Patents Issued in January 9, 2024
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Patent number: 11866523Abstract: A water-mediated process prepares a polymeric (meth)acrylation composition. In some embodiments, the process includes providing a stabilized aqueous solution including a (meth)acrylation component and a polyol monomer in a vessel under an inert atmosphere and adding a diacid monomer to the vessel under the inert atmosphere. In some embodiments, the process includes providing a stabilized aqueous solution including a (meth)acrylation component and a copolymer of a polyol monomer and a diacid monomer in a vessel under an inert atmosphere. The process further includes heating and removing water from the vessel under the inert atmosphere to produce the polymeric (meth)acrylation composition. The polymeric (meth)acrylation composition includes a (meth)acrylation polyester copolymer of the diacid monomer and the polyol monomer with the (meth)acrylation component conjugated to the (meth)acrylation polyester copolymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: THE SECANT GROUP, LLCInventors: Peter D. Gabriele, Scott Radzinski, Jeremy J. Harris, Brian Ginn
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Patent number: 11866524Abstract: Water-based pressure sensitive adhesive composition and methods of make the same are provided. The water-based pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprises at least one interpolymer dispersed within an aqueous medium, the interpolymer comprising at least one unsaturated monomer and at least one compound selected from a group consisting of at least one conjugated acid, at least one ester of a conjugated acid, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Jiguang Zhang, Miao Yang, Shaoguang Feng, Zhaohui Qu
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Patent number: 11866525Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an aqueous composition by emulsion polymerization of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer in the presence of at least one water-soluble diaminostilbene disulphonic optical brightener, as well as to the aqueous composition obtainable by said method, the use of said aqueous composition for optically brightening of a cellulosic substrate and the cellulosic substrate treated with the aqueous composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Cristina Dominguez, Damien Julien Corpet, Andrew Jackson, David Atkinson
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Patent number: 11866526Abstract: Liquid radiation curable compositions are disclosed which are suitable for hybrid (i.e. cationic and free-radical) polymerization when processed via additive fabrication equipment utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region. According to one aspect, the compositions possess a first photoinitiator that is an iodonium salt of a non-fluorinated borate anion. According to another aspect, the composition is substantially devoid of a Norrish Type I and/or Type II photoinitiator. Also disclosed are methods of creating three-dimensional parts via additive fabrication processes utilizing sources of actinic radiation with peak spectral intensities in the UV/vis region employing liquid radiation curable compositions suitable for hybrid polymerization, and the parts cured therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: STRATASYS, INC.Inventor: Tai Yeon Lee
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Patent number: 11866527Abstract: A photocurable composition includes a photopolymerizable component and a photopolymerization initiator. When a test piece with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, is produced by photofabrication under conditions in which the photocurable composition is irradiated with visible light having 405 nm wavelength at 12 mJ/cm2 irradiation dose to form a cured layer with 100 m thickness, the cured layer is stacked in a thickness direction thereof to form a rectangular fabrication product with 39 mm length, 8 mm width, and 4 mm thickness, and the fabrication product is irradiated with ultraviolet rays having 365 nm wavelength at 10 J/cm2 irradiation dose to produce the test piece, a total fracture work of the test piece measured in compliance with ISO20795-1:2008 is 1100 J/m2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Toshikazu Sakamaki, Mai Kimura, Hiroki Murai, Takaaki Hayashi, Suguru Endo
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Patent number: 11866528Abstract: A polymer comprising a structural unit derived from a compound (A) represented by formula (I): wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R7, R8, R3, R4, R5, R6, J, and n are as defined in the description, provides a resin composition that has an excellent curability and sufficiently polymerizes for curing even in the presence of oxygen in an air atmosphere to form a cured product having excellent appearance.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Daiki Noguchi, Takashi Fukumoto, Keiji Kubo
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Patent number: 11866529Abstract: Ethylene-based polymers having a density of 0.952 to 0.968 g/cm3, a ratio of HLMI/MI from 185 to 550, an IB parameter from 1.46 to 1.80, a tan ? at 0.1 sec?1 from 1.05 to 1.75 degrees, and a slope of a plot of viscosity versus shear rate at 100 sec?1 from 0.18 to 0.28 are described, with low melt flow versions having a HLMI from 10 to 30 g/10 min and a Mw from 250,000 to 450,000 g/mol, and high melt flow versions having a HLMI from 30 to 55 g/10 min and a Mw from 200,000 to 300,000 g/mol. These polymers have the processability of chromium-based resins, but with improved stress crack resistance and topload strength for bottles and other blow molded products.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Jeremy M. Praetorius, Yongwoo Inn, Alfred E. Brown, Jr., Brandy Rutledge-Ryal, Carlos A. Cruz, Jay M. Chaffin
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Patent number: 11866530Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composition. The composition can be formed into a foam composition. In an embodiment, the composition includes a neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer includes from greater than 6.0 wt % to 15.0 wt % nonconjugated polyene. The neat ethylene/propylene/nonconjugated polyene interpolymer has the following properties: (i) a molecular weight (Mw) from 240,000 to 270,000; (ii) a Mooney viscosity (ML (1+4), 125° C.) from 85 to 95; (iii) a rheology ratio (RR) from 35 to 65; (iv) a Mw/Mn from 2.2 to 3.5; and (v) Mw<1389.6 [g/mole] MV+140,000 g/mol wherein Mw is the weight average molecular weight and MV is the Mooney Viscosity (ML 1+4, 125° C.). MV is the Mooney Viscosity (ML 1+4, 125° C.), and Mw is the weight average molecular weight, as determined by conventional GPC.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Xiaosong Wu, Colin Li Pi Shan, Juan C. Tuberquia, Tao Han, Guangming Li
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Patent number: 11866531Abstract: Lens materials and ophthalmic devices including lens materials that are oxygen permeable and resistant to oil absorption are described. In an embodiment, the lens material includes a copolymer composed of repeating units including: a fluorinated acrylate repeating unit; and a silicon-containing repeating unit, wherein a mass:mass ratio of the fluorinated acrylate repeating unit to the silicon-containing repeating unit is greater than or equal to 2:1.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Twenty Twenty Therapeutrics LLCInventors: Angela DiCiccio, Daniel Otts, Stein Kuiper
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Patent number: 11866532Abstract: An acrylic rubber that is a copolymer in which 1 to 3 wt. % of a fumaric acid monoalkyl ester monomer containing an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms is copolymerized as a crosslinkable comonomer, wherein 45 to 65 wt. % of n-butyl acrylate, 12 to 32 wt. % of 2-methoxyethyl acrylate, and 11 to 30 wt. % of ethoxyethoxyethyl acrylate are copolymerized in 100 wt. % of comonomers other than the crosslinkable comonomer. This acrylic rubber can suppress the reduction of oil resistance while improving cold resistance represented by a TR-10 value.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: UNIMATEC CO., LTD.Inventor: Daichi Toge
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Patent number: 11866533Abstract: Disclosed herein is an anti-biofouling copolymer including a first structural unit represented by formula (I) and a second structural unit represented by formula (II), wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the Specification and Claims. Also disclosed herein is a method for preparing an anti-biofouling copolymer which includes subjecting a first compound represented by formula (a) to polymerization reaction with a second compound represented by formula (b), wherein each of the substituents is given the definition as set forth in the Specification and Claims.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Ying-Nien Chou, Ming-Zu Ou, Yu-Chan Wu, Po-Ching Lee
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Patent number: 11866534Abstract: The present invention relates to: a dicyclopentadiene-based resin having excellent compatibility with a base resin and prepared by being copolymerized with a monomer composition comprising a dicyclopentadiene-based monomer and a vinylamide-based monomer; a dicyclopentadiene-based hydrogenated resin; and an adhesive resin composition comprising same. A dicyclopentadiene-based resin according to the present invention is advantageous in terms of having excellent compatibility with various base resins and being providable as an adhesive resin composition capable of achieving remarkably improved adhesive strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeonuk Kang, Do Hyun Byun, Kyongjun Yoon
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Patent number: 11866535Abstract: This invention relates to a two-part epoxy based composition, comprising a first part comprising at least one epoxy resin; a second part comprising at least one epoxy resin curing agent, and at least one acrylamide compound containing a hydrogen atom bound to the nitrogen atom in the acrylamide structure. The two-part epoxy based composition according to the present invention exhibits excellent adhesion strength to low surface tension substrates, such as stainless steel and PVC.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: AiFu Che, Chunfu Chen, Bin Li, Chao Wang
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Patent number: 11866536Abstract: A copper-clad laminate includes an insulating layer formed of a cured product of a resin composition and a surface treated copper foil in contact with the insulating layer, in which the resin composition contains a compound having at least one group specified in the present application and a crosslinking type curing agent; and the surface treated copper foil is a surface treated copper foil including a finely roughened particle treatment layer of copper on at least one surface side of copper foil.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuki Kitai, Masashi Koda, Yasunori Hoshino, Atsushi Wada, Mikio Sato
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Patent number: 11866537Abstract: The present invention discloses an easy-to-process, opaque and high-impact methyl methacrylate-butadiene-styrene (MBS) polymer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of preparation of PVC additives. The easy-to-process, opaque and high-impact MBS for PVC has a core-kernel-shell (three-layer) structure, and includes the following components by mass: 1-20% of core, 70-85% of kernel and 5-20% of shell. The core is a semi-hard, lightly crosslinked copolymer of a styrene (St) monomer and an acrylate monomer. The kernel is a soft, lightly crosslinked butadiene (BD)-St polymer with a low glass transition temperature. The shell is a copolymer of St, butyl acrylate and methyl methacrylate (MMA) with a high glass transition temperature. The present invention solves the problems of low impact strength and poor processing fluidity of the existing MBS for opaque PVC products.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SHANDONG DONGLIN NEW MATERIALS CO., LTDInventors: Xiaoquan Zhang, Tonggang Yi, Yongquan Xia, Honggang Zhao, Duo Xu, Boxiao Zou, Wen Liu, Xiaomin Ma
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Patent number: 11866538Abstract: The disclosure provides a polyurethane-acrylate water repellant prepared by double bonds in the side chain, and belongs to the technical field of environment-friendly polymers. The disclosure introduces the carbon-carbon double bonds into the polyurethane side chain through a carbon-carbon double bond-containing dihydroxy micromolecular chain extender having a carbon chain structure to adjust the number of double bonds on a waterborne polyurethane chain segment participating in a free radical polymerization with acrylate monomers, thereby generating a branched structure, and improving the compatibility of polyurethane and acrylate; the fastness of a fabric is increased by combining an oxime blocking structure with the fabric. The polyurethane-acrylate water repellant prepared by the disclosure is non-toxic and low in VOC, and the finished fabric has significantly improved physical and chemical properties, and good application prospects.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Jinmei Du, Shaofei Wang, Changhai Xu, Ankang Yao, Panfei Zhou, Zengyuan Pang
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Patent number: 11866539Abstract: A process for preparing an ultra-high molecular weight polymer via emulsion polymerization at the room/indoor temperature includes using persulfate as initiator, water as medium, anionic surfactant as emulsifier, sodium bicarbonate as pH regulator, styrene, (meth) acrylate or vinyl acetate as monomer, which is subjected to a free radical polymerization at room temperature and the normal pressure. The ultra-high molecular weight polymers may have weight average molecular weights larger than 1,000,000 g/mol. The monomer conversion may be above 85% after reacting for 1˜6 hours. The process may be carried out at room temperature and normal pressure without the addition of other assist initiators. There temperature and pressure of the reaction may not be controlled, and the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution may be adjusted and controlled in a wider range.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Changzhou UniversityInventors: Wenyan Huang, Bibiao Jiang, Xiaoqiang Xue, Hongjun Yang, Qimin Jiang
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Patent number: 11866540Abstract: An ethylene-propylene block copolymer resin is provided that is suitable as an insulation layer of an electric power cable. The ethylene-propylene block copolymer is obtained by polymerization of a propylene homopolymer or an ethylene-propylene random copolymer with an ethylene-propylene rubber copolymer in stages in reactors in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst obtained using two internal electron donors, wherein one of the two internal electron donors is a compound comprising an ester group and an alkoxy group, the ethylene-propylene block copolymer has a melting temperature of 150 to 160° C., the content of the solvent extract thereof when extracted at room temperature with xylene is 30 to 50% by weight, and the intrinsic viscosity of the solvent extract is 1.5 to 3.0 dl/g.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: BongSeock Kim, Youngjoo Lee, Youngwook Choi, YongSung Chun
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Patent number: 11866541Abstract: A method to purify a polymer is disclosed. The method is part of a manufacturing process wherein a virgin polymer is produced from a polymerization process employing at least a monomer or a comonomer as a feedstock. The monomer or the comonomer is selected from the group consisting of organic polar monomers, inorganic monomers, vinyl aromatic monomers, conjugated dienes, and mixtures thereof. In the method, the polymer in solid, liquid or molten state is brought into contact with a fluid solvent or an extraction fluid in a supercritical state or near supercritical state. The contact is at controlled temperature and pressure, allowing the fluid solvent to diffuse into the polymer and extract the impurities intended to remove. The method can be used to remove at least 10%, or at least 20%, or at least 50% of the target impurity from the polymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: KRATON CORPORATIONInventors: Kathryn Wright, Vijay Mhetar, Bert Krutzer
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Patent number: 11866542Abstract: The present application relates to a composition, a battery module and a battery pack. According to one example of the present application, there is provided a urethane-based heat dissipation material capable of providing excellent thermal conductivity and storage stability.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Inventors: Sang Min Park, Se Woo Yang, Yoon Gyung Cho, Yang Gu Kang, Eun Suk Park, Hyun Suk Kim, Hyoung Sook Park, Young Jo Yang
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Patent number: 11866543Abstract: This invention relates to novel macromers that comprise a polyether polyol having (meth)acrylate unsaturation. These novel macromers are the polymerization product of a glycidyl (meth)acrylate, with a polyether polyol, and optionally, an alkylene oxide, in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. This invention also relates to preformed stabilizers prepared from these macromers, and to polymer polyols prepared from these novel macromers and novel preformed stabilizers. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing these compositions, to polyurethane foams comprising these polymer polyols, and to processes for preparing these polyurethane foams.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Covestro LLCInventors: Rick L. Adkins, John E. Hayes
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Patent number: 11866544Abstract: A one-component thermosetting epoxy resin compositions that feature good storage stability. The epoxy resin compositions are especially suitable for use as bodywork adhesive and for production of structural foams.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AGInventors: Noah Munzinger, Christian Krüger
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Patent number: 11866545Abstract: Antimicrobial bi-metallic polymeric composites are provided. The bi-metallic polymeric composites include a first metal, a second metal, and a polymeric material and demonstrate especially rapid clearance of a wide variety of bacterial species. Thus, the bi-metallic polymeric composites may be useful in forming or surface treating materials where anti-bacterial properties are desired, including but not limited to surfaces requiring regular sanitization, such as high-contact surfaces in public facilities, medical facilities, or for use in the home. The first metal and the second metal may be any metals affording an electromotive force and may be selected to provide a particular electromotive force.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITYInventors: Waleed Khalil Ahmed, Ali H. Al-Marzouqi, Muthanna Ahmed Aziz, Tahir A. Rizvi, Essam Zaneldin, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan
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Patent number: 11866546Abstract: A thermoplastic polyester, and in particular a thermoplastic polyester including at least one 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-L-iditol unit (A), at least one linear aliphatic diol unit (B), at least one aromatic dicarboxylic unit (C), the thermoplastic polyester having a reduced viscosity in solution (25° C.; phenol (50 wt. %):ortho-dichlorobenzene (50 wt. %); 5 g of polyester/L) greater than 25 mL/g. A method for preparing such a polyester, a composition including the same and the use of the thermoplastic polyester for the production of finished or semi-finished plastic articles. The thermoplastic polyester is advantageous in that it has a particularly high incorporation rate of 1,4:3,6-dianhydro-L-iditol (A) units, at least greater than 85%, and most specifically at least greater than 90%.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: René Saint-Loup, Nicolas Jacquel
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Patent number: 11866547Abstract: The present application is directed to a method for preparing an amino-functional polyester, said method comprising: providing a mixture comprising at least one lactone monomer, a catalyst and a polyamine having at least one primary and at least one secondary amine group; and, subjecting said mixture to ring-opening polymerization conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Sonia Flores Penalba, Miguel Paradas-Palomo, Jose Garcia Miralles, Hans-Georg Kinzelmann, Rosa Maria Sebastian Perez, Jordi Marquet Cortes, Jorge Aguilera Corrochano, Federica Arioli, Therese Hemery
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Patent number: 11866548Abstract: Provided is a compound with which a lubricant having excellent adhesion to a magnetic disk, particularly to a protective layer can be provided. A perfluoropolyether compound in accordance with one aspect of this invention has a structure in which two perfluoropolyethers are bonded to each other through an aliphatic ether, the aliphatic ether including a carbon atom to which a primary alcohol is bonded.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Moresco CorporationInventors: Ryosuke Sagata, Tsuyoshi Shimizu
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Patent number: 11866550Abstract: Provided are a fluoropolyether compound having high heat resistance and capable of maintaining a surface protection layer even under high temperature, and a lubricant and a magnetic disk that contain the fluoropolyether compound. The fluoropolyether compound includes: three groups whose main chain contains a perfluoropolyether chain; and a trivalent linking group represented by Formula (1) below, the three groups being bound together via the trivalent linking group: where R1 is a saturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a perfluoroalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, or an amino group, and A1, A2, and A3 are each independently an aromatic group.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Moresco CorporationInventors: Tomoko Honda, Ryosuke Sagata
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Patent number: 11866551Abstract: The present invention provides a composition containing an electron-donating polymer (D) and an electron-withdrawing polymer (A), wherein the electron-donating polymer (D) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1a), Y1a in the following formula (1a) is a divalent group represented by the following formula (3a), and the electron-withdrawing polymer (A) has a constitutional unit represented by the following formula (4a): wherein the symbols in the formulas are as described in the DESCRIPTION.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION, KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATIONInventors: Masamichi Nishihara, Shiyan Feng, Byungchan Hwang, Liana Christiani, Kazunari Sasaki, Shoichi Kondo, Taichi Nakazawa, Takamasa Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11866552Abstract: A method for producing polyamide particles may include: mixing a mixture comprising a polyamide, a carrier fluid that is immiscible with the polyamide, and nanoparticles at a temperature greater than a melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide and at a shear rate sufficiently high to disperse the polyamide in the carrier fluid; cooling the mixture to below the melting point or softening temperature of the polyamide to form solidified particles comprising polyamide particles having a circularity of 0.90 or greater and that comprise the polyamide and the nanoparticles associated with an outer surface of the polyamide particles; and separating the solidified particles from the carrier fluid.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Valerie M. Farrugia, Yulin Wang, Chu Yin Huang, Carolyn Patricia Moorlag
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Patent number: 11866553Abstract: [Problem] To provide a polysiloxanecapable of forming a cured film of a thick film with high heat resistance, a composition comprising the polysiloxane, and a method of manufacturing a cured film using the composition. [Means for Solution] To provide a polysiloxane comprising a repeating unit represented by the following formula (Ib), wherein R2 is each independently hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkenyl, and the like, a composition comprising the polysiloxane, and a method of manufacturing a cured film using the composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Naofumi Yoshida, Megumi Takahashi, Seishi Shibayama, Katsuto Taniguchi, Masanobu Hayashi, Toshiaki Nonaka
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Patent number: 11866554Abstract: To provide a new silicon-containing polymer making it possible to form a cured film has features that its residual stress is small and crack resistance is high. A polycarbosilazane having particular cyclic structures.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Merck Patent GmbHInventors: Katsuchika Suzuki, Toshiya Okamura, Tetsuo Okayasu, Thorsten Vom Stein
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Patent number: 11866555Abstract: The disclosed invention relates to a composition comprising a crosslinked blend of polyphosphazene polymers. The composition comprises a first polyphosphazene and a second polyphosphazene, where the first polyphosphazene and the second polyphosphazene being bound by a thiol bearing crosslinking agent. Such compositions are useful as a membrane material for the separation of gasses in a gaseous mixture.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Energy, United States Department ofInventors: David Hopkinson, Victor Armanda Kusuma, Surendar R. Venna, Joshua S. McNally, Christopher J. Orme, Frederick F. Stewart
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Patent number: 11866556Abstract: A process for manufacturing a cross-linked hyaluronic acid (HA) gel product is comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous mixture of HA and a cross-linking agent selected from multiepoxides and diepoxides; wherein the HA is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing 1-10% (w/w) inorganic hydroxide; and wherein the dissolved HA constitutes more than 10% (w/w) of the final mixture; and (b) subjecting the aqueous mixture to cross-linking conditions to allow the dissolved HA to react with the cross-linking agent so as to obtain a cross-linked HA gel product.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Galderma Holding SAInventor: Morgan Karlsson
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Patent number: 11866557Abstract: Composite articles that can resist discoloration or color changes are described. In some instances, the composite articles can include a compounded material that is substantially free of an antioxidant that changes from a first color to a second color upon exposure to an environment comprising an oxidizing agent. The composite articles can be flame retardant and may provide sound reduction as well.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Hanwha Azdel, Inc.Inventors: Peng Cheng, Hongyu Chen, Liqing Wei, Ruomiao Wang
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Patent number: 11866558Abstract: A sheet comprising a plexifilamentary film-fibril network consisting essentially of high density polyethylene in an overlapping multi-directional configuration, the sheet, as-produced from a spin cell, having a normalized Frazier air permeability of between 0.002 and 0.2 m3/m2·minute at 50 gsm, a BET surface area of between 9 and 20 m2/gm, and a normalized hydrohead of between 150 and 250 cm at 50 gsm, wherein the plexifilamentary film-fibril network in an overlapping multi-directional configuration is flash-spun from a spin fluid comprising polymer and spin agent, the spin fluid temperature being 190° C. or greater, the spin agent comprising dichloromethane, the spin fluid having a polymer concentration of 12 to 14 weight percent.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.Inventors: Jan Van Meerveld, Corneille Schmitz, Joseph Mathieu, Noel Stephen Brabbs, Orest Skoplyak, Christine Lemoine, Serge Rebouillat
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Patent number: 11866559Abstract: A method of manufacturing includes producing a powder resin comprising a polymer precursor and a thermal initiator, packing a fiber structure with the powder resin, resulting in a resin-packed structure, and heating the resin-packed structure to a curing temperature high enough to melt and cure the resin-packed structure to form a final structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Junhua Wei, Gabriel Iftime, Michael Benedict, Mahati Chintapalli
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Patent number: 11866560Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic flow process for making monomers, monomers made by such processes, and methods of using such monomers. In such process, microfluidic reaction technology is used to synthesize cyanation reaction products orders of magnitude faster than is possible in batch and continuous syntheses. The aforementioned process does require strictly regulated, highly toxic cyanogen chloride. Thus the aforementioned process is more economically efficient and reduces the environmental impact of thermosetting resin monomer production, and produces thermosetting resin monomers in greater purity than obtained through typical processes.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air ForceInventors: Kamran B Ghiassi, Neil D Redeker, Alexander T Lonnecker, Jayden N. Glover
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Patent number: 11866561Abstract: Non-woven fiberglass veils, and laminates made therefrom, comprising: a plurality of glass fibers; a resin component; a fire-retardant component; and a particulate component, the particulate component comprising inorganic particles having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the fire-retardant component and an average particle size of from about 0.1 to about 0.5 ?m; wherein the fire-retardant component and the particulate component are present in a combined amount of from about 50% to about 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the veil, and wherein the fire-retardant component and the particulate component are present in a ratio by weight of from about 95:5 to about 50:50; are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: THE DILLER CORPORATIONInventors: Frederic Taillan, Abbie L. Kramer, David R. Green
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Patent number: 11866562Abstract: Melt emulsification may be employed to form elastomeric particulates in a narrow size range when nanoparticles are included as an emulsion stabilizer. Such processes may comprise combining a polyurethane polymer and nanoparticles with a carrier fluid at a heating temperature at or above a melting point or a softening temperature of the polyurethane polymer, applying sufficient shear to disperse the polyurethane polymer as liquefied droplets in the presence of the nanoparticles in the carrier fluid at the heating temperature, cooling the carrier fluid at least until elastomeric particulates in a solidified state form, and separating the elastomeric particulates from the carrier fluid. In the elastomeric particulates, the polyurethane polymer defines a core and an outer surface of the elastomeric particulates and the nanoparticles are associated with the outer surface. The elastomeric particulates may have a D50 of about 1 ?m to about 1,000 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Cristina Resetco, Shivanthi Easwari Sriskandha, Edward G. Zwartz, Michael S. Hawkins, Valerie M. Farrugia
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Patent number: 11866563Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigmented aqueous basecoat material comprising a polyether-based reaction product which is preparable by reaction of (a) at least one cyclic carboxylic anhydride comprising a free carboxylic acid group and/or the halide of a carboxylic acid group with (b) at least one polyether of the general structural formula (I) in which R is a C3 to C6 alkylene radical and n is selected accordingly such that the polyether (b) possesses a number-average molecular weight of 800 to 4000 g/mol, the components (a) and (b) being used in the reaction in a molar ratio of 0.7/2.3 to 1.6/1.7 and the resulting reaction product possessing an acid number of 10 to 50 mg KOH/g.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBHInventors: Bernhard Steinmetz, Peter Hoffmann, Hardy Reuter
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Patent number: 11866564Abstract: The present invention is a polymer substrate with a hard coat layer, which is obtained by directly laminating a polymer substrate, a base cured layer and a silicon oxide layer, wherein the base cured layer has a thickness of 1-20 ?m and contains 10-90 parts by weight of a polyfunctional acrylate and 90-10 parts by weight of inorganic oxide fine particles and/or a hydrolytic condensation product of a silicon compound or contains a hydrolytic condensation product of an organic silicon compound as a primary component, and the silicon oxide layer satisfies requirement (a1) below at a position 0.04 ?m in the thickness direction from the interface between the base cured layer and the silicon oxide layer and satisfies requirement (a3) below at the surface of the silicon oxide layer on the opposite side from the interface, Requirement (a1): when the chemical composition is represented by SiOxCyHz, x falls within the range 1.93-1.98, y falls within the range 0.04-0.15 and z falls within the range 0.10-0.50.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Ekinaka, Tatsuichirou Kon, Hiroshi Kishimoto, Yume Takeda, Takehiro Suga, Satoshi Ogata, Masato Nakagomi
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Patent number: 11866565Abstract: Polymer matrix composite comprising a porous polymeric network; and a plurality of intumescent particles distributed within the polymeric network structure; wherein the intumescent particles are present in a range from 15 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the intumescent particles and the polymer (excluding the solvent); and wherein the polymer matrix composite volumetrically expands at least 2 times its initial volume when exposed to at least one temperature greater than 135° C.; and methods for making the same. The polymer matrix composites are useful, for example, as fillers, thermally initiated fuses, and fire stop devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: Derek J. Dehn, Bharat R. Acharya, Brandon A. Bartling, Paul T. Hines, Clinton P. Waller, Jr., Satinder K. Nayar
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Patent number: 11866566Abstract: Tooling and components of an injection-molding system may be used to mold a foam article. The tooling and components may include features that control parameters of the injection-molding and foaming process, such as temperature, pressure, shot size, shot placement, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Floyd Whitney Miles, Joseph Thomas Muth, Bradley C. Tutmark
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Patent number: 11866567Abstract: The present disclosure provides a foam bead. The foam bead is formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/?-olefin multi-block interpolymer. The present disclosure also provides a sintered foam structure. The sintered foam structure is formed from foam beads that are formed from a composition containing (A) a silane-functionalized ethylene/?-olefin multi-block interpolymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Haiyang Yu, Jozef J I Van Dun, Yunfeng Yang
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Patent number: 11866568Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a component for a telecommunication apparatus, the component comprising a molded product made of a resin composition. The resin composition comprises (a) a matrix resin and (b) titanium dioxide. The (A) matrix resin comprises (A-a) a polyphenylene ether-based resin. The sum of the contents of the (A-a) polyphenylene ether-based resin, and (A-b) a block copolymer containing at least one block mainly composed of an aromatic vinyl monomer unit and at least one block mainly composed of a conjugated diene monomer unit and/or a hydrogenated product of the block copolymer with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) matrix resin is 75 parts by mass or more. The average L/D of the (B) titanium dioxide is 1.2 or more and 6.0 or less, and the content of titanium dioxide having an L/D of greater than 7.0 is less than 10%.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Miki Tokuyama, Masahito Kuramitsu
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Patent number: 11866569Abstract: Foams and methods of fabricating and using the same are provided. The foams can be free-standing and rigid and can be used as, for example, nanofiller networks. The shape and size of the foam pore interconnected network can be tailorable/tailored. The foams can be, for example, transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) foams with a layered structure (e.g., tungsten sulfide (WS2) foams). A freeze-drying-based method can be used to fabricate bulk porous foam, which can be used for, e.g., polymer nanocomposites. A vacuum-assisted infiltration procedure can be used to fabricate a foam-polymer nanocomposite.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEESInventors: Arvind Agarwal, Kazue Orikasa, Ambreen Nisar, Tony Thomas, Preyojon Dey
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Patent number: 11866570Abstract: A molded body which is formed from a shaping material containing a fluororesin powder. The fluororesin powder has a D50 of 30 ?m or more and 200 ?m or less and a D10 of 12 ?m or more. Also disclosed is a method for forming a molded body from a shaping material containing the fluororesin powder, the method including controlling the temperature of the fluororesin powder; and irradiating the fluororesin powder with a laser at the controlled temperature to fuse the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Junpei Terada, Hiroyuki Sendan, Tadahiro Yabu, Yukihiro Fukagawa, Kenta Murayama, Tomohiro Shiromaru, Toshio Miyatani, Masahiro Kondou, Hiroyuki Hamada
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Patent number: 11866571Abstract: A polycarbonate-polysiloxane includes specific amounts of first carbonate units having the structure wherein R1 is a C6-C16 divalent aromatic group, second carbonate units having the structure wherein R2 is a C17-C40 divalent aromatic group having the structure wherein Rf, Rg, Rh, Ri, Rj, Rk, Xb, j, m, n, x, and y are defined herein. The polycarbonate-polysiloxane is useful for forming thin extruded films, which in turn are useful for fabricating electrostatic film capacitors.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: SHPP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Andrew Thomas Pingitore, Matthew Frank Niemeyer, James Alan Mahood, Brandon Philippe Gindt
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Patent number: 11866572Abstract: The invention provides a polyolefin-based resin film including a polyolefin-based resin composition that includes at least a propylene-? olefin random copolymer, wherein (1) an olefin-based block copolymer is 0 to 2 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-? olefin random copolymer; (2) an olefin-based copolymeric elastomer resin is 0 to 2 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-? olefin random copolymer; (3) a propylene homopolymer is 0 to 40 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the propylene-? olefin random copolymer; (4) the polyolefin-based resin film exhibits a thermal shrinkage rate of 25% or less in a direction in which the thermal shrinkage rate is larger between a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction; and (5) a planar orientation coefficient ?P calculated from a refractive index of the polyolefin-based resin film is 0.0100-0.0145.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Wakato Tomatsu, Tadashi Nishi
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Patent number: 11866573Abstract: The thermoplastic resin composition of the invention includes: 10% to 70% by mass of (A) a rubber-reinforced vinyl-based resin containing a rubbery part derived from an acrylic rubbery polymer and a resin pan having a structural unit derived from an aromatic vinyl compound and a structural unit derived from a cyanidated vinyl compound; 5% to 80% by mass of (B) a (meth)acrylic resin (excluding component (A)) including a (co)polymer which has a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester compound and which does not have a structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene; and 5% to 70% by mass of (C) an ?-methylstyrene-based resin (excluding component (A)) containing a (co)polymer which has a structural unit derived from ?-methylstyrene and which does not have a structural unit derived from an alkyl (meth)acrylate ester compound based on 100% by mass of a total content of components (A) to (C).Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Techno-UMG Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuki Omata, Shinsuke Fujioka