Patents Issued in January 18, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180016449
    Abstract: Corrosion-resistant coatings and methods of making and using the coatings are provided. The corrosion-resistant coating includes magnetic particles dispersed in a polymer matrix, where the polymer matrix is non-polar and at least partially hydrophobic and the magnetic particles contain an adhesion region comprising a ferromagnetic material, and a polymer interface region surrounding the adhesion region comprising a plurality of ligands, where each ligand comprises an anchoring end and a non-polar end. Methods of producing corrosion-resistant articles are also provided. The methods include applying a corrosion-resistant coating to an article and curing the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Enrico Bovero, Gasan Alabedi, Aziz Fihri
  • Publication number: 20180016450
    Abstract: Provided are a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid having an absorption ability in a near infrared region, a clear contrast, and applicable to offset printing, and a method for producing the same, an anti-counterfeit ink composition using the near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid and an anti-counterfeit printed matter using near infrared absorbing fine particles. Also provided are a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid containing a solvent of one or more kinds selected from vegetable oils or vegetable oil-derived compounds; near infrared absorbing fine particles in an amount of 2 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less, selected from one or more kinds of hexaboride fine particles expressed by a general formula XBa (wherein element X is at least one or more kinds selected from a group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Sm, Eu, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sr, and Ca, satisfying 4.0?a?6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180016451
    Abstract: A near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid, which can be applied to offset printing, including: a solvent of one or more kinds selected from vegetable oils and vegetable oil-derived compounds; near infrared ray-absorbing fine particles of one or more kinds selected from composite tungsten oxide expressed by MxWyOz or tungsten oxide having a Magneli phase expressed by a general formula WyOz; a solvent of one or more kinds selected from alcohols, ethers, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons and glycol ethers and having a boiling point of 180° C. or less, wherein a content of the solvent of one or more kinds selected from alcohols, ethers, esters, ketones, aromatic hydrocarbons and glycol ethers is 5 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180016452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for printing multicoloured printed images in which exclusively interference pigments are used for the coloured pigmentation of the printing inks, to printed products produced using a process of this type, to the use thereof, and to suitable interference pigments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Peter CLAUTER, Cairon PLATZER, Kirsten FRITSCHE, Marc-Dieter WEINGART, Lorenz BOEGLI, Christoph SCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20180016453
    Abstract: An example of a radiation curable binder dispersion includes water and a radiation curable binder dispersed therein. The radiation curable polyurethane is formed from a polyisocyanate; an acrylate or methacrylate having at least two hydroxyl functional groups and having an acrylate functional group or a methacrylate functional group; another acrylate or methacrylate having one hydroxyl functional group or one amino functional group; and one of i) a homopolymer or copolymer of poly(ethylene glycol) having one or two hydroxyl functional groups or one or two amino functional groups at one end of its chain; or ii) a combination of i and a compound including a carboxylic functional group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tienteh CHEN, Bin HUANG, George SARKISIAN
  • Publication number: 20180016454
    Abstract: A curable composition is provided. The curable composition comprises diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and a resin, and the following conditions (1) to (3) are satisfied: (1) a mixed solution of 70 parts by mass of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate and 30 parts by mass of the resin exhibits a viscosity 15 to 30 times that of the diethylene glycol dimethacrylate alone at 25° C.; (2) the mixed solution exhibits a spin-spin relaxation time of 240 ms or less measured by a CPMG method for pulse nuclear magnetic resonance analysis; and (3) the resin has a polystyrene or polyester structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yuuki MATSUSHITA, Masato IIO
  • Publication number: 20180016455
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition including a polymerizable compound is provided. When a three-layer cured product of the active energy ray composition is obtained by a specific procedure, the three-layer cured product has (1) a stretchability of 1.1 or more and (2) a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or more. The stretchability is defined by a ratio L2/L1, wherein L1 represents a first length of the cured product before a tensile test and L2 represents a second length of the cured product after the tensile test. The tensile test includes stretching the cured product along with the substrate with a tensile tester at a stretching speed of 20 mm/min and a temperature of 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Shizuka KOHZUKI, Mie YOSHINO, Manabu ARITA, Hiroki KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180016456
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a polymer-metal compound composite ink, a preparation method and application thereof. The composite ink comprises: at least one polymer; at least one metal compound material, the metal compound material being selected from polyoxometalate compounds and nanocrystalline metal oxides; at least one solvent which is used for forming a disperse system in the form of a uniform fluid together with the remaining components in the composite ink. The present invention also discloses a method for preparing the composite ink. The composite ink of the present invention is easily available in raw material, easy to prepare and low in cost, and can be manufactured into a composite thin film by spin-coating, printing or in other ways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yiling Wang, Qun Luo, Na Wu, Changqi Ma
  • Publication number: 20180016457
    Abstract: Provided is an aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument which is excellent in a drying property of the drawn lines and a low temperature stability of the ink while inhibiting the pen tip from drying and which prevents the drawn lines from causing feathering and strike-through. The aqueous ink composition for a writing instrument described above contains at least a colorant, trimethylglycine, pentaerythritol, 10% by mass or less of a water-soluble organic solvent, and water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Hisato HAGA
  • Publication number: 20180016458
    Abstract: A fixable, UV curable ink includes an aqueous ink vehicle including water and a co-solvent, a pigment, and a dispersant. A polyurethane polymer dispersion is suspended as droplets within the aqueous ink vehicle. The polyurethane polymer dispersion includes a polyurethane polymer selected from the group consisting of a polyether-based polyurethane, a polyester-based polyurethane, a polycarbonate-based polyurethane, and mixtures thereof. The polyurethane polymer has i) an acid number ranging from 0 mg/g to less than 20 mg/g and ii) a glass transition temperature of less than 0° C. A water soluble or water dispersible photoinitiator is present in the fixable, UV curable ink. A base may be included in an amount sufficient to adjust a pH of the UV curable ink so that it ranges from 7.5 to 9.5. An additive may be included and selected from the group consisting of a biocide, a non-ionic surfactant, an anti-kogation agent, a buffer, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Yi Feng, Yubai Bi, Daniel Vincent Keane, Ali Emamjomeh
  • Publication number: 20180016459
    Abstract: Provided is a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid, which can be applied to offset printing, including: a solvent of one or more kinds selected from vegetable oils and vegetable oil-derived compounds; near infrared absorbing fine particles of one or more kinds selected from 10 mass % more and 25 mass % or less of a composite tungsten oxide expressed by MxWyOz, and/or a tungsten oxide having a Magneli phase expressed by a general formula WyOz; and a dispersant soluble in the solvent and having a fatty acid in its structure, wherein a viscosity is 180 mPa/S or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180016460
    Abstract: Provided is a near infrared absorbing fine particle dispersion liquid, which can be applied to a base material such as an acrylic resin base material having a low solvent resistance, including: a solvent of one or more kinds selected from petroleum-based solvents; near infrared absorbing fine particles of one or more kinds selected from 10 mass % more and 25 mass % or less of a composite tungsten oxide expressed by MxWyOz, and/or a magneli phase expressed by the general formula WyOz; and a dispersant having a fatty acid in its structure and soluble in the solvent, wherein a viscosity is 180 mPa/S or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mika OKADA, Hideaki FUKUYAMA
  • Publication number: 20180016461
    Abstract: A coating composition that provides a coating film having better abrasion resistance. The composition includes: a fluororesin; and inorganic particles, the inorganic particles having a new Mohs hardness of 10 or higher and a substantially spherical shape. Also disclosed is a coating film produced from the coating composition and a laminate such as a cooking utensil including a substrate and the coating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mai HIDAKA, Hiromichi MOMOSE, Tomohiro SHIROMARU
  • Publication number: 20180016462
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film using a 3-coat 1-bake process, the method comprising sequentially applying an aqueous first colored coating composition, an aqueous second colored coating composition, and a clear coating composition to a substrate and simultaneously heat-curing the resulting three layers to form a multilayer coating film having excellent smoothness and distinctness of image, as well as excellent coating film performance, such as water resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke TAKAYAMA, Hironori TONOMURA, Naoto MATSUSHIMA, Shuichi NAKAHARA
  • Publication number: 20180016463
    Abstract: A novel polymer mixture having fast drying time, a multilayer article comprising at least one layer of the dried polymer mixture and having good mechanical properties, and a method of preparing the multilayer article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Liang Zhang, Wei Li, Jingui Jiang
  • Publication number: 20180016464
    Abstract: The current three-dimensional object manufacturing technique relies on the deposition of a pseudoplastic material in gel aggregate state. The gel flows through a deposition nozzle because the applied agitation and pressure shears the bonds and induces a breakdown in the material elasticity. The elasticity recovers immediately after leaving the nozzle, and the gel solidifies to maintain its shape and strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Nataly LISITSIN, Victoria GORDON, Igor YAKUBOV
  • Publication number: 20180016465
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a coating composition including an aqueous acrylic/polyurethane dispersion. The aqueous acrylic/polyurethane dispersion is produced from at least one isocyanate component, a polyol mixture, and at least one acrylate solvent. The polyol mixture includes a polyester polyol and at least two different oleo-based polyols. The coating composition exhibits improved chemical resistance without sacrificing other properties, such as hardness and abrasion resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Michelman, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcos Chas Pedreira, Steven Reekmans, Michael Kramer
  • Publication number: 20180016466
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising hedgehog shaped particles, at least one binder, and at least one hydrophobizing agent and/or at least one hydrophilizing agent, a method for controlling the wettability of substrate surfaces using these compositions, as well as a material comprising these compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim Schoelkopf, Hans-Joachim Weitzel
  • Publication number: 20180016467
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) slurry, including an abrasive, a chelator, an oxidizing agent, and a surface modificator. The surface modificator is configured to modify a surface from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. The present disclosure also provides a method for reducing chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) surface defects. The method includes adding an additive into CMP slurry by at least 0.0001 wt %, wherein the additive modifies a surface to be polished from hydrophobic to hydrophilic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: AN-DIH YU, CHI-MING YANG
  • Publication number: 20180016468
    Abstract: Use of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for polishing of cobalt and/or co-balt alloy comprising substrates Abstract Use of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate (S) comprising (i) cobalt and/or (ii) a cobalt alloy, wherein the CMP composition (Q) comprises (A) Inorganic particles (B) a substituted tetrazole derivative of the general formula (I), wherein R1 is H, hydroxy, alkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, amino, carboxyl, alkylcarboxyl, thio or alkylthio. (C) at least one amino acid (D) at least one oxidizer, (E) an aqueous medium and wherein the CMP composition (Q) has a pH of from 7 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert REICHARDT, Max SIEBERT, Yongqing LAN, Michael LAUTER, Sheik Ansar USMAN IBRAHIM, Reza GOLZARIAN, Haci Osman GUEVENC, Julian PROELSS, Leonardus LEUNISSEN
  • Publication number: 20180016469
    Abstract: The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising (a) an abrasive, (b) a cobalt accelerator, and (c) an oxidizing agent that oxidizes a metal, wherein the polishing composition has a pH of about 4 to about 10. The invention further provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate with the inventive chemical-mechanical polishing composition. Typically, the substrate contains cobalt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Steven KRAFT, Phillip W. CARTER, Andrew R. WOLFF
  • Publication number: 20180016470
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive composition sheet containing an organic compound and inorganic particles, the adhesive composition sheet including a structure obtained by stacking a layer A that contains at least an organic compound and a layer B that contains an organic compound and inorganic particles, the layer A having a content rate of the organic compound larger than the content rate of the organic compound in the layer B, and the layer A and/or the layer B containing anisotropically shaped inorganic particles. The present invention provides an adhesive composition sheet excellent in thermal conductivity and insulating properties after cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Yoichi SHINBA
  • Publication number: 20180016471
    Abstract: To provide a laminate, a temporary adhesion composition, and a temporary adhesion film which are capable of making warpage less likely to occur even when a wafer is thin. Provided is a laminate including, sequentially being adjacent to each other: a first base material; a temporary adhesion film; and a second base material, in which a tensile elastic modulus E of the temporary adhesion film at 25° C. in conformity with JIS K 7161:1994 is in a range of 25 to 2000 MPa, a base material is peeled off by fixing any one of a first base material and a second base material of the laminate at 25° C. and pulling an end portion of the other base material up in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the other base material from an interface with the temporary adhesion film at a speed of 50 mm/min, and the force applied during the pulling is measured using a force gauge and the value is 0.33 N/mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka KAMOCHI, Yu IWAI, Mitsuru SAWANO, Ichiro KOYAMA, Atsushi NAKAMURA
  • Publication number: 20180016472
    Abstract: A method for assembling cable wrapping tapes. From an adhesive tape parent roll, strip-like adhesive tapes (11), each having two cut edges (12a) on the sides, are produced from a textile material which has an adhesive coating (12) on one side, by cutting in the drawing direction of the parent roll. The cutting is performed using an ultrasound-excited cutting tool (1) and wherein the cutting is performed using a cooled cutting tool (1). An adhesive tape (11), having a strip-like textile carrier material (13) and an adhesive coating (12) applied to one side and two cut edges (12a) on the sides. The cut edges (12a) are created by ultrasound cutting, and the textile carrier material (13) of the carrier is fused to its cut edges (12a). No adhesive coating (12) exists on the cut edges (12a); which are free of lint and threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: COROPLAST FRITZ MÜLLER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: CHRISTOPH LODDE, GÜLAY WITTIG, THOMAS ZAKRZOWSKI, KLAUS BECKER
  • Publication number: 20180016473
    Abstract: Provided is an adhesive that can provide quick bonding between thermoplastic resins and excellent bond strength, a structure having adhesion provided by the adhesive, and an adhesion method using the adhesive. The adhesive bonds a first member (11) containing a thermoplastic resin or a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin and a second member (12) containing the thermoplastic resin or the carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin. The adhesive includes a thermoplastic resin as a main component containing a metal nano material that absorbs electromagnetic waves and generates heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TAKAYANAGI, Naomoto ISHIKAWA, Hideki HORIZONO, Nobuyuki KAMIHARA, Mikio MURAOKA, Hiroaki HAYASHI, Osamu YOSHIDA, Kotaro TSUJI
  • Publication number: 20180016474
    Abstract: A self-heating sealant or adhesive may be formed using multi-compartment microcapsules dispersed within a sealant or adhesive. The multi-compartment microcapsules produce heat when subjected to a stimulus (e.g., a compressive force, a magnetic field, or combinations thereof). In some embodiments, the multi-compartment microcapsules have first and second compartments separated by an isolating structure adapted to rupture in response to the stimulus, wherein the first and second compartments contain reactants that come in contact and react to produce heat when the isolating structure ruptures. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment microcapsules are shell-in-shell microcapsules each having an inner shell contained within an outer shell, wherein the inner shell defines the isolating structure and the outer shell does not allow the heat-generating chemistry to escape the microcapsule upon rupture of the inner shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Eric J. Campbell, Joseph Kuczynski, Kevin A. Splittstoesser, Timothy J. Tofil
  • Publication number: 20180016475
    Abstract: Provided is a room temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition capable of yielding, through curing, a silicone rubber cured product exhibiting a favorable adhesiveness and water-immersion adhesiveness to general purpose resins and metals. The composition contains (A) a diorganopolysiloxane having silicon atom-bonded hydroxyl groups and/or hydrolyzable groups at both terminals of a molecular chain, and exhibiting a viscosity of 20 to 1,000,000 mPa·s at 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira UTA, Takafumi SAKAMOTO, Munenao HIROKAMI
  • Publication number: 20180016476
    Abstract: Adhesive compounds and methods contain at least one reactive resin, at least one elastomer, at least one polar photoinitiator and, optionally, a non-aqueous solvent. The adhesive compounds and method further containing a non-ionic surfactant for reducing the yellowness index of the cured adhesive compound, having a reduced yellowing tendency after the crosslinking step. The adhesive compound may be preferably a pressure-sensitive adhesive compound and the elastomer may be preferably a non-polar elastomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: TESA SE
    Inventors: Klaus KEITE-TELGENBÜSCHER, Anita REICHENBACH, Christian SCHUH
  • Publication number: 20180016477
    Abstract: An optical layered body including a substrate and an adhesive layer formed on the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer includes an acrylic adhesive composition containing an acrylic polymer, and a light scattering particle, the acrylic polymer is a copolymer of a copolymerizing component [I] which contains 40% by weight to 93% by weight of an aromatic ring-containing monomer (a1), and 7% by weight to 604 by weight of a hydroxyl group-containing monomer (a2), the acrylic polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 200,000 or less, the light scattering particle has a volume concentration V relative to the adhesive layer of 3% to 35%, the acrylic adhesive composition has a refractive index of 1.52 to 1.67, and the light scattering particle has a refractive index of 1.4 to 1.49.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyasu INOUE, Yasunori II
  • Publication number: 20180016478
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hot melt adhesive comprising: (A) a thermoplastic block copolymer which is a block copolymer of a vinyl-based aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene compound; and (B) an amorphous wax modified with a carboxylic acid and/or a carboxylic anhydride. The hot melt adhesive is excellent in applicability at a low temperature near from about 140° C. to about 150° C. and excellent in creep resistance in a wet state, can reduce odor, is excellent in initial adhesive force, and is excellent in adhesive property (peel strength) to an olefin substrate. This hot melt adhesive can be used suitably so as to produce a disposable product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Masahiro MORIGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20180016479
    Abstract: Provided is a film adhesive which is preferably used as a NCF, void-free, has excellent electrical connectivity and its high reliability, does not develop cracks easily, and has high surface flatness. Also provided is a semiconductor device in which the film adhesive according to the present invention is used as an NCF during the manufacture of the semiconductor device. The film adhesive according to the present invention contains (A) an epoxy resin; (B) a bisphenol F type phenoxy resin; (C) a phenol resin-based curing agent; (D) a modified imidazole compound; (E) a silica filler; (F) oxyquinoline; and (G) a butadiene-acrylonitrile-methacrylic acid copolymer. The content of component (A) is 19.3 to 33.8 parts by mass. The content of component (B) is 7.5 to 9.1 parts by mass. The content of component (D) is 1.915 to 5 parts by mass. The content of component (E) is 30 to 60 parts by mass. The content of component (F) is 2.5 to 10 parts by mass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Satomi KAWAMOTO, Yoshihide FUKUHARA, Hiromi SONE, Atsushi SAITO, Toyokazu HOTCHI
  • Publication number: 20180016480
    Abstract: Polythioether polymers, sealants containing polythioether polymers, and compounds useful as stabilizing monomers in the manufacture of polythioether polymers are provided. In many embodiments the polymers and sealants demonstrate reduced risk of spoilage that may be caused by low temperature storage of the polymer or uncured sealant. Compounds useful as stabilizing monomers include compounds according to formula I: CH2?CR1—CHR2—S—R3—S—CHR4—CR5?CH2 [I] wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 are independently selected from —H, —CH3 or —C2H5, and wherein R3 is selected from divalent groups comprising 2-12 carbon atoms, 0-5 ether oxygen atoms and 0-5 thioether sulfur atoms, which may be straight, branched or cyclic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Susan E. DeMoss, Jonathan D. Zook, Matthew Capel
  • Publication number: 20180016481
    Abstract: Provided are a graphite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape that is suitable for improving thermal efficiency; and a graphite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape with a release liner, which contains the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. This graphite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape with a release liner is provided with a graphite pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, which has a first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a graphite layer in this order, and a release liner that protects the surface of the first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. The first pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a single layer structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicants: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION, NITTO, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshio TERADA, Kyle Robert BARNES, Midori SEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20180016482
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for depositing metal on a polymer surface, the method includes coating the polymer surface with a binding metal to render the polymer surface solvophillic and/or hydrophilic and depositing a further metal on the binding metal-coated polymer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Jaspreet Dhau, D. Yogi Goswami, Chand K. Jotshi, Elias K. Stefanakos
  • Publication number: 20180016483
    Abstract: A date palm seed lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a date palm seed admixture of date palm seed particles of various sizes. The date palm seed particles may have a size greater than about 2380 microns in a range of about 40% to about 42% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 595 microns and less than about 2381 microns in a range of about 46% to about 48% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 400 microns and less than about 596 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, particles having a size less than about 210 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, and particles having a size less than about 149 microns in a range of about 1% to about 3% by weight. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date palm seed LCM are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Md Amanullah
  • Publication number: 20180016484
    Abstract: Compounds are identified that act as crystallization suppressants when added to clear brine fluids, significantly lowering the true crystallization temperatures of the brines, and allowing for higher salt content in clear brine fluids. The crystallization suppressants of the invention also allow for the preparation of higher density zinc free brines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas G. Ray, Colin H. Keene, David J. Sikora, David W. Bartley, John Warner, Justin Whitfield, Dwight Tshudy, Joni P. Williams
  • Publication number: 20180016485
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for wellbore pressure control with separated fluid columns. One embodiment is a composition comprising: a base fluid, a hectorite clay, a secondary clay comprising at least one clay selected from the group consisting of an attapulgite clay, a sepiolite clay, a polygorskite clay, and any combination thereof, and a plurality of fibers. Another embodiment is a method comprising: introducing a first fluid into a wellbore; introducing a barrier pill into the wellbore, wherein the barrier pill comprises: a base fluid, a hectorite clay, and a plurality of fibers; and introducing a second fluid into the wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kay Ann Galindo, Sandeep Kulkarni, Matthew Lynn Miller, Dale E. Jamison, Jessica Paola Ramirez Angulo, William Walter Shumway
  • Publication number: 20180016486
    Abstract: The present invention provides cross-linked fracture fluids that allow for reusing return water with no treatment, minimizing the environmental impact thereof and reducing the use of fresh water to very low levels to stimulate wells or re-stimulate wells stimulated in the past. Preparation and use methods of said fluids in fractured subterranean formations drilled by wells, based on return water, production water, sea water, fresh water and mixtures thereof, are provided. Fluids are basically composed of: return water, production water, sea water, fresh water and mixtures thereof present in a sufficient amount to moisten the gelling agent and to form a gellified aqueous agent; a gelling agent; an iron control agent; an alkaline buffer; a delayed cross-linking agent, and a rupture system to “break” the fluid and improve fracture cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: SOTRO FINANCIAL, INC.
    Inventor: Fabio GERMAN BORGOGNO
  • Publication number: 20180016487
    Abstract: The underwater process comprises the following steps, carried out underwater, at the bottom of a body of water: providing a base fluid (38) comprising at least a viscosifying compound, obtaining a concentrated viscosifying solution (34) from the base fluid (38), providing a processed water of controlled salinity (36), diluting the concentrated viscosifying solution (34) with the processed water of controlled salinity (36) to form the viscosified water (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Kalid Mateen, Philippe Cordelier, Alexandre Goldszal, Stéphane Jouenne
  • Publication number: 20180016488
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for delaying crosslinking of aqueous crosslinkable polymers such as polysaccharides in injectable compositions for hydraulic fracturing and related applications. The compositions and methods provide delayed crosslinking at high temperatures and pressures, such as those encountered by hydraulic fracturing compositions injected into subterranean environments. Compositions include injectable solutions comprising a competing agent that is a reaction product of a dialdehyde having 2 to 4 carbon atoms with a non-polymeric cis-hydroxyl compound. Provided are methods of making and using delayed-crosslinking compositions comprising crosslinker compositions containing zirconium complexes and the competing agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher Waller, Kirk E. Wells, Trinh Tran, Pablo Munoz
  • Publication number: 20180016489
    Abstract: Of the methods provided herein, is a method comprising: introducing into a fracture within a subterranean formation a first treatment fluid comprising uncoated first proppant particulates; introducing into the fracture a second treatment fluid comprising non-hardenable coated second proppant particulates to form a proppant pack; and introducing into the fracture a third treatment fluid comprising hardenable coated third proppant particulates intermittently between a spacer fluid to form pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Joao Walter Pereira Suzart, Clarence John Bertrand, Anupom Sabhapondit
  • Publication number: 20180016490
    Abstract: The present application relates to a light conversion film in which one or more types of organic fluorescent dyes are dispersed in a polymer medium including one or more types of ionic polymers, and a light conversion device, a backlight unit and a display apparatus including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Du Hyeon SHIN, Youkyong SEO, Jungho LIM, Ji Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20180016491
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting device (1) comprising (a) a light source (10) configured to generate light source light (11), and (b) a light converter (100) configured to convert at least part of the light source light (11) into visible converter light (111), wherein the light converter (100) comprises a matrix (120) containing a luminescent material (140) based on derivatives of benzimidazoxanthenoisoquinolinone. The lighting device may further comprise a further luminescent material (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: JOHAN LUB, PAULUS ALBERTUS VAN HAL, RIFAT ATA MUSTAFA HIKMET, SYLVAIN LOIC JEAN-LUC HAMON
  • Publication number: 20180016492
    Abstract: A composition containing a phosphorescent compound and solvents, which is useful for producing a film having excellent flatness when used in a discharge type application method, is provided. The composition contains a phosphorescent compound, a solvent (A) and a solvent (B), in which the boiling point under 1 atm of the solvent (A) (bpA (° C.)) and the boiling point under 1 atm of the solvent (B) (bpB (° C.)) satisfy formulas (11) and (12), and the content of the solvent (A) (wtA (by weight)) and the content of solvent (B) (wtB (by weight)) satisfy formula (13): bpB<200° C.?bpA ??(11) 70° C.?bpA?bpB?120° C. ??(12) wtB?wtA ??(13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Hidenobu KAKIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20180016493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I) where C, D, A, m and n are as defined herein, and to their use in optoelectronic components and to optoelectronic components comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Ramunas Lygaitis, Reinhard Scholz, Olaf Zeika, Sebastian Reineke, Karl Leo, Simone Hofmann, Martin Oberlaender
  • Publication number: 20180016494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a composite-fluoride fluorescent material represented by the general formula A2MF6:Mn4+ (wherein A is at least one alkali metal element including K; M is one or more metallic elements including at least Si or Ge and selected from among Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hf; F is fluorine; and Mn is manganese). With the production process, it is possible to obtain a fluorescent material which is high in absorptance, internal quantum efficiency, and external quantum efficiency and has excellent optical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Masayoshi Ichikawa, Ryosuke Kondo, Hideyuki Emoto, Motoi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20180016495
    Abstract: An indium-containing quantum dot including a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1: In1-xMxA ??Chemical Formula 1 wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, M is aluminum, gallium, yttrium, or scandium, A is nitrogen, phosphorous, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, or a combination thereof, and X is greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1, wherein the indium-containing quantum dot includes fluorine and oxygen to bonded to a surface of the indium-containing quantum dot, wherein an amount of the fluorine is greater than or equal to about 10 atomic percent based on a total number of indium atoms in the indium-containing quantum dot as determined by Rutherford backscattering analysis, and wherein an amount of the oxygen is about 5 atomic percent to about 50 atomic percent based on the total number of indium atoms included in the quantum dot as determined by Rutherford backscattering analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tae Gon KIM, Yehonadav BEKENSTEIN, Eun Joo JANG, Paul ALIVISATOS
  • Publication number: 20180016496
    Abstract: A phosphor of the present invention has a crystal structure in which at least one of Ce3+ and Eu2+ is substituted for a part of a host crystal that contains at least one of an alkaline earth metal element and a rare earth element and does not contain an alkaline metal element. In the phosphor, a light emission spectrum measured at room temperature has a light emission peak, which is derived from at least one of Ce3+ and Eu2+, within a wavelength range of 440 nm or more to less than 1200 m, the light emission peak indicates a maximum intensity value of the light emission spectrum, and a refractive index is 1.41 or more to less than 1.57.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Natsuki SATO, Yoshimitsu IKOMA, Shozo OSHIO
  • Publication number: 20180016497
    Abstract: Provided are a nanophosphor and a silica composite including the nanophosphor. The nanophosphor has a core/first shell/second shell structure or a core/first shell/second shell/third shell structure, wherein the core includes a Yb3+-doped fluoride-based nanoparticle, the first shell is an up-conversion shell including a Yb3+ and Tm3+-codoped fluoride-based crystalline composition, the second shell is a fluoride-based emission shell, and the third shell is an outermost crystalline shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ho Seong JANG, Joon Soo HAN, So Hye CHO, Seung Yong LEE
  • Publication number: 20180016498
    Abstract: A method for processing coir comprising processing dry coir by shredding, hydrating the coir up to a specified moisture content, and pelletizing the coir. An apparatus for pelletizing coir comprising a metal disk having flat, cylindrical openings. A soil additive composition comprising coir, seed, basalt, root stimulant, lime, worm castings, fish meal, molasses, and polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: DAVID SHOUP