Patents Issued in September 8, 2020
  • Patent number: 10766991
    Abstract: A sulfonate group-containing copolymer is provided which comprising a structural unit (a) derived from a sulfonate group-containing monomer (A); a structural unit (b) derived from a (poly)oxyalkylene monomer (B); a structural unit (c) derived from a carboxyl group-containing monomer (C). The sulfonate group-containing copolymer comprises from 20% to 90% by mass in an acid form equivalent of the structural unit (c) in 100% by mass of all the structural units constituting the sulfonate group-containing copolymer. The product (P×Mw×n) of the ratio by mass P of the structural unit (b) to the structural unit (a) multiplied by the weight average molecular weight Mw of the sulfonate group-containing copolymer multiplied by the value n is from 950,000 to 800,000,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akiko Hemmi, Hirotaka Mizoguchi, Rika Matsumoto, Xiaoli Wang, Xianling Zhai, Peng Qin, Xiaoyan Liu
  • Patent number: 10766992
    Abstract: A resin containing a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the formula (aa) wherein T, R1 and Z1 are defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Koji Ichikawa, Yusuke Fuji, Satoshi Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10766993
    Abstract: Provided is an ABA block copolymer that can offer a pigment dispersion composition having excellent dispersion stability when used as a pigment dispersant in an aqueous medium. An ABA block copolymer including: an A block containing a structural unit represented by a general formula (1) below and a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer with an acid group; and a B block containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer with an aromatic ring group or an alicyclic alkyl group, the ABA block copolymer having an acid value of 30 to 250 mgKOH/g. In the general formula (1), R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 is an alkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: OTSUKA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hikaru Umemoto
  • Patent number: 10766994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for reducing the aldehyde content in an amine catalyst by treating the amine catalyst with a treating agent selected from a non-cyclic amide substituted with an isocyanate reactive group, a guanidine substituted with an isocyanate reactive group, a polyether amine adducted with a urea compound or a guanidine compound, a free radical scavenger and a mixture thereof. The treated amine catalyst may then be used in the production of polyurethane materials which exhibit reduced aldehyde emissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Huntsman Petrochemical LLC
    Inventors: Ernest L. Rister, Jr., Haibo Zhao, Robert A. Grigsby, Jr., Robert B. Moore
  • Patent number: 10766995
    Abstract: Partially crosslinked polyurethane polymers comprising diisocyanates and aliphatic hydrocarbon soft segments with a short-chain diol chain extender and a multifunctional amine and/or alcohol crosslinker to provide a polyurethane polymer with useful properties for the production of medical implant devices such as heart valves, are described. The polymers have an unexpected linear elastic region in a range from 5-100% and preferably between 10-35%. In some embodiments the polyurethanes are a thermally convertible gel formulation which may be converted to a liquid formulation by extended heating to render the polymer suitable for solvent processing techniques such as casting, spraying, spinning, etc. The invention also provides for living hinge polyurethane polymers which are thermally modifiable from a gel to a liquid and reaction injection moulded (RIM) polyurethanes with an enhanced flex life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Strait Access Technologies Holdings (Pty) Ltd.
    Inventors: Arthur Coury, Deon Bezuidenhout, Jandré De Villiers, Johan Coetzee, David Gideon Conradie
  • Patent number: 10766996
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing a polythiol compound, including reacting 2-mercaptoethanol with an epihalohydrin, wherein the reaction is carried out in the presence of a halide selected from the group consisting of a 2,3-dihalogeno-1-propanol and an allyl halide, and an amount of the halide in the reaction is more than 0.50% by mass and 10.00% by mass or less with respect to the total amount of the halide and the epihalohydrin. Also provided are a method for producing a curable composition, including producing a polythiol compound by the abovementioned production method, and a method for producing a cured product, including producing a curable composition by the abovementioned production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HOYA LENS THAILAND LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Kageyama, Masahisa Kousaka, Tomofumi Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 10766997
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards polyether polyol compositions that can be utilized to form semi-rigid foams. As an example, a polyether polyol composition can include a first polyether polyol having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 4 and a number average equivalent weight from 120 to 1500, a second polyether polyol having a having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 4 to 8 and a number average equivalent weight from 120 to 800, and a third polyether polyol having an average nominal hydroxyl functionality from 2 to 4 a number average equivalent weight from 200 to 500.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Francois M. Casati, Irena Amici-Kroutilova, Paul Cookson, Hamideh Ahmadloo, Alberto Lora Lamia
  • Patent number: 10766998
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing a flexible polyurethane foam in which the isocyanate-reactive component comprises a specific isocyanate-reactive component. The invention also relates to flexible polyurethane foam wherein the isocyanate-reactive comprises the specific isocyanate-reactive component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro LLC
    Inventors: Nigel Barksby, Brian L. Neal
  • Patent number: 10766999
    Abstract: A polyamideimide resin composition containing: (A) a polyamideimide resin which has isocyanate groups at the terminals and in which at least a portion of the isocyanate groups are blocked with a blocking agent selected from the group consisting of alcohols, oximes and lactams, (B) N-formylmorpholine, and (C) water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI CHEMICAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10767000
    Abstract: Provided are poly(AAG)-compositions, and corresponding coatings, foams, and coated articles. Also provided are methods for preparing the poly(AAG)-compositions and corresponding reagents including. e.g., polyol-AAG compositions. Coatings using the poly(AAG)-compositions may be useful for, e.g., replacing bisphenol-A cross-linked coatings used in food and beverage containers, coating metal articles, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Robert J. Cain
  • Patent number: 10767001
    Abstract: Provided are: an epoxy resin curing agent containing an amine compound (A) represented by the following general formula (1) and a phenol compound (B), wherein the content of the component (B) is 8 to 35 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the component (A), an epoxy resin composition containing it, and a carbon fiber-reinforced composite material containing a cured product of the epoxy resin composition and carbon fibers. R1HN—H2C-A-CH2—NHR2 (1) wherein R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an aminoalkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and A represents a cyclohexylene group or a phenylene group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuiga Asai, Tomotaka Wada
  • Patent number: 10767002
    Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass compositions encompassing a latent catalyst and a thermal or photoactivator along with one or more monomers which undergo ring open metathesis polymerization (ROMP) when said composition is heated to a temperature from 50° C. to 100° C. or higher to form a substantially transparent film. Alternatively the compositions of this invention also undergo polymerization when subjected to suitable radiation. The monomers employed therein have a range of refractive index from 1.4 to 1.6 and thus these compositions can be tailored to form transparent films of varied refractive indices. The compositions of this invention further comprises inorganic nanoparticles which form transparent films and further increases the refractive indices of the compositions. Accordingly, compositions of this invention are useful in various opto-electronic applications, including as coatings, encapsulants, fillers, leveling agents, among others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PROMERUS, LLC
    Inventors: Larry F Rhodes, Oleksandr Burtovyy, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10767003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a liquid composition comprising a functionalized ?-conjugated polythiophenes, comprising the process steps of i) providing a liquid phase comprising a) thiophene monomers of the general formula (I) wherein X,Y are identical or different and are O, S, or NR1, wherein R1 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or aromatic residue having 1 to 18 carbon atoms; A is organic residue carrying an anionic functional group; b) an oxidizing agent; and c) a solvent; ii) oxidatively polymerizing the thiophene monomers of the general formula (I) to obtain a liquid composition comprising functionalized ?-conjugated polythiophenes; wherein (?1) the pH of the liquid phase provided in process step i) is adjusted to a value below 7.0, wherein the pH is determined at a temperature of 20° C.; and (?2) the chloride content of the liquid phase provided in process step i) is less than 10000 ppm, based on the total weight of the liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Arnulf Scheel, Katrin Asteman, Matthias Intelmann, Udo Merker
  • Patent number: 10767004
    Abstract: Compositions containing Tricyclodecane Dimethanol (TCCDM) and at least a second component, wherein the composition is characterized in a gas chromatography (GC) analysis, wherein the TCDDM is eluted at a retention time ranging from 12.4 minutes to 13 minutes, the second component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 11.8 minutes to 12.4 minutes, and the ratio of the area of elution peaks indicating the second component compared to the area of the elution peaks of the TCCDM is between 0.001:1 and 0.04:1. Useful products of the composition include polymers and optical materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: DAIREN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, CHANG CHUN PLASTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih-Feng Chiu, Ching-Jui Huang, Hsing-Yun Wang, June-Yen Chou
  • Patent number: 10767005
    Abstract: Bibenzoate copolyesters are based on (4,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid-co-3,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid) as the diacid component, and on an alicyclic diol compound such as 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol as a portion of the diol component. Copolyesters are based on 4,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid, and/or 3,4?-biphenyl dicarboxylic acid as the diacid component and may include a multifunctional acid. Copolymers may optionally base an essentially amorphous morphology, high glass transition temperature, high elongation at break, and/or high melting temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc., Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc
    Inventors: Ryan J. Mondschein, Haoyu Liu, Ting Chen, Timothy E. Long, S. Richard Turner
  • Patent number: 10767006
    Abstract: A method for hydrogenating tyrosine derived polyarylates includes dissolving a second polyarylate with DMF in a flask to produce a first solution. A catalyst is added to the first solution to produce a polymer solution. The polymer solution is filtered through a Celite bed to produce a filtrate. The filtrate is added to water and stirred to precipitate the polyarylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Satish Pulapura, Dan Thanh Le, Xiangji Chen, Suping Lyu, Fatima Buevich
  • Patent number: 10767007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance. The above problem, according to one embodiment, can be solved by a polycarbonate resin including structural units represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10767008
    Abstract: This invention relates to polymer polyols which comprise one or more base polyols, at least one preformed stabilizer, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and, in the presence of at least one free radical polymerization catalyst, and optionally, one or more polymer control agents. The base polyol of these polymer polyols comprises one or more amine initiated polyols. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing these polymer polyols, to foams prepared from these polymer polyols, and to processes for producing foams from these polymer polyols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro LLC
    Inventor: Rick L. Adkins
  • Patent number: 10767009
    Abstract: Polyether polyols are made by a process that includes a continuous addition of starter and alkylene oxide. The feed of starter is discontinued when 80 to 95% of the alkylene oxide has been fed to the reactor. This process produces a product with a narrow molecular weight distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Covestro LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Masy, Carlos M. Villa, David A. Babb, John W. Weston, Sweta Somasi
  • Patent number: 10767010
    Abstract: Purification of a poly(phenylene ether) includes contacting a liquid feed solution with a hydrated acidic clay adsorbent under conditions effective to provide a liquid effluent solution. The liquid feed solution includes a poly(phenylene ether), an organic acid impurity, and an amine impurity. The weight average molecular weight of the poly(phenylene ether) of the liquid effluent solution is within 1 percent of the weight average molecular weight of the poly(phenylene ether) of the feed solution, and the concentration of the amine impurity and the organic acid impurity of the liquid effluent solution is reduced by at least 40 percent relative to the concentration of the each impurity in the feed solution. Compositions and articles comprising a purified poly(phenylene ether) are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Gurunath CS, Arun Kumar, Kalsang Tharpa, Jinto Jose
  • Patent number: 10767011
    Abstract: A polyamide moulding composition with particularly good tensile strain at break consisting of the following constituents: (A) 50 to 100% by weight of at least one transparent polyamide composed of: (a1) 55 to 77 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic diamine having 5-10 carbon atoms; (a2) 23 to 45 mol % of cycloaliphatic diamine having 6-36 C atoms, where the proportions of (a1) and (a2) are based on the entirety of the diamines used; (a3) 40 to 80 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids; and (a4) 20 to 60 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids, where the proportions of (a3) and (a4) are based on the entirety of the dicarboxylic acids used; and (B) 0-50% by weight of additives; where the entirety of components (A) and (B) gives 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: EMS-PATENT AG
    Inventors: Thomas Wiedemann, Manfred Hewel
  • Patent number: 10767012
    Abstract: A functionalized polyamide is prepared by reacting a thio acid with an amide monomer or a mixture of a diamine and a dicarboxylic acid. In the reaction, the amide monomer is preferably a lactam compound, the thio acid has a formula of HOOC-A-SH wherein A represents an alkylene group containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, the diamine is an aliphatic diamine and the dicarboxylic acid is a aliphatic dicarboxylic acid. The functionalized polyamide can be vulcanized directly with rubber, which results in the use of less dip for adhering the tire cord to the rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Firestone Fibers & Textiles Company, LLC
    Inventors: Laura S. Kocsis, William L. Hergenrother, Terrence E. Hogan, Kevin J. Bishop, Waruna C. B. Kiridena
  • Patent number: 10767013
    Abstract: Methods of forming nanoporous materials are described herein that include forming a polymer network with a chemically removable portion. The chemically removable portion may be polycarbonate polymer that is removable on application of heat or exposure to a base, or a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) or polyhemiaminal (PHA) polymer that is removable on exposure to an acid. The method generally includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a formaldehyde, a solvent, a primary aromatic diamine, and a diamine having a primary amino group and a secondary amino group, the secondary amino group having a base-reactive substituent, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of between about 50 deg C. and about 150 deg C. to form a polymer. Removing any portion of the polymer results in formation of nanoscopic pores as polymer chains are decomposed, leaving pores in the polymer matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dylan J. Boday, Jeannette M. Garcia, James L. Hedrick, Rudy J. Wojtecki
  • Patent number: 10767014
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a transparent polyimide film, including providing a polyamic acid solution having a fluorine content more than 12%; adding a dehydrating agent and a catalyst into the polyamic acid solution, the dehydrating agent having an equivalent number equal to or larger than 3; and baking the polyamic acid solution under a temperature ranging from 250 to 350° C. for performing a chemical imidization process so that the transparent polyimide film is obtained. The transparent polyimide film has an elongation rate of more than 30% and a b* value in a CIELAB coordinate of less than 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TAIMIDE TECH. INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Hsuan Chung
  • Patent number: 10767015
    Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to provide an optical material composition containing an episulfide compound (A), a polythiol compound (B), and a photochromic compound (C). The episulfide compound (A) is preferably a compound represented by formula (1), and the polythiol compound (B) is preferably a compound represented by formula (6). (In formula (1), m represents an integer of 0 to 4, and n represents an integer of 0 to 2.) (In formula (6), n represents an integer of 4 to 20, and R1 and R2 may be the same or different and represent H, SH, C1-10 alkyl groups, or C1-10 alkylthiol groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kota Kinjo, Yoshiaki Yamamoto, Hiroshi Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 10767016
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses materials and methods for catalyzing the cross-linking and curing of siloxane polymers. In particular, the present disclosure provides materials, methods, and conditions for vapor phase catalysis for curing organosiloxane polymers and resins, including resin linear organosiloxane block copolymers, as well as the incorporation of those methods into processes for making light emitting devices, including light emitting diodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LUMILEDS LLC
    Inventors: Daniel B. Roitman, Danielle R. Chamberlin, David S. Roberts
  • Patent number: 10767017
    Abstract: A resin composition including a silicon-containing resin component and a solvent, the silicon-containing resin component including at least one of (I) and (II) mentioned below, the solvent including at least one of a terpene compound having at least one of a hydroxy group and an acetoxy group, and a cyclic skeleton-containing acetate compound (excluding the terpene compound): (I) a polysilane-polysiloxane resin having a polysilane structure and a polysiloxane structure, and (II) a mixture of a resin having a polysilane structure and a resin having a polysiloxane structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiro Noda, Hiroki Chisaka, Kazuya Someya, Dai Shiota
  • Patent number: 10767018
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing an isotactic polypropylene based composite, comprising: reactive blending of isotactic polypropylene homo-polymer; polypropylene grafted with a carboxylic anhydride or a furan type moiety such as maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene; and an amino silane such as (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane to produce an isotactic polypropylene based composite such that the crystallization temperature of the isotactic polypropylene based composite is in a range of about 120° C. to about 126° C. The reactive blending can further take place in the presence of an organically modified nanoclay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Sinha Suprakas, Jayita Bandyopadhyay, Mary Khoza, Vincent Ojijo, Manfred Rudolf Scriba
  • Patent number: 10767019
    Abstract: The invention is a resin composition containing following polymer (A) and polymer (B), wherein a content of the polymer (A) is 1 to 80 wt % based on the total weight of the polymer (A) and the polymer (B), polymer (A) is a alicyclic structure-containing hydrogenated polymer having a heat distortion temperature of 170° C. or higher, polymer (B) is a polymer incompatible with the polymer (A) and having a heat distortion temperature of lower than 170° C., a microporous film formed by using the resin composition, a separator including the microporous film, and a secondary battery having the separator. One aspect of the invention provides a resin composition suitably used as a raw material for a separator of a secondary battery excellent in safety, a microporous film obtained by forming the resin composition, a separator including the microporous film, and a secondary battery having the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 10767020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst masterbatch for cross-linking a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups. The catalyst masterbatch includes both of a Brønsted acid and/or Brønsted acid anhydride (A); and a polyolefin (B) containing Brønsted acid and/or Brønsted acid anhydride groups. The invention also encompasses compositions of a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups that include the catalyst masterbatch, use of the catalyst masterbatch in a cross-linking reaction of silicon-containing polyolefins, and a cable layer that includes a polymer made using the catalyst masterbatch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Kristian Dahlén, Perry Nylander
  • Patent number: 10767021
    Abstract: Provided is a cut sheet having sufficient water resistance and having fewer sharp protrusions in the end face despite including a large amount of inorganic particles and a method of reducing cuts. The cut sheet is formed of a resin composition including inorganic particles of 50% by mass or larger relative to the total mass of the composition and a thermoplastic resin. The cut sheet has a water absorption rate of 10% or lower measured in accordance with JIS K-7209. The actual occupancy rate of the exposed area of the inorganic particles is lower by at least 2% than the theoretical occupancy rate of the area of the inorganic particles in at least one end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TBM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichiro Sumi
  • Patent number: 10767022
    Abstract: This fiber wound body has a plurality of reinforcing fiber yarns wound around a winding axis, each of the reinforcing fiber yarns having a thickness gradient portion in which the fiber content is uniform along the longitudinal direction of the yarn and the thickness gradually changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventors: Ryohei Tsuji, Genki Yoshikawa, Shun Kuno, Ryuta Kamiya
  • Patent number: 10767023
    Abstract: There are provided a porous water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether having an average pore size of 36 ?m or smaller and an average particle size of from 30 to 300 ?m; and a method for continuously producing said cellulose ether comprising the steps of: pulverizing a first water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether to obtain a first pulverized product, and sieving the pulverized product through a sieve having an opening of from 40 to 400 ?m to obtain a first residue-on-sieve and a first sieve-passing fraction, wherein a portion or all of the first residue-on-sieve containing particles having particle sizes smaller than and greater than the opening of the sieve is re-pulverized together with a second water-soluble nonionic cellulose ether in the step of pulverizing to obtain a second pulverized product, which is pulverized to obtain the cellulose ether as a second sieve-passing fraction containing the re-pulverized particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Mitsuo Narita
  • Patent number: 10767024
    Abstract: Soft actuators are fabricated from materials that enable the actuators to be constructed with an open-celled architecture such as an interconnected network of pore elements. The movement of a soft actuator is controlled by manipulating the open-celled architecture, for example inflating/deflating select portions of the open-celled architecture using a substance such as compressed fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Robert F. Shepherd, Benjamin C. MacMurray, Huichan Zhao
  • Patent number: 10767025
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of an improved separation process for mixed polymers, typically provided in a waste stream, comprising a polyamide (PA) and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The process comprises providing a composition having a density of 50-500 gr/dm3, adding an alcohol to the composition heating the mixture to a temperature above 150° C., cooling by adding hot water, filtering with a first filter, filtering with a second filter to recover the polyamide, and recovering the polyester for further processing for depolymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Ioniqa Techonolgies B.V.
    Inventors: Susanne Van Berkum, Sonja Irene-Marie Reginalde Castillo
  • Patent number: 10767026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for degrading plastic products and the uses thereof. The processes of the invention particularly comprise a step of amorphizing a plastic product prior to a step of depolymerization. The processes of the invention are particularly useful for degrading a plastic product comprising polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid. The invention also relates to a method of producing monomers and/or oligomers from a plastic product comprising at least one polyester, particularly polyethylene terephthalate and/or polylactic acid, comprising submitting the plastic product both to an amorphization step and to a depolymerization step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CARBIOS
    Inventors: Marie-Laure Desrousseaux, Helene Texier, Sophie Duquesne, Alain Marty, Mediha Aloui Dalibey, Michel Chateau
  • Patent number: 10767027
    Abstract: The present invention relates, in part, to methods for depolymerizing a polymer, in which the method includes use of a magnetic catalyst. The magnetic catalyst can include, e.g., a ore-shell particle, such as a particle having a magnetic core and a shell including a metal-organic framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Jian Sun, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh
  • Patent number: 10767028
    Abstract: A compounded elastomer comprising an elastomeric resin, a first carbon black, and a second carbon black different from the first carbon black. The second carbon black is a partially crystallized carbon black having an OAN structure of greater than 120 cm3/100 g and less than 200 cm3/100 g, a surface energy of less than 10 mJ/m2 and a Raman microcrystalline planar size (La) of greater than or equal to 25 ? and less than or equal to 50 ?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Oliver W. Tassinari, Greggory C. Smith, Federico Villalpando-Paez, Alyson M. Christopher, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 10767029
    Abstract: Agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles are provided and obtained by a method including the steps of: (a) providing precursor superabsorbent polymer particles having a first mass average particle size 1mAvPS, (b) mixing the precursor superabsorbent polymer particles with a solution, and (c) polymerizing the mixed solution if the solution includes polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers or crosslinking the mixed solution if the solution includes crosslinkable polymers. The solution includes (i) homogeneously dispersed therein, clay platelets with opposing basal platelet surfaces and platelet edges; (ii) one or more surface modification compound(s) and/or edge modification compound(s); and (iii) polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, or (iv) crosslinkable polymers. The agglomerated superabsorbent polymer particles have a second mass average particle size 2mAvPS which is at least 25% greater than the first mass average particle size 1mAvPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Juliane Kamphus, Arsen Simonyan
  • Patent number: 10767030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical article and an optical filter comprising the same. The optical filter comprises an optical article containing one or more near-infrared absorbing dyes and having two or more absorption peaks comprising a first absorption peak and a second absorption peak in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 1,200 nm whereby the optical filter has advantages in that transmissivity is high with respect to light having the wavelength of a visible light region and transmissivity is suppressed to 0.6% or less with respect to light having a wavelength in the range of 800 nm to 1,000 nm so that ghost image problems can be prevented, and a yield and productivity can be improved through the reduction of poor assembly caused by the bending of the optical filter in an image device assembling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Og Choi, Joon Ho Jung, Jin Ho Jung, Joo Young Kim, Seon Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 10767031
    Abstract: A method of fabricating plastic products having a preselected color, comprising preparing a dispersion of pigment of the preselected color in cottonseed oil; supplying a preselected plastic resin for the product to be fabricated to a process machine having a rotating screw; furnishing the dispersion to the process machine at a position adjacent to threaded portion of the rotating screw; and blending the dispersion and the resin by rotating the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Stephen B. Maguire
  • Patent number: 10767032
    Abstract: An auxetic metamaterial including a plurality of interconnected building blocks that are deformable between a collapsed position and an expanded position upon the application of a load. The building blocks are bistable, and define a stable state in both the collapsed position and the expanded position. In the stable state, the building blocks maintain the collapsed position or the expanded position, even after removal of the load applied on the building block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Damiano Pasini, Ahmad Rafsanjani Abbasi
  • Patent number: 10767033
    Abstract: A coupled block copolymer composition with a combination of high viscosity at manufacturing, finishing and handling conditions, low viscosity at asphalt blending conditions and suitable viscosity stability is provided for use in asphalt compositions. The composition comprises: (i) a diblock copolymer, (ii) at least a linear triblock copolymer having a peak molecular weight that is 1.5 to 3.0 times the peak molecular weight of the diblock copolymer, and (iii) at least a multiarm coupled block copolymer having a peak molecular weight that is 1.5 to 9.0 times the peak molecular weight of the diblock copolymer, and mixtures thereof. The block copolymer composition is characterized as having a melt viscosity at 110° C. or less of greater than 2.0E7 Poise and a coupling efficiency after 24 hours at 180° C. is less than 25%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Kraton Polymers LLC
    Inventors: Robert Q Kluttz, Erica Jellema, Donn A. Dubois, Sebastian Puchalski, Carl L. Willis, Christopher M. Lubbers
  • Patent number: 10767034
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having a tread comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), (A) from about 30 to about 50 phr of a first solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?80° C. to ?50° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (B) from about 30 to about 50 phr of a second solution polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from ?40° C. to ?10° C. and functionalized with an alkoxysilane group and at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of primary amines and thiols; (C) from 0 to about 40 phr of a polyisoprene having a cis 1,4 content greater than 95 percent; (D) from 20 to 60 phr of a hydrocarbon resin having a Tg of at least 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Pascal Patrick Steiner, Frida Nzulu, Jérôme Joel Daniel Delville, Manuela Pompei
  • Patent number: 10767035
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a method for producing a film including a thermoplastic resin composition, the method including: (1) a step of subjecting a thermoplastic resin composition to preliminary heating at 100-250° C.; (2) a step of subjecting a first roller and second roller of a calender roll film-forming apparatus to pre-heating; and (3) a step of introducing the thermoplastic resin composition, which has been subjected to preliminary heating in step (1), into the clearance between the first roller and second roller, which have been pre-heated in step (2), and continuously winding a molten film of the thermoplastic resin composition on the first roller. According to at least one embodiment, the rotational speed of the first roller is higher than the rotational speed of the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: RIKEN TECHNOS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiro Takahashi, Hidemasa Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 10767036
    Abstract: A polyolefinic fiber made from or containing from 2 wt % to 20 wt % relative to the total weight of the fiber of a polyolefin composition made from or containing: A) 5-35% by weight of a propylene homopolymer or a propylene ethylene copolymer; B) 20-50% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and a C3-C8 alpha-olefin containing from 0.1% to 20% by weight of alpha-olefin units and containing 25% by weight or less of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; and C) 30-60% by weight of a copolymer of ethylene and propylene containing from 25% to 75% by weight of ethylene units and containing from 40% to 95% by weight of a fraction soluble in xylene at 25° C.; the amounts of (A), (B) and (C) being referred to the total weight of (A)+(B)+(C), the sum of the amount of (A)+(B)+(C) being 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Monica Galvan, Claudio Cavalieri, Jaume Marti Porqueres, Renaud Lemaire, Roberto De Palo
  • Patent number: 10767037
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to new graft polymer of a hyaluronic acid polymer and N-isopropylacrylamide based polymer, preparations, compositions and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to pH and/or thermo-sensitive compositions able to form spontaneously nanoparticles useful as active and agents and delivery systems for at least one bioactive agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
    Inventors: Pierre Maudens, Eric Allemann, Olivier Jordan
  • Patent number: 10767038
    Abstract: A rubber modified vinyl-based graft copolymer of the present invention has a core-shell structure in which a shell is formed by graft-polymerizing a monomer mixture to a core comprising a rubbery polymer, wherein the monomer mixture comprises: an aromatic monomer comprising an ?-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer represented by chemical formula 1 and an aromatic vinyl-based monomer excluding the ?-substituted aromatic vinyl-based monomer; a cyanovinyl-based monomer; and a maleimide-based monomer. A thermoplastic resin composition containing the rubber modified vinyl-based graft copolymer has excellent impact resistance, heat resistance, appearance characteristics and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Hyun Jang, Yu Jin Jung, Ki Bo Chang, Jeong Tae Kim, Kwang Soo Park
  • Patent number: 10767039
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin and a molded article using the same, wherein the thermoplastic resin comprises: (A) 10 parts by weight to less than 30 parts by weight of a butadiene-based graft copolymer; (B) 5 parts by weight or more to less than 30 parts by weight of an acrylate-based graft copolymer; (C) 35 parts by weight to 65 parts by weight of a vinyl cyanide-aromatic vinyl-based copolymer; (D) 1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight of an ethylene-alkyl acrylate-based copolymer elastomer based on the total 100 parts by weight of (A), (B), and (C); and (E) 1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight of a polyester-based elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kun Shin, Seo Hwa Kim, Byoung Il Kang, Chang Hun Han
  • Patent number: 10767040
    Abstract: Thermosetting epoxy resin compositions on the one hand at room temperature in the incompletely cured state exhibit extremely slight alteration in shape and on the other hand develop a high surface tack, and, moreover, in the fully cured state are of high impact strength and at the same time exhibits high adhesion, particularly to metallic substrates. These compositions are ideally suited to the production of self-adhesive reinforcing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventor: John Hanley