Patents Issued in July 24, 2018
  • Patent number: 10029939
    Abstract: Methods for making a ceramic or glass-ceramic include spray-drying a mixture comprising batch materials to form agglomerated particles; bringing the agglomerated particles into contact with a plasma for a residence time sufficient to form fused particles; and annealing the fused particles at a temperature and for a time sufficient to form ceramic or glass-ceramic particles. The methods can be used to produce fused glass particles, ceramic or glass-ceramic particles, and ceramic or glass-ceramic articles, such as ceramic honeycombs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Daniel Robert Boughton, Jennifer Anella Heine
  • Patent number: 10029940
    Abstract: The roughness of a separation surface formed along a process path along which a plurality of laser-induced channels is formed in a substrate can be controlled through process parameters. Laser pulse power can be varied to vary the resulting roughness. Higher laser pulse power can form larger laser-induced channels, enabling larger inter-channel spacing and/or higher roughness in applications where it is desired. Lower laser pulse power can be employed to achieve smoother separation surfaces when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurtis L. Geerlings, David J. Cammenga, Donald L. Bareman, William L. Tonar
  • Patent number: 10029941
    Abstract: A method of shaping a laminated glass structure includes providing the laminated glass structure comprising a flexible glass sheet having a thickness of no greater than about 0.3 mm laminated to a non-glass substrate by an adhesive layer. The flexible glass structure and adhesive layer are ground using a first tool to remove glass material. The non-glass substrate is cut with a second tool different from the first tool through a kerf formed through the flexible glass structure thereby forming a shaped laminated glass structure. A glass edge strength of a cut edge of the shaped laminated glass structure is at least about 20 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Dominick John Forenz, Walter Jay McKendrick, Michael William Price
  • Patent number: 10029942
    Abstract: A UVLED apparatus and a related method provide increased UVLED intensity to promote efficient curing of a coated glass fiber. The apparatus employs a plurality of UVLED sources, each UVLED source emitting an oscillating output of ultraviolet radiation. Typically, at least two of the UVLED sources have oscillating outputs of ultraviolet radiation that are out of phase with one another. During curing, an incompletely cured coating on a glass fiber absorbs electromagnetic radiation emitted from the UVLED sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventor: Bob J. Overton
  • Patent number: 10029943
    Abstract: A rotary atomizer for receiving molten material and projecting droplets of the molten material there from; the rotary atomizer having a rotating well for receiving molten material. The well comprising a base and a peripheral wall extending from a peripheral rim around the base, the top of the peripheral wall having an inner top edge and a lip region extending away from the inner top edge at an angle of 0-60 degrees below the horizontal. Preferably the upper region of the peripheral side wall extending to the inner top edge is substantially vertical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Dongsheng Xie, Bernard Washington, Steven Sanetsis
  • Patent number: 10029944
    Abstract: Methods of formulating, premixed cement-based tiling compositions and application of such premixed cement-based tiling compositions as an adhesive or grout. The premixed cement-based tiling compositions include a premixed cementitious slurry having a pH and an alkali activation constituent. The premixed cementitious slurry includes an aluminous or a calcium aluminate cement slurry in an amount of about 35 wt. % to 50 wt. % in combination with one or more filler or modifier materials present in an amount of about 40 wt. % to 65 wt. %. The alkali activation constituent destabilizes the premixed cementitious slurry by increasing the pH thereof to generate a reaction between the premixed cementitious slurry and the alkali activation constituent resulting in the cement-based tiling composition for use as an adhesive or a grout. The alkali composition may be sodium hydroxide supersaturated with lithium carbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LATICRETE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Rajeswari Kompalli, Randall P. Bright, Christoph Hahner, Karoline Cartee
  • Patent number: 10029945
    Abstract: An alkaline-activated binder system for fire concretes includes at least one mineral binder and a mineral activator which, in a mixture with water, form a curing geopolymer, where a combination of at least two magnesium components (Mg components) which give an alkaline reaction with water and react with the binder at different times to form a geopolymer is present as activator, where the magnesium components have a different reactivity in respect of atmospheric moisture and/or in respect of the binder. A dry fire concrete mix contains the binder system and the mix may be used in, for example, facilities in the steel industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Refratechnik Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Jennifer Werz, Bertram Kesselheim, Darina Rudert, Kai Beimdiek
  • Patent number: 10029946
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cement composition additive with improved compressive strength and workability, including a polycarboxylic acid copolymer and/or a salt thereof, zinc oxide particles, and a predetermined amount of gluconic acid and/or a salt thereof, and a cement composition containing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyo Min Kim, Chang Bum Ko, Imgyu Kim, Dong Jo Ryu
  • Patent number: 10029947
    Abstract: Hydrophobic aggregates for use in refractory castables and gunning mixtures and methods of their preparation. The aggregates here are formed by crushing insulating fire brick and coating the resulting particles with a hydrophobic component. The hydrophobic component may be a polydimethylsiloxane having a terminal silanol group. As a result of the coating process, the coated aggregate has very low levels of alkalis. The aggregates may be used to form refractory castables that do not undergo substantial alkaline hydrolysis due to the reduced levels of alkalis. The castables made from these aggregates display superior physical properties, including lower water content, lower permanent linear change, high strength, and superior thermal conductivity/insulation properties, while at the same time possessing lower density and requiring less water to be used during castable formation. These improved properties also are observed in gunning mixtures formed from these aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BNZ Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Moody, Bryan K. Doerr
  • Patent number: 10029948
    Abstract: To provide a sintered material having excellent oxidation resistance, as well as excellent abrasion resistance and chipping resistance. A sintered material containing a first compound formed of Ti, Al, Si, O, and N is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironari Moroguchi, Takashi Harada, Satoru Kukino
  • Patent number: 10029949
    Abstract: A precursor material is provided for additive manufacturing of a low-density, high-porosity ceramic part. The precursor material comprises a body of refractory fibers and a binder in admixture with the body of refractory fibers. The precursor material further comprises a viscosity control additive in admixture with the binder and the body of refractory fibers to provide an overall mixture with a viscosity between about 0.3 centipoise and about 150,000 centipoise. The overall mixture can be extruded through a nozzle to manufacture the low-density, high porosity ceramic part. The precursor material is produced by obtaining a refractory fiber slurry, and adding a viscosity control additive to the slurry to provide the slurry with a viscosity that is suitable for extrusion through a nozzle to manufacture a low-density, high-porosity ceramic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Randall Schubert, Brennan Yahata, Joanna Kolodziejska, Stephen E. Lehman, Vann Heng
  • Patent number: 10029950
    Abstract: A mortar mixture for horizontal surfaces or as casting mortar in molds has at least 20% of the mortar mixture by volume being balls composed of expanded silica sand or expanded perlite with the balls being glazed and closed at the surface thereof and filled with air. The expanded perlite balls are mixed with binding agents, additives as binders, an air-void forming agent, chemical admixtures as liquefiers, quick-setting binders, or a combination thereof, and composed of polymers. The method for producing the mortar mixture is performed by sorting perlite sand into various grain sizes by a grading curve. Each individual grain size is then expanded in a trickling channel having multi-stage temperature zones so that the surface of the balls is glazed. The glazed, expanded perlite so produced are mixed together into a homogenous mixture by adding binding agents and cellulose, air-void forming agent, chemical admixtures or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ADT Aero Dämm Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Maier
  • Patent number: 10029951
    Abstract: A method for retrieving aggregates and/or powdery mineral material from a source material comprising hardened mineral binder and aggregates, in particular a waste or demolition material, comprises the steps of: a) treating the source material in a disintegration process and (b) separation of the treated source material at a predefined cut-off grain size in order to retrieve treated aggregates with a grain size of at least the predefined cut-off grain size and/or in order to retrieve powdery mineral material with a grain size below the predefined cut-off grain size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Patrick Juilland, Emmanuel Gallucci, Arnd Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 10029952
    Abstract: Coating composition for applying to soybean seed from which roots and shoots are capable of growing, wherein the said coating composition comprises one or more organic materials having a melting point of ?50° Centigrade and one or more additives, methods of making such compositions and coated soybean seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Exosect Limited
    Inventor: Nicholas Hugh Hylton Jessop
  • Patent number: 10029953
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for blends of glycerin and polyvinyl acetate emulsions which effectively decrease the dust forming tendency of particulate materials such as mineral fertilizer(s). These blends also reduce the caking tendency of mineral fertilizer(s), helping to maintain a free flowing material. Formulations based on these components, possibly including other additives, may also be useful for dust control and/or anticaking on other particulate materials including fertilizers, ores, coal, grain, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventor: Daniel N. T. Hay
  • Patent number: 10029954
    Abstract: A liquid fertilizer adjuvant composition is provided that includes a fertilizer, a pH buffering agent, a surfactant, and one or more color indicator that produce a first color change that indicates when an pre-selected first level of field treatment has been achieved. The composition is provided as a single solution. A second color change occurs when a pre-selected second, higher level of field treatment is required. The color change indicative of a pre-selected pH, water hardness, or a combination of both. The composition is particular well suited for inclusion of a urea fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Andersons, Inc.
    Inventor: Barry Fanning
  • Patent number: 10029955
    Abstract: An improved capsule and method of use for processing materials or growing crystals in supercritical fluids is disclosed. The capsule is scalable up to very large volumes and provides for cost-effective processing. In conjunction with suitable high pressure apparatus, the capsule is capable of processing materials at pressures and temperatures of up to approximately 8 GPa and 1500° C., respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SLT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Pakalapati Tirumala Rajeev, Douglas Wayne Pocius, Derrick S. Kamber, Michael Coulter
  • Patent number: 10029956
    Abstract: Methods of treatment and substances for treatment of cancer may use or cause the creation of isotopically modified lysine at levels that do not occur naturally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Retrotope, Inc.
    Inventor: Mikhail S. Shchepinov
  • Patent number: 10029957
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for converting methane in a feed stream to acetylene. A hydrocarbon stream is introduced into a supersonic reactor and pyrolyzed to convert at least a portion of the methane to acetylene. The reactor effluent stream may be treated to convert acetylene to another hydrocarbon process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Robert L. Bedard, Christopher Naunheimer, Gavin P. Towler, Laura E. Leonard, Rodolphe Dudebout, Gregory O. Woodcock, Donald L. Mittendorf, Aziz Sattar, Christopher D. Gatto, Robert S. Murray
  • Patent number: 10029958
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the production of high-purity paraxylene from a xylenes cut containing xylenes and ethylbenzene, a process using two simulated moving bed separation units and two isomerization units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: IFP Energies nouvelles
    Inventors: Heloise Dreux, Philibert Leflaive, Damien Leinekugel Le Cocq
  • Patent number: 10029959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining an olefin by metathesis comprising feeding at least one stream comprising at least one olefin as starting material to at least one reactor comprising at least one main catalyst bed comprising a) at least one first catalyst component comprising a metathesis catalyst, and b) at least one second catalyst component comprising a catalyst for double bond isomerization, whereby the first and second catalyst are physically mixed with each other, wherein the at least one stream comprising at least one olefin as starting material is co-fed with hydrogen gas in a concentration range between 0.01 Vol % and 0.2 Vol % in respect to the total gas amount in the stream, and the metathesis process is conducted in the at least one reactor at a pressure between 0.1 MPa and 3.0 MPa and at a temperature between 250° C. and 300° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Mariana Stoyanova, Evgeny Kondratenko, David Linke, Eberhard Ernst, Rene Dicke
  • Patent number: 10029960
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical catalysts and methods that may be used for the production and/or interconversion of olefins. In some embodiments, methods for producing propylene from ethylene and butene comprising, (a) obtaining a catalyst composition comprising an isomerization catalyst and a disproportionation catalyst, wherein the weight ratio of the isomerization catalyst to the disproportionation catalyst is from 10:1 to 1:10; and (b) reacting butene with ethylene at a temperature from about 500° F. (260° C.) to about 650° F. (350° C.) in the presence of the catalyst composition under conditions sufficient to produce propylene are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lyondell Chemical Technology, L.P.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Daniel F. White
  • Patent number: 10029961
    Abstract: An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, Z-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene and one or more (hydro)halocarbon compounds including 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The (hydro) halocarbon compounds are preferably selected among tetrachlorofluoropropanes, trichlorodifluoropropanes, dichlorotrifluoropropanes, chlorotetrafluoropropanes, pentafluoropropanes, dichlorodifluoropropenes, chlorotrifluoropropenes and tetrafluoropropenes. A process for producing a main (hydro)halocarbon compound, including the formation of a mixture of compounds including hydrogen fluoride, Z-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene and one or more other (hydro)halocarbon compounds, distillation of this mixture making it possible to collect, firstly, an azeotropic composition, and, secondly, at least one of the compounds of the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Deur-Bert, Anne Pigamo, Philippe Bonnet
  • Patent number: 10029962
    Abstract: A process for producing a reaction mixture comprising a plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers comprising chlorinating a C3 chlorinated alkane starting material in a chlorination zone to produce the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers, the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers each having at least one more chlorine atom than the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material, wherein the concentration of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material is controlled such that conversion of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material to the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers, represented by the molar ratio of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material:C3 chlorinated alkane isomers in the reaction mixture present in the chlorination zone, does not exceed about 40:60.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SPOLEK PRO CHEMICKOU A HUTNI VYROBU A.S.
    Inventors: Zdenek Ondrus, Pavel Kubicek, Petr Sladek
  • Patent number: 10029963
    Abstract: An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also, a preferred azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition comprising hydrogen fluoride, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and one or more compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Philippe Bonnet, Bertrand Collier, Dominique Deur-Bert, Laurent Wendlinger
  • Patent number: 10029964
    Abstract: Azeotropic or azeotrope-like compositions of 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne and water, such as from about 1 to about 50 wt. % water and from about 50 to about 99 wt. % 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne, based on the combined weight of the water and 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne, and methods of producing essentially water free 3,3,3-trifluoropropyne.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Haluk Kopkalli, Hang T. Pham, Daniel C. Merkel
  • Patent number: 10029965
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyhydric alcohol includes a step (I) of hydrogenating hemiacetal having a specific structure to obtain a reaction solution (I), and a step (II) of adding water to the reaction solution (I) obtained in the step (I) and further conducting hydrogenation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Okano, Kazuyuki Yada, Yutaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10029966
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing dimethyl ether from methanol which is carried out in a reaction device arranged with a plurality of catalyst bed layers connected in series, and comprises: dividing the reactant stream that contains methanol into n substreams, and feeding these different substreams into the reaction device through top feed ports or side feed ports between the catalyst bed layers of the reaction device for methanol-to-dimethyl ether reaction; wherein, the temperature T1 of the substream fed into the first catalyst bed layer is controlled within the following range: 290?50K1?T1?150K12?271K1+397.5; where, 1>K1?0.5, and T1 is in unit of ° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY SINOPEC
    Inventors: Shuai Hu, Xin Jin
  • Patent number: 10029967
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel tri-substituted aromatic-alkoxylated monomers, polymers made with the novel tri-substituted aromatic-alkoxylated monomers, pH responsive polymers made with the novel tri-substituted aromatic-alkoxylated monomers, and related methods. Also disclosed is an aqueous coating composition including at least one latex polymer derived from at least one monomer copolymerized or blended with alkali swellable acrylate copolymer. Also provided is a method of preparing an aqueous coating composition such as a latex paint including the above components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Eugene J. Anderson, Jr., Derek Pakenham, Nemesio Martinez-Castro, Jose P. Ruiz, Michael Rhodes
  • Patent number: 10029968
    Abstract: Provided is a process for producing an optically active hydroxyaldehyde or aminohydroxyaldehyde. The process for producing an optically active hydroxyaldehyde or aminohydroxyaldehyde is characterized by reacting an aldehyde or an imine with a boric acid enol ester in the presence of a copper compound and an optically active bidentate phosphine compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Takasago International Corporation
    Inventors: Motomu Kanai, Shigeki Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10029969
    Abstract: A method for producing, in a few simple steps, a specific optically active aldehyde represented by the general formula (1), in which * is an asymmetric carbon atom, includes asymmetrically isomerizing a specific allyl alcohol represented by the general formula (2) in the presence of a ruthenium complex and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: TAKASAGO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ohkuma, Noriyoshi Arai, Kazuhiko Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10029970
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved method for producing specific ?, ?-unsaturated aldehydes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Werner Bonrath, Thomas Netscher, Jan Schuetz, Bettina Wuestenberg
  • Patent number: 10029971
    Abstract: A method of producing alpha-tocotrienol quinone or a stereoisomer thereof, the method comprising selective opening of alpha-tocotrienol chroman to alpha-tocotrienol quinone in the presence of non-alpha tocotrienol chromans by oxidizing alpha-tocotrienol with a metal salt oxidizing agent, wherein the stoichiometric ratio of metal salt oxidizing agent/alpha-tocotrienol is at least 4:1 and wherein said metal oxidizing agent is added in sequential additions, in order to reduce oxidation of any amounts of non-alpha tocotrienol chromans that might have been present in the starting alpha-tocotrienol chroman material. This process uses conditions favoring oxidation rates of the alpha tocotrienol chroman vs. the non-alpha tocotrienol chromans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BIOELECTRON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Paul Mollard
  • Patent number: 10029972
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of nanostructure synthesis. The present invention is directed to methods for producing nanostructures, particularly Group III-V semiconductor nanostructures. The present invention is also directed to preparing Group III inorganic compounds that can be used as precursors for nanostructure synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nanosys, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Curley, Tim Slugocki, Charlie Hotz
  • Patent number: 10029973
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GROPO PETROTEMEX, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventors: Alan George Wonders, Robert Lin, Lee Reynolds Partin, Marcel de Vreede, Wayne Scott Strasser
  • Patent number: 10029974
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of continuously preparing acrylic acid and an apparatus using the same, the method including: (1) subjecting a feed including propane, oxygen, water vapor and carbon dioxide to partial oxidation using a catalyst, thus obtaining an acrylic acid-containing mixed gas, (2) separating the acrylic acid-containing mixed gas into an acrylic acid-containing solution and a gas byproduct, (3) separating an acrylic acid solution from the separated acrylic acid-containing solution, and (4) recycling the separated gas byproduct into the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Hyun Chang, Young-Chang Byun
  • Patent number: 10029975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the manufacture of biobased acrylic acid from glycerol as starting material, the term “biobased acid” indicating that the acrylic acid is essentially based on a carbon source of natural origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Devaux, Michel Fauconet, Sandeep Jain, Stephen Tlatlik
  • Patent number: 10029976
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the purification of acrylic acid from a mixture containing acrylic acid and acetic acid, comprising the following steps: extraction of the mixture containing acrylic acid and acetic acid with an extractant stream, whereby a raffinate stream and an extract stream are obtained, distillation of the extract stream, whereby an acrylic acid stream and a return stream are obtained, wherein the return stream contains acetic acid and is recirculated into the extraction. Furthermore, the invention may include a plant for carrying out this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Thomas Gutermuth, Markus Kreich, Frank Castillo-Welter
  • Patent number: 10029977
    Abstract: The present invention also relates to a process for preparing a diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt wherein the dicarboxylic acid comprises an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and is provided in a powder form; the diamine is provided in a liquid form gradually dosed to the dicarboxylic acid powder, while keeping the dicarboxylic acid powder in constant movement; the processing temperature is above 0° C. and below the boiling temperature of the diamine and the melting temperature of the acid and the salt, and the reaction mixture comprises at most 5 wt. % of water. The present invention also relates to an anhydrous diamine/dicarboxylic acid salt obtainable by the process according to invention, or any embodiment thereof as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Eric Grolman, Rudy Rulkens
  • Patent number: 10029978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fatty diamide comprising or consisting of a reaction product obtained from: a) at least one cycloaliphatic diamine comprising a ring of 6 carbon atoms, b) a fatty hydroxy acid chosen from 12-hydroxystearic acid (12-HSA), 9-hydroxystearic acid (9-HSA), 10-hydroxystearic acid (10-HSA), 14-hydroxyeicosanoic acid (14-HEA) or binary or ternary or quaternary mixtures thereof, c) at least a second diamine chosen from linear aliphatic C2 to C12 primary diamines, d) optionally, at least one monoacid chosen from saturated and non-hydroxylated linear C6 to C16 carboxylic acids, e) optionally, at least a third primary diamine different from c) chosen from linear aliphatic C2 to C12 diamines. f) at least one aromatic amine chosen from xylylenediamines, said aromatic diamine possibly being partially or totally replaced with said diamine a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventor: Michael Y. Bernard
  • Patent number: 10029979
    Abstract: The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain substituted N-(4-hydroxy-4-methyl-cyclohexyl)-4-phenyl-benzenesulfonamide and N-(4-hydroxy-4-methyl-cyclohexyl)-4-(2-pyridyl)benzenesulfonamide compounds (collectively referred to herein as HMC compounds) that are useful, for example, in the treatment of disorders (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PIMCO 2664 Limited
    Inventors: Lisa Patel, Stephen Allan Smith, Iain Robert Greig, Samuel Cameron Williams
  • Patent number: 10029980
    Abstract: A method for producing methionine involves contacting 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile with water in the presence of an oxide catalyst containing cerium. The 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile may be 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile, produced by contacting 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile with ammonia water or 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanenitrile, produced by contacting 3-(methylthio)propionaldehyde with hydrocyanic acid and ammonia water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Kana Matsumura
  • Patent number: 10029981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a perfluoropolyoxyalkylene peroxide compound comprising a step of reacting a perfluoroalkene with oxygen, wherein the reaction of the perfluoroalkene with oxygen is performed in a microreactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichirou Watanabe, Hideki Nakaya, Motohisa Shino, Tatsuya Takakuwa, Kazunori Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10029982
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a light absorptive compound which is capable of selectively absorbing light around a wavelength of 400 nm, and is excellent in solubility in various solvents and/or affinity with hydrophobic substances. Also, the object of the present invention is to provide an optical film containing such a light absorptive compound, and a cured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Katsuaki Miyazaki, Haruki Okawa, Daichi Fujimoto, Shinnosuke Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10029983
    Abstract: Provided is a compound having a formyl peptide receptor like 1 (FPRL1) agonist effect. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound represented by the general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Takahashi, Yoshifumi Saito, Kosuke Tsuda, Mitsuhito Shibasaki, Kohei Ohata
  • Patent number: 10029984
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mono- or di-substituted indole compounds, methods to prevent or treat dengue viral infections by using said compounds and also relates to said compounds for use as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent dengue viral infections. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of dengue viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Bart Rudolf Romanie Kesteleyn, Jean-François Bonfanti, Tim Hugo Maria Jonckers, Pierre Jean-Marie Bernard Raboisson, Dorothée Alice Marie-Eve Bardiot, Arnaud Didier M Marchand
  • Patent number: 10029985
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for the preparation of Tecovirimat for the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections and diseases associated therewith, particularly those viral infections and associated diseases caused by the orthopoxvirus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SIGA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Dongcheng Dai
  • Patent number: 10029986
    Abstract: Provided is a novel pesticide, particularly a fungicide and a nematicide. An alkynyl pyridine-substituted amide compound represented by formula (I), its N-oxide or a salt thereof, and a pesticide containing it. [In the formula, G1 is a structure represented by G1-1a, G1-3a, G1-27a, etc.; X1 is a halogen atom, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, etc.; Y1 is a halogen atom, etc.; Y2, Y3, R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom, etc.; R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, methyl, methoxy, etc.; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, etc., or R1 and R2 together form an alkylene chain thereby to form a cyclopropyl group together with the carbon atom to which R1 and R2 are bonded, or R1 and R2 together form C1-C2 alkylidene or C1-C2 haloalkylidene; R3 is a hydrogen atom, methyl, etc.; and R6 is C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy(C1-C4)alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mita, Motoyoshi Iwasa, Yusuke Nanjo, Taichi Shimomiya, Hidehito Kuwahara, Hotaka Imanaka
  • Patent number: 10029987
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesco G. Salituro, Jeffrey O. Saunders, Shunqi Yan
  • Patent number: 10029988
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I), and methods of inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3) using compounds of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: BIOMARIN PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
    Inventors: Vincent Jacques, James R. Rusche