Patents Issued in January 9, 2018
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Patent number: 9862773Abstract: The present invention is directed to a monoclonal antibody that recognizes human CD9 in its native form. The invention is also directed to a hybridoma cell line that produces the monoclonal antibody, and exosome isolation kits using the antibody.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Translational Genomics Research InstituteInventor: David Azorsa
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Patent number: 9862774Abstract: It is intended to provide a CAPRIN-1-targeting antibody superior in antitumor activity to conventional antibodies, and use thereof as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for a cancer. The present invention provides an antibody targeting a CAPRIN-1 polypeptide specifically expressed on the surface of cancer cells, and use of the antibody as a therapeutic and/or preventive agent for a cancer. The present invention provides an antibody which comprises a heavy chain variable region comprising complementarity-determining regions of SEQ ID NOs: 1, 2, and 3 and a light chain variable region comprising complementarity-determining regions of SEQ ID NOs: 4, 5, and 6 and has immunological reactivity with a CAPRIN-1 protein, or a fragment thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of a cancer, comprising this antibody or fragment as an active ingredient.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Fumiyoshi Okano, Takanori Saito, Yoshitaka Minamida, Takayoshi Ido
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Patent number: 9862775Abstract: Provided is a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes B cell lymphoma cells and a use thereof. More specifically, provided are the monoclonal antibody; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating B cell lymphoma including the monoclonal antibody; a composition for diagnosing B cell lymphoma including the monoclonal antibody; a method for providing information for diagnosing B cell lymphoma using the monoclonal antibody; a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) protein including i) the antibody, ii) a transmembrane domain, and iii) an intracellular signaling domain; a recombinant vector which expresses the CAR protein; a CAR-modified T cell transformed with the recombinant vector; a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating B cell lymphoma including the CAR-modified T cell; and an antibody-drug conjugate wherein the monoclonal antibody and a drug are conjugated.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Eutilex Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byoung Se Kwon, Kwang-Hui Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Ho-Sik Oh, Don-Gil Lee, Seung-Joo Lee, Beom-Kyu Choi, Insoo Park, Chungyong Han
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Patent number: 9862776Abstract: The present invention relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that bind RYK, in particular human RYK and their use in regulating RYK-associated activities. Specifically there is provided an isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment or derivative thereof that specifically binds to the extracellular domain of human RYK, in particular, the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, binds specifically to the WIF domain of human RYK. Preferably, the antibodies of the present invention modulate RYK-associated activity, which includes RYK mediated signal transduction activity and modulation of the interaction of Wnts with RYK and, preferably, modulate Wnt induced signaling. In particular, the antibodies inhibit the binding of Wnt5a and inhibit Wnt induced phosphorylation of Dishevelled (Dvl) 2 and/or Dvl3 proteins.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Peter MacCallum Cancer InstituteInventors: Maria Luisa Macheda, Michael Maurice Halford, Steven Stacker, Clare Louise Parish, Edouard Collins Nice
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Patent number: 9862777Abstract: The present application relates to the field of single-domain antibodies (also called nanobodies), more particularly single-domain antibodies against SOD1 protein isoforms. It also relates to the use of these nanobodies in medicine. Accordingly, methods to treat a disease using these nanobodies are provided herein. The single-domain antibodies are particularly envisaged for treatment of ALS.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: VIB VZW, LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH PARTNERS VZW, KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, K.U. LEUVEN R&DInventors: Wim Robberecht, Frederic Rousseau, Joost Schymkowitz
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Patent number: 9862778Abstract: Described herein are methods for the efficient production of a heteromultimeric protein, such as a bispecific antibody. Heteromultimeric proteins may be capable of specifically binding more than one target molecule or different epitopes on a single target molecule. The methods modulate parameters to improve assembly of the heteromultimeric proteins at higher yield and efficiency than otherwise possible. Also described are compositions comprising a hinge-containing polypeptide, such as a half-antibody.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: GENENTECH, INC.Inventors: Glen Giese, Amy Lim, Josefine Persson, Justin Scheer, Ambrose Williams
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Patent number: 9862779Abstract: Herein is reported a method for producing a polypeptide comprising at least two polypeptide domains comprising the step of cultivating a cell comprising (a) a nucleic acid encoding a soluble S. aureus sortase A with a C-terminal endoplasmic reticulum retention signal, (b) a nucleic acid encoding a first polypeptide domain comprising at its C-terminus a sortase motif followed by an endoplasmic reticulum retention signal, and (c) a nucleic acid encoding a second polypeptide domain comprising at its N-terminus at least a diglycine, whereby the cell secretes the sortase A conjugate of the first polypeptide domain and the second polypeptide domain, thereby producing a polypeptide comprising at least two polypeptide domains.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE INC.Inventors: Mariel Beck, Georg Tiefenthaler
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Patent number: 9862780Abstract: A process for preparing a soluble high molecular-weight chitosan which comprises treating chitosan, water, alcohol, acid mixture with supercritical fluid to prepare a modified chitosan with high aqueous solubility.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Jordan University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Rana M. Obaidat, Adnan Badwan
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Patent number: 9862781Abstract: Solid adducts comprising MgCl2 and an alcohol ROH in which R is a C1-C20 hydrocarbon group, in which the amount of alcohol ranges from higher than 42% to 60% by weight and the porosity determined with Hg method due to pores up to 1 ?m and expressed in cm3/g, is such that the value of its ratio with the amount of alcohol in percentage falls above the straight line defined by the equation y=?0.0158x+1.03 in which y is the porosity of the adduct and x is the alcohol percentage by weight.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Daniele Evangelisti, Benedetta Gaddi, Gianni Collina
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Patent number: 9862782Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for separating a solvent in a metallocene catalyst-based solution polymerization process for preparing a polyolefin, suitable for use in removing a solvent from a reaction mixture resulting from a polymerization step during a solution polymerization process for preparing a polyolefin polymer using a metallocene catalyst, wherein volatile matter including a solvent and an unreacted monomer is primarily removed from the reaction mixture using a flash drum, after which residual volatile matter including the solvent, which is left behind in the reaction mixture after the primary removal process, is secondarily removed in a high vacuum using a thin-film evaporator. The polymer thus obtained has a volatile matter content of 100 ppm or less and is thus an environmentally friendly product.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: C&CPEL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yangkee Kim
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Patent number: 9862783Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula (1):Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATIONInventors: Akio Tanna, Naomasa Sato, Yohei Konishi, Yasuo Oishi
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Patent number: 9862784Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for preparing polybutene having various molecular weights by using complex catalysts of different molar ratios. The apparatus for preparing polybutene having various molecular weights, comprises: a complex catalyst preparing device for preparing a high-activity complex catalyst and a low-activity complex catalyst to form highly reactive polybutene through polymerization; a high-molar ratio complex catalyst system for controlling the storage and supply of the high-activity complex catalyst; a low-molar ratio complex catalyst system for controlling the storage and supply of the low-activity complex catalyst; and a reactor to which reaction raw materials including the high-activity complex catalyst, the low-activity complex catalyst, and isobutene are supplied to be polymerized into highly reactive polybutene.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: DAELIM INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Myeong Seok Kim, Min Sup Park, Hyung Jae Seo, Se Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 9862785Abstract: A method for producing an olefin polymer, in which an olefin compound is polymerized in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst at a temperature of 0° C. or lower to obtain an olefin polymer, the method comprising a step of feeding a raw material liquid including the olefin compound to a reactor provided with a cooling unit, a step of polymerizing the olefin compound in the reactor to obtain a reaction liquid including the olefin polymer, a deactivation step of adding a deactivator to the reaction liquid taken out from the reactor to deactivate the Lewis acid catalyst, and a step of supplying the reaction liquid after the deactivation step to a cold recovery unit to recover cold from the reaction liquid, wherein the amount of the Lewis acid catalyst is 0.5×10?3 to 1.0×10?1 mol % based on the total amount of the olefin compound.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Chiba, Koichi Sato, Teruhisa Kuroki, Ryuichiro Furusawa, Takeshi Omata
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Patent number: 9862786Abstract: By controlling the ratio of catalyst components or the type of activator the homogeneity of a polymer produced using a single site catalyst may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.Inventors: Darryl J Morrison, Stephen Salomons, Isam Jaber
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Patent number: 9862787Abstract: The invention relates to the use of 1,5-enediyne compounds of formula (I) as curing agents in polymeric systems. In particular the invention relates to a curable composition comprising a curing agent of formula (I) and a fluorinated polymer suitable to be cross-linked and at least one fluorinated aromatic compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.Inventors: Marco Avataneo, Aldo Sanguineti, Matteo Fantoni, Giuseppe Marchionni
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Patent number: 9862788Abstract: The present invention relates to an innovative (meth)acrylic reactive resin which cures with low odor or odorlessly. The present invention relates more particularly to reactive resins comprising high-boiling, reactive (meth)acrylic monomers from the group of the polar, cyclically substituted esters of (meth)acrylic acid, more particularly glycerol acetal, ketal or carbonate methacrylates. These new components are used as substitutes for MMA, which represents the major part of the odor nuisance in the existing, prior-art reactive resin systems. Using these new components it is possible to obtain resin formulations which have glass transition temperatures similar to, and properties comparable with, MMA-based resins. The innovative reactive resins are able in addition to exhibit more rapid curing than prior-art MMA-based systems. Reactive resins for the purposes of the invention are reactive monomer mixtures or mixtures of monomers and polymers that when used as a 2-component system can be readily cured.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Stefan Hilf, Alexander Klein, Heike Heeb, Ingrid Kizewski, Sebastian Grimm, Michael Flittner
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Patent number: 9862789Abstract: A free radical or controlled radical polymerization process of atom or group transfer radical polymerization. The process comprises radically polymerizing one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomers in the presence of a polymerization system. The one or more radically (co)polymerizable monomers comprise at least one or more radically (co)polymerizable diene monomers. The polymerization system comprises: an initiator having one or more radically transferable atoms or groups; a transition metal-ligand complex catalyst, wherein the ligand comprises any C-, N-, O-, P- or S-containing ligand which coordinates with the transition metal; an optional reducing agent capable of regenerating the lower oxidation state of the transition metal catalyst; and an optional organic solvent or water capable of solubilizing the transition metal-ligand complex catalyst. (Co)polymers produced by the free radical or controlled radical polymerization process of atom or group transfer radical polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUTInventor: Alexandru D. Asandei
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Patent number: 9862790Abstract: The present invention provides polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion which exhibit excellent dispersion stability in a water-containing dispersion medium, and allow for formation of a film having sufficient mechanical strength and flexibility without voids and non-uniform structures such as irregularities, and an aqueous dispersion of the polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion. The polyvinyl acetal fine particles for an aqueous dispersion, adapted for use as dispersoids in an aqueous dispersion, the polyvinyl acetal fine particles including a polyvinyl acetal resin with an ionic functional group, and having a volume average particle size of 10 nm to 100 ?m, and a CV value of a volume-based particle size distribution of at most 40%.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Yasuharu Nagai
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Patent number: 9862791Abstract: Disclosed is an impact strength modifier (?) for a chlorine-containing resin, comprising a powder of a graft copolymer (A) obtained by graft polymerizing one or more kinds of vinyl monomers (b1) onto a polyorganosiloxane rubber (A1) or a composite rubber (A2) containing a polyorganosiloxane rubber and a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate rubber, wherein the specific surface area of the powder of the graft copolymer (A) measured by a nitrogen gas adsorption method is from 0.6 to 30 m2/g, and the pH of water used for extraction under conditions, in which (1) in an oven at 180° C., 5.0 g of the powder of the graft copolymer (A) is left to stand still and heated for 15 minutes, and (2) after the heating, the powder is dispersed in 100 ml of heated pure water and extracted for 1 hour at 70° C. while stirring, is from 4 to 11.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Yuichiro Fujikawa, Atsushi Kuwahara, Ayaka Wakita, Toshihiro Kasai
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Patent number: 9862792Abstract: Described herein are copolymers, and methods of making and utilizing such copolymers. Such copolymers have at least two blocks: a first block that has at least one unit that is hydrophilic at physiologic pH, and a second block that has hydrophobic groups. This second block further has at least one unit with a group that is anionic at about physiologic pH. The described copolymers are disruptive of a cellular membrane, including an extracellular membrane, an intracellular membrane, a vesicle, an organelle, an endosome, a liposome, or a red blood cell. Preferably, in certain instances, the copolymer disrupts the membrane and enters the intracellular environment. In specific examples, the copolymer is endosomolytic.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: University of Washington, PhaseRx, Inc.Inventors: Patrick S. Stayton, Allan S. Hoffman, Anthony J. Convertine, Danielle Benoit, Craig L. Duvall, Paul H. Johnson, Anna S. Gall
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Patent number: 9862793Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a polymer by efficiently removing residue of metals such as titanium, aluminum and lithium from a polymer solution containing the residue of these metals to successfully obtain a purified polymer solution containing a smaller amount of the metal residue and having satisfactory color tone and transparency, a polymer solution and a polymer obtained by the production method.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Asahi Kasei Cehmicals CorporationInventors: Daisuke Shimizu, Kenta Shibuya, Takuya Suzuki
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Patent number: 9862794Abstract: The present invention provides a co-condensate containing a structural unit derived from p-tert-butylphenol, a structural unit derived from o-phenylphenol, and a structural unit derived from resorcin, and having a softening point of 150° C. or lower; a method for producing the co-condensate including reacting a mixture of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol with formaldehyde in the presence of an alkali, and then reacting resorcin in a 0.8-fold molar amount or more relative to a total amount of p-tert-butylphenol and o-phenylphenol; and a rubber composition containing the co-condensate.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TAOKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Matsui, Nobuyuki Sato, Yoshiteru Ota
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Patent number: 9862795Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for use in the preparation of a Lacrosse sport ball, the composition comprising a prepolymer, the prepolymer comprising a multifunctional polyisocyanate and one or more polyols having a molecular weight of from about 1000 Daltons to about 5000 Daltons, and a curative comprising an amine or an additional polyol or a combination thereof. A Lacrosse ball formed from the composition exhibits a ball compression of from about 180 pounds to about 210 pounds or from about 90 pounds to about 210 pounds when tested in accordance with ND 049-12m12 Section 5.3 Ball Compression, and wherein the molded spherical ball exhibits a ball coefficient of restitution COR of from about 0.60 to about 0.70 or from about 0.50 to about 0.75 when tested in accordance with ND 049-12m12 Section 5.4 Ball Coefficient of Restitution COR.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Hanson Group LLCInventors: Wallace Lee Hanson, Jr., Susan Aragon, Chris Carter, Charles Demarest, Michael Oseth, Marci Ann Seidel
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Patent number: 9862796Abstract: A one-part moisture-curable polyurethane composition of the present technology comprises: a preliminary composition containing a urethane prepolymer (A); and an adhesion promoter (B); the adhesion promoter being a reaction product of a compound (b1) having three or more isocyanate groups; and a compound (b2) of at least one type of a compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (4) described below and hydrogenated compounds of compounds represented by Formula (1) to (3) described below; wherein a ratio (NCO/OH) between an isocyanate group (NCO) of the compound (b1) and a hydroxy group (OH) of the compound (b2) is 1.2 to 3.2; and a content of the adhesion promoter (B) being 0.1 to 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the preliminary composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventor: Kiminori Araki
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Patent number: 9862797Abstract: The present disclosure relates, in part, to an epoxy resin composition comprising: an epoxy resin; and an aliphatic polyamine (e.g., as a cross-linking agent), wherein the aliphatic polyamine comprises a compound having the structure of Formula (1): wherein each of R1 and R2 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and aromatic group; or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached form a cyclic ring; each of R3 and R4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl group, cycloalkyl group and aromatic group.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Connora Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Stefan J. Pastine
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Patent number: 9862798Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid curing agent composition comprising at least 50% by weight of a polyamine and 0.2% to 10% by weight of dicyandiamide, the amine/epoxy composition and the product from the cured amine/epoxy composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Shiying Zheng, Pritesh G. Patel, Gamini Ananda Vedage, Edze Jan Tijsma, Gauri Sankar Lal
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Patent number: 9862799Abstract: Provided is a poly-p-xylyene having at least one chemically active functional group present in a form of particles. In an embodiment, the functionalized poly-p-xylylene is synthesized via CVD, and electrospinning is then performed at a relatively low polymer concentration, so as to produce functionalized poly-p-xylylene particles. The functionalized poly-p-xylyene particles have a particle size at nano-scale or micro-scale. Such functionalized poly-p-xylyene particles can be applied to biological fields extensively.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: MAY-HWA ENTERPRISE CORPORATIONInventors: Hsien-Yeh Chen, Hsin-Ying Ho, Ho-Yi Sun, Cheng-Yuan Fang
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Patent number: 9862800Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polyarylate resin having an adequate ultraviolet-absorbing property and an adequate dissolving property in an organic solvent, which is excellent in a solution stability even when it is dissolved in a polar organic solvent having a high hygroscopic property and in a reactivity with the other material and adhesive properties to various materials. The present invention provides a polyarylate resin comprising a bisphenol component including a compound shown by a general formula (1) and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid component as monomeric components, wherein the polyarylate resin is satisfied with the formula mentioned below: ?B/?A?0.95 (wherein ?A represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C. using tetrachloroethane as a solvent and ?B represents an inherent viscosity measured in a concentration of 1 g/dL and a temperature of 25° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: UNITIKA LTD.Inventors: Chiho Matsumoto, Takamasa Akizuki
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Patent number: 9862801Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a polymer is provided, the method comprising: Providing a first monomer, the first monomer comprising a bicyclic diamine moiety, a first nucleophilic group provided on a carbon atom of an aromatic moiety, and a second nucleophilic group provided on a carbon atom of an aromatic moiety; Providing a bridging compound comprising at least two sites vulnerable to nucleophilic attack; and Contacting the first monomer with the bridging compound. Polymers made by said method and uses of such polymers are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The University Court of the University of EdinburghInventors: Neil Bruce McKeown, Mariolino Carta
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Patent number: 9862802Abstract: Methods and materials for patterning a substrate are disclosed herein. A poly(thioaminal) material may be utilized as a thermal resist material for patterning substrates in a thermal scanning probe lithography process. The poly(thioaminal) material may be functionalized with an electron withdrawing group and various monomers may be volatilized upon exposure to a thermal scanning probe.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Rudy J. Wojtecki
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Patent number: 9862803Abstract: One of the purposes of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing an organopolysiloxane having a short branch chain. In particular, the purposes of the present invention is to provide a method for preparing an organopolysiloxane having a shorter side chain than a main chain, such as a siloxane side chain having 1 to 5 siloxane units. The present preparation methods are characterized in that the starting material is an organosiloxane which is represented by the formula (1) and has two hydrolyzable groups bonded to a silicon atom at one terminal. The present invention provides a method wherein an organo(poly)siloxane represented by the formula (1) is condensation reacted to prepare an organopolysiloxane represented by formula (2) which is then used as starting materials for introducing a branch, whereby a short siloxane side chain is efficiently introduced in the organopolysiloxane, while controlling a structure of the main chain.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Takayuki Kusunoki, Yuusuke Takamizawa, Tsutomu Kashiwagi
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Patent number: 9862804Abstract: A polyarylene sulfide resin powder/grain composition in which 100 weight parts of polyarylene sulfide resin powder/grain material whose average particle diameter exceeds 1 ?m and is less than or equal to 100 ?m and whose uniformity degree is less than or equal to 4 has been blended with 0.1 to 5 weight parts of an inorganic fine particle having an average particle diameter greater than or equal to 20 nm and less than or equal to 500 nm.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kei Watanabe, Kazusada Takeda, Hiroshi Takezaki, Kei Makita, Yosuke Nishimura
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Patent number: 9862805Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer particles directly cross-linked together or cross-linked via a separate and independent polymer network to form an inter-penetrating network are disclosed herein, along with methods of manufacturing and use as interleaf tougheners of pre-pregs and composite articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Yi Wei, Alexandre Baidak, James Senger
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Patent number: 9862806Abstract: A plastic article is provided wherein a plastic substrate is coated with multiple resin layers including a primer layer comprising a polymer having a UV-absorptive functional group incorporated therein and a weather resistant hardcoat layer comprising a reaction product of alkoxysilyl-containing benzophenone and/or a hydrolyzate thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Motoo Fukushima, Koichi Higuchi, Hisatoshi Komori, Masaaki Yamaya, Kazumasa Okumura, Koichi Chigita, Yuya Maruyama, Tomokazu Takai, Yasumitsu Isobe, Nobuya Kawamura, Takayuki Nagai
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Patent number: 9862807Abstract: A nanofibrous spongy microsphere includes porous walls that define an exterior of the microsphere and that extend through an interior of the microsphere. The porous walls consist of interconnected nanofibers and spaces formed between the interconnected nanofibers. A plurality of micro-scale pores are formed throughout the interior of the microsphere. Each of the micro-scale pores i) is partially defined by the porous walls, ii) has an interpore opening that opens to an adjacent micro-scale pores, and iii) has a diameter ranging from about 1 ?m to about 100 ?m. A total diameter of the microsphere ranges from about 5 ?m to about 1000 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Peter X. Ma, Zhanpeng Zhang
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Patent number: 9862808Abstract: The invention relates to polyamide composition comprising at least one polyamide featuring a melting temperature (Tm), at least one metal oxide selected from magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and calcium oxide, and titanium dioxide, said composition featuring an intrinsic melt viscosity of below 800 Pa·s as measured according to ASTM D3835-08 at a moisture content as measured according to ASTM D6869-03 in the range of 150-500 ppm at a shear rate of 400 s?1 and at a temperature ranging from [(Tm max)+10° C.] to [(Tm max)+20° C.] where (Tm max) is the highest of all melting temperatures (Tm). Invented compositions feature high reflectivity in the molded part with high retention of whiteness and reflectivity after heat aging. This unique combination of properties makes the compositions according to the invention most suitable for LED applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLCInventors: Corinne Bushelman, Nancy J. Singletary, Glenn P. Desio
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Patent number: 9862809Abstract: A camera module that comprises a molded part is provided. The molded part includes a polymer composition that has an in-plane thermal conductivity of about 2.0 W/m-K or more. The polymer composition includes an aromatic polymer and a thermally conductive particulate material.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Ticona LLCInventors: Young Shin Kim, Kevin A. McCullough, Xinyu Zhao
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Patent number: 9862810Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel process for the preparation of a precipitated silica, in which: a silicate is reacted with at least one acidifying agent, so as to obtain a suspension of precipitated silica, said suspension of precipitated silica is filtered, so as to obtain a filtration cake, said filtration cake is subjected to a liquefaction operation comprising the addition of an aluminum compound, after the liquefaction operation, a drying stage is carried out, characterized in that methylglutaric acid is added to the filtration cake, during or after the liquefaction operation. It also relates to novel precipitated silicas and to their uses.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Rhodia OperationsInventors: Cèdric Boivin, Laurent Guy, Eric Perin, Kilani Lamiri
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Patent number: 9862811Abstract: Methods for synthesizing stabilized polymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene and products manufactured using such polymers are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a method for synthesizing chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE)-based polymers includes reacting, in the presence of an initiator and in a reaction medium at a pH of about 1.5 to about 2.5, one or more monomers comprising CTFE and after an amount of polymerization reaction time has passed, adding a neutralizing agent to the reaction medium to increase the pH of the reaction medium to within a range of about 1.8 to about 6.0.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: Alagappan Thenappan, Eric Rainal
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Patent number: 9862812Abstract: A composition consisting essentially of 90-99 parts by weight of a nitrogen-containing organoxysilane compound and 1-10 parts by weight of an isomer affords an appropriate cure behavior and is useful as paint additive, adhesive, silane coupling agent, textile treating agent, and surface treating agent.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoichi Tonomura, Tohru Kubota, Masato Kawakami, Naoki Yamauchi, Takayuki Honma
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Patent number: 9862813Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric composites comprising inorganic fillers and organic, or organometallic, polymers. The filler compositions are used in the preparation of inorganic-organic polymeric composites, and, in particular, light curable composites. The composite fillers are used in dental applications, such as tooth restorations, for example, cavity fillings, adhesive compositions, veneers, crowns, bridges and teeth replacements. The inventive composition is a composite filler comprising porous inorganic particles having a diameter of 2-25 microns and a polymer occupying the pores of the porous inorganic particles, wherein the composite filler has a diameter of 2-25 microns.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Inventor: Joseph Bringley
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Patent number: 9862814Abstract: Provided are pneumatic tires or studless winter tires that achieve a balanced improvement in fuel economy, reinforcing properties (flex crack growth resistance, abrasion resistance, tensile strength, adhesive strength, resistance to air permeation), grip performance (wet-grip performance, performance on snow and ice), handling stability, and heat aging resistance, and methods for producing such a pneumatic tire or studless winter tire. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including at least one component selected from the group consisting of a sidewall, a base tread, a bead apex, a clinch apex, an innerliner, and an undertread, each of which is formed from a rubber composition that contains a highly purified, modified natural rubber whose pH is adjusted to 2 to 7, and carbon black and/or a white filler.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Toshiaki Sakaki, Yuka Yokoyama
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Patent number: 9862815Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition that comprises a rubber component containing a polybutadiene and a dienic rubber or an olefinic rubber immiscible with the polybutadiene, and a filler, in which the Mooney viscosity (ML1+4/100° C.) of the polybutadiene referred to as ML(I), and the Mooney viscosity (ML1+4/100° C.) of the dienic rubber or the olefinic rubber immiscible with the polybutadiene referred to as ML(II) are in a relation of ML(I)?ML(II), a method for producing the rubber composition and a tire using the rubber composition. The rubber composition is excellent in fracture resistance and capable of attaining good workability not lowering the durability such as abrasion resistance and the like of tires, and can reduce the rolling resistance of tires.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Junko Matsushita
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Patent number: 9862816Abstract: The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having high productivity and achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, rubber strength, abrasion resistance, wet-grip performance, and handling stability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component in which, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the amount of a styrene-butadiene rubber is 15-90% by mass, the amount of a high-cis polybutadiene having a cis content of 95% by mass or more is 5-60% by mass, and the amount of a polyisoprene-based rubber is 0-70% by mass, the rubber composition containing, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 10-150 parts by mass of a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 40-400 m2/g, and 1-50 parts by mass of a farnesene resin obtained by polymerizing farnesene.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2014Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Mabuchi
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Patent number: 9862817Abstract: An at least two layer rotomolded article is described herein which may include a layer A and a layer B. Layer A can include an aliphatic polyester, a polyolefin, or a co- or ter-polymer that includes ethylene or styrene monomer, an unsaturated anhydride-containing monomer, epoxide-containing monomer, or carboxylic acid-containing monomer, and a (meth)acrylic ester monomer. Layer B can include a polyolefin and a polyester, or a co- or ter-polymer that includes an ethylene or a styrene monomer, an unsaturated anhydride-containing monomer, epoxide-containing monomer, or carboxylic acid-containing monomer, and a (meth)acrylic ester monomer.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING FELUYInventors: Michel Duc, Philippe Lodefier
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Patent number: 9862818Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition containing: (A) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 20 mol % or more and 50 mol % or less; (B) an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer having an ethylene content of 30 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less; and (C) an unsaturated aldehyde, a value obtained by subtracting the ethylene content of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) from the ethylene content of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B) being 8 mol % or more, a mass ratio (A/B) of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) to the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (B) being 60/40 or more and 95/5 or less, and the content of the unsaturated aldehyde (C) with respect to a resin content being 0.01 ppm or more and less than 100 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shogo Nakazawa, Hiroshi Kawai
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Patent number: 9862819Abstract: A composition is disclosed, comprising a block copolymer, at least one homopolymer or copolymer of butene, and at least one olefin homopolymer or copolymer, wherein said block copolymer has hydrogenated low-vinyl polybutadiene end blocks with a specific gravity>0.85 g/cc, and a controlled distribution midblock of polyalkenyl arene/hydrogenated diene. Although the block copolymer has a preferred linear structure as a triblock copolymer, it may also be branched or radial coupled copolymer that has at least 2 arms or more. The composition is useful for rotational molding, slush molding, injection molding, extrusion or compression molding, or thermoforming or calendering for making articles that are resistant to chemicals such as diesel fuel, for the automotive market, for example. The MFR of the block copolymer is 1 to about 50 g/10 min. at 230° C., with a wt. of 2.16 kg.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Kraton Polymers U.S. LLCInventor: Kathryn J. Wright
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Patent number: 9862820Abstract: One aspect of the present invention provides an additive composition for polymer-modified asphalt including a block copolymer having a radial structure and a copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound of which two ends have different molecular weights and a conjugated diene compound, and a method of preparing the same. When asphalt is prepared using the additive composition for polymer-modified asphalt, properties of the existing polymer-modified asphalt may be maintained while content of sulfur may be reduced, viscosity may decrease, and thereby processability and pavement performance may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae Yun Kim, Tae Hee Kim, Yeong Min Jung
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Patent number: 9862821Abstract: Polyester compositions comprising: a) at least one semi-aromatic polyester resin; b) at least one reinforcing agent; c) hydroxyapatite; d) at least one epoxy component having two or more epoxy functional groups per molecule of the epoxy component; and optionally, at least one toughener, wherein the compositions exhibit the combined property of a desirable melt viscosity stability and a desirable hydrolysis resistance to articles molded from the compositions. Articles molded or extruded from these compositions especially, electric and electronic components. Methods of maintaining melt viscosity stability of a melt-mixed composition while simultaneously retaining tensile strength in the article prepared from the melt-mixed composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: Judith Alison Peacock
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Patent number: 9862822Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl copolymer that includes a rubbery polymer having an average particle size of about 0.5 to about 20 ?m; and (C) metal particles. A molded article can be prepared using the composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Keehae Kwon, Won Ko, Wonseon Lee, Chang Min Hong