Patents Issued in May 12, 2020
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Patent number: 10647825Abstract: Peroxide masterbatch comprising: —15-55 wt % of one or more organic peroxides, —15-45 wt % of at least one copolymer of (i) ethylene or propylene and (ii) 1-butene and/or 1-octene, and 13-45 wt % of at least two types of fillers—filler type 1 and filler type 2—each having a different BET surface area: (i) filler type 1 being present in the masterbatch in a concentration of 3-15 wt % and having a BET surface area of more than 100 m2/g; (ii) filler type 2 being present in the masterbatch in a concentration of 10-30 wt % and having a BET surface area of 100 m2/g or less.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: NOURYON CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.Inventors: Waldo Joseph Elisabeth Beek, Leonardus Bernardus Gerhardus Maria Nijhof
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Patent number: 10647826Abstract: Provided is a resin composition to be suitably used as the matrix resin of a fiber-reinforced composite material excellent in fatigue resistance. In the resin composition for a fiber-reinforced composite material, 50 mass % or more of an epoxy resin (A) includes a phenol novolac-type epoxy resin containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) and a compound represented by the following general formula (2), and in gel permeation chromatography measurement, the phenol novolac-type epoxy resin contains a body corresponding to m=0 at a ratio of 75% by area or more and a body corresponding to m=1 at a ratio of 6% by area or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: NIPPON STEEL CHEMICAL & MATERIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Taniguchi, Kyohei Kano, Naoki Yokoyama
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Patent number: 10647827Abstract: Provided are an engineering plastic composite and a method for producing the same. The engineering plastic composite includes a carbon fiber having a surface modified by a hydrogen plasma and including a functional group and an engineering plastic. The carbon fiber is mixed with the engineering plastic to constitute a composite.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Dae-Soon Lim, Eung-seok Lee, Choonghyun Lee
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Patent number: 10647828Abstract: This prepreg comprises reinforcing fibers and a matrix resin composition. The matrix resin composition comprises at least an epoxy resin (component (A)), a radical polymerizable unsaturated compound (component (B)), and a polymer formed by radical polymerization of the component (B) (component (E)).Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical CorporationInventors: Takuya Teranishi, Manabu Kaneko, Masahiro Ichino, Teppei Miura, Tadao Samejima, Akira Miyauchi, Kiharu Numata, Shouhei Mori, Masaki Kusumi
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Patent number: 10647829Abstract: Provided are methods for surface-modifying a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic resin, which can provide chemically fixed surfaces showing low adsorption properties or selective adsorption properties with respect to proteins and cells, as well as excellent durability, instead of coatings which have drawbacks, such as that the performance is reduced due to separation or peeling of the coating. The present invention relates to a method for surface-modifying an object made of a rubber vulcanizate or a thermoplastic resin, the method including: a step 1 of forming polymerization initiation points on the surface of the object; and a step 2 of radically polymerizing a hydrophilic monomer starting from the polymerization initiation points by irradiation with UV light having a wavelength of 300 to 400 nm to grow polymer chains on the surface of the object.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Yasuhisa Minagawa
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Patent number: 10647830Abstract: A thermally conductive silicone composition having an organopolysiloxane as a base polymer and containing a thermally conductive filler, wherein the thermally conductive silicone composition that includes aluminum nitride having an average particle size of 10-100 ?m and crushed alumina having an average particle size of 0.1-5 ?m as a thermally conductive filler, contains 15-55 mass % of crushed alumina in the total amount of aluminum nitride and crushed alumina, and contains a total of 60-95 mass % of aluminum nitride and crushed alumina in the thermally conductive silicone composition has excellent moldability, high thermal conductivity and low thermal resistance, can give a cured product also having excellent water resistance, and has good adhesiveness during mounting when used as a heat-dissipating member.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventor: Takanori Ito
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Patent number: 10647831Abstract: The disclosure relates generally to a polymeric material for use in accommodating intraocular lenses for implantation in a lens chamber of a subject's eye. The present disclosure is directed to a polymeric material which comprises a fluorosilicone polymer and a silica component. The presently disclosed polymeric material is both optically clear and has a sufficiently low Young's modulus such that it can effectively respond to the eye's natural accommodative forces and thus can be used in accommodating intraocular lenses. When used in the fabrication of an intraocular lenses, the polymeric material disclosed herein protect the physical characteristics of the lens as the added hydrophobicity of the fluorosilicone polymer allows it to effectively resist diffusion of fluid from the eye and the adhesion of biologica materials.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: LensGens, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Silvestrini, Kevin Yacoub
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Patent number: 10647832Abstract: A polymer composition that can be used to form a melt-extruded film is provided. The polymer composition may contain an olefinic polymer and a transition metal salt. By selectively controlling specific aspects of the polymer and the transition metal salt, as well as the relative concentration of each component, the present inventors have discovered that the resulting composition can exhibit a relatively fast oxidation rate, which has been found to improve the adhesion of the composition to a wide variety of substrates.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Celanese EVA Performance Polymers Corp.Inventors: Jeffrey Charles Haley, Robert Weber, Myra Sumague, Dirk Hair
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Patent number: 10647833Abstract: The present technology provides a rubber composition containing: (A) a diene rubber, (B) from 5 to 200 parts by mass of silica per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, (C) from 1 to 20 mass % of a sulfur-containing silane coupling agent relative to the amount of the silica, (D) for example, from 1 to 20 mass % of n-octyltriethoxysilane relative to the amount of the silica; and (E) from 1 to 20 mass % of a glycerol monofatty acid ester derived from a fatty acid having from 8 to 24 carbons relative to the mass of the silica (B).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.Inventors: Shin Tsukishima, Miyuki Oka, Keisuke Murase, Hiroki Sugimoto
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Patent number: 10647834Abstract: Compositions comprising complexes of 1-methylcyclopropene and ?-cyclodextrin, and articles including the composition, are provided. Methods for using the compositions and articles in delaying the maturation of fruits, vegetables, and plants are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Fresh Inset S.A.Inventors: Andrzej Wolan, Mariusz Bosiak, Marcin Pakulski, Lucyna Czajkowska, Katarzyna Anna Guranowska, Roksana Katarzyna Radlowska
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Patent number: 10647835Abstract: This disclosure relates to wear-resistant rubber compositions, such as those, for example, comprising at least one hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene, at least one natural rubber, at least one polymerization accelerant; at least one sulfur; and at least one polybutadiene, wherein the wear-resistant rubber composition may have an effective cross-linking density of at least about 30×10?5 moles/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Weir Slurry Group, Inc.Inventors: Francisco A. Gozalo, Sanford W. Clark, Tham Meng, Timothy Lane
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Patent number: 10647836Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition of an elastomer, a non-elastomeric polyolefin and a thermoplastic elastomer based on polyolefin block copolymers are disclosed. Furthermore, the invention also relates to the use of a mixture of an elastomer and a cross-linking agent for the elastomer for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. A further subject of the invention is the use of a mixture of a non-elastomeric polyolefin and a thermoplastic elastomer based on polyolefin block copolymers for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a thermoplastic elastomer composition for producing a composite material with a polyolefin, in particular polypropylene. The invention also relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition as well as a composite material (article) made of the thermoplastic elastomer composition with a polyolefin.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Frieder Vielsack
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Patent number: 10647837Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a polyolefin, polycarbonate and a compatibiliser, articles made therefrom and the use of a graft or block copolymer as a compatibiliser.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Inventors: Marta Urszula Przybysz, Mateusz Krzysztof Kozak, Robbert Duchateau, Lidia Jasinska-Walc, Miloud Bouyahyi
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Patent number: 10647838Abstract: A heterophasic propylene copolymer (HECO) comprising a polypropylene matrix having a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) in the range of 40 to 120 g/10 min and a comonomer content in the range of 30 to 75 mol-% for the preparation of molded articles with low CLTE.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: BOREALIS AGInventors: Georg Grestenberger, Daniela Mileva, Susanne Kahlen, Pavel Shutov
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Patent number: 10647839Abstract: Provided is a polymer blend composition comprising linear low density polyethylene, a propylene polymer generally having rubber dispersed therein, and a combination of a propylene copolymer and an ethylene copolymer. In one embodiment, there is provided a polymer blend composition comprising 20 to 65 weight percent of a propylene polymer having from 10-60% crystallinity, 30-60 weight percent of a linear low density polyethylene, and a combination of the propylene copolymer and the ethylene copolymer comprising the remainder of the composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventors: Lichih R Peng, Jordan Kortmeyer, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
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Patent number: 10647840Abstract: A thermoplastic composition includes from about 50 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of a polymeric base resin and from about 10 wt. % to about 50 wt. % of a low dielectric constant (Dk)/low dissipation factor (Df) glass fiber component. The low Dk/low Df glass fiber component has a Dk of less than about 5.0 at a frequency of from 1 MHz to 1 GHz and a Df of less than about 0.002 at a frequency of from 1 MHz to 1 GHz. In certain aspects the thermoplastic composition has a Dk that is at least about 0.1 lower than a substantially identical reference composition that does not include the low Dk/low Df glass fiber component.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SABIC Global Technologies B.V.Inventors: Jian Wang, Shijie Song, Zhenke Wei, Qin Wang, Mian Dai
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Patent number: 10647841Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic polyolefin composition useful in automotive components comprising at least a polypropylene having a melting point temperature (Tm) of greater than 130° C. and a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) within the range from 10 g/10 min to 80 g/10 min; an amorphous ethylene-propylene copolymer comprising within the range from 40 wt % to 80 wt % ethylene derived units and having a melt flow rate (230° C./2.16 kg) within the range from 0.1 g/10 min to 20 g/10 min; and a propylene-based elastomer having within the range from 5 to 25 wt % ethylene derived units and having a Tm of less than 110° C. The composition only partially breaks or there is no break at ?29° C. (ASTM D256) with Notched Izod Force of between 10 to 40 ft-lb/in2 at 22° C. (533 to 2,132 J/m2), and between 1.0 to 12 ft-lb/in2 at ?29° C. (53 to 636 J/m2).Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.Inventors: Sudhin Datta, Xin Chen, Abdul M. Jangda, Rohan A. Hule, Jan Kalfus
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Patent number: 10647842Abstract: The invention relates to a method to reduce or prevent agglomeration of elastomeric ethylene/?-olefin copolymer particles in aqueous media by LCST compounds.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventors: David Thompson, Clinton Lund
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Patent number: 10647843Abstract: The present invention relates to non-oriented and oriented polyvinyl chloride pipe comprising: a) polyvinyl chloride; b) from 2 to 5 parts by weight of polymeric processing aid per 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl chloride; and c) from 1.6 to 2.0 parts by weight percent of a paraffin wax per 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl chloride. The polyvinyl chloride pipe of the present invention comprises a concentration of paraffin wax lubricant (>1.5 parts per 100 parts polyvinyl chloride) heretofore unrecognized in the art, without the loss of key physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Michael T. Petr, Steven R. Rapacki
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Patent number: 10647844Abstract: A method for synthesizing polyacrylonitrile (PAN) polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution is disclosed. The preferred PAN polymer has a PDI (Mw/Mn) of about 2 or less. Such PAN polymer is synthesized by controlled/living radical polymerization using a special RAFT (Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer) agent. Also disclosed is a method for producing carbon fibers from PAN polymer with low PDI.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Cytec Industries Inc.Inventors: Longgui Tang, Alan D. Thomas, Billy D. Harmon
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Patent number: 10647845Abstract: A water-in-oil microemulsion, including a polyacrylamide, a fatty acid, a surfactant, an oil continuous phase, and an aqueous discontinuous phase in the oil continuous phase. The fatty acid includes a tall oil fatty acid, oleic acid, or a combination of a tall oil fatty acid and oleic acid. The water-in-oil microemulsion contains 6 to 48 parts by weight of the polyacrylamide, 30 to 62 parts by weight of the fatty acid, and 20 to 44 parts by weight of the surfactant per 100 parts by weight of the polyacrylamide, the fatty acid, and the surfactant combined.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Exacto, Inc.Inventors: Franklin E. Sexton, Ryan T. Strash, Todd J. O'Connell
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Patent number: 10647846Abstract: An electrochemical sensor system comprises an electrochemical sensor and a hydrogel composition. The electrochemical sensor has at least a counter electrode and a working electrode. The hydrogel composition contacts the working electrode. The hydrogel composition comprises a first monomer, a second monomer, a cross-linking agent, and a solvent. The first monomer has hydrophilic characteristics. The second monomer has hydrophobic characteristics. The ratio of the first monomer to the second monomer is from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AGInventors: Paul Valint, Doug H. Williamson, Boru Zhu
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Patent number: 10647847Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded part manufactured using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition having excellent mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and impact strength, and weather resistance while having low gloss characteristics, a method of preparing the same, and a molded part manufactured using the same. According to the present invention, the thermoplastic resin composition includes an ASA graft copolymer having a core-shell structure having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 1 ?m, an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer, and an epoxy group-containing copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 2,000 to 8,000 g/mol in specific amounts.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Chun Ho Park, Yong Yeon Hwang, Hyun Taek Oh, Bong Keun Ahn, Min Jung Kim, Eun Soo Kang, Yong Hee An, Jang Won Park
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Patent number: 10647848Abstract: A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol-aldehyde resin based on: at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two —O—H groups in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the —O—H groups being unsubstituted; and at least one aldehyde of formula W: wherein each Ar1 and Ar2 group represents, independently of one another, an optionally substituted aromatic ring; and wherein SP is a connecting group that connects at least the Ar1 and Ar2 groups to one another, SP separating the Ar1 and Ar2 groups by at least 2 covalent bonds.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELINInventors: Anne-Lise Thuilliez, Odile Gavard-Lonchay, David Doisneau, Cedric Loubat, Quentin Crouzet
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Patent number: 10647849Abstract: The present invention provides an epoxy resin composition comprising at least the following component [A], component [B] and component [C], the epoxy resin composition being characterized in that: the mixture of component [A] and component [B] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to thicken at temperature (T1) and completes thickening at temperature (T2), temperature (T1) being 80-110° C. and temperature (T1) and temperature (T2) satisfying the relationship of expression (1) 5° C.?(T2?T1)?20° C. expression (1); and the mixture of component [A] and component [C] is a mixture that, when temperature is increased at 2° C./min, begins to cure at temperature (T3), temperature (T1) and temperature (T3) satisfying the relationship of expression (2) 5° C.?(T3?T1)?80° C. expression (2). Component [A]: epoxy resin Component [B]: thickening particle Component [C]: curing agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: TOHO TENAX CO., LTD.Inventors: Toru Kaneko, Yuko Okano
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Patent number: 10647850Abstract: A carbodiimide-based aqueous resin crosslinking agent excellent in the storage stability in the coexistence of an aqueous resin, comprising a polycarbodiimide (A) having substituents derived from hydrophilic organic compounds at both terminals thereof, at least one of the substituents being a substituent derived from a hydrophilic organic compound having a molecular weight of 340 or more, and a polycarbodiimide (B) having substituents derived from organic compounds having a molecular weight of 300 or less at both terminals thereof, wherein the mass ratio [(B)/(A)] of the polycarbodiimide (B) to the polycarbodiimide (A) is from 20/80 to 95/5.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: NISSHINBO CHEMICAL INC.Inventors: Nami Tsukamoto, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Ikuo Takahashi, Takahiko Itoh
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Patent number: 10647851Abstract: A copolymer comprising a repeat unit A, wherein repeat unit A comprises and at least one repeat unit B, wherein repeat unit B comprises an aryl group.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: PHILLIPS 66 COMPANYInventors: Laura Nielsen, Kathy Woody, Taeshik Earmme
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Patent number: 10647852Abstract: The present invention relates to photochromic polyfused naphthopyrans having very long-wave absorption of the closed form extending well into the visible wavelength range, and to the use thereof in all kinds of plastics, especially for ophthalmic purposes, preferably in driving glasses.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Udo Weigand, Herbert Zinner
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Patent number: 10647853Abstract: The present invention relates to a colorant, a colored resin composition comprising the colorant, and a color filter prepared using the colored resin composition. A novel reddish yellow pigment may be used in combination with a green pigment and a yellow pigment in order to reduce the imbalance of the intramolecular polarization of the green pigment and/or the yellow pigment in the colorant. As a result, a color filter comprising a colored layer in which a light leakage phenomenon, caused by an electric field distortion, is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jihee Kwon, Seunghoon Ji
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Patent number: 10647854Abstract: A method of obtaining a leuco polymer, the method comprising the step of reacting a reactive leuco compound with a polymer to form the leuco polymer. The reactive leuco compound comprises at least one leuco moiety and at least one nucleophilic group. The polymer comprises at least one group capable of reacting with said nucleophilic group. The said leuco moiety has a maximum molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength in the range 400 to 750 nm of less than 1000 M?1 cm?1. Laundry care compositions comprising the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Sanjeev K. Dey, Haihu Qin, Gregory S. Miracle
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Patent number: 10647855Abstract: A system for forming a coating on a substrate is provided. The system includes a first mix having a cement, a filler, a defoamer, a cement retarder, a dispersing agent, or any combination thereof. The system additionally includes a second mix having a fatty acid derivative, a synthetic resin, one or more organosilicon compounds, a pigment, a thickener, or any combination thereof. A coating composition is formed by mixing the first and second mix together. Lastly, the system includes a spraying apparatus that applies a wet film to the substrate wherein the cured coating does not yield to wet-rubs and does not stain (effloresce) with cold distilled water.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Flying Pig Coatings, LLCInventors: Cyrus Foster-Bey, Jr., Joel T. Pyper
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Patent number: 10647856Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to a material that is the reaction product of: a binder; a curing agent; and a zinc pyrithione represented by the formula: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 is independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxyl, hydroxyl, aryl, or heterocyclyl, uses thereof as a heatshield material, and heatshields.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Kevin O. Gaw, Mark W. Shorey, Holly M. Rhoe
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Patent number: 10647857Abstract: A method and resins for use with three-dimensional printing systems and/or other energy-curing devices to create 3-D objects having electrical conductivity. The resins comprise an initiator, a photopolymerizable agent, and a nanocarbon, particularly, single-walled carbon nanotubes. The initiator, photopolymerizable agent, and nanocarbon are mixed and agitated without fully solubilizing the nanocarbon so as to maintain the electrically conductive property.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: XILICO, LLCInventors: Greg P Cauchon, Ian D McFadden, Samir Sachdev
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Patent number: 10647858Abstract: A conductive polymer dispersion of this disclosure includes: a conductive composite containing a ?-conjugated conductive polymer and a polyanion; an isocyanurate-based compound; and a dispersion medium for dispersing the conductive composite.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventor: Sou Matsubayashi
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Patent number: 10647859Abstract: The present invention relates to a two-component putty comprising (1) a base component and (2) a curing component, wherein the base component comprises: —castor oil as resin component; and —a further resin component having a hydroxyl number in the range of from 00 to 800 mg KOH/g, wherein the curing component comprises a polyisocyanate, and wherein the two-component putty further comprises hollow microspheres and an organically modified inorganic filler. The present invention also relates to a method for coating a substrate by applying such putty and allowing the applied putty to cure. The invention further relates to a coated substrate obtainable by such method.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.Inventors: Igor Shishkov, Dirk Seeger, Julia Krupp, Johannes Felker
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Patent number: 10647860Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a layered silicate/polymer composite, the composite comprising individual exfoliated silicate layers separated in a continuous polymer matrix, wherein the polymer is a hydrophobic polymer, the method comprising: exfoliating sheet silicate in water to form a silicate suspension; replacing the water in the silicate suspension by an organic solvent to form a silicate/organic solvent suspension; contacting the silicate/organic solvent suspension with a solution of a hydrophobic polymer precursor in an organic solvent to form a silicate/polymer precursor suspension; coating the silicate/polymer precursor suspension on a substrate; removing the organic solvents; curing the hydrophobic polymer precursor of the coating of the silicate/polymer precursor; and annealing the cured coating to form the layered silicate/polymer composite on the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and ResearchInventors: Xu Li, Chaobin He, Siew Yee Wong
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Patent number: 10647861Abstract: Alpha-Alumina flakes having a particle thickness of 130-400 nm, a D50-value of 15-30 ?m, a D90-value of 30-45 ?m and a D10-value of <9.5 ?m. Use of the alumina flakes in varnishes, paints, automotive coatings printing inks, masterbatches, plastics and cosmetic formulations. Also, use of the alumina flakes as a substrate for effect pigments and in organic dyes.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Ryuta Suzuki, Gerhard Pfaff, Sabine Schoen, Noriyuki Matsuda, Katsuhisa Nitta
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Patent number: 10647862Abstract: Disclosed are an ink composition including light-absorbing nanoparticles and a photonic crystal structure formed using the same. The ink composition may include inorganic particles; monomer; photoinitiator; and nanoparticles light-absorbing nanoparticles to provide the photonic crystal structure. As consequence, problems such as low color sharpness, which makes photonic crystals visible, and attaining high productivity may be eliminated. Moreover, white scattering can be reduced, and thus a distinctive color can be exhibited even when there is a difference between a reflection angle and an observation angle of light, thereby improving visibility.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Chan Ul Jeong, Sang Hoon Han, Jong Bin Kim, Shin Hyun Kim, Gun Ho Lee
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Patent number: 10647863Abstract: A film forming method includes forming a film on a substrate, in which the film includes first regions, second regions, and third regions, the first regions, the second regions, and the third regions being defined by a refractive index and a region size and being present in a mixed manner in a cross section parallel to a thickness direction, the first regions and the second regions have a refractive index at least 0.4 higher than the third regions, the second regions are formed of high-refractive-index particles having an average particle size of 10 nm or more and 100 nm or less, the first regions are formed of the high-refractive-index particles that have been aggregated, the first regions having an equivalent circular diameter of 250 nm or more, and the third regions have an equivalent circular diameter of more than 100 nm.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Kotani, Kenichi Iida, Satoshi Yamabi, Motokazu Kobayashi, Shinichirou Yoshikawa, Toshihiko Sugimoto, Takeshi Honma
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Patent number: 10647864Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous pigment dispersion that provides an aqueous ink for inkjet recording that contains a reduced number of coarse particles, is excellent in ejection stability, and is applicable to a printer equipped with a high-resolution inkjet head and to provide the aqueous ink for inkjet recording. The present invention relates to an aqueous pigment dispersion containing: a polymer (A) that has anionic groups, has a solubility in water of 0.1 g/100 mL or less and a number average molecular weight within the range of 1,000 to 6,000, and forms fine particles in water when the degree of neutralization of the anionic groups with a basic compound is 100%; a polyhalogenated metal phthalocyanine pigment or a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment; and water. The invention also relates to an aqueous ink for inkjet recording.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Toshihisa Kimura, Satoru Toida
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Patent number: 10647865Abstract: An ink composition includes 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol; trimethylolpropane; water; and a pigment, in which no more than 0.5% by mass of 1,2-hexanediol is contained, and a mass ratio of the trimethylolpropane to the 3-methyl-1,5-pentanediol is 0.12 or more and 2 or less.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Keisuke Morita, Yusuke Mizutaki, Tomohito Nakano
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Patent number: 10647866Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a resin-dispersed pigment; an emulsion of a vinyl chloride-acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of equal to or more than 50° C.; an anionic surfactant having only one anion group in a molecule thereof; and water. A ratio (S/E) of a blending amount (S) of the anionic surfactant to a solid content blending amount (E) of the emulsion of the vinyl chloride-acrylic copolymer in an entire amount of the water-based ink is equal to or more than 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Miki Nishiura, Mitsunori Maeda
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Patent number: 10647867Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink set for inkjet recording containing a white ink and color inks including a cyan ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink, wherein each ink independently contains a pigment, a pigment dispersing resin, an organic solvent and water, the pigment dispersing resin A of either the white ink or the color inks has an alkyl chain with a carbon number of 10 or greater, the pigment dispersing resin B of the other of the white ink or the color inks has a polyoxyalkylene chain, and the pigment dispersing resin A and the pigment dispersing resin B are different resins. According to the present invention, an ink set for inkjet recording can be provided that exhibits excellent printability during high-speed printing, even when printing onto less permeable substrates, and is capable of producing sharp image quality with little mixed color bleeding.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYO INK CO., LTD.Inventors: Masahiro Sugihara, Yoshihito Suzuki, Kazuhiro Jonai
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Patent number: 10647868Abstract: Described are modulating coatings that are configured to provide an improved release profile of a volatile composition from a base material, wherein the modulating coating includes a barrier substance that is configured to hinder a release of the volatile composition through the modulating coating, and a hygroscopic substance that is configured to facilitate the release of the volatile composition through the modulating coating.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ENVIROSCENT, INC.Inventors: Bao Trong Do, Eric Mehnert, Nicholas D. McKay, Jr., Candace Branch, Jeffrey Sherwood
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Patent number: 10647869Abstract: A peelable coating composition capable of providing coating films with good peelability particularly after UV exposure and desirable mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Shujun Shu, Yurun Yang, Yaobang Li, Yan Guo, Mingqu Yu, Baoqing Zheng
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Patent number: 10647870Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition comprising a reaction product UA of at least one multifunctional aldehyde A with at least one cyclic urea U, and a crosslinkable resin having at least one kind of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl functional groups, acid functional groups, amide functional groups, amino functional groups, imino functional groups, mercaptan functional groups, phosphine functional groups, and carbamate functional groups, characterised in that the degree of etherification, measured as the ratio «(13 O—R)/«(U) of the amount of substance n(—O—R) of alkoxy groups as substituents of the aldehyde carbon atoms of the multifunctional aldehyde chemically bound in the reaction product UA to the amount of substance «(U) of cyclic urea U chemically bound in the reaction products, is less than 0.01 mol/mol, and to a process for the preparation of the reaction product UA.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: ALLNEX NETHERLANDS B.V.Inventors: Ram Gupta, Lawrence Flood, Urvee Treasurer, Barry Lawless, Colin Brogan
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Patent number: 10647871Abstract: The present invention is directed to a coating composition or paint comprising a multistage latex with at least first and second stages, wherein the composition or paint is substantially free of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and capable of film formation even in the absence of coalescent agents. The base paint formulation is capable of being tinted at a point-of-sale (i.e. in-store) using a colorant composition of a type and quantity required to produce a paint of desired color and finish. The paints, show improved block resistance, scrub resistance and tack resistance.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Inventors: Tyler Bell, Robert Sandoval, Mary Jane Hibben, Michael C. Wildman
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Patent number: 10647872Abstract: A problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a moisture-permeable film which is excellent in moisture permeability and water swelling resistance. The present invention relates to a moisture-permeable film formed by a composition containing polyurethane (A) and a hydrophilic acrylic polymer (B). The moisture-permeable film of the present invention is excellent in the moisture permeability and the water swelling resistance. Accordingly, the moisture-permeable film of the present invention can be preferably used as the moisture-permeable film used in producing moisture-permeable waterproof cloth for clothing, medical, and hygiene; and synthetic leather. The hydrophilic acrylic polymer (B) is preferably a polymer of a hydrophilic acrylic monomer (b1) containing an acrylic monomer (b1-1) having an amide group and an acrylic monomer (b1-2) having an oxyethylene group.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Kunihiko Komatsuzaki, Tetsuo Takada
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Patent number: 10647873Abstract: Provided herein is a polymerizable liquid composition useful for additive manufacturing, which composition may include: (i) a free radical photoinitiator; (ii) monomers and/or prepolymers (e.g., reactive diluents) that are polymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation or light, optionally wherein some or all of said monomers and/or prepolymers comprise one or more acid-labile groups; (iii) a chain extender, optionally wherein said chain extender comprises one or more acid-labile groups; and (iv) a photoacid generator, wherein at least one of said monomers and/or prepolymers, or said chain extender, comprises one or more acid-labile groups, and wherein said free radical photoinitiator and said photoacid generator are, or are selected to be, activated by light at different ranges of wavelengths or intensities. Methods of forming a three-dimensional object with the composition, and articles so formed are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Carbon, Inc.Inventors: Jason P. Rolland, Nordstrom Kirk Phelps, Ariel M. Herrmann
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Patent number: 10647874Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition comprising a polymer binder and from 1% to 40% by dry weight based on total dry weight of the coating composition, titanium dioxide particles, wherein the polymer binder comprises, as polymerized units, by dry weight based on total dry weight of the polymer binder, from 50% to 99%, ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomers, and from 1% to 5%, a vinyl functionalized benzotriazole.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Hui Liu, Jianming Xu, Yujiang Wang