Patents Issued in July 27, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170210880
    Abstract: In an example, a silica particle includes a light stabilizer material and is matrix-modified to include an ultraviolet (UV) light absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170210881
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition that can improve hysteresis loss to allow for simultaneous improvement in initial grip performance and stable grip performance during mid and late running while ensuring good abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component; sulfur; and a specific compound, the rubber composition containing 60% to 100% by mass of a diene rubber based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of the specific compound per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170210882
    Abstract: A polycarbonate composition is disclosed that maintains its color and transparency for long time periods. The composition comprises a polycarbonate polymer formed by a melt process; a hexamethylene-bis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl) propionate] antioxidant; and optionally a phosphite stabilizer. Articles made from the polycarbonate composition have less yellowing at lower amounts compared to other antioxidants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Payman Sharifi
  • Publication number: 20170210883
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a resin composition for obtaining a reflective panel that has high reflectivity, and that experiences minimal decline in reflectivity even when exposed to heat in the course of an LED package manufacturing process, a reflow soldering process during mounting of an LED package, or the like, or to heat and light from a light source in the service environment. This resin composition for a reflective panel includes 45-80 mass % of a thermoplastic resin (A) comprising at least one of a polyester resin (A1) and a polyamide resin (A2), that have a melting point (Tm) or glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 250° C., as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), 17-54.99% of a white pigment (B), and 0.01-3 mass % of at least one compound (C) represented by general formula (1) (wherein (A), (B), and (C) total 100 mass %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru OHSHIMIZU, Hideto OGASAWARA, Hiroki EBATA, Takashi HAMA
  • Publication number: 20170210884
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer resin composition including: a vinylidene fluoride-based polymer resin; and one or more types of nucleating agents selected from the group consisting of an organic phosphate and a C5-C15 bicycloalkane substituted with one or more carboxylic acid metal salt functional groups, and a polymer resin molded product prepared using the polymer resin composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jin Won LEE, Bum Jin PARK
  • Publication number: 20170210885
    Abstract: The invention provides a rubber composition comprising at least a diene elastomer, at least 60 phr of a reinforcing inorganic filler, and 20 to 100 phr of a plasticizer comprising more than 4 phr of a mercapto-modified silicone oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: BOYONG XUE, MICHAEL EDWARD DOTSON
  • Publication number: 20170210886
    Abstract: Provided is a spherical alumina powder which, when incorporated into resins in a high concentration, enables a resin composition to have low viscosity and which has reduced viscosity increase in the resin composition over time after surface treatment of the spherical alumina powder. The spherical alumina powder has an alkyl group(s) derived from a silane compound(s) on its surface, and is characterized in that an intensity ratio {I (CH3)/I (CH2)} of a peak (2960±5 cm?1) associated with asymmetric vibration of CH3 to a peak (2925±5 cm?1) associated with asymmetric vibration of CH2 in the alkyl group(s) of the silane compound(s) in the same spectral data obtained by infrared spectroscopic analysis measurement is 0.2 or more and less than 2.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi IKEDA, Motoharu FUKAZAWA, Takafumi KOMAKI
  • Publication number: 20170210887
    Abstract: A tire is provided with a tread comprising a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a crosslinking system and a polymethyl methacrylate thermoplastic resin, the polymethyl methacrylate thermoplastic resin exhibiting a Vicat point, measured according to Standard ISO 306: 2013 B50, within a range extending from 60° C. to 100° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: COMPAGNIE GENERAL DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN, Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: DIDIER VASSEUR, FREDERIC LEMERLE
  • Publication number: 20170210888
    Abstract: An elastomeric composition is provided comprising at least one elastomer, at least one cellulose ester additive, at least one methylene acceptor, at least one methylene donor, and optionally, at least one filler; wherein the cellulose ester additive comprises at least one cellulose ester. The cellulose ester additive can also comprise at least one compatibilizer and/or plasticizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Haining An, Pruthesh Hariharrao Vargantwar, Bradley James Helmer, Mark Arigo, Soumendra Kumar Basu
  • Publication number: 20170210889
    Abstract: Described herein are strength characteristics and biodegradation of articles produced using one or more petrochemical-based polymers and one or more carbohydrate-based polymers. A compatibilizer can optionally be included in the article. In some cases, the article can include a film or bag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Bradford LaPray, Wenji Quan, Donald R. Allen
  • Publication number: 20170210890
    Abstract: A polyethylene blend composition suitable for film applications comprising from 10 to 100 percent by weight of an ethylene-based polymer made by the process of: selecting an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer (LLDPE) having a Comonomer Distribution Constant (CDC) in the range of from 75 to 300, a vinyl unsaturation of less than 150 vinyls per one million carbon atoms of the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer; a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range from 4 to 50; a density in the range of from 0.925 to 0.950 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in a range of from 0.1 to 2.5 g/10 minutes, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 1.8 to 4.0; reacting said ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer with an alkoxy amine derivative in an amount equal to or less than 900 parts derivative per million parts by weight of total ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer under conditions sufficient to increase the melt strength of the ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Teresa P. Karjala, Jorge Caminero Gomes
  • Publication number: 20170210891
    Abstract: An ethylene-based resin comprising a high molecular weight component and a low molecular weight component, wherein the high molecular weight component comprises an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer or ethylene homopolymer, and has a density ranging from 0.940 g/cc to 0.960 g/cc, and a high load melt index (I21.6) ranging from 4 g/10 min to 15 g/10 min, and wherein the ethylene-based resin has: an overall density ranging from greater than 0.955 to less than or equal to 0.970 g/cc, an overall melt index (I2.16) ranging from 0.5 g/10 min to 7 g/10 min, and less than 0.2 vinyls per 1000 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mridula Kapur, Stephanie M. Whited, Mark T. Jablonka
  • Publication number: 20170210892
    Abstract: Silane-crosslinkable polymeric compositions comprising a polyolefin having hydrolyzable silane groups, an acidic silanol condensation catalyst, and a phenolic antioxidant having at least one ester-containing moiety. Such crosslinkable polymeric compositions can be employed in various articles of manufacture, such as in the wire and cable industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jessica D. Douglas, Manish Talreja, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Timothy J. Person, Paul J. Caronia
  • Publication number: 20170210893
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a polyolefin composition comprising: a propylene homopolymer, a copolymer of ethylene and propylene, and an ethylene homopolymer with enhanced oligomer emission and gloss properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: MARCO CIARAFONI, PAOLA MASSARI, ROBERTO PANTALEONI
  • Publication number: 20170210894
    Abstract: A polyolefin composition made from or containing (A) from 90.0 to 99.0 wt % of a first propylene ethylene copolymer wherein (i) the ethylene derived units is between 1.0 and 8.0 wt %; (ii) the melting temperature ranges from 135 to 155° C.; (iii) the melt flow rate (230° C./5 kg ISO 1133) ranges from 0.2 to 3.5 g/10 min; (iv) the xylene solubles at 25° C. ranges from 10.0 to 4.0 wt %; (v) the polydispersity index ranges from 3.0 to 7.0; and (B) from 1.0 to 10.0 wt % of a second propylene ethylene copolymer (i) containing from 8.0 to 20.0 wt % of ethylene derived units; and having a MFR (measured at 190° C. 2.16 kg of load) between 0.5 and 5.0 g/10 min, wherein (a) the resulting polyolefin composition has a melt flow rate (230° C./5 kg ISO 1133) ranging from 0.2 to 4.0 g/10 min and (b) the sum A+B being 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: BASELL POLIOLEFINE ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: MONICA GALVAN, ANDREAS NEUMANN, SANDRO BOLOGNESI, FRANCESCA TISI, GIAMPAOLO PELLEGATTI
  • Publication number: 20170210895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of forming a freeze-thaw-stable aqueous dispersion, a freeze-thaw-stable aqueous dispersion obtainable by the method of the invention, the use of said freeze-thaw-stable aqueous dispersion as a binder, a method of forming a shaped article by using the dispersion of the invention, and also a freeze-thaw-stable formulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Alexander CENTNER, Christian KRUEGER, Valerie WILMS
  • Publication number: 20170210896
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a composition for gap formation capable of forming sacrifice areas made of a sacrificial material decomposable completely into vapor at a desired temperature, and also to provide a semiconductor device-manufacturing method using the composition. [Solution] Disclosed is a composition for gap formation comprising a polymer and a solvent: wherein said polymer comprising five or more of repeating units which are represented by at least one kind of the following formula (1) or (2): ?Ar1-L1???(1) ?Ar2-L2-Ar2????(2) [each of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar2? is independently a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group; and each of L1 and L2 is independently oxygen, sulfur, alkyl, sulfone, amide, ketone or a group represented by the following formula (3): {Ar3 is an aromatic group; and L3 is a trivalent atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, boron and phosphorus}].
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shigemasa NAKASUGI, Takafumi KINUTA, Go NOYA
  • Publication number: 20170210897
    Abstract: A reinforced thermoplastic resin composition containing, in specific proportions, a resin main component (C) composed of a polycarbonate resin (A) and an optional graft copolymer (B), an inorganic filler (D), a glycidyl ether unit-containing polymer (E) having a weight-average molecular weight of 3,800 to 60,000 (excluding (B)), and a phosphorus-containing modified polyester-based resin (H) prepared by modifying a phosphorus-containing polyester-based resin (F), which includes a dicarboxylic acid component containing a cyclic phosphorous compound of formula (1) and has a phosphorus content of at least 4% by mass with a polycarbodiimide compound (G), wherein (B) is a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing an aromatic alkenyl compound monomer (a) and a vinyl cyanide compound monomer (b) in the presence of a rubber-like polymer (B1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masahito NAKAMOTO, Hideichiro KAWAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170210898
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyamide composition comprising: a. A semi-crystalline polyamide; b. An impact modifier in an amount ranging from 1 wt % to 50 wt %; c. A branching agent in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 6.0 wt %; d. An inorganic stabilizer in an amount ranging from 0.01 wt % to 2.0 wt %; e. An organic stabilizer E1 comprising a primary antioxidant group in an amount ranging from 0.01 wt % to 2.0 wt and an organic stabilizer E2 comprising a hindered amine group in an amount ranging from 0.01 wt % to 4.0 wt %; or an organic stabilizer E3 comprising a primary antioxidant group and a hindered amine group in an amount ranging from 0.02 to 6.0 wt %; or a combination of E1, E2 and E3 in a total amount of 0.02 to 6.0 wt %; wherein all wt % are based on the total amount of polyamide composition. The invention also relates to a process for preparing a container by blow molding this composition, as well as use of the container in various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Wilhelmus Josephus Maria SOUR, Pieter GIJSMAN
  • Publication number: 20170210899
    Abstract: A silicone-based encapsulating material composition contains a bifunctional the silicone resin (A), a multifunctional thermosetting silicone resin having a hydroxyl group (B), and a curing catalyst (C). In the composition, a weight-average molecular weight of the component (A) is 300 to 4,500, a mass ratio of the component (B) relative to a total mass of the component (A) and the component (B) is 0.5% by mass or more and less than 100% by mass, an average functional number of the component (B) is 2.5 to 3.5, and the repeating units constituting the component (B) which are trifunctional account for 50% by mass or more relative to a total mass of the component (B). A visible light transmittance measured at an optical path length of 1 cm and a wavelength of 600 nm is 70% or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Gaku YOSHIKAWA, Masayuki TAKASHIMA, Kentaro MASUI
  • Publication number: 20170210900
    Abstract: Compositions for inhibiting the attachment of microbes to a biotic or abiotic surface are disclosed. The compositions include a carrier and an effective amount of an anti-adherent agent. The anti-adherent agents include Cyclopentasiloxane (and) Dimethiconol, sodium polystyrene sulfonate, Acrylates/Vinyl Neodecanoate Crosspolymer, Ammonium Acryloyldimethyltaurate/VP Copolymer, Polyquaternium-22, Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, Polyquaternium-7, Acrylates/Aminoacrylates/C10-30 Alkyl PEG-20 Itaconate Copolymer and combinations thereof. Various delivery vehicles, such as wipes, may be used to deliver the composition to surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kathleen C. Engelbrecht, Amy L. Vanden Heuvel, David W. Koenig, Divesh Bhatt, Vinod Chaudhary, Scott W. Wenzel, Stacy A. Mundschau
  • Publication number: 20170210901
    Abstract: The invention relates to the identification of polymer materials on the basis of the fluorescence decay time of the intrinsic fluorescence of the polymer materials for definite sorting in a completely separated manner. The invention further relates to marking with fluorescent dyes, which, Because of the specific fluorescence decay times of the fluorescent dyes, can further increase the sorting reliability by means of redundancy and can be used to identify particular batches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Ludwig-maximillans-Universität München
    Inventors: Heinz Langhals, Thorben Schücke, Dominik Zegela
  • Publication number: 20170210902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an azo compound that is useful as a dichroic pigment used in a polarizing plate having excellent polarizing performance and durability and having little color leakage in a visible light region, and used in a neutral gray polarizing plate for vehicle mounting that uses the aforementioned polarizing plate. More specifically, the invention relates to an azo compound that is represented by formula (1) [In the formula, R1-R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a C1-5 alkyl group, a C1-5 alkoxy group, a sulfo group, or a C1-5 alkoxy group having a sulfo group, X represents an amino group having a substituent, a benzoylamino group having a substituent, a phenylamino group having a substituent, a phenylazo group having a substituent, or a naphthotriazole group having a substituent, m represents 3 or 4, n represents 1 or 2, and p represents 1, 2, or 3.], or to a salt of said compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Takahiro Higeta, Takuto Nishiguchi, Mitsunori Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170210903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fluorescent, benzotriazole-containing dye compounds, which possess a high workability, desirable optical properties, and a good light stability, while suppressing the formation of a precipitate. The invention further relates to a wavelength-converting encapsulant layer, which is formed using the wavelength-converting encapsulant composition comprising said fluorescent, benzotriazole dye compounds. The fluorescent, benzotriazole-containing dye compounds are represented by general formula (I). wherein the variables are defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shoichi KAWAMITSU, Sadahiro NAKANISHI, Miyuki KUROGI, Hisanari ONOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20170210904
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel fluorescent dyes based on the following pyrenyloxy sulfonamide structure: wherein R1 is a leash joined to the pyrenyloxy group via an ether link containing generally a reactive functional group such as, activated carbonate, activated ester, amino group, azide or alkyne for conjugation with biomolecules; R2 and R3 are hydrogen atoms, or short alkyl chains, or cyclic rings with or without heteroatoms such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, phosphorus. The spectral properties of the fluorescent dyes are sufficiently different in wave-lengths and intensity from fluorescein as to permit simultaneous use of fluorescein and/or more other fluorescent dyes with minimum interference and to avoid interference from endogenous green fluorescent protein in biological system. The dyes are non-ionic to facilitate their entry into cells for intracellular detection. The non-ionic structure also precludes undesired electrostatic reactions with ionic sites on biological components and structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Yongfu Li
  • Publication number: 20170210905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to colored effect pigments, in particular to those containing an organic color pigment layer, to a preparation method thereof and to the use of these pigments especially in a composition comprising the colored effect pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Bangyin LI, Nobuaki NAKAMURA, Kaoru KOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20170210906
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a titanium dioxide pigment obtainable by the sulfate process with a narrow particle size distribution, the pigment itself, and the use of said pigments in coatings and printing inks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Volker Juergens, Siegfried Bluemel, Achim Abdin, Joerg Friedrich, Volker Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20170210907
    Abstract: The invention provides metal powder constituted from metal particles. Each of the metal particles comprises a base particle having a surface and a metal material constituting at least the surface of the base particle. The base particle is subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester. Further, the invention also provides an ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition to be ejected by using an ink jet method. The ultraviolet ray curable ink jet composition comprises a polymerizable compound and metal powder constituted from metal particles. The metal particles of the metal powder are subjected to a surface treatment with a fluorine type phosphoric acid ester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Naoyuki TOYODA, Masaya SHIBATANI, Hidekazu MORIYAMA, Minoru YAMADA, Taketoshi KAGOSE, Toshiyuki KOBAYASHI, Tomohiro OGAWA, Masaru TERADA, Homare KURIBAYASHI, Koki HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20170210908
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an UV coating special for PET window film and its preparation method. A pigmented UV-curable window-film coating comprising the following components in parts by mass: UV monomer: 3-40, modified acrylate: 10-50, photoinitiator: 1-10, leveling agent: 0.4-2, pigment: 3-20, coupling agent: 0.5-1.5 and dispersant: 0.4-0.8. The pigmented window film according to the present invention has the functions of being difficult to fade, UV resistance and excellent outdoor weather-resistance as well as the functions of surface-scratch resistance. The color or hue of the pigment itself can remain unchanged for several or even a dozen years. Thus, a PET window film produced from a pigment with good weather resistance can guarantee that it will keep its original color for several to a dozen years and its performance will not be influenced by outdoor environmental factors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yao TIAN, Lei ZHAO, Ruoxin LI, Tao ZHANG, Jun CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170210909
    Abstract: A coating material for a gas barrier includes polycarboxylic acid, a polyamine compound, a polyvalent metal compound, and a base, in which (molar number of —COO— groups included in the polycarboxylic acid)/(molar number of amino groups included in the polyamine compound)=100/20 to 100/90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS TOHCELLO, INC.
    Inventors: Masako KIDOKORO, Akira NOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170210910
    Abstract: The invention relates to a branched carboxylic acid functional polyester resin P1 as described herein. The invention further relates to a thermosetting powder coating composition (PCC A1) comprising a binder K1, said binder K1 comprising the P1 and a crosslinker X1. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A1. The invention further relates to a process for making said PCC A1 and processes for coating an article with said PCC A1. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said PCC A1 as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said PCC A1. The invention further relates to a thermosetting powder coating composition B (PCC B) comprising a physical mixture of the thermosetting powder coating composition A1 (PCC A1) with a separate, distinct thermosetting powder coating composition A (PCC A). The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating composition B and processes for coating an article with said PCC B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Cornelis BOS, Paulus Franciscus Anna BUIJSEN, Johannes Albertus HETTINGA
  • Publication number: 20170210911
    Abstract: The invention relates to a branched carboxylic acid functional polyester resin P as described herein. The invention further relates to a thermosetting powder coating composition (PCC A) comprising a binder K, said binder K comprising the P and a crosslinker X. The invention further relates to a cured PCC A. The invention further relates to a process for making said PCC A and processes for coating an article with said PCC A. The invention further relates to an article having coated thereon said PCC A as well as to an article having coated and cured thereon said PCC A. The invention further relates to a thermosetting powder coating composition B (PCC B) comprising a physical mixture of the thermosetting powder coating composition A (PCC A) with a separate, distinct thermosetting powder coating composition A1 (PCC A1). The invention further relates to a process for making said thermosetting powder coating composition B and processes for coating an article with said PCC B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Matthias Johannes Cornelis BOS, Paulus Franciscus Anna BUIJSEN, Johannes Albertus HETTINGA
  • Publication number: 20170210912
    Abstract: The hydrophilic oil repellent includes one or more types of nitrogen-containing fluorine-based compounds. The nitrogen-containing fluorine-based compound includes any one hydrophilicity imparting group selected from the group consisting of anion type hydrophilicity imparting groups, cation type hydrophilicity imparting groups, and amphoteric type hydrophilicity imparting groups in the molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masato Fujita, Masakazu Uotani, Takeshi Kamiya, Tsunetoshi Honda, Daisuke Takano
  • Publication number: 20170210913
    Abstract: There is provided herein an elastomeric coating composition containing (a) at least one condensation polymerization-effective polymer bearing two or more silicon atoms; (b) a surface wetting agent, (c) a filler; (d) a condensation catalyst; and, (e) optionally, one or more crosslinking agents. There are also provided architectural coatings including the same, as well as single coat anti-dirt, and/or anti-stain, and/or anti-fouling coatings including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Mayank Dubey, Anubhay Saxena, Indumathi Ramakrishnan, Sumi Dinkar
  • Publication number: 20170210914
    Abstract: A composition is described, which contains a binder on the basis of a compound having low-electron multiple carbon bonds and a carbanion-forming compound. By means of the composition according to the invention, the expansion rate of which is relatively high, coatings having the layer thickness required for the respective fire-resistance duration can be applied in simple and fast manner, wherein the layer thickness can be reduced to a minimum and nevertheless, a good fire-protection effect can be achieved. The composition according to the invention is particularly suitable for fire protection, particularly as a coating for cables and cable runs, to increase their fire-resistance period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Sebastian SIMON, Frank THIEMANN
  • Publication number: 20170210915
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition for a polarizer protective film, a polarizer protective film, and a polarizing plate comprising the same, and more specifically, to a resin composition for a polarizer protective film, a polarizer protective film; and a polarizing plate comprising the same, which exhibit high hardness and excellent characteristics. The polarizing plate according to the present invention exhibits high hardness, excellent curl properties, and optical properties and thus may be usefully applied in various fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Han Na LEE, Yeong Rae CHANG, Jun Wuk PARK, Eun Soo HUH
  • Publication number: 20170210916
    Abstract: A surface coating material is provided for forming a hydrophilic oil repellent layer on at least a part of the surface of a substrate, and the surface coating material includes one or more fluorine-based compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (4), a binder, and a solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Masakazu Uotani, Hiroshi Koshiyama, Takeshi Kamiya, Tsunetoshi Honda, Kosei Sato, Masato Fujita, Daisuke Takano
  • Publication number: 20170210917
    Abstract: An ink including a self-dispersible pigment, acrylic resin particles, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water. The self-dispersible pigment includes a phosphonic-acid-based self-dispersible pigment having a phosphonic acid group bonded directly or via another atomic group to a surface of particles of the pigment. The acrylic resin particles are formed of an acrylic resin containing a constituent unit derived from an ester-bond-containing monomer. The content of the constituent unit derived from the ester-bond-containing monomer in the acrylic resin is 60 mol % or more based on the total of the acrylic resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Takaharu Aotani, Masahiro Terada, Hidetaka Kawamura, Akihiro Taya, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Shoji Koike, Yutaka Yoshimasa
  • Publication number: 20170210918
    Abstract: Provided is Ink including a pigment, a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, wherein a solid content of first liquid as prepared by diluting the ink 500-fold with water and by adding CaCl2 at a concentration of 1.5 mM has a rate of aggregation of 1.5 nm/second or less; and a solid content of second liquid as prepared, after the ink has been stored at 60° C. for 2 weeks, by diluting the ink 500-fold with water and by adding CaCl2 at a concentration of 5 mM has a rate of aggregation of 2.0 nm/second or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yohei Masada, Masahiro Terada, Hidetaka Kawamura, Akihiro Taya, Masanobu Ootsuka, Takaharu Aotani, Shoji Koike, Yutaka Yoshimasa
  • Publication number: 20170210919
    Abstract: There is provided an ink including a pigment, resin particles, a surfactant, water-soluble organic compound, and water, in which: the content of the water-soluble organic compounds is 35 mass % or less based on a total mass of the ink; the water-soluble organic compound contains a first water-soluble organic compound being liquid at 25° C. and having a surface tension at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Yutaka Yoshimasa, Masahiro Terada, Hidetaka Kawamura, Akihiro Taya, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Takaharu Aotani, Shoji Koike
  • Publication number: 20170210920
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides aqueous ink-jet inks having improved stability containing an aqueous vehicle, a colorant, and an amphoteric polyurethane as a binder. The amphoteric polyurethane contains a plurality of tertiary amine groups derived from an amine-containing monomer, and a plurality of anionic acid groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Xiaoqing Li
  • Publication number: 20170210921
    Abstract: In one aspect, composite build materials for use with a 3D printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, a composite build material described herein comprises a carrier ink comprising a curable material; and pigment particles dispersed in the carrier ink, wherein the pigment particles comprise mica. In some cases, the carrier ink is present in the composite build material in an amount of about 80-98% by weight, and the curable material comprises one or more species of monomeric and/or oligomeric (meth)acrylates. Additionally, in some instances, the pigment particles are present in the composite build material in an amount of about 2-8% by weight and comprise up to about 85% by weight mica, based on the total weight of the pigment particles. The pigment particles, in some cases, can also comprise TiO2 and/or Fe2O3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventor: Pingyong Xu
  • Publication number: 20170210922
    Abstract: A color three-dimensional (3D) printing system includes (1) a solid build ink for each of a plurality of colors, each solid build ink includes (a) a solid acrylate in an amount from about 40 to about 70 percent by weight, (b) a non-curable wax in an amount from about 10 to about 45 percent by weight, (c) a curable wax in an amount from about 1 to about 15 percent by weight, (d) a photoinitiator, and (e) a colorant; each solid build ink has a curing speed adjusted by a ratio of the non-curable wax to curable wax such that the initial curing speed and final hardness of each solid build ink is approximately the same for each of the plurality of colors, and (2) a support material includes the non-curable wax used in each build ink, the support material providing a scaffold for deposition of each build ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Marcel P. Breton, JENNIFER L. BELELIE, MICHELLE N. CHRETIEN, NAVEEN CHOPRA, BARKEV KEOSHKERIAN
  • Publication number: 20170210923
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment at least containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole red pigment, and an organic solvent at least containing a glycol diether represented by Formula (1): R1O—(R3O)m—R2 and a glycol monoether represented by Formula (2): OH—(R5O)n—R4, wherein, in Formula (1), R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, R3 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 1 to 7; and in Formula (2), R4 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms, R5 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Shugo HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20170210924
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment component containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and an organic solvent. The organic solvent contains glycol ethers. The amount of dissolved nitrogen in the non-aqueous ink jet composition is 90 mass ppm or less based on the total amount of the non-aqueous ink jet composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichiro KUBOTA, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Shugo HATTORI
  • Publication number: 20170210925
    Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a pigment component containing a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and an organic solvent. The organic solvent contains a glycol ether. The amount of water in the non-aqueous ink jet composition is 10 mass % or less based on the total amount of the non-aqueous ink jet composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Shugo HATTORI, Naoki KOIKE, Jun ITO, Kenichiro KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170210926
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant., and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 5 mPa·s or more. The ink has a static surface tension of 30.5 mN/m or more to 35.0 mN/m or less, which is measured at 25° C. by a Wilhelmy method. The ink also has a dynamic surface tension at a bubble life time of 150 msec of 30.5 mN/m or more to 37.0 mN/m or less, which is measured at 25° C. by a maximum bubble pressure method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hidetaka Kawamura, Masahiro Terada, Akihiro Taya, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Takaharu Aotani, Yutaka Yoshimasa, Shoji Koike
  • Publication number: 20170210927
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant represented by the following general formula (1), and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 5 mPa·s or more. The ink has a static surface tension of 27.1 mN/m or more and 35.0 mN/m or less, which is measured at 25° C. by a Wilhelmy method. The ink also has a dynamic surface tension at a bubble life time of 150 msec of 30.5 mN/m or more and 37.0 mN/m or less, which is measured at 25° C. by a maximum bubble pressure method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hidetaka Kawamura, Masahiro Terada, Akihiro Taya, Yohei Masada, Masanobu Ootsuka, Takaharu Aotani, Yutaka Yoshimasa, Shoji Koike
  • Publication number: 20170210928
    Abstract: Provided are a coloring composition including a xanthene compound which is soluble in water and a compound represented by the following Formula (A); an ink jet recording ink; and an ink jet recording method. In Formula (A), Q represents a benzene ring or a naphthalene ring. P1 represents —CO2M or —SO3M. Ra1 represents a substituent, and Ra2, Ra3, and Ra4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a substituent. na represents an integer of 0 to 3. When na is 2 or more, a plurality of Ra1's may be the same as or different from each other. M represents a counter cation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko FUJIE, Yusuke SAKAI, Keiichi TATEISHI, Hiromi KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20170210929
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an ink composition for inkjet recording comprises a pigment, a pigment dispersant, water, a water-soluble solvent, a wettability enhancer including 2,5,8,11-tetramethyl-6-dodecyne-5,8-diol, and an aqueous resin emulsion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIYOMOTO, Takaya KITAWAKI