With Polycarboxylic Acid Or Derivative And A Polyol At Least One Of Which Is Saturated, A Condensate Or Solid Polymer Thereof; Or With Solid Polymer Derived From At Least One Polycarboxylic Acid Or Derivative And At Least One Polyol Wherein At Least One The Reactants Forming The Solid Polymer Is Saturated Patents (Class 525/165)
  • Patent number: 11435014
    Abstract: This invention provides a threaded connection for pipes or tubes having high over-torque performance, and a method for producing the threaded connection for pipes or tubes. A threaded connection for pipes or tubes according to the present embodiment includes a pin and a box. The pin and the box include a contact surface including a threaded portion and a metal contact portion. The threaded connection for pipes or tubes includes a solid lubricant coating layer on at least one of the contact surfaces of the pin and the box, the solid lubricant coating layer including a resin, a solid lubricant powder, and Cr2O3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation, Vallourec Oil and Gas France
    Inventor: Kunio Goto
  • Patent number: 11292170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing aid of a non-fluorinated melt-processable polymer and a masterbatch for a processing aid, features the inclusion of a processing aid comprising a fluoropolymer forming clustered secondary particles each having a particle size of 2 ?m to 2 mm and being a combination of primary fluoropolymer particles each having a diameter of 0.02 ?m to 0.5 ?m, and may accelerate the elimination of melt fracture despite the omission of an interfacial agent and decrease extrusion load upon process to thereby enhance productability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: HANNANOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soo Wan Kim, Eun Kyoung Kim, Dae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11019819
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing an alcoholic solution of a polyvinylpyridine polymer having biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties to various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces. Also provided are methods of using the alcoholic solution, such as for controlling the growth of bacteria, fungi and/or viruses, and/or for preventing digestion of wood cellulose by wood-boring insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DEBOGY MOLECULAR, INC.
    Inventors: Houssam Bouloussa, Othman Bouloussa
  • Patent number: 10961385
    Abstract: This invention discloses a bioplastic composition comprising biomass as a component comprising a plastic compound resin comprising polybutylene succinate (PBS), polylactic acid (PLA), and additives selected from biomass from the coffee roasting processes, i.e. silver skin of coffee (SSC); and/or at least one fluoropolymer or fluoropolymer derivative as a friction reducing agent. This invention also relates to a process of pretreating the silver skin coffee for using as an additive for bioplastic resin to produce various products or using as a natural color masterbatch together with other plastics via extrusion, injection molding, compression and thermoforming processes in the industrial level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: PTT GLOBAL CHEMICAL PUBLIC COMPANY Limited
    Inventors: Jirawut Junkasem, Narin Kaabbuathong, Vivan Thammongkol, Janjira Paiboolsuk, Supattra Hemmood
  • Patent number: 10883199
    Abstract: Provided are nylon fibers having fire-retardant agents dispersed therein and methods for manufacturing such fibers. The fire-retardant agents may comprise Tris(tribromophenyl) triazine and/or antimony trioxide. Fabrics made from such fibers are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BROOKWOOD COMPANIES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Amber Marie Brookman, David Alden Capwell, Jen-Yee Hsu
  • Patent number: 10743539
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing an alcoholic solution of a polyvinylpyridine polymer having biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties to various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces. Also provided are methods of using the alcoholic solution, such as for controlling the growth of bacteria, fungi and/or viruses, and/or for preventing digestion of wood cellulose by wood-boring insects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DeBogy Molecular, Inc.
    Inventors: Houssam Bouloussa, Othman Bouloussa
  • Patent number: 10643501
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating composition used to form a bond in the seam area of a label substrate material that wraps around an article and is shrunk in conformance to the size and shape of the article. The coating composition is comprised of at least first and second resins, and in some instances, third resins as described herein. The coating composition provides good bond strength in the seam area of the label, and the coating composition and/or each of the resins thereof may be at least partially hydrolysable but not solutionable in a hot caustic bath, enabling separation of the label from the article during recycling. Further disclosed is a method providing for the separation of labels from the articles, and further disclosed are labeled articles employing the coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Schottland, Robert Mateuszczyk, Saverio Lucci, Yongping Zha
  • Patent number: 10520840
    Abstract: A cold pressure fix toner composition includes at least one C16 to C80 crystalline organic material having a melting point in a range from about 30° C. to about 130° C. and at least one C16 to C80 amorphous organic material having a Tg of from about ?30° C. to about 70° C. A method of cold pressure fix toner application includes providing the cold pressure fix toner composition, disposing the cold pressure fix toner composition on a substrate and applying pressure to the disposed composition on the substrate under cold pressure fixing conditions. The cold pressure fix toner compositions can be formed into latexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: XEROX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Philip Nelson Veregin, Nan-Xing Hu, Guerino G. Sacripante, Karen A. Moffat, Jennifer L. Belelie
  • Patent number: 10454078
    Abstract: A Li-ion battery is provided in combination with fluorinated material positioned effective to abate combustion by said battery, the fluorinated material being normally non-gaseous and non-liquid and being itself effective to provide the combustion abatement by said battery, such fluorinated material being is such forms as the material of construction of the battery case containing the battery, film wrapped around said battery, and/or semi-solid material at least proximate to the battery, such as by forming a coating on said battery or said film on said battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis J. Kountz, James R. Hoover, George Martin Pruce
  • Patent number: 10450420
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a segmented block copolymer composition based on diblock and/or triblock copolymers of vinyl aromatic monomer and hydrogenated butadiene blocks and thermoplastic polyurethane blocks which are linearly bonded by N or O atoms, and its procedure of obtainment based on reactive extrusion. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic composition, a laminate structure and a polyurethane foam, with improved properties, comprising the segmented block copolymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: DYNASOL ELASTÓMEROS, S.A.
    Inventors: Luis Serrano Aviles, Diana Martinez Wichtel, Luisa María Fraga Trillo
  • Patent number: 10400100
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of tetrahydrofuran, which is 3 ppm-200 ppm; and based on the total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, a weight content of cyclopentanone is 0.5 ppm-85 ppm is provided. The tetrahydrofuran and cyclopentanone is added into the composition and controlling the content of tetrahydrofuran and the content of cyclopentanone in a certain range in the composition to realize printing performance. Moreover, when a velocity of film blowing is 176 Kg/h, a range of a film thickness is less than 0.2 ?m and a relative deviation of the film thickness is less than 1%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: KINGFA SCI. & TECH. CO., LTD., ZHUHAI WANGO CHEMICAL CO., LTD., TIANJIN KINGFA NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changli Lu, Zhimin Yuan, Tongmin Cai, Xianbo Huang, Xiangbin Zeng, Jian Jiao, Renxu Yuan, Yuke Zhong, Kai Xiong, Hui Yang, Kaijin Mai, Xueteng Dong
  • Patent number: 10294347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to [1] a plasticizer for a halogen-based resin including a condensate obtainable by an esterification reaction between a furan dicarboxylic acid compound and an aliphatic alcohol having 4 to 22 carbon atoms, in which the aliphatic alcohol includes a saturated aliphatic alcohol and an unsaturated aliphatic alcohol, and a content of the unsaturated aliphatic alcohol in the aliphatic alcohol is not more than 25% by mass; and [2] a halogen-based resin composition including the aforementioned plasticizer. The plasticizer has a plasticization performance for a halogen-based resin at a level identical to or higher than that of a phthalate-based plasticizer, and exhibits excellent effects of improving compatibility, heat resistance and cold resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: KAO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kojun Oshiro, Masaaki Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 10238110
    Abstract: An alcoholic solution of a partially quaternarized polyvinylpyridine polymer is provided. The alcoholic solution has biocidal and biocompatibility properties. The alcoholic solution is ready-to-graft in order to confer biocidal properties on various surfaces and to prevent biofilm formation on such surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventors: Houssam Bouloussa, Othman Bouloussa
  • Patent number: 10196489
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion of a polyester-containing elastic material, the aqueous dispersion comprising an aqueous medium, a non-ionic surface active agent and a polyester-containing elastic material, wherein the aqueous dispersion comprises 1 to 20 parts by mass of the non-ionic surface active agent relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyester-containing elastic material. The present invention also provides: a method for producing an aqueous dispersion of a polyester-containing elastic material; a molded article produced from the aqueous dispersion; and a method for producing a molded article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norihiro Sugihara, Hiromasa Miyazaki, Toshiaki Fujiwara, Hidetoshi Sakai, Yosuke Yamada
  • Patent number: 10077222
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of ethylene glycol comprising the steps of pyrolyzing a monosaccharide and hydrogenating the product composition in the presence of a catalyst and a solvent, wherein the pressure of the hydrogenation reaction is 40 bar or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventors: Martin Spangsberg Holm, Esben Taarning
  • Patent number: 9990865
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coating composition used to form a bond in the seam area of a label substrate material that wraps around an article and is shrunk in conformance to the size and shape of the article. The coating composition is comprised of at least first and second resins, and in some instances, third resins as described herein. The coating composition provides good bond strength in the seam area of the label, and the coating composition and/or each of the resins thereof may be at least partially hydrolysable but not solutionable in a hot caustic bath, enabling separation of the label from the article during recycling. Further disclosed is a method providing for the separation of labels from the articles, and further disclosed are labeled articles employing the coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Schottland, Robert Mateuszczyk, Saverio Lucci, Yongping Zha
  • Patent number: 9976057
    Abstract: Provided is a coating composition that include a first resin having a Tg above about 25° C. and a second resin having a Tg above about 50° C. The coating composition and/or resins thereof are at least partially hydrolysable in a hot caustic solution. Further provided are a method for applying the coating composition to a label substrate, a label substrate coated with the coating composition, and a recycling method. Sleeve labels for articles such as containers may be formed from label substrates by forming a bonded seam with the coating composition. The coating composition maintains the bond in the seam during sleeve label shrinking and during article life. Label removal during recycling is relatively easy, as the coating composition in the seam de-bonds in a hot caustic solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Schottland, Robert Mateuszczyk, Saverio Lucci, Yongping Zha
  • Patent number: 9617414
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a polymer composition including a polyolefin and a polyester containing first repeating units of general structure wherein Rx is an organic group having a chain length of at least 8 atoms, n1 is the number of first repeating units in the polyester. Such polymer composition is homogeneous and may be used as an alternative for pure polyolefin showing improved printability and oxygen permeability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION, SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Robbert Duchateau, Maria Soliman, Johannes Peter Antonius Martens, Renate Tandler, Mark Petrus Franciscus Pepels
  • Patent number: 9492951
    Abstract: Ophthalmic device molds made from at least one water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer, ophthalmic devices such as ocular inserts and contact lenses and including silicone hydrogel devices formed using these molds, packaged ophthalmic devices present in a solution comprising the at least one water-soluble vinyl alcohol copolymer, and related methods are described. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic devices can use wet demolding processes, or wet delensing processes or both wet demolding and wet delensing processes involving dissolving the molds in water or an aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: CooperVision International Holding Company, LP
    Inventors: Neil Goodenough, David Robert Morsley, Ian Bruce, Edyta S. Bialek, Lee Darren Norris
  • Patent number: 9334608
    Abstract: Disclosed are a polyester fiber having excellent antibacterial performance, deodorizing performance, and stain resistance together with sufficient durability; a method for producing the same; a cloth; a textile product; and a polyester formed article. The polyester fiber, cloth, or polyester formed article has a pH of less than 7.0 achieved by subjecting a polyester fiber, a cloth, or a polyester formed article containing a polyester copolymerized with an ester-forming metal sulfonate compound and/or an ester-forming phosphonium sulfonate compound to an acid treatment, or alternatively by applying a processing liquid having a pH of less than 7.0 to a polyester fiber, a cloth, or a polyester formed article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: TEIJIN FRONTIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuaki Ogata, Akio Ukuma, Ryou Yasumitu, Kazuhiro Morishima, Tomoko Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9156973
    Abstract: A polymer article includes a meltprocessable blend of a melt-viscid fluoropolymer and a liquid crystalline polymer. Methods are presented for preparing a meltprocessable blend from a melt-viscid fluoropolymer and liquid crystalline polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lakshmi Supriya, Christopher M. Comeaux, Mathilde Leboeuf
  • Patent number: 9040630
    Abstract: Provided herein are graft copolymers of polyfarnesenes with condensation polymers; and methods of making and using the graft copolymers disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the condensation polymers include polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, polyethers, phenol-formaldehyde resins, urea-formaldehyde resins, melamine-formaldehyde resins and combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the polyfarnesenes include farnesene homopolymers derived from a farnesene, and farnesene interpolymers derived from a farnesene and at least a vinyl monomer. In certain embodiments, the farnesene is prepared from a sugar by using a microorganism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: AMYRIS, INC.
    Inventor: Derek James McPhee
  • Publication number: 20150141578
    Abstract: The reinforcing element (R) comprises a surface layer (C1, C2) having a degree of crystallinity Tc and an atomic percentage of oxygen element Pc and an internal layer (C3) having a degree of crystallinity Ti and an atomic percentage of oxygen element Pi satisfying Ti/Tc?1.10, Pi/Pc<1. Each surface layer (C1, C2) and internal layer (C3) is made of polyester.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Hélène Decorps, David Doisneau, Eve-Anne Filiol, Lina Henao, Jérôme Pulpytel, Xavier Callies, Farzaneh Arefi-Khonseri, Olivier Carton
  • Patent number: 9034990
    Abstract: Injection molded articles and process of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include providing a polyolefin including one or more propylene heterophasic copolymers, the polyolefin having an ethylene content of at least 10 wt. % based on the total weight of the polyolefin; contacting the polyolefin with a polylactic acid and a reactive modifier to form a compatiblized polymeric blend, wherein the reactive modifier is produced by contacting a polypropylene, a multifunctional acrylate comonomer, and an initiator under conditions suitable for the formation of a glycidyl methacrylate grafted polypropylene (PP-g-GMA) having a grafting yield in a range from 1 wt. % to 15 wt. %; and injection molding the compatibilized polymeric blend into an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, John Ashbaugh, Gabriel Desille, Caroline Schils
  • Patent number: 9018300
    Abstract: Molding compositions comprising: a composition (I) present in an amount of 10 to 100% by weight, based on the molding composition, wherein the composition (I) comprises: (A) 40 to 95% by weight, based on the composition (I), of a copolymer comprising: ?-methylstyrene in an amount of 55 to 90% by weight, acrylonitrile in an amount of 10 to 50% by weight, and one or more other monomers in an amount of 0 to 5% by weight, wherein the percentages by weight of the ?-methylstyrene, the acrylonitrile and the one or more other monomers are based on the weight of component (A); (B) 2.5 to 75% by weight, based on the composition (I), of a polymer comprising: a vinylaromatic monomer in an amount of 60 to 90% by weight, acrylonitrile in an amount of 8.01 to 39.8% by weight, and maleic anhydride in an amount of 0.2 to 1.99% by weight, wherein the percentages by weight of the vinylaromatic monomer, the acrylonitrile and the maleic anhydride are based on the weight of component (B); and (C) 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Styrolution Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Klaus Muehlbach, Peter Ittemann, Stefan Grutke, Nicolas Inchaurrondo
  • Patent number: 8957164
    Abstract: An unsaturated polyester resin composition comprising an unsaturated polyester, an acetoacetate functional monomer; a multifunctional di- or tri-acrylate monomer; and an allyl ether-functional monomer/oligomer, wherein the resin composition is substantially free of styrene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: The Sherwin-Williams Company
    Inventor: David M. Parish
  • Patent number: 8927655
    Abstract: Flame-retardant material comprising: a matrix comprising, preferably consisting of, at least one organic polymer; a flame-retardant agent selected from metal hydroxides; and a coupling agent forming an interface between the matrix and the flame-retardant agent; wherein the matrix comprises at least 50% by mass of at least one biopolymer, and the coupling agent consists of a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate (EVA), comprising at least 40% by mass of vinyl acetate (VA), grafted with maleic anhydride. Electrical installation box or electrical cable tube, conduit, comprising said material. Use of said material for manufacturing electrical installation boxes or electrical cable tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Alexander Siegrist, Per Eriksson
  • Patent number: 8921487
    Abstract: A method and system for oxygen molecule scavenging is disclosed. The system employs as a novel terpolymer as the reducing agent for oxygen molecules. The terpolymer is the polymerization product of macrocyclic poly(alkylene dicarboxylate) oligomer, unsaturated functional polymer, and epoxy-functional styrene-acrylate oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: PolyOne Corporation
    Inventors: Ling Hu, Roger W. Avakian
  • Patent number: 8877343
    Abstract: The present invention provides a laminated polyester film which can be prevented from suffering from occurrence of interference fringes owing to reflection of external light and is excellent in adhesion to various surface functional layers such as a hard coat. The laminated polyester film of the present invention comprises a polyester film and a coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polyester film which is produced by applying a coating solution comprising a compound having a condensed polycyclic aromatic structure and an oxazoline compound or an epoxy compound thereonto, which coating layer has a thickness of 0.04 to 0.15 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
    Inventors: Taishi Kawasaki, Masato Fujita
  • Patent number: 8859682
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tape-like packaging element made from a polyester-based plastic tape, the plastic tape comprising at least one splicing inhibitor, wherein the splicing inhibitor is a thermoplastic, styrene-based polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Teufelberger Gesellschaft m.b.H.
    Inventors: Thomas Krziwanek, Klaus Brzezowsky
  • Patent number: 8859678
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoplastic composition comprising at least one thermoplastic matrix; and at least one copolymer obtained by copolymerization of C1-C4 alkyl methacrylate, a C1-C8 alkyl acrylate comonomer, and a styrene monomer. The invention also relates to molded bodies based on said thermoplastic composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Disson, Rosangela Pirri
  • Patent number: 8852747
    Abstract: The invention relates to coextrusion binders including renewable and/or biodegradable polymers having good adhesion properties: at least one renewable and/or biodegradable polymer (A) grafted with a functional monomer including at least one reactive function, the grafting ratio being <1% in weight of the grafted polymer (A); at least one non-grafted renewable and/or biodegradable polymer (B) identical to (A) or compatible with (A) optionally a softener (C); and optionally a starch-based material (D). The invention also relates to multilayered structures including the binder of the present invention, in which the layers are preferably made of renewable and/or biodegradable compounds. The multilayered structures are advantageously useful in the field of food packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Fabrice Chopinez, Johann Laffargue, Jeau-Laurent Pradel, Damien Rauline, Samuel Devisme
  • Patent number: 8785558
    Abstract: Methods for forming high molecular weight chain-extended condensation polymers are disclosed. The methods include adding a chain extender during the polymerization process of a condensation polymer to provide a chain-extended condensation polymer, wherein the chain extender comprises a polymerization product of at least one epoxy-functional (meth)acrylic monomer, and at least one styrenic and/or (meth)acrylic monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF Corporation
    Inventors: Gary A. Deeter, Marco A. Villalobos
  • Patent number: 8785557
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of aqueous hybrid binders for producing coating compositions, more particularly in high-gloss coating materials (high-gloss paints), and also to a process for their preparation with low residual monomer content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Sebastian Roller, Roelof Balk, Rolf Dersch
  • Patent number: 8753741
    Abstract: A fine denier poly(trimethylene arylate) spun drawn fiber is characterized by high denier uniformity. A process for preparing uniform fine denier yarns at spinning speeds of 4000 to 6000 m/min is further disclosed. The poly(trimethylene arylate) fiber hereof comprises 0.1 to 3% by weight of polystyrene dispersed therewithin. Fabrics prepared therefrom are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: W. Douglas Bates
  • Patent number: 8716404
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(trimethylene terephthalate), or poly(butylene terephthalate), and about 0.2 to about 30 weight % of a modifier comprising fatty acid-modified ionomer where the ionomer is derived from an ethylene acid copolymer in which the combined acid moieties of the fatty acid and acid copolymer are at least partially neutralized with cations of magnesium, calcium, zinc, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Charles John Talkowski
  • Patent number: 8697804
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition comprising or produced from poly(trimethylene terephthalate), an ionomer of an ethylene acid copolymer comprising copolymerized units of at least one ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid comonomer, a nucleating agent and optionally an ethylene ester copolymer. Also disclosed are articles prepared from the composition. Also disclosed is a process for preparing the compositions, including methods for controlling the melt viscosity and strain hardening of the compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Charles John Talkowski
  • Patent number: 8697245
    Abstract: A biodegradable injection mouldable polymer composition including on a dry weight basis from 45-85% w/w by weight of a starch and/or a modified high amylose starch, from 2-15% w/w by weight of a water soluble polymer preferably selected from polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate and copolymers of ethylene and vinyl alcohol which have a melting point compatible with the molten state of the starch components, and from 5-45% w/w by weight of one or more polyol plasticizers having a molecular weight in the range of 50-6000, more preferably 50-2500, and still more preferably 100-400 and preferably selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, glycerol, maltitol, xylitol, mannitol, erythritol, polyglycerol, glycerol trioleate, tributyl citrate, acetyl tri-ethyl citrate, glyceryl triacetate, 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,3-pentanediol diisobutyrate, polyethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol or polyethylene glycol; more preferably glycerol, maltitol, sorbitol, erythritol and xylitol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Plantic Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Kishan Khemani, Nicholas John McCaffrey, Rulande Henderson
  • Patent number: 8680206
    Abstract: A polyester film includes a polyester layer (W layer) containing an aromatic polyester resin (A) and a component (B) incompatible with the polyester resin (A), wherein the incompatible component (B) contains an acid-denaturated polyolefin resin (b2) and is dispersed as dispersion pieces with a flatness of 10 or higher in the polyester layer (W layer), and wherein volume occupancy of the dispersion pieces in the polyester layer (W layer) is 3 vol % to less than 50 vol %, and volume occupancy of voids in the polyester layer (W layer) is less than 3 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shigeru Aoyama, Akikazu Kikuchi, Kozo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8648143
    Abstract: Processes for producing thermoplastic molding compositions, which comprise a) from 3 to 79% by weight of one or more (methyl)styrene-acrylonitrile copolymers, which have no maleic-anhydride-derived units, b) from 15 to 91% by weight of one or more polyamides, c) from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more rubbers, d) from 1 to 25% by weight of one or more compatibilizers, e) from 0 to 2% by weight of one or more low-molecular-weight compounds which comprise a dicarboxylic anhydride group, f) from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more fibrous or particulate fillers, and g) from 0 to 40% by weight of further additives, by producing a melt comprising components A, B, and C in a first step and subsequently incorporating D, Also, thermoplastic molding compositions obtainable by these processes, the use of these thermoplastic molding compositions, and moldings, fibers, and foils comprising these thermoplastic molding compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Styrolution GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Weber, Marko Blinzler, Norbert Güntherberg
  • Patent number: 8642701
    Abstract: Injection stretch blow molded (ISBM) articles containing a bio-based polymers and methods of forming the same are described herein. The method generally includes providing a propylene-based polymer; contacting the propylene-based polymer with polylactic acid to form a polymeric blend; injection molding the blend into a preform; and stretch-blowing the preform into an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, Luyi Sun, John Ashbaugh, David Rauscher, Leland Daniels, Robert Dotter
  • Publication number: 20140023817
    Abstract: An elastomeric polymer composition is disclosed that is wear resistant at a broad range of temperatures. The composition contains a thermoplastic elastomer, such as a thermoplastic polyester elastomer, that forms a polymer matrix in products made from the polymer composition. The polymer composition may also contain a fluoropolymer and/or unmodified or functionalized ultra-high molecular weight polyolefin particles, such as ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Mukul Kaushik, Dirk Zierer, Deiwes Jose Rigoletti Orloski, Suzanne Renee Redding, Simone Pereira Orosco, Guert Ruecker
  • Patent number: 8586192
    Abstract: Polymeric compositions and processes of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include contacting a polyolefin with a polylactic acid in the presence of at least 800 ppm of radical initiator under extrusion conditions to produce a polyolefin-polylactic acid copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, John Ashbaugh, David Rauscher, Robert Dotter
  • Patent number: 8563655
    Abstract: A film of poly(trimethylene arylate) and a polystyrene wherein the polystyrene concentration is in the range of 0.5 to 40 weight %. Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and polystyrene are particularly useful. Also, disclosed are processes for preparing the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: W. Douglas Bates, Brett Collin Dobrick
  • Patent number: 8557919
    Abstract: Provided are polymeric films that include a polyolefin and at least one cavitating agent including a poly(alkylene terephthalate) of formula (I); wherein n, representing the number of methylene segments in the repeating unit, is 3 or an integer greater than or equal to 5; p, representing the degree of polymerization, is an integer greater than 1. The polymeric film may be an opaque polymeric film. A preferred cavitating agent is poly(trimethylene terephthalate). Also provided are methods for making such polymeric films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
  • Patent number: 8557918
    Abstract: Compositions comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes, a host polymer, and A block copolymer comprising a first block and a second block, wherein no block is compatible with the host polymer. In one aspect, the block copolymer is amphiphilic. In another aspect, the block copolymer may comprise a first block and a second block, wherein at least one of the first and second blocks comprises repeating units derived from a monomer having the general formula: (R)2C?C(R)(Rf) wherein Rf is selected from fluorine, a C1 to C10 fluorinated or perfluorinated alkyl group, and a C1 to C10 fluorinated or perfluorinated alkoxy group; each R is independently selected from F, H, Cl, Rf, a C1 to C10 alkyl group, and R2A, wherein R2 is a C1 to C10 alkylene group and A is selected from CO2M and SO3M, wherein M is selected from H, an ammonium and organo onium group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: James M. Nelson, Ryan E. Marx, John W. Longabach
  • Publication number: 20130258622
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a cross-linkable polymer composition, a core layer for an information carrying card comprising such cross-linked composition, resulting information carrying card, and methods of making the same. A crosslinkable polymer composition comprises a curable base polymer resin in a liquid or paste form, and a particulate thermoplastic filler. The base polymer resin is selected from the group consisting of urethane acrylate, silicone acrylate, epoxy acrylate, urethane, acrylate, silicone and epoxy. The particulate thermoplastic filler may be polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a copolymer of vinyl chloride and at least another monomer, or a polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a compound or blend thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: X-CARD HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Cox
  • Patent number: 8530577
    Abstract: Injection molded articles and process of forming the same are described herein. The processes generally include providing a polyolefin including one or more propylene heterophasic copolymers, the polyolefin having an ethylene content of at least 10 wt. % based on the total weight of the polyolefin; contacting the polyolefin with a polylactic acid and a reactive modifier to form a compatiblized polymeric blend, wherein the reactive modifier is produced by contacting a polypropylene, a multifunctional acrylate comonomer, and an initiator under conditions suitable for the formation of a glycidyl methacrylate grafted polypropylene (PP-g-GMA) having a grafting yield in a range from 1 wt. % to 15 wt. %; and injection molding the compatibilized polymeric blend into an article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Fengkui Li, John Ashbaugh, Gabriel Desille, Caroline Schils
  • Patent number: 8519053
    Abstract: A flooring product is provided which has at least one layer including a polymeric binder comprising homo-polymer PVC resin and thermoplastic, high molecular weight polyester resin or highly viscous polyester resin. The polyester resin comprises renewable components, and can be amorphous or crystalline in nature. A flooring product is described that comprises a renewable or recycle content that classifies the product for points under the LEED system for commercial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Tian, Gary A. Sigel, Fang Qiao, Rebecca L. Winey, Jeffrey S. Ross
  • Patent number: 8507638
    Abstract: Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and cyclohexanedimethanol residues. The polyesters have a desirable combination of inherent viscosity and glass transition temperature (“Tg”). The polyesters can have an inherent viscosity from 0.35 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g/100 ml at 25° C. and a Tg of 85 to 115° C. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles or sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, Thomas Joseph Pecorini, Douglas Stephen McWilliams, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell, Ted Calvin Germroth, Benjamin Fredrick Barton, Damon Bryan Shackelford