Solid Graft Or Solid Graft-type Copolymer With Other Solid Polymer, Sicp, Or Spfi Patents (Class 524/504)
  • Patent number: 12006429
    Abstract: The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition which includes: a first copolymer including a core including a conjugated diene-based polymer and a shell including an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit; and a second copolymer including an aromatic vinyl-based monomer unit and a vinyl cyan-based monomer unit, wherein the first copolymer has a degree of grafting of 32 to 50%, the second copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 85,000 to 115,000 g/mol, and the thermoplastic resin composition includes the first copolymer at 30 wt % or less and an oligomer residue at 1.1 wt % or less. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition can shorten an injection molding time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seo Hwa Kim, Byoung Il Kang, Eun Jung Choi, Taek Jun Jung, Jeong In Cho, Dong Kun Shin
  • Patent number: 11965066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving UV resistance of a vinylaro-maticmolding mass by means of compounding a thermoplastic polymer composition which comprises at least one graft copolymer with an organopolysiloxane compound and optionally further components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schulz, Christian Ruthard
  • Patent number: 11685830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flame retardant resin composition having excellent flame retardancy and improved thermal deformation properties, and a flame retardant resin molded article manufactured therefrom, and provides a flame retardant resin composition including a) a base resin including a polyarylene ether-based polymer; an aromatic vinyl-based polymer and a copolymer of vinylcyan monomer-conjugated diene monomer-aromatic vinyl monomer; b) an organophosphorus-based flame retardant; c) a hypophosphite compound; and d) a sulfur-containing compound including at least two sulfur atoms, wherein b) the organophosphorus-based flame retardant, c) the hypophosphite compound and d) the sulfur-containing compound are included in a weight ratio of 15 to 24:2 to 4:2 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Je Sun Yoo, Ki Young Nam, Jae Young Sim, Seon Hyeong Bae, Jae Yeon Bae, In Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11667780
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer compositions (P) comprising at least one styrene-based polymer composition (A) comprising at least one graft copolymer (A-1), at least one organopolysiloxane compound, and optionally at least one colorant, dye or pigment, and/or at least one further additive, shows improved properties with respect to residual gloss after abrasion combined with improved melt flow characteristics while heat resistance is not affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Schulz, Norbert Niessner, Janna Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Hans-Werner Schmidt, Tristan Kolb
  • Patent number: 11634574
    Abstract: Provided is a rubber-containing graft polymer which is excellent in mechanical strength such as weld strength or impact strength, required as a rubber-containing graft polymer. A rubber-containing graft polymer (A) of the present invention is a rubber-containing graft polymer having a graft chain, in which when the rubber-containing graft polymer is mixed with an organic solvent and separated into an organic solvent insoluble component and an organic solvent soluble component, a caprolactone unit is contained in a graft chain contained in the organic solvent insoluble component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Misaki Hagi, Shinji Matsuoka, Masashi Iimori, Tatsuhiro Hiraoka, Yuuta Maenaka
  • Patent number: 11634527
    Abstract: A method of preparing a graft copolymer includes a step of performing coagulation by adding an acid coagulant to 100 parts by weight (based on solids) of graft copolymer latex prepared by graft-polymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound and a vinyl cyanide compound onto conjugated diene rubber latex; and a step of performing coagulation once more by adding a salt coagulant thereto. In a resulting graft copolymer, coagulation efficiency may be improved and the gloss of the prepared graft copolymer may be increased. In addition, since a b-value measured using a Hunter lab colorimeter and a b-value measured after being left at 250° C. for 15 minutes are low, the graft copolymer may have excellent color characteristics. In addition, since heating loss is low and scorch time is long, the graft copolymer may have excellent processing characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Min Suk, Yoo Vin Kim, Young Min Kim, Jin Hyoung Lee, Sujeong Han, Young Hwan Jeong, Changhong Park, Jaewon Heo
  • Patent number: 11578199
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyolefin-based resin composition for a vehicle interior material including heat-treated waste coffee grounds. The resin composition includes a polyolefin-based resin, waste coffee grounds including a volatile matter (VM) in an amount less than about 20 wt % of the waste coffee grounds, a modified polypropylene, an inorganic filler, and a thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, 4EN Incorporation, GS Caltex Corporation
    Inventors: Han Ki Lee, A Rom Oh, Woo Ram Kim, Yeon Kyu Lee, Jung Woo Roh
  • Patent number: 11542378
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composite material includes a thermoplastic polymer matrix component, a microparticle component, a nanoparticle component, and a compatibilizing agent component, at least a portion of the microparticle component and/or nanoparticle component is a natural fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Essentium IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Elisa Teipel, Kevin Holder, Nirup Nagabandi, Blake Teipel
  • Patent number: 11485854
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition includes: a polycarbonate resin (I); a specific graft copolymer (II); a vinyl copolymer (III); an inorganic filler (IV); and a phosphate ester compound (V). The vinyl-based copolymer (III) has a weight average molecular weight of 110,000 or less. A ratio of a melt flow rate of the vinyl-based copolymer (III) to a melt flow rate of the polycarbonate resin (I) is 7 or more and 12 or less. A blending amount of the phosphoric acid ester-based compound (V) is 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of a total amount of (I) to (IV).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi Ueda, Masanori Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato
  • Patent number: 11426490
    Abstract: A mixture of polymers with lubricating properties is provided. The polymer can be used to produce a lubricating fluid. They can also be born on a surface or embedded in a porous material. This mixture of polymers comprises (a) a pharmaceutically acceptable bottle-brush polymer comprising a backbone with polymeric pendant chains, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable linear polymer. In the lubricating fluid, the bottle-brush polymer and the linear polymer are dissolved together in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Valorisation-Recherche, Limited Partnership, Valorisation HSJ, Limited Partnership, Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Xavier Banquy, Jimmy Faivre, Buddha Ratna Shrestha, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Joanna Burdynska, Florina Moldovan
  • Patent number: 11407894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition comprising between 30 and 45 wt. % of polyamides and/or ethylene vinyl alcohols and between 70 and 50 wt. % of polypropylenes, based on the combined weight of polyamides and/or ethylene vinyl alcohols and polypropylenes; wherein the polypropylene forms a first phase having a first melting endotherm in differential scanning calorimetry and wherein the polyamides and/or ethylene vinyl alcohols form a second phase having a second melting endotherm in differential scanning calorimetry; wherein the tallest differential scanning calorimetry exothermic crystallisation peak (Tpc) has an area under the curve of at least 80% of the total area under the curve between a temperature of 200 and 50° C.; wherein the temperature of the tallest differential scanning calorimetry exothermic crystallisation peak (Tpc) is between 85° C. and 110° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: QUINLYTE HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11339530
    Abstract: Disclosed is a napped artificial leather including: an artificial leather base material that includes a non-woven fabric of polyester fibers having a Young's modulus of 1 to 6 GPa, an average fiber-toughness of 8 to 40 cN·%, and a crystallinity of 35% or less, and an elastic polymer, the artificial leather base material having, on at least one surface thereof, a napped surface on which the polyester fibers are napped. Also disclosed are polyester fibers having a Young's modulus of 1 to 6 GPa, an average fiber-toughness of 8 to 40 cN·%, and a crystallinity of 35% or less, and a non-woven fabric including the polyester fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Kuraray Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Meguro, Hitoshi Nakatsuka
  • Patent number: 11328843
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing finished wire and cable having reduced coefficient of friction and pulling force during installation, includes providing a payoff reel containing at least one internal conductor wire; supplying the at least one internal conductor wire from the reel to at least one extruder; providing the least one extruder, wherein the least one extruder applies an insulating material and a polymerized jacket composition over the at least one internal conductor wire, wherein the polymerized jacket composition comprises a predetermined amount by weight of nylon; a predetermined amount by weight of mineral oil in the range of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventor: William T. Bigbee, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11286322
    Abstract: A branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, wherein the average number of branches is (2) to (100) and the average degree of polymerization of the branches is (2) to (50), is an effective polymeric dispersant. More specifically, the polymeric dispersant is a branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof, in which the branched polycarboxylic acid is derived from polymerization of (meth)acrylic acid; the average degree of polymerization is (10) to (150); the average number of branches is (2) to (20); and the average degree of polymerization of the branches is (2) to (30). The branched polycarboxylic acid or salt thereof can be combined with a pigment to form an aqueous dispersion. An aqueous coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion; a polymeric binder; and a rheology modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: David Lunn, Sungbaek Seo, Craig Hawker, Alaina McGrath, Paul Clark, Antony Van Dyk, Sang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11286340
    Abstract: The present invention provides efficient processes for preparing brush polymers. In general, the process comprises three distinct reaction steps utilizing two separate catalysts. In the first step, the initiating compound comprising norbornene is contacted with a silane in the presence of a catalyst, thereby forming a silated intermediate. This silated intermediate is then contacted with a monomer in the presence of a catalyst via Group Transfer Polymerization (GTP). The resulting compound from GTP is contacted with a ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) catalyst to prepare the brush polymer. Surprisingly, the brush polymers obtained from the above process are accessed in an efficient and rapid GTP methodology as compared to prior methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Garret Miyake, Ryan M. Pearson, Matthew D. Ryan
  • Patent number: 11203678
    Abstract: Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) compositions, methods for producing TPU compositions, methods of using TPU compositions, and apparatuses produced therefrom are disclosed. Disclosed TPU compositions include a thermoplastic polyurethane polymer, a heat stabilizer, a flow agent, and a filler material. The filler may be a glass fiber. Disclosed TPU compositions have improved thermal stability and improved flow properties suitable for injection molding of articles of manufacture having a large plurality of fine openings or pores. Articles produced from the composition have superior thermal stability, abrasion resistance, and chemical resistance. Example articles include screening members for vibratory screening machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: DERRICK CORPORATION
    Inventors: James R. Colgrove, Keith Wojciechowski
  • Patent number: 11198754
    Abstract: Heat-curing epoxy resin compositions are characterized by high impact strength, good storage stability, and a low curing temperature. The epoxy resin compositions are suitable for use as a construction shell adhesive and for producing structural foams. They can already be cured in so-called bottom-baking conditions. Furthermore, it has been found that the use of an accelerator of the formula (Ia) or (Ib) results in an increase of the impact strength of heat-curing epoxy resin compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Andreas Kramer, Jürgen Finter, Karsten Frick, Urs Rheinegger, Jan Olaf Schulenburg
  • Patent number: 11091625
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition including: a first copolymer including an acrylic rubber-based graft copolymer and an emulsifier including an acid salt; a second copolymer including a unit derived from an alkyl acrylate-based monomer and a unit derived from an alkyl methacrylate-based monomer; and a third copolymer including a unit derived from an aromatic vinyl-based monomer and a unit derived from a vinyl cyan-based monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chun Ho Park, Yong Yeon Hwang, Bong Keun Ahn, Min Jung Kim, Yong Hee An, Wang Rae Joe, Jang Won Park, Jeong Min Jang, Ji Yoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 10933614
    Abstract: An acrylic resin composition includes an acrylic resin and a graft copolymer. The graft copolymer includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is a soft polymer (B) having, as structural units, a monomer mixture (b) containing 40 to 99 wt % of an alkyl acrylate ester, 1 to 60 wt % of benzyl (meth)acrylate, and 0 to 40 wt % of another monomer and 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer; and the outer layer is a hard polymer (C) having, as structural units, a monomer mixture (c) containing 60 to 100 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate ester, 0 to 10 wt % of benzyl (meth)acrylate, and 40 to 0 w % of another monomer and 0 to 10 parts by weight of a polyfunctional monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminobu Kitayama, Haruki Koyama, Hiroki Sawada, Nagayoshi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10865324
    Abstract: Hybrid latex emulsions are disclosed which can be used in the formation of coating compositions having good blush resistance, abrasion resistance, blister resistance, hardness and scratch resistance. In some embodiments, the coating compositions are used to coat substrates such as cans and packaging materials for the storage of food and beverages. Hybrid latex emulsions of the invention may be prepared by mixing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer component and a stabilizer in a carrier to form a monomer emulsion, and reacting the monomer emulsion with an initiator to form the hybrid latex emulsion. The ethylenically unsaturated monomer component may include an organosilane compound, which may include a reactive organic group and a hydrolysable inorganic alkoxysilane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V.
    Inventors: Cathy Li, Timothy I. Memmer, Derek Scavuzzo, Daniel Bode
  • Patent number: 10844213
    Abstract: Disclosed is an acrylic thermoplastic resin composition containing an acrylic multilayer structure polymer particle (A) and an acrylic block copolymer (B). The component (A) has, as an inner layer, a rubber component layer (I) of a copolymer of 50-99.99 mass % of an acrylic acid ester monomer unit, 49.99-0 mass % of an additional monofunctional monomer unit, and 0.01-10 mass % of a polyfunctional monomer unit, and has, as an outermost layer, a thermoplastic resin component layer (II) of a copolymer of 40-100 mass % of a methacrylic acid ester monomer unit and 60-0 mass % of an additional monomer unit and having Mn of 30,000 or smaller. A layer (I)/layer (II) mass ratio is 30/70 to 90/10. An average particle size of the component (A) is 150 nm or smaller. The component (B) has Mw of 32,000 to 300,000. A mass ratio of (A)/(B) is 1/99 to 99/1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusaku Nomoto, Daisuke Ohta
  • Patent number: 10836897
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a thermoplastic resin composition for use in an organ model, wherein said composition has a softness closer to that of an organ, a high mechanical strength, and a texture close to an organ, exhibits excellent durability, and can be handled easily. [Solution] A resin composition for an organ model, said composition containing, as component (A), 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated block copolymer having an MFR (measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg) of 1 g/10 min. or less, and an oil as component (B). Moreover, the composition may also contain a cross copolymer as component (C), a polypropylene resin as component (D), and a filler as component (E).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira Miyama, Yoshihiko Tsujimura, Toru Arai
  • Patent number: 10767018
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for producing an isotactic polypropylene based composite, comprising: reactive blending of isotactic polypropylene homo-polymer; polypropylene grafted with a carboxylic anhydride or a furan type moiety such as maleic anhydride grafted polypropylene; and an amino silane such as (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane to produce an isotactic polypropylene based composite such that the crystallization temperature of the isotactic polypropylene based composite is in a range of about 120° C. to about 126° C. The reactive blending can further take place in the presence of an organically modified nanoclay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ray Sinha Suprakas, Jayita Bandyopadhyay, Mary Khoza, Vincent Ojijo, Manfred Rudolf Scriba
  • Patent number: 10647836
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer composition of an elastomer, a non-elastomeric polyolefin and a thermoplastic elastomer based on polyolefin block copolymers are disclosed. Furthermore, the invention also relates to the use of a mixture of an elastomer and a cross-linking agent for the elastomer for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. A further subject of the invention is the use of a mixture of a non-elastomeric polyolefin and a thermoplastic elastomer based on polyolefin block copolymers for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a thermoplastic elastomer composition for producing a composite material with a polyolefin, in particular polypropylene. The invention also relates to a process for producing a thermoplastic elastomer composition as well as a composite material (article) made of the thermoplastic elastomer composition with a polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Frieder Vielsack
  • Patent number: 10640638
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition with low gloss and improved colorability, pencil hardness and wear resistance has (A) 5 to 35% by weight of a first graft copolymer having an average particle diameter of 50 to 150 nm and containing acrylate rubber as a core; (B) 10 to 40% by weight of a second graft copolymer having an average particle diameter of more than 150 nm and 800 nm or less and containing acrylate rubber as a core; (C) 5 to 15% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyanide compound copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 70,000 to 130,000 g/mol; (D) 20 to 50% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound-(meth)acrylate compound copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 65,000 to 100,000 g/mol; and (E) 0.1 to 7% by weight of a syndiotactic polystyrene resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Hee An, Yong Yeon Hwang, Hyun Taek Oh, Bong Keun Ahn, Min Jung Kim, Chun Ho Park, Eun Soo Kang, Jang Won Park
  • Patent number: 10640676
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a resin composition for a heat-resistant electric wire, containing from 25 to 60 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether, from 15 to 42 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin, from 8 to 27 parts by weight of a styrene-based elastomer, from 5 to 15 parts by weight of a polyamide, and from 1 to 10 parts by weight of an acid-modified polyolefin, in which the polyamide has a melting point of 201° C. or more; and a heat-resistant electric wire using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Horiuchi
  • Patent number: 10611904
    Abstract: The present invention provides vinyl halide polymer thermoplastic polymer compositions comprising a multi-stage, or, preferably, two-stage acrylic copolymer polymeric additive having (A) a high Tg, high molecular weight first stage polymer that is free of, in copolymerized form, vinyl aromatic monomers, and having (B) a low Tg, low molecular weight second stage polymer of copolymerized vinyl aromatic containing monomers, wherein the multi-stage acrylic copolymer can be isolated by coagulation and drying and provides compositions having both melt strength and lubrication in thermoplastic processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Petr, Paul R. Van Rheenen
  • Patent number: 10598822
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an optical resin material and an optical film, which are very small in both orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence, excellent in transparency, have few defects due to foreign substances, and are excellent in heat resistance and mechanical strength. Provided is an optical resin material containing a graft copolymer (C) obtained by polymerizing a vinyl-based monomer mixture (B) in the presence of a vinyl-based polymer (A) having at least one crosslinked structure layer, wherein the graft copolymer (C) has an orientation birefringence of ?15×10?4 to 15×10?4 and a photoelastic constant of ?10×10?12 to 10×10?12 Pa?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminobu Kitayama, Nobuyoshi Maizuru, Keisuke Hatano
  • Patent number: 10597525
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a resin material capable of producing a molded body having few defects due to foreign substances, having high mechanical strength, very small in both orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence, and having high transparency, and having high transparency even when such a resin material is stretched. Provided is a resin composition containing a resin (A) and a multilayer structure polymer (B), wherein the multilayer structure polymer (B) has a crosslinked polymer layer and a hard polymer layer, and the hard polymer layer has at least two different hard polymer layers, at least one of which is a hard polymer layer (C) opposite in sign of a photoelastic constant to that of the resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminobu Kitayama, Nobuyoshi Maizuru, Keisuke Hatano
  • Patent number: 10590345
    Abstract: An emulsion includes at least one polymeric surfactant, water and at least one organophosphorous compound. The emulsion may include from about 1% to about 40% of the polymeric surfactant and from about 40% to about 80% of the organophosphorous compound. The emulsion may further include at least one salt or additional surfactant. The at least one polymeric surfactant may include silicone-based surfactants, polyoxypropylene-based surfactants, graft copolymers of polysaccharides, and combinations thereof. The at least one polymeric surfactant may account for about 25% to about 100% by weight of the surfactant content in the emulsion and the at least one secondary surfactant, if present, may account for up to about 75% by weight of the surfactant content in the emulsion. The emulsion may have an average dispersed phase drop size of less than about 5 micron, or less than about 1 micron, after 6 months.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: ALEXIUM, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Neal Brookins
  • Patent number: 10578773
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an optical resin composition whose orientation birefringence and photoelastic birefringence are both very low and which has high transparency and which provides a film having few surface defects and excellent mechanical strength, and a film comprising the optical resin composition. Also disclosed herein is a film that has optical isotropy and excellent transparency even after stretching. The optical resin composition contains a thermoplastic resin and a multistep-polymerized graft copolymer obtained by polymerizing, in the presence of crosslinked polymer-containing particles formed by polymerizing a monomer mixture containing a monomer represented by the following formula (4) and a polyfunctional monomer, a monomer mixture containing a monomer represented by the following formula (4) and another monofunctional monomer copolymerizable therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: KANEKA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fuminobu Kitayama, Haruki Koyama
  • Patent number: 10544297
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a fiber reinforced polymer composition comprising a polypropylene, carbon fibers, fibers other than carbon fibers and a polar modified polypropylene as coupling agent as well as to an article comprising the fiber reinforced polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Michael Jerabek, Wolfgang Stockreiter, Luca Boragno, Simon Gastl
  • Patent number: 10533115
    Abstract: Provided is a novel layer migration control agent that is added to a paint composition when forming a multilayer coating film on a coating object by curing a prime coating film and a top coating film at the same time, the agent making it possible to control layer migration of the two coating films and obtain the multilayer coating film with satisfactory finish appearance. The layer migration control agent is a copolymer obtained by copolymerization of a monomer mixture including 5% by weight to 90% by weight of a polymerizable unsaturated monomer including an ether group and 10% by weight to 95% by weight of a polymerizable unsaturated monomer having a hydrophobic group having 1 to 22 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1000 to 100,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KUSUMOTO CHEMICALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Ogawa, Yasuhiro Oiwa, Makoto Ubukata
  • Patent number: 10501617
    Abstract: A block copolymer composition comprising: a polymer (a) comprising more than 95% by mass and 100% by mass or less of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and 0% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass of a conjugated diene monomer unit; and a block copolymer (b) comprising 15% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less of a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and 50% by mass or more and 85% by mass or less of a conjugated diene monomer unit, wherein a mass ratio of the polymer (a) to the block copolymer (b) satisfies: (a)/(b)=70/30 to 30/70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukari Hori, Satoshi Takahashi, Naohiko Sato, Osamu Ishihara, Susumu Hoshi, Kei Shimazu
  • Patent number: 10464253
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a biaxially stretched film according by: (I) preheating a thermoplastic resin film to a temperature in a rubbery plateau region in a storage elastic modulus curve; (II) biaxially stretching the thermoplastic resin film under a condition that a stretching speed is 500%/min or higher while heating the thermoplastic resin film to the temperature in the rubbery plateau region; (III) cooling the thermoplastic resin film after the biaxially stretching (II) to a temperature in a glass-to-rubber transition region or a glass region in the storage elastic modulus curve; and (IV) relaxing the thermoplastic resin film after the cooling (III) at a temperature in the glass-to-rubber transition region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Zento, Naoto Fukuhara, Eiji Nakamura, Michiyuki Nanba
  • Patent number: 10453586
    Abstract: A cold shrink article comprising a shaped, stretched and cured composition comprising (i) a blend of silane-grafted ethylene-?-olefin elastomer and a hydroxyl-terminated polyorganosiloxane, (ii) a vinyl-terminated silicone rubber, and (iii) an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Haiyang Yu, Yanli Huo, Mohamed Esseghir, Saurav S. Sengupta, Jeffrey M. Cogen
  • Patent number: 10364329
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition. More particularly, the present invention relates a thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin including (a) an aromatic vinyl compound-conjugated diene-based compound-vinyl cyan compound copolymer and (b) an aromatic vinyl compound-vinyl cyan compound copolymer; and (c) greater than 0.05 parts by weight and less than 11 parts by weight of a polyolefin oxide-based triblock copolymer, and a molded article including the same. In accordance with the present invention, the thermoplastic resin composition having superior chemical resistance and paintability with identical or superior impact strength, fluidity, and heat resistance, to conventional thermoplastic resin compositions, and a molded article including the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hun Han, Dae San Jung, Seong Lyong Kim, Hyun Ho Joo, Soo Kyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 10301464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multistage polymer in form of polymeric particles, its composition and its process of preparation. The invention also relates to a multistage polymer in form of polymeric particles made by a multistage process while the last stage comprises a polymer with a low molecular weight. The invention further relates to polymer compositions in form of polymeric particles made by a multistage process comprising at least three stages while the last stage comprises a polymer with a low molecular weight, its method of preparation, its use as impact modifier in polymer compositions for composites comprising thermosetting resins or thermoplastic polymers and compositions and articles comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Raber Inoubli, Philippe Hajji
  • Patent number: 10253129
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a substrate comprising a surface at least part of which is coated with an epilamization agent, the epilamization agent including at least one compound in the form of a block copolymer comprising at least one block of M units linked by covalent bonds by their main chains, and at least one block of N units linked by covalent bonds by their main chains, the blocks being connected to each other by covalent bonds by their main chains in linear sequences, where M is a and N is
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Swatch Group Research and Development Ltd
    Inventors: Christophe Letondor, Claire Rannoux
  • Patent number: 10253182
    Abstract: The problem of the invention is to provide a semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition having high rigidity, exceptional impact resistance, and exceptional zygosity with very little change in hardness associated with heating and cooling, as well as a molded article of this semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition. A semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition containing a semi-aromatic polyamide resin (A), acid-modified polyolefin resin (B), and fibrous filler (C), wherein the resin (A) contains a certain amount or more of terephthalic acid component units relative to the total number of moles of dicarboxylic acid component units, the semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition contains a certain amount or more of the resin (B), the glass transition temperature of the semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition is within a predetermined range, and the Vicat softening point of the resin (B) is within a predetermined range, is used as the semi-aromatic polyamide resin composition in order to solve this problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Kaoru Minagawa, Hiroki Ebata, Isao Washio, Kouichi Sano, Nobuhiro Takizawa, Akinori Amano
  • Patent number: 10125247
    Abstract: A polyethylene composition including the product of the combination of at least one copolymer made from units derived from at least 85 wt % ethylene and a C3 to C10 ?-olefin and from 0.10 wt % to 10 wt % of a cyclic-diene terpolymer is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Wen Li, Adriana S. Silva, Jianya Cheng, Periagaram S. Ravishankar
  • Patent number: 10125258
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin composition and a molded article for automotive parts manufactured using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes: (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) a rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer comprising (B-1) a first rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer comprising a rubber polymer having an average particle diameter of about 230 nm to about 380 nm and (B-2) a second rubber-modified vinyl graft copolymer comprising a rubber polymer having an average particle diameter of about 60 nm to about 200 nm; (C) an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer; and (D) a (meth)acrylic copolymer. The thermoplastic resin composition can have excellent properties in terms of heat stability and gloss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Park, Myung Hun Kim, Kee Hae Kwon, Chang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 10073285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to optical power-limiting devices, and more particularly, to an optical power-limiting passive (self-adaptive) device and to a method for limiting solar power transmission in devices such as windows, using scattering level changes in a novel thermotropic composition that contains salt nano or microparticles embedded in a solid transparent host layer, where temperature change induces change in the refraction index of the matrix as well as of the embedded particles, creating a scattering layer, substantially reflecting the incident light thus limiting the amount of light passing through the window, green house covers, car sun roofs, solar panel windows and protection layers on housing roofs and walls, as a function of ambient temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Elbit Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Moshe Oron, Doron Nevo, Noam Gross, Ariela Donval
  • Patent number: 10065778
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a coating composition, a process of making a coating composition, a coated article, and a method of forming such articles. The coating composition according to the present invention comprises a dispersion comprising: (a) a core comprising a base polymer; (b) a shell at least partially surrounding said core, wherein said shell comprising a polar polymeric stabilizing agent; and (c) one or more hydrophobic particulate fillers embedded at least partially in said shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jouko Vyorykka, David L. Malotky, Ronald Wevers
  • Patent number: 9951216
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having improved weather resistance includes an acrylic graft copolymer, an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer, and a coloring agent including an inorganic pigment and an organic pigment mixed with each other at a predetermined ratio to maintain mechanical properties of the resin and have improved color mixing ability and weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Eun Park, Kyun Ha Ban, Ja Yoon Kim, Chang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9840618
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transparent resin composition, which may be used in medical products and food storage containers, having superior chemical resistance and transparency, a method of preparing the same and a molded article manufactured therefrom. More particularly, disclosed are a thermoplastic transparent resin composition having superior chemical resistance and transparency, which comprises (A) a graft copolymer in which a) a conjugated diene rubber latex is graft copolymerized with b) a methacrylate alkyl ester compound or an acrylate alkyl ester compound, c) an aromatic vinyl compound, and d) a vinyl cyano compound; (B) a copolymerized resin in which i) a methacrylate alkyl ester compound or an acrylate alkyl ester compound, ii) an aromatic vinyl compound and iii) a vinyl cyano compound are copolymerized; and (C) a polyether-amide block copolymer, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jeong Su Choi, Ho Hoon Kim, Sang Hoo Park, Keun Hoon Yoo, Roo Da Lee, Won Seok Lee, Seok Goo Jang
  • Patent number: 9809733
    Abstract: It was found that water-repellent thermoplastic moulding compositions, which comprise a) from 66 to 72% by weight of one or more styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers as component A, b) from 25 to 35% by weight of one or more polyacrylate rubbers as component B, c) from 1 to 5% by weight of one or more fluorine-containing polymer components C, selected from the group of polyvinyliden-difluoride and polyvinyliden-tetrafluoride, d) from 0.05 to 6% by weight of one or more further additives, which are different from C, as component D, where each of the % by weight values is based on the total weight of components A to D and these give a total of 100% by weight, have good replication properties and lead to highly water-repellent surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLUTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Niessner, Philipp Boeckmann, Matthias Mueller, Ralf Engelhardt, Max Groenendijk
  • Patent number: 9790362
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprises (A) a polycarbonate resin; (B) a rubber-modified aromatic vinyl copolymer; (C) a branched copolymer that includes a silicon compound having two or more unsaturated radicals; and (D) metal particles. A molded product can be prepared using the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keehae Kwon, Won Ko, Boeun Kim, Joohyun Jang, Chang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9732211
    Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition having improved weather resistance includes an acrylic graft copolymer, an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer, and a coloring agent including an inorganic pigment and an organic pigment mixed with each other at a predetermined ratio to maintain mechanical properties of the resin and have improved color mixing ability and weather resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Lotte Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Eun Park, Kyun Ha Ban, Ja Yoon Kim, Chang Min Hong
  • Patent number: 9714310
    Abstract: Thermoplastic copolymer compositions which contain 50 to 82 wt.-% of a SAN copolymer AI and 15 to 55 wt.-% of a graft copolymer A2, which has an average particle size of 50 to 150 nm and is constituted of at least one rubber-like graft base with a glass transition temperature Tg<0° C., at least one alkyl acrylate, the cyclic cross-linking agent dicyclopentadienyl acrylate and a non-cyclic, additional cross-linking agent, and of 20 to 40 wt.-% of at least one graft shell composed of styrene and acrylonitrile; and auxiliary agents and/or additives, have improved gloss when exposed to weathering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: INEOS STYROLTION GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Niessner, Phillip Boeckmann, Maarten Staal, Rolf Minkwitz