Patents Issued in July 13, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170198059
    Abstract: Described herein are anti-PCSK9 antibody crystals, methods of making such antibody crystals and formulations comprising the antibody crystals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: AMGEN INC.
    Inventors: Nazer KHALAF, Saraswathi MANDAPATI, Reena J. PATEL
  • Publication number: 20170198060
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of reducing, delaying, preventing and/or inhibiting the progression of a Cryptococcus infection into the central nervous system (CNS) of a subject by inhibiting the activity of a M36 fungalysin metalloprotease (e.g., MPR1) secreted by the Cryptococcus. The invention further provides methods of increasing, promoting and/or enhancing delivery of a therapeutic agent across the blood-brain-barrier, comprising systemically administering the therapeutic agent in conjunction with a M36 fungalysin metalloprotease (e.g., MPR1), or an enzymatically active fragment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Angela C. GELLI
  • Publication number: 20170198061
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to anti-idiotypic antibodies and related influenza virus vaccines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen D. Gillies
  • Publication number: 20170198062
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-specific antibody molecule comprising or consisting of: a) a polypeptide chain of formula (I): VH-CH1-CH2-CH3-X-(V1)p; and b) a polypeptide chain of formula (II): VL-CL-Y-(V2)q and pharmaceutical formulations comprising, for example for use in treatment. The disclosure also provides polynucleotide sequences encoding said multi-specific antibody molecules, vectors comprising the polynucleotides and host cells comprising said vectors and/or polynucleotide sequences. There is a provided a method of expressing a multi-specific antibody molecule of the present disclosure from a host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: UCB BIOPHARM SPRL
    Inventors: Pallavi Bhatta, Emma Dave, Sam Philip Heywood, David Paul Humphreys
  • Publication number: 20170198063
    Abstract: Provided are an active energy ray-curable composition that has good antistatic properties, scratch resistance, and transparency after curing, and an antistatic film using the same. The active energy ray-curable composition of the present invention is an active energy ray-curable composition, including a photopolymerization initiator A represented by the following Formula (I) and an antistatic compound B, in Formula (I), V1, V2, V3, and V4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and n represents an integer of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masako YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170198064
    Abstract: A process for increasing purity of a low density polyethylene (LDPE) composition, comprising the steps of: a) providing a melted composition comprising LDPE having Mn of at least 5.0 kg/mol according to size exclusion chromatography, Mw of at least 50 kg/mol according to size exclusion chromatography, a density of 915 to 935 kg/m3 according to ISO1183 and a melt flow rate of 0.10 g/10 min to 80 g/10 min according to ISO1133:2011 measured at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, and b) providing particles from the melted composition by: b1) mixing a supercritical fluid in the melted composition to obtain a solution saturated with the supercritical fluid and b2) expanding the solution through an opening to obtain the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Diego Mauricio Castaneda Zuniga, Peter Neuteboom, Jan Nicolaas Eddy Duchateau, Zeljko Knez
  • Publication number: 20170198065
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the isolation of (per)fluorinated polymers containing sulfonyl fluoride functional groups from a polymerization latex. The process comprises adding the polymerization latex to an aqueous electrolyte solution under high shear stirring at a temperature equal to or lower than the glass transition temperature of the polymer. The invention further relates to the (per)fluorinated polymers containing sulfonyl fluoride functional groups isolated by the process and characterised by a loss of weight at 200° C. lower than 1% as determined by thermogravimetric analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Alessandro VENERONI, Claudio OLDANI, Martina CORASANITI, Alessandro GHIELMI
  • Publication number: 20170198066
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide: a package for EVOH resin pellets which is capable of providing the EVOH resin pellets almost free from powder even in a case where the package contains the powder generated therein during transportation or the like after shipment; and EVOH resin pellets contaminated with very small amount of the powder in a case where a user uses the EVOH resin pellets as a molding material. A package, where pellets each having a substantially circular or oval cross-section are packed in a packaging container whose inner surface has a surface resistivity of 1.0×1014? or more, is capable of providing pellets to which 0.8 wt % or less of powder adhered relative to the weight of the pellets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: THE NIPPON SYNTHETIC CHEMICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ikko MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20170198067
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of CPVC which includes reacting PVC with chlorine at a pre-determined temperature in the presence of at least one irradiation source having wavelength ranging from 254 and 530 nm while maintaining the radiant flux from 1.5 to 2 W/kg of PVC, irradiance at 0.13 W/cm2 and the number of photons emitted per second from 3×1018 to 5×1018, under agitation, for a time period ranging from 3 to 4 hours to obtain CPVC. The CPVC prepared from the afore-stated process has a whiteness index ranging from 89 to 96, a yellowness index ranging from 1.23 to 1.73 and stability ranging from 648 to 684 seconds. The rate of the chlorination reaction after employing the afore-stated process parameters ranges from 1.6 to 4.36 mole/hour/kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Pradip MUNSHI, Jayesh Prafullachandra VORA, Ninad Deepak INGLE, Pradeep Paresh KAPADIA, Raksh Vir JASRA, Shashikant RAJAN
  • Publication number: 20170198068
    Abstract: Provided is a dispersion stabilizer which exhibits an excellent polymerization stability when used in suspension polymerization for a vinyl chloride-based resin, and gives a vinyl chloride-based resin having few coarse particles, few fish eyes after resin molding, an excellent plasticizer absorption, and an excellent hue. Also provided is a high-quality vinyl chloride-based resin produced using the dispersion stabilizer. The present invention is a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer (B) which has a double bond in a side chain and which is obtainable by acetalization of a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer (A) with a monoaldehyde having an olefinic unsaturated double bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kozuka, Takehiro Omori
  • Publication number: 20170198069
    Abstract: Polyethylene composition for injection molding with a beneficial balance of environmental stress cracking resistance and impact resistance in combination with low warpage and beneficial processing behavior, said composition having the following features: 1) density of 0.945 g/cm3 or higher; 2) MIE from 1 to 30 g/10 min.; 3) ratio MIF/MIE from 15 to 30; 4) ER values from 0.40 to 0.52.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Basell Polyolefine GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhardus Meier, Ulf Schüller, Harilaos Mavridis, Bernd Lothar Marczinke, Diana Dötsch, Jens Wiesecke
  • Publication number: 20170198070
    Abstract: A process comprising polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer in an aqueous medium containing initiator and polymerization agent to form an aqueous dispersion of particles of fluoropolymer, the polymerization agent comprising: fluoropolyether acid or salt thereof having a number average molecular weight of at least about 800 g/mol; and fluorosurfactant having the formula: [R1—On-L-A?]Y+ wherein: R1 is a linear or branched partially or fully fluorinated aliphatic group which may contain ether linkages; n is 0 or 1; L is a linear or branched alkylene group which may be nonfluorinated, partially fluorinated or fully fluorinated and which may contain ether linkages; A? is an anionic group selected from the group consisting of carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfonamide anion, and phosphonate; and Y+ is hydrogen, ammonium or alkali metal cation; with the proviso that the chain length of R1—On-L- is not greater than 6 atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: PAUL DOUGLAS BROTHERS, SUBHASH VISHNU GANGAL
  • Publication number: 20170198071
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a procatalyst comprising the compound represented by formula A as an internal electron donor, wherein: R81, R82, R83, R84, R85, and R86 are the same or different and are independently selected from a group consisting of hydrogen or a straight, branched and cyclic hydrocarbyl group, selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R87 is a hydrogen or a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group, selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkoxycarbonyl or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms; and each R80 group is independently a linear, branched or cyclic hydrocarbyl group selected from alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, aralkyl, or alkylaryl groups, and one or more combinations thereof, preferably having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms; N is nitrogen atom; O is oxygen atom; and C is carbon atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
    Inventors: Khalid Abdullah Al-Bahily, Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Abhyankar Shirish, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Mansour Taftaf, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts, Osamah Al-Humaidan, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zakharov, Sergei Andreevich Sergeev
  • Publication number: 20170198072
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a procatalyst comprising the compound represented by Formula (A), preferably the Fischer projection of formula (A) as an internal electron donor. The invention also relates to a process for preparing said procatalyst. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a catalyst system for polymerization of olefins comprising the said procatalyst, a co-catalyst and optionally an external electron donor; a process of making polyolefins by contacting at least one olefin with said catalyst system and to polyolefins obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to the use of said procatalyst in the polymerization of olefins. Moreover, the present invention relates to polymers obtained by polymerization using said procatalyst and to the shaped articles of said polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jaiprakash Brijlal Sainani, Abhyankar Shirish, Gennadii Dimitrievich Bukatov, Martin Alexander Zuideveld, Mansour Taftaf, Aurora Alexandra Batinas-Geurts
  • Publication number: 20170198073
    Abstract: A method for producing poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) from a monomer component mainly containing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by anionic polymerization in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator, the method being characterized in that an aliphatic ether is used as a polymerization solvent, and a method for producing poly(vinylphosphonic acid) characterized in that the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) obtained by the former method is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid are provided. The methods make it possible to easily produce a poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled, and make it possible to produce a poly(vinylphosphonic acid) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled corresponding to the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi TAKAHASHI, Keisuke MATSUSHITA, Masaki SUGIYAMA, Norihiro YOSHIDA, Eiichi IKAWA, Takahito MITA, Masahiro ENDO
  • Publication number: 20170198074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel transition metal compound, a catalyst composition comprising the transition metal compound, and a method of preparing polyolefin using the catalyst composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Bog Ki HONG, Yong Ho LEE, Chang Woan HAN, Yi Young CHOI, Ki Soo LEE
  • Publication number: 20170198075
    Abstract: Methods for preparing a fluorided chromium catalyst can include a step of calcining a supported chromium catalyst at a peak calcining temperature to produce a calcined supported chromium catalyst, followed by contacting the calcined supported chromium catalyst at a peak fluoriding temperature with a vapor comprising a fluorine-containing compound to produce the fluorided chromium catalyst. The peak fluoriding temperature can be at least 50° C. less, and often from 200° C. to 500° C. less, than the peak calcining temperature. Polymers produced using the fluorided chromium catalyst can have a beneficial combination of higher melt index, narrower molecular weight distribution, and lower long chain branch content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Eric D. Schwerdtfeger, Kathy S. Clear, Max P. McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20170198076
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a curable composition having a HALS skeleton and capable of producing polymers having excellent weather resistance and outer appearance. The present invention provides a curable composition including at least a monomer component that contains a monomer (A) represented by a certain formula and a monomer (B) polymerizable with the monomer (A). In the curable composition, the content of the monomer (A) is 0.01 to 35 mol % in the monomer component, and the content of the monomer (B) is 65 to 99.99 mol % in the monomer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya NODA, Fuminori Nakaya, Hajime Okutsu
  • Publication number: 20170198077
    Abstract: A contact lens is provided as hydrate of a copolymer of at least three components including (I) both terminal-polymerizable silicone oligomer exhibiting viscosity of at least 200 mPa·s at room temperature, (II) a hydrophilic monomer component having ethylenically unsaturated group, and (III) a hydrophobic monomer component having molecular weight of at most 700, wherein the lens exhibits an elastic-modulus ratio determined as ratio of a rupture elastic modulus to an initial elastic modulus in range of 0.8-1.2. The contact lens is transparent and by combination of high oxygen permeability and balance between softness and mechanical properties. The lens is produced through a process including steps of stirring material-liquid including at least three components of the above-mentioned (I), (II) and (III) under stirring power of 5-10000 W/m3 per unit volume of the material-liquid for at least 10 minutes, and injecting stirred material-liquid into a lens mold to polymerize material-liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: MENICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eri ITO, Katsuhiro YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170198078
    Abstract: The invention provides functionalized block composites and crystalline block composites. In particular, the invention provides a functionalized olefin-based polymer formed from at least (A) and (B): (A) a crystalline block composite comprising: a block copolymer comprising a propylene-based crystalline block and crystalline ethylene-based block; a propylene-based crystalline polymer; and, a crystalline ethylene-based polymer; and (B) at least one functionalization agent or a functionalized olefin-based polymer formed from at least (A) and (B): (A) a crystalline block composite comprising: a block copolymer comprising a propylene-based crystalline block and crystalline ethylene-based block; a propylene-based crystalline polymer; and, a crystalline ethylene-based polymer; and (B) at least one functionalization agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yushan Hu, Kim L. Walton, Gary R. Marchand, Michael D. Read, H. Craig Silvis
  • Publication number: 20170198079
    Abstract: To provide a resin composition containing a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene, from which a formed product such as a sheet or a film, having excellent transparency and impact resistance, can be obtained. A resin composition containing a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene, which satisfies the following (A) to (D): (A) the content ratio (mass) of the conjugated diene is from 22 to 32%, (B) the block ratio of the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon is from 90 to 98%, (C) Mw/Mn (wherein Mw is the weight average molecular weight and Mn is the number average molecular weight) is from 1.1 to 1.6 obtained by GPC by differential refractive index method, (D) the loss tangent (tan ?) obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement has one local maximum value (tan ? (max)) within a temperature range of from ?90 to ?30° C., and tan ? (tan ? (max+30° C.)) at a temperature higher by 30° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki OHISHI, Jun YOSHIDA, Eiji SATO
  • Publication number: 20170198080
    Abstract: This invention relates to chemical polymer compositions, methods of synthesis, and fabrication methods for devices regarding polymers capable of displaying shape memory behavior (SMPs) and which can first be polymerized to a linear or branched polymeric structure, having thermoplastic properties, subsequently processed into a device through processes typical of polymer melts, solutions, and dispersions and then crossed linked to a shape memory thermoset polymer retaining the processed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas S. Wilson, Michael Keith Hearon, Jane P. Bearinger
  • Publication number: 20170198081
    Abstract: A one-part moisture-curing liquid-applied waterproofing membrane as disclosed includes a polyurethane polymer obtained from at least one polyether polyol and at least one diisocyanate, and an aldimine of the formula (I). The membrane has a long shelf life stability with both aromatic and aliphatic isocyanates, a low viscosity at low solvent content, a sufficiently long open time to allow hand application and cures fast to a solid elastic material of high strength and high elongation. The released aldehyd is non-toxic and low flammable and evaporates quickly out of the membrane causing only minimal odour emission. The membrane has high crack-bridging qualities in a broad temperature range and is easily overcoatable without interlayer adhesion problems, which makes it particularly suitable for roofing applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Urs BURCKHARDT, Michael BYRNE, Alexander COWARD, Mark GATRELL
  • Publication number: 20170198082
    Abstract: A trimerization catalyst composition suitable for making a polyisocyanurate comprising (insulation) foam, said composition comprising at least a trimerization catalyst compound selected from one or more organic salts from alkoxides wherein said organic salt is selected from alkali metal, earth alkali metal, a transition metal such as Ti and/or quaternary ammonium organic salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hugo VERBEKE, Anja Anneke VANHALLE
  • Publication number: 20170198083
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical polymerizable composition, an optical composition, a large-area window, a polyisocyanate composition, and eyeglass lens and producing method thereof. The optical polymerizable composition is composed of a polythiol compound and a polyisocyanate compound, and a urethane-based optical lens obtained by reacting the compounds has a low specific gravity and thus is lightweight, and has excellent heat resistance, and particularly, problems of degradation in impact resistance which appear after hard-multi coating are solved. The lens produced using the composition has various excellent optical characteristics including workability such as formability and dyeability, transparency and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Keun Sik KIM, Yeon Tak CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170198084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a silylated polyurethane obtainable by a process comprising the step of contacting at least one isocyanate with at least one isocyanate-reactive compound and with at least one aminosilane; wherein said at least one isocyanate comprises 2,4?-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate, and wherein said at least one isocyanate comprises less than 50.0% by weight of said 2,4?-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate based on the total weight of said at least one isocyanate. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing said silylated polyurethane. The present invention also relates to formulations and compositions comprising said silylated polyurethane, and the use thereof for the preparation of adhesives, coatings, sealants, elastomers, or foams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Servaas Holvoet, Christopher Phanopoulos, Fabrice Desesquelles
  • Publication number: 20170198085
    Abstract: Provided are a polyurethane-modified epoxy resin composition having satisfactory operability of processing, such as casting or impregnation, in a composition state, a production method therefor, and a composition thereof. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin is obtained by modifying a secondary hydroxyl group-containing bisphenol-based epoxy resin (a) having an epoxy equivalent of from 150 g/eq to 200 g/eq and a hydroxyl equivalent of from 2,000 g/eq to 2,600 g/eq with a medium to high molecular weight polyol compound (b) having an Mn of 200 or more, a polyisocyanate compound (c), and a low molecular weight polyol compound (d) having an Mn of less than 200 serving as a chain extender. The polyurethane-modified epoxy resin uses the epoxy resin (a) in an amount of from 20 wt % to 60 wt % with respect to the total amount of the respective components (a), (b), (c), and (d), and contains a polyurethane having the epoxy resin (a) added to each of both terminals thereof and/or one terminal thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eisuke YAMADA, Naoki YOKOYAMA, Tohru KUNITAKE
  • Publication number: 20170198086
    Abstract: In a process for the production of pore-free polyurethane elastomer moldings with Shore D hardness of at least 60 in accordance with DIN 53505, (a) polyesterdiol with OH number from 20 to 100 mg KOH/g and (b) a chain extender composed of diol with molar mass below 300 g/mol, is mixed with (c) isocyanate prepolymers obtainable via reaction of diisocyanate with polyesterols with functionality from 1.95 to 2.2 and with OH number from 20 to 200 mg KOH/g to form a reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is charged to a mold and hardened to form the polyurethane elastomer. Polyurethane elastomer moldings are thus obtainable by this process, and these polyurethane moldings may be used as cladding component for commercial vehicles, bodywork component in vehicle construction, or a cladding component of a machine installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Julio Albuerne, Rolf Illguth, Franz Xaver Redl, Bernd Bremert, Hermann Voelker
  • Publication number: 20170198087
    Abstract: A polyurethane obtainable by reacting a polyisocyanate, a polyol, and/or a chain extender, wherein at least one of the polyisocyanate and chain extender comprises a C14 to C32 alkyl group. The polyurethane is particularly suitable for use in coating, elastomer and adhesive/sealant compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: ANGELA LEONARDA MARIA SMITS, WILHELMUS ADRIANUS JACOBUS HONCOOP, LEO VAN DONGEN
  • Publication number: 20170198088
    Abstract: Nanoparticle compositions comprising nanoparticles formed from ?-conjugated cross-linked polymers are disclosed, together with their methods of manufacture and their applications. Owing to the nature of the cross-links formed therein, the nanoparticle compositions afford a high degree of manufacturing flexibility and control, as well as being amenable to facile purification for the purpose of imaging and electronics applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Christopher MCCAIRN, Michael L. TURNER
  • Publication number: 20170198089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polylactic acid resin composition which has a low glass transition temperature, fusion temperature, and enthalpy of fusion, can be crystallized under commercially meaningful processing conditions, has good film processability such as extrusion properties, has excellent storage stability, and is highly biodegradable. The polylactic acid resin composition comprises a block copolymer comprising a hard segment and a soft segment, the hard segment comprising polylactic acid repeat units, and the soft segment comprising polyurethane polyol repeat units which have polyether-based polyol repeat units linearly connected via a urethane bond, wherein the soft segment is contained by 5% to 35% by weight based on the weight of the block copolymer, and the polylactic acid repeat units include poly(L-lactic acid) repeat units and poly(D-lactic acid) repeat units by a molar ratio of 94:6 to 88:12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Jae-il CHUNG, Tae-young KIM, Sung-wan JEON, Min-young KIM
  • Publication number: 20170198090
    Abstract: An improved process for making polybutylene terephthalate resin is disclosed. The resin is prepared from oligomers of purified terephthalic acid and 1,4-butane diol in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Husnu Alp Alidedeoglu, Prashant Kumar
  • Publication number: 20170198091
    Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a polycarbonate that enables efficient drying of a polycarbonate powder and has no risk of deteriorating the quality of a polycarbonate molded article to be obtained. The method of producing a polycarbonate includes: a step of causing an alkali aqueous solution of a dihydric phenol and phosgene to react with each other in the presence of an organic solvent to produce an organic solvent solution containing a polycarbonate; a powdering step of powdering the organic solvent solution containing the polycarbonate to provide a polycarbonate powder; and a pre-drying step of drying the polycarbonate powder to remove the remaining organic solvent, in which a drying temperature in the pre-drying step is set to a temperature lower than the glass transition temperature of the polycarbonate containing 1.5 mass % of the organic solvent by from 5° C. to 15° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yukiko NAGAO, Masayuki TAKAHASHI, Kota MABUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170198092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing polyether carbonate polyols by addition of one or more alkylene oxides and carbon dioxide to one or more H-functional starter substances in the presence of at least one DMC catalyst, in which the reaction is conducted in a main reactor (8) and a tubular reactor (11, 17) connected as a post reactor downstream thereof, wherein the method is characterized in that at the outlet (13) of the tubular reactor (11, 17) a temperature is set that is at least 10° C. above the temperature in the inside of the main reactor (8). The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Stefanie Braun, Horst Zwick, Matthias Wohak, Jörg Hofmann, Aurel Wolf, Michael Traving, Rolf Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20170198093
    Abstract: The invention is directed to processes for preparation of oxetane polymers, wherein an epoxide accelerant is reacted with one or more equivalents of a 3-monosubstituted oxetane or a 3,3-disubstituted oxetane, wherein the epoxide accelerant is selected from the group consisting of 2,2-substituted epoxide, 2,2,3-substituted epoxide, 2,2,3,3-substituted epoxide, and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are oxetane polymers prepared by the processes of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
    Inventor: James V. CRIVELLO
  • Publication number: 20170198094
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyamide resin comprising a unit derived from ?-caprolactam and/or ?-aminocaproic acid (to also be referred to as “Unit 1”), a unit derived from adipic acid (to also be referred to as “Unit 2”) and a unit derived from hexamethylenediamine (to also be referred to as “Unit 3”), wherein the concentration of terminal amino groups in the polyamide resin is greater than the concentration of terminal carboxyl groups in the polyamide resin, and the amount of Unit 1 is greater than 60% by weight to less than 80% by weight of the total amount of Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo SANO, Keitarou ONO, Atsushi YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20170198095
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compound comprising at least two —(NH—C?O)— groups and at least two —(C?O)—C?C—R1 groups, wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a group having from 1 to 12 carbon atoms; a curable composition comprising a first unit comprising at least two —(NH—C?O)— groups, a second unit comprising at least two —(C?O)—C?C—R1 groups, and a catalyst; and the use of the composition as an adhesive, coating, casting composition or as sealant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Ligang Zhao, Roberto Pela, Weifeng Dai, Ciaran Mcardle, Eva Maria Alcazar, Maria Merce Bertomeu, Nils Bongartz, Jun Liu
  • Publication number: 20170198096
    Abstract: An anti-reflective hardmask composition is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Sang Jun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170198097
    Abstract: The invention relates to an acrylated oligomer, having a number-average acrylate functionality fo>2, of branched structure resulting from the polyaddition reaction of at least one amine A) having a functionality fA of N—H groups of at least 2, to at least one multifunctional acrylate B) having a functionality fB of acrylate groups of at least 2, with an average functionality per mole of all of the components A)+B) of greater than 2 and with said oligomer comprising in its repeating unit structure at least one —O2C—CH2—CH2—N=aminoacrylate group resulting from said polyaddition and with a content of nitrogen resulting from said amine A) of greater than or equal to 0.35 mEq/g and an initial ratio r=acrylate/N—H of between nut and 1.1 rsup with ninf=0.90*(fA?1)*(fB?1) and rsup=2*fA+2*fB?6 and the average number nav of repeating units per oligomer nav=1/[(r*fA/fB)+1?fA].
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Philippe CICERON, Charles BOURROUSSE, Catherine M. LEROY
  • Publication number: 20170198098
    Abstract: A polymer is provided. The polymer has a repeating unit having a structure represented by Formula (I) or Formula (II) wherein Ar1 and Ar2 can be substituted or unsubstituted aryl diradical; Y? can be R2SO3? or ClO4?; R1 can be C1-6 alkyl; Ar1 and Ar2 are different; and, R2 can be C1-6 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring, or C1-6 haloalkyl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Po-Hsien HO, Chih-Hsiang LIN, Meng-Hsin CHEN, Cheng-Hsing FAN, Hsin-Ching KAO, Yih-Her CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170198099
    Abstract: The invention provides for a composition comprising elemental platinum and/or at least one platinum-containing compound, where said platinum has a positive oxidation state, and one or more organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms, wherein at least one of said compounds comprises at least one olefinic unsaturation, characterized in that said composition comprises a proportion of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms of from 50.0 to 99.9 wt % and a proportion of the sum of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds of from 0.1 to 50.0 wt % in each case based on the composition, with the proviso that the proportions of organic compounds comprising carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and at least two oxygen atoms and of elemental platinum and platinum-containing compounds sum to at least 90 wt % based on the composition and the proviso that the olefinic unsaturation content is at least 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried Knott
  • Publication number: 20170198100
    Abstract: Novel polyfluoroalkylated alkenes and silicone compounds prepared therefrom are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Zai-Ming Qiu
  • Publication number: 20170198101
    Abstract: The objectionable odor of one component condensation curable organopolysiloxane compositions is eliminated by replacing all or the most substantial part of water scavenger vinyltrimethoxysilane with a phenyltrialkoxysilane, without compromising storage or curing properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Wacker Chemie AG
    Inventors: Volker STANJEK, Andreas BAUER, Lars ZANDER
  • Publication number: 20170198102
    Abstract: An epoxy-modified silicone resin obtained using a compound having 3 or 4 glycidyl groups and 3 or 4 (meth)allyl groups in the molecule is novel. A curable composition comprising the epoxy-modified silicone resin cures into a film having improved heat resistance and adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhide Yanaizumi, Hideyoshi Yanagisawa
  • Publication number: 20170198103
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a polyolefin-based composition made from or comprising (A) a first polymer composition made from or containing an ethylene polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer, and (B) a second polymer composition comprising a propylene polymer, wherein the ethylene polymer grafted with an unsaturated monomer is covalently bonded to the propylene polymer. The polymeric composition may be used as a tie-layer adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP
    Inventor: CHUN D. LEE
  • Publication number: 20170198104
    Abstract: A method for forming a blended material for use as a deposition material in a fused filament fabrication (FFF) printer is provided. A semi-crystalline material and an amorphous material are physically mixed at an appropriate ratio. The mixed material is then heated to a temperature that is above the melting point of the semi-crystalline material and above the glass transition temperature of the amorphous material to form a blended material. The blended material is then extruded through an extruder die for use in the FFF printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hemant Bheda, Kunal Patel
  • Publication number: 20170198105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing super absorbent polymer, and the method for preparing super absorbent polymer according to the present invention may reduce the content of non-reacted monomers in the super absorbent polymer, by using three kinds of polymerization initiators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Mo Lee, Gi Cheul Kim, Kum Hyoung Lee, Se Yeol Park
  • Publication number: 20170198106
    Abstract: A method for processing a thermoset resin mixed with inorganic fibers; said method comprising combining a thermoset resin, an inorganic fiber and water to produce a dispersion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Eric L. Marchbanks
  • Publication number: 20170198107
    Abstract: A method for the super-activation of emulsion polymers is provided. The method includes carrying out a one to three-step polymer activation process to form an activated polymer-diluent mixture, the steps selected from (a)-(d): (a) premixing the first polymer-diluent mixture at a predetermined pressure to form a second polymer-diluent mixture; (b) blending the first polymer-diluent mixture or the second polymer-diluent mixture with a blending device to form a blended polymer-diluent mixture; (c) (i) recycling the blended polymer-diluent mixture to be blended as in step (b) or premixed as in step (a) at a predetermined pressure; or (ii) recycling the second polymer-diluent mixture to be premixed as in step (a) at a predetermined pressure; and (d) reducing the pressure in a portion of the blended polymer-diluent mixture or the second polymer-diluent mixture to relax the polymer and form a relaxed polymer-diluent mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Dennis Pardikes
  • Publication number: 20170198108
    Abstract: An extrusion process for making a poly alpha-1,3-glucan film is disclosed. These films can be translucent and used in packaging applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Vindhya Mishra, Debora Flanagan Massouda, Colin Marshall, Jamie Moffat