Patents Issued in May 7, 2019
  • Patent number: 10280254
    Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such polyesters. In some embodiments, the polyesters are formed from monomers derived from natural oils. In some embodiments, the polyesters are highly branched polymers, such as highly branched polymers that have low viscosity at higher molecular weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley M. Nelson, Keren Zhang, Timothy E. Long, Paul A. Bertin
  • Patent number: 10280255
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure is a bioderived polymer that includes a first repeat unit that includes where n is an integer between 1 and 1000, and R1 is a first hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Gregg Tyler Beckham, Derek R. Vardon, Nicholas Rorrer, John R. Dorgan
  • Patent number: 10280256
    Abstract: Polyester compositions are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such polyesters. In some embodiments, the polyesters are formed from monomers derived from natural oils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashley M. Nelson, Keren Zhang, Timothy E. Long, Paul A. Bertin
  • Patent number: 10280257
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for producing poly(trimethylene terephthalate). According to the process of the present invention, it is possible to continuously produce poly(trimethylene terephthalate) containing low levels of toxic by-products such as acrolein and ally alcohol without additional additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SK Chemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Me Moon, Tae-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10280258
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing an oxymethylene copolymer which involves polymerizing trioxane and a comonomer cationically at a polymerization temperature of 135° C. to 300° C. in the presence of a protic acid salt having the molecular weight of 1000 or less, and at least one polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of protic acids, protic acid anhydrides, and protic acid ester compounds having the molecular weight of 1000 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daigo Nakaya, Toru Takahashi, Satoshi Mochida
  • Patent number: 10280259
    Abstract: The present invention provides an alkynyl multi-arm polyethylene glycol derivative having a structure of a general formula I or general formula X VIII. In the derivative, X1, X2, X3 and X4 are linking groups, F1, F2, F3 and F4 are end groups, the end groups may be the same or may also be different, and are selected from: hydroxy, carboxyl, ester group, amino, alkynyl or the like, at least one of the end groups is alkynyl, and PEG is the same or different —(CH2CH2O)m—, wherein m is an integer ranging from 3 to 250, and l is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The multi-arm polyethylene glycol derivatives have stronger application flexibility, and have good application prospect in aspects such as organic synthesis, medicine synthesis and medical instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: JENKEM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meina Lin, Xiaomeng Chen
  • Patent number: 10280260
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin, its preparation method, a method for preparing the prepolymer of the phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide, a resin composition and an article thereof, wherein the phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin has a chemical structure represented by the following formula (I): wherein R? is R? is R?? is hydrogen, Through the use of the above phosphorus-containing polyphenylene oxide resin, an article made from the resin composition can has good flame retardance, good thermal resistance and a lower percent of thermal expansion while dielectric properties can be maintained, such that the present invention is suitable for use in products such as copper clad laminate and printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Yu Hsieh, Tse-An Lee, Hui-Ting Shih
  • Patent number: 10280261
    Abstract: In one or more embodiments, the present invention provides iodine-functionalized phenylalanine-based poly(ester urea)s (PEUs) (and related methods for their synthesis and use) that are metal free, degradable, radiopaque and suitable for use in surgical implants and other medical devices used within a patient. In one or more embodiment of the present invention 4-Iodo-L-phenylalanine and L-phenylalanine are separately reacted with 1,6-hexanediol to produce two monomers, bis-4-I-L-phenylalanine-1,6-hexanediol-diester (1-IPHE-6 monomer) and bis-L-phenylalanine-1,6-hexanediol-diester (1-PHE-6 monomer). It has been found that by varying the feed ratio of the 1-IPHE-6 and 1-PHE-6 monomers, the copolymer composition may be modulated to predictably create phenylalanine-based PEUs having a wide variation in thermal, mechanical and radiopacity properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Matthew L. Becker, Shan Li
  • Patent number: 10280262
    Abstract: Methods of metal-catalysed polymerisation are described using a metal catalyst of formula (III): wherein R3 in each occurrence is independently selected from C1-10 alkyl and aryl that may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; y is 0 or 2; and Z?is an anion. Methods described include Buchwald-type and Suzuki-type polymerisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Cambridge Display Technology Limited, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited
    Inventors: Florence Bourcet, Kiran Kamtekar, Ruth Pegington, James Morey
  • Patent number: 10280263
    Abstract: The present the invention is directed to a process and the new materials that are biodegradable for medical use, particularly for drug delivery, therapeutic devices and gene therapy/delivery. The invention illustrates a method of producing a degradable material using polymers made from thiol compounds and alkene/alkyene compounds, wherein one of these compounds contains one or more anhydride groups; and using a thiol-ene step-growth polymerization process, initiated by a free radical initiator. The polymerization process is initiated through photochemical, redox or thermal means, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Devon A. Shipp
  • Patent number: 10280264
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing fine polyarylene sulfide (PAS) powder, in which impurities such as alkali metal salts and/or PAS oligomers are reduced while the wettability of the fine PAS powder in a fine PAS powder-containing solid is retained after solid-liquid separation of a separation liquid obtained by subjecting a dispersion liquid containing granular PAS to separation into granular PAS and a separation liquid; and a fine PAS powder. The method for manufacturing a fine PAS powder of the present invention includes: (a) separating granular PAS and a separation liquid from a dispersion liquid containing granular PAS, by solid-liquid separation using at least one screen that has an opening diameter of 75 to 180 ?m; (b) performing solid-liquid separation of the separation liquid to obtain a fine PAS powder-containing solid; (c) heating the fine PAS powder-containing solid to reduce an amount of an organic solvent to obtain a wet cake; and (d) washing the wet cake using an aqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: KUREHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Konno, Hiroyuki Sato
  • Patent number: 10280265
    Abstract: A method can selectively prepare a compound of formula (IV), where each R1 and each R2 are independently selected from an alkyl group, an aryl group, a halogenated alkyl group, or a halogenated aryl group of 6 to 10 carbon atoms each R3 is an alkane-diyl group, and each R4 is hydrogen or an alkyl group. The method involves hydrosilylation of an organohydrogensiloxane oligomer with a carboxylic acid alkenyl ester using an iridium complex catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Eldred, Matthew Jeletic, Ryan Christopher Thomas
  • Patent number: 10280266
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of manufacturing a curable petroleum resin and a curable petroleum resin obtained therefrom. The method includes (a) a process of thermally polymerizing a composition for polymerization which includes silanes and monomers, including cyclic olefins having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group selected from among C5 fractions, C9 fractions, and dicyclopentadiene of naphtha cracking, thereby enabling petroleum resins, which are thermoplastic resins, to be applied as reactive adhesives, and ultimately being capable of providing eco-friendly reactive adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jung Soon Son, Myung Jong Kim, Won Seok Gong, Jun Hyo Park
  • Patent number: 10280267
    Abstract: Polyallylamine derivatives including 10 to 450 structural units represented by Formula (1): are useful for preparing dispersants, treated particles, particle-containing compositions, pigment-containing compositions, paints, ink compositions, liquid developers, and anti-blocking agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Yuji Koshima, Naoya Sato
  • Patent number: 10280268
    Abstract: A method for preparing a masterbatch of synthetic elastomer and of carbon-based filler, which comprises the following steps: preparing an aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler having a zeta potential with the opposite sign to that of an anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex, the difference between the potentials of the anionic or cationic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler being such that the absolute value thereof is greater than or equal to 20 mV, bringing together, and mixing, the anionic or cationic synthetic elastomer latex and the aqueous dispersion of carbon-based filler to obtain a coagulum, recovering the coagulum, and drying the recovered coagulum in order to obtain the masterbatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: François Lallet, Marie Eloy
  • Patent number: 10280269
    Abstract: In an example, a process includes polymerizing a mixture that includes an ethylene monomer, a propylene monomer, and a diene monomer to form an ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) terpolymer using ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). The process further includes chemically reacting the EPDM terpolymer with a norbornene-based phosphinate cross-linking material to form a flame-retardant, cross-linked EPDM rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10280270
    Abstract: Described is a silane functionalized polyolefin and a method of forming the composition, the composition comprising compounds having the following structure: wherein R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1 to C10 linear alkyls, C6 to C14 aryls, C7 to C20 alkylaryls, and substituted versions thereof; n has a value within the range from 20 to 2000; m has a value within the range from 1 to 10 or 20; R is selected from hydrogen or C1 to C10 alkyls; and fa and fb are residual functional moieties selected from carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorous, silicon, and boron, where any remaining valences are bound to a group selected from hydrogen, C1 to C10 linear alkyls, C6 to C14 aryls, C7 to C20 alkylaryls, and substituted versions thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Andy H. Tsou, Yong Yang, Hillary L. Bradshaw, George Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 10280271
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid (meth)acrylic syrup for impregnating a fibrous substrate. The invention especially relates to a viscous liquid syrup mainly containing methacrylic or acrylic components. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a syrup. The invention relates further to a method for impregnating a fibrous substrate or long fibers with said viscous liquid syrup. The invention also relates to a fibrous substrate pre impregnated with said syrup, which is useful for the production of mechanical or structured parts or products. The invention also relates to a production method for producing mechanical or structured parts or items and to three-dimensional mechanical or structured parts produced by said method. The invention allows significant reduction of the exothermic peak during the polymerization of the syrup, reduction of the residual monomer content at the end of the polymerization, and production of parts in a composite material without defects or with few defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventor: Pierre Gerard
  • Patent number: 10280272
    Abstract: A laminate having excellent abrasion resistance to physical stimuli such as dust. The laminate comprises a base layer, a hard coat layer and a top coat layer comprising flaky metal oxide fine particles all of which are formed in this order. The flaky metal oxide fine particles are hardened by at least one method selected from the group consisting of ionizing material exposure, ionizing radiation exposure, infrared exposure, microwave exposure and high-temperature vapor exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ekinaka, Takehiro Suga, Toshio Kita, Ryo Niimi, Yuta Toyoshima, Tetsuya Shichi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Makoto Yamashita, Sohei Okazaki, Yuji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10280273
    Abstract: Provided is a gas barrier laminate film capable of realizing excellent gas barrier property, water resistance, and adhesiveness, having a plastic substrate (A), a silicon oxide layer (B) formed on at least one surface of the plastic substrate (A), and a coat layer (C) formed by applying a coating solution onto a surface of the silicon oxide layer (B), wherein the coating solution comprises a mixture of a polyurethane-based resin (c1) and a silane coupling agent (c2) and contains a reaction product of (c1) with (c2) as a main component; and a number-average molecular weight of the reaction product is in the range of 100,000 to 1,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Ozeki, Tetsunori Takano, Chiharu Okawara
  • Patent number: 10280274
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic elastomer, which can cost-effectively provide a variety of functions, such as remarkable sliding properties or biocompatibility, according to the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhisa Minagawa
  • Patent number: 10280275
    Abstract: An in-situ foaming system for forming a flame-retardant polyurethane foam in situ comprising a first liquid containing a polyisocyanate (A), a second liquid containing a polyol (B), a trimerization catalyst (C), a foaming agent (D), a foam stabilizer (E), and additives (F) comprising red phosphorus and at least one member selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters, phosphate-containing flame retardants, bromine-containing flame retardants, boron-containing flame retardants, antimony-containing flame retardants, and metal hydroxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yousuke Okada, Kazuhiro Okada
  • Patent number: 10280276
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a process for manufacturing a glycerol-tricarboxylic acid polyester foam which comprises the steps of combining glycerol and a tri-carboxylic acid to provide a liquid reaction mixture and contacting the reaction mixture with a substrate under polymerization conditions, wherein the substrate has a top layer comprising one or more of metal, metal oxide, and metal halide. The invention also pertains to a glycerol-tricarboxylic polyester foam, in particular a glycerol-citric acid polyester foam, which has a closed cell foam structure wherein at least 90 vol. % of the foam, preferably at least 95% of the foam, is built up from cells having a diameter below 2 mm. The foamed polyester of the present invention is “green”, biodegradable, and non-toxic, and can be cleanly combusted. It finds application in, int. al., packaging materials, insulation materials, and materials with a short life cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Plantics B.V.
    Inventors: Gad Rothenberg, Albert Hendrikus Alberts
  • Patent number: 10280277
    Abstract: A process for producing a polyester polyol comprising reacting a recycle stream selected from recycled PET carpet, carpet fiber, containers, textiles, articles or mixtures thereof, with a glycol in a reactor, thereby forming a digested product stream comprising polyols, and an undigested stream; and then reacting the digested product stream with a hydrophobe selected from dimer fatty acids, trimer fatty acids, oleic acid, ricinoleic acid, tung oil, corn oil, canola oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, bacterial oil, yeast oil, algae oil, castor oil, triglycerides or alkyl carboxylate esters having saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acid units, saturated or unsaturated C6-C36 fatty acids, alkoxylated castor oil, saturated or unsaturated C9-C18 dicarboxylic acids or diols, cardanol-based products, recycled cooking oil, branched or linear C6-C36 fatty alcohols, hydroxy-functional materials derived from epoxidized, ozonized, or hydroformylated fatty esters or acids, or mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: RESINATE MATERIALS GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Rick Tabor, Shakti L. Mukerjee, Kevin Anthony Rogers, Adam W. Emerson, Eric David Vrabel, Brian Douglas Phillips
  • Patent number: 10280278
    Abstract: Provide is a rubber composition which is improved in rolling resistance and abrasion resistance at the same time without reducing a wet grip performance, and the rubber composition is prepared by compounding 100 parts by mass of a rubber component containing 30% by mass or more of polyisoprene with 2 to 200 parts by mass of carbon black having a hydrogen release rate of 0.2% by mass or more and/or a ratio of a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA and a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption specific surface area CTAB, N2SA/CTAB, of 1.2 to 1.5 and a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA of 160 to 300 m2/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keiichi Aomatsu
  • Patent number: 10280279
    Abstract: The present invention provides a conductive polymer composition, a conductive polymer sheet, an electrical device, and their preparation methods. The conductive polymer composition of the present invention includes a polymer and a conductive powder at a volume ratio of 35:65 to 65:35. The polymer includes at least one semicrystalline polymer selected from polyolefin, a copolymer of at least one olefin and at least one non-olefinic monomer copolymerizable therewith, and a thermoformable fluorine-containing polymer. The stated conductive powder includes at least one powder of a transition metal carbide, a transition metal carbon silicide, a transition metal carbon aluminide, and a transition metal carbon stannide. And the stated size distribution of the conductive powder satisfies: 20>D100/D50>6, where D50 denotes a corresponding particle size when a cumulative particle-size distribution percent in the conductive powder reaches 50%, and D100 denotes a maximum particle size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: LITTELFUSE ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD, LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventors: Yingsong Fu, Jianhua Chen, Mingjun Jin, Zhiyong Zhou, Wei Zheng, Cheng Hu
  • Patent number: 10280280
    Abstract: Provided herein is a translucent white polymer composition suitable for use as a safety glass interlayer. The translucent white polymer composition comprises a pigment and a polymeric resin that comprises an ionomer of an ethylene acid copolymer. Alumina (Al2O3) and alumina trihydrate (Al(OH)3; “ATH”) are preferred pigments. The translucent white polymer composition is useful in various molded articles. The translucent white polymer composition is particularly useful as an interlayer in glass laminates, including safety glass laminates and structural glass laminates. Further provided herein are methods of making the translucent white polymer composition, the articles and the glass laminates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: E.I. DU Pont De Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Steven M. Hansen, Rebecca L. Smith
  • Patent number: 10280281
    Abstract: Processes for forming a vulcanizable elastomeric formulation are disclosed. The processes include the steps of mixing an elastomer with a vulcanizing agent to form a vulcanizable elastomeric formulation that includes the vulcanizing agent dispersed in the elastomeric compound, wherein the vulcanizing agent includes a cyclododecasulfur compound. A process for forming a vulcanized elastomeric article is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Scott Donald Barnicki, Frederick Ignatz-Hoover, Robert Thomas Hembre, Andrew Neil Smith, Henk Kreulen, Aruna M. Velamakanni
  • Patent number: 10280282
    Abstract: A compact camera module that contains a generally planar base on which is mounted a lens barrel is provided. The base, barrel, or both are molded from a polymer composition that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer and a plurality of mineral fibers (also known as “whisker”). The mineral fibers have a median width of from about 1 to about 35 micrometers and constitute from about 5 wt % to about 60 wt. % of the polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventor: Young Shin Kim
  • Patent number: 10280283
    Abstract: Catalyst systems and methods for making and using the same are provided. The catalyst system can include a catalyst support, wherein the catalyst support has an average particle size of about 2 microns to about 200 microns. Nanoparticles are adhered to the catalyst support, wherein the nanoparticles have an average particle size of about 2 to about 200 nanometers. A catalyst is supported on the catalyst support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Univation Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Yuanqiao Rao, Ping Cai, Kevin J. Cann, F. David Hussein, Wesley R. Mariott, Phuong A. Cao
  • Patent number: 10280284
    Abstract: A powder essentially composed of aggregates based on boron nitride, the powder exhibiting an overall chemical composition, as percentages by weight, including between 40 and 45% of boron, between 53 and 57% of nitrogen, less than 400 ppm by weight of calcium, less than 5 %, in total, of other elements and more than 90% of boron nitride, limit included, as percentage by weight and on the basis of the combined crystalline phases, a mean circularity of greater than or equal to 0.90, a median pore size of less than or equal to 1.5 ?m and an apparent porosity of less than or equal to 55%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES ET D'ETUDES EUROPEEN
    Inventors: Nabil Nahas, Elodie Bahon, Yves Boussant-Roux
  • Patent number: 10280285
    Abstract: Propylene-ethylene random copolymers with improved long-term mechanical properties, especially improved impact strength retention, their manufacture as well as their use, e.g. for the production of moulded articles, particularly injection moulded articles, such as thin-walled plastic containers for packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Juliane Braun, Davide Tranchida, Jingbo Wang, Markus Gahleitner
  • Patent number: 10280286
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a rubber composition includes kneading a rubber component, an inorganic filler and a thioester-based silane coupling agent, and adding a vulcanizing agent and one or more compounds selected from the group of an imide compound and an N-oxyl compound to a mixture of the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent such that the vulcanizing agent and the imide compound and/or the N-oxyl compound are kneaded with the mixture including the rubber component, the inorganic filler, and the thioester-based silane coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Kitago, Yasumasa Bito, Ryuichi Tokimune
  • Patent number: 10280287
    Abstract: A flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived small molecule, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived small molecule are disclosed. The flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived small molecule can be synthesized from aconitic acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with phenyl, allyl, or thioether substituents. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include reacting an aconitic acid derivative with a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived small molecule, and combining the flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived small molecule with a polymer. The material in the article of manufacture can be a resin, adhesive, polymer, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Patent number: 10280288
    Abstract: A composition of matter is provided, including anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers having a mean aspect ratio of at least 30. Another composition of matter is provided, including alpha-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers. Yet another composition of matter is provided, including fine alpha particle-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC
    Inventors: Mianxue Wu, Jeffrey T. Fields
  • Patent number: 10280289
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and an inorganic filler, and the inorganic filler includes boron nitride on which a metal oxide film is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jina Gu, Gun Young Gil, Jae Man Park, Sung Jin Yun
  • Patent number: 10280290
    Abstract: A cellulosic ester resin modifier for producing a cellulosic ester film, which facilitates obtaining a film that remains transparent even when exposed to high-humidity and high-temperature environments, and with which it is possible to obtain a film having excellent water vapor permeability resistance, and dimensional stability against heat. The present invention also provides a cellulosic ester resin composition using the modifier, a method for producing a polarizing-plate protective film, and a liquid crystal display device, and provides a cellulosic ester resin modifier including a polyester polyol (A) having a phthalic acid residue and an aliphatic glycol residue having 2 to 3 carbon atoms in a main chain skeleton and a diester (B) having an aliphatic glycol having 2 to 3 carbon atoms and an aromatic monocarboxylic acid, in which a mass ratio of [(A)/(B)] is in a range of 90/10 to 60/40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Teppei Ujihara, Miki Ota, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Yusuke Tajiri
  • Patent number: 10280291
    Abstract: A latex for dip forming and a sulfur-based crosslinking agent, and has a pH of 9.5-11, the latex containing a copolymer having 40-80% by weight of conjugated diene monomer units (A) that contain a butadiene unit and an isoprene unit, 10-45% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units (B), and 2-15% by weight of ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer units (C), the ratio between the butadiene unit content and the isoprene unit content being 40:60 to 95:5 expressed in terms of weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 10280292
    Abstract: A flexible tubing material includes a mixture of a polyolefin and a styrenic based block copolymer, wherein the styrenic based block copolymer has an A-B-A block configuration and a molecular weight of at least about 350 kg/mol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sridhar Krishnamurthi Siddhamalli, Mark W. Simon
  • Patent number: 10280293
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic elastomer composition with which it is possible to obtain a molded article having exceptional low-temperature impact resistance. A thermoplastic elastomer composition is produced that contains a crystalline olefin polymer (A) and an ethylene-?-olefin (C4-20)-unconjugated polyene copolymer (B) that satisfies requirements (1) and (2). (1) The B value represented by the equation: ([EX]+2[Y])/(2×[E]×([X]+[Y])) is 1.20 or higher. [E], [X] and [Y] respectively indicate the molar fraction of structural units derived from ethylene, the molar fraction of structural units derived from C4-20 ?-olefin and the molar fraction of structural units derived from unconjugated polyene, and [EX] indicates the diad chain fraction of structural units derived from ethylene-structural units derived from C4-20 ?-olefin. (2) The molar ratio of structural units derived from ethylene with respect to structural units derived from ?-olefin (C4-20) of copolymer (B) is 40/60-90/10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Hayato Kurita, Mizuki Wakana, Takahiro Kondo, Hideki Mochizuki, Yuji Noguchi, Tatsuya Sakai
  • Patent number: 10280294
    Abstract: The present invention provides, among other things, compositions comprising nanofibrils, at least one maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer and at least one matrix polymer, and methods of making such compositions. The provided methods and compositions allow for the production of composites with unexpectedly superior properties including improved impact resistance, tensile modulus of elasticity, tensile strength, and flexural modulus of elasticity as compared to previously known composites. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods including the steps of providing cellulose nanofibrils, associating the cellulose nanofibrils with a maleic-anhydride (MA) copolymer to form a nanofibril-MA copolymer blend, preparing the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend for addition to a matrix polymer, and forming a composite by associating the nanofibril-MA copolymer blend with the matrix polymer, wherein the amount of cellulose nanofibrils in the composite is between 3% and 50% by weight of the composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: University of Maine System Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Douglas J. Gardner, Yousoo Han, Yucheng Peng
  • Patent number: 10280295
    Abstract: A composition of a blend of polypropylene, which may be present at between 10% and 90% by weight of the blend, and a polymer having a polyolefin core and polyamide grafts, optionally with an EPDM and/or a functional additive, which may be present at between 10% and 90% by weight of the blend. Also, a multilayer structure including a plurality of adjacent layers, at least one of which is the aforementioned composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ARKEMA FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Jousset, Grégoire Aussedat, Stéphane Bizet
  • Patent number: 10280296
    Abstract: A process for producing a thermoplastic molding composition comprising: 10% to 40% by weight of a graft copolymer A comprising 50% to 70% by weight, based on A, of a graft base A1 formed from an elastomeric, crosslinked acrylic ester polymer and 30% to 50% by weight of a graft shell A2, 50% to 90% by weight of a hard matrix B formed from copolymers of styrene or ?-methylstyrene and acrylonitrile, 0% to 50% by weight of a further graft copolymer C, 0% to 15% by weight of additives D, wherein the reaction for preparation of the acrylic ester polymer A and/or the reaction for preparation of C is conducted in the presence of 0.01 to 4 times the molar amount of sodium carbonate, based on the sum total of the molar amount of initiator used in the preparation of the graft base and graft shell, leads to lower coagulate formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Philipp Boeckmann, Wolfgang Fischer, Hans-Juergen Hausser
  • Patent number: 10280297
    Abstract: The present invention provides a particulate water-absorbing agent which has an excellent fluid retention capacity under pressure and an excellent liquid permeability. Each of the following values of the particulate water-absorbing agent of the present invention falls within a certain range: a ratio represented by “centrifuge retention capacity/Ln (water-soluble component amount)”; a molecular weight distribution of the water-soluble component; a weight average molecular weight after a hydrolysis treatment; and a branching density after the hydrolysis treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuya Tanaka, Kohei Omori, Kazushi Torii
  • Patent number: 10280298
    Abstract: A highly saturated nitrile rubber composition containing a carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) which contains ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt % and ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units 1 to 60 wt % and has an iodine value of 120 or less, a highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) which contains ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units 15 to 60 wt %, has a content of the ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid monoester monomer units of 0.9 wt % or less, and has an iodine value of 120 or less, and a polyamide resin (B), a content ratio of the carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1) and the highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2) being a weight ratio of “carboxyl group-containing highly saturated nitrile rubber (A1):highly saturated nitrile rubber (A2)” of 2:98 to 98:2, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakashima, Masato Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10280299
    Abstract: A composition for three-dimensional printing includes a liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer, solid thermoplastic particles mixed with the liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer, and a light sensitive initiator mixed with the liquid, curable, cross-linkable monomer. The solid thermoplastic particles have a size ranging from about 200 nm to about 50 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Sivapackia Ganapathiappan, Krzysztof Nauka, Hou T. Ng
  • Patent number: 10280300
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a gasket adhering to a resin member, the method includes mixing a plurality of liquid materials stored separately and molding the gasket that is made of a mixture of the plurality of liquid materials. The mixture constitutes a liquid silicone-rubber composition that contains a base resin, a crosslinking agent, a curing catalytic agent, a hydrophilic silica filler, and a silane-coupling agent. The hydrophilic silica filler and the silane-coupling agent are contained in different liquid materials before the plurality of liquid materials are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinichi Okamaoto, Shuhei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10280301
    Abstract: The present invention provides polymer modified aqueous urea formaldehyde resin (UF resin) binder compositions useful in making a treated glass mat, e.g., for roofing shingles, wherein the polymer modifier is an multistage aqueous emulsion acorn copolymer comprising one protuberant polymer stage containing phosphorous acid groups and one or more other polymer stage comprising an addition copolymer incompatible with the protuberant polymer stage, wherein the multistage aqueous emulsion copolymer has a measured Tg of from ?60 to 25° C., or, preferably from ?30 to 12° C. and, further wherein the weight ratio of the total of monomers used to make the one or more other polymer stage to the total amount of monomers used to make the protuberant polymer stage ranges from 3:1 to 50:1, or, preferably, from 3:1 to 30:1 or, more preferably, from 3:1 to 20:1, or, even more preferably, from 8:1 to 12:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: James C. Bohling, Arnold S. Brownell, Michael D. Kelly
  • Patent number: 10280302
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes: about 100 parts by weight of a polycarbonate resin; about 1 to about 15 parts by weight of a rubber-modified vinyl copolymer resin; about 10 to about 30 parts by weight of a phosphorus flame retardant; about 3 to about 12 parts by weight of calcium carbonate; about 5 to about 40 parts by weight of talc; and about 0.001 to about 5 parts by weight of a black pigment, wherein a weight ratio of calcium carbonate to talc ranges from about 1:1.5 to about 1:6 and the black pigment has an average particle size of about 10 nm to about 24 nm. The thermoplastic resin composition can realize high gloss and good appearance characteristics, and can exhibit good properties in terms of flowability, impact resistance, thermal resistance, thin film flame retardancy, dimensional stability, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong In Ha, Tae Gon Kang, Seung Shik Shin, Da Heen Jeong, Ki Hong Choi
  • Patent number: 10280303
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-halogen thermoplastic resin composition and a cable including the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a non-halogen thermoplastic resin composition in which a halogen-based flame retardant causing environmental and human health problems is not included and the content of a phosphorus flame retardant causing decrease in appearance and properties is decreased, but which has identical or superior mechanical strength, chemical resistance, heat resistance, and flame retardancy, compared to existing thermoplastic resin compositions, and a cable including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gun Ko, Sung Hwan Lim, Byung Wook Lee, Soo Min Lee, Sang Wook Na, Sung Moon Choi