Deoxidant Or Oxygen Scavenging Patents (Class 252/188.28)
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Patent number: 7238300Abstract: A method comprises subjecting ant oxygen scavenger to actinic radiation; and then optionally storing the oxygen scavenger in a container, the container configured such that the oxygen scavenger exhibits no substantial oxygen scavenging activity while inside the container. The dosed oxygen scavenger can later be removed from the container, if stored therein, subjected to a second dose of actinic radiation to trigger the oxygen scavenger, and used in packaging oxygen sensitive products. A stored oxygen scavenger, untriggered, is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Inventors: James A. Solis, Richard Dayrit, Scott W. Beckwith, Brian L. Butler, Ronald L. Cotterman, Drew V. Speer, Thomas D. Kennedy
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Patent number: 7147799Abstract: An oxygen scavenging packet containing an iron-based oxygen scavenger and an electrolyte is set forth in which the rate of uptake of oxygen is increased by virtue of the introduction into the packet of an oxygen uptake accelerator containing water. Methods of increasing the rate of oxygen absorption by use of the iron-based oxygen scavenging packet are also set forth.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2005Date of Patent: December 12, 2006Assignee: Pactiv CorporationInventors: Gary R. DelDuca, Alan E. Deyo, Vinod K. Luthra, Wen P. Wu
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Patent number: 7141182Abstract: The present invention includes a molecular melt composition comprising an antioxidant and a coupling agent. The molecular melt is partially amorphous in nature. The invention also includes a method for making the molecular melt composition and a method for using the molecular melt to produce coupled polymers. The invention further includes a method for using an antioxidant to phlagmatize a coupling agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Marlin E. Walters, Marius W. Sorenson, Malcolm F. Finlayson, Robin J. Lee, Clark H. Cummins
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Patent number: 7141174Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating boiler and condensate water by the addition of an effective amount of a hydroxyamine-acid ester treatment reagent or an all-in-one treatment composition comprising a hydroxyamine-acid ester. Modification of a hydroxyamine to a hydroxyamine-acid ester generally reduces the odors of the amine while providing a means to formulate the composition into a solid form. The ester typically decomposes at conditions in the boiler to release the hydroxyamine to treat the boiler water. Other components used to treat boiler water and condensate related problems may be formulated with the hydroxyamine-acid ester to form the all-in-one treatment composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: JohnsonDiversey, Inc.Inventors: Lyle H. Steimel, James Emerson, Sue Ann Balow
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Patent number: 7125498Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing composition including iron and a soluble tartrate. A method of absorbing oxygen from a closed environment including the steps of providing an oxygen-absorbing composition containing iron and a tartrate, injecting water into the composition, and placing the composition into the closed environment. An oxygen-absorbing packet containing iron and a tartrate. All of the foregoing-mentioned compositions preferably include an electrolyte. The tartrates may be selected from the group which may include sodium acid tartrate, potassium acid tartrate, potassium sodium tartrate tetrahydrate and sodium tartrate dihydrate, but are not limited thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2004Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.Inventor: George E. McKedy
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Patent number: 7112284Abstract: Oxygen scavenger which can exhibit excellent oxygen reduction effect in a wide variety of conditions is provided as an alternative volatile oxygen scavenger to hydrazine. The oxygen scavenger contains a heterocyclic compound having N-substituted amino group such as 1-amino-4-methylpiperazine and a hydroxylamine compound such as N,N-diethylhydroxylamine. The oxygen scavenger may further contain a polyhydric phenol type catalyst such as pyrogallol. By adding the oxygen scavenger to feed water of a water system of a boiler, oxygen reduction treatment of the water system is carried out.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2005Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: Kurita Water Industries LTDInventors: Yukimasa Shimura, Junichi Takahashi
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Patent number: 7078100Abstract: An oxygen scavenger composition includes mer units that have at least one cycloalkenyl group or functionality and, further, has mer units derived from isophthalic acid or terephthalic acid or certain derivatives thereof. The oxygen scavenger composition has been found to act as an oxygen scavenger under both ambient and refrigeration conditions, to be compatible with conventional film forming packaging materials, to inhibit undesirable oligomer formation and oxidation by-product formation, and to be readily formable and processable using conventional film forming equipment. A film and laminated product having said oxygen scavenger composition are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: July 18, 2006Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Cynthia L. Ebner, Andrew E. Matthews, Terry O. Millwood
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Patent number: 7052628Abstract: Disclosed herein are oxygen scavenging compositions and packaging articles that comprise (a) a metal catalyzed oxidizable compound and (b) at least one of a transition metal carboxylate, wherein the transition metal carboxylate comprises at least one carboxylate group and wherein each carboxylate group comprises between 20 and 30 carbon atoms, inclusive, such as cobalt behenate or cobalt arachidate.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2003Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LPInventors: Richard P. Schmidt, James A. Solis, Ta Yen Ching
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Patent number: 7049359Abstract: The present invention provides a wall for a package, which wall comprises, or includes a layer comprising, a composition comprising a polymer and capable of scavenging oxygen through the metal-catalysed oxidation of an oxidizable organic component thereof. The oxidizable organic component is preferably itself a polymer, and may be the only polymer in the composition. Preferred compositions include a blend of 96% polyethylene terephthalate and 4% poly (m-xylyleneadipamide) containing 200 ppm cobalt as catalyst, with good permeance-versus-time performance (3) when formed into a bottle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2001Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Constar International, Inc.Inventors: Michael Alexander Cochran, Rickworth Folland, James William Nicholas, Melvin Edward Riddell Robinson
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Patent number: 7022258Abstract: Herein is disclosed an oxygen scavenging composition, comprising (i) an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising structure I: X—R—X—O—CH2—Ar—CH2—O,??(I) wherein —R— is selected from the group consisting of C1–C24 alkyl, C1–C24 substituted alkyl, C6–C24 aryl, and C6–C24 substituted aryl; —Ar— is selected from the group consisting of C6–C24 aryl and C6–C24 substituted aryl; and —X— is selected from the group consisting of null and —C(?O)—; (ii) a transition metal oxidation catalyst; and (iii) an energy-absorbing compound selected from the group consisting of microwave reactive materials and photoinitiators having a wavelength of maximum absorption of electromagnetic radiation from about 200 nm to about 750 nm. The oxygen scavenging composition can be used to form an oxygen barrier packaging article.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2002Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Steven Woodcock
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Patent number: 7014898Abstract: A fibrous catalyst comprises at least one transition metal anchored to a polymer fiber having a plurality of grafted units grafted to a polymer backbone. The polymer backbone may be a polyolefin, a fluorinated polyethylene, cellulose or viscose. The grafted units comprise a salt of a carboxylic acid, which in a preferred embodiment is a sodium salt of acrylic acid. The catalysts are particularly suitable for scavenging oxygen from sealed packages or containers and may further comprise a chemical indicator for the presence or absence of oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2001Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignees: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, Oy Smoptech AbInventors: Kenneth Ekman, Barry Anthony Murrer, Robert Peltonen, Mats Sundell
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Patent number: 6946175Abstract: Herein is disclosed multilayer packaging articles comprising an oxygen barrier layer comprising ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) (an “EVOH oxygen barrier layer”); an oxygen scavenging layer adjacent thereto, wherein the oxygen scavenging layer comprises a polymer comprising an ethylenic backbone and a cycloalkenyl group having structure I: wherein q1, q2, q3, q4, and r are independently selected from hydrogen, methyl, or ethyl; m is —(CH2)n—, wherein n is an integer from 0 to 4, inclusive, and, when r is hydrogen, at least one of q1, q2, q3, and q4 is also hydrogen; and a third layer adjacent to the oxygen scavenging layer. In addition to the oxygen scavenging function, the oxygen scavenging layer functions as a tie layer to substantially inhibit delamination of the EVOH oxygen barrier layer from the third layer of the packaging article.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2003Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Gangfeng Cai
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Process for triggering, storing, and distributing an oxygen scavenger, and a stored oxygen scavenger
Patent number: 6942821Abstract: A method includes triggering an oxygen scavenger; and storing the scavenger in a container configured such that the oxygen scavenger exhibits no substantial oxygen scavenging activity while inside the container. The triggered oxygen scavenger can later be removed from the container, and used in packaging oxygen sensitive products. A stored oxygen scavenger, triggered, is also disclosed. A method of distributing an oxygen scavenger film includes providing a tubular film at a first location, the film having oxygen barrier and oxygen scavenger layers; triggering the oxygen scavenger; collapsing the film; rolling up the film; transporting the film to a second location; and triggering the oxygen scavenger. Another method of distributing an oxygen scavenger film includes providing an oxygen scavenger film at a first location; transporting the film to a second location; triggering the oxygen scavenger; storing the oxygen scavenger film in a container; and transporting the film to a third location.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Richard Dayrit, Scott W. Beckwith, Brian L. Butler, Ronald L. Cotterman, Drew V. Speer, Thomas D. Kennedy -
Patent number: 6926846Abstract: An oxygen scavenging packet containing an iron-based oxygen scavenger and an electrolyte is set forth in which the rate of uptake of oxygen is increased by virtue of the introduction into the packet of an oxygen uptake accelerator containing water. Methods of increasing the rate of oxygen absorption by use of the iron-based oxygen scavenging packet are also set forth.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2003Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Assignee: Pactiv CorporationInventors: Gary R. DelDuca, Alan E. Deyo, Vinod K. Luthra, Wen P. Wu
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Patent number: 6921026Abstract: A humidity control device for use in maintaining a desired humidity in packages of food, the device including a protective case, a water vapor permeable pouch and a thickened saturated solution, the solution having a suitable humidity control point for use within a food container. The device further employs a combination of an oxygen scavenger system to stop mold growth with anaerobic conditions and/or a mold inhibitor in the filling of the pouch or preferentially printed on the outside of the pouch.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2002Date of Patent: July 26, 2005Inventors: Albert L. Saari, Robert L. Esse
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Patent number: 6911122Abstract: A method for triggering an oxygen scavenging composition for use in packaging an oxygen sensitive article includes the steps of providing an oxygen scavenging composition comprising an oxidizable organic compound and, optionally, a transition metal catalyst, and exposing the composition to a source of pulsed light wherein each pulse has a duration of between 1 microsecond and 1 millisecond, a frequency of between 0.1 to 100 Hertz, and a total intensity of at least 350 mW/cm2 so that each pulse provides the composition with a dose of UV light of at least 0.1 J/cm2 so as to provide a triggered composition. The triggered composition can be applied to an article so as to provide an oxygen scavenging package. An apparatus and packaging system are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2002Date of Patent: June 28, 2005Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Philip H. Cook, Jr., Melania M. Craddock, William A. Feehley, Nathanael R. Miranda, Drew V. Speer, Jeffrey Thomas
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Patent number: 6899822Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing composition for use as a component of a plastic packaging material which includes in relatively sufficient proportions iron, acidifier and electrolyte.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2002Date of Patent: May 31, 2005Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.Inventor: George E. McKedy
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Patent number: 6884366Abstract: In the process for producing an oxygen absorbing polyamide resin composition of the present invention, a diamine component containing 70 mol % or higher of m-xylylenediamine is polycondensed with a dicarboxylic acid component containing 50 mol % or higher of adipic acid in the presence of a phosphorus compound. A compound or complex containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals of Group VIII of the Periodic Table, manganese, copper and zinc is added to reaction system either prior to initiation of the polycondensation reaction or during the polycondensation reaction such that a ratio (P/M) of a concentration of phosphorus P (mmol/g) in the phosphorus compound contained in the polyamide resin composition to a concentration of the metal M (mmol/g) in the polyamide resin composition is 0.02 to 1.0.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 26, 2005Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Ryoji Otaki, Sotaro Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 6875400Abstract: A method includes providing an article including an oxygen scavenger; forming the article into a container; placing an oxygen sensitive product into the container; and exposing the container to actinic radiation at a dosage effective to sterilize the container, and trigger the oxygen scavenger in the article. Alternative methods are also disclosed. A package includes a container, the container including an activated oxygen scavenger; wherein the container is sterilized; and wherein an oxygen sensitive product is disposed in the container.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Drew V. Speer, Ronald L. Cotterman
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Patent number: 6872451Abstract: A film, laminated product, and other packaging materials are disclosed, each including an oxygen scavenger composition including mer units derived from a substituted alicyclic compound having non-aromatic, ethylenic functionality, mer units including an ionomeric group, and mer units of a di- or polyfunctional hydrocarbon compound. Certain oxygen scavenger compositions have been found to act as an oxygen scavenger under both ambient and refrigeration conditions, to be compatible with conventional film forming packaging materials, to inhibit undesirable oligomer formation and oxidation by-product formation, and to be readily formable and processable using conventional film forming equipment.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Cryovac, Inc.Inventors: Cynthia L. Ebner, Arthur L. Berrier
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Patent number: 6869681Abstract: A functional composition, in which an increase in particle size due to secondary flocculation of particles in a mixed system of a plant-originated functional component (A) and a ceramics component (C) is effectively prevented; a functional resin composition made of the functional composition, which can be applied to various utilities; and a functional molding made of the functional composition, which is superior in deodorizing properties, antimicrobial properties, moldability, post-processing properties such as stretching properties, physical properties, are provided. The functional composition contains a mixture of a plant-originated functional component (A), a finely divided tabular mineral (T) having a low hardness and cleavage, and a ceramics component (C) other than the mineral (T). The functional resin composition contains the foregoing components and a resin (R). The functional molding is made of a molding of the resin (R) having the foregoing components formulated thereinto.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2001Date of Patent: March 22, 2005Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ErubuInventors: Hiroshi Okamoto, Shin-ichi Inoue, Tetsuo Kanagawa, Masataka Sano, Hiroki Miyamatsu, Kimi Yoshida
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Patent number: 6863988Abstract: Monolayer packages comprised of an oxygen scavenging composition suitable for direct contact with package contents and recycle with other polyester bottles are disclosed. The oxygen scavenging composition is comprised of a modified copolymer which is comprised of predominantly polyester segments and an oxygen scavenging amount of oxygen scavenging segments. The polyester segments comprise segments derived from typical bottling and packaging polyesters such as PET and PEN. Use of these oxygen scavenging copolymers in bottles provides a clear and rigid monolayer bottle similar in appearance to unmodified polyester bottles. In a series of preferred embodiments, bottles fabricated with the oxygen scavenging copolymers of this invention are over 99 wt % PET and contain less than 50 ppb of extractable components.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.Inventors: James M. Tibbitt, Paul J. Cahill, George E. Rotter, David P. Sinclair, Gary T. Brooks, Raymond T. Behrends
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Patent number: 6861032Abstract: A boiler water treatment chemical includes a heterocyclic compound with N-substituted amino group, or the salt thereof, and alkaline agent and/or water soluble polymer.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2002Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.Inventors: Yukimasa Shimura, Shiro Taya
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Patent number: 6821594Abstract: The oxygen-absorbing label of the present invention has a laminated structure successively comprising a base layer having a release adhesive layer on its surface, an oxygen-absorbing sheet made from an oxygen-absorbing resin comprising a thermoplastic resin and an oxygen absorbent blended therein, and an air-permeable layer. The air-permeable layer is bonded to the base layer at a position surrounding an outer periphery of the oxygen-absorbing sheet. The air-permeable layer comprises (A) a water-resistant moisture-permeable resin film having a water pressure resistance of 2,000 mmH2O or higher and a moisture permeability of 1,000 g/m2/24 h or higher and (B) a microporous film.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Yuichi Watanabe, Takahiro Seki, Masaki Nagata
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Patent number: 6818151Abstract: Oxygen barrier copolymers and methods of making the same are disclosed. The oxygen barrier copolymers comprise repeating units derived from vinylidene chloride and oxygen scavenging repeating units. The oxygen scavenging repeating units can comprise oxygen scavenging moieties that are cycloalkenyl. Oxygen barrier compositions, methods of preparing oxygen barrier compositions, and packaging articles comprising oxygen barrier copolymer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2001Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Kevin Cai, Lennard Torres
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Patent number: 6818150Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of initiating oxygen scavenging in a packaging article comprising an oxygen scavenging polymer. The method involves (i) providing the packaging article comprising the oxygen scavenging polymer, wherein the packaging article comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface; (ii) wetting the interior surface of the packaging article with a solution comprising a peroxide, to result in a packaging article with a wetted surface; and (iii) exposing the wetted surface to an initiating factor, to initiate oxygen scavenging by the packaging article. Typically, the initiating factor is ultraviolet light, heat, or both.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2000Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignees: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, Elopak Systems AGInventors: M. Stephen Galland, Gary D. Jerdee, Gunnar Rysstad, Keith Johnstone
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Patent number: 6797197Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating boiler and condensate water by the addition of an effective amount of a hydroxyamine-acid ester treatment reagent or an all-in-one treatment composition comprising a hydroxyamine-acid ester. Modification of a hydroxyamine to a hydroxyamine-acid ester generally reduces the odors of the amine while providing a means to formulate the composition into a solid form. The ester typically decomposes at conditions in the boiler to release the hydroxyamine to treat the boiler water. Other components used to treat boiler water and condensate related problems may be formulated with the hydroxyamine-acid ester to form the all-in-one treatment composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2002Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: JohnsonDiversey, Inc.Inventors: Lyle H. Steimel, James Emerson, Sue Ann Balow
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Publication number: 20040178386Abstract: A resin composition provides good optical properties when stretched and efficient oxygen-scavenging, the resin composition comprising a film-forming polyester and an effective amount of oxygen-scavenging particles, wherein the particles have a particle size distribution such that particles of less than about 25 microns in size do not exceed a concentration defined by a formula that includes the apparent density of the particles. Another resin composition comprises a film-forming polyester and from about 50 to about 2500 parts by weight of iron per million by weight of the resin, wherein the amount of iron particles having a size of less than about 20 microns does not exceed about 800 parts per million by weight of the resin. A method is also provided for incorporating high levels of oxygen-scavenging particles into a film-forming polyester resin composition with low haze when stretched.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2004Publication date: September 16, 2004Inventors: Deborah Tung, Edwin A. Sisson, Roy A. Leckonby
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Patent number: 6776924Abstract: The present invention includes a molecular melt composition comprising an antioxidant and a coupling agent. The molecular melt is partially amorphous in nature. The invention also includes a method for making the molecular melt composition and a method for using the molecular melt to produce coupled polymers. The invention further includes a method for using an antioxidant to phlagmatize a coupling agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2001Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.Inventors: Marlin E. Walters, Marius W. Sorenson, Malcolm F. Finlayson, Robin J. Lee, Clark H. Cummins
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Patent number: 6746622Abstract: Herein is disclosed an oxygen scavenging composition, comprising an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising units having structure I: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of —H and —C1-C6 alkyls and n is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and an oxidation catalyst. The oxygen scavenging polymer can be used to form an oxygen scavenging packaging article.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Lennard Torres
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Patent number: 6746630Abstract: The claims are drawn to a method of detecting seal breakage or incomplete seal formation in a package, said method comprising the steps of: (i) providing said package, prior to sealing, with a strip or ring of an indicator comprising an oxygen scavenging composition which includes a source of labile hydrogen or electrons and at least one reducible organic compound, wherein said strip or ring is located on an internal surface adjacent to where a seal is to be formed, (ii) treating the strip or ring with electromagnetic energy so as to reduce the reducible organic compound to a reduced form which is oxidizable by ground state molecular oxygen regardless of the presence of a transition metal catalyst and such that, when oxidized, there is a detectable change in a characteristic of said composition selected from the group consisting of: colour, fluorescence emission and UV-visible, infrared or near-infrared absorption, (iii) subjecting said package to a sealing process intended to seal the package, and (iv) detecType: GrantFiled: January 17, 2003Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationInventor: Michael Laurence Rooney
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Publication number: 20040099840Abstract: Epoxy anthraquinonesulfonamide compounds are disclosed having the Formula (I) wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 are each independently selected from H, OH, NH2, C1-C40 alkyl, C1-C40 alkoxy, C1C40 alkanoyl, C1-C40 alkanol, C1-C40 alkylether, C1-C40 alkylthio, C1-C40 alkylamino, C1-C40 alkanolether, C1-C40 alkylaminoether, C1-C40 alkylsulfonyl, C1-C40 alkyl sulfonanmido, epoxy sulfonamido substituents, and sulfonate substituents, with the proviso that at least one of X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7 and X8 is an epoxy sulfonamido substituent, and salts thereof. The compounds and reaction products thereof may be used in oxygen scavenging compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Mark A. Horsham, James K G Murphy, Andrew D Scully
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Publication number: 20040094745Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing composition for use as a component of a plastic packaging material which includes in relatively sufficient proportions iron, acidifier and electrolyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2002Publication date: May 20, 2004Inventor: George E. McKedy
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Patent number: 6709724Abstract: An oxygen scavenging composition of a carrier, such as a polymer, which is permeable to both oxygen and water or water vapor and an oxygen scavenging compound of an organic compound or salt thereof dispersed relatively uniformly throughout the polymer in an amount effective to act as an oxygen scavenger. The oxygen scavenging compound is activated for scavenging oxygen by contact with water or water vapor which permeates into or through the carrier. Also, a catalyzing agent is included in an amount sufficient to increase the rate of oxygen scavenging by the organic compound. The organic compound and catalyzing agent are preferably maintained in a dry state by freeze drying or microencapsulation until the organic compound is activated for oxygen scavenging by contact with water or water vapor.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Fred N. Teumac, Bruce D. Zenner, Bert A. Ross, Larrie A. Deardurff, Mahmood R. Rassouli
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Patent number: 6689437Abstract: An oxygen-absorbing material including a transition metal compound and one or more thermoplastic resins, when used for a molded product such as container, exhibits excellent gas-barrier and oxygen-absorbing properties. The material absorbs oxygen from contents and blocks oxygen from entering so that the contents can be maintained in an oxygen-free state for a long period of time. An excellent oxygen-absorbing property is achieved by an amino group content of 20 mmol/kg or lower in at least one thermoplastic resin and by lowering the crystallinity of the thermoplastic resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Toyo Boseki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Ubara, Tetsuo Kodama, Naoki Mizuno, Yoshimitsu Sakaguchi, Ken Takasugi, Syunji Kurahara, Koichi Matsuda, Shoichi Gyobu, Yusuke Shimizu, Hidekazu Yoshida
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Patent number: 6688468Abstract: Pharmaceutical kits are provided that reduce or prevent oxidative degradation of oxygen-sensitive pharmaceutically active ingredients in solid unit dosage forms that are supplied in oxygen permeable containers. Stabilization of the active ingredient is accomplished by incorporating an oxygen absorber into a sealed oxygen permeable container.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Pfizer Inc.Inventor: Kenneth C. Waterman
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Patent number: 6686006Abstract: An article of manufacture includes an oxygen scavenger and an amorphous silica. The article can be in the form of e.g. a film or sealing compound. A package can be made from the article for containing an oxygen-sensitive article such as food. The amorphous silica reduces migration of odor causing by-products of the oxygen scavenging process. A method of making an article of manufacture having reduced migration of by-products of an oxygen scavenging reaction includes providing an article including an oxygen scavenger and an amorphous silica; and exposing the article to actinic radiation.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1997Date of Patent: February 3, 2004Assignee: Cyrovac, Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Becraft, Nathanael R. Miranda, Drew V. Speer
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Patent number: 6682791Abstract: Packages and methods for protecting oxygen-sensitive products from damage or degradation due to oxygen contamination are provided. The packages contain at least two oxygen scavenging materials having different oxygen scavenging properties, arranged so that oxygen contamination from different sources is effectively eliminated. Preferred packages contain at least one oxygen scavenging material to effectively absorb head space oxygen, and at least one oxygen scavenging material to effectively absorb ingress oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2001Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: Sonoco Development, Inc.Inventor: David E. McKnight
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Patent number: 6667273Abstract: A composition for absorbing oxygen and releasing carbon dioxide in a high moisture environment including by weight an iron-based component for absorbing oxygen in an amount of between about 15% and 60%, a carbon dioxide releasing component for releasing carbon dioxide in an amount of between about 8% and 50%, an acidifying component for providing acid for activating the carbon dioxide releasing component, and a dry water-attracting component for preventing premature activation of the iron-based component and carbon dioxide releasing component and for attracting water from a high moisture environment to thereby supply water for activating the acidifying component and the iron-based component.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 1998Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Multisorb Technologies, Inc.Inventors: John S. Cullen, George E. McKedy
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Patent number: 6666988Abstract: An oxygen scavenging packet containing an iron-based oxygen scavenger and an electrolyte is set forth in which the rate of uptake of oxygen is increased by virtue of the introduction into the packet of an oxygen uptake accelerator containing water. Methods of increasing the rate of oxygen absorption by use of the iron-based oxygen scavenging packet are also set forth.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Pactiv CorporationInventors: Gary R. DelDuca, Alan E. Deyo, Vinod K. Luthra, Wen P. Wu
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Patent number: 6656383Abstract: An oxygen scavenging composition or concentrate of a carrier, such as a polymer, which is permeable to both oxygen and water or water vapor and an oxygen scavenging compound of an organic compound or salt thereof dispersed relatively uniformly throughout the polymer in an amount effective to act as an oxygen scavenger. The oxygen scavenging compound may be an ascorbate compound or a polycarboxylic or salicylic acid chelate or complex of a transition metal or a salt thereof. The oxygen scavenging composition is activated for scavenging oxygen by contact with water or water vapor which permeates into or through the carrier. A catalyzing agent is included in an amount sufficient to increase the rate of oxygen scavenging by the ascorbate compound. The oxygen scavenging compound may be added to the composition in a dry state, and is inactive until activated by contact with water or water vapor.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1997Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.Inventors: Bruce D. Zenner, Charles S. Benedict
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Patent number: 6642047Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for creating an environment in a container that is suitable for growing anaerobic bacteria. The device utilizes exothermic chemistry to deplete oxygen and drive the decomposition of a bicarbonate present in the closed system. The decomposition of the bicarbonate results in the release of carbon dioxide. The result of this exothermic reaction and decomposition of the bicarbonate in the closed system results in a suitable oxygen depleted, carbon dioxide enriched atmospheric environment for the growth of anaerobic bacteria. The device is formed of an air permeable package containing a heat generating composition and a bicarbonate. The air-permeable package is contained within an outer wrap that forms an air barrier to the air-permeable package. To activate the heat generating composition, the outer wrap is removed to expose the air-permeable package to the oxygen within the container.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and CompanyInventor: William Francis Seip
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Publication number: 20030193038Abstract: A composition for reducing the concentration of molecular oxygen present in an atmosphere or liquid, comprising at least on reducible organic compound which is reduced under predetermined conditions, the reduced form of the compound being oxidizable by molecular oxygen, wherein the reduction and/or subsequent oxidation of the organic compound occurs independent of the presence of a transistion metal catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2003Publication date: October 16, 2003Applicant: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATIONInventor: Michael Laurence Rooney
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Publication number: 20030183801Abstract: Oxygen scavenging compositions and packaging and methods of producing the same. A first material comprising a blow agent and an oxidizable organic polymer having a polymeric backbone and cyclic olefinic groups is exposed to an elevated temperature and/or pressure sufficient to cause the oxidizable organic polymer to melt and the blow agent to evolve gas, thus creating micro-voids within the polymer material. Such porous oxygen scavenging materials can have a increased oxygen scavenging rate, when compared to oxygen scavenging materials of similar composition that have a non-porous structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2002Publication date: October 2, 2003Inventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Lennard Torres
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Publication number: 20030168631Abstract: In the process for producing an oxygen absorbing polyamide resin composition of the present invention, a diamine component containing 70 mol % or higher of m-xylylenediamine is polycondensed with a dicarboxylic acid component containing 50 mol % or higher of adipic acid in the presence of a phosphorus compound. A compound or complex containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals of Group VIII of the Periodic Table, manganese, copper and zinc is added to reaction system either prior to initiation of the polycondensation reaction or during the polycondensation reaction such that a ratio (P/M) of a concentration of phosphorus P (mmol/g) in the phosphorus compound contained in the polyamide resin composition to a concentration of the metal M (mmol/g) in the polyamide resin composition is 0.02 to 1.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2003Publication date: September 11, 2003Inventors: Ryoji Otaki, Sotaro Hiramatsu
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Patent number: 6616861Abstract: Absorbing oxygen from a closed space at a rapid rate, particularly in food packaging, is made possible by introducing an alcohol-water mixture as an activator for iron-based absorber systems, preferably including an acid to control pH. Preferred alcohols are aliphatic alcohols, particularly, monohydric alkanols, such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, isopropanol, sec-butanol and t-butanol. Such absorber-activator combinations are capable of rapidly reducing the oxygen in a closed package. A preferred acid is orthophosphoric acid used in an amount sufficient to establish a pH of about 0.6 to 4. A preferred iron-based absorber system employs sponge iron, optionally including a dibasic acid cooperating with the orthophosphoric acid to control pH in the system. In one preferred embodiment, the iron-based absorber is pre-activated by contacting with the activator in the substantial absence of oxygen for a predetermined period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2000Date of Patent: September 9, 2003Assignee: Pactiv CorporationInventors: Susan P. Evans, Vinod K. Luthra, Kalathur S. V. Santhanam, R. Andrew Sloan
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Publication number: 20030164472Abstract: A composition for removing hydrogen from an atmosphere, comprising a mixture of a polyphenyl ether and a hydrogenation catalyst, preferably a precious metal catalyst, and most preferably Pt. This composition is stable in the presence of oxygen, will not polymerize or degrade upon exposure to temperatures in excess of 200° C., or prolonged exposure to temperatures in the range of 100-300° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2002Publication date: September 4, 2003Inventors: Timothy J. Shepodd, George M. Buffleben
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Patent number: 6610215Abstract: Methods of initiating oxygen scavenging are disclosed herein that rely on heat triggering. An oxygen scavenging composition that comprises an oxidizable organic compound and a transition metal catalyst is heated to an extent sufficient to initiate oxygen scavenging. Heat triggering can take place during the manufacture of a film or a packaging article from an oxygen scavenging composition, or it can take place after the film or packaging article has been manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2000Date of Patent: August 26, 2003Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LPInventors: Gangfeng Cai, Ta Yen Ching, Hu Yang
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Patent number: 6607795Abstract: Herein is disclosed an oxygen scavenging composition, comprising (i) an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising units having structure I: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of —O—, —NCO—, and —NR—, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of —H and —C1-C6 alkyls; (ii) a transition metal oxidation catalyst; and (iii) an energy-absorbing compound selected from the group consisting of microwave reactive materials and photoinitiators having a wavelength of maximum absorption of electromagnetic radiation from about 200 nm to about 750 nm. The oxygen scavenging composition can be used to form an oxygen scavenging packaging article.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 19, 2003Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LPInventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Peter Kwan
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Publication number: 20030151025Abstract: Herein is disclosed an oxygen scavenging composition, comprising (i) an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising structure I:Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2002Publication date: August 14, 2003Inventors: Hu Yang, Ta Yen Ching, Steven Woodcock