Patents Issued in July 30, 2020
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Publication number: 20200239782Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for conversion of oxygenate-containing feeds to a hydrocarbon effluent that includes a naphtha boiling range portion with an increased research octane number and/or increased octane rating. The conditions for converting the oxygenate-containing feed can correspond to conversion conditions for fluidized bed operation and/or moving bed operation, with a low acidity catalyst that also includes phosphorus to improve the hydrogen transfer rate relative to the expected hydrogen transfer rate for a low acidity catalyst. In addition to providing a naphtha fraction with an improved research octane number and/or octane rating, the amount of durene in the naphtha fraction can be reduced or minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Brandon J. O'Neill
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Publication number: 20200239783Abstract: The invention relates weldments useful as heat transfer tubes in pyrolysis furnaces. The invention relates to tubes that are useful in pyrolysis furnaces. The weldments include a tubular member and at least one mixing element. The tubular member comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element's aluminum-containing alloy can be the same as or different from the tubular member's aluminum-containing alloy. Other aspects of the invention relate to pyrolysis furnaces which include such weldments, and the use of such pyrolysis furnaces for hydrocarbon conversion processes such as steam cracking.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: David B. Spicer, Changmin Chun
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Publication number: 20200239784Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for selective oxidation of CO and/or C3? hydrocarbonaceous compounds in a reaction environment including hydrocarbons and/or hydrocarbonaceous components. The selective oxidation can be performed by exposing the CO and/or C3? hydrocarbonaceous compounds to a catalytic metal that is encapsulated in a small pore zeolite. The small pore zeolite containing the encapsulated metal can have a sufficiently small pore size to reduce or minimize the types of hydrocarbons or hydrocarbonaceous compounds that can interact with the encapsulated metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Pedro Serna Merino, Jadeene E. Gabay, Avelino Corma Canos, Manuel Moliner Marin
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Publication number: 20200239785Abstract: Systems and processes for removing organic acids from liquid hydrocarbon product streams are provided. The systems and processes can include injecting an ammoniated water wash into a liquid hydrocarbon product stream, such as an effluent stream from a methanol conversion process, and subsequently separating the treated liquid hydrocarbon product stream from the wash water. The addition of ammonia can reduce the amount of water wash by an unexpected amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Charles R. Bolz, Suriyanarayanan Rajagopalan, Mohsen N. Harandi, David W. Staubs
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Publication number: 20200239786Abstract: Copper sulfide of the formula CuxSy, wherein x and y are integer or non-integer values, wherein (i) the copper sulfide has a sulfur 2p XPS spectrum with peaks at 162.3 eV (±1 ev), 163.8 eV (±1 ev) and 68.5 eV (±1 ev), characterised in that the peak at 168.5 eV has a lower value of counts per second (CPS) than both the peak at 162.3 eV and the peak at 163.8 eV; and (ii) the copper sulfide has a copper 2p XPS spectrum with peaks at 932.0 eV (±2ev) and 933.6 eV (±3eV) and characterised in that the XPS spectrum does not comprise identifiable satellite peaks at 939.8 eV and 943.1 eV (±3 eV).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: KENNETH SEDDON, GEETHA SRINIVASAN, MOHAMMAD SYAMZARI RAFEEN, KUAH YONG CHEUN, AMIRUDDIN HASSAN, ADI AIZAT RAZALI, SHARIZAL M. AZAM SHAH WONG
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Publication number: 20200239787Abstract: A system for crude oil desalting and dehydration in a single vessel is disclosed. The system comprises a pressure vessel defining a cavity and comprising a sealed bulkhead separating the cavity into a first compartment and a second compartment. Disposed within the first compartment is a first distributor disposed within the first compartment, a first electrical grid assembly, and a transfer conduit that passes through the bulkhead from the first compartment to the second compartment, the second compartment being in fluid communication with the first compartment via the transfer conduit. The pressure vessel may further comprise an overflow weir in the first compartment and a second electrical grid assembly disposed within the second compartment and aligned substantially transverse to a flow path extending from the transfer conduit to the crude collection header.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Michael THOMAS, Chad TOMLINSON
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Publication number: 20200239788Abstract: A washing and desalting device includes a first shell and a plurality of filaments. The first shell has a first receiving cavity and is provided with a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet that communicate with the first receiving cavity. The plurality of the filaments is provided in the first receiving cavity, and the length direction of each of the filaments is consistent with that of the first receiving cavity. The device can be incorporated in a washing and dehydrating system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Xiuna YANG, Zonglin RUAN, Huimin QI, Ping JIN
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Publication number: 20200239789Abstract: A treatment process for remediating H2S and other contaminants in liquids includes: partially filling a closed vessel with a contaminated liquid containing ?5 ppm H2S with a head space above the liquid within the vessel where gasses released from the liquid from the liquid collect; separately providing a treatment composition in the head space so that the gasses from the liquid may contact the treatment composition; and permitting the contact between the vapors from the liquid and the treatment composition to continue until a collective concentration of H2S in the liquid and in the head space is <5 ppm. The treatment composition includes an aqueous solution containing at least one hydroxide compound, a collective concentration of the at least one hydroxide compound in the aqueous solution is in a range of 35-55 weight %, and the aqueous solution constitutes at least 80 weight % of the treatment composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Cliffton Lee ROE, Linda SCHWEITZER
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Publication number: 20200239790Abstract: Process scheme configurations are disclosed that enable conversion of crude oil feeds with several processing units in an integrated manner into petrochemicals. The designs utilize minimum capital expenditures to prepare suitable feedstocks for the steam cracker complex. The integrated process for converting crude oil to petrochemical products including olefins and aromatics, and fuel products, includes mixed feed steam cracking and fluid catalytic cracking. Feeds to the mixed feed steam cracker include light products and naphtha from hydroprocessing zones within the battery limits, recycle streams from the C3 and C4 olefins recovery steps, and raffinate from a pyrolysis gasoline and FCC naphtha aromatics extraction zone within the battery limits.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Mohammed Saeed AL-GHAMDI, Bader BaHammam, Naif AL OSAIMI, Sami BARNAWI
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Publication number: 20200239791Abstract: Disclosed is a catalytic cracking process for producing isobutane and/or light aromatics in high yield, comprising the steps of: a) providing a catalytic cracking feedstock oil having a polycyclic naphthene content of greater than about 25 wt %; b) subjecting the catalytic cracking feedstock oil to a first catalytic cracking reaction and a second catalytic cracking reaction sequentially under different reaction conditions to obtain a catalytic cracking product; c) separating the resulting catalytic cracking product to obtain a liquefied gas fraction comprising isobutane and a gasoline fraction comprising light aromatics; and d) optionally, recovering isobutane from the liquefied gas fraction and/or recovering light aromatics from the gasoline fraction. The process can enable the production of isobutane and/or light aromatics in high yield.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Youhao XU, Xin WANG, Yuying ZHANG, Tao LIU, Xuhui BAI, Lishun DAI, Zhigan ZHANG, Jialin LIANG, Nan JIANG
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Publication number: 20200239792Abstract: Disclosed is a gasification unit (1) for producing a product gas. The gasification unit (1) comprises a co-current or counterflow pyrolysis unit (2) including a pyrolysis gas outlet (3) arranged at an upper part(4)of the pyrolysis unit (2) and a pyrolysis gas inlet (5) arranged at a lower part(6)of the pyrolysis unit (2). The gasification unit (1) further comprises a co-current or counterflow gasifier (7) including a product gas outlet (8) arranged at an upper part(9)of the gasifier (7) and a gasifier inlet (10) arranged at a lower part of the gasifier (7) and coke moving means (12) for allowing pyrolyzed coke (13) to move from the pyrolysis unit (2) to the gasifier (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Rasmus Østergaard GADSBØL, Ulrik Birk HENRIKSEN, Jesper AHRENFELDT
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Publication number: 20200239793Abstract: A method and system for continuous production of contaminant free and size specific biochar using downdraft gasification of variable quality feedstock. The system and process of the present invention includes the transfer of biochar from a gasifier after gasification to a temperature-controlled cooling screw conveyor, into a drum magnet for ferrous metal removal into multiple diverters to separate and remove ungasified materials and non-ferrous metal contaminants, then transferred into a granulator for grinding and screening the biochar to a pre-selected size. By directly attaching a novel and continuous product treatment process to the biochar stream as it exits the gasifier, the particle size, moisture content, carbon content and yield of a contaminant free biochar product can be narrowly controlled and improved to meet strict product quality specifications required by specialty applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Aries Gasification, LLCInventors: Renus Kelfkens, Matthew Newman
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Publication number: 20200239794Abstract: Disclosed is a hydrogen generation furnace using decomposition of biomass steam, which employs an infrared source and a furnace body with a water-accommodating structure. A steam separation-drying device is cylindrical and provided at an upper part of an interior of the furnace body and a cavity of the steam separation-drying device forms a secondary gasifier. A lattice plate is provided at a bottom of the interior of the furnace body. A lattice combustion grate is provided above a middle of the lattice plate. A steam distributor is provided outside a lower part of the furnace body. The furnace of the invention performs gasified gas separation as well as secondary oxidation and gasification and mixes steam with gas generated from biomass to perform a decomposition reaction for generating hydrogen.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Daji ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200239795Abstract: Disclosed is a method for reducing the tar content in pyrolysis gas generated in a pyrolysis reactor (1). The method comprises the steps of: guiding the pyrolysis gas through a filter (2) to remove at least 90% of all the particles in the pyrolysis gas having a particle size down to 7 ? and preferably down to 4 ? from the pyrolysis gas, partially oxidizing the pyrolysis gas in a partial oxidation reactor (3) to remove tar from the pyrolysis gas, and guiding the pyrolysis gas through a coke bed (4) to further remove tar from the pyrolysis gas. Furthermore, a two-stage gasifier (6) is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Ulrik Birk HENRIKSEN, Jesper AHRENFELDT
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Publication number: 20200239796Abstract: The present invention provides for a fuel compositions are provided comprising a hydrogenation product of a tricyclic sesquiterpene (epi-isozizaene, pentalenene, or ?-isocomene) and a fuel additive. Methods of making and using the fuel compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventor: Taek Soon Lee
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Publication number: 20200239797Abstract: A power generation system comprises a fuel gas supply device 13 for controlling methane concentration or carbon dioxide concentration in a mixed gas MG containing methane and carbon dioxide within a setting range for the concentration in the fuel gas of a gas engine 11, and for supplying the mixed gas MG to the gas engine 11 as the fuel gas, and a gas concentration sensor 14 for measuring the carbon dioxide concentration or the methane concentration of the mixed gas MG.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Renaissance Energy Research CorporationInventors: Osamu OKADA, Nobuaki HANAI, Junya MIYATA, Hideaki MATSUO
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Publication number: 20200239798Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for the production of liquefied petroleum gas from sustainable feedstocks, including methods comprising conversion of alcohols produced by gas fermentation for the production of propane and/or butane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Ralph Gillespie, Michelle Kocal
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Publication number: 20200239799Abstract: A biomass solid fuel having low self-heating. In the biomass solid fuel, mutual bonding or adhesion between pulverized biomass particles is maintained and the biomass solid fuel has a maximum reaching temperature of less than 200° C. in a self-heating property test based on the “UNITED NATIONS Recommendations on the TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS: Manual of Test and Criteria: 5th revised Edition: Test method for Self-heating substances”.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Shigeya HAYASHI, Nobuyuki OOI
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Publication number: 20200239800Abstract: A biomass solid fuel with reduced self-heating. An apparatus for manufacturing a biomass solid fuel including a carbonization furnace for carbonizing a biomass molded block to obtain a biomass solid fuel; a yield calculator for calculating a yield of the biomass solid fuel and/or a temperature detector for measuring a temperature of the carbonization furnace; and a controller for controlling a heat source of the carbonization furnace; in which the controller controls the heat source based on a correlation between (i) a self-heating property of the biomass solid fuel and (ii) the yield and/or the temperature of the carbonization furnace.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yuusuke HIRAIWA, Shigeya HAYASHI, Nobuyuki OOI
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Publication number: 20200239801Abstract: In some embodiments, a compound has the formula (I) where: R1 and R2 are alkyl or, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, cycloalkyl; R3, R4 and R5 are H or alkyl (formula II); R6 is alkyl or where: R7 and R8 are H, alkyl or, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, cycloalkyl; R9 is H or alkyl; X is alkylene or is absent; and p is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and m and n are 0, 1, 2 or 3 provided that m is 0 when R4 and R5 are H. The compound is suitable for use as a base stock which provides low volatility for a given viscosity profile. The compound may be used in a lubricant composition for an internal combustion engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Gordon LAMB, Amit GOKHALE, John Philip DAVIES, John REDSHAW, Peter SEDEN, Kevin WEST
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Publication number: 20200239802Abstract: The presently disclosed technology relates to a nano-additives to improve the performance of lubricants, oils, and greases. More specifically, the presently disclosed technology relates to applying capped metal oxide nanoparticles, such as capped zirconia nanoparticles, in the lubricants to produce a tribofilms on the lubricating surfaces to provide wear protection to the said surfaces. Also, the interaction of the capped zirconia nanoparticles with other commonly used additives in lubricants may further optimize the performance of the resulting tribofilms.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Imene LAHOUIJ, Robert CARPICK, Andrew JACKSON, Harman KHARE, Nitya GOSVAMI, Nicholaos G. DEMAS, Robert A. ERCK, Aaron C. GRECO, George R. FENSKE, Wei XU, Gregory COOPER, Zhiyun CHEN
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Publication number: 20200239803Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a base oil present in an amount of greater than 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition and an antioxidant. The antioxidant has the structure: wherein each X is independently CH or N, so long as at least one X is N. A is an electron donating group that (1) has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or (2) is an aryl or alkyl group. Z is chosen from a hydrogen atom and an electron donating group that has an atom having at least one lone pair electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or is an aryl or alkyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Philippe Rabbat, Mary Elizabeth Dery, Bridgett Rakestraw, Sai P. Shum, Paul Angelo Odorisio
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Publication number: 20200239804Abstract: The invention relates to a seal swell agent which is a substituted sulfonyldibenzene compound, and lubricating compositions containing the seal swell agent. The substituents on the benzene rings may be hydrocarbyl groups of 4 to 20 carbon atoms or alkylene groups of 1-2 carbon atoms with further functional groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Mariam Shamszad, Paul E. Adams, Mahmud M. Hussain, Peter Miatt
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Publication number: 20200239805Abstract: Thioether-substituted phenols that are the reaction product of a thioether-substituted alcohol or thioether-substituted amine and a phenol with at least one pendant acyl group and have a ratio of sulfur groups to phenol groups of at least 1:1 and uses for thioether-substituted phenols. Methods of lubricating an internal combustion engine by contacting the internal combustion engine with a lubricating composition comprising a thioether-substituted phenol. Methods of reducing deposit formation and/or corrosion in an engine using a lubricating composition comprising a thioether-substituted phenol.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yanshi Zhang, Jason J. Hanthorn
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Publication number: 20200239806Abstract: The present invention relates to a coating composition that can produce an article having an inner surface and an outer surface, both of which are slippery, and a method for preparing the same. By using the coating composition according to the present invention, it is possible to produce the article having the inner surface and the outer surface, both of which are slippery, only with a simple process of molding and curing a polymer resin by the technique of the prior art. The article produced using the coating composition of the present invention can solve an ice removal on a surface of the machinery such as an aircraft and an automobile, a biofouling problem in a blood vessel, a problem requiring self-cleaning, and the like, and thus can be used in various industries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversityInventors: Dong Rip KIM, Kang Won LEE, Ji Hoon AHN, Yale JEON
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Publication number: 20200239807Abstract: A lubricant composition includes a mixture of grease and wax formed into a block which is solid at atmospheric pressure and temperatures up to 150° F., and which transforms into a semi-solid under mechanical loading. The mixture is formed with 5-25% of melted wax. The block may be coated to form a shell to remain solid at elevated temperatures. The block may include other additives. The grease block is suitable for use in various applications, including on a 5th wheel trailer hitch plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Todd Whiting, Kenneth A. Budke, II
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Publication number: 20200239808Abstract: In a paste type lubrication between a steel wire rope and a rope groove of a pulley, is applied a paste lubricant which contains oil and small solid particles. Solid particles could be of a wide variety sizes and they are small enough to at least partly fit into the valleys between the peaks of surface roughness of the ropes or the rope groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: KONE CORPORATIONInventors: Raimo PELTO-HUIKKO, Anssi LAUKKANEN, Kenneth HOLMBERG, Timo Hakala
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Publication number: 20200239809Abstract: A process for the combined degumming and neutralization of an oil containing phosphatides and FFA, the process comprising: dosing an aqueous degumming reactant into the oil to form a mixture; introducing the mixture into a first set of flow-through hydrodynamic cavitation reactors to form at the exit of the first set of flow-through hydrodynamic cavitation reactors a mixture; dosing, at the exit of the first set of flow-through hydrodynamic cavitation reactors an aqueous caustic solution into the oil to form a mixture of aqueous caustic dispersed into the oil; introducing the mixture of an aqueous caustic dispersed into the oil into a second set of flow-through hydrodynamic cavitation reactors to form a mixture of oil containing hydrated phosphatides and neutralized FFA (soaps); and separating the mixture of oil containing hydrated phosphatides and soaps to obtain an oil phase and an aqueous phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Marc Kellens, Vincent Van Den Schrieck
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Publication number: 20200239810Abstract: The present invention primarily relates to the use of one or more stereoisomers of the compound of formula (I) as described herein for modifying and/or enhancing the olfactory impression of one or more fragrances with a lily of the valley scent. The invention further relates to a new mixture comprising or consisting of one or more stereoisomers of the compound of formula (I) as described herein and two or more stereoisomers of the compound of formula (II) as described herein with a weight ratio of the stereoisomers of the compounds of formula (II) as described herein, fragrance compositions comprising or consisting of a mixture as described herein, perfumed products containing mixtures or fragrance composition as described herein, and a process for modifying and/or enhancing the lily of the valley scent of a compound of formula (II) as described herein, respectively for preparing a perfumed product as described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Marcus BETZER, Stefan LAMBRECHT, Marcus EH
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Publication number: 20200239811Abstract: Included within the scope of the invention are compositions for conditioning fabrics comprising a fabric conditioning agents; such agents being selected from a) a neutralized amino acid ester represented by formula (I): wherein R1 is an alkyl group having one to ten carbon atoms and R2 is a carbon chain having ten to fifty carbon atoms; b) a neutralized amino acid ester represented by formula (II): wherein R3 is an alkyl group having one to 6 to 24 carbon atoms and R4 independently represents an alkyl group having 6 to 36 carbon atoms; and c) a mixture of a) and b); and a carrier selected from water, an alcohol, and an alcoholic water mixture. Also included are related methods of use and manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Rocco V. Burgo
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Publication number: 20200239812Abstract: A detergent or cleaning agent, in particular a cleaning agent for hard surfaces, having at least two phases which are different from each other. The detergent or cleaning agent includes at least one first phase and at least one second phase that is different, with the at least one first phase being solid and the at least one second phase having at least one polymer and at least one polyvalent alcohol.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Oliver Kurth, Inga Kerstin Vockenroth, David Matulla, Volker Blank
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Publication number: 20200239813Abstract: A metal cleanser composition includes: (A) at least one carboxylic acid compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid, a polycarboxylic acid, and a neutral salts thereof; (B) a specific oxyalkylene group-containing compound; and (C) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a specific organic phosphonic acid and a salt thereof, and a specific nitrogen-containing heterocycle-containing compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Tetsuya MUNEISHI, Junichi NAKAJIMA, Takeshi YOSHIDA, Masahiko SHIMAKAWA, Fumitaka ITO
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Publication number: 20200239814Abstract: The present disclosure relates to serine proteases cloned from Bacillus spp., and variants thereof. Compositions containing the serine proteases are suitable for use in cleaning fabrics and hard surfaces, as well as in a variety of industrial applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Marc Kolkman, Anja Hemmingsen Kellett-Smith, Rie Mejldal, Lilia Maria Babe
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Publication number: 20200239815Abstract: Detergent compositions may include endoglucanase variants and methods of using such detergent compositions. The endoglucanase may have an alteration at one or more positions where the variant has at least 60% but less than 100% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Nina MUSSMANN, Susanne WIELAND, Christian DEGERING, Rune Nygaard MONRAD, Vasudeva P. RAO, Rajendra Kulothungan SAINATHAN, Sohel DALAL, Santhosh Vasu MEPADAM, Allan SVENDSEN, Mette Louise Dissing OVERGAARD, Lars ANDERSON, Geetha Hiremath MENDEZ
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Publication number: 20200239816Abstract: Disclosed is a natural fragrance soap comprising: a soap base in which solid component oil consisting of at least one of palm and coconut and liquid component oil consisting of horse oil are mixed; fragrance essence oil extracted from at least one of herb plants, fruits, and medicinal herbs; and a functional material containing at least one of an aloe extract, a chamomile extract, a jojoba essence, triclosan, bamboo salt, hyaluronic acid, glycerin and a moisturizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Hunsang KANG
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Publication number: 20200239817Abstract: A beverage maker and a method for controlling a beverage maker are provided. The beverage maker may include a fermentation tank forming a space in which a beverage is made, a gas discharge channel connected to an inside of the fermentation tank, a gas discharge valve disposed in the gas discharge channel, a flow sensor disposed in the gas discharge channel, and a controller configured to control a primary fermentation operation of the beverage to be made. The controller may be configured to further perform the primary fermentation operation by opening the gas discharge valve, when completion of the primary fermentation operation is confirmed, acquire information on an amount of carbon dioxide discharged via the gas discharge channel using the flow sensor while the primary fermentation operation is further performed, and perform a bottling inducing operation for bottling of the beverage, which is being made, into an external container, based on the amount of discharged carbon dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Sunyoung PARK
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Publication number: 20200239818Abstract: A method and system for preserving wine from spoilage after exposure to oxygen is disclosed. The method includes adding natural herbs and spices to wine in a manner that enhances the stability of the wine product after exposure to oxygen. The example method adds herbs and spices to wine in a sealed container for a period of time sufficient to allow characteristics of the herbs and spices to be infused into the wine. The infused wine has an extended shelf life, once exposed to oxygen, thereby making it amenable to commercial manufacturing and distribution after the usual one-week shelf-life period for opened and untreated wine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Arman Falsafi, Shawn McNamara
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Publication number: 20200239819Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally provide for the expansion of cells in a cell expansion system using an active promotion of a coating agent(s) to a cell growth surface. A coating agent may be applied to a surface, such as the cell growth surface of a hollow fiber, by controlling the movement of a fluid in which a coating agent is suspended. Using ultrafiltration, the fluid may be pushed through the pores of a hollow fiber from a first side, e.g., an intracapillary (IC) side, of the hollow fiber to a second side, e.g., an extracapillary (EC) side, while the coating agent is actively promoted to the surface of the hollow fiber. In so doing, the coating agent may be hydrostatically deposited onto a wall, e.g., inner wall, of the hollow fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Terumo BCT, Inc.Inventors: Nathan D. FRANK, Brian J. NANKERVIS, Dennis J. HLAVINKA, Thomas G. DILORENZO
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Publication number: 20200239820Abstract: The present invention relates to a reactor including a tank (81) intended to contain a mass to be treated and at least one lighting and heating device (83) intended to promote the treatment of this mass, remarkable in that the lighting and heating device comprises: a plate including at least one groove extending longitudinally and composed of a bottom and two side walls, illumination means in thermal contact with the bottom of the groove, so that the heat generated by the illumination means is transmitted to the mass to be treated via the bottom of the plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Olivier CAGNAC
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Publication number: 20200239821Abstract: A micro-fluidic system for a perfusion cell culture is disclosed. The system includes: a substrate; a micro-fluid injection channel defined in the substrate to guide fluid in a plane direction of the substrate; at least two micro-fluid branch channels defined in the substrate, wherein the branch channels are branched from the micro-fluid injection channel; micro-fluid outlet channels defined in the substrate, wherein each of the outlet channels extends from a distal end of each branch channel to a top face of the substrate, wherein each outlet channel has each through-hole defined in the top face portion of the substrate; and well plates disposed on the top face of the substrate, wherein each of the well plates fluid-communicates with each outlet channel. The micro-fluidic system refers to a technique that adjusts a flow of liquid or gas of a very small amount (nanoliter or picoliter) in an extremely miniaturized device.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2016Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Jeung Sang GO, Hyeong Jin JEON, Moon Jeong KIM, Dong Hyeok PARK
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Publication number: 20200239822Abstract: Embodiments described herein generally provide for the expansion of cells in a cell expansion system using an active promotion of a coating agent(s) to a cell growth surface in some embodiments. A coating agent may be applied to a surface, such as the cell growth surface of a hollow fiber in a bioreactor, by controlling the movement of a fluid in which a coating agent is suspended, by changing flow rates, by changing flow directions, by rotation of the bioreactor, and/or combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Terumo BCT, Inc.Inventors: Nathan D. FRANK, Brian J. NANKERVIS, Dennis J. HLAVINKA, Thomas G. DILORENZO
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Publication number: 20200239823Abstract: A cell processing system comprising an enclosure 601, an outer enclosure 701 that envelops the enclosure 601, an intake air purification filter 602 provided in the enclosure 601, that purifies gas that has been drawn in from outside the enclosure 601, a circulating apparatus, inside the outer enclosure 701, that circulates gas inside and outside the enclosure 601 in such a manner that gas in the outer enclosure 701 is drawn into the enclosure 601 through the intake air purification filter 602 and gas inside the enclosure 601 is discharged into the outer enclosure 701, and a cell processing apparatus for processing of cells, disposed inside the enclosure 601.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2017Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Koji TANABE, Ryoji HIRAIDE
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Publication number: 20200239824Abstract: Methods using a soft polysaccharide hydrogel for an organoid culture are described. An example method includes preparing a cell suspension in a cell culture medium. The cells of the cell suspension embedded or cultured in the 3D cell culture biomatrix are injectable for in vivo application. The method also includes mixing a hydrogel solution with the cell suspension to form a soft hydrogel mixture, adding additional cell culture medium to the soft hydrogel mixture to obtain cell colonies after a first time period, harvesting the cell colonies, mixing the hydrogel solution with the cell colonies to create a 3D cell culture biomatrix, adding cell differential medium to the hydrogel solution, replacing the cell differential medium with an organoid transfer medium after a second time period, and replacing the organoid transfer medium with an organoid medium after a third time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Hongzhou HUANG
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Publication number: 20200239825Abstract: A biological cell preservation or culturing arrangement (20) comprises a chamber defining a fluid retaining space (30) for retaining in use a body of fluid (34) and a deformable membrane (36) in communication with the fluid retaining space, and being manipulable by an electroactive polymer actuator arrangement (38) to undergo a defined topology change to induce in the fluid a pattern of fluid flow by which fluid is exchanged between a sub-region (46) immediately proximal the deformable membrane and a sub-region (48) removed from the deformable membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: EDUARD GERARD MARIE PELSSERS, CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS, REINHOLD WIMBERGER-FRIEDL, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, ACHIM HILGERS
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Publication number: 20200239826Abstract: Present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing an artificial tissue, comprising: a hydrogel accommodating structure which accommodates hydrogel including cells and has a bottom plate, a container and a cover; and a standing wave adding means for adding a standing wave to the hydrogel accommodated in the hydrogel accommodating structure, wherein cells in the hydrogel are aligned by the adding of a standing wave, and the position of the cells in the hydrogel is controlled by adjusting at least one of the attenuation coefficient of the container and the reflection coefficient of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Hyungsuk LEE, Seung-Woo CHO, Byungjun KANG, Jisoo SHIN, Chanryeol RHYOU
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Publication number: 20200239827Abstract: The present invention provides an erythrocyte-culture monitoring device including a light source that radiates monochromatic light onto a culture solution culturing erythrocytes accommodated in a culture container, a first photodetector that detects a light intensity of the monochromatic light transmitted through the culture solution, and a controller that evaluates an amount of hemoglobin in the culture solution based on a temporal change in the light intensity detected by the photodetector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi SASAKI, Tatsuya MINAMI, Yusuke MATSUMOTO
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Publication number: 20200239828Abstract: An apparatus for isolating stems cells from extracted mammalian tissue comprising: a portable hollow casing having fixed dimensions and a sized internal spatial volume; a filter housed and contained within said sized internal spatial volume, wherein said filter captures particles in said extracted mammalian tissue having a diameter of about 5 to 10 microns or more and allows particles in said extracted mammalian tissue having a diameter of less than about 5 to 10 microns to pass through; a first channel to which a container holding said extracted mammalian tissue can attach, and through which said extracted mammalian tissue is input into the hollow casing; wherein a stem cell collection chamber can attach to said first channel, and the particles having a diameter of about 5 to 10 microns or more are output from the hollow casing through said first channel and collected in the stem cell collection chamber; and a second channel to which a remnant collection chamber can attach, and through which the particlesType: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventor: Riam SHAMMAA
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Publication number: 20200239829Abstract: There is provided viable Escherichia coli (E. coli) embedded in a matrix, wherein said matrix has a water activity (aw)?0.3, and wherein said matrix comprises a hydrocolloid-forming polysaccharide, a second polysaccharide which is different from the first polysaccharide, and a disaccharide which includes sucrose, trehalose, or a combination thereof. There is also provided methods of making same and use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Prevtec Microbia Inc.Inventor: Eric Nadeau
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Publication number: 20200239830Abstract: Several types of non-agricultural lignocellulosic waste media are disclosed for the growth of mycological biopolymers. The growth medium is comprised of a substrate with a composition of appropriate Carbon, Nitrogen and mineral components including but not limited to lipids, proteins, and other inherent nutrition requisite for mycelial growth. Specific examples are (1) a lignocellulosic material, (2) a mineral based material, (3) a non-toxic, organic or inorganic, non-lignocellulosic material, (4) a synthetically sourced and produced material, (5) a whole tree (flourized), and (6) an agar media.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: Ecovative Design LLCInventors: Megan A. O'Brien, Alex Carlton, Peter Mueller
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Publication number: 20200239831Abstract: Provided is a method of producing a novel microorganism having a minimal genome. In particular, provided are a method of producing a novel microorganism having a smaller genome size than a wild-type, the method including the step of culturing the microorganism in a medium containing LB broth with stepwise decreasing concentrations of the LB broth; and a novel microorganism having a smaller genome size than a wild-type, produced by the above method. Despite the small genome size, the novel microorganism of the present disclosure may have a high growth rate, pyruvate production capacity, and protein translation efficiency thereby being usefully applied to industry such as production of recombinant proteins or pyruvate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Sun-Chang Kim, Byung-Kwan Cho, Donghui Choe, Bong Hyun Sung, Jun Hyoung Lee