Patents Issued in October 29, 2019
  • Patent number: 10457579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of wastewater treatment. In the present invention, the reactor is provided with a double-shell reactor, a coaxial nozzle, an inner shell structure, evaporated water injection pipes and the like, so it is assured that the wastewater is inject into the reactor at a room temperature and is degraded thoroughly; moreover, with the evaporated water, the corrosion, salt deposition and local overheating in the reactor are prevented, so that the reaction process is guaranteed to be stable and reliable. and through a fuel system, a hydrothermal flame is formed in the reactor, so that the concentrated waste liquid injected into the reactor at the room temperature can be preheated to a supercritical reaction temperature, and the waste liquid is prevented from coking, scaling and the like in a preheating stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Fengming Zhang, Chuangjian Su, Jiulin Chen, Jie Yang, Cuijie Jia, Shunquan Chen, Zhenfei Huang
  • Patent number: 10457580
    Abstract: The present application provides a device for treating a black and odorous water body comprising a pre-treatment unit, a biomimetic intestine tubular purification system which imitates a digestion of small intestine, a microbial fuel cell which imitates a digestion of large intestine, and an inclined tube sedimentation tank which imitates human excretion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
    Inventors: Lieyu Zhang, Donghai Yuan, Jiaxi Li, Ying Xiong, Guowen Li, Caole Li
  • Patent number: 10457581
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a water treatment module, a bioreactor comprising one or more of such modules and a receptive water treatment system. Also provided herein is a method making use of the above module, bioreactor and system. The water treatment module comprises (i) at least one elongated gas enclosure comprising a gas inlet and two vertical walls, at least one vertical wall comprising a water-impermeable and gas-permeable membrane having a water-facing side and a gas-facing side, the two vertical walls separating between water external to said enclosure and gas within said enclosure, the gas enclosure being in a rolled or folded configuration to thereby define a convoluted horizontal path and one or more water-treatment spaces formed between opposite water facing sides of the enclosure; and (ii) a diffuser arrangement comprising gas diffusers configured for introducing a stream of gas into the one or more water treatment spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EMEFCY LTD.
    Inventors: Ronen-Itzhak Shechter, Eytan Baruch Levy, Lior Eshed, Yaron Bar-Tal, Tomer Spector, Noam Mordechai Siegel
  • Patent number: 10457582
    Abstract: Increased control and efficiency over the wastewater purification can be achieved through creating conditions that allow selective prioritization of the digestive function of microorganisms in the activated sludge. The gas-dispersion return sludge is created using pure oxygen or oxygen containing trace amounts of ozone as a reactive gas, which is blended with return sludge to create a mixture of gas and liquid, which is passed through an atomizer or a cavitation pump to instantly render the reactive gas in the mixture to an ultra-fine bubble state. At least a portion of the ultra-fine bubbles dissolve within the gas-dispersion return sludge, activating the dormant microorganisms. Due to a complete or an almost complete absence of digestable organic material in the gas-dispersion return sludge, the microorganisms prioritize their digestive function, and when exposed to organic pollutants present in wastewater, digest the pollutants into water and carbon dioxide at an increased rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Ohki, Whitney Rich
  • Patent number: 10457583
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for relieving a corrosive environment of a boiling water reactor, the method including a step of injecting hydrogen and a noble metal compound into water to be replenished into the reactor pressure vessel during a period of a generating operation of a boiling water nuclear power plant including the reactor pressure vessel. In the method, the hydrogen is injected into water to be supplied into the reactor pressure vessel, and the noble metal compound is injected into water in a line of the boiling water nuclear power plant in which a concentration of oxygen or hydrogen peroxide is stoichiometrically higher than the concentration of hydrogen at which hydrogen undergoes a chemical reaction to turn to water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushige Ishida, Youichi Wada, Masahiko Tachibana, Nobuyuki Oota, Ryosuke Shimizu, Mayu Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10457584
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for improving dewatering of mineral slurry. The method comprises adding an R-Succinic Compound (such as octadecenyl succinic acid, hexadecenyl succinic acid, and/or dodecenyl succinic acid) to the slurry. The R-Succinic Compound removes water that would otherwise be trapped within the filtered slurry cake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventor: Carl N. Urbani
  • Patent number: 10457585
    Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65?SiO2?78% 5?Na2O?20% 0?K2O?5% 3<Al2O3?5% 0<CaO<4.5% 5?MgO?12%; and comprising the following: 0.88?[MgO/(MgO+CaO)]<1. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for mass production than aluminosilicate glass, and therefore is available at low cost, and with a base glass/matrix composition that is close to or very similar to compositions already used in existing mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Thomas Lambricht
  • Patent number: 10457586
    Abstract: Chemically-strengthened thin glass having modified curvature and a method for making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: PGBC INTELLECTUAL HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Ashley Alder, Russell Ashley Alder
  • Patent number: 10457587
    Abstract: Embodiments of thermally and chemically strengthened glass-based articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass-based articles may include a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t), a first CS region comprising a concentration of a metal oxide that is both non-zero and varies along a portion of the thickness, and a second CS region being substantially free of the metal oxide of the first CS region, the second CS region extending from the first surface to a depth of compression of about 0.17·t or greater. In one or more embodiments, the first surface is flat to 100 ?m total indicator run-out (TIR) along any 50 mm or less profile of the first surface. Methods of strengthening glass sheets are also disclosed, along with consumer electronic products, laminates and vehicles including the same are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: John Philip Finkeldey, Linda Gaskill, Timothy Michael Gross, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, Charlene Marie Smith, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
  • Patent number: 10457588
    Abstract: A lead-through or connecting element is provided that includes an assembly having a carrier body of a high-temperature alloy, a functional element, and an at least partially crystallized glass. The crystallized glass is between a portion of the functional element and a portion of the carrier body. The carrier body subjects the crystallized glass to a compressive stress of greater than or equal to zero, at a temperature from at least 20° C. to more than 450° C. Also provided are a method for producing a lead-through or connecting element, the use of such a lead-through or connecting element, and to a measuring device including such a lead-through or connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Oliver Fritz, Georg Meier, Thomas Fink
  • Patent number: 10457589
    Abstract: Lithium silicate-diopside glass ceramics are described which are characterized by a controllable translucence and can be satisfactorily processed mechanically and therefore can be used in particular as restoration material in dentistry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Markus Rampf, Christian Ritzberger, Marc Dittmer, Wolfram Höland, Marcel Schweiger
  • Patent number: 10457590
    Abstract: A transparent substrate is provided, on a main face, with a stack of thin layers including at least one metallic functional layer having properties of reflection in the infrared region and/or in the solar radiation region, based on silver or on silver-containing metal alloy, and two antireflective coating. The antireflective coatings each include at least one dielectric layer. The functional layer is positioned between the two antireflective coatings. Additionally, at least one nickel oxide NixO layer is located on and in contact with the functional layer starting with the substrate. A physical thickness of the nickel oxide NixO layer is at least 0.3 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Denis Guimard, Silvia Mariani
  • Patent number: 10457591
    Abstract: A transparent substrate is provided, on a main face, with a stack of thin layers including at least one, metallic functional layer having properties of reflection in the infrared region and/or in the solar radiation region, based on silver or on silver-containing metal alloy, and two antireflective coatings. The antireflective coatings each include at least one dielectric layer. The functional layer is positioned between the two antireflective coatings. At least one nickel oxide NixO layer is located under the functional layer in the direction of the substrate and/or above the functional layer, with interposition of at least one layer or of just one layer made of a different material between the or each nickel oxide NixO layer and the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Denis Guimard, Silvia Mariani
  • Patent number: 10457592
    Abstract: A process for obtaining an item including a substrate made of glass or glass ceramic coated on at least one portion of at least one of its faces with a stack of thin-layers including no silver layers and including at least one thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide, the process including: a step of depositing the stack, in which step the thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide and at least one thin homogenizing layer are deposited, the thin homogenizing layer being a metal layer or a layer based on a metal nitride other than aluminum nitride, or a layer based on metal carbide; then a heat treatment step in which the stack is exposed to radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Lorenzo Canova, Driss Lamine, Nicolas Nadaud, Sébastien Roy, Nisita Wanakule
  • Patent number: 10457593
    Abstract: Provided is a glass sheet (1) with a film, including a laminated film (2), which includes a plurality of films laminated together, formed on a glass sheet (3). The laminated film (2) includes: an inorganic material film (4), which contains at least a noble metal, formed on the glass sheet (3); a plated metal film (5) formed on the inorganic material film; and a metal film (6) formed on the plated metal film (5). The laminated film (2) is black when viewed from a glass sheet (3) side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Uchida, Masahiro Yoshino, Michinari Sone, Kayoko Fukuda, Noriko Nakajima
  • Patent number: 10457594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass, in which CT1 and CT5 satisfy CT5/CT1?0.85, the CT1 satisfies CT1>?38.7×ln(t/1000)+48.2 [MPa] and an internal energy density rE satisfies rE?23.3×t/1000+15 [kJ/m2]. CS is a surface compressive stress value [MPa], ? (x) is a compressive stress value [MPa] at a position x in a depth direction, DOL is a compressive stress depth [?m], and t is a sheet thickness [?m].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kosho Akatsuka, Satoshi Ogami
  • Patent number: 10457595
    Abstract: A method of forming a sealed device comprising providing a first substrate having a first surface, providing a second substrate adjacent the first substrate, and forming a weld between an interface of the first substrate and the adjacent second substrate, wherein the weld is characterized by ((?tensile stress location)/(?interface laser weld))<<1 or <1 and ?interface laser weld>10 MPa or >1 MPa where ?tensile stress location is the stress present in the first substrate and ?interface laser weld is the stress present at the interface. This method may be used to manufacture a variety of different sealed packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Leonard Charles Dabich, II, David Alan Deneka, Jin Su Kim, Shari Elizabeth Koval, Stephan Lvovich Logunov, Mark Alejandro Quesada, Alexander Mikhailovich Streltsov
  • Patent number: 10457596
    Abstract: An optical sensor device includes an optical waveguide portion having a core, the core having a first refractive index, and a functional material layer coupled to the optical fiber portion, the functional material layer being made of a metal oxide material, the functional material layer being structured to have a second refractive index, the second refractive index being less than the first refractive index. The functional material layer may be a nanostructure material comprising the metal oxide material with a plurality of holes or voids formed therein such that the functional material layer is caused to have the second refractive index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Peng Chen, Jacob Lorenzi Poole, Paul R. Ohodnicki, Michael Paul Buric
  • Patent number: 10457597
    Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials, pre-treating substrate materials to improve the adhesion of resin compositions to the substrate materials, and/or controlling gel formation of resin compositions. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions and methods for improving the adhesion of ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) compositions to substrate materials using adhesion promoters containing isocyariate groups in a resin composition. The invention also relates to methods for improving the adhesion of resin compositions to substrate materials by pre-treating substrate materials with adhesion promoters containing isocyanate groups. The invention further relates to a method of providing a gel-modified ROMP composition, in which a hydroperoxide is added to a ROMP polymerizable resin composition in order to control gel formation of the polymerizing resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Materia, Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Sheng Wang, Anthony R. Stephen, Paul W. Boothe, Tessa Schulze, Michael A. Giardello, Mark S. Trimmer, Christopher J. Cruce, Farshad J. Motamedi, Brian Edgecombe
  • Patent number: 10457598
    Abstract: A method of providing highly reactive hydrated lime and the resultant lime hydrate where an initial lime feed comprising calcium and impurities is first ground to a particle-size distribution with relatively course particles. Smaller particles are then removed from this ground lime and the smaller particles are hydrated and flash dried to form a hydrated lime, which is then milled to a significantly smaller particle size than that of the relatively course particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Mississippi Lime Company
    Inventors: Randy J. Griffard, Gerald K. Bequette, William S. Allebach, Sr., Paul J. Ramer
  • Patent number: 10457599
    Abstract: In methods of and/or plants for manufacturing cement clinker, the amount of chloride bypass exhaust gas 79 can be substantially decreased, when using previously cooled chloride bypass exhaust gas 81 and/or cooled kiln exhaust gas as coolant for the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39 prior to deducting the chloride bypass exhaust gas 39.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SÜDBAYERISCHES PORTLAND-ZEMENTWERK GEBR. WIESBÖCK & CO. GMBH
    Inventor: Helmut Leibinger
  • Patent number: 10457600
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing modified gypsum plaster or filling compositions having reduced agglomeration in comparison to gypsum plaster or filling compositions comprising cellulose ether in a specific amount from 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent, based on the total dry weight of said composition. Also provided are dry mortars comprising cellulose ether, gelatin and gypsum for use in such methods, and gypsum-free mixtures comprising cellulose ether and gelatin which may be added to gypsum binder for use a for use in such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joerg Neubauer, Sonja Scharlemann
  • Patent number: 10457601
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising RFA, hydraulic cement, and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a method of cementing comprising: placing a settable composition into a well bore, the settable composition comprising RFA, calcium hydroxide (lime), and water; and allowing the settable composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising: RFA, hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, natural pozzolan and water; and allowing the composition to set. Other embodiments comprise a settable composition comprising RFA and any combination of hydraulic cement, calcium hydroxide, slag, fly ash, and natural or other pozzolan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CR Minerals Company, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Earl Thomas, Jeffrey Alexander Whidden
  • Patent number: 10457602
    Abstract: The asphalt formulations according to the invention include the use of post-consumer recycled materials and provide for shingle and roll roofing membranes that exhibit performance requirements of the roofing industry. The formulations provide additional benefits of less blistering compared to conventional polymer modified asphaltic formulations, and are less susceptible to external damage such as scuffing and granule loss. The post-consumer recycled materials are olefinic polymers such as polyethylene and polypropylene waxes that may be derived from, for example, feedstock from waste agricultural films, bottles, milk jugs, waste plastics, consumer bags, polyolefin plastics, and synthesized plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Herbert Malarkey Roofing Company
    Inventor: James S. Davis
  • Patent number: 10457603
    Abstract: A structural lightweight concrete composition comprising cement, a fine aggregate such as sand, a natural coarse aggregates, such as limestone, scoria or perlite or mixtures thereof, a synthetic coarse aggregate comprising a polymeric material, such as polypropylene beads, an industrial waste byproduct in the form of fine particles, such as silica fume or heavy oil ash, a superplasticizer, such as a polycarboxylate ether and water demonstrating lower thermal conductivity and sufficient compressive strength. Concrete products made therefrom and methods for producing such products are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Mohammed Maslehuddin, Salah U. Al-Dulaijan, Mohammed Rizwan Ali, Mahmoud Nasr
  • Patent number: 10457604
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a micro-nano composite hollow structured nanometer material-modified high-durability concrete material, and according to mass parts, its raw material formula is as follows: cobaltosic oxide, 1000-1500 parts; cement, 1000-1300 parts; dioctyl sebacate, 1000-1500 parts; water, 800-1200 parts; nanocarbon, 1200-1800 parts; nano calcium carbonate, 35-50 parts; sodium silicate, 10-20 parts; micro-nano structured calcium molybdate, 50-80 parts; dipentaerythritol, 60-90 parts; and dioctyl ester 30-60 parts. The present invention enables existing concrete to be improved effectively and stably in terms of shrinkage, cracking resistance and rapid hardening; the synthetic chemical functional material may lower a chloride ion diffusion coefficient of the concrete by more than 50%, cut down shrinkage by more than 30%, and reduce the cracking risk of concrete products by 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: University of Jinan
    Inventors: Xin Cheng, Ning Xie, Lichao Feng, Pengkun Hou, Zonghui Zhou, Qinfei Li
  • Patent number: 10457605
    Abstract: The invention provides novel articles of composite materials having hollow interior channels or passageways, or otherwise being hollowed out, and formulations and methods for their manufacture and uses. These hollow core objects are suitable for a variety of applications in construction, pavements and landscaping, and infrastructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Solidia Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry E. McCandlish, Orlando Narine, Daniel Castoro, Vahit Atakan, Devin Patten, John P. Kuppler, Sean Camron Quinn
  • Patent number: 10457606
    Abstract: A composite sintered body includes a diamond phase and a non-diamond carbon phase. A non-diamond carbon phase occupancy rate is higher than 0% and not higher than 30%. The non-diamond carbon phase occupancy rate is a percentage of an area of the non-diamond carbon phase to a total area of one arbitrarily specified cross section of the composite sintered body. As a result, there is provided a high wear-resistant, high local wear-resistant and high chipping-resistant diamond-containing composite sintered body suitably used as a material for a wear-resistant tool, a cutting tool and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Satoh, Hitoshi Sumiya
  • Patent number: 10457607
    Abstract: A binder resin composition comprising an aliphatic polycarbonate resin represented by the formula (1): and an end-capped aliphatic polycarbonate resin represented by the formula (2): wherein each of X and Y, which may be identical or different, is a group having at least one functional group selected from a carboxy group, an ester group, a carbamate group, a silicate group, an isocyanate group, an ether group, an acetal group, and a halogen atom at its end; and an inorganic particle-dispersed paste composition containing the resin composition. The binder resin composition of the present invention can be used in general molded articles, optical materials such as films, fibers, optical fibers, and optical disks, thermally decomposable materials such as ceramic binders, and lost foam casting, medicinal materials such as drug capsules, additives for biodegradable resins, main components for biodegradable resins, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Nishioka, Masahiro Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10457608
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate that includes a surface layer portion positioned on an internal layer portion, and a surface layer electrode on a surface of the surface layer portion. The surface layer portion includes a first layer next to the internal layer portion, and the internal layer portion includes a second layer next to the first layer. The thermal expansion coefficient of the first layer is lower than the thermal expansion coefficient of the second layer. The first layer and the second layer each contain glass containing 40 weight % to 65 weight % of MO, where MO is at least one selected from CaO, MgO, SrO, and/or BaO); 35 weight % to 60 weight % of alumina, and 1 weight % to 10 weight % of at least one metal oxide selected from CuO and/or Ag2O.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Fujita
  • Patent number: 10457609
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the production of urea ammonium nitrate, a system and a method of modifying a plant. The process comprises treating ammonia-containing off-gas resulting from the production of ammonium nitrate (AN off-gas) with acidic scrubbing liquid in a finishing treatment section having a gas inlet in fluid communication with a gas outlet of a finishing section of a urea production unit, wherein the finishing section is adapted to solidify urea liquid, and wherein said finishing treatment section is adapted to subject ammonia-containing off-gas of the finishing section to treatment with an acidic scrubbing liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Stamicarbon B.V.
    Inventors: Giusy Elisa Puci, Joey Dobree
  • Patent number: 10457610
    Abstract: The present invention comprises methods and compositions comprising a microalgae consortium. A composition comprises at least one genera of microalgae flocculated by Paenibacillus polymyxa strain, Strain 2, deposited under the Budapest Treaty as ATCC Accession No. PTA-12841. Methods of treating the soil comprise adding a composition of the present invention to soil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Core Intellectual Properties Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Luke Blotsky, Karin L. Hastings, Derex Q. Zellars
  • Patent number: 10457611
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to Mycorrhizal seed and in-furrow compositions containing polyethylene glycol. The present invention is further directed to methods of improving plant growth by applying Mycorrhizal seed and in-furrow compositions containing polyethylene glycol to a plant, plant propagation material or an area where a plant will grow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: VALENT BIOSCIENCES LLC
    Inventors: Bala N. Devisetty, Alok Adholeya
  • Patent number: 10457612
    Abstract: Providing a slag bacterial fertilizer and preparation method thereof and a method for improving the degraded soil; the preparation method of the slag bacterial fertilizer, comprising: adding humic acid substance during a process of pulverizing the gasification slag and/or ash residue, wherein the weight ratio of the added amount of humic acid substance relative to the total heavy metal amount in the gasification slag and/or ash residue is 3-40:1; then aging the pulverized product for more than 24 hours; loading 1 to 20 parts by weight of the microbial bacterial fertilizer on the detoxified gasification slag and/or ash residue with respect to 100 parts by weight of the gasification slag and/or ash residue. The prepared slag bacteria fertilizer is used in combination with the humic acid substance to renovate the degraded soil with rapid renovation and desirable effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Yuanyu Tian, Yingyun Qiao, Kechang Xie, Zhaohe Yang, Meng Yuan, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 10457613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an anaerobic column reactor for biodegradation of wastes. Particularly the present invention relates to a process for conversion of biodegradable wastes to biogas and compost. More particularly, the present invention relates to an anaerobic reactor with unique arrangement of expanded and constricted portions alternatively placed vertically over each other which enhances the mixing pattern and thereby the mass transfer rates while controlling the biomass washout by regulating the upflow liquid velocity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
    Inventors: Sandeep Y. Bodkhe, Atul N. Vaidya
  • Patent number: 10457614
    Abstract: A compost retention unit with removable partition is provided. The compost retention unit includes mesh retention material secured to interconnected frame structures such that the mesh retention material and the plurality of frame structures can cooperate to retain compost within the unit when the unit is fully assembled upon a generally flat surface. The removable partition can be secured to provide separate enclosures, and can be removed to facilitate transfer or turning of the compost. Preferably, the compost retention unit can be collapsed for storage or shipment and expanded to assemble the retention unit for use. Preferably the compost retention unit includes three rectangular frame structures which pivot to assemble the compost retention unit for use. Most preferably, the frame structures are made of four lengths of wooden “two-by-four” or “two-by-six” framing materials, and the mesh retention material is preferably a wire mesh material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventor: Steven E. Watson
  • Patent number: 10457615
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the isomerization of an unsaturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid derivative, or an unsaturated triglyceride. Also disclosed is the use of a metal catalyst or catalyst precursor that catalyzes the decarboxylation of an unsaturated organic compound. Also disclosed is the use of a catalyst or catalyst precursor for the dual function isomerization and decarboxylation of an unsaturated fatty acid to an unsaturated organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Rex E. Murray, Kenneth M. Doll, Zengshe Liu
  • Patent number: 10457616
    Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst comprising a transition metal, an inorganic support, a zeolite, and a layered double hydroxide. Using of the catalyst according to the present invention in an olefin production process exhibits high activity and high selectivity with decreased deactivation rate, therefore longer reaction cycle can be performed and catalyst life is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SMH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kongkiat Suriye, Burin Khemthong, Mathukorn Sanwanich
  • Patent number: 10457617
    Abstract: A method for obtaining an ethylene product in a supercritical state is proposed, in which method a gas mixture containing predominantly or exclusively ethylene and ethane is separated in a distillation column (1), which is operated at a distillation pressure level of from 5 to 15 bar, into an overhead product containing predominantly or exclusively ethylene and a bottom product containing predominantly or exclusively ethane, the overhead product being withdrawn in the gaseous state from the head of the distillation column (1) and a first portion thereof being liquefied and returned as reflux to the distillation column (1) and a second portion thereof being converted into a supercritical state and being used as the ethylene product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Torben Hofel, Martin Kamann, Michael Scholch, Sean McCracken, Josef Kunkel, Gunther Kracker-Semler
  • Patent number: 10457618
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for purifying a monoterpene or sesquiterpene having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The process comprises the steps of derivatizing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) to produce a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, separating the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) derivative, and releasing the monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) from the derivative. Also encompassed by the scope of the present invention is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) having a purity greater than about 98.5% (w/w). The purified monoterpene can be used to treat a disease such as cancer. The present monoterpene (or sesquiterpene) may be administered alone, or may be co-administered with radiation or other therapeutic agents, such as chemotherapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NeOnc Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Chen, Daniel Levin, Satish Puppali
  • Patent number: 10457619
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I), in particular for the use thereof for depigmenting, lightering and/or bleaching the skin. (I) In which R1 and R2, which may be identical or different, denote hydrogen, or a COR5 radical in which R5 denotes a linear C1-C10 or branched C3-C10 alkyl radical, preferably a linear C1-C6 or branched C3-C6 alkyl radical, more preferentially a linear C1-C4 alkyl radical, R3 denotes a linear C1-C6 or branched C3-C6 alkyl radical, preferably a linear C1-C4 or branched C3-C4 alkyl radical, and R4 denotes H, a linear C1-C6 or branched C3-C6 alkyl radical, or a COR5 radical, and also the salts thereof, the solvates thereof and the optical isomers thereof, and the racemic mixtures thereof, alone or as a mixture. The present invention also relates to the novel compounds (I) and also to the process for preparing same and to a cosmetic process for depigmenting the skin using such compounds (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Xavier Marat, Amélie Gueguiniat
  • Patent number: 10457620
    Abstract: A system for producing phenol and bisphenol A comprising: a first production unit for producing phenol comprising a decomposition reaction unit and a purification unit; a second production unit for producing bisphenol A comprising a reaction unit and a concentration unit; and a removal unit for removing methanol and acetone during the production of phenol and bisphenol A. The removal unit includes a removal column comprising an overhead purge part, a bottom recirculation part and a supply part. The supply part comprises a purification unit discharge part to supply methanol, acetone, and water discharged from the purification unit to the removal column and a concentration unit discharge part to supply phenol, acetone, and water discharged from the concentration unit to the removal column, and is provided to the midsection of the removal column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Beom Lee, Sung Kyu Lee, Joon Ho Shin, Sung Ho Lee, Sa Eun Park, In Yong Jeong
  • Patent number: 10457621
    Abstract: A process for preparing aryl ketones is disclosed. The process includes photo-oxidizing a compound of formula (V), (VI), (VII) or (VIII): in the presence of an oxidative system comprising at least one bromide compound to form aryl ketones. X1, X2, R1, R2, R3, L1, L2, L3, L4, t, n, m and p have the meanings as described in the specification and claims.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: ETERNAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng-Yao Hsueh, Chih-An Chen, You-Han Lin, Hao-Tien Bai
  • Patent number: 10457622
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing acetic acid that is capable of greatly improving the life of a silver-substituted ion exchange resin (IER) for removing organic iodine compounds in acetic acid. With the method for producing acetic acid according to the present invention, in a carbonylation process of a methanol method, a nickel base alloy or zirconium is used as a material of a distillation column in a dehydration step, and as metal ion concentrations in a charging mixture of the distillation column in the dehydration step, an iron ion concentration is less than 10,000 ppb by mass, a chromium ion concentration is less than 5,000 ppb by mass, a nickel ion concentration is less than 3,000 ppb by mass, and a molybdenum ion concentration is less than 2,000 ppb by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DAICEL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiko Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10457623
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing Lubiprostone and novel intermediates prepared from the process. The process of the present invention does not generate hydrogenated by-products that are difficult to be removed, and thus enables the production of Lubiprostone in an efficient and economical way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: CHIROGATE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Shih-Yi Wei, Min-Kuan Hsu
  • Patent number: 10457624
    Abstract: Reactor systems and processes produce organic acids through thermolysis of polylactones. The reactor systems and processes introduce at least one epoxide reagent and carbon monoxide reagent to at least one reaction vessel through at least one feed stream inlet. The epoxide reagent and carbon monoxide reagent contact at least one carbonylation catalyst to produce at least one beta-lactone intermediate. The beta-lactone intermediate is polymerized with at least one initiator in the presence of a metal cation to produce at least one polylactone product. The polylactone product is heated under thermolysis conditions to produce at least one organic acid product. The processes control the presence of contaminates, impurities, catalytic materials, and/or reagents to provide for highly pure organic acid products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Novomer, Inc.
    Inventors: Sadesh H. Sookraj, Kyle Evan Sherry
  • Patent number: 10457625
    Abstract: A treatment method of at least partially removing impurities from a composition containing a fluorine-containing organic acid having the carbon number of 2 to 7 and impurities, the method including a flocculant mixing step of mixing the composition and a flocculant; and a separating step of separating a mixed phase obtained at the mixing step into a solid phase and a liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Mihoko Ohashi, Shuji Itatani, Atsuko Tai
  • Patent number: 10457626
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing methyl methacrylate, comprising the following steps: A) producing methacrolein and B) reacting the methacrolein obtained in step A) in an oxidative esterification reaction to give methyl methacrylate, characterized in that the two steps A) and B) take place in a liquid phase at a pressure of from 2 to 100 bar, and step B) is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising metals and/or comprising metal oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: EVONIK ROEHM GmbH
    Inventors: Steffen Krill, Torsten Balduf, Martin Koestner, Matthias Groemping, Alexander Lygin, Rudolf Burghardt
  • Patent number: 10457627
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses prodrugs of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid as well as compositions and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: XW LABORATORIES INC.
    Inventors: Jia-Ning Xiang, Xuesong Xu, Xuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10457628
    Abstract: The present invention provides a new polymerizable compound which is represented by Formula (I). In the formula, R1 indicates an alkyl group or the like, A represents a (m+n)valent cyclic group, L1 indicates a single bond or the like, L2 indicates —COO— or the like, Z indicates —COO— or the like, Sp indicates an alkylene group, an alkyleneoxy group, or the like, Q indicates a polymerizable group such as a (meth)acryloyl groups, 1 indicates an integer of 0 to 2, m indicates an integer of 1 or 2, and n indicates an integer of 1 to 3. The present invention also provides a polymerizable composition which includes the polymerizable compound described above, a film which is formed from the polymerizable composition described above, and a half mirror for displaying a projection image which includes the film described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shunya Katoh, Yuki Nakazawa