Patents Issued in August 14, 2018
  • Patent number: 10046996
    Abstract: A multistage residential wastewater treatment system. The preferred system has three chambers. Wastewater flows into the first chamber via an inflow line. Primarily anaerobic treatment occurs in the first chamber. From the first chamber, wastewater flows into a second chamber. The second chamber is aerated, and primarily aerobic treatment occurs there. Substantially fully treated wastewater flows from the second chamber to the third chamber. The third chamber is substantially quiescent and anaerobic. Most remaining solids settle out in the third chamber. A bactericide pump is configured to introduce batch doses of bactericide in the desired volume to the third chamber at set intervals. After sufficient delay following introduction of the bactericide to allow for substantially complete toxicity to the bacteria in third chamber, effluent is pumped out of the tank by an effluent pump via an effluent line. The effluent pump preferably powers the bactericide pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Joe W. Lacey, II
  • Patent number: 10046997
    Abstract: Described herein is a water treatment system for simultaneously removing ammonia and nitrates from a liquid. The water treatment system comprises a nitrifying volume for nitrification of a liquid and a denitrifying volume for denitrification of the liquid. One of the nitrifying volume and the denitrifying volume resides substantially within the other of the nitrifying volume and the denitrifying volume, and the nitrifying volume and the denitrifying volume are in fluid communication. In one aspect, the nitrifying volume is a relatively oxygenated region and the denitrifying volume is a relatively oxygen-depleted region. In another aspect, the nitrifying volume is in communication with an oxygen-supplying source for providing oxygen to create the relatively oxygenated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Dean Smith, Ola Lysenstoen, Cary Tope-McKay, Gary Gorian
  • Patent number: 10046998
    Abstract: The invention relates to a surface-treated calcium carbonate for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions, to a method for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions as well as to the use of surface-treated calcium carbonate for binding and bioremediating hydrocarbon-containing compositions and to a composite material comprising the surface-treated calcium carbonate and a hydrocarbon-containing composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Omya International AG
    Inventors: Nicola Di Maiuta, Patrick Schwarzentruber, Michael Skovby
  • Patent number: 10046999
    Abstract: Industrial and residential water treatment systems and devices are disclosed for use in preventing hard water buildup or in removing such buildup. The systems and devices include fixed and removable components for delivering water treatment composition. In addition, novel water treatment compositions and methods of treating water are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Byron Laird Washburn, Sean Terry
  • Patent number: 10047000
    Abstract: A method of making a glass sheet includes treating a refractory block material comprising at least one multivalent component with a vehicle comprising at least one redox altering component or precursor. The method also includes flowing molten glass over the refractory block material, wherein the treatment of the refractory block material with the vehicle comprising at least one redox altering component or precursor reduces the amount of oxygen production resulting from interaction between the at least one multivalent component and the molten glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthew John Dejneka, Sinue Gomez, Benjamin Zain Hanson, James Robert Rustad, Susan Lee Schiefelbein, Kochuparambil Deenamma Vergheese
  • Patent number: 10047001
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to systems for laser cutting at least one glass article comprising a pulsed laser assembly and a glass support assembly configured to support the glass article during laser cutting within the pulsed laser assembly, wherein the pulsed laser assembly comprises at least one non-diffracting beam (NDB) forming optical element configured to convert an input beam into a quasi-NDB beam; and at least one beam transforming element configured to convert the quasi-NDB beam into multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams spaced apart a distance of about 1 ?m to about 500 ?m; wherein the pulsed laser assembly is oriented to deliver one or more pulses of multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams onto a surface of the glass article, wherein each pulse of multiple quasi-NDB sub-beams is operable to cut a plurality of perforations in the glass article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: James Andrew West
  • Patent number: 10047002
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are tiles, coatings, and related methods that provide both high cleanability and high slip resistance. The coating can be a surface coating with a unique chemical make-up. The surface coating can also have particles suspended within it. During a firing process, the coating and particles can settle in such a manner that the surface structure of the coating, and thus the surface structure of the tile, is both easy to clean and slip-resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Mohawk Carpet Company
    Inventors: Aaron C. Dilbeck, David A. Earl, Terry Adams, Norm Elias, Linda Robledo
  • Patent number: 10047003
    Abstract: An enamel powder for manufacturing a coating is present as a mixture which contains 100 parts of a glass powder, 0.1-7.5 parts of ceramic fibers, glass fibers or carbon fibers, and alternatively to one another or in combination with one another 10-21 parts of a powdery oxidic compound of a light metal or 1-5 parts of a powder of a heavy metal. A metal component provided with the enamel powder withstands a flow of hot gas against it. The invention specifies a method, by means of which such metal components can be provided with an enamel coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V.
    Inventors: Rolf Gosch, Wolfgang Kuhn, Annett Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 10047004
    Abstract: A multi-layer glass enamel is disclosed. The various layers of the enamel are included to provide certain performance characteristics to the enamel. The components of each layer can be individually adjusted to tailor the performance characteristics influenced by that layer without changing the influence of the remaining layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Ferro Corporation
    Inventors: George E. Sakoske, Phil Maitland, Dietrich Speer, Walter Frank
  • Patent number: 10047005
    Abstract: The invention comprises a composition comprising a natural pozzolan selected from hyaloclastite, sideromelane or tachylite, wherein the natural pozzolan has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 ?m. The invention also comprises a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and a natural pozzolan selected from hyaloclastite, sideromelane, tachylite or combination or mixtures thereof, wherein the natural pozzolan has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m. The invention further comprises a cementitious-based material comprising aggregate, a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and a natural pozzolan selected from hyaloclastite, sideromelane, tachylite or combination or mixtures thereof, wherein the natural pozzolan has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m and water sufficient to hydrate the cementitious material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 10047006
    Abstract: The invention comprises a composition comprising hyaloclastite having a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 ?m. The invention also comprises a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m. The invention further comprises a cementitious-based material comprising aggregate, a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 ?m and water sufficient to hydrate the cementitious material. A method of using the composition of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Romeo Ilarian Ciuperca
  • Patent number: 10047007
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a base formulation which serves to form a final product intended for the repair, maintenance or rehabilitation of concrete structures. Primarily, the base formulation contains cement in a percentage of 35% to 45% by weight of the final product. The base formulation also possesses amorphous glass in a proportion of 20% to 30% by weight of the final product, in ground from common glass, recycled glass or soda-lime glass. Finally, the base formulation may further possess solid quartz microspheres in a proportion of 10% to 20% by weight of the final product. This provides the final product with many desirable properties, such as high mechanical strength; high chemical resistance; easier application; easier ability to polish; prevents cold seals, leaving the final product thermally and dimensionally stable, among other desirable properties. The final products may include concrete correctors, waterproofing agents, coatings, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: FRAWA PRODUCTOS PARA LA CONSTRUCCION, S.A. DE C.V.
    Inventor: Jose Osawa Diaz
  • Patent number: 10047008
    Abstract: Methods for plasticizing cementitious mixtures having relatively high water/cement ratio (at least 0.40 or higher) are surprisingly improved in terms of dosage efficiency, compared to conventional “superplasticizer” polycarboxylate polymers, when the comb-type carboxylate copolymer is formed from two different polyether side chains having specifically selected monomer constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GCP Applied Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence L. Kuo
  • Patent number: 10047009
    Abstract: A cement mortar composition comprising a water-soluble cellulose ether, a starch derivative originating from tapioca, cement, an aggregate, and water has advantages including a less change of flow with time, easy application with a trowel, a short setting time, and a reduction of construction time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Konishi, Tsutomu Yamakawa
  • Patent number: 10047011
    Abstract: A ceramic and a method for preparing a ceramic are provided. The ceramic includes an alumina and an oxygen-containing compound of strontium having a perovskite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Ge Chen, Yongzhao Lin, Xinping Lin
  • Patent number: 10047012
    Abstract: An IGZO sintered compact composed of indium (In), gallium (Ga), zinc (Zn), oxygen (O) and unavoidable impurities, wherein an average length of cracks existing in the IGZO sintered compact is 3 ?m or more and 15 ?m or less. Provided is a sputtering target capable of suppressing the target cracks and reducing the generation of particles during deposition via DC sputtering, and forming favorable thin films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventors: Yohei Yamaguchi, Koji Kakuta
  • Patent number: 10047013
    Abstract: Zirconium oxide material and a sintered molded body produced from the material. The zirconium oxide is present in the tetragonal phase in an amount of 70 to 99.9 vol.-%. The tetragonal phase is chemically stabilized with rare-earth oxides. The sintered moldings can be used, e.g., in the medical field as implants or as dental prostheses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CeramTec GmbH
    Inventors: Meinhard Kuntz, Kilian Friederich, Lukas Gottwik, Andreas Morhardt, Juliane Ehrlich
  • Patent number: 10047014
    Abstract: Disclosed is an agglomerated TiN powder, the powder comprising spherical aggregates having particle diameters of 40 to 80 ?m and formed by the agglomeration of Ti and N having the atomic fractions of 72% and 28% respectively. Also provided is a TiN coating obtained using the powder. The three-strong-peak phase of the coating is a TiN phase, and also has partial TiO, TiO2, and Ti3O oxide phases; the coating has layered distribution of bright and dark phases, and the joint between the interior of the layered structure and the layer structure is provided with a small number of pores; the joint between the coating and a base has no microscopic defects such as cracks and is well jointed. The supersonic plasma-sprayed TiN coating achieves hardness as high as 1210HV0.1, thereby enhancing the wear resistance of the coating. The coating has good fracture toughness, thereby enhancing the fracture mechanical performance inside of the coating and extending the fatigue life of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Zhiguo Xing, Haidou Wang, Lihong Dong, Guozheng Ma, Binshi Xu
  • Patent number: 10047015
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a plurality of fibers from (e.g., CVD) precursors, including a reactor adapted to grow a plurality of individual fibers; and a plurality of independently controllable lasers, each laser of the plurality of lasers growing a respective fiber. A high performance fiber (HPF) structure, including a plurality of fibers arranged in the structure; a matrix disposed between the fibers; wherein a multilayer coating is provided along the surfaces of at least some of the fibers with an inner layer region having a sheet-like strength; and an outer layer region, having a particle-like strength, such that any cracks propagating toward the outer layer from the matrix propagate along the outer layer and back into the matrix, thereby preventing the cracks from approaching the fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: FREE FORM FIBERS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Pegna, John L. Schneiter, Kirk L. Williams, Ramkiran Goduguchinta
  • Patent number: 10047016
    Abstract: The present invention is incorporated in a three-part primary nutrient system for facilitating the growth of a plant in any growing media. The first part of the nutrient system comprises calcium and nitrogen and is devoid of phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals. The second part of the nutrient system comprises nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals and is devoid of calcium. The third part of the nutrient system comprises potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, and trace minerals and is devoid of nitrogen and calcium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HGCI, Inc.
    Inventor: Treg Bradley
  • Patent number: 10047017
    Abstract: A soil additive comprising a sugar ferment wherein said ferment contains signalling molecules comprising between about 1-50% of the organic matter present in the ferment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LIQUID FERTILISER SYSTEMS PTY LTD
    Inventor: Peter James Keating
  • Patent number: 10047018
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composting device including a housing defining an interior with an access opening providing access to the interior, a composter bin located within the interior and in communication with the access opening, and a cover slidably mounted to the housing and slidable along a sliding path between opened and closed conditions to selectively open and close the access opening. An angled seal assembly is provided on the cover and housing. Both a sealing surface and a seal are angled relative to a sliding path such that the space between the seal and the sealing surface decreases as the cover is slid from the opened to the closed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Abhishek Buzruk, Christopher C. Wilcox, Brian Clark
  • Patent number: 10047019
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of the asymmetric hydrogenation of an unsaturated ketone or aldehyde by molecular hydrogen in the presence of at least one chiral iridium complex and in the presence of at least one additive and a halogenated alcohol. This process yields chiral compounds in a very efficient way and is very advantageous in that the amount of iridium complex can be remarkably reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.
    Inventors: Jonathan Alan Medlock, Gerardus Karel Maria Verzijl, Edwin Gerard Ijpeij, Andreas Hendrikus Maria De Vries
  • Patent number: 10047020
    Abstract: In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for the oxidative coupling of methane to generate hydrocarbon compounds containing at least two carbon atoms (C2+ compounds). The method can include mixing a first gas stream comprising methane with a second gas stream comprising oxygen to form a third gas stream comprising methane and oxygen and performing an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reaction using the third gas stream to produce a product stream comprising one or more C2+ compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SILURIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Cizeron, Guido Radaelli, Satish Lakhapatri, Erik Freer, Jin Ki Hong, Jarod McCormick, David Sheridan, Charles Reid, Roberto Pellizzari, Samuel Weinberger, Justin Dwight Edwards
  • Patent number: 10047021
    Abstract: A process of tuning a hydrocarbon product composition is described. The process involves selecting paraffins for reaction. The equilibrium constants for reactions of the selected paraffins can be used to select appropriate feed ratios, or an equilibrium composition as function of C/H molar ratio. A selected feed is reacted to obtain the product. Equilibrium product compositions and non-equilibrium product compositions can be obtained using the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Smith, Alakananda Bhattacharyya, Peter K. Coughlin
  • Patent number: 10047022
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems and methods for producing Pips stream for manufacturing catalytic C5 hydrocarbon resins containing all the key reactive monomers that are already present in the C5 fraction of the pyrolysis gasoline, which is otherwise lost with the crude isoprene stream, are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the invention are directed to producing a hydrocarbon resin grade DCPD stream consisting of dimers and codimers of isoprene which are of value in manufacturing thermal hydrocarbon resins, either polymer grade isoprene and gasoline quality raffinate (free or sulfur and acetylenes) or a relatively small crude isoprene stream with maximum utilization of isoprene by moving some of the isoprene to a DCPD stream used to manufacture thermal hydrocarbon resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GTC Technology US LLC
    Inventors: Venkata K. Ramanujam, B. Bryant Slimp, Jr., Cole Nelson, Michael McCaulley
  • Patent number: 10047023
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for producing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene or 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane, which is a precursor of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, in two or three reaction steps, using at least one chlorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane, 2,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane, and 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene as a starting material, the reaction products of at least two of the steps being supplied to the same distillation apparatus to subject the products to a separation operation simultaneously. With this method, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene or 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane, which is a precursor of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, can be efficiently produced with reduced energy and equipment costs in an economically advantageous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takehiro Chaki, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuya Takakuwa
  • Patent number: 10047024
    Abstract: A process is provided for the chlorination of ethane using chlorine as the chlorinating agent to produce ethylene, hydrogen chloride (HCl) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Barry B. Fish, Matthew T. Pretz, Max M. Tirtowidjojo
  • Patent number: 10047025
    Abstract: A process is provided for the chlorination of ethane using chlorine as the chlorinating agent to produce ethylene, hydrogen chloride (HCl) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Barry B. Fish, Matthew T. Pretz, Max M. Tirtowidjojo
  • Patent number: 10047026
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for separating 244bb from 1233xf by using solid adsorbent selected from molecular sieves having an average pore size of 5 ? or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Daniel C. Merkel, Hsueh Sung Tung, Michael Gatter
  • Patent number: 10047027
    Abstract: A method of forming methanol by irradiating a mixture comprising water, carbon dioxide, and a photocatalyst with UV light to photo-catalytically reduce the carbon dioxide thereby forming methanol, wherein the photocatalyst comprises non-templated indium-oxide nanoparticles and/or templated indium-oxide nanoparticles. Various combinations of the embodiments of the templated indium-oxide nanoparticles and the non-templated indium-oxide nanoparticles photocatalyst as well as the method of forming methanol are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Muhammad Ashraf Gondal, Mohamed A. Dastageer, Umair Baig
  • Patent number: 10047028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel cycloalkyl-hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, a disorder of glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, hypertension, impotence, inflammation, insulin resistance, lipid elimination in bile, obesity, oxysterol elimination in bile, pancreatitis, Parkinson's disease, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, phospholipid elimination in bile, renal disease, septicemia, Syndrome X, thrombotic disorder. Compounds and methods of the invention can also be used to modulate C reactive protein or enhance bile production in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis H. Dasseux, Carmen D. Oniciu
  • Patent number: 10047029
    Abstract: A process for producing an alkylene oxide adduct can continuously produce the alkylene oxide adduct by using a microflow reactor having a tubular flow passage and a micromixer connected to a supply port of the microflow reactor. Liquid state alkylene oxide, alkylene catalyst and an organic compound having an active hydrogen atom(s) are reacted while passing therethrough under the conditions of a temperature of the flow passage of 70 to 200° C. and a pressure of the supply port of the flow passage of 1 to 10 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: TAKEMOTO YUSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akihiro Furuta, Kazuhisa Okada
  • Patent number: 10047030
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns methods comprising forming a phenol and acetone mixture from decomposition of a cumene hydroperoxide or a phenol, acetone, and AMS from the decomposition of a mixture containing dicumyl peroxide in a system comprising one or more reactors where at least a portion of an inner surface of the one or more reactors has a polymer coating and wherein the coating inhibits build-up of a fouling precipitate on the coated inner surface of the one or more reactors as compared to such build-up in the absence of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Mark Erik Nelson, Arkady Samuilovich Dykman, Andrey Vladimirovich Zinenkov
  • Patent number: 10047031
    Abstract: A fragrance precursor of 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methyl phenyl)propanal, comprising at least an enamine and/or an aminal as reaction product of 3-(4-isobutyl-2-methylphenyl)propanal (compound according to formula (I)) and a primary and/or secondary amine useful as a perfume ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Baumgartner, Veronika Zelenay
  • Patent number: 10047032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of an organic zinc catalyst capable of preparing an organic zinc catalyst having a finer and more uniform particle size and more improved activity during a polymerization process for preparing a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin, and a preparation method of a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin using the organic zinc catalyst. The preparation method of an organic zinc catalyst includes reacting a zinc precursor and a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a dispersant to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst, wherein a reaction step is performed under a condition at which the number of moles of the dicarboxylic acid present in a reaction system is larger than that of the zinc precursor throughout the entire reaction step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kyoung Kim, Seong Kyun Kang, Jun Wye Lee, Seung Young Park, Hyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 10047033
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides 15-oxo-EPA and 15-oxo-DGLA, compositions comprising 15-oxo-EPA and/or 15-oxo-DGLA, and methods of treating and/or preventing fibrosis, skin disorders, inflammation, kidney disease or renal dysfunction in a subject in need thereof by administering 15-oxo-EPA and/or 15-oxo-DGLA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: DS BIOPHARMA LIMITED
    Inventors: Mehar Manku, John Climax, David Coughlan
  • Patent number: 10047034
    Abstract: The present invention relates to certain polyhydroxylated pentacyclic triterpene acids of formula (I) for use as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease, disorder or condition that responds to a reduction of the HMG-CoA reductase activity in a mammal, preferably a human being. The present invention further relates to certain mixtures and plant extracts comprising euscaphic acid and tormentic acid, wherein the amount of euscaphic acid to tormentic acid exceeds a certain ratio. Further, the present invention also relates to a formulation, preferably pharmaceutical or nutraceutical formulation, comprising one or more of said compounds of formula (I), a composition according to the present invention or a plant extract according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Prairie Berry Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Hans, Torsten Grothe
  • Patent number: 10047035
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for continuously preparing di-C1-3-alkyl succinates by reacting succinic acid with an C1-3-alkanol in the presence of a fixed-bed heterogeneous acidic esterification catalyst in a tubular reactor at a temperature in the range of from 60 to 100° C., wherein a mixture, comprising succinic acid, C1-3-alkanol, mono-C1-3-alkyl succinate, di-C1-3-alkyl succinate and water, is formed in a mixing stage and fed to the entrance of the tubular reactor, and wherein 5 to 75% of the outlet flow rate of the tubular reactor are recycled directly to the mixing stage as a recycle stream, and the molar ratio of C1-3-alkanol to succinic acid added to the mixing zone, and not including the C1-3-alkanol and succinic acid at the recycle stream, being in the range of from 2.0 to 9.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Stefanie Demming, Suman Thotla, Jens Wittenberg, Gabriele Iffland, Till Christian Brueggemann, Yvonne Hoelzl, Wolfgang Siegel, Stephan Freyer
  • Patent number: 10047036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to hydroxy-triglycerides, their synthesis, a pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical composition which comprises at least one of said hydroxy-triglycerides, and a method which comprises the administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective quantity of at least one of said hydroxy-triglycerides or at least one of said pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical compositions, for the prevention and/or treatment of at least one disease selected from cancer, metabolic/cardiovascular diseases, and/or neurological/inflammatory diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS
    Inventors: Pablo Vicente Escribá Ruiz, Xavier Busquets Xaubet
  • Patent number: 10047037
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a benzaldehyde in which an amino group is bonded in the 2 position, a halogeno group or an alkoxy group is bonded in the 3 position, and a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogeno group, an alkoxy group, or a cyano group is bonded independently in each of the 4, 5, and 6 positions, the method including: preparing a benzaldehyde in which a halogeno group or an alkoxy group is bonded in the 3 position, a hydrogen atom is bonded in the 2 position, and a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogeno group, an alkoxy group, or a cyano group is bonded independently in each of the 4, 5, and 6 positions so that a lithiation reaction is most active at the 2 position; acetal-protecting a formyl group in the benzaldehyde; sequentially performing lithiation, azidation, and amination of the 2 position; and the performing acetal deportection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Nippon Soda Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10047038
    Abstract: A waste treatment process and system is described, which finds application in dechlorinating carbohydrates and/or hydrolyzing dimethyl formamide and/or dimethyl formamide in a waste stream. The process includes treating the waste stream with base at a pH of from 11 to 14, and at a temperature of from 200 to 330° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Tate & Lyle Technology Limited
    Inventors: David A. Dentel, Wayne N. Boutzale, Edward Farley
  • Patent number: 10047039
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds, compositions and methods for treating tumors, particularly tumors that metastasize, via inhibiting tumor cells-induced platelet aggregation. The compound of the present disclosure has the formula (I), wherein, n is 2 or 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventors: Pei-Wen Hsieh, Ching-Ping Tseng, Yun-Zhan Tsai, Yu-Ling Huang, Yao-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 10047040
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new compound of formula (I) wherein the variables have the meaning as indicated in the claims; or an enantiomer or salt thereof. The compounds of formula (I) are useful in the control of parasites, in particular endoparasites, in and on vertebrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Elanco Tiergesundheit AG
    Inventors: Noelle Gauvry, Chouaib Tahtaoui
  • Patent number: 10047041
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel amino-phenyl-sulfonyl-acetate derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes comprising the same as an active ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: CJ HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Ho Yoo, Seung Chan Kim, Soo Yeon Jung, Hyoung Rok Bak, Young Mee Chung, Sung Jun Kim, Sook Kyung Park, Seog Beom Song, Shin-Young Ryu, Mi Young Yoon, Dong Hyun Ko, Sun Young Park, Chi Hye Park, Nak Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10047042
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method of efficiently manufacturing an optically active D- and/or L-form amino acid possessing a thiol group in the side chain by a simple method. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing an amino acid derivative possessing a thiol group in the side chain, characterized in manufacturing an intermediate composition comprising D- and L-forms of an amino acid derivative possessing a thiol group at the ?-position, reacting a hydrolase selective for D- or L-amino acids, and separating the hydrolyzed D- or L-amino acid derivative, as well as an intermediate thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: GLYTECH, INC.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kajihara, Yasuhito Morishita, Takefumi Murase
  • Patent number: 10047043
    Abstract: According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a polythiol composition, which comprises a polythiol (A) represented by formula (1) and a thiol compound (B) represented by formula (2). (In formula (1), p and q each independently represent an integer of 1 to 3.) (In formula (2), p and q each independently represent an integer of 1 to 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kouhei Takemura, Takashi Aoki
  • Patent number: 10047044
    Abstract: A family of amine mining collectors that uses alkoxylates allows for the easy adjustment of solubility and molecular weight useful because anionic and cationic mineral collectors require such varying degrees of solubility and molecular weight. The family of the present invention allows for the optimization of both parameters and an increase in collector efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas P. Daly
  • Patent number: 10047045
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of fluorinated compounds having at least one —OSF5 group, said method comprising the step of reacting SOF4 with a fluorinated 3- or 4-membered cyclic ether in the presence of a fluoride catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
    Inventors: Cristiano Monzani, Vito Tortelli
  • Patent number: 10047046
    Abstract: A salt having a group represented by the formula (aa): wherein Xa and Xb independently each represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, the ring W represents a C3-C36 heterocyclic ring which has an ester bond or a thioester bond, said heterocyclic ring optionally further having an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group or a sulfonyl group each by which a methylene group has been replaced, and said heterocyclic ring optionally having a hydroxyl group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, a C1-C12 alkyl group, a C1-C12 alkoxy group, a C2-C13 alkoxycarbonyl group, a C2-C13 acyl group, a C2-C13 acyloxy group, a C3-C12 alicyclic hydrocarbon group, a C6-C10 aromatic hydrocarbon group or any combination of these groups each by which a hydrogen atom has been replaced, and * represents a binding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuro Masuyama, Natsuki Okada, Koji Ichikawa