Resin Base Patents (Class 427/222)
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Patent number: 12091505Abstract: The present invention relates to a binder composition comprising a) component A comprising polymer(s) A1 having primary and/or secondary amino groups wherein polymer(s) A1 has(have) a primary and secondary amine group nitrogen content (NCps) of at least 1 wt.-% and b) component B comprising hydroxyacetone.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Gereon Antonius Sommer, Guenter Scherr, Stephan Weinkoetz, Jean-Pierre Berkan Lindner, Dagmar Pascale Kunsmann-Keitel, Ralph Lunkwitz, David Tuerp
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Patent number: 11862359Abstract: Conductive polymer fibers 10, in which a conductor 12 containing a conductive polymer impregnates and/or adheres to base fibers 11, and the aforementioned conductive polymer is PEDOT-PSS.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shingo Tsukada, Hiroshi Nakashima, Akiyoshi Shimada, Koji Sumitomo, Keiichi Torimitsu
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Patent number: 11806414Abstract: Silica-including microcapsule resin particles including an outer shell constituted of a crosslinked polymer and a cavity partitioned with the outer shell, in which the silica-including microcapsule resin particles contain inside the cavity a porous structure in which silica particles are mutually connected, and have a volume average particle diameter of 0.5 to 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiyoshi Kusaka, Yoshinao Yamaji, Ryosuke Harada
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Patent number: 11547218Abstract: A method for packaging a cushion includes coating a cushioning element with a powder while the cushioning element is in an expanded state and then compressing the cushion to a compressed state. As the cushioning element is compressed, the powder prevents surfaces of the cushioning element (e.g., surfaces of intersecting walls that define hollow buckling columns of a cushioning element formed from an elastomeric polymer extended with a plasticizer, etc.) from adhering to each other. The powder may allow the cushioning element to substantially return to its expanded state substantially immediately following removal of a compressive force from the cushioning element.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Purple Innovation, LLCInventor: Tony M. Pearce
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Patent number: 11312835Abstract: Expandable polystyrene-based resin particles may include a styrene-based monomer, a polysiloxane-containing macro monomer, and a coating composition having a melting point of 40° C. or greater. A coefficient of static friction of a foamed molded product, obtained by pre-expanding the expandable polystyrene-based resin particles and molding the pre-expanded expandable polystyrene-based resin particles, may be 4.0 or less. The expandable polystyrene-based resin particles may have a surface layer part that contains polysiloxane as a main component.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuhiro Tamura, Yoichi Ohara
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Patent number: 10952938Abstract: Silica-including microcapsule resin particles including an outer shell constituted of a crosslinked polymer and a cavity partitioned with the outer shell, in which the silica-including microcapsule resin particles contain inside the cavity a porous structure in which silica particles are mutually connected, and have a volume average particle diameter of 0.5 to 100 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Akiyoshi Kusaka, Yoshinao Yamaji, Ryosuke Harada
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Patent number: 10947795Abstract: An oil-swellable lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may be formed from elastomeric polymer particles, a crosslinker amine, an anti-agglomerating agent, and may also be formed using a cure accelerator. A mixture of the elastomeric polymer particles, the crosslinker amine, the anti-agglomerating agent, and in some mixtures the cure accelerator, may be hot rolled at a temperature of at least 120° F. for a duration. The resulting LCM may swell by absorbing about 20 to about 34 times its weight when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: B. Raghava Reddy
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Patent number: 10640474Abstract: A family of novel hybrid compounds comprise a hindered phenolic scorch retardant and an allyl isocyanurate cure co-agent. Combining these two functionalities into a single molecule provides a synergy between the allyl isocyanurate and phenolic groups that achieves an improved balance between curing and scorch.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Wei Li, Yabin Sun, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Yu Cai
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Patent number: 10619432Abstract: An oil-swellable lost circulation material (LCM) formed from an elastomeric polymer and a crosslinker amine is provided. The LCM may be formed from elastomeric polymer particles, a crosslinker amine, an anti-agglomerating agent, and may also be formed using a cure accelerator. A mixture of the elastomeric polymer particles, the crosslinker amine, the anti-agglomerating agent, and in some mixtures the cure accelerator, may be hot rolled at a temperature of at least 120 ° F. for a duration. The resulting LCM may swell by absorbing about 20 to about 34 times its weight when introduced to a loss circulation zone in the presence of a non-aqueous fluid such as a drilling mud or component of a drilling mud.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil CompanyInventor: B. Raghava Reddy
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Patent number: 10544331Abstract: A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Dongre Laboratory Services, Inc.Inventor: Rajendra Nidhish Dongre
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Patent number: 10531660Abstract: The present invention relates to a simple and inexpensive production of a composition comprising insecticide-wax particles, which is used especially for long-lasting control of animal pests (arthropods) on various surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: BAYER CROPSCIENCE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFTInventors: Thomas Boecker, Volker Gutsmann, Jens Hepperle
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Patent number: 10356849Abstract: An apparatus for heating powder particles, contains a radiation source (1), a housing (2) and a screen (4). The radiation source (1) has its maximum radiative power in the wavelength range of 0.78-2.5 ?m. The screen (4) has an absorbance of at least 0.8 in the wavelength range of 0.78-2.5 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Maik Grebe, Wolfgang Diekmann, Andreas Baptista
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Patent number: 10308839Abstract: A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Dongre Laboratory Services, Inc.Inventor: Rajendra Nidhish Dongre
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Patent number: 9957358Abstract: Curable silsesquioxane polymers are described comprising a core comprising a first silsesquioxane polymer and an outer layer comprising a second silsesquioxane polymer bonded to the core. The silsesquioxane polymer of the core, outer layer, or combination thereof comprises reactive groups that are not ethylenically unsaturated groups. The first silsesquioxane polymer of the core is bonded to the second silsesquioxane polymer of the outer layer via silicon atoms bonded to three oxygen atoms. In some embodiments, the outer layer has a higher concentration of reactive groups than the core. In this embodiment, the core may be substantially free of reactive groups. In other embodiments, the core has a higher concentration of reactive groups than the core. In this embodiment, the outer layer may be substantially free of reactive groups. The core and outer layer each comprise a three-dimensional branched network of a different silsesquioxane polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Jitendra Rathore
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Patent number: 9896556Abstract: Process for the impregnation of a polymer substrate including at least one polymer, which comprises putting said polymer substrate in contact with at least one aqueous emulsion, preferably an aqueous microemulsion, including at least one organic additive. The impregnated polymer substrate obtained from said process can be advantageously used for obtaining polymer end-products having improved aesthetic characteristics (for example, impregnation with at least one dye) or stability characteristics (for example, impregnation with at least one stabilizer), which can be used in various fields such as, for example, the optical field (e.g., advanced optical components, laser applications), the medical field (e.g., the release of pharmaceutical substances), the agricultural field (e.g., release of pesticides), fragrances (e.g., release of fragrances).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: ENI S.p.A.Inventors: Liliana Gila, Giacomo Ottimofiore
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Patent number: 9708452Abstract: This disclosure relates to a method for preparing superabsorbent polymer. The method for preparing superabsorbent polymer according to one aspect of the invention comprises obtaining hydrogel polymer during the process of preparing superabsorbent polymer, and then, spraying a surface crosslinking solution comprising a surface crosslinker, alcohol, and ionic liquid to crosslink the surface of the pulverized polymer. The method for preparing superabsorbent polymer may use ionic liquid without using lower alcohol, or if lower alcohol is used together, may minimize the amount, and thus, reduce cost and additional drying treatment, and may control swelling of gel to prepare superabsorbent polymer with excellent product properties.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2014Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sang Gi Lee, Sung Soo Park, Chul Hee Ryu, Tae Young Won
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Patent number: 9296896Abstract: Process for producing polymer mixtures comprising at least one polymer (A) and comprising at least one component (B), comprising the following steps: (a) providing (A) in the form of granules, (b) providing (B) in the form of liquid solution and/or dispersion in a dispersion medium, (c) by means of an atomizer, applying droplets of the solution and/or dispersion provided in step (b) to the granules provided in step (a), (d) drying the granules obtained in step (c), and (e) optionally carrying out one or more shaping steps.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Sachin Jain, Shankara Narayanan Keelapandal Ramamoorthy
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Patent number: 9173830Abstract: Compositions comprising an organic sunscreen in combination with (i) nylon particles, (ii) silica particles, and (iii) barium sulfate particles provide an improvement in SPF as compared to an otherwise identical composition lacking any one of the three ingredients (i)-(iii). The compositions advantageously provide high diffuse transmittance, giving a natural look to the skin.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Avon Products, IncInventors: Juliana Fanizza, Ashley L. Howell, William E. McNamara
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Patent number: 9074174Abstract: Disclosed is a composite of enzyme and carbon structure. In the composite of enzyme and carbon structure, a significantly large amount of an enzymeis immobilized on the surface of carbon structures without the formation of chemical bonds (particularly, covalent bonds) between the enzyme molecules and the carbon structures. Since the surface of the carbon structures does not need to be modified to form chemical bonds, the electrical conductivity of the composite of enzyme and carbon structure is not reduced and the stability of the composite is maintained high even after the passage of a long time in various environments. Therefore, the use of the composite of enzyme and carbon structure enables the fabrication of various devices, such as biosensors and biofuel cells, with markedly improved performance as compared to the use of conventional enzyme/carbon structure composites.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATIONInventor: Jungbae Kim
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Publication number: 20150132479Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making hybrid organic-inorganic core-shell nano-particles, comprising the steps of a) providing colloidal organic particles comprising a synthetic polyampholyte as a template; b) adding at least one inorganic oxide precursor; and c) forming a shell layer from the precursor on the template to result in core-shell nano-particles. With this method it is possible to make colloidal organic template particles having an average particle size in the range of 10 to 300 nm; which size can be controlled by the comonomer composition of the polyampholyte, and/or by selecting dispersion conditions. The invention also relates to organic-inorganic or hollow-inorganic core-shell nano-particles obtained with this method, to compositions comprising such nano-particles, to different uses of said nano-particles and compositions, and to products comprising or made from said nano-particles and compositions, including anti-reflective coatings and composite materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Nanning Joerg Arfsten, Roberto Arnoldus Dominicus Maria Habets, Michael Alphonsus Cornelis Johannes Van Dijck
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Patent number: 9028965Abstract: Disclosed are heat storage microcapsules encapsulating a water-soluble heat storage material stably and certainly, heat storage microcapsules with high durability which prevent phase separation of an inorganic salt hydrate latent heat storage material, heat storage microcapsules which prevent supercooling of a latent heat storage material to exhibit stable heat history and a manufacturing method thereof. The heat storage microcapsules comprise a core covered with a shell, wherein the core contains (a) at least one water-soluble latent heat storage material selected from a salt hydrate and a sugar alcohol and (b) a polymer derived from a water-soluble monomer mixture of a water-soluble monofunctional monomer and a water-soluble multifunctional monomer, and the shell is composed of a hydrophobic resin.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mikio Kouyama, Ken Ohmura
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Patent number: 9023473Abstract: The present invention provides a silicone microparticle, wherein the silicone microparticle comprises 100 parts by mass of a silicone elastomer spherical microparticle having volume-average particle diameter of 0.1 to 100 ?m and 0.5 to 25 parts by mass of a polyorganosilsesquioxane to cover surface of the silicone elastomer spherical microparticle, wherein the polyorganosilsesquioxane has a shape of granule with the size thereof being 60 nm or less. There can be provided a silicone microparticle having low agglomerating tendency and excellent dispersibility even if rubber hardness of a silicone elastomer microparticle is low and a particle diameter thereof is small.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshinori Inokuchi, Ryuji Horiguchi
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Patent number: 9023476Abstract: Disclosed is a resin particle having excellent low-temperature fusibility, having a sufficiently narrow size distribution, and that is obtained using a liquid or supercritical fluid. In the resin particle (C), which comprises a microparticle (A) containing a resin (a) being coated to or adhered to the surface of a resin particle (B) that contains another resin (b), the degree of swelling of the microparticle (A) resulting from liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (X) at a temperature less than the glass transition temperature or the melting point of the microparticle (A) is no greater than 16%, and with the resin (a) as a constituent unit, the resin particle (C) contains 0.1-50 wt % of a non-crystalline non-halogen vinyl monomer (m1) of which the solubility parameter (SP value: (cal/cm3)1/2) is 7-9.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Hideo Harada, Kenta Nose, Masaru Honda, Eiji Iwawaki, Takahiro Tanaka
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Publication number: 20150119531Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles having an improved profile of properties, comprising thermal surface postcrosslinking in the presence of a salt of a polyvalent metal cation and a complexing anion and subsequent aftertreatment, the aftertreatment comprising coating with a salt of a polyvalent metal cation and a non-complexing anion, and remoisturization with further drying.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christophe Bauduin, Thomas Daniel, Asif Karim
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Patent number: 9011710Abstract: Methods are disclosed for synthesizing nanocomposite materials including ferromagnetic nanoparticles with polymer shells formed by controlled surface polymerization. The polymer shells prevent the nanoparticles from forming agglomerates and preserve the size dispersion of the nanoparticles. The nanocomposite particles can be further networked in suitable polymer hosts to tune mechanical, optical, and thermal properties of the final composite polymer system. An exemplary method includes forming a polymer shell on a nanoparticle surface by adding molecules of at least one monomer and optionally of at least one tethering agent to the nanoparticles, and then exposing to electromagnetic radiation at a wavelength selected to induce bonding between the nanoparticle and the molecules, to form a polymer shell bonded to the particle and optionally to a polymer host matrix. The nanocomposite materials can be used in various magneto-optic applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2010Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of ArizonaInventors: Palash Gangopadhyay, Alejandra Lopez-Santiago, Robert A. Norwood
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Patent number: 8975341Abstract: Modifying agents, e.g., a poly(sulfonyl) azide, are attached to a substrate surface, e.g., the surface of a polyolefin particle, by a process comprising the steps of: A. Contacting in an open contact zone and under a flow of inert gas a substrate with a modifying agent, binding agent, e.g., a phenolic-based antioxidant, and a liquid mixing agent, e.g., methylene chloride, to form a substrate mixture; B. Closing the contact zone and stopping the flow of inert gas to the contact zone; C. Agitating the substrate mixture under the inert gas in the closed contact zone to commence evaporation of the liquid mixing agent; D. Reducing the temperature and pressure of the closed contact zone while continuing to agitate the substrate mixture; and E. Completing the substantial evaporation of the mixing agent from the substrate mixture by opening the contact zone and initiating an inert gas flow while continuing agitation of the substrate mixture and maintaining a reduced pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: James W. McMichael, Jorg Theuerkauf, Bruce D. Hook, Malcolm F. Finlayson
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Patent number: 8969464Abstract: Synthetic aggregates and methods of producing the same are disclosed herein. The aggregates advantageously utilize styrene polymer particles coated with additional materials such as fly ash, silica fume, and/or “liquid glass” in order to provide an improved means for manufacturing lightweight concrete that is significantly stronger than conventional lightweight concretes.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2012Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: CityMix, Inc.Inventor: Michael W. LeBlanc
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Publication number: 20150044449Abstract: High-melting antimicrobial polymer fibers and antimicrobial fabrics comprising such fibers are prepared by preparing a masterbatch of polymer pellets (e.g., PET), silver and copper salts, and a compounding agent which provides free flowing polymer pellets which can be prepared in advance, with a long shelf life. Polymer masterbatches prepared by the methods of the invention can produce limited color or off-white antimicrobial fibers and fabrics using conventional melt spinning manufacturing methods. Fabrics incorporating fibers of the present invention are potent inhibitors of Athlete's foot fungi, gram negative and gram positive bacteria, and drug resistant pathogens.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Stephen W. Foss, Stanley Chamberlain, Lloyd Frick
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Publication number: 20150017426Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of water-absorbent polymer particles, comprising the process steps of preparing an aqueous monomer solution comprising at least partially neutralized, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing carboxylic acid groups (?1) and at least one crosslinker (?3), and at least partially neutralizing acrylic acid by mixing acrylic acid with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide, thereby obtaining an aqueous solution of the at least partially neutralized acrylic acid; cooling the aqueous solution with a cooling liquid in a heat exchanger, wherein the cooling liquid used in the heat exchanger has been cooled in an absorption chiller in which at least a part of the heat of the heated cooling liquid obtained in the heat exchanger is consumed by the evaporation of a refrigerant liquid in a vacuum that is created by the absorption of a refrigerant vapor into an absorbent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2012Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBHInventors: Herbert Vorholt, Henry Rudolph, Manfred van Stiphoudt, Armin Reimann, Detlef Jung, Martin W. Beerhorst, Heinz-Peter Grupe, Volker Becker
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Spectrally selective coatings and associated methods for minimizing the effects of lightning strikes
Patent number: 8911836Abstract: A method for reducing structural damage to a substrate resulting from interaction between the substrate and a plasma, the method including the steps of identifying a wavelength at which a spectral radiance of the plasma is at a peak, the wavelength being a function of a temperature of the plasma, preparing a coating capable of imparting to the substrate a threshold electromagnetic reflectivity over a spectral band about the wavelength, and applying the coating to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Michael M. Ladd -
Patent number: 8906495Abstract: This invention relates to a composite comprising carbon nanotubes coated with a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises at least one hydrophobic monomer unit. This invention also relates to a process for the production of a composite comprising a polymer and carbon nanotubes.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2007Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: The University of NottinghamInventor: George Zheng Chen
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Publication number: 20140349046Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a process for preparing polyamide granules having heat-resistance properties, and also the use of these granules, in particular in the aid of the manufacture of yarns for airbags or for tyre cords. More specifically, the invention relates to a process for preparing polyamide granules having heat-resistance properties by wet impregnation of the granules with an aqueous solution comprising at least one heat stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Virginie Thieblemont
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Publication number: 20140336040Abstract: Methods of preparing monodispersed polydopamine nano- or microspheres are provided. The methods comprise providing a solvent system comprising water and at least one alcohol having the formula R—OH, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl, optionally substituted C2-C6 alkenyl, optionally substituted C2-C6 alkynyl, optionally substituted C3-C6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C3-C6 cycloalkenyl, and optionally substituted C6-C7 aryl; adding dopamine to said solvent system to form a reaction mixture; and agitating said reaction mixture for a time period of 1 to 10 days to form said monodispersed polydopamine nano- or microspheres. Methods of preparing carbon and hollow metal or metal oxide nano- or microspheres using the polydopamine nano- or microspheres are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: Jian Yan, Liping Yang, Xuehong Lu, Pooi See Lee
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Patent number: 8852682Abstract: A high strength composite particle comprised of a series of incrementally applied resin microlayer coatings such that each of the microlayer partial coatings are interleaved with each other is described. Methods of making the composite particles, as well as methods of using such particles as a proppant in oil and gas well hydraulic fracturing are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Fairmount Minerals, Ltd.Inventors: A. Richard Sinclair, Syed Akbar, Patrick R. Okell
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Publication number: 20140251927Abstract: The invention relates to a porous polymeric particle that may be used as a filtration or separation media. For example, the particle may be used as part of a filtration device such as those utilized by the beverage, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology industry, or as a loose filtration media similar to diatomaceous earth, which is used in equipment such as pressure leaf, candle, press, or rotary vacuum filters. Methods of making the porous particles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Nathan T. Starbard
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Publication number: 20140228252Abstract: Provided are encoded polymeric microparticles and a multiplexed bioassay using the encoded polymeric microparticles. Each of the encoded polymeric microparticles includes an encoded polymeric microparticle core and a silica shell surrounding the microparticle core. Further provided is a method for producing encoded polymeric microparticles. The method includes: mixing a photocurable material with a linker having a functional group polymerizable with the photocurable material and an alkoxysilyl group; applying patterned energy to cure the mixture, followed by encoding to obtain encoded polymeric microparticle cores; and treating the encoded polymeric microparticle cores with a silica precursor to form a silica shell on each encoded polymeric microparticle core.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: August 14, 2014Inventor: Sunghoon Kwon
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Patent number: 8765218Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to methods for making the core-shell fluorinated particles which are incorporated into the overcoat layers of an electrophotographic imaging member to reduce torque and cleaning failures during the photoreceptor cleaning process. The core-shell fluorinated particles are core-shell fluorinated nano- or micro-particles encapsulated in a melamine shell. The present embodiments also pertain to processes for making the overcoat layer comprising the core-shell fluorinated particles.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2009Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Woo Soo Kim, Nan-Xing Hu, Jennifer A. Coggan, Yvan Gagnon
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Patent number: 8758854Abstract: To obtain a sugar-plum shaped composite particle, a reaction vessel with 300 parts by weight of water placed therein is charged with 30 parts by weight of polymethyl methacraylate resin particles of 2 ?m average particle diameter, and ultrasonic waves are applied to the mixture for 1 minute to obtain a particle dispersion liquid. Subsequently, 15 parts by weight of methyltrimethoxysilane is added to the dispersion liquid to obtain methyltrimethoxysilane hydrolyzates in the dispersion liquid. Thereafter, 10 parts by weight of 1 weight % aqueous ammonia is added thereto and agitated. One minute later, the agitation is discontinued, and the mixture is allowed to stand still for 10 hours to effect maturation. The resultant mixture is filtered and dried to obtain sugar-plum-shaped particles provided on their surfaces with polyorganosiloxane projections.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Nikko Rica CorporationInventors: Masanori Ishii, Keisuke Shiraishi
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Patent number: 8753712Abstract: The present method comprises providing a flexible web substrate (e.g., polymeric flexible web substrates) that forms at least part of a component of a device, coating so as to wet-out on and cover all or a substantial portion of a major surface on one side or both sides of the flexible web substrate with flowable polymeric material, while the flexible web substrate is moving in a down-web direction, and solidifying the polymeric material so as to form one cleaning layer on the major surface of one side or both sides of the flexible web substrate. The present invention can be utilized in a continuous in-line manufacturing process. In applications of the present invention where the flexible web substrate will not form a component of a device, the present invention broadly provides a method for cleaning particles from a flexible web of indefinite length.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: William R. Dudley, William Blake Kolb, Michael A. Johnson, Stephen A. Johnson, Chris J. Tanley
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Publication number: 20140151305Abstract: The invention relates to an adsorbent precipitated on a carrier and to a method for producing said adsorbent. The carrier comprises a polymer-based spherical activated charcoal. The adsorbent comprises an inorganic precipitate capable of adsorbing a metal cation or a mixture of metal cations from a liquid, preferably aqueous, medium. The adsorbent precipitated on a carrier is used to remove, for example, Cs+ from water containing Cs+, in particular from water contaminated with radiotoxic 137Cs+.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Inventors: Christian Schrage, Jann-Michael Giebelhausen, Sven Fichtner
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Publication number: 20140154432Abstract: An artificial turf surface comprised of natural looking fibrous materials can be infilled with small beads of black crumb rubber coated with heat reflecting material. These beads can also be engineered to have a variable spring force and can also be coated with titanium dioxide powder to have an anti-bacterial effect and laumontite to bind lead. Turf blades can also be coated to increase solar reflection.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: TURF GROUP LLCInventors: Sean Allen Packer, Alfred Abraham Brenner, Harold Brad Rinehart
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Patent number: 8697100Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide a surface-treated powder that is excellent in water repellency and oil repellency and provides smooth texture and good adhesion when applied to skin, to produce the surface-treated powder simply and inexpensively, and to provide cosmetics comprising the surface-treated powder. Specifically, according to the present invention, a surface-treated powder wherein the surface of a material powder is treated with perfluoropolyetherphosphate represented by general formula (1) and an anionic polymer having a perfluoropolyether chain, which is represented by general formula (2), or perfluoropolyetherphosphate represented by general formula (1) and a cationic polymer having a perfluoropolyether chain, which is represented by general formula (3), and cosmetics comprising the surface-treated powder are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignees: Nikko Chemicals Co., Ltd., Cosmos Technical Center Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuhya Watanabe, Ikko Tanaka
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Publication number: 20140096682Abstract: Methods and apparatus relate to recovery of carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide from a gas mixture. Separating of the carbon dioxide, for example, from the gas mixture utilizes a liquid sorbent for the carbon dioxide. The liquid sorbent contacts the gas mixture for transfer of the carbon dioxide from the gas mixture to the liquid sorbent. Contacting of the sorbent with the gas mixture and/or desorption of the carbon dioxide from the liquid sorbent utilize hollow fiber contactors that have permeable walls and incorporate particles distinct from a remainder of the walls to influence wetting properties of the contactors. Polytetrafluoroethylene particles may be homogenously disposed throughout hollow fiber contactors to influence wetting properties of the contactors.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Inventors: Clint P. Aichele, Imona C. Omole
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Patent number: 8691324Abstract: Disclosed herein are solvent free, dry coating processes for applying a layered material such as graphene, nanoplate graphite, etc., to a substrate. The applied layered material is devoid of any dispersant and substantially uniform in thickness. Generally, a layered material precursor composition is mixed with a milling medium so that the milling medium is coated with the layered material. The substrate is then contacted with the coated milling medium. The layered material on the milling medium transfers to the substrate to form a coating on the substrate. Such processes may be especially useful for applying conductive films onto a polymeric substrate without the need for additives such as a surfactant or a polymeric binder.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yiliang Wu, Sandra J. Gardner, Ping Liu, Nan-Xing Hu
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Publication number: 20140086862Abstract: The present invention provides colored resin particles having excellent adhesiveness, a method for producing the same, and use thereof. Each of the colored resin particles is surface-coated with a polymer derived from a nitrogen-containing aromatic compound, and has an irregular shape with a circular appearance when viewed from a direction in which a projected area thereof becomes maximum, and with a non-circular appearance when viewed from a direction in which the projected area thereof becomes minimum.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: SEKISUI PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Masaaki Nakamura, Ryosuke Harada
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Patent number: 8663733Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by spraying a liquid onto water-absorbing polymer particles by means of at least one thermally insulated and/or trace-heated spray nozzle in a mixer.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Barthel, Martin Wendker, Reiner Witt, Karin Flore
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Patent number: 8663734Abstract: A process for preparing water-absorbing polymer particles by spraying a liquid below the product bed surface by means of at least one spray nozzle in a mixer with moving mixing tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2008Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Holger Barthel, Martin Wendker, Reiner Witt, Jeff Vogt
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Patent number: 8647709Abstract: A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the aggregate having the capacity to receive an anti-icing chemical into the aggregate, and applying the anti-icing chemical onto the aggregate so that at least a portion of the anti-icing chemical is received into at least a portion of the aggregate.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Michigan Technological UniversityInventor: Russell G. Alger
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Publication number: 20140004262Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus designed to impregnate a sorbent. In some embodiments apparatus of the disclosure may comprise a mixing vessel having either a conical mixing chamber or an cylindrical mixing chamber designed to increase the contact surface area and/or contact/residence time of a sorbent and impregnant to produce compositions comprising an impregnated sorbent. Apparatus of the disclosure may also comprise one or more atomizers operable to produce atomized droplets of impregnant. The disclosure also provides methods for impregnation of a milled sorbent or an un-milled sorbent. Methods of the disclosure provide several technical advantages and may be cost effective. Impregnant sorbent compositions produced by methods and/or apparatus of the disclosure may have higher concentrations of an impregnant, a more uniform distribution of an impregnant and may have a greater sorbent efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Cabot Norti Americas, Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Nebergall, Patton M. Adams
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Patent number: 8603585Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite includes: forming a self-supporting carbon nanotube film structure; providing a hardenable liquid material; immersing the carbon nanotube film structure in the hardenable liquid material; and solidifying the hardenable liquid material to achieve a carbon nanotube composite.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jia-Ping Wang, Qun-Feng Cheng, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan