Patents Issued in May 29, 2018
  • Patent number: 9982150
    Abstract: The invention relates to photoactive oligomeric aminoketones of general Formulae I and II, for compositions and inks curable with ultraviolet (UV) light. The oligomeric aminoketones of the general Formula I are made by condensation of aminoketones with aldehydes, and aminoketones of the general Formula II are made by acylation of aromatic amines with phthalic anhydride, followed by esterification with a polyol. The aminoketones provide good curability of energy curable coatings and inks with UV-A light, and are proposed for photoinitiator systems for low migration inks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Uwe Gaudl, Jürgen Dieker
  • Patent number: 9982151
    Abstract: An aqueous ink for inkjet includes water, at least one hydrosoluble organic solvent each having a boiling point of 250° C. or lower; vinyl polymer particles containing a pigment, and polycarbonate-based urethane resin particles, wherein the aqueous ink for inkjet is used for an inkjet recording system including a heating step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Hidefumi Nagashima, Naohiro Toda, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Juichi Furukawa, Ichiroh Fujii
  • Patent number: 9982152
    Abstract: An active energy ray curable composition is provided. The active energy ray curable composition includes a polymerizable monomer (A) and a polymerization initiator (B). The polymerization initiator (B) includes a skin-sensitizing polymerization initiator (B1) in an amount less than 1.0% by mass but not less than 0.1% by mass of the active energy ray curable composition, and 99.0% by mass or more of the active energy ray curable composition consists of non-skin-sensitizing constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yamada
  • Patent number: 9982153
    Abstract: An ink set includes a reaction liquid containing coagulant; a first ink containing a color material; and a second ink containing a color material. The ink set is used for recording on a non-absorptive recording medium or a low-absorptive recording medium and for imparting the reaction liquid, the first ink, and the second ink to the recording medium in a superimposed manner in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ippei Okuda, Tetsuya Aoyama
  • Patent number: 9982154
    Abstract: The present invention provides an ink composition. The composition comprises a metal ion and a ligand. The ink composition is in a form of solid at a temperature of less than about 30° C. and in a form of liquid at temperature of above about 40 to about 80° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONINKS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Steven Brett Walker
  • Patent number: 9982155
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a photocurable electroconductive ink composition for screen printing which can provide printability, printing precision and adhesiveness on a substrate good enough for screen printing, and can show stable electroconductive properties. [Solution] A photocurable electroconductive ink composition for screen printing, comprising: (A) an electroconductive filler, (B) a photopolymerizable resin precursor consisting of an oligomer of urethane acrylate, monofunctional acrylate and polyfunctional acrylate, (C) an alkyd resin, (D) two or more photopolymerization initiators and (E) a polymer dispersant, in which the content of the electroconductive filler (A) is 70 to 90 mass % relative to the total mass of the photocurable electroconductive ink composition, and more than 50 mass % of the electroconductive filler is silver powder in a scale-like, foil-like or flake-like form having a particle diameter at 50 % particle size distribution of 0.3 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Kanako Furutachi, Rikia Furusho, Yoshito Imai, Kenichiro Takaoka
  • Patent number: 9982156
    Abstract: A coated material contains a substrate and a protective coating in which the protective coating is formed of a plurality of monomer units covalently bonded to a surface of a substrate such that each monomer unit contains a hydrophobic tail group covalently bonded to the surface of the substrate through an organic linking group. The protective coating is formed by a process including the steps of contacting the surface of the substrate with a surface activator containing a fluoride-containing compound and an organic solvent to form an activated surface, contacting the activated surface with a protective reagent to form an initial coated surface, and contacting the initial coated surface with a thinning agent containing a fluoride-containing compound and a surfactant to form the protective coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Linda Ann Lohmeier, Franklin Charles Basile, Wayne Powell, Dennis W. Surface
  • Patent number: 9982157
    Abstract: Aqueous composition comprising a color former, a developer, and a binder, wherein (a) the weight ratio between the developer and the color former is in the range of from 1 to 5; (b) the binder comprises an acrylate binder, comprising acrylic acid and styrene, and at least one additional monomer selected from the group consisting of ?-methyl styrene, ethyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate; and (c) the color former and/or the developer are present in an un-encapsulated form; a process for the preparation of these compositions, substrates coated with this composition and a process for its preparation, and a process for preparing a marked substrate using this composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: DATALASE LTD.
    Inventors: Jonathan Campbell, Adolf Kaser, Robert Montgomery O'Neil
  • Patent number: 9982158
    Abstract: UV curable coatings containing dual phase filler-polymer compositions with high resistivity, low dielectric constant, good optical density, and controlled electrical resistivity are described, and cured coatings or films formed thereof, along with their use in black matrix, black column spacers, and other light shielding coating elements in LCD. Devices having these black matrices, black column spacers, and/or other light shielding coating elements, and methods of preparing and making these various materials and products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Andriy Korchev, Jeremy K. Huffman, Agathagelos Kyrlidis, Pavel A. Kossyrev, Eugene N. Step, Geoffrey D. Moeser, Qingling Zhang
  • Patent number: 9982159
    Abstract: This invention relates to a coating composition comprising a carboxy-containing compound (A), a polyepoxide (B), and a specific polyol (C) having a number average molecular weight of 300 to 1,500, and a method for forming a multilayer coating film using the coating composition as a clear coating composition, the method comprising sequentially applying an aqueous first colored coating composition, an aqueous second colored coating composition, and the clear coating composition to a substrate, and heat-curing the resulting coating films all at once to form the multilayer coating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei Onishi
  • Patent number: 9982160
    Abstract: Urea (multi)-(meth)acrylate (multi)-silane precursor compounds, synthesized by reaction of (meth)acrylated materials having isocyanate functionality with aminosilane compounds, either neat or in a solvent, and optionally with a catalyst, such as a tin compound, to accelerate the reaction. Also described are articles including a substrate, a base (co)polymer layer on a major surface of the substrate, an oxide layer on the base (co)polymer layer; and a protective (co)polymer layer on the oxide layer, the protective (co)polymer layer including the reaction product of at least one urea (multi) (meth)acrylate (multi)-silane precursor compound synthesized by reaction of (meth)acrylated materials having isocyanate functionality with aminosilane compounds. The substrate may be a (co)polymer film or an electronic device such as an organic light emitting device, electrophoretic light emitting device, liquid crystal display, thin film transistor, or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas P. Klun, Alan K. Nachtigal, Joseph C. Spagnola, Mark A. Roehrig, Jennifer K. Schnobrich, Guy D. Joly, Christopher S. Lyons
  • Patent number: 9982161
    Abstract: A graft copolymer composition including: a polymeric backbone derived from a plurality polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomers; and a plurality of polymeric arms attached pendant to the polymeric backbone. The polymeric arms include: (a) at least two different polymeric arms comprising: a condensation copolymer arm and a random copolymer arm, (b) a polymeric arm having segments of (i) a condensation copolymer segment and (ii) a random copolymer segment, wherein said condensation copolymer segment and random copolymer segment are linked to each other; (c) or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Deuchem (Shanghai) Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Yi Lin, Li-Chun Yang
  • Patent number: 9982162
    Abstract: The present invention provides a curable resin composition excellent in dispersion stability and capable of bettering various physical properties of hard coating films to be formed through curing, without requiring surface treatment of inorganic microparticles of silica or the like and use of dispersant. The curable resin composition contains an alkylene oxide-modified dipentaerythritol (meth)acylate and, as dispersed therein, surface-untreated inorganic microparticles having a mean particle size of from 1 to 150 nm. A ratio of inorganic microparticles in a total weight of these is from 10 to 45% by weight and a content of solvent is 1% by weight or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI KOGYOSEIYAKU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naohiro Takamura
  • Patent number: 9982163
    Abstract: The present invention relates to shape memory polymers and waterborne coating materials and, more particularly, to waterborne shape memory polymer coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Syracuse University
    Inventors: Patrick Mather, Kazuki Ishida, Pamela Wilson
  • Patent number: 9982164
    Abstract: A polymerizable liquid, or resin, useful for the production by additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object of polyurethane, polyurea, or a copolymer thereof, is described. The resin includes at least one of (i) a blocked or reactive blocked prepolymer, (ii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate, or (iii) a blocked or reactive blocked diisocyanate chain extender.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Carbon, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Kai Chen, Justin Poelma, James Goodrich, Robert Pinschmidt, Joseph M. DeSimone, Lloyd M. Robeson
  • Patent number: 9982165
    Abstract: A polishing slurry for silicon, a method of polishing polysilicon, and a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor substrate, the slurry including a polishing particle; a dispersing agent including an anionic polymer, a hydroxyl acid, or an amino acid; a stabilizing agent including an organic acid, the organic acid including a carboxyl group; a hydrophilic agent including a hydrophilic group and a hydrophobic group, and water, wherein the polishing particle is included in the polishing slurry in an amount of about 0.1% by weight to about 10% by weight, based on a total weight of the slurry, a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the dispersing agent is about 1:0.01 to about 1:0.2, a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the stabilizing agent is about 1:0.001 to about 1:0.1, and a weight ratio of the polishing particle and the hydrophilic agent is about 1:0.01 to about 1:3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., UBmaterials Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung-Kwon Choo, Jin-Hyung Park, Jeong-Kyun Na, Joon-Hwa Bae, Byoung-Ho Cheong, Joo-Woan Cho, In-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9982166
    Abstract: CMP processes, tools and slurries utilize metal oxide-polymer composite particles that include metal oxide particles and a polymer core. The metal oxide particles are modified with a modifying agent and are partially or fully embedded within the polymer core. Using these processes, tools and slurries can enhance removal rates, reduce defectivity and increase cleanability with respect to comparable systems and substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Brian G. Prevo, Mark J. Hampden-Smith, Dmitry Fomitchev, Yakov E. Kutsovsky
  • Patent number: 9982167
    Abstract: A precursor composite material (60) is provided, having a layer sequence (50) comprising an adhesive layer (20), a carrier layer (10) on the adhesive layer (20), a release layer (40) on the carrier layer (10) and a parting layer (30) on the release layer (40), wherein the layer sequence (50) is arranged in such a way that the side of the adhesive layer (20) facing away from the layer sequence (50) is arranged at least in sub-regions on the side of the parting layer (30) facing away from the layer sequence (50). Further provided are a composite material, a method for producing the precursor composite material, a method for producing the composite material and a use of the precursor composite material and of the composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: INFIANA GERMANY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Michael Schuhmann, Christian Hermann
  • Patent number: 9982168
    Abstract: An adhesive tape having a carrier including a stitch-bonded web and an adhesive coating applied on at least one side of the carrier. The stitch-bonded web may contain fibers composed entirely from polyester (PES) and sewn by means of at least one sewing thread. The stitch-bonded web contains bicomponent fibers in addition to the fibers may be composed of PES.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Coroplast Fritz Müller GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gülay Wittig, Guido Vorwerk, Christoph Lodde
  • Patent number: 9982169
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to an adhesive material which can be applied underwater comprising hydrophilic adhesive molecules. In other embodiments, the adhesive material may also include hydrophilic polymers and/or an oxidizing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: Boxin Zhao, Fut (Kuo) Yang
  • Patent number: 9982170
    Abstract: An electro-conductive pressure-sensitive adhesive tape comprises a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer containing a resin component and an electro-conductive particle. The electro-conductive particle has at least one peak top existing in a particle size range from about 15 ?m or more to about 50 ?m or less and at least one further peak top existing in a particle size range from about 1 ?m or more to about 12 ?m or less in a particle size distribution curve thereof. The electro-conductive particle is contained in the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer in an amount of 40 mass % or more but 80 mass % or less, and has a true density in a level of larger than zero but smaller than 8 g/cm3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu Sasaki, Jyunichi Nakayama, Rie Yuto, Yoshio Terada
  • Patent number: 9982171
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition containing a functionalized polymer, namely, a metallocene catalyzed polyolefin elastomer grafted with maleic anhydride, together with a non-functionalized secondary polymer, namely, a metallocene catalyzed random or block polyolefin elastomer having a melt index equal to or greater than 15, a first tackifying resin having a softening point of at least 95° C., and a wax. The composition may optionally include an aromatic reinforcing resin having a softening point equal to or higher than 115° C., and a plasticizer. These hot melts provide superior hot tack, excellent adhesion, flexibility, and heat resistance above 150° F. in applications such as rigid packaging, hot fill packaging, and bottle labeling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Bostik, Inc.
    Inventors: Monina D. Kanderski, Michael D. Vitrano
  • Patent number: 9982172
    Abstract: An adhesive composition for adhesively bonding floor coverings to a variety of substrates. The composition includes 0.2 to 10 weight percent of a plurality of irregularly shaped spacer particles of size 0.5 mm to 10 mm; 10 to 50 weight percent of a moisture curable polymer system; and 40 to 90 weight percent of additives for modifying physical properties of the composition. The adhesive has a composition such that, when cured, results in an elastomeric film of uniform thickness that exhibits controlled moisture vapor transmission and sound abatement properties. A floor structure and a method for constructing the floor structure using the adhesive composition are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: BOSTIK, INC.
    Inventors: Michael S. Lontchar, Michael A. Chronister, Kristin J. Ryan
  • Patent number: 9982173
    Abstract: A moisture-cured hot-melt adhesive can be formulated as a PUR-HM that is R-40 classification-free and stable during storage and processing, having a residual monomer content of less than 1 wt. % and having good cross-linking density and full-curing speed. The hot-melt adhesive is particularly suitable for vehicle construction in industrial manufacture, in particular of automobiles, in the textile or furniture industry or in the packaging industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Doreen Janke, Mathias Cordes, Kai Paschkowski
  • Patent number: 9982174
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adhesive composition comprising derivatives of native lignin and an isocyanate-based binder such as methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. The present compositions may further comprise formaldehyde-based resins such as PF, UF, and MF. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that incorporating derivatives of native lignin in isocyanate compositions will reduce incidence of pre-curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Fibria Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Alex Berlin
  • Patent number: 9982175
    Abstract: An abrasive article can include a body including a bond material and abrasive particles contained within the bond material. The abrasive particles can include nanocrystalline alumina. The bond material can include an inorganic material including a ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc., Saint-Gobain Abrasifs
    Inventors: Nilanjan Sarangi, Yang Zhong, Sandhya Jayaraman Rukmani, Ralph Bauer, Stefan Vujcic
  • Patent number: 9982176
    Abstract: An abrasive particle having an irregular surface, wherein the surface roughness of the particle is less than about 0.95. A method for producing modified abrasive particles, including providing a plurality of abrasive particles, providing a reactive coating on said particles, heating said coated particles; and recovering modified abrasive particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: DIAMOND INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Francis Dumm, Kan-Yin Ng
  • Patent number: 9982177
    Abstract: A slurry includes abrasive grains and water, wherein the abrasive grains include tetravalent cerium hydroxide particles and produce light transmittance of at least 50%/cm for light with a wavelength of 500 nm in an aqueous dispersion with the content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %. A polishing liquid includes abrasive grains, an additive and water, wherein the abrasive grains include tetravalent cerium hydroxide particles and produce light transmittance of at least 50%/cm for light with a wavelength of 500 nm in an aqueous dispersion with the content of the abrasive grains adjusted to 1.0 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Tomohiro Iwano, Hirotaka Akimoto, Takenori Narita, Tadahiro Kimura, Daisuke Ryuzaki
  • Patent number: 9982178
    Abstract: Provided are compositions, preferably azeotrope or azeotrope-like compositions including 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene and chlorotrifluoropropene, particularly 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd), and uses thereof of the compositions. The composition may be a heat transfer composition. The composition may be a blowing agent composition. The composition may be a solvent composition. The composition may be a sprayable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Wissam Rached, Laurent Abbas, Jean-Christophe Boutier
  • Patent number: 9982179
    Abstract: An apparatus and method wherein potential ozone layer-damaging chlorodifluoromethane (Refrigerant R-22) is substituted with a mix of less environmentally damaging refrigerants pentafluoroethane and tetrafluoroethane in chlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems mainly in residential cooling. While less environmentally damaging than chlorodifluoromethane, the substitute refrigerant has a temperature-pressure relationship similar to that of chlorodifluoromethane, making the substitute refrigerant suitable for use with chlorodifluoromethane-based air-cooling systems. In this event, it is mixed with a relatively small percentage of a lubricating oil which is compatible with both the unit refrigerant and typical R-22 system design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Ponder, Steffan Thomas, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9982180
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and systems which comprise or utilize a multi-component mixture comprising: (a) HFC-32; (b) HFC-125; (c) HFO-1234ze, HFO-1234yf and combinations of these; and (d) optionally HFC-134a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gustavo Pottker, Mark W. Spatz, Samuel F. Yana Motta
  • Patent number: 9982181
    Abstract: The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to material science in general, and, more particularly, to sequence variants of Stable Protein 1 (SP1), to uses thereof, for binding of carbon nanotubes, production of composite polymers and polymer materials, such as fabrics, based on SP1-polypeptide-carbon nanotube-complexes, and the use thereof for enhancing conductivity in tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SP Nano Ltd.
    Inventors: Amnon Wolf, Nimrod Litvak, Elena Grimberg, Galit Cohen, Arnon Heyman, Izhar Medalsy, Danny Porath, Oded Shoseyov, Asa Eitan
  • Patent number: 9982182
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a drilling composition comprising: I) an organic phase comprising components i, from about 20 wt. % to about 99,999 wt. %, based on the total weight of components i. and ii., of at least one linear or branched, cyclic or non-cyclic, saturated hydrocarbon, ii. from about 0.001 wt % to about 25 wt. %, based on the total weight of components i. and ii., of at least one ester, II) from 0 to about 50 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of water or aqueous phase, III) from 0 to about 60 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of at least one additive, wherein the sum of the weight components I) to III) is 100 wt %, to a process for preparation of a drilling composition, to uses of a drilling composition, to a drilling system, to a process for making a borehole, to a process for conveying cuttings, to a process for treating a drill head, to a process for production of at least one of oil and gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventors: Heinz Muller, Nadja Herzog, Diana Maker, Michael Fefer, Jun Liu
  • Patent number: 9982183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for consolidating an underground formation with a consolidating mineral. The consolidating material is a carbonate and is produced from an alkaline treatment fluid containing, in at least some embodiments, environmentally friendly and inexpensive components. In one embodiment, the process can be applied to consolidation of an underground formation during or following drilling. The present invention also provides a treatment fluid suitable for use in such processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Cleansorb Limited
    Inventor: Duncan Holdsworth
  • Patent number: 9982184
    Abstract: Salt-tolerant friction-reducing terpolymer compositions are provided. The compositions can be used in a method of reducing friction resulting from turbulent flow in an aqueous fracturing fluid in a subterranean fracturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Evonik Corporation
    Inventor: Cruise Kenneth Jones
  • Patent number: 9982185
    Abstract: Systems and methods for creating surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes at a well site are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a first solution comprising at least one surfactant and a second solution comprising at least one polyelectrolyte; using a stop-flow mixing apparatus at a well site to mix the first and second solutions to form one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes; using a low-dose pumping apparatus at the well site to transfer the one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes from the stop-flow mixing apparatus to a blending apparatus at the well site; using the blending apparatus to mix the one or more surfactant-polyelectrolyte complexes with an aqueous base fluid to form a treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation at the well site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MULTI-CHEM GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Liang Xu, Jayant Rane, Kai He
  • Patent number: 9982186
    Abstract: Methods of acidizing subterranean formations using solid acids are described. The methods include providing a treatment fluid containing a solid acid chelating agent and introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. The solid acid chelating agent includes at least one aminopolycarboxylic acid functional group and at least one phosphonic acid functional group. The treatment fluid is substantially free of an additional acid or acid-generating compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Beuterbaugh, Enrique Antonio Reyes, Alyssa Lynn Smith
  • Patent number: 9982187
    Abstract: Methods and systems of delivering a treatment chemical are disclosed, including providing a plurality of porous particles each having an outer surface, wherein each of the plurality of porous particles comprises a plurality of pores; infusing the plurality of porous particles with the treatment chemical; coating the plurality of porous particles with a degradable film; adding the plurality of porous particles to a carrier fluid, wherein the degradable film substantially separates the treatment chemical from the carrier fluid; introducing the carrier fluid into a formation; and allowing the degradable film to degrade within the formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: James William Ogle, Nicholas H. Gardiner, Philip D. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9982188
    Abstract: A system and method for producing a near-infrared sensitive luminescent materials beyond 1000 nm is disclosed. The method includes reacting K2[PtCl4] and cyanoxime ligands in an aqueous solution to achieve dark-green one-dimensional coordination-polymeric materials having a molecular formula of PtL2, wherein L are the cyanoxime ligands having a molecular formula of NC—C(?NOH)—R with R being an electron withdrawing group such as: N?N-diethylacetamide, N-piperidine, N-morpholyl, 2-pyridine, benzoyl, or N-pyrrolidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Missouri State University
    Inventors: Nikolay Gerasimchuk, Mikhail Berezin
  • Patent number: 9982189
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member which is a resin-molded article made of at least one type of thermoplastic resin selected from polyolefins, polystyrene, styrene copolymers, fluorocarbon resins, acrylic resins, nylons, polyester resins, polycarbonate resins, vinyl chloride resins, and polyether resins. The thermoplastic resin contains less than or equal to 30 mass % of a complex fluoride fluorophore represented by A2(M1-xMnx)F6 (M is at least one type of tetravalent element selected from Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, and Sn; A is at least one type of alkali metal selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs and including at least Na and/or K; and x is from 0.001 to 0.3) and having a particle diameter D50, which is the median diameter at a cumulative volume of 50% in particle size distribution, of from 2 ?m to 200 ?m inclusive. The complex fluoride fluorophore being dispersed in the thermoplasticresin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tsumori, Masami Kaneyoshi, Masatoshi Ishii, Takehisa Minowa
  • Patent number: 9982190
    Abstract: A process for preparing a Mn+4 doped phosphor of formula I Ax[MFy]:Mn+4??I includes gradually adding a first solution to a second solution gradually discharging the product liquor from the reactor while volume of the product liquor in the reactor remains constant; wherein A is Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, or a combination thereof; M is Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Nb, Ta, Bi, Gd, or a combination thereof; x is the absolute value of the charge of the [MFy] ion; y is 5, 6 or 7. The first solution includes a source of M and HF and the second solution includes a source of Mn to a reactor in the presence of a source of A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: James Edward Murphy, Srinivas Prasad Sista
  • Patent number: 9982191
    Abstract: Phosphate particulates of at least one rare-earth metal (Ln), with Ln being at least one rare-earth metal selected from among cerium and terbium and optionally lanthanum are in the form of a suspension in a liquid phase of primary isotropic monocrystalline monazite particles having an average size of at least 25 nm and agglomerated into secondary particles having an average size of at most 400 nm; useful luminophores are produced from such phosphate particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Valérie Buissette, Thierry Le-Mercier, Laurent Thiers
  • Patent number: 9982192
    Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor, in particular, a red light emitting phosphor, a method for producing the same and a light emitting device package including the same. Provided is a red light emitting phosphor emitting light having a main absorption band in a blue wavelength range and a main peak in a red wavelength range, the red light emitting phosphor being represented by the following Formula 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Younggil Yoo, Gunyoung Hong, Kyungpil Kim
  • Patent number: 9982193
    Abstract: Process and dosing station (1) for the preparation of a solution of a non-caking agent, wherein a concentrate of the non-caking agent is circulated in a loop (6) and wherein the concentrate is subsequently diluted by water to obtain the solution. A flow of the concentrate can be drawn from the circulation loop (6) and mixed with a flow of water. The obtained solution can subsequently be fed into a second recirculation loop (12). A flow of solution can be drawn off from the second recirculation loop for being dosed into an amount of salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Hendrikus Wilhelmus Bakkenes, Willem Ferdinand Heezen
  • Patent number: 9982194
    Abstract: The invention relates to liquid-crystalline media which can be used, in particular, for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB effect and for IPS (in-plane switching) displays or FFS (fringe field switching) displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Mereck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Marcus Reuter, Rocco Fortte, Detlef Pauluth, Matthias Bremer, Helmut Haensel, Harald Hirschmann
  • Patent number: 9982195
    Abstract: Provided are a flame retardant which is good in dispersibility in an organic polymeric material, and does not lower, even after mixed with an organic polymeric material, material properties thereof; a flame retardant composition; and a shaped body. The flame retardant of the present invention includes magnesium hydroxide particles subjected to a surface treatment, the particles satisfying the following (A) to (D): (A) an average particle size is 2 ?m or less according to a laser diffraction method; (B) a BET specific surface area is 3 to 15 m2/g; (C) a degree of mono-dispersion is 50% or more, the degree of mono-dispersion being represented by the following equation: Degree of mono-dispersion (%)=(average primary particle size [?m] of particles according to SEM observation/average particle size [?m] of particles according to laser diffraction method)×100; and, (D) just after 1 mL of a 0.1 M solution of nitric acid is dropwise added at a dropping rate of 0.1 mL/minute to a suspension obtained by adding 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Konoshima Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seiji Matsui
  • Patent number: 9982196
    Abstract: Provided is a device for the destructive distillation of coal, said device suppressing increases in the concentration of mercury within destructively distilled coal generated by the device. The device for the destructive distillation of coal is a rotary kiln in which an inner cylinder is rotatably supported inside an outer cylinder, thermal gas is supplied to interior of the outer cylinder and dried coal is supplied to the interior of the inner cylinder from one end side thereof, the dried coal is subjected to thermal destructive distillation while being moved and agitated from the one end side of the inner cylinder to the other end side thereof due to the inner cylinder being rotated, and destructively distilled coal and destructively distilled gas are delivered from the other end side of the inner cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Atarashiya, Keiichi Sato, Shinji Namba, Tsutomu Hamada
  • Patent number: 9982197
    Abstract: A dry distillation reactor for a raw material of hydrocarbon with a solid heat carrier is provided. An inner component with a pore path or a pore space is arranged inside the reactor to form a flow channel for the gas-phase product of the dry distillation. Also a dry distillation method using the dry distillation reactor is provided. The dry distillation method includes moving the reacting materials from top to bottom; moving a gas-phase product of the dry distillation along a designed path in the reactor; and finally leading same out through an outlet arranged in a central collecting channel for the gas-phase product of the dry distillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guangwen Xu, Rongcheng Wu, Shiqiu Gao, Chun Zhang, Pengwei Dong, Jiangze Han
  • Patent number: 9982198
    Abstract: Processes for pyrolyzing biomass. A catalyst is used to both pyrolyze and deoxygenate the biomass within the pyrolysis zone. A source of carbon monoxide is also passed to the pyrolysis reactor. The source of carbon monoxide may comprise a stream of gas that includes carbon monoxide, or a material capable of generating or being converted in carbon monoxide within the pyrolysis zone. The carbon monoxide may be used as a reactant for a water gas shift reaction or as a reducing agent to remove oxygen from oxygenated hydrocarbons. The catalyst preferably comprises iron (III) oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Kanchan Dutta, Anjan Ray, Krishna Mani, Avnish Kumar
  • Patent number: 9982199
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously converting carbonaceous material contained in one or more feedstocks into a liquid hydrocarbon product, said feedstocks including the carbonaceous material being in a feed mixture including one or more fluids, said fluids including water, the process comprising: converting at least part of the carbonaceous material by pressurising the feed mixture to an operational pressure in the range 150-400 bar, heating the feed mixture to an operational temperature in the range 300-450° C., and maintaining said pressurized and heated feed mixture in the desired pressure and temperature ranges in a reaction zone for a predefined time; cooling the feed mixture to a temperature in the range 25-200° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: STEEPER ENERGY APS
    Inventor: Steen Brummerstedt Iversen