Patents Issued in February 9, 2021
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Patent number: 10913873Abstract: Block copolymers for use in block copolymer lithography, self-assembled films of the block copolymers and methods for polymerizing the block copolymers are provided. The block copolymers are characterized by high Flory-Huggins interaction parameters (?). The block copolymers can be polymerized from protected hydroxystyrene monomers or from tert-butyl styrene and 2-vinylpyridine monomers.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Padma Gopalan, Daniel Patrick Sweat, Xiang Yu, Myungwoong Kim
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Patent number: 10913874Abstract: The present application relates to an encapsulating composition, an organic electronic device, a method for evaluating reliability of the organic electronic device and a method for preparing the organic electronic device, and provides an encapsulating composition which can improve flatness and adhesion of an organic layer sealing an organic electronic element to effectively block moisture or oxygen introduced into an organic electronic device from the outside, thereby securing the lifetime of the organic electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Kook Hyun Choi, Joon Hyung Kim, Yu Jin Woo, Mi Lim Yu
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Patent number: 10913875Abstract: A composite material comprises a reinforcing material carried in a polymer matrix material which is the polymerization product of a polymerizable composition comprising a di-activated vinyl compound, with the proviso that the di-activated vinyl compound is not a cyanoacrylate. The reinforcing materials may be a wide variety of substrates including thermally sensitive materials. Exemplary composites can be molded and cured at ambient temperatures. Also disclosed are laminate materials having layered materials adhered by curing a di-activated vinyl polymerizable composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Sirrus, Inc.Inventors: Bernard M. Malofsky, Adam G. Malofsky, Matthew M. Ellison
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Patent number: 10913876Abstract: Provided herein are adhesive compositions comprising a polyurea-poly(meth)acrylate interpenetrating polymer network. Further provided are two-part curable adhesive compositions comprising a Part A initiator composition and a Part B activator composition. The Part A initiator composition comprises an organoborane-amine complex and the Part B activator composition comprises an isocyanate that is reactive with the amine portion of the organoborane-amine complex to liberate organoborane from the organoborane-amine complex. Further provided are methods of using an adhesive composition comprising a polyurea-poly(meth)acrylate interpenetrating polymer network, such as, for example, in joining and/or bonding together polyolefin materials (e.g., polypropylene random copolymer (PP-R) pipes).Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: IPS CorporationInventors: Xiaoyi Xie, Andreas Schneider
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Patent number: 10913877Abstract: Curable compositions are provided for forming highly lubricious and long-lasting surfaces with optical clarity useful, for example, in optical applications in harsh environmental conditions. In some aspects, the curable formulations include an end-group modified perfluoropolyether (PFPE), a fluorinated lubricant, and a compatibilizer. The mixtures are curable to form a solid having an exposed surface. In some aspects, the fluorinated lubricant is chemically and physically matched to the resin such that, when cured, at least a portion of the fluorinated lubricant spontaneously forms a lubricious surface on the exposed surface. In some aspects, the compatibilizer is present in an amount sufficient to make the curable mixture miscible and to make the solid optically transparent while still spontaneously forming the lubricious surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Adaptive Surface Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Philseok Kim, Grant William Tremelling
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Patent number: 10913878Abstract: A method of producing a laminate comprising a heat treatment step under a temperature condition of 80-140° C. for 5-120 minutes, wherein the laminate satisfies the following requirements: (1) an adhesive layer (I) with 97-70% by weight of a propylene copolymer (A) and 3-30% by weight of a copolymer (B) having a structural unit derived from butane (100% by weight); (2) the copolymer (A) has a melting point within a specific range and includes less than 1 mol % of structural unit from butane; (3) the copolymer (B) has a melting point within a specific range and includes 1 mol % or more of structural unit from butane; (4) the adhesive layer (I) has a polymer (C) with a structural unit from at least one graft monomer selected unsaturated carboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, and, (5) a substrate layer (II) includes a polyester resin.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Takahiro Maeda, Yoshiyuki Ogawa
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Patent number: 10913879Abstract: Provided herein are thermally conductive underfill compositions which have a combination of melt viscosity, glass transition temperature (Tg), coefficient of thermal expansion, and/or transparency that renders such materials useful for the preparation of a variety of electronic devices, such as flip chip packages, stacked dies, hybrid memory cubes, through-silica via (TSV) devices, and the like. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided assemblies comprising a first article permanently adhered to a second article by a cured aliquot of a formulation as described herein. In certain embodiments of the invention, there are provided methods for adhesively attaching a first article to a second article. In certain embodiments of the present invention, there are provided methods for improving heat dissipation by electronic devices assembled employing thermally conductive, but electrically non-conductive adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Henkel IP & Holding GmbHInventors: Jie Bai, Ly Do, Hung Chau, Younsang Kim, Julissa Eckenrode
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Patent number: 10913880Abstract: The invention provides protein adhesives and methods of making and using such adhesives. The protein adhesives contain ground plant meal or an isolated polypeptide composition obtained from plant biomass.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: EvertreeInventors: Anthony A. Parker, Joseph J. Marcinko
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Patent number: 10913881Abstract: The present invention provides a haloolefin-based composition comprising a highly-stable haloolefin in which decomposition and oxidization are inhibited, and the haloolefin-based composition being used for at least one application selected from the group consisting of heat transfer media, refrigerants, foaming agents, solvents, cleaning agents, propellants, and fire extinguishers. The present invention relates to a haloolefin-based composition comprising a haloolefin and water and being used for at least one application selected from the group consisting of heat transfer media, refrigerants, foaming agents, solvents, cleaning agents, propellants, and fire extinguishers. The haloolefin-based composition comprising a haloolefin and water is used for at least one application selected from the group consisting of heat transfer media, refrigerants, foaming agents, solvents, cleaning agents, propellants, and fire extinguishers.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsumi Tsuchiya, Yasufu Yamada
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Patent number: 10913882Abstract: The method for low temperature microencapsulation of phase change materials or other components includes the following steps: (a) preparing a phase change emulsion including droplets of at least one active phase-change material in water with a surfactant; (b) adding a monomer of at least one encapsulating agent; (c) introducing the phase change emulsion into a UV reactor while stirring the emulsion; and (d) initiating the photo polymerization of monomers using at least one UV lamp inside the UV reactor for photo polymerization until the phase change material is encapsulated within a polymeric shell to form microcapsules. The microcapsules obtained by this process may have a diameter between about 0.5 to about 2 ?m. Other sizes can also be obtained by changing stirring speed of the emulsion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: QATAR UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC-QATAR, AUCKLAND UNISERVICES LIMITEDInventors: Mohammed Farid, Refat Al Shannaq, Shaheen Al-Muhtaseb, Jamal Kurdi
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Patent number: 10913883Abstract: A coolant composition includes a viscosity improving agent and a base. The viscosity improving agent includes at least one nonionic surfactant and at least one anionic surfactant represented by the following Formula (1) of R1O—(R2O)m—SO3M. The base is formed of water and/or at least one alcohol selected from the group consisting of a monohydric alcohol, a dihydric alcohol, a trihydric alcohol, and a glycol monoalkyl ether. R1 represents a linear or branched alkyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms or a linear or branched alkenyl group having 16 to 24 carbon atoms, R2 represents an ethylene group or a propylene group, m represents an average addition molar number of R2O which is a number of 0.5 to 10, and M represents a cation or a hydrogen atom. A shear viscosity of the coolant composition is 8.5 mPa·s or higher at 25° C. and is 2.0 mPa·s or lower at 100° C.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yasuaki Kodama, Shogo Kamenoue, Kazuhito Yaeda, Yoichiro Yoshii, Masayuki Nagasawa
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Patent number: 10913884Abstract: A stabilized composition for use as a well fluid is provided. The stabilized composition includes a brine, a polyol, the polyol in an amount operable to inhibit solid formation, the polyol further operable to dissolve within the brine; and a stabilization compound, the stabilization compound operable to stabilize the polyol, such that the polyol does not degrade at a bottom hole temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventors: Arthur G. Mack, Stanley Gunawan, Katrina Schultz
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Patent number: 10913885Abstract: Methods and systems that utilize reactive metals that hydrate in the presence of a wellbore fluid. The reactive metals can be utilized in cement compositions, on the outer surface of the oilfield tubular in the form of a layer of the reactive metal(s), or on the outer surface of the oilfield tubular in the form of a layer of a composition that includes the reactive metal(s).Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Michael Linley Fripp, Stephen Michael Greci, Zachary William Walton
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Patent number: 10913886Abstract: A method of treating a subterranean formation includes introducing a well cementing composition into a wellbore, said cementing composition comprising: a pumpable slurry of cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations; and allowing at least a portion of the cementing composition to cure. A composition includes a pumpable slurry of wellbore cement and at least one of hydrophobic material, a superhydrophobic material, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: William Cecil Pearl, Jr., Megan R. Pearl, Maria Paiva
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Patent number: 10913887Abstract: A method for inhibiting erosion (wear)-corrosion of downhole components in a secondary lift system, the method comprising: introducing a corrosion inhibitor and a lubricating agent into a wellbore; allowing the corrosion inhibitor and the lubricating agent to mix with a produced fluid to form a mixture; and recovering the mixture from the wellbore through a production tubing, wherein the corrosion inhibitor and/or the lubricating agent contact one or more of the downhole components of the secondary lift system. A system for inhibiting wear in secondary recovery comprising: a casing disposed in a producing wellbore; a production tubing extending into the casing; a downhole equipment disposed in the production tubing, wherein the downhole equipment comprises at least one equipment selected from the group consisting of a sucker rod, a plunger, and an electrical submersible pump; a treatment fluid for introduction into an annulus disposed between the casing and the production tubing.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Multi-Chem Group, LLCInventor: Nathan Darrell Davis
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Patent number: 10913888Abstract: Discrete, individualized carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls can be used for nanotube-mediated controlled delivery of degradative molecules, such as oxidizers and enzymes, for oil-field drilling applications. A manufacturing process using minimal acid oxidation for carbon nanotubes may also be used which provides higher levels of oxidation compared to other known manufacturing processes.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Molecular Rebar Design, LLCInventors: Bryce Daniel Sturtevant, August Charles Krupp
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Patent number: 10913889Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of producing a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluid, the VES fluid comprising desulfated seawater. The method of producing the VES fluid comprises adding an alkaline earth metal halide to seawater to produce a sulfate precipitate. The method further comprises removing the sulfate precipitate to produce the desulfated water. The method further comprises adding a VES and one or more of a nanoparticle viscosity modifier or a polymeric modifier to the desulfated seawater. Other embodiments are directed to VES fluids that maintain a viscosity greater than 10 cP at temperatures above 250° F.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Leiming Li, Feng Liang, Tao Chen
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Patent number: 10913890Abstract: An aqueous caustic composition comprising: a caustic component; an additive adapted to provide an extended buffering effect to the caustic composition when such is exposed to acid; and water. Methods of using such compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Fluid Energy Group Ltd.Inventors: Clay Purdy, Markus Weissenberger
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Patent number: 10913891Abstract: A method for producing hydrocarbons within a reservoir includes (a) injecting an aqueous solution into the reservoir. The aqueous solution includes water and a thermally activated chemical species. The thermally activated chemical species is urea, a urea derivative, or a carbamate. The thermally activated chemical agent is thermally activated at or above a threshold temperature less than 200° C. In addition, the method includes (b) thermally activating the thermally activated chemical species in the aqueous solution during or after (a) at a temperature equal to or greater than the threshold temperature to produce carbon-dioxide and at least one of ammonia, amine, and alkanolamine within the reservoir. Further, the method includes (c) increasing the water wettability of the subterranean formation in response to the thermally activation in (b). Still further, the method includes (d) waterflooding the reservoir with water after (a), (b) and (c).Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.Inventors: James Neil, Spencer Taylor, Huang Zeng, Allan Peats, Giovanna Boccardo, John V. Bullen, Ian Ralph Collins, Andrew Rees
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Patent number: 10913892Abstract: A method for preparing a ratiometric fluorescent probe for melamine based on a DNA-stable silver nanocluster-rhodamine 6G complex, wherein the electrostatic self-assembly technology is adopted to construct a silver nanocluster-rhodamine 6G complex. The melamine forms a strong hydrogen bond with thymine in the DNA of the surface of the silver nanocluster, causing rhodamine 6G to dissociate from the surface of the silver nanocluster, destroying the fluorescence resonance energy transfer, so as to restore the fluorescence of the silver nanocluster. This process has little effect on Rhodamine 6G fluorescence which can be used as a reference signal, while silver nanocluster fluorescence can be used as a response signal. By fitting the linear relationship between the ratio of fluorescence emission peak intensities of the silver nanocluster to rhodamine 6G and the molar concentration of the melamine, the ratiometric fluorescent probe for melamine can be constructed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: QINGDAO UNIVERSITYInventors: Rijun Gui, Yongxin Fu, Hui Jin, Xiangning Bu
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Patent number: 10913893Abstract: Embodiments of compositions of a wet etchant and additive thereto for selectively etching silicon nitride to silicon oxide are disclosed. In an example, a composition of an additive to a phosphoric acid etchant includes an inhibitor and a dispersant. The inhibitor is absorbable on a surface of silicon oxide and capable of inhibiting etching of the surface of silicon oxide by the phosphoric acid etchant. The dispersant is capable of reacting with a by-product of a reaction between the phosphoric acid etchant and at least one of silicon oxide and silicon nitride and reducing a viscosity of the phosphoric acid etchant.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Rong Xu, Wenbin Sun, Jie Su
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Patent number: 10913894Abstract: The present invention provides a construction method for ecologically protecting an expansive soil slope by combining phosphogypsum with microbial mineralization. The method includes: (1) placing Bacillus pasteurii in a culture medium to prepare a microbial solution, and mixing urea, calcium chloride and water to prepare a cementing solution; (2) preparing a mixture with phosphogypsum fly ash and soil; mixing the mixture, the microbial solution and water well, and adding the cementing solution and water to prepare an improving mixture slurry; and (3) spraying the improving mixture slurry to a face of the slope by wet spraying, and covering with a non-woven fabric by tying and fixing.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Inventor: Zhiqing Li
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Patent number: 10913895Abstract: A composition having a high ?n, a wide temperature range of a liquid crystal phase, low viscosity, good solubility at a low temperature, high resistivity, a high voltage holding ratio, and stability against heat and light; a liquid crystal composition containing the composition, the liquid crystal composition having a good lens effect and good chemical stability; a liquid crystal display device including the liquid crystal composition; and a liquid crystal lens including the liquid crystal composition. The liquid crystal composition contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii).Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Haruki Ohishi, Kenzo Takeishi
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Patent number: 10913896Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition that realizes high ?n, has a wide liquid crystal phase temperature range, small viscosity, excellent low-temperature solubility, and high resistivity and voltage holding ratio, and is stable against heat and light, and to provide a liquid crystal composition having an excellent lens effect and excellent chemical stability using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal lens that use the liquid crystal composition. The present invention provides a liquid crystal composition that contains one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (i) and one or two or more compounds represented by general formula (ii), a liquid crystal display device using the liquid crystal composition, a liquid crystal lens using the liquid crystal composition, and a birefringence lens for stereoscopic image display using the liquid crystal composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventor: Haruki Ohishi
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Patent number: 10913897Abstract: Compounds of the formula I, and liquid-crystalline media, preferably having a nematic phase and negative dielectric anisotropy, comprising a) one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds selected from b) one or more compounds of formula II and/or c) one or more compounds selected from compounds of formulae III-1 to III-4 and formula B Methods for making and using these liquid-crystalline media in electro-optical displays, particularly in active-matrix displays based on the VA, ECB, PALC, FFS or IPS effect and the displays which contain these media. Methods for stabilizing liquid-crystalline media with compounds of formula I, where the liquid-crystalline media comprise one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds selected from compounds of the formulae III-1 to III-4 and formula B.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: MERCK PATENT GMBHInventors: Martin Engel, Sabrina Maag, Ingo Almeroth, Rocco Fortte, Achim Goetz, Thorsten Kodek, Oliver Heppert
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Patent number: 10913898Abstract: This invention describes resins with phosphate cores and a simple, three-step process for their synthesis. Preferred resins are cyanate ester resins with bridging phosphate groups. These resins can be cured to produce thermoset polymers having Tgs of between 131 and >360° C. depending on the number of cyanate ester groups per phosphate and the substitution pattern of the aromatic rings. The high char yields of these resins, up to about 67%, coupled with the phosphate core means that these materials will have applications as fire-resistant polymers. Additionally, these materials can potentially be blended with conventional cyanate esters or other compatible thermosetting resins to improve the fire resistance of composite materials. Other applications may include use in fire-resistant circuit boards, or as surface coatings to reduce flammability of conventional composite materials or thermoplastics.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Benjamin G. Harvey, Andrew P. Chafin, Michael D. Garrison
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Patent number: 10913899Abstract: In an embodiment, a de-heading device for a coke drum includes an outer component that includes an inlet nozzle; and an inner component that includes a pipe elbow and an orifice, wherein the outer component is coupled to the inner component by an actuator, the actuator for shifting between two or more positions. In another embodiment, a method of de-heading a coke drum includes actuating an actuator, the actuator coupled to a de-heading device, wherein the de-heading device includes an outer component comprising an inlet nozzle; and an inner component comprising a pipe elbow and an orifice, wherein the outer component is coupled to the inner component by the actuator, the actuator for shifting between two or more positions; and either removing a material from a coke drum coupled to the de-heading device, or filling a coke drum coupled to the de-heading device with a material.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Houston Engineering Solutions, LLCInventor: Mahmod Samman
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Patent number: 10913900Abstract: A thermal process for carbonizing hemp and reducing particle size, mechanically, by grinding or milling said carbonized hemp materials to generate a precise particle size hemp char and combining the hemp char particles with a polymer into a master batch.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Thomas Jefferson UniversityInventor: Mark Sunderland
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Patent number: 10913901Abstract: An integrated method for mesophase pitch and petrochemicals production. The method including supplying crude oil to a reactor vessel; heating the crude oil in the reactor vessel to a predetermined temperature for a predetermined amount of time; reducing asphaltene content in the crude oil by allowing polymerization reactions to occur in the reactor vessel at an elevated pressure in the absence of oxygen; producing a three-phase upgraded hydrocarbon product comprising gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components, where the liquid hydrocarbon component comprises deasphalted oil and the solid hydrocarbon component comprises mesophase pitch; separating the gas, liquid, and solid hydrocarbon components; directly utilizing the liquid hydrocarbon component for petrochemicals production; and directly utilizing the solid hydrocarbon component for carbon artifact production.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Remi Mahfouz, Ola Ali, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Wei Xu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han
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Patent number: 10913902Abstract: Methods to convert an oxygen containing organic compound(s) to one or more water-free liquid hydrocarbons products. They make use of a catalytic process in a two-stage reactor system having a first reactor and a second reactor in series. Process design is described for effective conversion of aqueous low energy-dense aqueous solutions containing oxygen containing organic compound(s) to liquid hydrocarbons; the process design preferably employs the solid acid catalysts comprised of microporous aluminosilicates denoted as zeolites mixed with silicon carbide binder in series of two reactor system with capability of complete water removal.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Dat T. Tran, Ivan C. Lee, Luther J. Mahoney, Laleh Emdadi, Chi K. Nguyen
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Patent number: 10913903Abstract: A system and method for separating bitumen and condensate extracted from separating bitumen from oil sands material is disclosed. The method includes passing the mixture of bitumen and condensate through a flash evaporator to separate them. In the flash evaporator the mixture is heated at high pressure after which it is sprayed into a tank where the pressure is much lower, allowing the condensate to vaporize and the bitumen to settle to the bottom of the tank. The vapors are then passed through a condenser unit, causing them to cool and liquefy.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Vivakor, Inc.Inventors: Matt Nicosia, William Ison
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Patent number: 10913904Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes controlling water separation in a hydrocarbon stream flowing through a separator train including one or more separator vessels located upstream of a dehydrator by adjusting a flowrate of demulsifier added to the separator train by receiving data from a real-time process test of the separation train, quantifying a demulsifier inertia value from the process data, estimating model fit parameters to the process data to generate a water separation profile (WSP) correlating water draw-off and demulsifier flowrate for the separation train, and during operations, modifying the demulsifier flowrate according to the WSP and according to the inertia value to achieve a received target water separation value for the stream entering the dehydrator.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventors: Guillaume Robert Jean-Francois Raynel, Debora Salomon Marques, Olanrewaju Malcolm Oshinowo
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Patent number: 10913905Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for managing the operation of a plant, such as a chemical plant or a petrochemical plant or a refinery, and more particularly for enhancing system performance of a catalyzed reaction system by, among other features, detecting catalyst deactivation and cycle length. Plants may include those that provide hydrocarbon cracking or other process units. A plant may include a reactor, a heater, a catalyst bed, a separator, and other equipment. The equipment may use catalyst to treat feed products to remove compounds and produce different products. Catalysts used in the various reactors in these processes become deactivated over time. Systems and methods are disclosed for extending catalyst life and thereby improving efficiency of the plant.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: UOP LLCInventors: Mahesh Kumar Gellaboina, Michael Terry, Seth Huber, Danielle Schindlbeck
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Patent number: 10913906Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the separation of aromatic hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon feed stream comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feed stream with a solvent for aromatics (aromatics solvent) to provide an aromatics-laden solvent stream and subjecting the aromatics-laden solvent stream to solvent regeneration to provide regenerated aromatics solvent and an aromatics stream.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Kokil Jain, Christoph Dittrich, Kumar Prashant
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Patent number: 10913907Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for hydro-processing of hydrocarbons to maximize the yield of light distillates. The process comprises hydrocracking hydrocarbons and separating to respective products based on the boiling points. The heavier vacuum residue is further hydrocracked to light distillates.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation LimitedInventors: Kanuparthy Naga Raja, Pudi Satyanarayana Murty, Bhavesh Sharma, Peddy Venkata Chalapathi Rao, Nettem Venkateswarlu Choudary, Sriganesh Gandham
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Patent number: 10913908Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANYInventors: Mohammed Saeed Al-Ghamdi, Bader BaHammam, Naif Al Osaimi, Sami Barnawi
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Patent number: 10913909Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for modifying or selecting processing conditions for bright stock formation based on compositional characterization of the feedstock and/or bright stock products. In some aspects, the compositional information can include Z-class characterization of the components of a feed and/or bright stock product, optionally in combination with carbon number and/or molecular weight for the components. The compositional information can be used to select processing conditions to allow for removal and/or modification of selected components within a bright stock in order to improve throughput and/or provide desirable cold flow properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering CompanyInventors: Liezhong Gong, Helen S. Wellons, Kuangnan Qian, Lisa I. Yeh, James W. Gleeson
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Patent number: 10913910Abstract: The invention relates to quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts and their use as additives, including their use in fuels, such as diesel fuel. The invention particularly relates to the use of quaternary ammonium amide and/or ester salts as detergents in diesel fuels.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Paul R. Stevenson, James C. Ray, David J. Moreton, James H. Bush
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Patent number: 10913911Abstract: A treatment composition for remediating for remediating H2S and other contaminant(s) in contaminated gasses comprising: an aqueous hydroxide solution containing at least one hydroxide compound at a collective concentration of 35-55 weight percent of the aqueous hydroxide solution; at least one organic acid selected from the group consisting of fulvic acid and humic acid; and a chelating agent, wherein the aqueous hydroxide solution constitutes at least 80 wt % of the treatment composition, the at least one organic acid constitutes 0.1-5 wt % of the treatment composition, the chelating agent constitutes 0.1-5 wt % of the treatment composition, and a pH of the treatment composition is at least 12.0.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Gaps Technology LLCInventor: Cliffton Lee Roe
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Patent number: 10913912Abstract: A process for cleaning and dewatering hydrophobic particulate materials is presented. The process is performed in two steps: 1) agglomeration of the hydrophobic particles in a first hydrophobic liquid/aqueous mixture; followed by 2) dispersion of the agglomerates in a second hydrophobic liquid to release the water trapped within the agglomerates along with the entrained hydrophilic particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.Inventor: Roe-Hoan Yoon
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Patent number: 10913913Abstract: Compositions, systems and methods for introducing lubricants, and additives, that are designed to work with environmentally friendly refrigerants into vehicle heat management systems including passenger compartment air conditioning (A/C) systems are disclosed. Methods for charging lubricants and specific additives using environmentally desirable (low GWP) refrigerant or refrigerant blend compositions into an environmentally friendly system, such as a system that uses HFO-1234yf, are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLCInventors: Mary E. Koban, Nina E. Gray, Hubert Mentz, Jr.
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Patent number: 10913914Abstract: A lubricant includes carbon particles in a carrier. The carbon particles may be nearly spherical, individually have maximum and minimum diameters that differ by no more than ten nanometers, and the maximum diameters of the carbon particles are less than one micrometer. The lubricant may be manufactured by preparing the carbon particles by ultrasound-assisted polymerization of resorcinol and formaldehyde in an aqueous system followed by a heat treatment in an inert or non-oxidizing atmosphere and dispersion of the carbon particles in the liquid hydrocarbon carrier to form the lubricant. Optionally, inorganic metals, alloys, or oxides are coated on the surface of the carbon particles via an additional thermolysis step.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Farshid Sadeghi, Vilas Ganpat Pol, Abdullah A. Alazemi, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Arthur D. Dysart
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Patent number: 10913915Abstract: The present invention relates to a lubricating composition containing (a) an oil of lubricating viscosity; and (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of: (i) an ester-containing heterocycle; (ii) an amide-containing heterocycle; and (iii) a pyrimidine, wherein the ester-containing heterocycle and the amide-containing heterocycle have a hydrocarbyl group containing 6 to 40 carbon atoms. The invention further provides for a method of supplying an internal combustion engine with the lubricating composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Patrick E. Mosier, Jason R. Brown, Matthew D. Gieselman, Calvin W. Schroeck, Seth L. Crawley, William R. S. Barton, William C. Ward, Jr.
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Patent number: 10913916Abstract: Lubricating composition comprising (i) base oil and (ii) a metal-free phosphonate compound having the general formula P(?O)(R1)(OR2)(OR3) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are the same or different and each independently selected from a straight chain or branched, saturated or unsaturated, C4-C22 alkyl group. The lubricating composition of the present invention provides improved engine durability, improved wear and friction reduction, improved fuel economy and excellent oxidative stability.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Shell Oil CompanyInventors: Sergio Leon De Rooy, Mark Clift Southby
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Patent number: 10913917Abstract: An internal combustion engine lubricating oil composition containing a base oil that is a hydrocarbon oil containing less than 1% by mass of aromatic components and having a sulphur content of less than 20 ppm by mass; a specific organic molybdenum compound as a component (A) at 300 to 1500 ppm by mass as molybdenum atoms; and a borate ester compound as a component (B) at 100 to 1000 ppm by mass as boron atoms.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: ADEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Taro Sumi, Shinji Iino
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Patent number: 10913918Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerating machine oil comprising: a lubricating base oil; and 40 mass % or less of a polymer, based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, the polymer having a structural unit represented by the following formula (I) and a weight average molecular weight of from 500 to 100000. [In formula (I), Ra, Rb and Rc each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, and Rd represents an oxygen-containing organic group or a C1-18 hydrocarbon group.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: ENEOS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroko Shimpo, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Hidetoshi Ogata, Takeshi Okido
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Patent number: 10913919Abstract: An automatic dishwashing cleaning composition having a new protease.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Frits Goedegebuur, David Aaron Estell, Lilia Maria Babe, Thijs Kaper, Viktor Alekseyev, Sina Pricelius, Hatice Billur Engin, Harm Jan Mulder, Sander Van Stigt-Thans, Eva Maria Perez-Prat Vinuesa
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Patent number: 10913920Abstract: A solid laundry fragrance particle to enhance the fragrance of laundry comprised of a hydrated alkali metal or alkali earth metal salt, a thickener, and a fragrance.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Value Smart Products, Inc.Inventors: Gregory van Buskirk, J. Drew Harrison
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Patent number: 10913921Abstract: A cleaning system for all laundry, high performance textiles, and sports gear, which includes a washing agent and a protective agent. The washing agent is configured to remove unwanted matter from the high performance textiles, sports gear, and/or other laundry. The protective agent is configured to create a bonded barrier comprising organosilane antimicrobial(s) on the high performance textiles, sports gear, and/or other laundry for protection against odors from bacteria, mold and mildew and/or the like. The washing agent and the protective agent are configured to be used in a two-step water-based treatment process in which the washing agent is provided in a given first step of the treatment process and the protective agent is provided in a given subsequent second step of the treatment process.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: HEX PERFORMANCE, LLCInventor: Drew Westervelt
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Patent number: 10913922Abstract: A flavour composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and edible salts thereof, wherein R1 is an alkyl residue containing 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or an alkene residue containing from 9 to 25 carbon atoms with 1 to 6 double bonds, R1 together with the carbonyl group to which it is attached is a residue of a carboxylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2013Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: GIVAUDAN S.A.Inventors: Feng Shi, Harry Renes, Esther Van Ommeren, Susanna Magdalena Vorster, Yili Wang, Adri De Klerk