Patents Issued in September 11, 2018
  • Patent number: 10072099
    Abstract: The present invention is directed at a process for fractionating lignocellulosic biomass for the purpose of reducing processing costs, increasing delignification, reducing side-reactions, in particular reducing hemicelluloses degradation, improving cellulose hydrolysis and increasing the nativity of the obtained lignin, by performing organosolv fractionation of the biomass with a treatment liquid at a temperature below 170° C., wherein the treatment liquid comprises a non-hydroxylic organic solvent, in particular a ketone, water and some acid, and optionally subjecting the cellulose-enriched product stream to enzymatic hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland
    Inventors: Adrianus Theodorus Smit, Wouter Johannes Joseph Huijgen, Rudie Johan Hendrik Grisel
  • Patent number: 10072100
    Abstract: Compositions comprising oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are disclosed herein. Oxidized poly alpha-1,3-glucan compounds are produced by contacting poly alpha-1,3-glucan under aqueous conditions with at least one N-oxoammonium salt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Rakesh Nambiar, Jayme L Paullin, Andrea M Perticone, T Joseph Dennes
  • Patent number: 10072101
    Abstract: A cycloolefin rubber having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 800,000, having a silyl group at the polymer chain end, and containing a fatty acid ester of a polyvalent alcohol. A cycloolefin rubber excellent in processability at the time of blending and kneading and excellent in low heat buildup property can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuo Tsunogae, Shingo Okuno, Naoaki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 10072102
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a polymer which has a C—P bond. The present invention can provide a phosphoric acid-modified polymer having a double bond, and a phosphorus substituent containing a phosphorus atom that directly bonds to a carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Tanabe, Ryutaro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 10072103
    Abstract: A system and method for startup of a polyolefin reactor temperature control system having a first reactor temperature control path, a second reactor temperature control path, and a shared temperature control path. In some embodiments, during startup the second reactor temperature control path is configured to allow the temperature of a second reactor to rise due to the heat of the exothermic polymerization reaction occurring within the reactor until reaching a predetermined setpoint temperature. In other embodiments, during startup a first reactor temperature control path is configured to include a heat exchanger used as a cooler, and a second reactor temperature control path is configured to include a heat exchanger used as a heater, to raise the temperature of the second reactor until reaching a predetermined setpoint temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Timothy O. Odi, Ralph Romig, Joseph Curren, Anurag Gupta
  • Patent number: 10072104
    Abstract: Element tags based on novel metal-polymer conjugates are provided for elemental analysis of analytes, including ICP-MS. A polymer backbone is functionalized to irreversibly bind metals that are selected prior to use by the user. The polymer is further functionalized to attach a linker which allows for attachment to antibodies or other affinity reagents. The polymer format allows attachment of many copies of a given isotope, which linearly improves sensitivity. The metal-polymer conjugate tags enable multiplexed assay in two formats: bulk assay, where the average biomarker distribution in the sample is diagnostic, and single cell format to distinguish a rare (for example a diseased) cell in a complex sample (for example, blood).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Fluidigm Canada Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell A. Winnik, Mark Nitz, Vladimir Baranov, Xudong Lou
  • Patent number: 10072105
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of polypropylene having a target melt flow rate of from 10 to 200 g/10 min as determined in accordance with ISO 1133 (230° C., 2.16 kg) comprising the sequential steps of i) polymerizing propylene monomer, and optionally one or more alpha olefin co-monomers so as to form a polypropylene having an initial melt flow rate of from 0.5 to 20 g/10 min (ISO 1133, 230° C., 2.16 kg), ii) visbreaking said polypropylene to obtain polypropylene having said target melt flow rate and wherein the ratio of target to initial melt flow rate is more than 1 iii) maintaining the polypropylene obtained from step ii) at an elevated temperature for a time sufficient to reduce the FOG value of the polypropylene as determined in accordance with VDA 278. The method allows the time for FOG reduction to be reduced as compared to polypropylenes that have the same target melt flow rate, yet which have obtained said melt flow rate without the visbreaking step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Rick Robert Emilie Bercx, Christelle Marie Hélène Grein
  • Patent number: 10072106
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of decontamination and biocidal agents. More specifically, the invention relates to novel N-halamine melamine derivatives, compositions comprising them, processes for their production, and methods using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: State of Israel, Prime Minister's Office, Israel Insitute For Biological Research
    Inventors: Dana M. Mizrahi, Ishay Columbus
  • Patent number: 10072107
    Abstract: A process for preparing a long chain branched polypropylene in presence of two metallocene-based active catalyst systems is provided. The polypropylene obtained therefrom has new molecular architecture and improved elasticity properties. The polypropylene is further characterized by new signals in its 13C NMR spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Total Research & Technology Feluy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Manuela Bader, Jean-françois Carpentier, Evgueni Kirillov, Olivier Lhost, Christian Lamotte, Katty Den Dauw
  • Patent number: 10072108
    Abstract: Provided is a film, sheet, plate, or other such formed article having excellent transparency made of a copolymer obtained from a cyclic olefin monomer and an ?-olefin monomer. The present invention provides a formed article made from a copolymer having Tg of 170° C. or higher and an Al content of 50 ppm or less that is a copolymer including a structural unit of a cyclic olefin monomer (A) derived from norbornene and a structural unit of a monomer (B) derived from at least one C4-C12 ?-olefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Daicel Corporation
    Inventors: Takayuki Yaegashi, Keiichi Osano, Yoshimichi Okano, Kouichi Umemoto, Takeshi Yagi
  • Patent number: 10072109
    Abstract: The present technology relates to container comprising a propylene, ethylene, 1-butene terpolymer wherein in the terpolymer: i) the content of ethylene derived units ranges from 0.5 wt % to 1.8 wt %; ii) the content of 1-butene derived units ranges from 3.5 wt % to 6.5 wt %; iii) the ratio C2 wt %/C4 wt % ranges from 0.12 to 0.22; wherein C2 wt % is the weight percentage of ethylene derived units, and C4 wt % is the weight percentage of 1-butene derived units; iv) the total content of ethylene and 1-butene derived units is comprised between 4.2 wt % and 7.5 wt %; v) the melt flow rate (MFR measured according to ISO 1133, 230° C., 2.16 kg) ranges from 20 to 80 g/10 min; vi) the xylene soluble fraction at 25° C. is lower than 7.0 wt %; and vii) the melting point is higher than 140° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Mara Destro, Marco Ciarafoni, Paola Massari, Tiziana Caputo, Thomas Bohm
  • Patent number: 10072110
    Abstract: Provided is a propylene-based elastomer having a narrow molecular weight distribution, a high density in the same comonomer content, and excellent mechanical properties. The propylene-based elastomer includes 50% by weight or more of a propylene-based repeating unit, and satisfies a particular relationship between an ethylene content and a molar ratio of a specific monomer sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seul Ki Kim, Eun Jung Lee, In Sung Park, Choong Hoon Lee, Byoung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10072111
    Abstract: A solid, spheroidal polymerization catalyst having a particle size distribution characterized by a Dm*/Dn of less than 3.0, the catalyst comprising a phosphinimine catalyst, a cocatalyst and a magnesium chloride support. A process for the polymerization of ethylene with one or more alpha olefin catalyzed by a solid, spheroidal polymerization catalyst having a particle size distribution characterized by a Dm*/Dn of less than 3.0, the catalyst comprising a phosphinimine catalyst, a cocatalyst and a magnesium chloride support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A.
    Inventors: Qinyan Wang, Tyler Craig, Savina Udara Suduweli Kondage, Bradley Wade Funk
  • Patent number: 10072113
    Abstract: A composition is provided which includes a polymerizable compound (A) which includes a (meth)acryloyl group and an isocyanate group in a molecule thereof; and a reaction accelerator (B) which is a compound including a (meth)acryloyl group and a halogenated carbamoyl group in a molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Ono, Tomomitsu Kato
  • Patent number: 10072114
    Abstract: A modified conjugated diene polymer obtained by modifying a conjugated diene polymer that is obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene compound or polymerizing a conjugated diene compound and an aromatic vinyl compound is produced by a production method comprising a first modification step wherein an unsaturated binding site at least either in the skeleton or at the side chain of the conjugated diene polymer is reacted with a first compound having a group 4 or 13 element of the periodic table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Morita, Takahiro Kawai, Takeshi Yuasa, Koichiro Tani, Koji Okada, Ryoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10072115
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions obtainable by free-radical polymerization of at least two different alkyl (meth)acrylates in the presence of at least one ethylene-vinyl ester copolymer, the alkyl (meth)acrylates used being a mixture comprising alkyl (meth)acrylates having linear C12- to C60-alkyl radicals and different alkyl (meth)acrylates having linear C1- to C11-alkyl radicals and/or branched C4- to C60-alkyl radicals and/or cyclic C6- to C20-alkyl radicals. The use of such polymeric compositions as pour point depressants for crude oils, mineral oils or mineral oil products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Ivette Garcia Castro, Kai Gumlich, Maria Heuken, Rouven Konrad, Karin Neubecker, Stefan Frenzel
  • Patent number: 10072116
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polar-group-containing propylene-type wax having excellent properties including a low melting point. A modified propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A) according to the present invention is produced by grafting at least one compound selected from an unsaturated carboxylic acid, a derivative of the unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated sulfonic acid salt onto a propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A1) and has an acid value of 1 to 100 KOHmg/g, wherein the propylene-(?-olefin) copolymer (A1) comprises 60 to 95 mol % of a propylene-derived constituent unit (a) and 5 to 40 mol % of a constituent unit (b) derived from an ?-olefin having 4 or more carbon atoms, and satisfies the specific requirements (i) to (iii).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Kawabe, Hirotaka Kanaya, Masakazu Tanaka, Toshiyuki Ito, Masako Yoshida
  • Patent number: 10072117
    Abstract: A method of producing lactic acid includes removing glycerol from an aqueous lactic acid solution containing glycerol as an impurity using an ion-exchange resin. The lactic acid can be separated simply and at low cost from an aqueous lactic acid solution containing glycerol as an impurity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Kawamura, Masateru Ito, Katsushige Yamada
  • Patent number: 10072118
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate (PCT) resin having enhanced crystallization speed and a method for preparing same. A PCT resin, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a reactant of (A) a dicarboxylic acid compound or a dicarboxylic acid ester compound and (B) a diol compound total of which 90 mol % or more is cyclohexanedimethanol; and 10-1000 ppm of antimony (Sb) atoms on the basis of the total weight of the resin, wherein the differential between the melting point (Tm) and a reduced crystallization temperature (Tmc) is 45° C. or lower. A PCT resin, according to the present invention, has high crystallization speed and thus enables fast production of various molded products. In particular, the PCT resin has high crystallization temperature and high heat resistance and thus enables fast production of a high-quality heat-resistant molded product by means of injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Me Moon, Tae-Young Kim, Su-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10072119
    Abstract: The molecular weight of a semi-crystalline starting polyester comprising ethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate units is enhanced by heating the semi-crystalline starting polyester, having a melting point Tm, at a temperature in the range of (Tm-40° C.) to Tm to obtain a solid stated polyester, where the semi-crystalline starting polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.45 dL/g, and an amount of carboxylic acid end groups in the range of 15 to 122 meq/kg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Synvina C.V.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Kolstad, Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Matheus Adrianus Dam, Jesper Gabriël van Berkel, Robert Joseph Schiavone, Marion L. Andrews
  • Patent number: 10072120
    Abstract: A process of forming a functionalized polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) material includes performing an oxide elimination reaction (e.g., a selenoxide elimination reaction or a sulfoxide elimination reaction) on a saturated PHA material to form an unsaturated PHA material having a carbon-carbon double bond in a polymer backbone. The process also includes utilizing the unsaturated PHA material to form a functionalized PHA material. The functionalized PHA material has one or more cross-linkable functional groups (e.g., one or more thiol groups) bonded to a polymer backbone of the functionalized PHA material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Campbell, Sarah K. Czaplewski, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10072121
    Abstract: A process of forming a bottlebrush polymer includes forming a poly(methylidenelactide) (PML) material from an L-lactide molecule. The process also includes forming a lactide feedstock that includes a blend of a first amount of an L-lactide monomer and a second amount of the PML material. The process further includes polymerizing the lactide feedstock to form a bottlebrush polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jacob T. Porter, Jason T. Wertz
  • Patent number: 10072122
    Abstract: Apparatus relates to a carbonate polymer containing a functional group of disulfide five-membered ring in the side chain and application thereof. The polymer can be prepared from cyclic carbonate monomer containing a disulfide five-membered ring functional group through the activity controllable ring-opening polymerization. For polymer, molecular weight is controlled, molecular weight distribution is narrowed and does not require the protection and deprotection procedures. Polymer prepared from the carbonate monomer through the ring-opening polymerization has biodegradability, can be used for controlling drugs release system, and can be used to prepare tumor-targeted nano-drug carrier which is sensitive to reduction and is reversible cross-linking, can support long circulation in the body, in high concentration of cancers cells can rapidly release cross-linking in the cancer cells, to release drugs, to kill cancer cells with high efficiency and specificity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BRIGHTGENE BIO-MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fenghua Meng, Yan Zou, Zhiyuan Zhong, Jiandong Yuan
  • Patent number: 10072123
    Abstract: A method of producing polyarylene sulfide (PAS) by subjecting a sulfur source and a dihalo aromatic compound (DHA) to polymerization reaction in an organic amide solvent under alkaline conditions, the method suppressing side reactions or the like and yielding PAS having a high degree of polymerization at a high yield is provided; and PAS having a high degree of polymerization are provided. A method of producing PAS, including: a preparation step of preparing a preparation mixture containing an organic amide solvent, a sulfur source, an alkali metal hydroxide, water, and DHA, and having a pH of 12.5 or higher; a first-stage polymerization step of heating the preparation mixture to 170° C. or higher to initiate a polymerization reaction and continuing the polymerization reaction at 240 to 280° C., thereby forming a prepolymer having a DHA conversion rate of 50% or greater (at this time, a temperature increasing rate from 220° C. to 240° C. is lower than a temperature increasing rate for 240° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Konno, Ken-Ichi Takaki, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10072124
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polyarylene sulfide resin comprising: a step of reacting a poly(arylenesulfonium salt) having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) with an aliphatic amide compound to obtain a polyarylene sulfide resin having a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (2): wherein R1 represents a direct bond, -Ar2-, -Ar2-S— or -Ar2-O—; Ar1 and Ar2 each represent an arylene group optionally having a functional group as a substituent; R2 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aromatic group optionally having an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms as a substituent; and X? represents an anion, wherein R1 and Ar1 are the same as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: DIC Corporation, National University Corporation, Iwate University
    Inventors: Hajime Watanabe, Takashi Furusawa, Satoshi Ogawa, Toshikazu Takata
  • Patent number: 10072125
    Abstract: The present invention discloses thiourea-containing dendrimers and thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymers, and respectively a preparation method for the thiourea-containing dendrimer and a preparation method for the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer, and a thiourea-containing dendrimer and a thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer having increased water solubility prepared by using the thiourea-containing dendrimer and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer as raw materials. Finally, disclosed are applications of the thiourea-containing dendrimers and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymers in the preparation of antitumor and antimicrobial drugs. The thiourea-containing dendrimer and the thiourea-containing hyperbranched polymer have a significant growth inhibitive effect on solid tumors and low toxicity to normal tissues, and thus can be used for preparing drugs for treating malignant tumors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Youqing Shen, Shiqun Shao, Jianbin Tang, Xiangrui Liu
  • Patent number: 10072126
    Abstract: A composition may include a resin and a plurality of polymer nanoparticles in the resin to form a resin mixture. The polymer nanoparticles may be soluble or semi-soluble in the resin. At least partial dissolution of the polymer nanoparticles may result in the alteration of one or more of the properties of the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Kozar, Mark S. Wilenski, Samuel J. Meure
  • Patent number: 10072127
    Abstract: Certain films comprising polyethylene and poly(methyl 2-methylpropenoate) have unique aesthetic or performance properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Zhan Cheng, Lichao Pan
  • Patent number: 10072128
    Abstract: Polyolefin-based resin pre-expanded particles include a polyolefin-based resin composition including a polyolefin-based resin, a sterically hindered amine ether flame retardant expressed by the general formula (1): R1NHCH2CH2CH2NR2CH2CH2NR3CH2CH2CH2NHR4 (1), and a phosphoric ester. The polyolefin-based resin pre-expanded particles are flame retardant polyolefin-based resin pre-expanded particles that can have good in-mold expansion moldability and exhibit excellent flame resistance compared to the conventional pre-expanded particles even when molded into a sample having a higher density or a larger thickness without using a halogen flame retardant, and that do not generate harmful gas during burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro Itoi
  • Patent number: 10072129
    Abstract: A polymer composite is provided that includes a plurality of heat-absorbing nanomaterials, a plurality of thermally-expanding microspheres, and an elastomeric matrix. In the polymer composite, the heat-absorbing nanomaterials and the thermally-expanding microspheres are dispersed within the elastomeric matrix such that the thermally-expanding microspheres expand and stretch the matrix upon exposure to a thermal stimulus. Methods of forming a thermally-expanding polymer composite are also provided and include the steps of dispersing a plurality of heat-absorbing nanomaterials in an evaporative solvent; combining the dispersion with an amount of an elastomeric material to create a mixture; adding an amount of thermally-expanding microspheres to the mixture; and polymerizing the mixture. Circuits including resistors comprised of the polymer composites are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: James Loomis, Balaji Panchapakesan
  • Patent number: 10072130
    Abstract: A fiber-reinforced composite material which comprises carbon fibers and a resin, wherein the carbon fibers have crimps and have been entangled and the fiber volume content is 30 to 80%. The fiber-reinforced composite material combines quasi-isotropy with a high fiber volume content and has little unevenness in mechanical property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kentaro Kajiwara, Satoru Shimoyama, Tomoyuki Horiguchi
  • Patent number: 10072131
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition a tire, by which both low rolling resistance and wet grip performance can be achieved at high levels. This rubber composition for a tire is obtained by blending from 66 to 180 parts by weight of a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 150 to 400 m2/g into 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber; a size Rss of aggregates of the silica forming a hierarchical structure being from 14 to 23 nm when the rubber composition is measured by ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering and an obtained scattering profile is applied to a Unified-Guinier function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Sato, Satoshi Mihara
  • Patent number: 10072132
    Abstract: A curable composition includes (A) an organic polymer having a reactive silyl group; (B) at least one ester compound (except for compounds having a methyl ester group) selected from the group consisting of isophthalic acid ester compounds, terephthalic acid ester compounds, 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid ester compounds, and 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid ester compounds; and (C) a compound having a methyl ester group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Kaneka Corporation
    Inventors: Ayako Yano, Mitsuhiro Kasai
  • Patent number: 10072133
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasticizer composition which comprises at least one furan derivative and at least one 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylate ester, molding compounds which comprise a thermoplastic polymer or an elastomer and such a plasticizer composition and the use of these plasticizer compositions and molding compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Jochen Wagner, Boris Breitscheidel, Martin A. Bohn, Benoit Blank, Alois Kindler
  • Patent number: 10072134
    Abstract: Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition, including: (A) a polycarbonate-based resin including 10 mass % to 100 mass % of a specific polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A-1) and 0 mass % to 90 mass % of a polycarbonate (A-2) except the copolymer (A-1); and (B) an additive, the polycarbonate-based resin composition containing sodium at a content of 0.5 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10072135
    Abstract: A curable composition having a polythiol; at least one unsaturated compound comprising two or more carbon-carbon double bonds, carbon-carbon triple bonds, or a combination thereof; and a dye compound represented by formula: A crosslinked composition prepared from the curable composition, a method for indicating curing in a curable composition, and a method of stabilizing a curable composition comprising a polythiol and at least one unsaturated compound comprising two or more carbon-carbon double bonds, carbon-carbon triple bonds, or a combination thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Kathleen S. Shafer, Michael S. Wendland, Jonathan D. Zook, Susan E. DeMoss
  • Patent number: 10072136
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising an organic material susceptible to oxidative, thermal or light-induced degradation and a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M. Further embodiments are a compound of formula I-P, I-O or I-M, a process for protection of the organic material by the compound, the use of the compound against degradation of the organic material, an additive composition comprising the compound, a process for manufacturing the compound and an intermediate involved therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Werner Hoelzl, Bruno Rotzinger, Kai-Uwe Schoening, Rick King, III
  • Patent number: 10072137
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polyamide resin composition having high melt point which can produce a molded product having high anti-vibration property or, in other words, having very high resonance frequency and, in particular, being capable of retaining high resonance frequency even upon water absorption. A polyamide resin composition, comprising a polyamide resin (A) having melt point (Tm) of 290° C. to 350° C. and having crystallization temperature upon temperature rise (Tc1) of 80 to 150° C., and glass fibers (B) having cross-sectional area of 1.5 to 5.0×10?6 cm2, characterized in that, ratio by weight of the polyamide resin (A) to the glass fibers (B) [(A):(B)] is from 20:80 to 35:65, and that the polyamide resin (A) is a copolymerized polyamide consisting of 55 to 75 molar % of a constituent unit (a) obtained from an equimolar salt of hexamethylenediamine and terephthalic acid, and 45 to 25 molar % of a constituent unit (b) obtained from 11-aminoundecanoic acid or undecane lactam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohide Nakagawa, Tatsuya Oi
  • Patent number: 10072138
    Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a diene rubber including not less than 30% by weight of a modified conjugated diene polymer rubber and, per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, from 1 to 25 parts by weight of a tackifying resin, and from 25 to 80 parts by weight of a filler comprising not less than 50% by weight of silica. The modified conjugated diene polymer rubber has a terminal modified group comprising a functional group that interacts with silica. In the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber, aromatic vinyl unit content is from 38% to 48% by weight, vinyl unit content is from 20% to 35%, weight-average molecular weight is from 600,000 to 1,000,000, and glass transition temperature is from ?22 to ?32° C. A glass transition temperature of the tackifying resin is from 50 to 110° C. higher than the glass transition temperature of the modified conjugated diene polymer rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD
    Inventors: Ayumi Naka, Takashi Shirokawa, Makoto Ashiura, Yoshihiro Kameda, Masaki Satou
  • Patent number: 10072139
    Abstract: The invention relates to a Process for the preparation of a composition comprising (A) a heterophasic propylene copolymer, (B) talc and (C) a phenolic antioxidant and/or a processing stabilizer, wherein the heterophasic propylene copolymer consists of (a) a propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix consists of a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene-?-olefin copolymer consisting of at least 70 wt % of propylene and up to 30 wt % of ethylene, based on the total weight of the propylene-based matrix, wherein the propylene-based matrix is present in an amount of 60 to 95 wt % based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and (b) a dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer, wherein the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer is present in an amount of 40 to 5 wt % based on the total heterophasic propylene copolymer and wherein the sum of the total amount of propylene-based matrix and total amount of the dispersed ethylene-?-olefin copolymer in the heterophasic propylene copolymer is 100 wt %, w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc Herklots, Sarah van Mierloo
  • Patent number: 10072140
    Abstract: Polymer blend comprising components A, B and C: A: 1 to 19.5% by weight of an elastomeric block copolymer A based on styrene (S-TPE); B: 0.5 to 8% by weight of a compatibilizer component B; and C: 80 to 98.5% by weight of at least one semi-crystalline olefin homo- or copolymer C. The invention further relates to a composition comprising thermoplastic elastomers based on styrene (S-TPE) for use as compatibilizer of S-TPE block copolymers and polyolefins, a process for the preparation of the polymer blend, a master batch for the preparation of the polymer blend, and single- and multilayer films comprising said polymer blend and their use for food packaging and as shrink hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Konrad Knoll, Andrea Colombo
  • Patent number: 10072141
    Abstract: A resin composition contains: polyolefin; a carbon fiber; a resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond; and a compatibilizer, the resin containing at least one of an amide bond and an imide bond forms a coating layer around the carbon fiber, and a thickness of the coating layer is from 50 nm to 700 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Moriya, Masayuki Okoshi, Daisuke Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Miyamoto, Yuko Iwadate, Daisuke Nakashima, Toshie Furuya
  • Patent number: 10072142
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aqueous polyisobutene emulsion having: 1% wt. to 65% wt., based on the total weight of the emulsion, of polyisobutene, at maximum 5% wt., based on the total weight of the emulsion, of at least one surfactant, and optionally 1% wt. to 65% wt., based on the total weight of the emulsion, of at least one wax and/or oil, complemented with water to 100% wt. The average particle size of the polyisobutene emulsion is not greater than 100 ?m. The present invention also relates to the use of such an emulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Emulco Laboratories C.V.B.A
    Inventor: Lieve Taets
  • Patent number: 10072143
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aqueous polyolefin resin dispersion including a polyolefin resin and an aqueous medium, wherein the polyolefin resin includes an olefin component and an unsaturated carboxylic acid component as copolymer components; the olefin component includes propylene (A) and an olefin(s) (B) other than propylene; the mass ratio (A/B) between the propylene (A) and the olefin(s) (B) other than propylene is 60/40 to 95/5; the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid component as the copolymer component is 1 part by mass or more in relation to 100 parts by mass of the total mass of (A) and (B); and the content of the unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer in the dry residue of the aqueous dispersion is 10,000 ppm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Unitika Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruki Ohfuji, Nobuyasu Okumura, Takuma Yano, Kenjin Shiba
  • Patent number: 10072144
    Abstract: Polymer blends comprising (A) at least one polystyrene (co)polymer other than styrene methyl methacrylate copolymer (SMMA), (B) at least one poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and (C) at least one styrene methyl methacrylate copolymer (SMMA) have advantageous properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas W. Cochran
  • Patent number: 10072145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition which comprises at least one copolymer component made of styrene monomers and nitrile monomers, and also at least one graft copolymer based on an acrylate rubber. The invention also relates to thermoplastic moldings produced from the thermoplastic molding composition, and the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Boeckmann, Wolfgang Fischer, Maarten Staal
  • Patent number: 10072146
    Abstract: A composition comprising at least the following components: (A) a first composition comprising the following: i) a first interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin, and a nonconjugated polyene; ii) a second interpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, ethylene, an ?-olefin and a nonconjugated polyene; and wherein the first composition has an MWD less than, or equal to, 3.5, a Mooney Viscosity (ML (1+4 @125° C.)) greater than, or equal to, 80, and an [(ML(1+4 @125° C.))/Mw(conv)]*1000 greater than 0.429 mole/g; (B) a thermoplastic polymer; and (C) a vulcanization agent is provided. A crosslinked composition made by heating one or more of the inventive compositions is also provided. Articles made from one or more of the inventive compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Xiaosong Wu, Jose M. Rego, Kim L. Walton, Brian W. Walther, Michael D. Read
  • Patent number: 10072147
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition makes it possible, when formed into a molded article, to minimize deterioration during contact with sulfur-containing fuel or an acidic detergent. The polyacetal resin composition contains (A) 100 parts by weight of polyacetal resin, (B) 0.1-1.0 parts by weight of hindered phenolic antioxidant, (C) 0.1-2.0 parts by weight of alkaline earth metal oxide, (D) 0.5-3.0 parts by weight of polyalkylene glycol, and (E) 0.01-1.0 parts by weight of polyvalent fatty acid full ester. This polyacetal resin composition minimizes reductions in the weight of a molded article even after the molded article has been immersed in sulfur-containing fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Polyplastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihide Shimoda, Satomi Nakada, Yasumitsu Miyamoto, Hidemi Kondo
  • Patent number: 10072148
    Abstract: The present invention provides a resin composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by weight of epoxy resin; (B) from 10 to 80 parts by weight of benzoxazine resin; (C) from 10 to 50 parts by weight of dicyclopentadiene phenol resin; and (D) from 0.5 to 5 parts by weight of amine hardener; wherein the resin composition is free of diallyl bisphenol A (DABPA).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: ELITE ELECTRONIC MATERIAL (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongtao Wang, Yu-Te Lin, Wenjun Tian, Ziqian Ma, Wenfeng Lv, Ningning Jia
  • Patent number: 10072149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a poly(arylene ether) resin composition, and more specifically, a modified poly(arylene ether) resin composition including a poly(arylene ether) resin, a poly(arylene ether) resin modified with unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, a polyamide resin, a polyolefin resin, and an encapsulating agent, wherein the polyolefin resin is encapsulated by the encapsulating agent with the poly(arylene ether) resin and the poly(arylene ether) resin modified with unsaturated carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof, and a molded article produced therefrom. The disclosed composition has an effect of providing a modified poly(arylene ether) resin composition which has less change in physical properties caused by moisture, and has low specific gravity and superior impact strength, weatherability and balance in physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Jib Park, Sang Ho Lee, Se Yeong Ju, Sung Ho Lee, Sung Tae Ahn