SA
    Inventor: Petrus Johannes Cornelius Vosters
  • Patent number: 9598620
    Abstract: An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive particles contained within a bond material. The abrasive particles can include a majority content of silicon nitride and a minority content of sintering material including at least two rare-earth oxide materials. In an embodiment, the rare-earth oxide materials can include Nd2O3 and Y2O3. In a particular embodiment, the abrasive particles comprise a content (wt %) of Nd2O3 that is greater than a content of Y2O3 (wt %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Guan Wang, Vimal K. Pujari, Yves Boussant-Roux
  • Patent number: 9598621
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention refrigerant compositions are disclosed. The refrigerant compositions contain comprise 11-28 weight percent difluoromethane; 34-59 weight percent pentafluoroethane; and 21-38 weight percent 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene. The refrigerant compositions are useful in processes to produce cooling, in methods for replacing refrigerant R-404A or R-507A, and in refrigeration systems. These inventive refrigerant compositions can be used in stationary and mobile refrigeration equipment, and are particularly useful for transport refrigeration units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Barbara Haviland Minor, Kenneth J. Schultz
  • Patent number: 9598622
    Abstract: Gel including a phase-change material and a gelling agent. In one embodiment, the phase-change material may be n-tetradecane, n-hexadecane or mixtures thereof. The gelling agent may be a high molecular weight styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene (SEBS) triblock copolymer with a styrene:rubber ratio of about 30:70 to 33:67% by weight. To form the gel, the phase-change material and the gelling agent may be mixed at an elevated temperature relative to room temperature to partially, but not completely, dissolve the gelling agent. The mixture may then be cooled to room temperature. Alternatively, the phase-change material and the gelling agent may be mixed at room temperature, and the mixture may then be heated to form a viscoelastic liquid, which is then cooled to room temperature. The invention is also directed at a method of preparing the gel, a thermal exchange implement including the gel, and a method of preparing the thermal exchange implement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard M. Formato, Dimitrios P. Bakllas, Amrut N. Biswal
  • Patent number: 9598623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites. The nanodiamond containing thermoplastic thermal composite comprises from 0.01 to 80 wt.-% of nanodiamond particles, from 1 to 90 wt.-% of at least one filler, and from 5 to 80 wt.-% of at least one thermoplastic polymer. The present disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing the nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites, and to use of the nanodiamonds containing thermoplastic thermal composites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: CARBODEON LTD OY
    Inventors: Vesa Myllymaki, Jesse Syren
  • Patent number: 9598624
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat transfer fluid additive composition comprising: greater than or equal to 10 weight percent (wt %) of a carboxylic acid, based on the total weight of the composition; an azole compound; and a base, wherein the base is present in an amount sufficient to obtain a pH 8-10.5 when diluted by 50 volume % with water. The heat transfer fluid additive composition can be combined with other components to form a heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid can be used in a heat transfer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Prestone Products Corporation
    Inventors: Bo Yang, Aleksei Gershun, Peter M. Woyciesjes
  • Patent number: 9598625
    Abstract: A drilling fluid lubricant includes a crude tall oil product and a derivative of ricinoleic acid that is at least partially transesterified product. A modified drilling fluid includes a water-based drilling fluid in a range of from about 95 vol. % to about 99 vol. % and a drilling fluid lubricant in a range of from about 0.1 vol. % to about 5 vol. % of the fluid. The drilling fluid lubricant includes a crude tall oil product selected from the group consisting of crude tall oil, distilled tall oil, acid tall oil, fractionated tall oil, and combinations thereof. The drilling fluid lubricant also includes at least partially transesterified derivative of ricinoleic acid product. The product comprises at least partially transesterified derivatives of ricinoleic acid that combined are in a range of from about 88 mole % to about 99 mole % of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: M J Research & Development, LP
    Inventors: Fred P. Massey, Owen N. Massey
  • Patent number: 9598626
    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: (I), R is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons; R1 may be the same or different than R and is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons or a hydroxy alkyl group comprising n number of carbons wherein n is an integer from 1 to 10 and n?1 hydroxyl groups; R2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbons; R3 may be the same or different than R2 and is an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbons or a hydroxy alkyl group comprising n number of carbons wherein n is an integer from 1 to 10 and n?1 hydroxyl groups, with the proviso that R3 is not the same as R1; and X is an anion. 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: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Cole A. Witham, Joseph L. Deavenport, Michael K. Poindexter
  • Patent number: 9598627
    Abstract: A non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprising a fluid loss additive wherein the fluid loss additive comprises the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid. A method of conducting an oil-field operation comprising placing a non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid downhole wherein the non-aqueous wellbore servicing fluid comprises a fluid loss additive comprising the reaction product of (i) a functional polymer and (ii) an oligomerized fatty acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Harris, Frank E. Evans
  • Patent number: 9598628
    Abstract: A method for inhibiting the plugging of a conduit containing a flowable mixture comprising at least an amount of hydrocarbons capable of forming hydrates in the presence of water and an amount of water, which method comprises adding to the mixture an amount of a functionalized dendrimer effective to inhibit formation and/or accumulation of hydrates in the mixture at conduit temperatures and pressures; and flowing the mixture containing the functionalized dendrimer and any hydrates through the conduit wherein the functionalized dendrimer comprises two or more functional end groups selected from the group consisting of non-cyclic tertiary amine functional end groups, quaternary ammonium functional end groups, polyalkylene glycol functional end groups, quaternary ammonium zwitterionic end groups and phosphate or sulfate end groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHELL OIL COMPANY
    Inventor: Ulfert Cornelis Klomp
  • Patent number: 9598629
    Abstract: Provided is a process of enhanced oil recovery from an oil reservoir of an underground formation by using a compound of formula (I) to inhibit the phenomena of retention of anionic surfactants within an oil-bearing reservoir, such as a carbonate or clay reservoir: R—O—(—CH2—CH(—CH3)—O—)m—(—CH2—CH2—O—)n—H, wherein: R is a hydrocarbon-based group comprising from 6 to 40 carbons; m ranges from 0 to 20; n is greater than m and ranges from 5 to 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: RHODIA OPERATIONS, INSTITUT FRANCAIS DU PETROLE
    Inventors: Mikel Morvan, Patrick Moreau, René Tabary, Brigitte Bazin
  • Patent number: 9598630
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating subterranean formations, in particular, oilfield stimulation compositions and methods using polymer viscosified fluid crosslinked with metal complexes with amino and/or phosphonic acids to provide an increased crosslinking temperature and a low pH sensitivity. The metal complexes can be used with borate crosslinkers to provide continuous viscosification as the temperature is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Andrey Mirakyan, Michael D. Parris, Carlos Abad, Yiyan Chen
  • Patent number: 9598631
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating a water and hydrocarbon producing subterranean formation to reduce the water permeability of the formation without reducing the hydrocarbon permeability of the formation are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a treatment fluid including a base fluid and a relative permeability modifier including a polymer of at least one hydrophilic monomer and at least one hydrophobically modified hydrophilic monomer, wherein the polymer includes a sulfonate moiety, and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Antonio Recio, III, Larry Steven Eoff, Baireddy Raghava Reddy, Christopher Austin Lewis
  • Patent number: 9598632
    Abstract: A method of depositing a photoluminescent material into a surface of the polymeric material is disclosed. The method comprises dissolving the photoluminescent material in water to create a solution. The temperature of the solution is then controlled at a predetermined temperature. The surface is contacted by the solution at the predetermined temperature for a predetermined time, thereby infusing the surface with the photoluminescent material. Following the predetermined time, the solution is removed from the surface by rinsing the surface with water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Kenneth Dellock, Stuart C. Salter, Cornel Lewis Gardner, Talat Karmo, Arsen Terjimanian
  • Patent number: 9598633
    Abstract: A luminescent color conversion member of a light emitting device includes a glass and integrated particles dispersed inside the glass, each of the integrated particles being a mixture of phosphors and a dispersively binding material that are bonded to each other. The luminescent color conversion member is configured as a sintered body of a mixture of the integrated particles and glass particles. The dispersively binding material is a non-glass material having transparency and bondability to the phosphors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Wada
  • Patent number: 9598634
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a multilayer of nanocrystals. The method comprises the steps of (i) coating nanocrystals surface-coordinated by a photosensitive compound, or a mixed solution of a photosensitive compound and nanocrystals surface-coordinated by a material miscible with the photosensitive compound, on a substrate, drying the coated substrate, and exposing the dried substrate to UV light to form a first monolayer of nanocrystals, and (ii) repeating the procedure of step (i) to form one or more monolayers of nanocrystals on the first monolayer of nanocrystals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Joo Jang, Shin Ae Jun, Sung Hun Lee, Jong Jin Park, Seong Jae Choi, Tae Kyung Ahn
  • Patent number: 9598635
    Abstract: A method for the photo-mediated phase transfer of inorganic nanocrystals, such as luminescent quantum dots, QDs, is provided. Irradiation, specifically UV excitation (?ex<400 nm), promotes the in-situ ligand exchange of hydrophobic quantum dots with hydrophilic ligands and their facile transfer to polar solvents and buffer media. The technique enables transfer of quantum dots and other nanocrystal materials from hydrophobic to polar and hydrophilic solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Hedi Mattoussi, Igor Alabugin, Goutam Palui, Tommaso Avellini
  • Patent number: 9598636
    Abstract: A red phosphor in the form of a Mn-activated complex fluoride having the formula: A2MF6:Mn wherein M is one or more tetravalent elements selected from Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, and Sn, and A is one or more alkali metals selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, and contains at least Na and/or K, is surface treated with a treating solution containing a surface treating agent selected from an organic amine, quaternary ammonium salt, alkyl betaine or fluorochemical surfactant, alkoxysilane, and fluorinated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masami Kaneyoshi, Masatoshi Ishii
  • Patent number: 9598637
    Abstract: The present invention relates, to metal complexes having improved solubility, to processes for the preparation of the metal complexes, to devices comprising these metal complexes and to the use of the metal complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Rémi M. Anémain, Burkhard Koenig, Claire De Nonancourt
  • Patent number: 9598638
    Abstract: A gamma photon detector for detecting 511 keV PET radiation includes a scintillator host material doped with cerium. The cerium is present in a concentration of 0.1 to 1.0 mol %. Lower concentrations increase light output but also decay times which can lead to pile up issues. The higher light output enables the read out area to be decreased which reduces the pile up issues. Embodiments with a cerium concentration as low as 0.15 to 0.2 mol % and a read out area as low as 0.1 cm2 are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Reinder Ronda, Jacobus Gerardus Boerekamp, Sandra Johanna Maria Paula Spoor, Anne-Marie Andree Van Dongen, Herfried Karl Wieczorek, Wilhelmus Cornelis Keur
  • Patent number: 9598639
    Abstract: Liquid-crystal compounds, liquid-crystal compositions, and liquid-crystal devices employing the same are provided. The liquid-crystal compound has a structure of Formula (I): wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-10 alkyl, or C2-10 alkenyl; R2 is, C2-10 alkenyl, or C2-10 fluoroalkenyl, in which one or two nonadjacent —CH2— is replaced by —O—, or C2-10 ether; A1, A2, A3, and A4 are independently R3 is independently hydrogen, or halogen; Z1, Z2, and Z3 are independently single bond, —CH2—, —(CH2)2—, —(CH2)4—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —CF?CF—, —(CH2)2CF2O—, —(CH2)2OCF2—, —OCF2(CH2)2—, —CF2O(CH2)2—, —COO—, —OCO—, —CF2O—, —OCF2—, —C?C—, —CH?CH—, —CH?CH—(CH2)2—, or —(CH2)2—CH?CH—; and n and m are independently 1 or 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: DAXIN MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching-Tien Lee, Hsin-Cheng Liu, Chun-Chih Wang, Wan-Yu Huang, Tian-Meng Jiang, Hui-Qiang Tian, Li-Long Gao
  • Patent number: 9598640
    Abstract: To form an optical alignment film having large anchoring strength and suppress an AC afterimage of a liquid crystal display device, in a liquid crystal display device of an IPS mode. In an alignment film material subjected to optical alignment processing, polyimide which becomes a rigid high molecule and polyimide which becomes a flexible high molecule are mixed and used. The material of the present invention can easily rotate oligomer after irradiating polarized ultraviolet rays and improve a UV-absorbed two-color ratio of an alignment film. Accordingly, an anchoring strength for liquid crystals by the alignment film is large to suppress an AC afterimage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Shoichi Uchino, Noboru Kunimatsu
  • Patent number: 9598641
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the production of charcoal from wood chips or other particulate organic waste material. The quality of charcoal produced is suitable for use in applications such as chemical reagents, fuels, and as absorbents. The reaction vessel defines a flow path extending from the input to the vessel, through to the output from the vessel, in which the thermal decomposition of the organic material progresses as the organic material passes through the reaction vessel. The vessel includes a reaction zone for autogenous reaction of organic material in a reaction bed of the organic material, and a cooling zone having at least one inlet for supplying cooling gas into the reaction bed and an outlet to extract heated gas from the reaction bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventor: Alexandre Vladimirovich Deev
  • Patent number: 9598642
    Abstract: A method of measuring and controlling a temperature distribution at a member is disclosed. A probe is placed proximate the member. The probe has a plurality of longitudinally-spaced reflective elements. An ultrasonic pulse is generated at a selected location of the probe so as to propagate along the probe. Reflected pulses are received at the selected location from the plurality of longitudinally-spaced reflective elements. The distribution of temperature at the member is determined from the reflected pulses. The determined distribution of temperature may be used in controlling the temperature of the member. The member may be a solid or fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ke Wang, Thomas M. Scott, Zhiyue Xu
  • Patent number: 9598643
    Abstract: An improved system for removing bitumen from tar sands comprises a pretreatment system utilizing a vibratory load hopper for classifying and sizing said tar sand particles communicating with a dryer for heating and drying said tar sand particles to a predetermined temperature thereby controlling the moisture content of said tar sands. An extraction system is also included for accepting said tar sands from the dryer comprising a plurality of extraction vessels arranged in series for transporting said tar sands from a first extraction vessel to a final extraction vessel. Furthermore, a solvent system for supplying a predetermined volume of solvent flow through said extraction vessels is employed, whereby solvent is supplied to the last extraction vessel and a solvent and bitumen mixture is withdrawn from the first extraction vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Inventor: Lila Hau Yuk Chan
  • Patent number: 9598644
    Abstract: A method of hydrogenation utilizing a reactant gas mixture comprising a carbon oxide and a hydrogen agent, and a hydrogenation catalyst comprising a mixed-metal oxide containing metal sites supported and/or incorporated into the lattice. The mixed-metal oxide comprises a pyrochlore, a brownmillerite, or mixtures thereof doped at the A-site or the B-site. The metal site may comprise a deposited metal, where the deposited metal is a transition metal, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, or mixtures thereof. Contact between the carbon oxide, hydrogen agent, and hydrogenation catalyst under appropriate conditions of temperature, pressure and gas flow rate generate a hydrogenation reaction and produce a hydrogenated product made up of carbon from the carbon oxide and some portion of the hydrogen agent. The carbon oxide may be CO, CO2, or mixtures thereof and the hydrogen agent may be H2. In a particular embodiment, the hydrogenated product comprises olefins, paraffins, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Dushyant Shekhawat, David A. Berry, Daniel J. Haynes, Victor Abdelsayed, Mark W. Smith, James J. Spivey
  • Patent number: 9598645
    Abstract: Feedstocks containing biocomponent materials are coprocessed with mineral feeds using a Group VI metal catalyst prior to hydrodesulfurization of the feedstocks. The Group VI metal catalyst is optionally a physically promoted Group VI metal catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: EXXONMOBIL RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick L. Hanks, Bradley R. Fingland, Stuart L. Soled, Sabato Miseo
  • Patent number: 9598646
    Abstract: A method for treating coal includes drying coal in an initial drying step. The dried coal is pyrolyzed in a pyrolysis step to form coal char and evolved gases. The coal char is eventually cooled and blended. The evolved gases are condensed in at least two, preferably three or more, distinct zones at different temperatures to condense coal-derived liquids (CDLs) from the evolved coal gas. Noncondensable gases may be returned to the pyrolysis chamber as a heat-laden sweep gas, or further processed as a fuel stream. The CDLs may optionally be centrifuged and/or filtered or otherwise separated from remaining particulate coal sludge. The sludge may be combined with coal char, optionally for briquetting; while the CDLs are stored. Precise control of the condensing zone temperatures allows control of the amount and consistency of the condensate fractions collected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: C20 Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Franklin G. Rinker, Timothy J. Kuhn
  • Patent number: 9598647
    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 deasphalting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdennour Bourane, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Stephane Cyrille Kressmann
  • Patent number: 9598648
    Abstract: A process for removing non-volatile, particulate mercury from crudes and condensates is disclosed. Particulate mercury in crudes can be removed by a process of first adding a halogen, such as I2. The halogen converts at least 10% of the particulate mercury into an oil-soluble mercury compound that cannot be removed by filtration or centrifugation. This oil-soluble mercury compound can then be removed by adsorption onto a solid adsorbent. The process can operate at near ambient conditions. The adsorption step can be carried out by mixing a particulate adsorbent in the halogen-treated crude and then removing it by centrifugation, desalting, filtration, hydrocyclone or by settling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis John O'Rear, Wei Wang, Nga Malekzadeh