Patents Issued in April 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170101566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transparent organosilicon gel adhesive. The transparent organosilicon gel adhesive is prepared by mixing component A with component B in accordance with the mass proportion of 1:1. The component A is composed of 60-95 parts by weight of base material, 0.1-0.5 part by weight of catalyst and 5-40 parts by weight of auxiliary material, and the component B is composed of 60-95 parts by weight of base material, 5-20 parts by weight of crosslinker, 0.1-0.5 part by weight of inhibitor and 1-20 parts by weight of auxiliary material. The present invention relates to a two-component addition type transparent AB silicone gel adhesive, which has good adhesion to glass, a PC board, PMMA. The present invention has a refractive index of 1.40 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: DONG SHI
  • Publication number: 20170101567
    Abstract: To provide a working medium for heat cycle, of which combustibility is suppressed, which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity), and a heat cycle system, of which the safety is secured, and which is excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity). A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a heat pump cycle system, a refrigerating cycle system 10 or a heat transport system).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170101568
    Abstract: To provide a working medium for heat cycle, of which combustibility is suppressed, which has less influence over the ozone layer, which has less influence over global warming and which provides a heat cycle system excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity), and a heat cycle system, of which the safety is secured, and which is excellent in the cycle performance (efficiency and capacity). A working medium for heat cycle comprising 1-chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene is employed for a heat cycle system (such as a Rankine cycle system, a heat pump cycle system, a refrigerating cycle system 10 or a heat transport system).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masato FUKUSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20170101569
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and compositions comprising HFC-32, HFC-125, transHFO-1234ze, HFC-134a and HFO-1234yf that may be used as a replacement refrigerant in existing systems, and particularly used to partially replace R-404A in existing systems. Also disclosed are refrigeration systems, methods and compositions comprising HFO-1234yf, transHFO-1234ze, HFC-134a, HFC-143a, HFC-125, and HFC-32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Samuel F. Yana Motta, Michael Petersen, Ronald Peter Vogl, Mark W. Spatz, Gustavo Pottker, Christopher Foutz
  • Publication number: 20170101570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an addition one part curing type heat-conductive silicone grease composition contains, as indispensable components: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing at least one alkenyl group per molecule and having a viscosity of 50 mPa•s to 100,000 mPa•s at 25° C.; (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane which contains at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecule, which has no R2SiO unit, which has no silicon-bonded hydrogen atom at any terminal end, which has the silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms only in a side chain or chains, and which is in a substantially straight chain form, in an amount such that the ratio of {the number of Si-H groups}/{the number of alkenyl groups in the composition} is in the range from 0.1 to 5.0; (C) a photoactive type platinum complex curing catalyst; and (D) a heat-conductive filler, wherein the composition has a viscosity at 25° C. of 30 Pa•s to 800 Pa•s as measured by a Malcom viscometer at a rotational speed of 10 rpm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuhiro IWATA
  • Publication number: 20170101571
    Abstract: The development and manufacture of thermal interface materials including, among other forms, greases, pastes, gels, adhesives, pads, sheets, solders and phase change materials, with good through-plane thermal conductivity for thermal interface applications. The good through-plane thermal conductivity is achieved, through the formation of a conductive network by the use of thermal conductive material-coated fillers, combinations of thermal conductive material-coated fillers and uncoated fillers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Fukushima, Thomas Ritch, Jessica Russell, Liya Wang
  • Publication number: 20170101572
    Abstract: Degradation agent encapsulation is provided. In one possible implementation, a capsule includes a degradation agent configured to encourage degradation of the part and a coating at least partially encapsulating the degradation agent. The coating is engineered to be compromised upon exposure to one or more activation triggers. In another possible implementation, a degradable part includes one or more capsules embedded in the part. The capsules include a degradation agent at least partially encapsulated in a coating engineered to be compromised upon exposure to one or more activation triggers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Meng Qu, Shitong S. Zhu, Martin E. Poitzsch, John David Rowatt
  • Publication number: 20170101573
    Abstract: Crosslinked high molecular weight acrylamide and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid copolymers in inverse emulsion form act as inhibitive and encapsulating agents for water-based drilling fluids system. The crosslinked copolymer are particularly useful for high salt, high density drilling fluids in high temperature and high pressure applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: CNPC USA Corporation, CNPC Chuanqing Drilling Engineering Company Limited
    Inventors: Meng Lu, Guang Chang Ma, Burhan Hoxha, Feng Feng Xiao
  • Publication number: 20170101574
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions, systems and methods for removing iron sulfide scale from a solid object, such as an oilfield component. The compositions include a carbon-carbon (C—C) double bond with an electron withdrawing group bonded to at least one of the double-bonded carbons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yang Peng, Funian Zhao, Zhiwei Yue, Liu Shi, Liangwei Qu, Chunfang Fan
  • Publication number: 20170101575
    Abstract: Various embodiments disclosed relate to compositions for treatment of subterranean formations and a method of using the same, such as for consolidation treatments. In various embodiments the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method includes obtaining or providing a composition. The composition 5 includes a propane including at least one hydroxy substituent and at least two epoxide substituents. The composition also includes a hardening agent. The method includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sushant Dattaram Wadekar, Neelam Deepak Raysoni, Prajakta Ratnakar Patil
  • Publication number: 20170101576
    Abstract: A process for producing mineral oil from underground mineral oil deposits, in which an aqueous formulation comprising at least one water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymer is injected through at least one injection well into a mineral oil deposit having a deposit temperature of 20° C. to 120° C. and crude oil is withdrawn from the deposit through at least one production well, wherein the water-soluble copolymer comprises at least acrylamide or derivatives thereof and a mixture comprising at least two amphiphilic macromonomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Björn LANGLOTZ, Tobias ZIMMERMANN, Roland REICHENBACH-KLINKE, Christian BITTNER
  • Publication number: 20170101577
    Abstract: Provided is a method and composition for the in-situ generation of synthetic sweet spots in tight-gas formations. The composition can include nitrogen generating compounds, which upon activation, react to generate heat and nitrogen gas. The method of using the composition includes injecting the composition into a tight-gas formation such that upon activation, the heat and nitrogen gas generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Mohammed Nasser Al-Dahlan, Ayman Raja Al-Nakhli, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Harith
  • Publication number: 20170101578
    Abstract: Improved hydraulic fracturing compositions are disclosed which help reduce potential negative environmental impact by hydraulic fracturing. The disclosed compositions have flammability and toxicity and are relatively safe for the environment. The compositions may also contain biodegradable components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Courtney Gene Rogers
  • Publication number: 20170101579
    Abstract: Proposed is a phosphor capable of effectively inhibiting the occurrence of adverse influence of a sulfur-based gas while improving water resistance of the phosphor and effectively inhibiting the corrosion of a metallic member. A phosphor is proposed, which includes particles or a layer provided on the surface of a sulfur-containing phosphor, which contains sulfur in a host material, and containing a crystalline metal borate containing an IIA-Group element, boron, and oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Masaaki INAMURA, Haruka SHIMIZU, Takayoshi MORI, Masanori SATO, Jun-ichi ITOH
  • Publication number: 20170101580
    Abstract: A liquid crystal composition includes at least one first compound represented by Formula I: wherein each of L1 to L8 are independently a hydrogen or a fluorine; is a cyclohexyl group, a phenyl group, tetrahydropyran, 1,3-dioxane, a fluorocyclohexyl group, a fluorophenyl group, fluorotetrahydropyran, or fluoro-1,3-dioxane; n is 0 to 2, and when n=2, each is independently a cyclohexyl group, a phenyl group, tetrahydropyran, 1,3-dioxane, a fluorocyclohexyl group, a fluorophenyl group, fluorotetrahydropyran, or fluoro-1,3-dioxane; each of R1 and R2 is independently a C1˜2 alkyl group; and R? is hydrogen, a C1˜5 alkyl group, a C2˜5 alkenyl group, or a C1˜5 alkoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sun Young KWON, Keun Chan OH
  • Publication number: 20170101581
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal compound and a liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal compound has a general structural formula as represented by formula I. The liquid crystal composition provided by the present disclosure has a lower rotary viscosity ?1, can achieve a quick response, and further has an appropriate dielectric anisotropy ??, an appropriate optical anisotropy ?n, a high stability to heat and light, a high VHR numerical value especially in the case where the liquid crystal is under harsh conditions, and a stability to electric field and electromagnetic radiation. As a liquid crystal material for use in thin film transistor techniques (TFT-LCD), the material further has the properties of a wider nematic phase temperature range, an appropriate birefringence anisotropy, a very high electrical resistivity, a good anti-ultraviolet performance, a high charge holding rate, a low vapor pressure etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Guoliang Yuan, Lei Zhao, Kui Wang, Mingxia Wang, Ruimao Hua, Jinsong Meng
  • Publication number: 20170101582
    Abstract: A compound, represented by formula (1): wherein, R1 and R2 are alkyl having 1 to 15 carbons or the like; ring A1 is tetrahydropyran-2,5-diyl, and ring A2 and ring A3 are 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene or 2-chloro-1,4-phenylene; Z1, Z2 and Z3 are a single bond or the like; and a and b are 0 or 1, and a sum of a and b is 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki GOTOH, Mayumi GOTO, Michiko SAWADA
  • Publication number: 20170101583
    Abstract: A reactor is provided for the preparation of modified bitumen, which reactor comprises a horizontal housing comprising a cylindrical wall and two side walls, wherein a bitumen inlet has been provided at or near one of the side walls of the housing and a bitumen product outlet has been provided at or near the opposite side wall of the housing, wherein a plurality of inlets for the provision of oxygen-containing gas has been provided in the cylindrical wall of the housing between the bitumen inlet and the bitumen product outlet, which multi-purpose reactor is further provided with a mixer arranged inside the housing comprising at least one rotor rotating within at least one stator having a plurality of openings. The reaction is used to prepare modified bitumen by contacting bitumen in the reactor with a modified elevated temperature and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Roberto BRAN, Cheluva KUMAR, Sachin RAJ, Daryl SCOTT
  • Publication number: 20170101584
    Abstract: A system for converting hydrocarbon materials into a product includes a hydrocarbon feedstock source, a process gas source, an energy generator, and a cylindrical reaction chamber. The reaction chamber has a conductive inner surface that forms a resonant cavity. The resonant cavity is configured to support a standing TM010 electromagnetic wave. The reaction chamber is also configured to receive feedstock from the feedstock source, process gas from the process gas source, and convert the feedstock into a product stream in the presence of the TM010 electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: George L. Skoptsov, James J. Strohm, Benjamin Q. Roberts
  • Publication number: 20170101585
    Abstract: A refining apparatus and a refining method for recycling waste plastics. The refining apparatus includes a feeding device, a pyrolysis furnace, a chloride-decomposing device, a first condensation device, a temporary storage, a still, a sieve plate tower, a second condensation device, and a receiving tank. The waste plastics are cracked by the pyrolysis furnace to produce plastic gas by heating. The chlorides of the plastic gas are removed by the chloride-decomposing device having the ammonia to produce a first oil gas. The first oil gas is condensed by the first condensation device to produce raw oil. The raw oil is heated by the still to produce a second oil gas. The second oil gas is sieved by the sieve plate tower to produce a third oil gas. The third oil gas is condensed by the second condensation device to produce finished oil received by the receiving tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Chao-Kao Chen
  • Publication number: 20170101586
    Abstract: Methods and systems for managing a decomposition process are disclosed. An example method can comprise estimating a coking rate for a process based on a coking model. The coking model can comprise a pyrolytic coking term and a catalytic coking term. An example method can comprise, performing at least a portion of the process, receiving a parameter for the process, and adjusting an operation of the process based on the parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Abduljelil ILIYAS, Munawar SAUDAGAR, Hatem BELFADHEL
  • Publication number: 20170101587
    Abstract: Processes and compositions for scavenging hydrogen sulfide from hydrocarbon streams are disclosed that reduce, if not substantially eliminate, the formation of crystalline or amorphous solids even under cold conditions. The compositions used in the processes comprise a hexahydrotriazine component and an amphiphilic component that form a hydrophobic micelle when the hexahydrotriazine component becomes spent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Roy Bertrand, III
  • Publication number: 20170101588
    Abstract: A high pressure trap for separating sand and asphaltene from a high pressure stream of oil includes a vessel having a longitudinal axis arranged substantially vertically; an oil inlet for introducing a high pressure stream of oil with entrained sand and asphaltene into the vessel; an impact plate in the vessel and arranged at the inlet so that the high pressure stream of oil impacts the plate such that the entrained sand and asphaltene separate from the stream and collect in a bottom portion of the vessel; and a chemical inlet at the bottom portion for introducing chemicals to contact separated sand and asphaltene in the bottom portion to facilitate removal of the separated sand and apshaltene from the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: INTEVEP, S.A.
    Inventors: Leonor Gonzalez, José Eduardo Castilla Alvarez, Hector Salazar, Miguel Asuaje
  • Publication number: 20170101589
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for resolving emulsions formed from oils present in quench waters of ethylene manufacturing operations. The methods include adding a cationic oligomer to the base of a water quench tower having an emulsion formed therein, and collecting a water phase therefrom. The water phase can be applied to a water recycling loop within the manufacturing facility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Fabrice Cuoq, Steven Leen, Jerome Vachon, Anthoni van Zijl, Ian Robson, Roy van Lier, Theodore C. Arnst
  • Publication number: 20170101590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for desulfurizing a cracked naphtha containing organic sulfur compounds comprising the following steps: a) feeding the cracked naphtha to a distillation column comprising a bottom reboiler; b) fractionating said cracked naphtha into a light naphtha fraction and a heavy naphtha fraction which is removed as bottoms from the distillation column; c) feeding the heavy naphtha fraction and hydrogen to a hydrodesulfurization unit containing a hydrodesulfurization catalyst to produce a desulfurized heavy naphtha effluent. The process further comprises a step of providing heat to the distillation column by an intermediate reboiler powered with a heat source having a temperature lower than that one of the bottom reboiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: AXENS, IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
    Inventors: Heloise DREUX, Romina DIGNE, Frederic FEUGNET, Jean-Michel BESNAULT, Geoffrey DUBIN
  • Publication number: 20170101591
    Abstract: A method providing for the selective hydroproces sing of cracked naphtha feedstock to make a low-sulfur gasoline blending component. The method includes the use of two catalytic distillation stages in combination with two stripping columns and two fixed-bed reactors integrated in a novel arrangement so as to provide for the treatment of cracked naphtha feedstock that has a high sulfur concentration to yield exceptionally low-sulfur light cracked naphtha and heavy cracked naphtha products. The desulfurized light and heavy cracked naphtha are produced with a minimal amount of hydrogenation of the olefin content and at may suitably be used as gasoline blending components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Gene NELSON, Raymond William CHAFIN, II, Richard Carey GREEN, Eri ITO, David William SACKS, Gerald Max LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20170101592
    Abstract: A method providing for the selective hydroprocessing of cracked naphtha feedstock to make blending components for low-sulfur gasoline and either ultra-low sulfur diesel or ultra-low sulfur jet fuel. The method includes the use of two catalytic distillation stages in combination with three stripping columns and two fixed-bed reactors integrated in a novel arrangement so as to provide for the treatment of cracked naphtha feedstock that has a high sulfur concentration to yield exceptionally low-sulfur light cracked naphtha and heavy cracked naphtha products and low-sulfur diesel or jet fuel. The desulfurized light and heavy cracked naphtha are produced with a minimal amount of hydrogenation of the olefin content and may suitably be used as gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel blending components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Richard Carey GREEN
  • Publication number: 20170101593
    Abstract: A coal co-gasification method, comprising the following steps: 1, fuel and a first pressurised oxygen-containing gas are injected into a gasifier, and the fuel is ignited so as to increase the temperature inside the gasifier; 2, when the temperature increase reaches a temperature capable of igniting coal-water slurry to be injected, injection of the fuel and the first pressurised oxygen-containing gas is stopped, and the coal-water slurry and a second pressurised oxygen-containing gas are injected into the gasifier so as to perform coal-water slurry gasification; 3, once the coal-water slurry gasification has stabilised, a third pressurised oxygen-containing gas and carbon dioxide carrying powdered coal are injected into the gasifier to perform co-gasification. The method operates stably, and overcomes cumbersome and time-consuming adjustment steps in the prior art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ENN COAL GASIFICATION MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feng CHEN, Xia PAN
  • Publication number: 20170101594
    Abstract: The present technology is related to coupled quaternary ammonium salts, and the use of such coupled quaternary ammonium salts in fuel and oil compositions, or demulsification and/or engine performance of the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Paul R. Stevenson, James H. Bush, David J. Moreton
  • Publication number: 20170101595
    Abstract: A PIB derivative suitable for use as a fuel additive or lubricant additive prepared from a reactive low molecular weight polyisobutylene composition comprising at least 50 mol percent alpha vinylidene terminated polyisobutylene molecules, the composition having a polydispersity of no more than 1.5 and a number average molecular weight of at least 500 Daltons and no more than 1000 Daltons. The derivative is selected from the group consisting of: alkyl hydroxyaromatic compounds; alkyl alkoxy aromatic compounds; polyisobutenylsuccinic anhydrides; polyisobutenylsuccinimides; PIB-amine compounds; sulfurized PIB compounds; and Mannich condensation products of an alkylated hydroxyaromatic compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: TPC Group LLC
    Inventors: Sohel K. Shaikh, Jennifer Leigh Sengstock
  • Publication number: 20170101596
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide methods and apparatuses for providing fuel briquettes from human feces. In an example embodiment, feces are treated to inactivate pathogens resident therein and to cause the cellulose material in the feces to undergo a phase transition. The treatment of the feces comprises heating the feces. Briquettes are formed from a mixture comprising the treated feces and carbonized agricultural waste product. The treated feces acts a binder such that the mixture may be formed into briquettes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Emily Christine Woods, Andrew Merrill Foote
  • Publication number: 20170101597
    Abstract: A process for cleaning and dewatering hydrophobic particulate materials is presented. The process is performed in in two steps: 1) agglomeration of the hydrophobic particles in a first hydrophobic liquid/aqueous mixture; followed by 2) dispersion of the agglomerates in a second hydrophobic liquid to release the water trapped within the agglomerates along with the entrained hydrophilic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Roe-Hoan YOON
  • Publication number: 20170101598
    Abstract: A lubricating oil composition for reducing low-speed pre-ignition events or improving oxidation in a spark-ignited direct injection engine is disclosed. The composition includes a detergent additive which comprises either: an oil-soluble sulfonate including both magnesium and calcium as cations; or an oil-soluble salicylate including both magnesium and calcium as cations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: lnfineum International Limited
    Inventors: Alastair A. Cant, Adam P. Marsh, Robert W. Shaw, Thomas D. Wilkinson
  • Publication number: 20170101599
    Abstract: Lubricating compositions are provided. The lubricating compositions can include a lubricating agent, a flexibilizer, a dispersing agent, and a charge imparting agent. The lubricating compositions can optionally include a carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sagie Shanun, Amram Mafouda
  • Publication number: 20170101600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chromatographic process complex for the refining of krill oil extract including desalting, removal of impurities such as trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), and the production of krill oil products including desalted krill oil extract, polar lipid products having polar lipid contents greater than 50 wt-% on a dry or solvent free basis, neutral lipid streams for biodiesel production and astaxanthin. The refinery includes a continuous desalting zone, a fixed bed polar lipid extraction zone to adsorb neutral lipids and astaxanthin to provide a polar lipid extract stream comprising solvent and polar lipids and being essentially free of neutral lipids and astaxanthin, and an astaxanthin separation zone to recover essentially pure astaxanthin and provide a neutral lipid stream. The enriched products of the krill oil refinery are essentially free of TMAO and salt and provide products which can be used as dietary supplements and as medicinal additives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Anil R. Oroskar, Asha A. Oroskar, Alexander B. Smetana, Slobodan Milasinovic, Xuejun Zang
  • Publication number: 20170101601
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to detergents, and more particularly relates to automatic dishwashing agents containing phosphate group-containing polymers that have improved scale inhibition, automatic dishwashing methods using these dishwashing agents and the use of these dishwashing agents to improve cleaning performance in automatic dishwashing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Rhodia Operations S.A.S.
    Inventors: Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, Nina Mussmann, Noelle Wrubbel, Thorsten Bastigkeit, Thomas Eiting, Inigo Gonzalez, Celine Orizet
  • Publication number: 20170101602
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Sanjeev Kumar DEY, Eduardo TORRES, Dominick Joseph VALENTI
  • Publication number: 20170101603
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Sanjeev Kumar DEY
  • Publication number: 20170101604
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. The whitening agents are further characterized by the polymeric component comprising at least two repeating glycerol units. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gregory Scot MIRACLE, Eduardo TORRES
  • Publication number: 20170101605
    Abstract: The present application relates to novel whitening agents for cellulosic substrates. The whitening agents are comprised of at least two constituents: at least one chromophore constituent and at least one polymeric constituent. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. This disclosure also relates to laundry care compositions including but not limited to liquid and/or powder laundry detergent formulations and rinse added fabric softening (RAFS) compositions that comprise such whitening agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Sanjeev K. Dey, Gregory Scot Miracle
  • Publication number: 20170101606
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of one or more M-methyl-N-acylglucamines of the formula (I) wherein R1 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 7 to 21 carbon atoms, as a corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Clariant International Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter KLUG, Rainer KUPFER, Steffen FLEISCHER
  • Publication number: 20170101607
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a liquid cleaning composition for removing a titanium nitride hard mask while suppressing damage to copper, a copper alloy, cobalt or a cobalt alloy upon fabricating a semiconductor device, a cleaning method using the same, and a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. [Solution] A liquid cleaning composition of the present invention used for fabricating a semiconductor device comprises hydrogen peroxide at 1-30% by mass, potassium hydroxide at 0.01-1% by mass, aminopolymethylene phosphoric acid at 0.0001-0.05% by mass, a compound having a group 13 element at 0.00005-0.5% by mass and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kimihiro AOYAMA, Nobuo TAJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170101608
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a cleaning composition that contains 1) at least one redox agent; 2) at least one first chelating agent, the first chelating agent being a polyaminopolycarboxylic acid; 3) at least one second chelating agent different from the first chelating agent, the second chelating agent containing at least two nitrogen-containing groups; 4) at least one metal corrosion inhibitor, the metal corrosion inhibitor being a substituted or unsubstituted benzotriazole; 5) at least one organic solvent selected from the group consisting of water soluble alcohols, water soluble ketones, water soluble esters, and water soluble ethers; 6) water; and 7) optionally, at least one pH adjusting agent, the pH adjusting agent being a base free of a metal ion. This disclosure also relates to a method of using the above composition for cleaning a semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Tomonori Takahashi, Bing Du, William A. Wojtczak, Thomas Dory, Emil A. Kneer
  • Publication number: 20170101609
    Abstract: A solvent composition is provided that includes a chlorinated ethylene present from 75 to 80 total weight percent and at least one halocarbon miscible with the chlorinated ethylene and present in an amount to define a weight ratio of the chlorinated ethylene to said at least one halocarbon of from 75:25-80:20. The solvent composition has a flash point of less than 23 degrees Celsius and an initial boiling point of greater than 35 degrees Celsius. When the solvent is packaged as an aerosol with a propellant, the resulting solvent can be used in confined spaces owing to reduced ignitibility and better human health and environmental properties compared to conventional aerosol degreasers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: OLGA LILIANA VARGAS
  • Publication number: 20170101610
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for preparing a water-soluble article comprising a water-soluble primary thermoformed component and a water-soluble secondary component arranged therein, as well as the water-soluble article itself. The process may comprise (a) forming the primary component into a pocket, by thermoforming in the cavity of a thermoforming mould; (b) adding the secondary component to the mould; (c) introducing the contents of the primary component into the pocket; and (d) sealing the primary component, characterized in that the cavity of the thermoforming mould has a recess to receive the secondary component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Francesc AYATS, Jordi SALVADOR, Frederic MOREUX
  • Publication number: 20170101611
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photobioreactor intended for the notably continuous culture of photosynthetic microorganisms, preferably microalgae, comprising at least one culture enclosure (1) intended to contain the microorganism culture medium (3) and at least one light source (2) outside the culture enclosure (1), characterized in that it further comprises at least one cylindrical or prismatic light diffusion element (4) placed inside the culture enclosure (1), the light diffusion element (4) being coupled optically with the light source (2) so as to collect the photons emitted by the light source (2) and to return them to the culture medium (3) by its lateral surface. The present invention also relates to the use of a photobioreactor to cultivate photosynthetic microorganisms and to the use of a light diffusion element (4) to illuminate the culture medium of a photobioreactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Alain Friederich, Michel Conin, Gael Ruiz, Mahmoud Affi
  • Publication number: 20170101612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of fermentation. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for production of products by use of living cells or active components derived from such cells using a bioreactor having a built in gas distributor and a specific system/device for handling foam formed in the process. The invention also relates to a bioreactor comprising: a reaction chamber having a fermentation zone and a foam settling zone, wherein the reaction chamber is arranged such that the foam settling zone is spaced from or physically separated from the fermentation zone so as to reduce the effect of activity in the fermentation zone on foam in the settling zone. The separation of the fermentation zone from the activity of the fermentation zone encourages settling of the foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: ACD Pharmaceuticals AS
    Inventors: Hans Petter Kleppen, Eirik Bardsen, Juan Jose Jimenez Martinez
  • Publication number: 20170101613
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the isomerization and fermentation of xylose and hexose sugars using an immobilized enzyme system capable of sustaining two different pH microenvironments in a single vessel are disclosed. Bilayer particles are dispersed in a mixture comprising an ionic borate source and xylose. The bilayer particles have a first region with a first enzymatic activity comprising xylose isomerase and a pH of 6 or above, and a second region having a second enzymatic activity at an acidic pH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: The University of Toledo
    Inventors: Sasidhar Varanasi, Kripa Rao, Patricia Ann Relue, Dawei Yuan
  • Publication number: 20170101614
    Abstract: Provided is a technique which can easily realize the retention time of the reaction mixture in the reactor suitable for the production quantity by controlling the amount of the reaction liquid in accordance with the production quantity and thus can suppress the amount of a biocatalyst used in a method for producing acrylamide from acrylonitrile by using a biocatalyst. Provided is a method for producing acrylamide from acrylonitrile through a continuous reaction using a biocatalyst in reactors by using two or more reactors connected in series, wherein one reactor A and a reactor B connected to the reactor A on an upstream side are communicated with each other below liquid faces of reaction liquids in both reactors, and the producing method comprises controlling a liquid volume of a reaction liquid in the reactor B by controlling a level of a reaction liquid in the reactor A to be between a disposed position of a communicating port with the reactor B and a full level position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto KANO, Takamitsu KARIYA
  • Publication number: 20170101615
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for culturing a buoyant target tissue. Embodiments include a first surface configured to culture a first layer of supporting cells, and a second surface configured to culture a second layer of supporting cells. The first layer of supporting cells may be formed on a portion of the first surface and the second layer of supporting cells may be formed on a portion of the second surface. The buoyant target tissue may be added to the first layer of supporting cells. The second layer of supporting cells may be placed on the first layer of supporting cells such that the buoyant target tissue is sandwiched between the first layer of supporting cells and second layer of supporting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: eXo Cell, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Ho Pak LAU, Steven Douglas SCAHILL