From Nitrogen-containing Monomer Other Than Acrylonitrile Or Methacrylonitrile Patents (Class 524/555)
  • Patent number: 11859063
    Abstract: A polyvinyl alcohol film comprises a vinyl alcohol-based polymer, wherein, when the polyvinyl alcohol film being measured by a solid echo method using pulse NMR at 60° C. for waveform separation of a free induction decay curve of 1H spin-spin relaxation into three curves derived from three components a component A, a component B, and a component C in order of short relaxation time, the component A has a resulting relaxation time of 0.0070 milliseconds or more and 0.0092 milliseconds or less, and a resulting component ratio of 20% or more and 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Nishimura, Yasunari Kusaka, Nami Nakajima
  • Patent number: 11142670
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a multilayer marking film including: an adhesive layer; a colored base layer having a first color; and a colored coating layer having a second color, in which the first color and the second color are different from each other, the colored coating layer, the colored base layer, and the adhesive layer are sequentially provided, the colored base layer includes a cured material of a base composition including: a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer; a (meth)acrylate monomer including one or more selected from the group consisting of a cyclo-aliphatic (meth)acrylate monomer, an epoxy-based (meth)acrylate monomer, an aliphatic (meth)acrylate monomer, and a polyol-based (meth)acrylate monomer; and a pigment, and the colored coating layer is etched by laser irradiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Myung Hyun Jo, Joo Hee Hong, Jang Soon Kim, Hong Kwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11066545
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for lubricious structures (also referred to simply as “structure”), methods of making lubricious structures, methods of using lubricious structures, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott S. Perry, Alexander Rudy, Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Thomas Ettor Angelini
  • Patent number: 10923723
    Abstract: Halogenation of para-aminophenol and polymerization of the halogenation product results in electro-conductive redox polymer. For example, the para-aminophenol is chlorinated or brominated in an acidic solution, and the halogenation product is polymerized upon increasing the pH and upon oxidation. The halogenation product can be polymerized during electro-deposition of a thin film upon an anode current collector from an electrolyte solution to produce a sensor electrode, and the halogenation product can be mixed with electro-conductive carbon material to produce electrode-active material for storage battery electrodes. For example, the sensor electrode has an electrochemical reduction potential and a charge-discharge cycle period inversely proportional to pH, and the storage battery electrodes are positive electrodes in a storage battery having zinc negative electrodes in a zinc salt electrolyte solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventor: Richard Carl Auchterlonie
  • Patent number: 10899980
    Abstract: Polymers are provided for use in inhibiting gas hydrate formation and/or corrosion in hydrocarbon-containing fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CHAMPIONX USA INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Wayne Bartels, Regan Andrew Jones, Jeff Michael Servesko
  • Patent number: 10745506
    Abstract: Polymeric dispersants are disclosed that include an acrylic backbone at least one pendantly attached imide group, wherein the carbonyl of the imide are chemically bonded to a fused aromatic ring. The aromatic ring can be substituted with various electron withdrawing or releasing groups. Desirably dispersant also includes solvent-solubilising chains of polyether, polyester, polyacrylate, and or polyolefin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew J. Shooter, Dean Thetford, Robert A. Jennings, Stuart N. Richards
  • Patent number: 10717883
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising a polybutylene oxide polymer, an ionic film-forming polymer having functional groups, and a curing agent that is reactive with functional groups on the film-forming polymer. Also disclosed are methods of making the electrodepositable coating composition. Also disclosed are substrates treated with the electrodepositable coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan J. Kaylo, Venkatachalam Eswarakrishnan, Jo-Ann E. Bice, Craig A. Wilson, Alycia Lewand, Joseph R. Swanger
  • Patent number: 10703841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of acrylic based polymer particles; less than 15 PVC of a pigment; and a hydrophobically modified poly(oxyalkylene-urethane) rheology modifier having a hydrophobic portion represented by Structure I: Where R, R1, R2, m an n are defined herein. The composition provides viscosity stability for paint formulations containing a HEUR rheology modifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: John J. Rabasco, Duane R. Romer, Daniel A. Saucy, Antony K. Van Dyk
  • Patent number: 10640886
    Abstract: A fiber-containing crystal includes a crystal body which is a crystal of a biological substance and a plurality of fibers at least partially incorporated in the crystal body; and a fiber-containing crystal includes a crystal body which is an easy-disintegrating crystal and a plurality of fibers at least partially incorporated in the crystal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Iori Nakabayashi, Hiroshi Tsuchikura, Atsushi Kuwabara, Hiroaki Adachi
  • Patent number: 10598829
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water-resistant organic thin film obtained by crosslinking, with organic nitrogen compounds, an organic thin film comprising an organic dye having an anionic group, wherein the organic nitrogen compounds are first, second, and third acyclic organic nitrogen compounds each having two or more nitrogen atoms per molecule, wherein the nitrogen atoms of each of the first, second, and third organic nitrogen compounds are each in a cationic group, and the relation A?0.4 nm<B<C is satisfied, wherein A represents a distance (nm) between adjacent nitrogen atoms in the first organic nitrogen compound, B represents a distance (nm) between adjacent nitrogen atoms in the second organic nitrogen compound, and C represents a distance (nm) between adjacent nitrogen atoms in the third organic nitrogen compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Tomohisa, Toru Umemoto, Shoichi Matsuda, Tadayuki Kameyama
  • Patent number: 10544234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups and to the preparation thereof, to vulcanizable mixtures comprising functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups and to the preparation thereof, and to vulcanizates based on functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as technical material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Susanna Lieber, Karola Schneiders, Christoph Kins, Werner Obrecht
  • Patent number: 10513451
    Abstract: A process for drying mature fine tailings is provided. A low molecular weight anionic organic polymer is contacted with a tailings stream to flocculate mature fine tailings and enhance dewatering. The tailings stream can contain, for example, water, sand, silt and fines clays produced from a bitumen extraction process for oil sands ore. The process can also involve rigidification of the suspension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
    Inventors: Christabel T. Tomla, Oleksandr V. Kuznetsov, Radhika Suresh
  • Patent number: 10508172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to binder compositions with an improved amine component, and a method of manufacturing a collection of matter bound by said binder compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: Knauf Insulation, Inc., Knauf Insulation SPRL
    Inventor: Benedicte Pacorel
  • Patent number: 10494540
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a curable composition, a coating, and a laminate which enable production of a coating that can exhibit excellent antifogging properties and is excellent in antifogging durability while maintaining a high hardness. The present invention relates to a curable composition including: at least one polyfunctional (meth)acrylamide compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by General Formula (I) and a compound represented by General Formula (II); and at least one betaine monomer selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by General Formula (IV) to (VI); and a coating and a laminate obtained by using the curable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kiyotaka Fukagawa
  • Patent number: 10385013
    Abstract: Micro-nano materials, products obtained by covalently modifying the surfaces of micro/nano materials with hydrophilic materials, and methods for making the same. The micro/nano materials on the surfaces have carboxyl groups or/and pro-carboxyl groups which are converted into their active esters. The products are covalently modified by forming amide bonds between the active esters on the surfaces and the modification agents; where the modification agents are hydrophilic compounds and/or hydrophilic polymers bearing primary and/or secondary aliphatic amines. Monomers bearing carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups are used to produce an adequate number of carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups on the surface of a polymer material to be modified. The carboxyl groups and/or pro-carboxyl groups are converted into active esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CHONGQING BOLANYING (BLY) BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Liao, Gaobo Long, Hai Yang, Hu Feng
  • Patent number: 10384407
    Abstract: The present invention provides a self-repairing material having self-repairing properties and shape memory properties, as well as high dynamic strength, and also provides a method for manufacturing the same. The self-repairing material of the present invention comprises a polymer comprising specific monomer units in specific ratios, and the concentration of the monomer units is within a specific range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Akira Harada, Yoshinori Takashima, Masaki Nakahata
  • Patent number: 10376473
    Abstract: A stable transdermal adhesive composition comprising: an adhesive comprising a washed polymerization reaction product of at least two ethylenically unsaturated monomers; and at least one pharmaceutically active compound which is susceptible to oxidative degradation; wherein the at least two ethylenically unsaturated monomers, if present in the adhesive as unreacted monomers, are present at a level of less than 200 ppm of total unreacted monomer, based upon the total weight of the adhesive, methods of making the composition, a transdermal drug delivery device using the composition, methods of making the device, and methods of delivery the pharmaceutically active compound are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James P. DiZio, Elizabeth E. Johnson, Zheng Z. Wu, Amy Preszler Prince
  • Patent number: 10358583
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adhesive composition including at least one rubber component, a solvent, and at least one powdered superabsorber polymer. The invention also relates to a method for bonding a roofing membrane to a substrate using the adhesive composition as a contact adhesive, to fully adhered membrane roofing system, and to the use of adhesive composition for adhering roofing membranes to substrates by contact bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: SIKA TECHNOLOGY AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Carl, Markus Haufe
  • Patent number: 10351721
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet ink is disclosed which contains water, a polyoxyethylene polyglyceryl ether and a colorant, wherein a ratio (B/A) of the total number (B) of hydroxyl groups within a molecule of the polyoxyethylene polyglyceryl ether relative to the weight average molecular weight (A) of the polyoxyethylene polyglyceryl ether is within a range from 0.002 to 0.012.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 10233342
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polymers, which can be incorporated in pigment dispersions and inkjet ink compositions, comprising first monomers selected from ethylenically unsaturated hydrophobic monomers, and second monomers selected from maleic anhydride, maleic acid, and salts, esters, imides, and amides thereof. The polymers can have a portion of the second monomers functionalized with at least one organic group having a calcium index value greater than or equal to a calcium index value of phenylphosphonic acid. Additionally and/or alternatively, the at least one polymer can be crosslinked via the second monomers. Dispersions and inkjet ink compositions comprising such polymers can also further comprise at least one pigment and a liquid vehicle. Also disclosed are methods of making such polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Cabot Corporation
    Inventors: Jinqi Xu, Paul S. Palumbo, Andrea Lebed, Heather E. Clarke, Alexander I. Shaknovich, Tianqi Liu
  • Patent number: 10098846
    Abstract: The disclosure provides bioactive agent-containing particulates that include bioactive agent, biocompatible polymer, negatively charged groups, and a cationic agent. The particulates can be associated with a medical device, such as a balloon catheter, which can be used to move the particulates to a treatment site. Transfer of the particulates from the device to tissue is facilitated by the arrangement of the cationic and bioactive agent-containing particulates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SURMODICS, INC.
    Inventor: Joram Slager
  • Patent number: 10068717
    Abstract: A binder for an electric double-layer capacitor electrode according to the present invention includes a copolymer of vinyl alcohol and an alkali metal-neutralized product of ethylene-unsaturated carboxylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yuji Kinpara, Junichi Fujishige, Nobutaka Fujimoto, Shuichi Karashima, Takashi Mukai, Tetsuo Sakai
  • Patent number: 10041194
    Abstract: The reinforcing cord of the present invention includes at least one strand. The strand includes a bundle of filaments that are bundled and twisted together in one direction, and a coating layer that is formed on at least the surface of the bundle. The bundle consists essentially of carbon fiber filaments. The coating layer is a coating layer that is formed from an aqueous treatment agent containing a rubber latex and a crosslinking agent as essential components and a filler as an optional component. In the aqueous treatment agent, the total of the mass of the crosslinking agent and the mass of the filler is in a range of 1 to 50% of the mass of rubber in the rubber latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masamori Furusawa
  • Patent number: 9840654
    Abstract: A kinetic gas hydrate inhibitor is provided as a polyester polymer with a plurality of amino or ammonium groups pendent directly from the backbone. A composition containing concentrated kinetic inhibitor is injected into gas wells, or into other systems involving transporting liquid gas mixtures through a conduit. Use of the kinetic inhibitor prevents formation of gas hydrates under conditions of temperature and pressure where they would otherwise occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER NORGE AS
    Inventors: Rachel Anne Cole, Anders Grinrod, Alexandra Cely
  • Patent number: 9670343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to materials useful for lowering the pour point of wax-containing mixtures of liquid hydrocarbons, as well as compositions of and methods for preparing the same. More particularly, this invention relates to the use in liquid hydrocarbons of OLAC compositions containing units derived from (i) hydrocarbyl(meth)acrylic acid derivatives and (ii) ethylenically unsaturated aliphatic N?-olefin monomers having up to 50 carbon atoms. The OLAC compositions are useful for modifying the fluidity and flow characteristics of liquid hydrocarbons, and more particularly, for improving the pipeline pumpability of liquid hydrocarbons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: The Lubrizol Corporation
    Inventors: Antonio Mastrangelo, Timothy R. Smith, Christopher J. Kolp, John R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9593227
    Abstract: A rubber composition having extremely high electrical conductivity is provided. The rubber composition contains nitrile rubber (A) having an ?,?-ethylenic unsaturated nitrile monomer unit and an iodine value of 100 or lower, and carbon nanotubes (B) having the average diameter (Av) and diameter distribution (3?) that satisfy the following relational expression: 0.60>3?/Av>0.20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ZEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Shigeta, The Ban Hoang, Mitsugu Uejima
  • Patent number: 9550924
    Abstract: Acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive including an acrylic copolymer formed by copolymerizing: i) 81 to 96% by weight of an alkyl (meth) acrylic acid ester monomer having a carbon number of an alkyl group of 2 to 14; ii) 1 to 10% by weight of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of an allyl ester, a vinyl ester and an unsaturated acetate; iii) 1 to 10% by weight of an acrylonitrile monomer; and iv) 0.1 to 2% by weight of a crosslinker including 5 to 15 of an alkylene oxide group, and having two or more groups of an acrylate group, a vinyl group or the combination thereof, and a surface finishing material comprising the same, which is environmentally friendly, has an excellent room temperature and an aging adhesive property, and has an excellent constructability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan Bum Ko, Young Min Kim, Kong Ju Song, Kum Hyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 9457295
    Abstract: Systems and methods for separating mine tailings from water-absorbing polymers and regenerating the separated water-absorbing polymers. The systems and methods include a separation assembly that is configured to receive an augmented mine tailings slurry that includes mine tailings, water, and a swollen water-absorbing polymer. The separation assembly separates the swollen water-absorbing polymer from the augmented mine tailings slurry to produce a dewatered mine tailings slurry. The systems and methods further include a water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit that is configured to receive the swollen water-absorbing polymer. The water-absorbing polymer regeneration unit at least partially releases water from the swollen water-absorbing polymer to produce a regenerated water-absorbing polymer, and as a separate output or product, the released water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Wei Ren, Paul L. Tanaka, Aaron Ortiz Gomez, Babak A. Jajuee, Chien-Chiang Chen, Robert D. Kaminsky
  • Patent number: 9453092
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for converting an ester group to an acid group for polymers having a pendant ester of an acid group. This process is generally performed using an aqueous strong base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Relypsa, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Connor, Faleh Salaymeh
  • Patent number: 9370917
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting an edge, more particularly plastics edge, onto a material, and also to the products obtained in this way, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: JOWAT AG
    Inventors: Christian Terfloth, Dieter Guse, Felix Starck
  • Patent number: 9321244
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for mounting an edge, more particularly plastics edge, onto a material, and also to the products obtained in this way, and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: JOWAT AG
    Inventors: Christian Terfloth, Dieter Guse, Felix Starck
  • Patent number: 9315717
    Abstract: Water-soluble, hydrophobically associating copolymer comprising a monoethylenically unsaturated, water-soluble, surface-active monomer (a), and a monoethylenically unsaturated, hydrophilic monomer (b) different from monomer (a). The copolymer is prepared in the presence of a nonpolymerizable surfactant and has marked thickening properties in aqueous systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Pfeuffer, Roland Reichenbach-Klinke, Stefan Friedrich, Marcus Guzmann
  • Patent number: 9245664
    Abstract: A conductive metal composition comprising 50 to 94 wt % of silver particles having an average particle size in the range of 40 to 450 nm and having an aspect ratio of 3 to 1:1, 1 to 4 wt % of a thermoplastic polyester resin having a weight-average molar mass of 10000 to 150000, and 4 to 49 wt % of a diluent for the thermoplastic polyester resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Kirk, Dave Hui, Martin Sweet
  • Patent number: 9217081
    Abstract: The present invention is a composition comprising a) a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles having one or more structural units of i) a polyurea macromer; and ii) an acrylate, a methacrylate, a vinyl ester, or a styrene monomer, or a combination thereof; and/or b) an aqueous mixture of a i) polyurea macromer polymer particles; and b) acrylate, methacrylate, vinyl ester, or styrenic polymer particles, or a combination thereof, wherein the polyurea macromer is characterized by the following formula I: where A1, A2, R1, R2, and R3 are as defined herein. Compositions prepared using the compound of the present invention can be used to form coatings with excellent balance of low temperature film formation, hardness, and flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gregoire Cardoen, Ian J. Drake, Ralph C. Even, Andrew Hughes, Tianlan Zhang, Thomas H. Kalantar
  • Patent number: 9172092
    Abstract: A binder composition for batteries, including (A) a polymer that has at least one structural unit selected from the group consisting of structural units represented by the following formulae (a1) to (a5), respectively, and (f) a functional group containing a nitrogen atom, an oxygen atom, a silicon atom, a germanium atom, a tin atom or a combination thereof; and (B) a liquid medium, the polymer (A) having a solubility of no less than 5 g in 100 g of cyclohexane at 25° C. and 1 atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: JSR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuo Sone, Tsukasa Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 9169157
    Abstract: An aqueous binder composition, useful for making fiber products, especially fiberglass insulation, comprising an aqueous substantially alkaline (pH of at least 5.0) solution of a polyol and a hydrolyzed (solubilized) copolymer of maleic anhydride and a vinyl aromatic compound, preferably styrene (i.e., a SMA copolymer); the copolymer is solubilized using ammonia, an ammine, a primary alkanolamines (preferably monoethanolamine), a secondary alkanolamine (preferably diethanolamine (DEA)), a tertiary alkanolamine (preferably triethanolamine (TEA)), or a mixture thereof and the binder composition is cured as a consequence of cross-linking, esterification reactions between pendant carboxyls on the solubilized (hydrolyzed) copolymer (SMA) chains and hydroxyl groups of the polyol, including the diethanolamine and/or triethanolamine preferably used in the solubilization of the SMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Ramji Srinivasan, Kurt D. Gabrielson, John B. Hines, Cornel Hagiopol
  • Patent number: 9045662
    Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink is provided, wherein the non-aqueous pigment ink comprises an alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylate unit having a pyridyl group, a pigment, and a non-aqueous solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Riso Kagaku Corporation
    Inventors: Manami Shimizu, Kyoko Motoyama
  • Patent number: 9040619
    Abstract: A 1,3-diketoamide functional monomer represented by the following formula (1): wherein R and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 20 carbon atoms; and wherein X and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having from 6 to 20 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having from 7 to 20 carbon atoms. Also disclosed are emulsion, suspension, and solution polymers comprising residues from the 1,3-diketoamide functional monomer of formula 1 and, optionally, one or more additional ethylenically unsaturated monomers. Both latex and self-curing coating compositions described herein exhibit excellent hydrolytic stability, including increased retention of 1,3-diketo functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: John Thorton Maddox, Stacey James Marsh, Garry Kenneth Weakley, Peter Webb Raynolds
  • Patent number: 9040617
    Abstract: Water-borne cross-linking polymeric compositions and related embodiments, such as methods of making and using the compositions, as well as products formed with said compositions are described. The water-borne composition may comprise one or more polymers formulated from one or more monomers of which at least one is a monomer that yields acetaldehyde as a hydrolysis product, and incorporating cross-linking functionality such as, but not limited to, carbonyl or epoxy functionality, and a blocked cross-linking agent, for example, a hydrazone. Neither the cross-linking functionality nor the acetaldehyde reacts with the blocked cross-linking agent; however, the blocked cross-linking agent is capable of conversion to an alternative form cross-linking agent such as, but not limited to, a hydrazide, to yield a cross-linked polymer. The alternative form cross-linking agent may be formed in an equilibrium reaction including the blocked cross-linking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Columbia Insurance Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Yong Yang, Johanna L. Garcia de Visicaro, Robert Sheerin, Steve Minassian, Glenn Cooper
  • Patent number: 9034977
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer product obtained by polymerization of i) at least one monomer selected from N-vinylformamide and vinyl acetate, and ii) maleic anhydride to give a copolymer comprising N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate and maleic anhydride followed by hydrolyzing formamide groups originating from N-vinylformamide to amino groups and/or acetate groups originating from vinyl acetate to hydroxyl groups and acid anhydride to dicarboxylic acid groups to give a water-soluble copolymer comprising amine and/or hydroxyl and carboxyl groups, wherein the molar ratio of the N-vinylformamide and/or vinyl acetate monomer to the maleic anhydride monomer is from 70:30 to 30:70. The polymer product can be used as a dispersing agent or as a scale inhibiting agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Inventors: Rosa Carceller, Ari Juppo, Reijo Aksela
  • Patent number: 9034968
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, admixture compositions for treating clay-bearing aggregates used for construction purposes, and aggregate compositions for construction purposes. The clay-bearing aggregates are treated with a cationic copolymer made from two and preferably three different monomer components. Cementitious compositions containing the treated aggregates are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn.
    Inventors: Lawrence L. Kuo, Ying Chen, Hideo Koyata
  • Publication number: 20150132584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a flame retardant composition comprising at least one radiation curable oligomer and at least one reactive aliphatic halogenated flame retardant additive and its use to make fire-resistant glass laminates with impact resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: Hugues Van Den Bergen
  • Publication number: 20150132479
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nanning Joerg Arfsten, Roberto Arnoldus Dominicus Maria Habets, Michael Alphonsus Cornelis Johannes Van Dijck
  • Publication number: 20150132564
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coating composition for making a porous inorganic oxide coating layer on a substrate, the composition comprising an inorganic oxide precursor as binder, a solvent, and a synthetic polyampholyte as pore forming agent. The size of the pores in the coating can be advantageously controlled by the comonomer composition of the polyampholyte, and/or by selecting conditions like temperature, pH, salt concentration, and solvent composition when making the composition. The invention also relates to a method of making such coating composition, to a process of applying a coating on a substrate using such composition, and to such coated substrate showing a specific combination of optical and mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Nanning Joerg Arfsten, Roberto Arnoldus Dominicus Maria Habets, Michael Alphonsus Cornelis Johannes Van Dijck
  • Publication number: 20150133584
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods involving the use of a carboxylate graft polymer having high molecular weight and low ratio of acid-to-polyoxyalkylene groups. Such clay-mitigation is particularly useful for treating clay and clay-bearing aggregates, particularly those aggregates used for construction purposes. The present invention minimizes the need to wash the aggregates, thus preserving fine aggregates (“fines”) content in construction materials, and thereby beneficiating the performance and/or properties of construction materials containing the clay-bearing aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Lawrence Kuo, Nathan Tregger, Ho Lee, O-il Kwon
  • Patent number: 9029445
    Abstract: A composition for inhibiting oxidation includes an anionic, hydrophilic, water soluble polymer, an anionic surfactant, and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Vitale, Cheryl L. Detloff
  • Publication number: 20150119524
    Abstract: Provided is an antifoaming agent for a coating agent, which suppresses foaming of a coating agent by being blended into a nonaqueous agent in a small amount, thereby improving pinhole preventing performance, and which may form a thermo-setting coating film or a thermo-drying coating film having an excellent aesthetic appearance by suppressing the generation of pinholes without deteriorating smoothing performance of the coating film even under conditions where pinholes are easily generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: KYOEISHA CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Mitomi, Yuusuke Sainouchi, Yousuke Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20150113704
    Abstract: Methods for preparing copolymeric emulsions from at least one water soluble monomer and at least one water insoluble monomer are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, one or more surfactants and stabilizers may be used. In some embodiments, the monomers used in the process include, by total monomer weight, at least 50% water soluble monomers and at least 10% water insoluble monomers. Copolymer emulsions formed from the reaction product of at least one water soluble monomer and at least one water insoluble monomer are also disclosed along with articles coated with such emulsions and coating formulations made from such emulsions as well as methods for the manufacture and coating of such articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei Cheong WONG, SHIPING WANG, Chii Yih LOW, Chuang Sim CHONG, Xiaochuan HU, Dennis KOPP, Andre MAYER, Michael MEYERS, Daniel L. Holguin, Sou Phong LEE
  • Patent number: 9018301
    Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous pigment dispersion suitable for use in an ink jet printing ink comprising the following steps in the order I) followed by II): I) providing a dispersion having a sodium chloride critical coagulation concentration of no more than 2.0M, said dispersion comprising a pigment, an aqueous liquid medium and a dispersant having one or more ionic group(s); and II) reducing the hydrophilicity of the dispersant by reacting at least some, but not all of the ionic group(s) in the dispersant with the one or more hydrophobic compound(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Fujifilm Imaging Colorants Limited
    Inventors: Tom Annable, John Patrick O'Donnell
  • Patent number: 9016829
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition including: (1) a pigment; (2) a polymerization initiator having a content of 2% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition and having a solubility with respect to pure water at 25° C. of 5 to 8 g/l; (3) a compound A that is at least one selected from the group consisting of dimethylacrylamide, diethylacrylamide, N-isopropylacrylamide, dimethylacetamide, N-ethylpyrrolidone, 1-cyclohexyl-2-pyrrolidone, 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-pyrrolidone, 1,3-dimethyl-2-imidazolidinone, tetramethylurea and gamma-valerolactone; (4) a polymerizable compound having two or more ethylenically unsaturated double bonds; and (5) water having a content of 50% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Kaeriyama, Toshihiro Kamada, Kiyoshi Irita