Tetrabenzoporphyrazine Nucleus Containing, E.g., Phthalocyanine, Etc. Patents (Class 524/88)
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Patent number: 11728492Abstract: An atomically dispersed precursor (ADP) for preparing a non-platinum group metal electrocatalyst includes: sacrificial metal centers comprising a sacrificial metal selected from Cd and Zn; metal active sites comprising a transition metal; and first and second ligands linking the sacrificial metal centers and the metal active sites into a network. The ADP may be immobilized on a carbon support. The first and second ligands may comprise N-containing ligands of different carbon chain lengths. Alternatively, the first and second ligands may comprise N-containing ligands and O-containing ligands, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOISInventors: Hong Yang, Talha Al-Zoubi, Yu Zhou
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Patent number: 11679569Abstract: A reinforced element for use in the construction and assembly of an industrial textile, the element comprising a fibrous reinforcing material encapsulated by a thermoplastic polymer matrix, wherein: the thermoplastic polymer matrix comprises an amorphous polyester, a low-crystallinity polyester, polyphenylene sulphide (PPS), or a mixture thereof; the fibrous reinforcing material comprises continuous filaments selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic polymeric filaments, thermosetting polymeric filaments, glass fibers and a mixture thereof such that a majority of the continuous filaments are oriented in a first direction and the remainder of the continuous filaments are oriented in a second direction that is generally perpendicular to the first direction; a temperature at which the amorphous polymer substantially enters a liquid state, or the melting point of the low-crystallinity polyester, is at least 10° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: ASTENJOHNSON, INC.Inventor: Chi Zhang
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Patent number: 11578184Abstract: A dispersion body having excellent heat ray shielding properties and long-term high temperature stability, and a dispersion liquid for producing the dispersion body, wherein the dispersion liquid contains liquid medium, absorbing fine particles dispersed in the medium, and a phosphite ester compound, the absorbing fine particles are one or more kinds of oxide fine particles selected from tungsten oxide fine particles represented by a general formula WyOz, and the phosphite ester compound is a phosphite ester compound represented by the following predetermined structural formula, and an addition amount of the phosphite ester compound is more than 500 parts by mass and 50000 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the absorbing fine particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirofumi Tsunematsu, Takeshi Chonan, Takahisa Kawano
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Patent number: 11535734Abstract: A joining material for laser welding, a laser welding method using the same, and a laser joined body using the laser welding method. The joining material includes a polymer matrix and a needle-shaped inorganic filler. The polymer matrix includes a polypropylene resin having a melt index of 80 g/10 min or more to 95 g/10 min or less as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, and the needle-shaped inorganic filler has an aspect ratio of 10:1 to 20:1.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: LG CHEM, LTD., LG HAUSYS, LTD.Inventors: Jin Mi Jung, Chun Ho Park, Jae Jung Yoo, Yu Jin Jeong, Seung Yong Lee, Soo Min Lee, Bu Won Son, Bu Gon Shin
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Patent number: 11465420Abstract: An ink jet ink set includes a plurality of inks to be ejected by an ink jet method. The ink set includes a first ink containing metal particles, and a second ink containing a coloring agent selected from materials other than metal. The surface tension of the first ink is lower than that of the second ink.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventors: Hiroaki Kida, Hiroshi Takiguchi, Kenichiro Kubota, Akira Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10995230Abstract: An aqueous pigment ink for textile inkjet printing is disclosed that contains a pigment, a first water-dispersible resin, a second water-dispersible resin and water, wherein the first water-dispersible resin is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a water-dispersible urethane resin, a water-dispersible (meth)acrylic resin and a water-dispersible styrene/(meth)acrylic resin, the second water-dispersible resin is a water-dispersible polyester resin, the total amount of the first water-dispersible resin and the second water-dispersible resin is from 2 to 18% by mass relative to the total mass of the ink, and the mass ratio of the second water-dispersible resin relative to the first water-dispersible resin (second water-dispersible resin/first water-dispersible resin) is from 0.1 to 5.0. A method for producing a printed textile item and an ink set are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: RISO KAGAKU CORPORATIONInventors: Takahisa Yamazaki, Akiko Hayashi, Shunsuke Uozumi, Kokoro Kinoe
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Patent number: 10996386Abstract: The optical film according to the present invention has a feature that it has high adhesiveness and excellent property of blocking UV light even while using an acrylic resin having no ring structure in the main chain.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sang Min Kwak, Seong Wook Kang, Dong Wan Kim, Kil An Jung, Ki Joong Lee, Min Su Park, Jong Sung Park
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Patent number: 10983030Abstract: [Problem to be solved] To provide a sample storage tube wherein a lid is a push stopper lid type securing the area for writing two-dimensional code. [Solution] A sample storage tube 100 comprise a tube body 120 for storing a sample; a push stopper lid body 110 for capping the upper opening 121 of the tube body 120; and a hinge body 130 for connecting the tube body 120 and the push stopper lid body 110. The push stopper lid body 110 and the tube body 120 and the hinge body 130 are molded in one piece, wherein a part of them is formed by the light transmissive material and the other part of them is formed by the opaque material in which the information code can be written. The information writable areas are installed at least on the upper surface of the push stopper lid body 110 and the bottom surface 123 of the tube body 120. The information code can be written on both the upper surface of the push stopper lid body 110 and the bottom surface 123 of the tube body 120.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: KOBE BIO ROBOTIX CO., LTD.Inventor: Yukio Ueyama
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Patent number: 10954355Abstract: The present invention is in the field of an improved reusable capture complex and a method of releasable capturing an additive present in a polymer material. The capture complex comprises a catalyst entity, a magnetic nanoparticle, and a bridging moiety solely between the catalyst entity and the magnetic nanoparticle The present use and method provide a high reduction of free additive of a polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Inventors: Susanne Van Berkum, Vincent Philippi, Marcel Vilaplana Artigas, Rick De Groot, Tonnis Hooghoudt
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Patent number: 10787554Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of expandable polylactic-acid-containing pellets, comprising the steps of a) Melting and incorporation by mixing of the following components: i) from 65 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of polylactic acid, where the polylactic acid consists of: ia) from 65 to 95% by weight of polylactic acid with content of from 0.3 to 5% of D-lactic acid and ib) from 5 to 35% by weight of polylactic acid with content of from 10 to 18% of D-lactic acid; ii) from 5 to 35% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of an aliphatic polyester selected from the group consisting of polybutylene succinate, polybutylene succinate-co-adipate and polybutylene succinate-co-sebacate; iii) from 0 to 2% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of a compatibilizer; iv) from 0.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Bangaru Dharmapuri Sriramulu Sampath, Jerome Lohmann, Peter Gutmann
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Patent number: 10563072Abstract: The present invention relates to a deep base paint composition comprising a binder (an aqueous dispersion of polymer particles), an associative thickener with a hydrophobic portion having a calculated log P in the range of from 2.7 to 4.8. The composition of the present invention provides a mechanism for decreasing the viscosity sensitivity of a base paint to colorant addition.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Tara Conley, Mark Langille, James P. Maher, John J. Rabasco
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Patent number: 10450480Abstract: Water-reducible single-component moisture-curing polyurethane coatings are disclosed. Water-reducible single-component moisture-curing polyurethane coatings have excellent surface properties with controlled surface imperfections and cure rapidly. Water-reducible single-component moisture-curing polyurethane coatings can be formulated with constituents minimizing or eliminating VOC content. The water-reducible single-component moisture-curing polyurethane coatings are suitable for use as protective and/or decorative coatings.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: Hentzen Coatings, Inc.Inventor: Bhaskar R. Urs
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Patent number: 10377876Abstract: A thermoplastic composition including a polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate; a phthalone compound; and optionally an additional component different from the polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate and the phthalone compound; wherein the phthalone compound has a formula: wherein Z1 represents the atoms necessary to complete a 9- to 13-membered single or fused aromatic ring structure, Z2 represents the atoms necessary to complete a pyridine or quinoline ring, each R1 and each R2 are independently halogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aromatic or aliphatic thioether group, an aromatic or aliphatic carboxylic acid ester group, or an aromatic or aliphatic amide group, a is an integer from 0 to 6, b is an integer from 0 to 4, n is 1 or 2, and X is present only if n=2 and is a single bond or a divalent organic radical bonded to the Z1 ring structure through an ether, ketone, or thio linkage.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.Inventors: Paul Dean Sybert, Yogesh Omprakash Sharma
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Patent number: 10364365Abstract: The present invention provides an actinically or thermally curable ink for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The ink of the invention comprises at least a pigment, a polymeric dispersant, a solvent and an actinically or thermally curable silicone-containing binder polymer including ethylenically unsaturated groups and segments derived from at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromere. The ink of the invention is characterized by having capability to be cured actinically or thermally to form a colored coat on a silicone hydrogel contact lens, wherein the ink is characterized by having an longer print life using a pad-printing system by at least 30% comparing to the ink which has the same composition except of no polymeric dispersant, wherein ink life is a number of printed parts that can be achieved in a print cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Novartis AGInventors: Richard Charles Breitkopf, Ellen A. Day, Yongxing Qiu, Ritu Shrestha
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Patent number: 10281615Abstract: Provided are: a near-infrared absorbing agent and a near-infrared absorbing composition, which have excellent near-infrared absorbing capacity; and a near-infrared absorbing resin composition in which the physical properties intrinsic to a resin are not impaired. The near-infrared absorbing agent comprises a phthalocyanine compound represented by the following Formula (1): (wherein, M represents two hydrogen atoms or the like; R1 to R8 may be the same or different from each other and each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms which is optionally substituted, or the like; and Aa, Ab, Ac and Ad each independently represent a cyclic structure represented by Formula (2), (3), or (4), with a proviso that at least one, but not all, of Aa, Ab, Ac and Ad is the cyclic structure represented by the Formula (4)).Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2013Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Adeka CorporationInventors: Naoto Ueda, Kazukiyo Nomura
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Patent number: 10196526Abstract: A transparent conductive film including metal nanowires and a colored compound adsorbed by the metal nanowires is provided. The metal nanowires are a material which absorbs light in the visible light region, and also each has a functional group which is bound to a metal constituting the metal nanowire.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2011Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Ryosuke Iwata, Mikihisa Mizuno
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Patent number: 10173449Abstract: A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 4.0 ?m as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with an opaque color inkjet ink containing a chromatic color pigment and a white pigment.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: AGFA NVInventor: Roel De Mondt
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Patent number: 9994580Abstract: Provided is a phthalocyanine compound which has a green hue without having a halogen atom, and exhibits high luminance and an excellent coloring force at the time of being used for preparing a green pixel unit of a color filter. The phthalocyanine compound of the present invention has green hues without having a halogen atom, and exhibits high luminance and an excellent coloring force at the time of being used for preparing the green pixel unit of the color filter. In addition, the phthalocyanine compound can be used not only for the color filter, but also as a colorant for a wide range of applications as a general colorant such as printing ink, paint, colored plastic, toner, and ink for ink jet.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: DIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hitoshi Kondo, Yusuke Ozaki, Katsunori Shimada
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Patent number: 9903985Abstract: An infrared apparatus includes a case, and an infrared device to input and/or output infrared rays. In the infrared apparatus in which the infrared device is received in the case, the case has an infrared transmitting window part which transmits only infrared light and which does not transmit visible light. Of a light transmitting resin through which near-infrared laser used for near-infrared laser welding passes and a light absorbing resin which emits heat and melts when receiving the near-infrared laser, the infrared transmitting window part is made of the light transmitting resin.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryusuke Ishikawa, Yonosuke Koyama, Makoto Hatano, Seizaburou Kawashima
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Patent number: 9758685Abstract: A nonaqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention includes a solvent including at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), and a pigment including a pigment orange 43 (PO-43), in which a Na amount included in the ink is 5 ppm to 500 ppm. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (wherein, in formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. However, either R1 or R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 1 to 6.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Jun Ito, Keiji Iida, Kenichiro Kubota, Naoki Koike, Makoto Nagase
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Patent number: 9617409Abstract: The present invention describes methods for preparing a pigment particle dispersion. Specifically, a premix composition including pigments, dispersants and a liquid carrier is milled by a solid milling agent to predetermined particle size. The solid milling agent is solubilized in the liquid carrier which eliminates the need for separating the solid milling agent from the dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventor: Mark Ortalano
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Patent number: 9611376Abstract: To provide a method for producing particles, which contains: bringing a compressive fluid and a pressure plastic material into contact with each other using a multistage split flow micromixer, to thereby produce a melt of the pressure plastic material, in which the compressive fluid is dissolved; and jetting the melt of the pressure plastic material, to form particles, wherein the pressure plastic material is a resin having a carbonyl structure —C(?O)—, and wherein a viscosity of the melt is 500 mPa·s or lower, as measured under temperature and pressure conditions at the time of the jetting the melt of the pressure plastic material.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Keiko Osaka, Chiaki Tanaka, Akira Suzuki, Shinichiro Kawasaki
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Patent number: 9598575Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions, preparation methods, and use of thermally conductive materials comprising silicone composition curable by hydrosilylation, thermally conductive fillers, and phthalocyanine. The novel composition retains its desirable pliability after cure even when kept at an elevated temperature for an extended period.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: DOW CORNING CORPORATIONInventors: Dorab Bhagwagar, Kelly Messing, Elizabeth Wood
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Patent number: 9217091Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble solvent; a pigment; and a phosphate group-containing copolymer, wherein the phosphate group-containing copolymer includes a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) and a structural unit represented by the following structural formula (1): wherein, in the general formula (1), R1 represents either of a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; and M+ represents any of an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion, an organic amine ion and a hydrogen ion, one-half or more of the M+ in the copolymer is an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion or an organic amine, and the remainder is a hydrogen ion:Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Keita Katoh, Mitsuru Naruse, Akihiko Matsuyama, Masayasu Nonogaki, Minoru Hakiri, Yuusuke Koizuka, Kazukiyo Nagai, Nobuyuki Sakamoto, Yosuke Matsuoka, Masatomo Takahashi
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Patent number: 9187607Abstract: In a flame-retarded foamable styrene-based resin composition comprising a bromine-containing flame retardant, the flame retardant is a mixture of (a) an organic bromine-containing compound having a 2,3-dibromopropyl group or an organic bromine-containing compound having a bromine content of greater than 60 wt% in which all bromine atoms are attached to a benzene ring, and (b) an organic bromine compound having a 2,3-dibromo-2-alkylpropyl group. The composition comprises this mixture in amount from 0.5 to 10 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the styrene-based resin. The composition exhibits high flame retardant and heat stabilizing effects yet allowing recycling.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: DAI-ICHI KOGYO SEIYAKU, CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideaki Onishi, Hisanori Semori, Masashi Asaoka
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Patent number: 9182689Abstract: An electrostatic image developing toner includes a binder resin; and a pigment having a complementary relationship with a color hue of the binder resin, the pigment being contained in an amount of about 1 ppm or greater but not greater than about 20 ppm.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Kamiwaki, Susumu Yoshino, Masanobu Ninomiya
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Patent number: 9175179Abstract: A printing ink or coating composition contains optionally colorant and one or more derivatives of starches or modified starches.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Malisa Troutman, Irena Bienkowski, Nicole Harris, Jeannette Truncellito-Simoni
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Patent number: 9097838Abstract: Provided are an aromatic polycarbonate resin composition and molded articles for optical use using the same, the resin composition having improved light transmittance and luminance and, at the same time, being able to withstand molding even at a high temperature. More specifically, provided are the aromatic polycarbonate resin composition and molded articles for optical use using the same, the resin composition comprising 100 parts by mass of an aromatic polycarbonate resin (A) and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass of polyoxytetramethylene-polyoxyethylene glycol (B).Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2010Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Masami Takimoto, Naoyuki Kawai
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Patent number: 9040611Abstract: A highly loaded concentrate pellet composition includes an active ingredient in a concentration of at least about 60% by weight, and a low molecular weight binder in a concentration of up to about 35% by weight. The active ingredient is evenly dispersed in the binder. The binder has a melting point that permits the composition to melt under shear in an extruder. The binder is non-metallocene and non-stearic.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: E-Z Color CorporationInventors: Glen Alan Hirschfeld, Craig A. Dunaway, Jeffrey R. Nonekowski
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Patent number: 9040621Abstract: An aqueous dispersion includes particles at least partially encapsulated in a microgel where the microgel is prepared from a hyperbranched acrylic polymer. In addition, a method for making an aqueous dispersion includes: (1) mixing in an aqueous medium: (a) particles, (b) at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (c) a water-dispersible hyperbranched acrylic polymer having ethylenic unsaturation; and (2) polymerizing the at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and water-dispersible hyperbranched acrylic polymer having ethylenic unsaturation to at least partially encapsulate the particles in a microgel.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.Inventors: David R. Fenn, Dennis L. Faler, Linda Anderson, Tety Roper
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Patent number: 9029440Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer composition including a transparent thermoplastic plastic, an inorganic infrared absorber, also referred to as IR absorber hereinbelow, optionally an inorganic nano-scale pigment, and the combination of at least one organic coloring agent of a specific structure, and to the preparation and use of the polymer compositions according to the invention and to products produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Alexander Meyer, Joerg Reichenauer, Andrea Scagnelli, Vincenzo Taravella
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Patent number: 9029446Abstract: Disclosed are polypropylene articles with improved optical properties and/or an increased temperature of crystallization comprising a polypropylene resin and uniformly dispersed therein from about 1 ppm to about 10 ppm of one or more polycyclic organic pigments selected from blue, green, magenta, red, yellow, orange and violet polycyclic organic pigments and from about 50 ppm to about 250 ppm of one or more aromatic trisamide nucleating agents, where the ppm levels are by weight based on the weight of the polypropylene resin. The polypropylene is for example polypropylene homopolymer. The articles exhibit reduced haze, increased temperature of crystallization and excellent clarity.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Jiong Yu, Gerard R. Finnegan, Ralph-Dieter Maier
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Publication number: 20150115202Abstract: An ink set according to the invention includes a first ink composition which contains a first coloring material, and a second ink composition which contains a second coloring material other than the first coloring material, in which the first coloring material is at least one of a white coloring material formed of second particles with an average particle diameter of 200 nm or more to 1 ?m or less formed by collecting a plurality of first particles with an average particle diameter of less than 200 nm, or a photoluminescent pigment with a specific gravity of 2.0 or more, and the viscosity of the first ink composition at 20° C. is 1.3 times or more with respect to the viscosity of the second ink composition at 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventor: Takayoshi KAGATA
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Publication number: 20150118452Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes one or more kinds selected from a group formed of a pigment and a resin dispersion, and one or more alkali components selected from a group formed of metal alkali and organic alkali, in which a pH of the ink jet ink composition is 8.5 to 10.4 and a pH of an extract of a recorded matter for a test in which the ink jet ink composition is attached to a recording medium is 4.0 to 7.5.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2014Publication date: April 30, 2015Inventors: Masakazu Ohashi, Toru Saito
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Patent number: 9018317Abstract: A method for producing a pigment dispersion composition having excellent image density, dispersibility, and storage stability, has high resolubility, and forms an ink film having excellent marker resistance and scratch resistance. The method includes bringing a pigment (I) having a surface acidic group and a basic compound (II) having two or more ammo groups selected from a primary amino group and a secondary amino group in its molecule, into contact with each other in an aqueous medium to prepare a pigment having an unreacted surface amino group, bringing the pigment into contact with a polyisocyanate polyurethane resin (III) having two or more isocyanate end groups so that the pigment and the polyisocyanate polyurethane resin are bonded via a urea bond to prepare a dispersion of a polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A), and heating the dispersion of the polyurethane resin-bonded pigment (A) at 40 to 100° C. for 1 to 30 days.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.Inventors: Asami Takenaka, Shigehiro Tanaka, Yukari Ishibashi
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Publication number: 20150111008Abstract: The present disclosure provides colored compositions formulated to provide water repellency and crocking resistance when applied as a coating to a surface (e.g., the surface of a wood product). The compositions include a colored pigment, a wax emulsion, a latex polymer, and a halogenated phosphate ester. Wood products treated with the composition, as well as methods for applying the composition to a surface, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANYInventors: Erik M. Parker, Jack G. Winterowd, Glen Robak
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Patent number: 8999200Abstract: A polymeric composite comprises a polymeric resin; an electrically conductive filler; and a polycyclic aromatic compound, in an amount effect to increase the electrical conductivity of the polymeric composition relative to the same composition without the polycyclic aromatic compound. The addition of the polycyclic aromatic compound in addition to a conductive filler imparts improved electrical and mechanical properties to the compositions.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2003Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Sabic Global Technologies B.V.Inventors: Sumanda Bandyopadhyay, Darren Clark, Soumyadeb Ghosh
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Publication number: 20150062235Abstract: An ink jet ink composition includes one or more types selected from a group consisting of water, polymer fine particles, a siloxane-based surfactant, and a fluorine-based surfactant, and an acryl-based surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Takeshi YANO
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Publication number: 20150062238Abstract: A black ink composition includes: carbon black and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the carbon black; a cyan pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the cyan pigment; a magenta pigment and a water-insoluble resin that covers at least a part of the surface of the magenta pigment; water-insoluble resin particle; and water, wherein a content ratio of the carbon black is from 1.0 to 2.0% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition, and a total amount of pigments is from 1.8 to 3.5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the composition. The black ink composition can be used in an ink set and an image forming method.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Kaoru TOJO, Ryo SAITO, Katsuto SUMI
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Patent number: 8968610Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer composition which absorbs infrared radiation (IR), containing a transparent thermoplastic plastic, an inorganic infrared absorber, also referred to as IR absorber hereinbelow, at least one inorganic nano-scale pigment, and the combination of at least two organic coloring agents of a specific structure, and to the preparation and use of the polymer compositions according to the invention and to products produced therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AGInventors: Alexander Meyer, Gunther Stollwerck, Joerg Reichenauer
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Publication number: 20150030845Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a base film having a thickness from 8 to 152 microns, a 60 degree gloss value from 2 to 35, an optical density greater than or equal to 2 and a dielectric strength greater than 1400 V/mil. The base film comprises a chemically converted (partially or wholly aromatic) polyimide in an amount from 63 to 96 weight percent of the base film. The base film further comprises a pigment and a matting agent. The matting agent is present in an amount from 1.6 to 10 weight percent of the base film, has a median particle size from 1.3 to 10 microns, and has a density from 2 to 4.5 g/cc. The pigment is present in an amount from 2 to 35 weight percent of the base film. The present disclosure is also directed to coverlay films comprising the base film in combination with an adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: THOMAS EDWARD CARNEY, Jeffrey Michael Bartolin, Meredith L. Dunbar, Scott John Herrmann
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PIGMENT DISPERSION LIQUID FOR INKJET INK, ACTIVE ENERGY BEAM-CURABLE INKJET INK, AND PRINTED PRODUCT
Publication number: 20150030825Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide: a pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet ink, which is stable for a long period of storage and which increases repellency to ink ejection surface. Disclosed is a pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet ink, comprising: a pigment; a pigment dispersing agent; and a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, wherein the pigment dispersing agent has an amine value of 20 mgKOH/g or less and an acid value of 10 mgKOH/g or less, contains one or more components selected from the group consisting of: a copolymer having a styrene-derived repeating unit, a repeating unit derived from an unsaturated fatty acid having 12 or more carbon atoms, and a repeating unit derived from a polyalkylene oxide having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond; a specific salt of the copolymer and an amine derivative of the copolymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Yukiko Ishima, Keishiro Yoshimori, Yukio Sugita -
Publication number: 20150025179Abstract: There are provided aqueous inkjet ink formulations comprising a solvent containing water and optionally a co-solvent, a water soluble or water dispersible polymeric resin and a colorant. The disclosed formulations are suitable for ink jet printing systems, and more particularly for indirect printing systems using an intermediate transfer member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Benzion Landa, Gregory Nakhmanovich, Galia Golodetz, Sagi Abramovich, Gal Avidor, Dan Avital, Jose Kuperwasser
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Publication number: 20150022584Abstract: There is provided an ink set in which at least a cyan ink, a magenta ink, and a yellow ink are provided, each ink provided in the ink set includes water, a pigment of equal to or greater than 5% by mass with respect to 100% by mass of a total amount of each of the ink, glycerin, and a betaine compound having a molecular weight of less than 120, respectively, in each of the ink, a maximum difference in a content ratio of the pigment is equal to or greater than 3.0% by mass, and a maximum difference in a content ratio of the water is equal to or less than 3.0% by mass and in each of the ink, the ink in which a content ratio of the pigment is at a maximum, the ink in which the content ratio of the water is at a maximum, and the ink in which a total content ratio of the glycerin and the betaine compound is at a maximum are the same ink.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: Soichi YAMAZAKI, Daisuke ISHIHARA, Hiroaki KUMETA
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Publication number: 20150011687Abstract: The present invention is an aqueous pigment dispersion liquid for inkjet comprising a pigment and a pigment dispersant. The pigment dispersant is at least any one of a graft copolymer and a block copolymer each comprising a polymer chain A and a polymer chain B, wherein the polymer chain A comprises 20 to 60 mass % of a constituent unit derived from a first cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate, 10 to 35 mass % of a constituent unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and 5 to 70 mass % of a constituent unit derived from another (meth)acrylate and the polymer chain B comprises at least any one of a constituent unit derived from a second cycloalkyl group-containing (meth)acrylate and a constituent unit derived from a vinyl monomer or (meth)acrylate having an aromatic ring.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Shinichiro Aoyagi, Yoshikazu Murakami, Katsuhiko Kanou
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Publication number: 20140368572Abstract: To provide an inkjet ink containing: a water-dispersible colorant; a surfactant; a penetrating agent; a water-dispersible resin; a wetting agent containing at least polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or higher at 23° C., 80% RH; a compound represented by the general formula (1); water; and at least one selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the general formulae (2) to (4), wherein the water-dispersible colorant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a self-dispersible pigment, a pigment dispersed by a pigment dispersing agent, and resin particles each containing a pigment, wherein a total amount of the water-dispersible colorant and the water-dispersible resin is 8% by mass to 35% by mass, and wherein a mass ratio of the water-dispersible resin to the water-dispersible colorant is 2 to 8.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventor: Hiroshi Goto
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Publication number: 20140371343Abstract: A paint composition, which comprises a stanchion-encapsulated pigment such as titanium dioxide, can provide enhanced paint quality with reduced cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventors: Nianxi YAN, John Charles DEBRAAL
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Publication number: 20140364530Abstract: The present invention relates to a (meth)acrylated compound (A) prepared from: (i) a polyol constituent, (ii) a polyacid constituent and (iii) one or more (meth)acrylating compounds, wherein the polyol constituent comprises at least 30% by weight of one or more cyclic ether polyols, relative to the total weight of the polyol constituent, and wherein the compound (A) optionally further contains one or more moieties selected from the group consisting of (poly)caprolactone-containing moieties (ai), (poly)lactide- and/or (poly)glycolide-containing moieties (aii), moieties providing epoxide groups (aiii) and moieties providing alkylene oxide groups containing from 2 to 4 carbon atoms (aiv). The compounds of the invention are in particular suited for the making of radiation curable coating compositions and inks less prone to migration.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Luc Lindekens, Thierry Randouz, Ruben Cleymans, Paul Gevaert
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Publication number: 20140363642Abstract: Provided are an aqueous coloring agent dispersion for inkjet which achieves high pigment concentration, exhibits favorable redispersion properties after drying, and does not exhibit changes in ink properties even when stored for a long time; and an ink composition using the aqueous coloring agent dispersion. This aqueous coloring agent dispersion contains a coloring agent (I), a liquid medium (II), and a polymer dispersion agent (III). The polymer dispersion agent (III) is an A-B block polymer obtained by copolymerizing via a living radical polymerization method, by using a mixture of an organic tellurium compound represented by formula (1) and an organic ditellurium compound represented by formula (2), or the like, as a polymerization initiator. Therein, the monomer for configuring the A block is at least one type of monomer represented by formula (3), and the monomer for configuring the B block is benzyl methacrylate and/or benzyl acrylate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Akira Kawaguchi, Akio Kuwahara
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Patent number: 8895646Abstract: Disclosed are a resin-treated pigment characterized in that the resin-treated pigment comprises a pigment and a polymer of an unsaturated bond-containing monomer, a weight ratio of the pigment to the polymer (pigment:polymer) is from 50 to 95 to from 5 to 50, and the polymer is a block copolymer comprising from 5 to 70 mass % of an addition-polymerizable monomer having a UV-absorbing group; a production process of the resin-treated pigment; and a pigment dispersion using the resin-treated pigment.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignees: Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto UniversityInventors: Hiroyuki Shimanaka, Yoshikazu Murakami, Shinichiro Aoyagi, Atsushi Goto, Yoshinobu Tsujii