Patents Issued in January 7, 2020
  • Patent number: 10526422
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of (6-per-deoxy-6-per-(2-carboxyethyl)thio-?-cyclodextrin) sodium salt, comprising the steps of: reacting ?-cyclodextrin (SM1) with iodine in the presence of triphenylphosphine in an organic solvent to afford an intermediate, 6-per-deoxy-6-iodo-?-cyclodextrin (abbreviated as SGMD-1); adding methanol solution of sodium methoxide into the reaction system followed by the addition of acetone without removal of the solvent under reduced pressure to obtain the crude SGMD-1 as a solid after filtration; purifying the crude SGMD-1 by recrystallization; reacting a obtained recrystallized intermediate (SGMD-1) with 3-mercaptopropionic acid in basic medium e.g., sodium hydride, to obtain the crude 6-per-deoxy-6-per-(2-carboxyethyl)thio-?-cyclodextrin sodium salt (abbreviated as SGMD); purifying the crude SGMD by passing through adsorbents followed by recrystallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BEIJING CREATRON INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huijuan Jia, Yan Chen, Xiangwei Liu
  • Patent number: 10526423
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an eggshell membrane solubilization method that is capable of solving the problems associated with carrying out treatment using acids and alkalis, or problems associated with the processing methods of the conventional art that use proteases; in other words, an eggshell membrane solubilization method that is capable of solving at least one of the following problems: (1) the need for pretreatment such as pulverization, sonication or boiling; (2) the need for prolonged treatment; and (3) a low decomposition rate (approximately 20%). Eggshell membranes are efficiently solubilized by using a protease in combination with a reducing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: AMANO ENZYME INC.
    Inventor: Shun-ichi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10526424
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for preparing high-performance tread rubber through a filler silylation reaction catalyzed in situ by an ionic liquid. The method is as follow: adding a gum rubber, a filler, a silane and an ionic liquid successively into an open mill or an internal mixer for mixing to obtain a rubber compound; high-temperature remilling the rubber compound; adding a vulcanizing package and an anti-aging agent into the remilled rubber compound at room temperature; and vulcanizing the rubber compound to obtain a vulcanized rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, JIAXING BEIHUA POLYMER ADDITIVES CO., LTD., BEIJING RED AVENUE INNOVA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baochun Guo, Jing Huang, Zhenghai Tang, Liqun Zhang, Yonglai Lu, Minli Sun, Qinghua Zhang, Ning Zhang, Dong Dong
  • Patent number: 10526425
    Abstract: A method and pressure relief assembly for relieving a condition of over-pressure in a vessel are provided. In addition, a separator vessel suitable for operation in a process for polymerizing one or more olefins is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Philip H. Cornelissen, Paul J. Clymans
  • Patent number: 10526426
    Abstract: Disclosed are photoinitiators that are ultra violet (UV) reactive. The photoinitiators can be polymerized into polymeric backbones for use in UV curable hot melt pressure sensitive adhesives. The preferred polymeric backbones are acrylic-based polymers. The photoinitiators are very UVC sensitive and have excellent hot melt viscosity stability that is many fold higher than existing photoinitiators. The subject photoinitiators feature aryl ketones linked through an ether linkage to a variety of connector sequences that allow for polymerization of the photoinitiators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Laxmisha Sridhar, Eric N. Silverberg, Sean M. Burdzy, Andrew D. Messana, John G. Woods, Bruce Stevens
  • Patent number: 10526427
    Abstract: A method for producing a solid catalyst component (Aa) for ?-olefin polymerization, which includes: bringing components (A1) to (A4) into contact with one another in an inert solvent; and without washing the contact product with an inert solvent, aging the contact product by keeping for a holding time of 3 days or more and 180 days or less, regarding the time point that all of the components (A1) to (A4) first come into contact, as a starting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Polypropylene Corporation
    Inventors: Keiji Fukuda, Shouichi Ida, Akio Tanna, Shigeo Mizukami
  • Patent number: 10526428
    Abstract: A process, for recovery of unreacted olefin monomer(s) from a particulate product of an olefin polymerization reactor, the particulate polymer product is supplied to a degassing vessel, where the particulate product is countercurrently contacted with at least a first gaseous stripping stream, which includes at least 5% by weight unreacted olefin monomer, and then with an inert gas stream under conditions effective to strip hydrocarbon impurities from the polymer product and produce a stripped polymer product, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Steven P. Haynie
  • Patent number: 10526429
    Abstract: A method for making a polyisobutylene diol from a polyisobutylene diallyl. The method includes hydroborating the polyisobutylene diallyl to produce a polyisobutylene dialkyl borane, and oxidizing the polyisobutylene dialkyl borane to form the polyisobutylene diol. The polyisobutylene diallyl is hydroborated by combining in situ the polyisobutylene diallyl with a borane-coordinating solvent, an alkaline metal salt of borohydride, and an acid. The alkaline metal salt of borohydride is combined with the polyisobutylene diallyl before the acid is combined with the polyisobutylene diallyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph T. Delaney, Jr., Andrew J. Ro, Patrick Willoughby, Niraj Gurung
  • Patent number: 10526430
    Abstract: A methacrylic resin composition comprises not less than 90% by mass and not more than 100% by mass of a methacrylic resin [A] having: the total content of a structural unit derived from methyl methacrylate of not less than 90% by mass; a molecular weight MA of not less than 30000 and not more than 100000 in terms of polystyrene corresponding to the retention time indicating the value of the maximum strength in a chromatogram obtained by gel permeation chromatography; the area SgA of a region enclosed by an approximate curve obtained by fitting the data of a range indicating the strength of not less than 70% relative to the value of the maximum strength to a Gaussian function by the method of nonlinear least squares and the base line of the chromatogram of 45 to 80% of the area SA enclosed by the chromatogram and its base line; and the ratio MwgA/MngA of a weight average molecular weight MwgA to a number average molecular weight MngA of not less than 1.01 and not more than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuhiro Nakahara, Toru Abe, Toru Takahashi, Hiroshi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 10526431
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a procatalyst comprising a metal-ligand complex of Formula (I): (Formula I), wherein M, X, n, each Z, L, R21, R22 and R1 through R20 are each described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Philip P. Fontaine, Jerzy Klosin, Endre Szuromi, Carl N. Iverson, Zach T. Rickaway, Andrew J. Young, Susan G. Brown, Ruth Figueroa
  • Patent number: 10526432
    Abstract: A method of producing a copolymer of the present invention is a method of producing a specific copolymer and includes: a pure water production step of producing pure water having an electric conductivity of from 0.1 ?S/cm to 100 ?S/cm; a pure water transfer step of introducing the pure water into a reaction kettle for producing the copolymer through a transfer pipe using, as a material therefor, a resin or a substance forming a passive state in water; and a polymerization step of performing polymerization of the monomer (a), the monomer (b), and the monomer (c) in the reaction kettle, the pure water transfer step including setting the electric conductivity of the pure water at a site where the pure water is introduced from the transfer pipe toward the reaction kettle within a range of from 0.1 ?S/cm to 100 ?S/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okada, Nobuhiro Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10526433
    Abstract: Provided is a (meth)acrylate composition containing: (A) at least one (meth)acrylate compound selected from the group consisting of a (meth)acrylate-modified silicone oil, a (meth)acrylate having a long-chain aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and a polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate having number-average molecular weight of not less than 400; (B) a (meth)acrylate compound to which an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 6 or more carbon atoms is ester-linked; (C) (meth)acrylic acid or a (meth)acrylate compound having a polar group; (D) a radical polymerization initiator; and (E) a white pigment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Iwasaki, Daichi Ogawa, Yutaka Obata, Tomoaki Takebe
  • Patent number: 10526434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cascade process for the preparation of a block copolymer comprising a first type of polyolefin block and at least one type of second polymer block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Miloud Bouyahyi, Robbert Duchateau, Lidia Jasinska-Walc
  • Patent number: 10526435
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is a method for producing an industrially advantageous hydrogenated polymer, whereby a high hydrogenation rate can be achieved by a small use amount therein at a level of not requiring a decalcification process of the catalyst. [Solution] A method for producing a hydrogenated polymer including hydrogenating, with a hydrogen molecule, a carbon-carbon double bond based on a conjugated diene structural unit of a polymer in which at least a part of a living polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing one or more conjugated dienes using an organic alkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator is terminated by a hydrogen molecule, in the presence of a silane compound having at least one silyl hydride bond and an organic metal compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1 to R10 are those as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syuichi Sunaga, Yasuhiro Nakai, Tomoaki Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10526436
    Abstract: A composition comprising (A) from 10 wt % to 90 wt % of a polymeric ethylene ionomer; (B) from 10 wt % to 40 wt % of a propylene component including at least one propylene based polymer having a propylene content of at least 50.0 wt %, based on the total weight of the propylene based polymer, and a melt flow rate from 0.5 g/10 min to 200.0 g/10 min (according to ASTM D-1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg); and (C) from 5 wt % to 20 wt % of a crystalline block composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Xiaosong Wu, Ronald J. Weeks, Rennisha Wickham
  • Patent number: 10526437
    Abstract: New shape memory polymer compositions, methods for synthesizing new shape memory polymers, and apparatus comprising an actuator and a shape memory polymer wherein the shape memory polymer comprises at least a portion of the actuator. A shape memory polymer comprising a polymer composition which physically forms a network structure wherein the polymer composition has shape-memory behavior and can be formed into a permanent primary shape, re-formed into a stable secondary shape, and controllably actuated to recover the permanent primary shape. Polymers have optimal aliphatic network structures due to minimization of dangling chains by using monomers that are symmetrical and that have matching amine and hydroxyl groups providing polymers and polymer foams with clarity, tight (narrow temperature range) single transitions, and high shape recovery and recovery force that are especially useful for implanting in the human body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas S. Wilson, Jane P. Bearinger
  • Patent number: 10526438
    Abstract: Method for producing flexographic printing plates from a photopolymerizable flexographic printing plate with a dimensionally stable support, photopolymerizable, relief-forming layer(s), and a digitally imagable layer. The method comprises (a) producing a mask by imaging the digitally imagable layer, (b) exposing the flexographic printing plate with a plurality of UV-LEDs on a UV-LED strip through the mask with actinic light, and photopolymerizing the image regions of the layer, and (c) developing the photopolymerized layer. In the UV-LED strip or in a separate strip, at least one ultrasonic sensor is arranged for determining the thickness of the flexographic printing plate for exposure. Depending on the measured thickness of the flexographic printing plate, the exposing of the flexographic printing plate is controlled in respect of: (i) number of exposure steps, exposure intensity, energy input per exposure step, duration of the individual exposure steps, and/or overall duration of exposure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Great Eastern Resins Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shenghong A. Dai, Ching Hsuan Lin, Wei Ming Nien, Wen Chen Pan, Kevin Liao
  • Patent number: 10526439
    Abstract: A resin formulation that can be cured thermally or by light, where the cured resin is an amorphous, thermoset polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: John L. Lombardi
  • Patent number: 10526440
    Abstract: A method of making a polymer network. The method includes providing a composition including a polythiol having more than one thiol group and a polyepoxide having more than one epoxide group, applying a solution including a photolatent base catalyst to a surface of the composition, and subsequently exposing the composition to light. Upon exposure to light, the photolatent base catalyst photochemically generates a first amine and at least partially cures at least the surface of the composition to form the polymer network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Zook, Susan E. DeMoss, Sheng Ye, Andrew R. Davis, Tao Gong
  • Patent number: 10526441
    Abstract: A method of fabricating polypyrrole-coated silver particles having a core-shell structure via in-situ oxidative polymerization using silver nanoparticles and pyrrole monomers in the presence of an oxidizing agent. A surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate comprising the polypyrrole-coated silver particles is also disclosed. The surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) active substrate is demonstrated to facilitate the detection and measurement of surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra of analytes with increased Raman signal intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Umair Baig, Mohammad Kamal Hossain
  • Patent number: 10526442
    Abstract: Disclosed are aliphatic-aromatic biodegradable polyesters obtained from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, polyfunctional aromatic acids of renewable origin and particularly 2,5-furan dicarboxylic acid, and diols. Also disclosed are blends of the polyesters with other biodegradable polymers of either natural or synthetic origin. The polyesters have properties and viscosity values that make them suitable, after adjusting their molecular weight, for use in numerous practical applications such as films, injection molded products, extrusion coatings, fibers, foams, thermoformed products, extruded profiles and sheets, extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, rotomolding, stretch blow molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: NOVAMONT S.P.A.
    Inventors: Catia Bastioli, Giampietro Borsotti, Luigi Capuzzi, Roberto Vallero
  • Patent number: 10526444
    Abstract: Disclosed is a free flowing aqueous composition comprising (a) at least one polyester consisting of the residues of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-diol; 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl) dimethylolpropionic acid; and at least one polycarboxylic acid and/or a derivative thereof selected from the group consisting of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,3-cyclohexanedicarboxylic, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic and adipic acid, wherein said polyester has an acid number in the range of 10 to 100 mg KOH/g, a hydroxyl number in the range of 20 to 120 mg KOH/g and a number average molecular weight of 500 to 5000; (b) at least one neutralizing agent; and (c) water. The composition is useful in aqueous coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Lott Inglefield, Jr., Robert Lee Eagan, Zhou Li, Glen Dennis Shields, Jeremy Richard Lizotte
  • Patent number: 10526445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a copolycarbonate including repeating units of Chemical Formulas 1, 2 and 3; and a composition comprising the same:
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young Young Hwang, Hyong Min Bahn, Jung Jun Park, Moo Ho Hong
  • Patent number: 10526446
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a polycarbonate resin composition having excellent transparency and possessing high levels of biogenic substance content rate, heat resistance, wet heat resistance and impact resistance in a balanced manner, a production method thereof, and a molded body of the polycarbonate resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiko Tanaka, Asami Kakiuchi, Takao Kuno, Hisanori Mori
  • Patent number: 10526447
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for heat treating, e.g. quenching a metal. The quenching composition includes a composition that comprises a polyamidopolyamine compound having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 100,000 and comprising a pendent amino group; and/or a non-polymeric amidoamine having a molecular weight of about 290 to about 5000 and comprising an amino group; and a hydroxyl containing diluent. These compositions impart one or more of the functions of quenching, lubricity, anti/low foaming and/or bioresistance to the quenching fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Houghton Technical Corp.
    Inventors: Joseph F. Warchol, Yaodong Gan, Valarie Yvonne Pearson
  • Patent number: 10526448
    Abstract: Provided are photosensitive resin compositions having a wide exposure latitude, a precursor composition for providing such a photosensitive resin composition, a method for producing a precursor composition, a cured film, a method for producing a cured film; and a semiconductor device. The precursor composition is a precursor composition containing at least one kind of heterocycle-containing polymer precursor, in which the heterocycle-containing polymer precursor is selected from a polyimide precursor and a polybenzoxazole precursor; and the dispersity which is a weight-average molecular weight/a number-average molecular weight of the heterocycle-containing polymer precursor is 2.5 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Akinori Shibuya, Yu Iwai, Takeshi Kawabata, Ichiro Koyama
  • Patent number: 10526449
    Abstract: A polyetherimide of improved color and processes for preparing the polyetherimide are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Guggenheim, Jose Roman Galdamez, Javier Nieves Remacha, Juan J. Rodriguez Ordonez, Maria Patricia Forcen Jimenez, Hareesh Shamrao Deshpande, Surya Prakasa Rao Daliparthi, Sunil S. Dhumal, Sivakumar Periyasamy, Srinivas Mahesh Kumar, Siva Kumar Sreeramagiri, Bernabe Quevedo Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10526450
    Abstract: A terminally modified imide oligomer is represented by a specific formula including a 2-phenyl-4,4?-diaminodiphenylether residue or a 4-phenoxy-1,3-diaminobenzene residue. A varnish is obtained by dissolving the terminally modified imide oligomer. A cured product is obtained by heat-curing the terminally modified imide oligomer, and a film including the cured product has a tensile elongation at break of 10% or more. An imide prepreg is obtained by impregnating fibers with the varnish and then drying the impregnated fibers. A fiber-reinforced composite material is obtained by layering and then heat-curing the imide prepreg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takefumi Furuta, Masahiko Miyauchi, Rikio Yokota, Yuichi Ishida
  • Patent number: 10526451
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyamide-imide precursor having a molecular structure in which a first polymer, derived from polymerization of a dianhydride and a diamine, and a second polymer, derived from polymerization of a diamine and an aromatic dicarbonyl compound, are copolymerized, wherein the diamine includes 3 to 50 mol % of at least one of 9,9-bis(4-aminophenyl)fluorene (FDA) and 9,9-bis(4-amino-3-fluorophenyl)fluorene (F-FDA), based on the total molar amount of the diamine. Also, a copolymerized polyamide-imide in which the polyamide-imide precursor is imidized or a copolymerized polyamide-imide film formed by an imidization reaction of the polyamide-imide precursor and an image display device including the copolymerized polyamide-imide film are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chul Ha Ju, Hak Gee Jung, Hyo Jun Park
  • Patent number: 10526452
    Abstract: The present invention can provide a method for producing a cured product of an episulfide-based resin, the method having: (A) a step for obtaining a composition for a resin by mixing compound (a), compound (b) and a polymerization catalyst; (B) a step for pouring the composition for a resin into a mold; and (C) a step in which, by increasing the temperature of a heating medium, the composition for a resin is polymerized in the heating medium that contains a liquid having a thermal conductivity of 0.2 W/m·K or higher, or in a shower of the heating medium. The maximum temperature of the heating medium in step (C) is 55 to 110° C. (a) A compound which has two episulfide groups per molecule and which is represented by formula (1): wherein m represents an integer from 0 to 4 and n represents an integer from 0 to 2 (b) A compound having one or more thiol groups per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Kousuke Namiki, Sawako Fuse, Eiji Koshiishi, Kikuo Furukawa, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 10526453
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to 2 part silicone compositions which cure via a condensation cure chemistry using titanium and/or zirconium based catalysts to generate elastomeric or gel end products and the applications for same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Silicones Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Chambard, Tommy Detemmerman, Tatiana Dimitrova, Frederic Gubbels
  • Patent number: 10526454
    Abstract: A process for preparing SiC-bonded polyethersiloxanes by precious metal-catalysed addition of olefinically unsaturated polyethers onto siloxanes having SiH groups is described, wherein, prior to commencement of reaction, the siloxane having SiH groups is mixed with an olefinically unsaturated polyether and with a polyethersiloxane by stirring, and then contacted with a precious metal catalyst and optionally further additives, and the SiC bond formation reaction is conducted up to an SiH conversion, determined by gas-volumetric means, of at least 97%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Knott, Dagmar Windbiel
  • Patent number: 10526456
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a lignin component from lignin material by an acid treatment, the method comprising: forming a lignin component of lignin material by treating the lignin material by means of an acid composition in at least one acid treatment stage, and the lignin component is washed and neutralized by a pH-buffer during a filtration after the acid treatment, and pH in pH-buffer is between 4-10. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding lignin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UPM-Kymmene Corporation
    Inventor: Mauno Miettinen
  • Patent number: 10526457
    Abstract: Provided herein are narrowly distributed multi-armed polyethylene glycol compounds, and hydrogels containing the same. Also provided are methods for treating, adhering, or sealing a biological tissue with hydrogels, and kits for making a hydrogel. Drug releasing compositions also are provided that include a narrowly distributed multi-armed polyethylene glycol compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: NOF Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Elazer Edelman, Natalie Artzi, Hyun Seok Song, Yuji Yamamoto, Hiroki Yoshioka, Ken-ichiro Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 10526458
    Abstract: This document relates to non-aqueous compositions including a maleic anhydride copolymer and a polyamine or polyaziridine crosslinker. The maleic anhydride copolymer includes repeat units I and II: Each R1 is independently —H, —(C1-C5)alkyl, —C?O(O)(C1-C5)alkyl, or aryl; and each R2 is independently —H, —(C1-C5)alkyl, —C?O(O)(C1-C5)alkyl, and aryl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Matthew Gary Hilfiger
  • Patent number: 10526459
    Abstract: A dip-formed article obtained by dip forming a dip-forming composition containing a latex of a carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber, wherein at least one surface is surface treated, a thickness is 0.02 to 0.2 mm, a coefficient of dynamic friction of the surface treated surface is 0.5 or less, and a tensile strength after surface treatment is 30 MPa or more is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Kato
  • Patent number: 10526460
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions comprising a fiber material and a specific thermoplastic binder. The thermoplastic binder comprises at least one thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (A), wherein said thermoplastic polyurethane polymer (A) comprises a reaction product of (i) at least one polyester polyol and (ii) at least one polyisocyanate, optionally at least one diol (iii) which is different from the polyester polyol (i) is contained. The molar ratio of the NCO groups of said polyisocyanate (ii) to the sum of OH groups of said polyester polyol (i) and said optionally containing diol (iii) is less than 1.00:1. Said polyester polyol (i) comprises (a) at least one semi-crystalline polyester polyol having a melting point (Tm) of from 40 to 180° C., and (b) at least one non-crystalline polyester polyol. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a fiber-reinforced composite comprising a cured thermosetting polyurethane polymer matrix reinforced by the composition according to the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andreas Ferencz, Olaf Lammerschop, Tamara Schmidt, Andrew Slark, Dirk Kasper
  • Patent number: 10526461
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable polyester mixture comprising: i) 71 to 91 wt %, based on the total weight of components i and ii, of a polyester I constructed from: a-1) 40 to 70 wt %, based on the total weight of components a and b, of an aliphatic C9-C16 dicarboxylic acid or of a C9-C16 dicarboxylic acid derivative; b-1) 30 to 60 wt %, based on the total weight of components a and b, of terephthalic acid or of a terephthalic acid derivative; c-1) 98 to 100 wt %, based on the total weight of components a and b, of a C3-C6 diol; d-1) 0 to 2 wt %, based on the total weight of components a and b, of an at least trihydric alcohol; e-1) 0 to 2 wt %, based on the total weight of components a to e, of a chain extender, and ii) 9 to 29 wt %, based on the total weight of components i and ii, of a polyester II constructed from: a-2) 40 to 70 wt %, based on the total weight of components a and b, of an aliphatic C4-C6 dicarboxylic acid or of a C4-C6 dicarboxylic acid derivative; b-2) 30 to 60 wt %, based
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Xin Yang, Jörg Auffermann, Carsten Sinkel, Jerome Lohmann, Robert Loos, Gabriel Skupin, Andreas Künkel, Lars Börger
  • Patent number: 10526462
    Abstract: The invention provides polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams and methods for the preparation thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams having an open-cell, closed-cell or a combination of open and closed cell structure, and methods for their preparation. The foams are produced with a polyol premix composition which comprises a combination of a hydrohaloolefin blowing agent, a polyol and a catalyst which is an adduct of an amine and an organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David J. Williams, Michael Van Der Puy
  • Patent number: 10526463
    Abstract: The invention relates to foam materials that are resistant to high temperatures, to the production of same from aromatic polyisocyanates and polyepoxides, and to the use of said foam materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Covestro Deutschland AG, BASF SE
    Inventors: Florian Hupka, Wolfgang Friedrichs, Torsten Hagen, Meike Niesten, Roland Krämer, Sindhu Menon
  • Patent number: 10526464
    Abstract: The invention relates to small expanded polymer powder particles, and uses thereof. The expanded powder particles are formed by a non-melt process, resulting in individual expanded particles in the 5 to 100 micron range. The expanded powder particles are especially useful in cosmetic applications, as they provide a softer feel than a powder, and have a much higher surface area, making them highly absorbent for removing liquids and oils, as well as for use as excellent carriers and release agents for active ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent B. Cartier, Stephen Serpe
  • Patent number: 10526465
    Abstract: A novel Aromatic Thermosetting Copolyester (ATSP) fully dense sheets can be processed by recycling the foam structure with unique combination of properties including mechanical strength and high temperature performance (compared to PEEK) to help improve part functionality, gain long-term reliability and cost savings. ATSP machinable plates can be used in valves, fittings, bearing, bushing, seals, aerospace parts and pump components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: ATSP Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Jacob Meyer, Mete Bakir
  • Patent number: 10526466
    Abstract: Described herein are solid and foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions and foamed articles using said foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions. The foamable fluoropolymer alloy compositions can comprise a fluoropolymer, and a plastic polymer mixed with said fluoropolymer, wherein said plastic polymer is miscible with said fluoropolymer. The fluoropolymer alloy composition may further comprise a foaming agent. By way of example, the foaming agent can be talc or a talc derivative, or a mixture of talc (or talc derivative) with a citrate compound, such as a citrate salt. One or more additives are added to render the compositions flame retardant and/or smoke suppressant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Cable Components Group, LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Glew, Nicolas M. Rosa
  • Patent number: 10526467
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a porous material comprises a base polymer having a continuous pore structure. In another embodiment, a method of making the porous material comprises reacting a base polymer with a degradable polymer with a crosslinker in the presence of a solvent and/or reacting a base polymer and a degradable polymer with a crosslinker in the presence of the solvent; removing the solvent to form a phase separated material; and removing the degradable polymer to form the porous material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Ryan Hayward, Di Zeng
  • Patent number: 10526468
    Abstract: A reinforced polymer composition [compositions (C)] comprising a poly(aryletherketone) (PAEK), an acidic glass fiber [glass fiber (Fac)] and/or a neutral [glass fiber (Fn)] and a basic inorganic additive [inorganic basic additive (A)] are herein disclosed. Composition (C) is endowed with improved mechanical properties, in particular strength, elongation at break and impact resistance and can be used for the manufacture of a variety of finished articles wherein high mechanical performances are desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS USA, LLC
    Inventors: Chantal Louis, Mohammad Jamal El-Hibri
  • Patent number: 10526469
    Abstract: Matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resin compositions for additive fabrication are described and claimed. Such resins include a cationically polymerizable component that is an aliphatic epoxide, a multifunctional (meth)acrylate component, a cationic photoinitiator, a free-radical photoinitiator, and a matrix of inorganic fillers, wherein the matrix further constitutes prescribed ratios of at least one microparticle constituent and at least one nanoparticle constituent. Also described and claimed is a process for using the matrix-filled liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication to create three dimensional parts, and the three-dimensional parts made from the liquid radiation curable resins for additive fabrication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: DSM IP ASSETS, B.V.
    Inventors: Mingbo He, Beth Rundlett, Kangtai Ren, Caroline Liu, TaiYeon Lee, Brad Seurer, Robin Papachristopoulos
  • Patent number: 10526470
    Abstract: The invention is related to a cost-effective method for producing water-soluble thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric materials. Resultant materials can find particular use in preparing a packaging solution used for packaging and autoclaving medical devices, especially contact lenses. Those packaging solutions are especially suitable for forming a relatively-thick and soft hydrogel coatings on contact lenses or medical devices according to an in-package-crosslinking (IPC) processes. The resultant non-silicone hydrogel coatings can have a superior lubricity (a friction rating of 0) with minimized or no surface cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Chiang, Yongxing Qiu, Kelly Kayi Tallau, Angela Driver-Scott
  • Patent number: 10526471
    Abstract: The invention relates to the process for preparing ethylenedialkylphosphinic acids, esters and salts, wherein a) a phosphonic acid source (I) is reacted with olefins (IV) in the presence of a catalyst A to give an alkylphosphonous acid (II), or salt or ester thereof, b) the alkylphosphonous acid (II), or the salt or ester thereof, is reacted with an acetylenic compound (V) in the presence of a catalyst B to give the ethylenedialkylphosphinic acid derivative (III) where R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R11, R12, R13, R14 are the same or different and are each independently H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, where the C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl groups may be substituted by —C(O)CH3, OH, CH2OH, NH2, NO2, OCH3, SH and/or OC(O)CH3, and X is Mg, Ca, Al, Sb, Sn, Ge, Ti, Fe, Zr, Zn, Ce, Bi, Sr, Mn, Cu, Ni, Li, Na, K, H and/or a protonated nitrogen base, and/or is H, C1-C18-alkyl, C6-C18-aryl, C6-C18-aralkyl, C6-C18-alkylaryl, (CH2)kOH, CH2—CHOH—CH2OH, (CH2)kO(CH2)lH, (CH2
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Clariant Plastics & Coatings Ltd
    Inventors: Martin Sicken, Fabian Schneider
  • Patent number: 10526472
    Abstract: Provided is a pneumatic tire having well-improved fuel economy, rubber tensile strength, and abrasion resistance while maintaining adequate productivity. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a hydrogenated copolymer and a sulfur donor, the hydrogenated copolymer containing a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene compound and having a degree of hydrogenation of the conjugated diene portion of 75 mol % or more, the hydrogenated copolymer being present in an amount of 75% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of a rubber component in the rubber composition, the sulfur donor being present in an amount of 0.2 to 8 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhei Yamashiro, Takeo Nakazono
  • Patent number: 10526473
    Abstract: A curable liquid rubber composition having improved viscosity stability is provided. The curable liquid rubber composition includes at least one functionalized crosslinkable polymer that is liquid at 25° C., contains at least one diene monomer in polymerized form, and is functionalized with one or more anhydride functional groups, one or more hydroxyl functional groups or one or more (meth)acrylate functional groups; at least one non-functionalized crosslinkable polymer that is liquid at 25° C., contains at least one diene monomer in polymerized form, and is not functionalized with anhydride, hydroxyl or (meth)acrylate functional groups; at least one metallic monomer coagent which is a metal carboxylate salt containing at least one (meth)acrylate functional group; and at least one inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Olivier Defrain