Patents Issued in April 30, 2019
  • Patent number: 10273323
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer comprising (a1) silyl ester group(s) and (a2) quaternary ammonium group(s) and/or quaternary phosphonium group(s), said quaternary ammonium groups and/or quaternary phosphonium groups being neutralised by counter-ions, wherein the counter-ions consist of the conjugate base of an acid having an aliphatic, aromatic, or alkaryl hydrocarbyl group. The invention further relates to a fouling control coating composition comprising said polymer, a method of protecting a man-made structure immersed in water from fouling, and a substrate or structure coated with the fouling control coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Richard Mark Ramsden, Paul Bassarab, Clayton Price
  • Patent number: 10273324
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer comprising an N-vinyl amide monomer and a dual functional monomer. In the case where the dual functional monomer incorporates a glycidyl acrylate, a third polymerizable monomer is also included. The polymer can be varied in charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ISP INVESTMENTS LLC
    Inventors: David K. Hood, Osama M. Musa
  • Patent number: 10273325
    Abstract: Dispersions of polyurea particles are made by reacting polyisocyanate compounds and coreactants that include at least one polyamine while dispersed in a base polyether. The polyisocyanate or the polyamine, or both, has a functionality of at least 2. A highly preferred coreactant is an alkylthio-substituted aromatic diamine such as 3,5-di(methylthio)-2,4-toluene diamine. The dispersions have extremely small particles, which promotes storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Hongwei Shen, Ralph C. Even
  • Patent number: 10273326
    Abstract: What is described is a polymer which is a polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups or a reaction product of said polyurethane polymer with at least one epoxy resin, where the polyurethane polymer having blocked isocyanate groups is an addition product formed from at least one polyisocyanate and at least one polyester polyol, wherein the isocyanate groups of the addition product have been blocked by reaction with at least one aromatic compound having at least one hydroxyl group. Such a polymer is suitable as an impact modifier in epoxy resin compositions, especially when they are used as adhesives or structural foams. The polymer improves the corrosion resistance and vertical expansion of the epoxy resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Karsten Frick, Ulrich Gerber, Jürgen Finter
  • Patent number: 10273327
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods of making a polymer, including exposing a reaction mixture including a strained cyclic unsaturated monomer and an organic initiator to a stimulus to provide an activated organic initiator, whereby the activated organic initiator is effective to polymerize the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer via a 4-membered carbocyclic intermediate to provide a polymer having constitutional units derived from the strained cyclic unsaturated monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Andrew J. Boydston, Kelli Ogawa, Adam E. Goetz, Damian Dunford, Laura Marie Murphy Pascual
  • Patent number: 10273328
    Abstract: The present application is directed to methods for preparation of polymer particles in gel form and carbon materials made therefrom. The carbon materials comprise enhanced electrochemical properties and find utility in any number of electrical devices, for example, as electrode material in ultracapacitors or batteries. The methods herein can also be employed generally to improve emulsion and/or suspension polymerization processes by improved control of diffusion of acidic and basic species between the polymer and secondary phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC, Energ2 Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin E. Kron, Katharine Geramita, Henry R. Costantino, Joseph Frank Ludvik, Xing Dong, Shahid P. Qureshi, Gerald A. Knazek
  • Patent number: 10273329
    Abstract: The organic semiconductor polymers relates to the synthesis of a carbazole-based ladder polymer. The synthesis of the ladder polymer includes forming a precursor conjugated polymer by Suzuki step growth polymerization of 2,7-dibromocarbazole with 1,4-dibromo-2,5-divinylbenzene, followed by end capping with 2-bromostyrene and 2-vinyl-phenylboronic acid. Then, the pendent vinyl groups are closed by ring-closing olefin metathesis to obtain the ladder polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventors: Lei Fang, Jongbok Lee, Mohammed Al-Hashimi
  • Patent number: 10273330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to unsaturated carboxylic acid ester obtained from or through the use of a source material defined below in formula (I): A(0.9-1.2)(B+C)(1.0)??(I) wherein the figures set in parentheses indicate the molar proportion of source material A to the sum of source materials B and C, and wherein the following meanings apply: A: unsaturated dicarboxylic acid, B: a hard diol segment, C: a soft diol segment selected from among compounds having a continuous chain between two hydroxyl groups, which have a length of 5 to 30 atoms, wherein the molar ratio of B:C is between 5:95 and 95:5. Furthermore, it relates to unsaturated polyester resin comprising said unsaturated carboxylic acid ester as defined above and a reactive diluents as well as molded articles, coatings, and surface textiles coated, saturated, laminated, and impregnated from or with a thermoset, which was obtained by hardening said unsaturated polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Reinhard Lorenz, Monika Bauer, Sebastian Steffen
  • Patent number: 10273331
    Abstract: A polyarylate resin is represented by general formula (1) shown below. In general formula (1), R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or a methyl group. r and s each represent an integer of at least 0 and no greater than 49. t and u each represent an integer of at least 1 and no greater than 50. r+s+t+u=100. r+t=s+u. X and Y each represent, independently of one another, a divalent group represented by chemical formula (1-1), chemical formula (1-2), chemical formula (1-3), or chemical formula (1-4). X and Y are different from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Azuma, Kenji Kitaguchi, Kensuke Okawa, Seiki Hasunuma, Tomofumi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10273332
    Abstract: Polyester polyols made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and processes for making them are disclosed. The rPET is heated with a C3-C10 glycol reactant to give a digested intermediate comprising glycols and a terephthalate component, which comprises 45 to 70 wt. % of bis(hydroxyalkyl)terephthalates, and preferably lesser amounts of terephthalate dimers and trimers. Treatment of the digested intermediate with activated carbon gives a polyester polyol having a color index less than 20. The polyols have desirable hydroxyl numbers, viscosities, appearance, and other attributes for formulating polyurethane products and are a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: RESINATE MATERIALS GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Rick Tabor, Eric D. Vrabel, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Shakti L. Mukerjee, Matthew J. Beatty, Adam William Emerson, Matthew T. Brown, Jack Rogers Kovsky, Michael D. Kellerman, Michael Robert Christy
  • Patent number: 10273333
    Abstract: Structures and methods of making biodegradable trehalose co-polymers are disclosed. Specifically, biodegradable trehalose co-polymers consist of the general structure R5—[R1R2C—CR3R4]n-[DG]m—R6, wherein R1-R4 are independently selected from hydrogen or a side chain comprising at least one carbon atom, and wherein at least one of R1-R4 is a side chain comprising -L-trehalose, wherein L is a linker molecule that links trehalose to the monomer through at least one of the trehalose hydroxyl groups (—OH), wherein DG is a biodegradable group, and wherein R5 and R6 are end groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Heather D. Maynard
  • Patent number: 10273334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one compound of the formula (1) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and denote a C1-C10-alkyl, and at least one carrier resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Clariant Plastics & Coatings Ltd
    Inventors: Jürgen Wolf, Karen-Alessa Wartig, Tim Van Den Abbeele, Tim Lünstäden
  • Patent number: 10273335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a curable composition comprising: a) at least one polymer having at least one silicon-containing group of formula —Si(R1)k(Y)3-k as defined herein; b) at least one titanium compound of formula Ti(L)n(NX2)m or Ti(R3)(L)3, where each X is independently a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 20 C atoms, which may optionally contain one or more heteroatoms, in particular nitrogen atoms, or a silicon-containing organic group, or two X together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bound form a heterocyclic ring; each L is independently a hydrolyzable oxygen- or nitrogen-containing organic group, in particular an alkoxy group; R3 is a hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 20 C atoms, which may optionally contain one or more heteroatoms, in particular silicon atoms; and m is 1, 2, 3, or 4 and and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3, where m+n=4; and c) optionally at least one compound which has a hydrolyzable silicon-containing group and a molecular weight in the range of 100 to 1000 g/mol,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Klaus Helpenstein, Johann Klein, Andrea Gutacker, Esteban Mejia, Steve Hillbrandt, Udo Kragl
  • Patent number: 10273336
    Abstract: The disclosure provides three-dimensional cross-linked polymer networks transport channels, arrays comprising the networks, processes for making the networks, and uses of the networks and arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAFEGUARD BIOSYSTEMS HOLDINGS LTD.
    Inventors: Holger Klapproth, Sonja Bednar
  • Patent number: 10273337
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for producing a stretched film comprising stretching an unstretched film that is formed using a hydrogenated dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer at a temperature of 95 to 135° C. and a stretching ratio of 1.2 to 10, followed by heating at a temperature of 150 to 220° C. Since the thus-obtained stretched film has excellent transparency and low coefficient of linear expansion, the stretched film is suitable for not only use in optical applications but also use for electronic materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamada, Shintarou Ikeda
  • Patent number: 10273338
    Abstract: A self-supported ion exchange membrane including a polymerized and crosslinked monomer, where the monomer includes: a least one ionic group, a polymerized group, and a silicate group; and a polymer chemically bonded to crosslinked monomer through the silicate group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BL Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Zhang, John H. Barber, Russell James MacDonald, Yongchang Zheng, Li May Goh, Yan Gao, Yonghong Zhao
  • Patent number: 10273339
    Abstract: Porous networks are described linked by boronates. Also described are processes for producing the porous networks. The porous networks are formed by reacting a polyboronic acid with itself or with a polydiol, a polydiamine, or a polyamino alcohol. The resulting boronate linkage is covalently bonded. The characteristics and properties of the resulting porous material can be varied and altered by changing the reactants and by incorporating functional groups into the reactants. Of particular advantage, the porous materials can be formed at or near atmospheric pressure and at low temperature in the presence of one or more solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: University of South Carolina
    Inventors: John J. Lavigne, R. William Tilford
  • Patent number: 10273340
    Abstract: A porous polybenzimidazole (PBI) particulate resin is disclosed. This resin is easily dissolved at ambient temperatures and pressures. The resin is made by: dissolving a virgin PBI resin in a highly polar solvent; precipitating the dissolved PBI in a bath; and drying the precipitated PBI, the dried precipitated PBI being porous. The porous PBI resin may be dissolved by: mixing a porous PBI resin with a highly polar solvent at ambient temperatures and pressures to form a solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PBI Performances Products, Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Hopkins, Jr., Karin M. Hudson, Gregory S. Copeland, Michael Gruender
  • Patent number: 10273341
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porous material, at least providing a mixture (I) comprising a composition (A) comprising components suitable to form an organic gel and a solvent(B), reacting the components in the composition (A) in the presence of the solvent (B) to form a gel, and drying of the gel obtained in step b), wherein the composition (A) comprises a catalyst (C) selected from the group consisting of alkali metal and earth alkali metal salts of a saturated or unsaturated monocarboxylic acid with 4 to 8 carbon atoms. The invention further relates to the porous materials which can be obtained in this way and the use of the porous materials as thermal insulation material and in vacuum insulation panels, in particular in interior or exterior thermal insulation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Marc Fricke, Dirk Weinrich, Marcel Nobis
  • Patent number: 10273342
    Abstract: The present patent refers to a process for the recycling and recovery of waste, particularly that of plastified and aluminized packaging, cartoned or not, by means of a method and equipment for extracting and separating the main components present in them for the recovery of waste, avoiding environmental pollution, recycling of waste constituents, and recovery of constituents: Plastic, aluminum and paper in their original form, with the steps A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, Q e R, bringing advantages of obtaining reusable grade polymer; obtaining isolated aluminum; to make use of a low cost and low energy consuming solvent; to allow the pulp cellulose to be recycled in the production of paperboard for boxes, to be incorporated as part of a mechanical pulp load or even to be incorporated to the bleaching process; to have lower processing and investment costs and to have a lower cost/benefit ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Juarez Souza De Oliveira
  • Patent number: 10273343
    Abstract: A preparation method of a conductive elastomer includes the following steps: (1) according to the mass percent of 20˜75%, dissolving the metallic salts into deionized water to form an electrolyte solution, wherein said metallic salts is either of magnesium nitrate, sodium nitrate, zinc nitrate, cesium nitrate, calcium nitrate, neodymium nitrate, aluminum nitrate, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, sodium chloride, zinc chloride, cesium chloride, aluminum chloride or their combinations; (2) according to the mass percent of 10˜40%, mixing starches into the electrolyte solution prepared in step (1), then at the temperature of 33˜120° C., stirring to gelatinize the starches, forming a viscous liquid; (3) standing the viscous liquid obtained in step (2) at 25˜90° C. for 10 min to 48 h to obtain the conductive elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiao Lin, Lei Yang, Yanjie Bai, Huilin Yang
  • Patent number: 10273344
    Abstract: An electrophotographic component includes a substrate and an optional cushioning layer disposed on the substrate. The optional cushioning layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of silicones, fluorosilicones and fluoroelastomers. An optional release layer is disposed on the substrate and if present, on the optional cushioning layer. The optional release layer comprises a fluoropolymer. The substrate, the optional cushioning layer, the optional release layer, or any combination thereof, comprise a plurality of fluorinated boron nitride nanosheets. The electrophotographic component comprises at least one layer selected from the optional cushioning layer and the optional release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 10273345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plasticizer composition containing at least one polymer dicarboxylic acid ester, to molding compounds containing a thermoplastic polymer or a elastomer and a plasticizer composition of said type, and to the use of said plasticizer compositions and molding compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Pfeiffer, Boris Breitscheidel, Axel Grimm, Herbert Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 10273346
    Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer composition comprises a thermoplastic polymer and a compatibilizing agent comprising a fulvene moiety or a fulvene-derived moiety. A heterophasic polymer composition comprises a propylene polymer phase, an ethylene polymer phase, and a compatibilizing agent comprising a fulvene moiety or a fulvene-derived moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Joseph J. Peterson, Scott R. Trenor, Suchitra Datta, Adam J. Sobczak
  • Patent number: 10273347
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the reinforcement, repair, and strengthening of materials through the application of innovative, nanoparticle-based compositions to substrate materials, including but not limited to glass and ceramic. In some embodiments, the present invention produces a strengthened laminate. The compositions of this invention accomplish such ends by employing nanoparticles and use other components that work with the nanoparticles to enable advanced multifunctional properties in treated materials. This invention also enhances the initial tack and adhesion properties of materials to polymer coatings, materials to film, materials to other materials, and film to film. At least one embodiment concerns an improved process for making the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: C-Bond Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Enrique V. Barrera, Liehui Ge, Santoshkumar Biradar, Paul H. Brogan, Bruce E. Rich
  • Patent number: 10273348
    Abstract: A glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 66 resin composition with a high tensile strength of 260 MPa or more and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing the composition includes that 27.2 to 49% by weight of a polyamide 66 resin, 0.2 to 2% by weight of a dye mixture, 0.2 to 2% by weight of a compatibilizer, 0.1 to 3% by weight of an antioxidant, 0.1 to 3% by weight of a lubricant and 50 to 70% by weight of a glass fiber chopped strand are mixed in a twin screw extruder, the materials are extruded in the form of a strand by an extrusion die, and cooled to obtain a pellet-type glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 66 resin composition. The glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 66 resin composition is suitable for vehicular engine mounts due to excellent mechanical strength, and for parts requiring physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DTR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Jea Kim, Jong-Young Lee, Sung Min Kim, Jeong Hyeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 10273349
    Abstract: Fibers for fiber-reinforced resin of the present invention are fibers for fiber-reinforced resin to which a sizing agent is adhered. The fibers are at least one selected from carbon fibers and glass fibers, and an ester bond (—COO—) generated by denaturation of the sizing agent is present on surfaces of the fibers. A method for producing the same according to the present invention includes: subjecting fibers to which a sizing agent is adhered to at least one treatment selected from the group consisting of ozone oxidation, ultraviolet irradiation at a wavelength of 400 nm or less, and a plasma treatment. The fibers are at least one selected from carbon fibers and glass fibers. Thus, it is possible to provide carbon fibers having enhanced wettability to a matrix resin and thereby allowing the matrix resin to be impregnated between the fibers easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: KURASHIKI BOSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masamichi Ito, Tadaharu Tanaka, Wataru Horimoto
  • Patent number: 10273350
    Abstract: There are provided a rubber masterbatch which can give a vulcanized rubber having a low hysteresis loss while having a low electrical resistance (low volume electrical resistance value); and a method for producing the rubber masterbatch. The rubber master-batch is a rubber masterbatch including a diene rubber, a carbon nanotube, and a silane coupling agent, and the carbon nanotube shows a weight loss proportion of 10 to 30% by weight in a range from 200 to 600° C. in a thermogravimetry of the carbon nanotube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toyo Tire Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Sagitani
  • Patent number: 10273351
    Abstract: Disclosed are sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures that can be incorporated into treads of vehicle tires, and vehicle tires comprising the disclosed sulfur-crosslinkable rubber mixtures. The rubber mixtures comprise: at least one diene rubber, at least one silica, at least one hydrocarbon resin, and 1 to 40 phr of at least one liquid polybutadiene having terminal organosilicon modification and having a weight-average molecular weight Mw by GPC of 500 to 12 000 g/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Viktoria Pavon Sierra, Norbert Mueller, Catarina Sá, Thorsten Torbruegge, Christoph Vatterott, Anette Stark
  • Patent number: 10273352
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire using as a tread part, a rubber composition containing a high silica-content rubber composition having a difference F-S between an amount of filler F and an amount of a softening agent S of 60 to 90 parts by weight and having a durometer hardness measured at 20° C. of 65 to 76.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: THE YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoya Amino, Yoshihiro Kameda, Kazuto Yamakawa, Akitomo Sato
  • Patent number: 10273353
    Abstract: A system and method for predicting the formulation and processing method and processing parameters for the formation of a biocomposite material is provided. The system and method utilizes the desired properties for the biocomposite material and utilizes these properties m a prediction system to determine the particular formulation, processing method and processing parameters for the formation of a biocomposite material having the desired characteristics. This information is output from the prediction system to a biocomposite material manufacturing system in order to form the biocomposite material and an end product formed therefrom that has the desired characteristics input into the prediction system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: James Henry, Satyanarayan Panigrahi, Radhey Lal Kushwaha
  • Patent number: 10273354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making a thermoplastic composition, comprising the steps of: a) melt mixing a first thermoplastic polymer and a paper product comprising a mixture of cellulose fibers and a second thermoplastic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Maria Soliman, Ronald Julianus Peter Schipper, Leonardus Joore, Ajay Kumar Taraiya
  • Patent number: 10273355
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes: (A) an acrylic graft copolymer; (B) an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide-based copolymer; (C) a light stabilizer; and (D) a UV absorber having a maximum absorption wavelength of about 250 nm to about 320 nm. The thermoplastic resin composition can realize good coloring properties and weather resistance, while providing a high quality external appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Eun Park, Young Hyo Kim, Ja Yoon Kim, Kang Yeol Park
  • Patent number: 10273356
    Abstract: A composition may contain a first polymer, a second polymer, and a block copolymer. The first polymer may be polylactic acid, starch, polybutylene succinate, poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate), or a mixture thereof. The second polymer may be polybutadiene, high impact polystyrene, or a mixture thereof. The block copolymer may be a block copolymer of polylactic acid and polybutadiene. The composition may be prepared by a process that includes contacting the first polymer with the second polymer and the block copolymer. Articles may be prepared from the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY
    Inventor: Thierry Coupin
  • Patent number: 10273357
    Abstract: Polycarbonate blend compositions are disclosed. The compositions include at least one polycarbonate useful for high heat applications. The compositions can include one or more additional polymers. The compositions can include one or more additives. The compositions can be used to prepare articles of manufacture, and in particular, automotive bezels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Sarah E. Grieshaber, Tony Farrell, Rob Boonman, Wilhelmus Johannes Daniel Steendam, Maria del Mar Diez Diaz, Robert Dirk van de Grampel, Natacha Forey, Sjoerd van Nispen
  • Patent number: 10273358
    Abstract: Polycarbonate blends with a combination of high thin wall flame retardance, CTI Class 2 tracking resistance, and good dimensional stability are disclosed. The blends are a combination of a polycarbonate polymer, a polycarbonate-polysiloxane copolymer, a copolymer of bisphenol-A and a phthalimidine, titanium dioxide, and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant. The polycarbonate blends may be used in various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIS B.V.
    Inventors: Karin Irene van de Wetering, Robert van de Grampel
  • Patent number: 10273359
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide resin composition, including: a polyamide (A) containing a diamine unit including 70 mol % or more of a p-xylylenediamine unit and a dicarboxylic acid unit including 70 mol % or more of a linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; and a filler (B), in which the polyamide (A) includes a polyamide having a phosphorus atom concentration of 50 to 1,000 ppm and a YI value of 10 or less in a color difference test in accordance with JIS-K-7105, and a content of the filler (B) is 1 to 200 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Shun Ogawa, Hisayuki Kuwahara, Shinichi Ayuba, Takahiko Sumino, Kentaro Ishii
  • Patent number: 10273360
    Abstract: Provided is a molded component for slide fasteners, which has a good balance between mechanical strength and platability. This molded component for slide fasteners is made of a resin composition that contains 30-50% by mass of a polyamide and 50-70% by mass of reinforcing fibers, with the total of the polyamide and the reinforcing fibers being substantially 100% by mass. In the resin composition, the polyamide has a weight average molecular weight of 30,000-80,000, and 50% by mass or more of the polyamide is composed of an aliphatic polyamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuya Mizumoto, Tatsurou Nara, Takuya Abe
  • Patent number: 10273361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive polyamide/polyphenylene ether resin composition and an automotive molded article manufactured therefrom. The conductive polyamide/polyphenylene ether resin composition comprises: (a) a base resin comprising (a-1) polyphenylene ether and (a-2) polyamide; (b) a modified polyolefin based resin; (c) an impact modifier; (d) a compatibilizer; and (e) a conductive filler, and the conductive polyamide/polyphenylene ether resin composition is formed in a domain phase and a matrix phase, wherein the domain phase comprises (a-1) the polyphenylene ether and (c) the impact modifier and the matrix phase comprises (a-2) the polyamide and (b) the modified polyolefin based resin, (e) the conductive filler being dispersed on the domain phase and the matrix phase and the content of the conductive filler dispersed on the matrix phase being higher than that of the conductive filler dispersed on the domain phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Young Choi, Doo Young Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Won Ko, Chang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 10273362
    Abstract: A poly(phenylene ether) composition comprises, based on the total weight of the poly(phenylene ether), addition polymer, impact modifier, and flame retardant: 40 to 90 weight percent of a poly(phenylene ether); 1 to 20 weight percent of an addition polymer comprising repeat units derived from a glycidyl ester of an ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated acid; 1 to 20 weight percent of an impact modifier other than the addition polymer; and 5 to 20 weight percent of a flame retardant comprising an organophosphate ester. The composition is useful for molding articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Fen Zhang, Mingcheng Guo
  • Patent number: 10273363
    Abstract: A blended wax for lost wax casting comprises a blend of three or more paraffinic or similarly petrochemically derived wax cuts. Preferably each of the three or more wax cuts have a different melting point, the melting point of each wax cut differing from the melting point of another wax cut by between 3 and 6 deg. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: REMET CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Stanley Paraszczak, Randolph Eugene Morss, Grant Bradley
  • Patent number: 10273364
    Abstract: A composition includes a polyrotaxane (A) which includes cyclodextrin as a ring molecule and polyethylene glycol as a linear molecule, and in which a blocking group is arranged at both ends of the linear molecule; a block copolymer (B) including polysiloxane; and a polymer (C) including no polysiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., ADVANCED SOFTMATERIALS INC.
    Inventors: Takanori Nakai, Hiromitsu Takeuchi, Katsunari Inoue
  • Patent number: 10273365
    Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a nanocomposites coating including metal oxide nanocrystals, the nanocomposites further include a mixture of acrylates monomers and oligomers to provide a curable coating that provides high refractive index, high transmittance, and high temperature stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PIXELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Wei Xu, Selina Thomas Monickam, Jin-O Choi, Xia Bai, Linfeng Gou, Zehra Serpil Gonen-Williams, Zhiyun Chen, Gregory D. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10273366
    Abstract: An anticorrosive coating composition is provided which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate and in anticorrosiveness, and which provides a coating film whose surfaces hardly have bubbles remaining thereon even when the coating composition is applied by using a brush or a roller. The anticorrosive coating composition includes an epoxy resin (a), a curing agent (b) and a poly-?-olefin (c) that includes a structural unit derived from an ?-olefin having 6 or more carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Nishiguchi, Tomohisa Sumida, Shingo Wakisaka
  • Patent number: 10273367
    Abstract: Disclosed are biocidal self-healing protective materials, including coatings, stains, sealants, and adhesives. The biocidal protective materials may include a first microcapsule that includes a hydrophobic film-forming agent and a hydrophobic biocidal agent. Upon rupture of the first microcapsule, the hydrophobic film-forming agent may form a polymerized film that includes the hydrophobic biocidal agent. The biocidal protective materials may include a second microcapsule that may include a curing agent. Upon rupture of the first and second microcapsules, the curing agent may cause the hydrophobic film-forming agent to form a polymerized film that includes the hydrophobic biocidal agent. Also disclosed are protective materials that include a polymeric material matrix and the first and/or second microcapsules, as well as methods of increasing the biocidal activity of a protective material and methods of increasing a biocidal activity of a porous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Autonomic Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald O. Wilson, Byron R. Ebbert
  • Patent number: 10273368
    Abstract: This disclosure deals with novel formulations to create highly durable flexible hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, oleophobic and/or superoleophobic surfaces. The formulations of this invention can be applied by dip, spray and painting processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ross Technology LLC
    Inventor: Michael F. Hurley
  • Patent number: 10273369
    Abstract: A heat shield includes a substrate having a surface; and a benzoxazine composite material disposed onto the surface of the substrate, the benzoxazine composite material comprising a benzoxazine compound and a reinforcing fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard W. McKnight, Gray E. Fowler
  • Patent number: 10273370
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition forming an insulating layer, which composition contains a binder, which is based on a compound having electron-deficient carbon multiple bonds and a carbanion-forming compound. By means of the composition according to the invention, the expansion rate of which is relatively high, coatings having the layer thickness required for the particular fire resistance time can be applied easily and quickly, wherein the layer thickness can be reduced to a minimum and nevertheless a great insulating effect can be achieved. The composition according to the invention is suitable especially for fire protection, in particular as a coating of steel components, such as supports, beams and truss members, for increasing the fire resistance time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Lang
  • Patent number: 10273371
    Abstract: A method of forming a passivated pigment slurry includes combining a resin and a pigment to form a pigment-resin slurry, wherein the pigment includes a plurality of flakes each having a surface. After combining, the method includes firstly reacting an orthosilicate and the pigment in the presence of the resin to form a coated pigment-resin slurry. The coated pigment-resin slurry includes the resin and a coated pigment including the plurality of flakes each encapsulated by a first layer formed from the orthosilicate on the surface. The method further includes, concurrent to or after firstly reacting, secondly reacting the coated pigment-resin slurry and an organosilane compound having a hydrolysable group and an organic group to coat the first layer and form the passivated pigment slurry. The passivated pigment slurry includes the resin and a passivated pigment including the plurality of flakes each coated with a second layer disposed on the first.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BASF Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Donald Campbell, Prasad T Ramanna, Rajesh Rathod, Paragkumar Thanki
  • Patent number: 10273372
    Abstract: Herein is described a method of printing an image on a textile. The method comprises electrophotographically printing an image onto a textile substrate using an electrophotographic ink composition, applying a coating composition comprising a polymer and a crosslinking agent to the printed electrophotographic ink, and crosslinking the applied coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.
    Inventors: Dafna Or-Chen, Hannoch Ron, Eyal Joseph