Patents Issued in April 30, 2019
  • Patent number: 10273373
    Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a coloring material, and a copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains a structural unit represented by any one of general formulae (1a), (1b), and (1c) below and a structural unit containing an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a represents an integer of from 6 through 10, and b represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, c represents an integer of 3 or 4, and d represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and e represents an integer of from 2 through 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuusuke Koizuka, Kazukiyo Nagai, Tomoyuki Shimada, Shigeyuki Harada, Koichiro Oyama, Takuya Yamazaki, Akiyoshi Sabu, Yoshiki Yanagawa, Akihiko Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 10273374
    Abstract: The present disclosure is drawn to fluid sets for inkjet imaging and can comprise a white ink and a fixer fluid. The white ink can include an aqueous ink vehicle, from 5 wt % to 50 wt % of a white metal oxide pigment, and from 0.02 wt % to 2 wt % of an anionic low molecular weight polymer. The white metal oxide pigment can have an average particulate size from 100 nm to 2,000 nm, and can be dispersed by a non-ionic or predominantly non-ionic dispersant having an acid number not higher than 100 mg KOH/g based on dry polymer weight. The anionic low molecular weight polymer can have a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 Mw to 50,000 Mw and an acid number higher than 100 mg KOH/g based on dry polymer weight. The fixer fluid can include an aqueous fixer vehicle and from 0.1 wt % to 25 wt % cationic polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Bruinsma, Vladek Kasperchik, Thomas W. Butler
  • Patent number: 10273375
    Abstract: An ink composition includes colorant, co-solvent system, acid (e.g., oleic, linoleic, undecanoic, dodecanoic, and/or tridecanoic acids), lithium, polymer as binder, and water. The co-solvent system is selected from i) from ˜9 to ˜25 wt % of sulfolane with no other co-solvent, ii) hydroxylated co-solvent, from ˜4 to ˜16 wt % of sulfolane, and at least 8 wt % of another non-hy-droxylated co-solvent; iii) hydroxylated co-solvent, from ˜7 to ˜16 wt % of sulfolane, and at least 3 wt % of the other non-hydroxylated co-solvent; and iv) a hydroxylated co-solvent and from ˜9 wt % to ˜16 wt % of sulfolane. When i) or ii) or iv) is used, at least 0.15 wt % acid and at least 200 ppm lithium are included; or when iii) is used, at least 0.25 wt % acid and at least 100 ppm lithium are included; or when iii) is used, at least 0.15 wt % acid and at least 150 ppm lithium are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Vladimir Jakubek, Richard J. McManus, Sundar Vasudevan, Matthew Thornberry
  • Patent number: 10273376
    Abstract: An example of an ink composition includes a pigment, an anionic polymeric dispersant, polyurethane, a co-solvent, a surfactant, tristyrylphenol ethoxylate, and a balance of water. The tristyrylphenol ethoxylate is present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % to about 2 wt % of a total wt % of the ink composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dennis P. Parazak, Gregg A. Lane, Fereshteh Khorrami, Dennis Z. Guo, Benjamin Abelovski
  • Patent number: 10273377
    Abstract: An article having a superhydrophobic or oleophobic ceramic polymer composite surface is formed by the coating of the surface with a fluid comprising a polymer, copolymer, or polymer precursor and a plurality of glass, ceramic, or ceramic-polymer particles. The particles have fluorinated surfaces and at least a portion of the polymer's repeating units that are fluorinated or perfluorinated. The composite can be a cross-linked polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wolfgang M. Sigmund, Shu-Hau Hsu, Ravi Kumar Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 10273378
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition or paint comprising a multistage latex with at least first and second stages, wherein the composition or paint is substantially free of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and capable of film formation even in the absence of coalescent agents. The base paint formulation is capable of being tinted at a point-of-sale (i.e. in-store) using a colorant composition of a type and quantity required to produce a paint of desired color and finish. The paints, show improved block resistance, scrub resistance and tack resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY
    Inventors: Tyler Bell, Robert Sandoval, Mary Jane Hibben, Jay Lee, Jake Lesiak
  • Patent number: 10273379
    Abstract: A multilayer structure disclosed is a multilayer structure including at least one base (X), at least one layer (Y), and at least one layer (Z). The layer (Y) contains an aluminum atom. The layer (Z) contains a polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The polymer (E) is a polymer of at least one monomer including a vinylphosphonic acid compound. The multilayer structure includes at least one pair of the layer (Y) and the layer (Z) that are contiguously stacked. The layer (Z) is formed by applying a coating liquid (V) which is a solution of the polymer (E) having a plurality of phosphorus atoms. The multilayer structure disclosed is excellent in gas barrier properties, and can maintain the gas barrier properties at a high level even when subjected to physical stresses such as deformation and impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Sasaki, Kentaro Yoshida, Mamoru Omoda, Masakazu Nakaya, Hiroyuki Ogi
  • Patent number: 10273380
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel packaging articles, e.g., food and beverage cans. Preferred cans typically comprise a body portion and an end portion, wherein at least one of the body and end portions are aluminum and are coated on at least one major surface with a coating composition of the present invention. Suitable coating compositions of the present invention comprise: one or more polyester resins, wherein at least one of the polyester resins has a glass transition temperature (‘Tg’) less than about 50° C., and wherein the polyester resin is formed by the reaction of one or more polyacid molecules and one or more polyol molecules; and a crosslinker. Preferred compositions are substantially free of mobile BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds, e.g., BADGE, BFDGE and epoxy novalacs (e.g., NOGE) and more preferred compositions are also substantially free of bound BPA and aromatic glycidyl ether compounds. In more preferred embodiments (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventors: Girish G. Parekh, George K. Bartley, III, Greg M. Paulson, Paul E. Fuchs, Daniel E. Rardon, Robert M. O'Brien
  • Patent number: 10273381
    Abstract: A polyester prepared by free radical polymerization of an unsaturated polyester prepolymer, wherein the polymerization occurs primarily by reaction of the unsaturation is disclosed. Coatings comprising the same are also disclosed, as are substrates coated at least in part with such coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Debra L. Singer, Dennis A. Simpson, John M. Dudik, Anthony M. Chasser, Kam Lun Lock, Richard Woods, Nigel Francis Masters
  • Patent number: 10273382
    Abstract: Provided is an antifouling composition including a tetrafunctional silane-based compound (A) having a specified structure, a trifunctional silane-based compound having a specified structure, and at least one metal catalyst (C) selected from the group consisting of a titanium-based catalyst, an aluminum-based catalyst, a tin-based catalyst, and a zinc-based catalyst, the antifouling composition satisfying the following relational expression (1). 1.5?y?2x+1??Expression (1): In the expression, x indicates the carbon number of an alkyl group that is selected for R2 in the formula (b) representing the silane-based compound (B) and indicates a number of 4 to 22; and y indicates a blending amount ratio (A)/(B) in a molar ratio of the silane-based compound (A) to the silane-based compound (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maki Hironaga, Sou Miyata, Yoshitomo Ono, Yutaka Nanashima, Takashi Sugino
  • Patent number: 10273383
    Abstract: To perform polishing while reducing an LPD and preventing contamination with metals, particularly nickel and copper, in final polishing of a silicon wafer. A polishing composition contains abrasives, a water-soluble polymer, a basic compound, a chelating agent, and water, in which, when the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 10% from a smaller particle diameter side is defined as D10, the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 50% from the smaller particle diameter side is defined as D50, and the particle diameter equivalent to a particle diameter at a cumulative volume of 90% from the smaller particle diameter side is defined as D90 in a particle size distribution of particles present in the polishing composition, a value of a coarse particle frequency parameter A defined by (Expression 1) illustrated below is less than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIMI INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kohsuke Tsuchiya, Satoshi Momota
  • Patent number: 10273384
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive tape composition and an adhesive tape prepared from same. Based on the total weight of the adhesive tape composition, the adhesive tape composition comprises: 25-75 wt. % of an acrylate monomer; 20-70 wt. % of an epoxy resin; 0.001-3 wt. % of a free radical photoinitiator; 0-10 wt. % of a fumed silica; and 0.02-5 wt. % of a cationic thermal initiator. According to the present invention, an adhesive tape having a room temperature retention time as long as 6 months that can be cured at low temperature such as 80 degree C. can be produced from the adhesive tape composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Qing Wu
  • Patent number: 10273385
    Abstract: A system for dispensing and curing activation of an adhesive agent includes: a housing defining a sealed chamber; a dispenser arranged to dispense the adhesive agent within the chamber; and a curing device arranged to cure the adhesive agent within the chamber. A method of binding a first item to a second item includes: loading the first item and the second item into a sealed chamber defined by a housing; dispensing an adhesive agent through a dispenser in the chamber at a location where the first item contacts the second item; and directing a curing source to cure the adhesive agent with a curing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Larry J. Costa
  • Patent number: 10273386
    Abstract: Provided are a thermosetting adhesive sheet and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of reducing semiconductor wafer warping and chipping. The thermosetting adhesive sheet includes a thermosetting adhesive layer containing a resin component and a filler, the resin component containing a (meth)acrylate and a polymerization initiator, the (meth)acrylate containing a solid (meth)acrylate and a trifunctional or higher functional (meth)acrylate, content of the solid (meth)acrylate in the resin component being 55 wt % or more; a total value obtained by multiplying the number of functional groups per unit molecular weight of the (meth)acrylate by content of the (meth)acrylate in the resin component being 2.7E-03 or more, and blending amount of the filler being 80 to 220 pts. mass with respect to 100 pts. mass of the resin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daichi Mori, Tomoyuki Ishimatsu
  • Patent number: 10273387
    Abstract: Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet having a resin layer on a substrate or a release material, at least a surface (?) of the resin layer being opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided has pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein one or more concave portions exist on the surface (?), and a standard deviation (?) based on a mean brightness value of the surface (?) is 10.0 or more. When attached to an adherend, the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet can readily remove air accumulation to be formed and therefore exhibits excellent air escape property, and has good pressure sensitive adhesion characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Saito, Wataru Miyazaki, Kiichiro Kato, Kazue Uemura, Yumiko Amino, Yasunari Takanashi
  • Patent number: 10273388
    Abstract: An improved composite wood adhesive extender, a method of producing such extender, and an adhesive mixture including this extender are provided, wherein the extender has performance satisfactory to the manufacturing needs of composite and plywood products, while also extending the adhesive at a reasonable cost. The adhesive mixture may have a primary and secondary extender. The primary extender is composed of a wood-based product. The secondary extender may be an amylaceous material comprising 100% uncooked flour or starch, or an amylaceous material comprising 100% uncooked flour or starch blended with a high fiber by-product. Alternatively, the secondary extender may be pre-gelatinized flour or starch and a mixture of pre-gelatinized flour or starch with flour comprising an advantageous quantity of raw starch. The secondary extender may substitute for about 25-40% of the primary extender on about a 1:1 ratio basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PLY-BOND CHEMICALS & MILL SUPPLIES, INC.
    Inventor: Donald N. Tillman
  • Patent number: 10273389
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition comprising (A) an epoxy compound, (B) an epoxy resin, and (C) a photocationic polymerization initiator. Preferably, this resin composition has a moisture content of 1000 ppm or less and a chlorine content of 1000 ppm or less. This resin composition is an energy beam-curable resin composition having accurate coating properties, excellent adhesiveness, low moisture permeability, excellent adhesive durability, and excellent storage stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Takako Hoshino, Yoshitsugu Goto, Kimihiko Yoda
  • Patent number: 10273390
    Abstract: The invention provides an adhesion promoter composition comprising at least one polymer A selected from at least one epoxy resin-phenol resin precondensate, a mixture of at least one epoxy resin-phenol resin precondensate and epoxy resins, a mixture of epoxy resins and phenol resins, polyamide resins and mixtures thereof, and at least one copolyamide-based hotmelt adhesive. Additionally described is a primer composition comprising at least one polymer B selected from saturated polyester resins, epoxy-phenol resin precondensates, mixtures of epoxy resins and phenol resins, and mixtures thereof, at least one crosslinker resin selected from the group consisting of melamine resins, blocked isocyanate resins and mixtures thereof, at least one catalyst, and at least one copolyamide-based hotmelt adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Evonik Degussa GmbH, SI-Coatings GmbH
    Inventors: Willi Henkenjohann, Karl Kuhmann, Maximilian Gruhn, Andreas Pawlik, Martin Risthaus, Klaus Welsch, Sven Mang
  • Patent number: 10273391
    Abstract: Thiol-terminated polythioether compositions and sealants exhibit an extended working time and rapidly cure at room temperature at the end of the working time are disclosed. The compositions comprise a combination of pyridine catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: PRC-DeSoto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Weibin Cui, Renhe Lin
  • Patent number: 10273392
    Abstract: A sealant composition for roofing shingles that includes a base asphalt, a linear and/or a radial copolymer, oil, and a wax is provided. The linear copolymer has an A-B di-block or an A-B-A tri-block structure. The radial copolymer may have an (A-B)n radial structure, where n is at least 4, or a tri-block (A-B-A) radial structure having from 4 to 8 arms. Blocks A and B may individually represent (1) styrene and butadiene or (2) styrene and isoprene. The oil is a petroleum-based oil that both “softens” the asphalt and reduces the viscosity of the sealant composition. The wax may be a bis-stearamide wax. Additionally, the sealant composition may be reacted with elemental sulfur to crosslink the copolymer blend. The sealant composition seals at temperatures lower than conventional sealants and promotes the easy release of the shingle from a shingle bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Loftus, Donn R. Vermilion, Jason D. Guerra
  • Patent number: 10273393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing an alkoxylene derivative and an application thereof. A mixture is firstly subjected to a first reaction for obtaining a first intermediate. The mixture includes an alkyl alcohol compound and a glycidyl ether compound. A second reaction is performed to the first intermediate and an epoxyalkyl compound, thereby obtaining the alkoxylene derivative. The alkoxylene derivative can effectively improve antistatic property and anti-fogging property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SINO-JAPAN CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Che Chuang, Ya-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 10273394
    Abstract: A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the invention comprises a refrigerant comprising difluoromethane and an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon wherein a mass of the difluoromethane/the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon is 95/5 to 10/90, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one base oil selected from among polyol esters with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8 and polyvinyl ethers with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Okido, Masanori Saito, Kuniko Adegawa
  • Patent number: 10273395
    Abstract: A heat discharging sheet using graphene and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The heat discharging sheet includes a heat discharging layer having a first surface and a second surface, the heat discharging layer including graphene and metal particles, an adhesive layer disposed on a first surface of the heat discharging layer, and a protective layer disposed on a second surface of the heat discharging layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongwook Lee, Nami Byun, Sungguk Lee
  • Patent number: 10273396
    Abstract: Methods of using a clay stabilizing agent to inhibit swelling and/or migration of clay subterranean materials upon exposure to water, wherein the clay stabilizing agent is selected from quaternary ammonium salts according to Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, Formula V, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Chang Min Jung, Lingjuan Shen, Jian Zhou, Qi Qu
  • Patent number: 10273397
    Abstract: Crosslinked polymer additives that may be used as thinners and/or deflocculants in subterranean treatment fluids are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, a viscosifying agent, and a crosslinked synthetic polymer that comprises a copolymer of at least a first monomer comprising 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid or any salt thereof, and a second monomer comprising an N-vinyl amide, and at least one crosslinking agent, wherein the average molecular weight of the crosslinked synthetic polymer is less than about 3,000,000 grams per mole; and introducing the treatment fluid into at least a portion of a well bore penetrating at least a portion of a subterranean formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Weibin Zha, Hui Zhou
  • Patent number: 10273398
    Abstract: A wellbore fluid including a peroxide degradable polymer and an encapsulated peroxide source. The peroxide degradable polymer may be a polysaccharide. The peroxide source may include an inorganic peroxide, including zinc and alkaline earth metal peroxides, such as magnesium peroxide. The encapsulating material may be a polymer, including a metal crosslinked acrylic polymer. The release of peroxide, from peroxide sources generally, can be controlled by means of pH such that peroxide source can be activated, and peroxide released, by a change in pH. In a wellbore, this pH change can be effected by using produced fluids to lower the pH of a more basic wellbore fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Chun Liu, Carol E. Mohler, Theodore Tysak, Paul Mercando, Kacee B. Ender, Disha Jain
  • Patent number: 10273399
    Abstract: A composition including a coated nanoparticle including a nanoparticle and a cross-linked carbohydrate-based coating and an ion selected from the group consisting of Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Be2?, Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, and mixtures thereof; methods of making and using the composition; and systems including the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Jason R. Cox, Hooisweng Ow, Shannon L. Eichmann, Howard K. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10273400
    Abstract: Insulating packer fluids containing colloidal silica inorganic additives may be used in methods that reduce convective currents in a packer fluid. In other aspects, packer fluids containing colloidal silica inorganic additives may be used in methods of insulating production wells and methods for stimulating production of hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: M-I L.L.C.
    Inventors: Changping Sui, Balakrishnan Panamarathupalayam, Hui Joyce Zhang, William E. Foxenberg
  • Patent number: 10273401
    Abstract: A hydraulic fracturing process comprises combining an aqueous carrier with a superabsorbent polymer and a plurality of proppant particles to form a fracturing fluid; and disposing the fracturing fluid in a downhole environment. When the aqueous carrier has a total dissolved solid content of equal to or less than 400 parts per million and a hardness of less than 100 parts per million as calcium carbonate, the superabsorbent polymer comprises particles having a size of about 145 microns to about 600 microns. When the aqueous carrier has a total dissolved solid content of greater than 400 parts per million to less than 8,000 parts per million and a hardness of greater than 100 parts per million to less than 2,500 parts per million as calcium carbonate, the superabsorbent polymer comprises particles having a size of about 145 microns to about 300 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPNAY, LLC
    Inventors: Hong Sun, Paul S. Carman, Alyssa Michelle Volk, Johnny Chapman
  • Patent number: 10273402
    Abstract: Compositions relating to three-dimensional (3D) printing. In particular, a photochromatic composition for use in 3D printing comprising a photochrome core with polymeric resin shell disposed thereon and a polymeric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jin Wu
  • Patent number: 10273403
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition that includes a particle and a surface species, where the particle has a characteristic length between greater than zero nm and 100 nm inclusively, and the surface species is associated with a surface of the particle such that the particle maintains a crystalline form when the composition is at a temperature between ?180° C. and 150° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, University of Washington, Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
    Inventors: Joseph Matthew Luther, Abhishek Swarnkar, Ashley Rae Marshall, Erin Mariko Sanehira
  • Patent number: 10273404
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode and a cathode and at least one electroluminescent layer arranged between the anode and cathode which comprises at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II). The invention furthermore relates to the production of an organic electroluminescent device by means of a sublimation process and/or by application from solution and to a mixture comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) and at least one compound of the formula (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Arne Buesing, Holger Heil, Christof Pflumm, Joachim Kaiser
  • Patent number: 10273405
    Abstract: Colloidal perovskite nanoplatelets can provide a material platform, with tunability extending from the deep UV, across the visible, into the near-IR. The high degree of spectral tunability can be achieved through variation of the cation, metal, and halide composition as well as nanoplatelet thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mark Clayton Weidman, Michael Seitz, William Alfred Tisdale
  • Patent number: 10273406
    Abstract: This invention relates to a thermoluminescent phosphor for the measurement of low radiation doses, including calcium sulphate (CaSO4), Dysprosium (Dy) and manganese (Mn), wherein Dy and Mn are present as dopants. A process for the preparation of a thermoluminescent phosphor is also provided. The process includes the steps of: separately dissolving calcium sulphate (CaSO4), Dysprosium chloride (DyCh) and Manganese chloride (MnC) in hot concentrated sulphuric acid, to obtain sulphuric acid solutions of CaSO4, DyCb and MnCb; mixing the solutions; and followed by slow evaporation of the solvent to obtain a powder of microcrystalline phosphor of CaSO4:Dy, Mn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Council of Medical Research
    Inventors: Pratik Kumar, Satya Pal Lochab, Dinakar Kanjilal, Shaila Bahl
  • Patent number: 10273407
    Abstract: Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: INTELLIGENT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS, INC., THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
    Inventors: Joshua E. Collins, Howard Y. Bell, Xingchen Ye, Christopher Bruce Murray
  • Patent number: 10273408
    Abstract: A wavelength conversion member is provided. The wavelength conversion member includes: a wavelength conversion layer including at least one kind of quantum dots that are excited by excitation light to emit fluorescence and an antioxidant; at least one interposing layer that is formed to be adjacent to the wavelength conversion layer; and a barrier layer that is formed on at least one surface of the wavelength conversion layer, in which at least one layer of the interposing layers is an antioxidant-containing interposing layer including the antioxidant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Ryo Satake, Tatsuya Oba, Hideaki Ito, Hiroyuki Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 10273409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media (LC media) having negative or positive dielectric anisotropy comprising self-aligning mesogens (SAMs) which effect homeotropic (vertical) alignment of the LC media at a surface or the cell walls of a liquid-crystal display (LC display). The invention therefore also encompasses LC displays having homeotropic alignment of the liquid-crystalline medium (LC medium) without conventional imide alignment layers. The LC media may be supplemented by a polymerizable or polymerized component, which serves for stabilization of the alignment, for adjustment of the tilt angle and/or as passivation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: MERCK PATENT GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRANKTER HAFTUNG
    Inventors: Archetti Graziano, Andreas Taugerbeck
  • Patent number: 10273410
    Abstract: Shown is a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, a small viscosity, a suitable optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy, or has a suitable balance regarding at least two of the characteristics, and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having negative dielectric anisotropy as a third component, a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a fourth component or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: JNC CORPORATION, JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayuki Saito
  • Patent number: 10273411
    Abstract: A compact, transportable batch-process supertorrefaction system includes at least one supertorrefying unit, a liquid tank containing molten salt, and a wash tank including a plurality of basins containing water having different temperatures and different salinity. The liquid tank and the wash tank sequentially supply the molten salt and the water to a receiving space of the at least one supertorrefying unit to supertorrefy the biomass into charcoal and to rinse and cool the charcoal, respectively. The plurality of basins of the wash tank sequentially supply water having different temperatures and salinity to the same receiving space to gradually rinse and cool the charcoal. The biomass is not moved in the at least one supertorrfeying unit during biomass supertorrefaction. The charcoal is not moved during charcoal cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Frank H. Shu, Fen-Tair Luo, Michael J. Cai
  • Patent number: 10273412
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a method for carbonization of crop straws and a device thereof. Pyrolysis process is controlled by regulating the feeding of oxygen during said pyrolysis process, and pyrolysis and carbonization are respectively conducted in separate pyrolysis and carbonization pools, wherein the straws are pyrolyzed in said pyrolysis pool and entered into said carbonization pool to be carbonized. The present invention can quickly raise the temperature of the pyrolysis process, shorten the time of the pyrolysis process, and improve the pyrolysis carbonization efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: SHANXI SUPPLY AND MARKETING COOPERATIVE
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Wang, Jingyong Jing, Shuqin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10273413
    Abstract: Solvent consumption in supercritical ethanol, propanol or butanol treatment of either refined pre-extracted lignin or comparatively impure lignin-rich solid residual from hydrothermally pretreated lignocellulosic biomass can be minimized by conducting the reaction at very high loading of lignin to solvent. Comparatively impure, crude lignin-rich solid residual can be directly converted by supercritical alcohol treatment to significantly diesel-soluble lignin oil without requirement for pre-extraction or pre-solubilization of lignin or for added reaction promoters such as catalysts, hydrogen donor co-solvents, acids, based or H2 gas. O:C ratio of product oil can readily be obtained using crude lignin residual in such a process at levels 0.20 or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
    Inventors: Joachim Bachmann Nielsen, Anders Jensen, Anker Degn Jensen
  • Patent number: 10273414
    Abstract: A method for converting renewable energy source electricity and a hydrocarbon feedstock into a liquid fuel by providing a source of renewable electrical energy in communication with a synthesis gas generation unit and an air separation unit. Oxygen from the air separation unit and a hydrocarbon feedstock is provided to the synthesis gas generation unit, thereby causing partial oxidation reactions in the synthesis gas generation unit in a process that converts the hydrocarbon feedstock into synthesis gas. The synthesis gas is then converted into a liquid fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: InEnTec, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Cohn, Jeffrey E. Surma, Leslie Bromberg
  • Patent number: 10273415
    Abstract: A bio-reforming reactor receives biomass to generate chemical grade syngas for a coupled downstream train of a low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch reactor train that uses this syngas derived from the biomass in the bio-reforming reactor. A renewable carbon content of the produced gasoline, jet fuel, and/or diesel derived from the coupled downstream train the low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch reactor train are optimized for recovery of renewable carbon content to produce fuel products with 100% biogenic carbon content and/or fuel products with 50-100% biogenic carbon content. The low-temperature Fischer-Tropsch reactor train produces syncrude, transportation fuels such as bio-gasoline or bio-diesel, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas S. Jack, Renus C. Kelfkens, Steve C. Lythgoe, Wayne W. Simmons
  • Patent number: 10273416
    Abstract: Methods are provided for enhancing oxidative molecular weight reduction in a hydrocarbon-containing material. For example, some methods include (a) providing a first hydrocarbon-containing material comprising a first hydrocarbon, said first hydrocarbon-containing material having been exposed to irradiation from a beam of particles, the beam of particles imparting one or more functional groups to said first hydrocarbon containing material; and (b) oxidizing the first hydrocarbon-containing material with one or more oxidants in the presence of one or more compounds comprising one or more naturally-occurring, non-radioactive group 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 or 11 elements, the one or more elements participating in a Fenton-type reaction while oxidizing, to produce a second hydrocarbon-containing material comprising a second hydrocarbon, the second hydrocarbon having a molecular weight lower than that of the first hydrocarbon, the functional groups enhancing the effectiveness of the oxidizing reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: XYLECO, INC.
    Inventors: Marshall Medoff, Thomas Craig Masterman
  • Patent number: 10273417
    Abstract: An apparatus which is an integral hardware consisting of an annular downer reactor and a concentric upflow riser regenerator for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feed to is disclosed. The annular downer reactor terminates in annular stripper which is also concentric with the regenerator. The regenerator, reactor and stripper are in fluid connection with each other. The apparatus is highly compact and provides efficient contact between circulating catalyst and hydrocarbon feed. The proposed hardware includes a novel radial distributor for providing improved control and radial distribution of catalyst inside the downflow reactor. The radial distributor has equal numbers of stationary and movable parts placed one after another to cover the entire annular opening at the bottom of the regenerated catalyst vessel. The radial distributor is concentric with regenerator and located between the catalyst holding vessel and the reactor. A process for catalytic cracking using the invented apparatus is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Mukthiyar Sadhullah, Satheesh Vetterkunnel Kumaran, Debasis Bhattacharyya, Gadari Saidulu, Somnath Kukade, Brijesh Kumar, Santanam Rajagopal
  • Patent number: 10273418
    Abstract: The invention relates to removing salt from crude oil via two steps of adding water with harsh mixing of the added water with the crude oil and gravity separating the salty water between steps where the process additionally includes a step of injecting steam into the crude oil after the first of the two water adding and harsh mixing desalting steps, but upstream of the gravity separation of the first step. The steam separates salt by transferring the salt into the condensed water from the steam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Keith H. Lawson, Derek H. Willman
  • Patent number: 10273419
    Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for producing naphthenic process oils that have a high content of naphthenic carbon atoms of 20-60 wt % and a low content of polycyclic aromatics of less than 3 wt %, determined in accordance with IP 346, by the hydrogenation of a process oil educt that has a high content of polycyclic aromatics. The method in accordance with the invention enables secondary extracts, such as are formed in the production of label-free process oils, even in a mixture with primary extracts, to be utilized in an economically meaningful way. The resulting process oils are likewise label-free, so that the use of PCA-containing process oils can be reduced and less of these substances will get into the environment. Through this the environment and in particular health are less stressed. In addition, the starting substances in this way can lead to a different use and no longer have to be added to heating oil. By avoiding heating oil, CO2 emissions are also reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Klaus Dahleke KG
    Inventor: Nils Hansen
  • Patent number: 10273420
    Abstract: Processes for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon stream in which a separation zone and a stripping zone is disposed between two hydrotreating reactors. The stripping zone may comprise a portion of the second hydrotreating reactor. The separation zone may comprise two separator vessels. A separator vessel may include the scrubbing zone to receive a scrubbing fluid, for example, steam, hydrogen, or heated effluent, and remove H2S and NH3. A divided wall separator may be used. Vapor from the separator vessels can be recycled in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Soumendra Mohan Banerjee, Peter Kokayeff, David A. Lindsay
  • Patent number: 10273421
    Abstract: Described herein are modified fuels with improved properties. The modified fuels are more efficient when compared to conventional fuels such as gasoline. Additionally, the modified fuels burn more efficiently and produce fewer emissions. Finally, the modified fuels also do not require any modifications to existing engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Spirit of the 21st Century Group, LLC
    Inventors: David Henry Goss, Thomas Oscar Goss, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10273422
    Abstract: A bio-reforming reactor receives biomass to generate chemical grade syngas for a coupled downstream train of any of 1) a methanol-synthesis-reactor train, 2) a methanol-to-gasoline reactor train, and 3) a high-temperature Fischer-Tropsch reactor train, that use this syngas derived from the biomass in the bio-reforming reactor. A renewable carbon content of the produced gasoline, jet fuel, and/or diesel derived from the coupled downstream trains of any of 1) the methanol-synthesis-reactor train, 2) the methanol-to-gasoline reactor train, or 3) the high-temperature Fischer-Tropsch reactor train are optimized for recovery of renewable carbon content to produce fuel products with 100% biogenic carbon content and/or fuel products with 50-100% biogenic carbon content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sundrop Fuels, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas S. Jack, Renus C. Kelfkens, Steve C. Lythgoe, Wayne W. Simmons