Patents Issued in December 7, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170349767
    Abstract: A coating for mitigating metal whiskers on a metal surface includes a polymeric coating material; and a metal ion complexing agent impregnated within the polymeric coating material, the metal ion complexing agent having a standard reduction potential (E°) that is greater than a metal in the metal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: David R. Smith, Thomas M. Deppert, William C. Mollberg, Frank A. Wolf
  • Publication number: 20170349768
    Abstract: An aqueous based coating composition comprising a fatty amine quaternary having the structure of formula (I): R1R2R3R4N+X? wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aralkyl, or alkenyl groups comprising from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, whereby at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4 is a C12-C30 group, and X? is an anion from an inorganic or organic acid, is provided. The fatty amine quaternary may contain ethoxy and/or propoxy groups. One or more of R1, R2, R3, and R4 may be substituted and contain one or more hydroxyl substituents or ether linkages. Methods for imparting water resistance to a wood substrate having up to 100% moisture by applying a coating composition having the fatty amine quaternary of formula (I), and for preparing an aqueous coating composition comprising the fatty amine quaternary of formula (I) are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hua Yu, Lingjuan Shen
  • Publication number: 20170349769
    Abstract: A refractory coating material that can be used to coat a wide variety of surfaces or substrates to provide thermal and mechanical protection. The refractory coating material can withstand exposure to use temperatures of about 1500° C. and greater, yet the fibers contained therein exhibit low biopersistence in physiological fluids such as simulated lung fluid. Also disclosed are methods for making and utilizing the refractory coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew R. GEISE, Mauricio Munhoz DE SOUZA
  • Publication number: 20170349770
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink composition for 3D printing, a 3D printer and a method of controlling the 3D printer. An ink composition for 3D printing according to an aspect of the present invention may include surface-modified inorganic particles, a photocurable material crosslinked with the surface-modified inorganic particles and a photoinitiator which cures the photocurable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Kyoung JUNG, Keon KUK, Oh Hyun BEAK
  • Publication number: 20170349771
    Abstract: A water dispersion of gel particles, in which the gel particles having a three-dimensional crosslinked structure including at least one of Polymer Structure (1) or Polymer Structure (2), having a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group, and including photopolymerization initiators are dispersed in water, a method of producing the water dispersion, and an image forming method using the water dispersion are provided. P1 and P2 represent a polymer chain consisting of polyester and the like and having a number-average molecular weight of 500 or greater, Z11 represents a (n1+1)-valent group, Z12 represents a (m1+1)-valent group, m1, n1 and n2 each represent an integer of 1 or greater, X1 represents a single bond, a —CH2— group, or a —NH— group, Z21 represents a (n2+1)-valent group, R1 represents a hydrocarbon group that may include a hetero atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Noriaki SATO, Shota SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20170349772
    Abstract: An ink includes a volatile solvent, an inorganic hollow particle, and a calcium ion, wherein the calcium ion has a proportion of from 0.5 to 250 ppm in the ink and the inorganic hollow particle has a 50 percent cumulative particle diameter of from 50 to 350 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro HIRADE, Hisashi HABASHI
  • Publication number: 20170349773
    Abstract: A metallic nanoparticle dispersion includes metallic nanoparticles, a liquid carrier, and a dispersion-stabilizing compound according to Formulae I, II, III or IV, wherein Q represents the necessary atoms to form a substituted or unsubstituted a five or six membered heteroaromatic ring; M is selected from the group consisting of a proton, a monovalent cationic group and an acyl group; R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkaryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl or heteroaryl group, a hydroxyl group, a thioether, an ether, an ester, an amide, an amine, a halogen, a ketone and an aldehyde, R1 and R2 may represent the necessary atoms to form a five to seven membered ring; R3 to R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Dirk BOLLEN
  • Publication number: 20170349774
    Abstract: Provided is an ink set including an ink composition which contains a colorant and water; and a treatment liquid which contains water-insoluble resin particles in which the content of a carboxy group or a salt of the carboxy group is in a range of 1.0 mmol to 7.0 mmol per 1 g of the water-insoluble resin particles, a compound that causes the colorant in the ink composition to aggregate, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Katsuhiro SHIMONO, Takuya ARAI
  • Publication number: 20170349775
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an extrudable, unexpanded colour pencil lead, comprising, by weight relative to the total weight of the lead: between 25 and 45%, and advantageously between 30 and 40%, of a polyolefin; between 25 and 50%, and advantageously between 30 and 40%, of a colourless mineral filler; between 4 and 20%, and advantageously between 5 and 15%, of a pigment coated with or mixed with a polyolefin wax; between 0 and 10%, and advantageously between 2 and 10%, of an additive, and between 10 and 30%, and advantageously between 15 and 25%, of stearate chosen from magnesium stearate, calcium stearate and the mixture of same. It further concerns the colour pencil comprising a lead according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Frédéric D. CLAPTIEN, Julien GOUEREC, Philippe LEFEBVRE
  • Publication number: 20170349776
    Abstract: Self-crosslinkable binder compositions which include a copolymer obtained by reacting a mixture of monomers in the presence of an organic solvent, wherein the monomer mixture includes a carboxylic acid monomer, a polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and a crosslinkable acrylamide monomer. Intumescent coatings containing the self-crosslinkable binder, and substrates coated with the intumescent coatings are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: PPG COATINGS EUROPE B.V.
    Inventors: Ronnie Peskens, Venkateshwarlu Kalsani, Seiko Fujii Sisco, Brianne Hodanich, Thomas de Boer
  • Publication number: 20170349777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copolymer obtainable by polymerizing a monomer mixture which contains at least compounds of the following formulae (A), (B) and (C), wherein Ta, Tb, Tc, Ua1, Ua2, Ub1, Ub2 and Ub3, Qa, Qb and Qc, Ra, Rb and Rc, An? and m are as defined in Specification and Claims, and so on. The copolymer of the present invention can be utilized as an ion complex material excellent in a function of inhibiting adhesion of a biological substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiomi HIROI, Natsuki ABE, Taito NISHINO, Masaki KITAHARA
  • Publication number: 20170349778
    Abstract: The present invention proposes an expandable powder coating composition for formation of a coating layer on a metallic article, comprising epoxy resin and a curing agent for curing said epoxy resin, wherein said expandable powder coating composition further comprises heat expandable polymeric microstructures with a weight ratio within the range of 0.5-10% (w/w) with respect to the total mass of the expandable powder coating composition, said heat expandable polymeric microstructures having a shell comprising a thermoplastic, encapsulating a fluid core and the glass transition temperature of said thermoplastic is within the range of 90 to 180° C. The present invention further proposes a method for powder coating on a metallic article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Huseyin Cagatay Pakkan, Osman Gulbahar, Michael Wittig
  • Publication number: 20170349779
    Abstract: Provided is an anti-wear agent capable of furnishing an epoxy resin coating film with anti-wear properties. The anti-wear agent is characterized in containing an alicyclic difunctional epoxy and a polymerization initiator or is characterized in containing a difunctional bisphenol A-type epoxy resin, a leveling agent and a polymerization initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20170349780
    Abstract: There is provided a curable composition, which forms a cured product with high light transmittance, a high refractive index, and high scratch resistance, a cured product thereof, and an optical member. A curable composition contains zirconium oxide nanoparticles, a dispersant, and a (meth)acrylate compound. The dispersant has an acid value in the range of 100 to 300 mgKOH/g. The (meth)acrylate compound contains a (meth)acrylate compound having a poly(alkylene oxide) structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Naohiro Takeshita, Nobuo Kobayashi, Yasuko Odani, Ena Takeshita
  • Publication number: 20170349781
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a) one or more polyester macromers containing one or more chains of the residue of one or more diols and one or more diesters wherein the residue of the one or more diols and the one or more diesters alternate along the chain and a portion of the diesters are 1,1-diester-1-alkenes and at least one terminal end comprises the residue of one of the 1,1-diester-1 alkenes and wherein one or more terminal ends may comprise the residue of one or more diols; and b) one or more polymers having pendant Michael Addition donor groups. Disclosed are coating prepared from these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Aniruddha S. Palsule, Jeffrey M. Sullivan, Katherine E. Vanderpool, Alexander R. Holzer, Anushree Deshpande, John Klier
  • Publication number: 20170349782
    Abstract: A process for PAI-based coating compositions. An embodiment of a method includes manufacturing a coating composition, the manufacturing of the coating composition including mixing a first solvent, the first being solvent being N-formyl morpholine (NFM), with a second solvent to form a first solution; dissolving polyamideimide or polyamide amic acid resin polymer (PAI) in the first solution; precipitating a PAI compound from a mixture of MEK and the first solution; and dissolving the PAI compound in a second solution to generate a coating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Publication number: 20170349783
    Abstract: A coating agent composition of the present invention has excellent water repellency and water sliding property, as well as favorable application workability, wear resistance, and storage stability. The coating agent composition is particularly useful in forming a thin coating layer for imparting water repellency, water sliding property, gloss, durability, and antifouling properties to a metal surface, a painted surface, or a resin surface of automotive bodies and railroad vehicles, and other similar objects. Specifically, the coating agent composition contained the following (A) to (D): (A) 100 parts by mass of a hydrolyzable silicone resin; (B) 0.1 to 50 parts by mass of a curing catalyst; (C) 100 to 5000 parts by mass of an organic solvent; and (D) 10 to 150 parts by mass of dimethylpolysiloxane having one or more alkoxysilyl groups at both ends of the molecular chain and having a viscosity at 25° C. within a particular range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Manabu KIRINO
  • Publication number: 20170349784
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coating material that allows a structure with void spaces having a strength and flexibility to be formed. The coating material of the present invention includes: pulverized products of a gelled silicon compound obtained from a silicon compound containing at least three or less functional groups having saturated bonds; and a dispersion medium, wherein the pulverized product contains a residual silanol group. The method of producing a coating material according to the present invention includes steps of: causing gelation of a silicon compound containing at least three or less functional groups having saturated bonds and mixing the gelled silicon compound and a dispersion medium. According to the coating material of the present invention, for example, a coating film is formed by coating a base with the coating material and a porous structure is formed by chemically bonding the pulverized products contained in the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromoto Haruta, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Daisuke Hattori, Kozo Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20170349785
    Abstract: A process for forming a fingerprint-resistant coating on a substrate comprising activating the substrate by exposure to a plasma, and then depositing on the activated substrate at least one alkyl backbone monolayer, and hydroxyl-polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OH—POSS) nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Miguel GALVEZ, Bong June ZHANG, Esra ALTINOK
  • Publication number: 20170349786
    Abstract: Provided are: a composition for a window film; a flexible window film formed therefrom; and a flexible display device comprising the same, wherein the composition contains: a siloxane resin comprising chemical Chemical Formula 1 or 2 or a mixture thereof; a cross-linking agent; and an initiator, the cross-linking agent being contained in a content of about 10-30 parts by weight on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the siloxane resin or the mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Joo Hui Kim, Si Kyun Park, Kyoung Ku Kang, Sung Han Kim, Jung Hyo Lee, Jin Hee Choi
  • Publication number: 20170349787
    Abstract: Provided are: a composition for a window film, containing a siloxane resin including chemical formula 1 below and an iodonium ion-containing photo-cationic initiator; a flexible window film formed therefrom; and a flexible display device comprising the same. Chemical formula 1: (R1SiO3/2)x(R2R3SiO2/2)y.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Si Kyun Park, Kyoung Ku Kang, Jung Hyo Lee, Jin Hee Choi, Sung Han Kim, Joo Hui Kim, Nak Hyun Sung, Eun Su Lee
  • Publication number: 20170349788
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polydispersion large-particle-size silica sol and a method of preparing the same. The polydispersion large-particle-size silica sol is mainly used as a polishing solution to enhance a polishing rate. The preparing method prepares the silica sol by stirring and heating a monodisperse spherical silica sol with a particle size of 20 nm-30 nm which is taken as a seed crystal, and meanwhile constantly adding, by drops, the seed crystal of the monodisperse spherical silica sol with a particle size of 20 nm-30 nm and active silicic acid into a reaction system, wherein during the whole reaction process, a heating concentration method is adopted to maintain a constant liquid level and during this period, inorganic dilute alkali solution is added by drops to maintain the pH value of the system between 9.5 and 10.5; cooling is performed after heat preservation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Shanghai Xinanna Electronic Technology Co., LTD, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Hui Kong, Weili Liu, Zhitang Song
  • Publication number: 20170349789
    Abstract: It has conventionally been difficult to achieve a sheet adhesive which adheres in a low temperature (from 20 to 90° C.), and has both of softness and high adhering strength. The present invention realizes a sheet adhesive capable of adhering in a low temperature (from 20 to 90° C.) which exhibits a high adhesiveness in spite of being a soft sheet of thin film, by forming a simulated multiple layer by using an elastomer as a substrate layer, and by forming a reactive layer by means of spraying or application. A sheet adhesive including a substrate layer and a reactive layer, wherein the substrate layer includes a component (A) and a component (B) below, and the reactive layer is formed with a liquid agent including a component (C) below in an amount of from 0.014 by mass to 45% by mass, component (A): a urethane elastomer, component (B): an epoxy resin, component (C): an amine compound and/or phenol compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroshi KIMURA, Yoshihide ARAI
  • Publication number: 20170349790
    Abstract: Provided are a surface protection film which would stably display an image, and would stably attain a mirror state, and which would be stably operated without inhibiting display operability. Disclosed is a surface protection film including a resin film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the relative permittivity of the resin film is of 1.0 to 5.0, the reflectance is set to a value within the range of 20% to 80%, and the transmittance for light is of 20% to 80%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: LINTEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya TODAKA, Baku KATAGIRI, Kenta TOMIOKA, Tomoo ORUI
  • Publication number: 20170349791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adhesive film which includes: a monomer mixture including a hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a comonomer; and nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles include a silicone polymer and have an average particle diameter of about 5 nm to about 800 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Gwang Hwan LEE, Byeong Do KWAK, Il Jin KIM, Ji Ho KIM, Hyung Rang MOON, Sung Hyun MOON, Jae Hyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20170349792
    Abstract: A composite hot-melt adhesive mesh film and preparation process thereof, in particular, a composite hot-melt adhesive mesh film and preparation process thereof for bonding metal and non-polar material are disclosed. The mesh film is compounded of a polar polyamide hot-melt adhesive and a non-polar polyolefin hot-melt adhesive mesh film containing a compatibilizer. The mesh film has a high adhesive strength and a durable and stable adhesion, and is especially suitable for bonding stainless steel, aluminum, copper or other metal materials and polyethylene, polypropylene or other non-polar polymers. Additionally, the preparation process is completed in one set of production process from raw material pretreatment to the final preparation of the hot melt adhesive mesh film product, thereby greatly reducing production failures, and providing high production efficiency and low costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Zhelong Li, Wanyu Zhu, Xingquan Ma, Heji Lei, Zuoxiang Zeng, Yongjian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170349793
    Abstract: An adhesive including a copolymer that includes repeating units of a first monomer and a second monomer, wherein: the first monomer includes a (meth)acrylate-based monomer, a silicon-based monomer, or an urethane-based monomer, the second monomer includes a light absorbing group, and the light absorbing group is an azo-based dye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Youngdo KIM, Soyoun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170349794
    Abstract: A thermally or photo curable adhesive composition containing a bisphenol F epoxy resin and a bisphenol A epoxy resin in a ratio between 2 and 10. The composition further contains at least one epoxy acrylate component and a rubber modified bisphenol. The adhesive composition is applicable by a melt or liquid coating technique and undergoes curing upon exposure to heat or radiation, showing improved viscoelastic properties and suitable to provide a cured product having superior durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Paolo VACCA, Marco MUDU, Jiabril GIGLI
  • Publication number: 20170349795
    Abstract: An epoxy adhesive composition having a higher level (at or above 5 wt %) of a blocked tertiary amine catalyst, a urethane toughener, an epoxy resin modified with liquid rubber, a core shell rubber toughener and a combination of liquid and solid epoxy resins and the making thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Bharati Balijepalli, Glenn G. Eagle
  • Publication number: 20170349796
    Abstract: Compositions for enhancing an individuals' grip to an item or the grip of an item and methods for their use and production are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Livesey, Jesse Lyman, Matt Vieke
  • Publication number: 20170349797
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped abrasive particle including extruding a mixture into a form, applying a dopant material to an exterior surface of the form, and forming a precursor shaped abrasive particle from the form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Doruk O. Yener, Paul Braun
  • Publication number: 20170349798
    Abstract: A polymer composition for use in the removal and recovery of oil slicks or spills floating on the surfaces of bodies or water or present on land, such as beaches comprising a foam of a blend of polyethylene and an ethylene-alkyl acrylate copolymer and a process for using such foams in the selective removal of oil from fresh water or salt water and the recovery of the absorbed oils from the foams is disclosed. The polymer composition is also for use in other applications in which absorption of liquids is desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Scott C. Smith, Robert F. Hurley, Kevin M. Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20170349799
    Abstract: Disclosed are a suspension fluid and a method for preparing the suspension fluid. Particularly, the suspension fluid is prepared by dispersing fumed silica particles in a solvent that includes one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol, and water. The phase-change suspension fluid obtained from the present invention is a shear thickening fluid that have a constant Newtonian behavior at a low rate of shear or a low frequency band, and further have a non-Newtonian behavior as a solid-like suspension at a high rate of shear or a high frequency band due to an increase in viscosity. In addition, the phase-change suspension fluid may reversibly change its phase with vibration of a vehicle, thereby providing advantages of both of the hydro bushes and the solid type bushes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Jong Min Park, Jae Sik Seo, Kyung Mo Yang, Dae Sung Chang, Hyoung Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20170349800
    Abstract: A fluid composition comprises a triglyceride, having at least one alpha-branched fatty acid residue, wherein each alpha-branched fatty acid residue comprises at least one saturated or mono-unsaturated alkyl chain having a total number of carbon atoms ranging from 12 to 20, and wherein the triglyceride has at least one of (a) a flash point of at least 185° C., (b) a fire point of at least 230° C., (c) a pour point of ?25° C. or lower, or (d) a combination thereof. The fluid composition may be useful, for example, as a dielectric fluid and/or as a heat transfer fluid in transformers and other electrical device applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Kaustubh Gupte, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Domonique Downing, Nolan T. McDougal, Sreejit Nair
  • Publication number: 20170349801
    Abstract: A thermally conductive interface composition is interposed between a heat generating component and a heat dissipating component. To meet escalated heat dissipation for performance demanding devices, a thermally conductive interface composition comprises (A) A linear alkenyl organopolysiloxane containing a silicon-bonded alkenyl-terminated group or groups, (B) A branched alkenyl organopolysiloxane containing at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups, (C) thermally conductive fillers in a ternary particle size mixture, (D) An organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two Si—H terminated groups, (E) An addition reaction catalyst, (F) A hydroxy group-containing siloxane, (G) Alkoxy group-containing siloxanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Jiali Wu
  • Publication number: 20170349802
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petroleum industry, in particular to a nano-hybrid lubricant and method thereof, and oil-based drilling fluid. The lubricant comprises: graphite oxide and a biquaternary ammonium salt compound of which the cation part is represented by formula (1). The present invention also provides a method for preparation of the lubricant and an oil-based drilling fluid containing the lubricant. The lubricant provided in the present invention can be comprehended as a nano-hybrid material. Thus, oil-based drilling fluids that contain the lucbricant provided in the present invention have lower lubrication coefficient and excellent lubricating property without or with little negative impact on rheological property of the oil fluid, and the lubricant provided in the present invention has excellent thermostability thus suitable for use in operation at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (BEIJING)
    Inventors: Guancheng JIANG, Shuanglei PENG, Yinbo HE, Deli GAO, Lili YANG, Fan LIU, Xinliang LI, Zhengqiang DENG, Haifang SUN, Liexiang HAN
  • Publication number: 20170349803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the well drilling field in petroleum industry, in particular to a drilling fluid additive composition that contains a lubricant, an emulsifier, and a rheological modifier, wherein, the lubricant contains: graphite oxide and a biquaternary ammonium salt compound in which the cation part is represented by formula (1); the emulsifier is one or more of compounds represented by formula (I); the rheological modifier is a dimer acid-organic amine copolymer comprising structural units from dimer acid, structural units from alkylamine and structural units from arylamine. The present invention further provides an oil-based drilling fluid containing the composition and a use thereof. The oil-based drilling fluid containing the composition provided in the present invention obtains a lower lubrication coefficient, and favorable rheological property and thermostability, and is suitable for use in operation at a high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (BEIJING)
    Inventors: Guancheng JIANG, Shuanglei PENG, Yinbo HE, Deli GAO, Lili YANG, Fan LIU, Xinliang LI, Zhengqiang DENG, Guangchang MA, Li ZHAO, Haifang SUN, Liexiang HAN
  • Publication number: 20170349804
    Abstract: Curable resin compositions comprising an epoxy resin and a hydrazide curing agent and methods for using the curable resin compositions in cementing and/or remedial operations in a subterranean formation are provided. In one embodiment, the method may comprise combining an epoxy resin and a curing agent to form a curable resin composition, wherein the curing agent comprises a hydrazide curing agent; introducing the curable resin composition into a subterranean formation; and allowing the curable resin composition to at least partially cure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew Grady Kellum, Gregory Robert Hundt, Paul Joseph Jones, Jeffery Dwane Karcher
  • Publication number: 20170349805
    Abstract: Embodiments may include cement compositions containing an expanding agent encapsulated with a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is permeable to aqueous fluids. Methods may include emplacing a cement slurry into a wellbore traversing a subterranean formation, wherein the cement slurry contains an expanding agent encapsulated with a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material is permeable to aqueous fluids; allowing the cement slurry to harden; contacting the expanding agent encapsulated with a polymeric material with an aqueous fluid; and allowing the expanding agent to hydrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Simone Musso, Jeffrey J. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20170349806
    Abstract: A binary mixture system for lower oil viscosity and increased oil flow. The binary mixture composition may be useful for introduction into a functioning oil reservoir for cleaning and stimulation. The binary mixture composition is made of a first-chemical composition, a second-chemical composition, and a third-chemical composition. The first-chemical composition may be ammonium nitrate-water. The first-chemical composition may have a ratio of 1.0 to the second-chemical composition and the third-chemical composition. The first-chemical composition may be heated to a temperature of sixty degrees celsius. The second-chemical composition is made of the sodium nitrite-water. The second-chemical composition may have a ratio of 1.56 to the first-chemical composition and the third-chemical composition. The second-chemical composition may also be heated to a temperature of sixty degrees celsius. The third-chemical composition is made of phosphoric acid-water. The third-chemical composition may have a ratio of 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Joshua Mathias, Radek Hlavacek, Martin Knezicky, Vojtech Pokorny
  • Publication number: 20170349807
    Abstract: In some aspects, the present invention relates generally to self-release compositions and methods useful for the removal or prevention of mineral scaling and, more particularly, to surface coatings and surface treatments that resist, prevent, or aid in removal of mineral scaling. In some aspects, the self-release coating includes a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane and a thermoplastic or an additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Nano Hydrophobics, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Guenthner, Jeffrey Alston, Peter H. Boyd, Joseph M. Mabry, Timothy W. Rost
  • Publication number: 20170349808
    Abstract: Asphaltene produced during the production of hydrocarbons in an underground reservoir may be reduced and decomposed by introducing into the underground reservoir a fluid having a catalyst of from about 3 to about 7% Ni with a magnesium oxide support or a catalyst of from about 15 to about 25% tungsten oxide with a zirconium oxide support or a mixture thereof. The viscosity of heavy oil within the underground reservoir is reduced in the presence of the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Sivaram Pradhan, Scott Wellington, Houman Shammai, Michael Wong
  • Publication number: 20170349809
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating a system, the method comprising providing a composition comprising HCl, urea, complex substituted keto-amine-hydrochloride, at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of isopropyl alcohol and propargyl alcohol, an ethoxylate, and at least one ketone selected from the group consisting of methyl vinyl ketone, acetone, and acetophenone; and inserting the composition into at least one of an oil well and a gas well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: John T. MacDonald, II
  • Publication number: 20170349810
    Abstract: Novel hybrid nanoparticles, useful for inhibiting or slowing down the formation of sulfur deposits or minerals in a well during the extraction of gas or oil. Specifically, the nanoparticles each include (i) a polyorganosiloxane (POS) matrix; and, optionally as a coating over a lanthanide oxide core, (iii) at least one polymeric scale inhibitor during the extraction of gas or oil. The invention also relates to the method for obtaining the nanoinhibitors and the application of same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicants: TOTAL SA, UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE -CNRS-
    Inventors: Christian HURTEVENT, Salima BARAKA-LOKMANE, John-Richard ORDONEZ-VARELA, Olivier TILLEMENT, Arthur MARAIS, Albert MOUSSARON
  • Publication number: 20170349811
    Abstract: Nano-sized mixed metal oxide carriers capable of delivering a well treatment additive for a sustained or extended period of time in the environment of use, methods of making the nanoparticles, and uses thereof are described herein. The nanoparticles can have a formula of: A/[Mx1My2Mz3]OnHm where x is 0.03 to 3, y is 0.01 to 0.4, z is 0.01 to 0.4 and n and m are determined by the oxidation states of the other elements, and M1 can be aluminum (Al), gallium (Ga), indium (In), or thallium (Tl). M2 and M3 are not the same and can be a Column 2 metal, Column 14 metal, or a transition metal. A is can be a treatment additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Chao YAN, Ross TOMSON, Paula GURAIEB, Nasser GHORBANI
  • Publication number: 20170349812
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprises introducing into the formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enlarge a fracture in the formation a fracturing composition comprising a carrier and a polymeric particulate derived from a cashew nut shell liquid, the polymeric particulate having an apparent specific gravity of less than about 2.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta, Syed Mohammad Ali, Anthony Stonis
  • Publication number: 20170349813
    Abstract: Among the methods provided is a method comprising: providing a fracturing fluid that comprises a base fluid and an additive having a high dielectric constant; and introducing the fracturing fluid into least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Raed Rahal, Michael Bittar
  • Publication number: 20170349814
    Abstract: A method of fracturing a subterranean formation comprises introducing into the formation at a pressure sufficient to create or enlarge a fracture in the formation a fracturing composition comprising a carrier and a substantially spherical polymeric particulate derived from a cashew nut shell liquid, the substantially spherical polymeric particulate having an apparent specific gravity of less than about 2.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: D.V. Satyanarayana Gupta
  • Publication number: 20170349815
    Abstract: Gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluids and their methods of preparation and use are provided. The gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluid includes a hydrocarbon fluid, a phosphate ester, a crosslinker and a viscosifier. The crosslinker may include iron, aluminum, or combinations thereof and the viscosifier may include clay, graphite, carbon nanotubes, metallic oxide nanoparticles, and combinations thereof. The method of preparation includes combining a hydrocarbon fluid, phosphate ester, and crosslinker to form a baseline fluid. A viscosifier is added to the baseline fluid to form a gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluid. The method of use includes treating a subterranean formation by contacting a subterranean formation with a gelled hydrocarbon fracturing fluid and generating at least one fracture in the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Sehmus Ozden, Leiming Li, Ghaithan A. Al-Muntasheri, Feng Liang
  • Publication number: 20170349816
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a crosslinking composition for use in crosslinking an aqueous suspension of guar, for use as a well treatment fluid and/or proppant carrier fluid for natural gas extraction. The present crosslinking composition is an aqueous suspension of hydroboracite. The composition may also comprise varying amounts of borax, canola oil, xanthan, glycerol, and/or NaOH. The composition may be selected to effect a desired delay in the crosslinking reaction in order to customize the viscosity and reaction time to the method of use, thereby maximizing proppant delivery while minimizing pump pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: PfP Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil Patel, Mickey Callanan