With Nitrogen-containing Reactant Patents (Class 527/312)
  • Patent number: 11732185
    Abstract: A friction reducer includes a polysaccharide-graft-water-soluble polymer is provided. A polysaccharide in an amount of from about 0.1 to 50% by weight (wt. %) may make up the polysaccharide-graft-water-soluble polymer. A wellbore treatment fluid is provided that includes an aqueous base fluid and the friction reducer in an amount up to about 10% of the wellbore treatment fluid. A method of using a wellbore treatment fluid includes the step of introducing the wellbore treatment fluid as previously provided into a wellbore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: SAUDI ARAMCO OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Wenwen Li, Rajesh Saini, Shawn Rimassa
  • Patent number: 11697693
    Abstract: Large molecular weight alginates which are covalently modified to store and release nitric oxide, as well as methods of making and use thereof, are disclosed herein. The covalently modified alginates may be tailored to release nitric oxide in a controlled manner and are useful for eradication of both planktonic and biofilm-based bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Mark H. Schoenfisch, Mona Jasmine R. Ahonen, Dakota J. Suchyta, Kaitlyn Rose Rouillard
  • Patent number: 11654195
    Abstract: The present invention provides an eco-friendly smart photosensitizer comprising a conjugate of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose and porfimer sodium photosensitizer, and a photo-stem cell therapy product comprising the photosensitizer. The photosensitizer of the present invention can be advantageously used in various fields including anticancer therapy, stem cell therapy, and the like, without side effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Wang Kim, Jung Ok Lee, Hyun Ji Kim, Hyun Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11459754
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mineral fiber insulating board comprising i) spraying a formaldehyde-free aqueous binder solution onto a plurality of mineral fibers to provide uncured binder disposed on the plurality of mineral fibers, ii) passing the plurality of mineral fibers having uncured binder disposed thereon through a curing oven to cure the uncured binder and provide the mineral fiber insulating board with a cured binder disposed on the plurality of mineral fibers in about 0.5%-15% by weight as determined by loss on ignition, wherein the binder is based on reducing sugar(s) and the cured binder includes at least one reaction product of the reducing sugar(s) and an amine reactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: Knauf Insulation, Inc., Knauf Insulation SPRL
    Inventors: Roger Jackson, Tony Aindow, George Baybutt
  • Patent number: 11072668
    Abstract: Large molecular weight alginates which are covalently modified to store and release nitric oxide, as well as methods of making and use thereof, are disclosed herein. The covalently modified alginates may be tailored to release nitric oxide in a controlled manner and are useful for eradication of both planktonic and biofilm-based bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Mark H. Schoenfisch, Mona Jasmine R. Ahonen, Dakota J. Suchyta, Kaitlyn Rose Rouillard
  • Patent number: 10961390
    Abstract: Provided is a binder composition including polylysine and at least one reducing sugar or a derivative thereof, wherein the polylysine has, in a 1H NMR spectrum thereof, a first peak at 3.2 ppm to 3.4 ppm and a second peak at 3.8 ppm to 4.0 ppm, wherein a ratio (A:B) of an area of the first peak (A) to an area of the second peak (B) is 70:30 to 98:2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: CJ CHEILJEDANG CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Eun Kim, Chang Suk Lee, Jun Ok Moon, Young Lyeol Yang, Chang Yub Oh, Hang Duk Roh, Do Yong Sim, Kwang Myung Cho, Jin Woo Choi
  • Patent number: 10916790
    Abstract: An electrolyte membrane is prepared from a liquid composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of trivalent cerium, tetravalent cerium, bivalent manganese and trivalent manganese; and a polymer with a cation-exchange group. The liquid composition is preferably one containing water, a carbonate of cerium or manganese, and a polymer with a cation-exchange group, and a cast film thereof is used as an electrolyte membrane to prepare a membrane-electrode assembly. The present invention successfully provides a membrane-electrode assembly for polymer electrolyte fuel cells being capable of generating the electric power in high energy efficiency, having high power generation performance regardless of the dew point of the feed gas, and being capable of stably generating the electric power over a long period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Hisao Kawazoe, Eiji Endoh, Hideki Nakagawa, Shinji Terazono
  • Patent number: 10563024
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present technology may include a carbohydrate binder composition. The carbohydrate binder composition may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst. The catalyst may catalyze a reaction between the carbohydrate and the nitrogen-containing compound. The catalyst may be water soluble in the composition but may become water insoluble after curing the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventor: Kiarash Alavi
  • Patent number: 10457750
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a solid thermoset foam includes the following successive stages: (a) providing an expandable and thermosetting composition including a first reactant chosen from reducing sugars and a second reactant chosen from primary amines, primary amine acid addition salts, secondary amines, secondary amine acid addition salts, and ammonium salts of formula Rn?(NH4+)n where n is an integer at least equal to 1 and Rn? represents the residue of an organic or inorganic acid; (b) introducing the expandable and thermosetting composition into a mold or applying the expandable composition to a support so as to form a film having a thickness at least equal to 1 mm; and (c) heating the expandable and thermosetting composition to a temperature at least equal to 140° C. to react the first reactant with the second reactant and to form, by polymerization and chemical foaming, a block of solid thermoset foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventor: Marie Savonnet
  • Patent number: 10047171
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I): wherein: —n is an integer comprised between 1 and 7; —X1 is in particular a radical of formula —CH2—S—(CH2)k—S—; —A1 is in particular a linear or branched alkylene radical comprising from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and —X2 is in particular an alkoxy group of formula ORa, wherein Ra is a linear or branched alkyl group comprising from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT DES CORPS GRAS ETUDES ET RECHERCHES TECHNIQUES-ITERG, INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX, INSTITUT TECHNOLOGIQUE FCBA
    Inventors: Henri Cramail, Stéphane Jean-Pierre Albert Grelier, Frédérique Pichavant, Denilson Da Silva Perez, Carine Alfos, Maud Suzanne Chemin
  • Patent number: 9914797
    Abstract: A rheology modifier including: a water-dispersible, alkali-swellable crosslinked polyacrylate copolymer including 0.02 to 5 weight percent of polysaccharide grafts, based on a total weight of the copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: ROHM AND HAAS CHEMICALS LLC, UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Eric P. Wasserman, Marianne P. Creamer
  • Patent number: 9504707
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is the use of cationically modified polysaccharides, except for chitosan, for direct neutralization of heparin in blood and physiological fluids in a mammal. Cationic modification of the polysaccharides is achieved using compound containing cationic ammonium groups and/or the polysaccharides are grafted with a polymer containing amine and/or ammonium groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI
    Inventors: Maria Nowakowska, Krzysztof Szczubiałka, Kamil Kamiński
  • Patent number: 9175206
    Abstract: Gellable treatment fluids may have their gel times modified by using a polymer mixture therein that contains two or more polymers having disparate average molecular weights. Methods for treating a subterranean formation using such gellable treatment fluids can comprise providing a gellable treatment fluid comprising a polymer mixture and a crosslinking agent, introducing the gellable treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, and allowing the gellable treatment fluid to form a gel in the subterranean formation. The polymer mixture comprises a base polymer and an addend polymer, where the base polymer and the addend polymer each comprise an acrylamide monomer unit or a derivative thereof and have different average molecular weights, such that a molecular weight distribution of the polymer mixture contains at least two local maxima.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: B. Raghava Reddy, Larry S. Eoff, Freddy Crespo
  • Patent number: 9072684
    Abstract: Polyelectrolyte resulting from polymerization, for 100 mol %, of: a) a molar ratio ?50% and ?99% of monomer units originating from at least one cationic monomer; b) a molar ratio >1% and ?50% of monomer units originating from at least one monomer including a fully or partially salified free weak acid function; c) optionally a molar ratio >0 mol % and ?5 mol % of monomer units originating from at least one monomer of formula A-C(?O)—O—[(CH2—CH(R1)—O]n—R (I), where n is, independently, a number from 1 to 50, A is a monovalent unsaturated aliphatic radical having 2 to 6 carbon atoms, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl radical, or an ethyl radical, and R is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon radical having 8 to 30 carbon atoms; and d) optionally a molar ratio >0% and ?1% of a diethylene or polyethylene cross-linking monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SOCIETE D'EXPLOITATION DE PRODUITS POUR LES INDUSTRIES CHIMIQUES SEPPIC
    Inventors: Olivier Braun, Paul Mallo
  • Patent number: 9068286
    Abstract: Provided are nonwoven polymeric fiber webs using an improved curable composition. Such curable composition comprises an aldehyde or ketone and an amine salt of an inorganic acid. The composition when applied to polymeric fibers is cured to form a water-insoluble polymer binder which exhibits good adhesion and thermodimensional stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, James Patrick Hamilton, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 8900495
    Abstract: A binder based predominantly on molasses which incorporates both polymeric and monomeric polycarboxylic acid components to form a composite including both melanoidin and polyester polymeric structures. The binder incorporates the chemical profile of molasses with a mixture of polycarboxylic acids which combines to form a strong and weatherable binder composition which may be used to bind loosely or non-assembled matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation
    Inventors: Benedicte Pacorel, Carl A Hampson
  • Patent number: 8895686
    Abstract: Disclosed are soil additives capable of hydrophilizing soil particles and/or increase available water capacity in soil. The soil additive are capable of increasing the available water content/capacity (AWC) in soils, the additive in one embodiment comprising a polymer composition having a hydrophilic portion and a hydrophobic portion, wherein the hydrophobic portion of the copolymer binds with the soil particle surface and the hydrophilic portion of the copolymer can bind with water. This results in the prevention, arrest or decelerated loss of water from the targeted area, for example the plant root zone, which allows for improved water usage efficiency by plants, grasses, vegetation, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Zhiyun Chen, Jean-Christophe Castaing, Marie-Pierre Labeau
  • Publication number: 20140323618
    Abstract: A binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and polyamine is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Uncured fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a polyamine are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KNAUF INSULATION
    Inventors: Charles Fitch APPLEY, Carl A. HAMPSON, Gert R. MUELLER, Benedicte PACOREL
  • Patent number: 8871922
    Abstract: A molecule possessing a primary or secondary amino group and an additional functionality capable of providing a novel or improved property to a cellulose material has been permanently attached to the cellulose material in aqueous media using a water-soluble carbodiimide as the coupling agent/activator. One such molecule is 5-aminofluorescein (abbreviated as “A-fluo”) and one such cellulose material is a papermaking pulp. Papers made from a pulp furnish containing, for example, 0.01 wt. % of the “A-fluo”-attached pulp show an embedded marker feature authenticable upon UV or visible light excitation. The “A-fluo”-attached pulp can also be used for the marking and identification of a pulp furnish.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: FPInnovations
    Inventors: Thomas Q. Hu, Ali Hayek
  • Patent number: 8859706
    Abstract: The invention relates to a bioactive hydrogel as a hybrid material of heparin and star-branched polyethylene glycol with functionalized end groups, wherein the heparin is bound directly by reaction of the carboxyl groups activated with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimides/N-hydroxysulfosuccinimide (EDC/s-NHS) with the terminal amino groups of the polyethylene glycol covalently by amide bonds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Zetascience GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Werner, Uwe Freudenberg, Dorit Meinhold, Marie-Francoise Gouzy, Petra Welzel
  • Publication number: 20140294515
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing polymers that are suitable for absorbing and storing aqueous liquids, and to polymers that can be obtained by this method. This invention further related to the use of such polymers. The method comprises the following steps: i. crosslinking free-radical polymerization of a monomer composition M comprising a) at least one monomer A having an ethylenic double bond and at least one neutralizable acid group or a group hydrolyzable to a neutralizable acid group, b) optionally one or more comonomers B which are different than the monomers A and have one ethylenic double bond, and c) 0.05 to 10% by weight, based on the total amount of monomers A and B, of at least one crosslinker C, in the presence of at least one polysaccharide-comprising substance S, in an aqueous liquid, where the weight ratio of the monomer composition M to the substance S is in the range from 9:1 to 1:9; and ii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Diamantoglou, Christoph Hartmann
  • Patent number: 8747953
    Abstract: The present invention provides stable aqueous thermosetting binder compositions having a total solids content of 15 wt. % or higher, preferably, 20 wt. % or higher, and having extended shelf life comprising one or more reducing sugar, one or more primary amine compound, and one or more stabilizer acid or salt having a pKa of 8.5 or less. The total amount of stabilizer used may range from 5 to 200 mole %, based on the total moles of primary amine present in the binder. The stabilizer may be an organic stabilizer chosen from a monocarboxylic acid, a dicarboxylic acid, a fatty acid, an acid functional fatty acid ester, an acid functional fatty acid ether, or an inorganic stabilizer chosen from a mineral acid, a mineral acid amine or ammonia salt, and a Lewis acid, and mixtures thereof. The compositions can be used to provide binders for substrate materials including, for example, glass fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: William Christopher Finch, Charles James Rand, C. Damien Rodowski, Barry Weinstein, Drew Elliot Williams
  • Patent number: 8648144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming fibers. First and second precursors, each possessing a core and at least one functional group known to have click reactivity, are mixed. The mixed precursors are then extruded under heat to cross-link during fiber production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Sofradim Production, Covidien LP
    Inventors: Ahmad Robert Hadba, Sébastien Ladet
  • Patent number: 8614285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel photosensitizer based on polymer derivatives-photosensitizer conjugates for photodynamic therapy capable of being selectively accumulated in cancerous tissues and producing singlet oxygen or free radical by laser irradiation. The polymer derivatives-photosensitizer conjugates for photodynamic therapy are prepared as nano-sized particles, and have excellent selection and accumulation ratio for cancerous tissues. The photosensitizer conjugates can produce singlet oxygen or free radical by a specific laser wavelength. Owing to the excellent selection and accumulation ratio for cancerous tissues, the conjugates minimizes photo-cytotoxicity of the conventional photosensitizer having a low molecular amount. Accordingly, the conjugates are very useful as a photosensitizes for photodynamic therapy with reduced side effects and excellent therapeutic effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ick-Chan Kwon, Kui-Won Choi, Kwang-Meyung Kim, In-Chan Youn, Jong-Ho Kim, Kyeong-Soon Park
  • Publication number: 20130272989
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a graft copolymer including a polysaccharide as a main chain and a phosphorylcholine analogous group-containing monomer as a side chain, and a composition for skin and hair care including the copolymer as an active ingredient. The graft copolymer according to the present invention exhibits more improved moisturizing capacity and better biocompatibility than the existing polysaccharide-based graft copolymer by introducing a phosphorylcholine analogous group-containing compound, and accordingly, the composition for hair and skin care including the same also has improved moisturizing capacity, protection capacity of damaged hair, skin affinity, a skin barrier function, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: KCI Limited
    Inventors: Mae In Lee, In Sun Han, Ho Jin Lee, Han Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 8465581
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of producing a stable acid denatured soy/urea adhesive having improved wet and dry strengths, with more efficient production and lower production costs. The method comprises combining urea with soy flour that has been acid treated until denatured and substantially free from urease activity. The soy flour is preferably lowered to a pH of 2.0 to 4.0 for at least 1 minute. Optionally, the method may also include adding a crosslinking agent, diluent or both to the soy flour/urea adhesive and/or adding an emulsified or dispersed polymer. Adhesives and dispersions prepared according to the methods of this invention offer increased stability and strength properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: James M. Wescott, Michael J. Birkeland
  • Patent number: 8450441
    Abstract: A polymer containing an N-linked sialo-glycan wherein a sialo-glycan is condensed to a ?-polyglutamic acid using a chemical compound having an amino group on one end and a carboxyl group on another end and represented by the structural formula (I). Formula (I) (In the formula, Z means a hydroxy group or a residue represented by the formula (II), and n represents an integer of 10 or more, with the proviso that any one or more of the Z's is represented by the formula in (II).) Formula (II) (In the formula, X means a hydroxy group or an acetylamino group, Y1 and Y2 mean a hydroxyl group or an N-acetylneuraminic acid residue, L means a hydrocarbon, an m represents 0 or an integer of 1 or 2, with the proviso that Y1 and Y2 are not the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: National University Corporation Shizuoka University, Shizuoka Prefectural Universities Corporation, Yamasa Corporation
    Inventors: Taiichi Usui, Takeomi Murata, Takashi Suzuki, Ilpal Jwa, Yusuke Ohba, Tomoki Hamamoto, Toshitada Noguchi
  • Patent number: 8445588
    Abstract: A water soluble copolymer includes first and second hydrophilic block segments or graft chains. The first hydrophilic block segment or graft chain contains cyclodextrin groups in at least a majority of its repeating units, and the second hydrophilic block segment or graft chain contains repeating units other than cyclodextrin groups. The first and second block segments or graft chains are covalently linked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Peter X. Ma, Jianxiang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8426528
    Abstract: Processes for preparing crosslinked polymers using biomass derived materials, such as aldaric acids and derivatives, are provided. The polymers can be used as hydrogels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Mark Allen Andrews, Garret D. Figuly, Henry Keith Chenault
  • Patent number: 8404662
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Cerulean Pharma Inc., Insert Therapeutics, Inc., Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark Davis, Kay T. Khin
  • Patent number: 8399431
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Cerulean Pharma Inc., Insert Therapeutics, Inc., Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark E. Davis, Kay T. Khin
  • Publication number: 20130059075
    Abstract: A binder comprising the products of a carbohydrate reactant and polyamine is disclosed. The binder is useful for consolidating loosely assembled matter, such as fibers. Uncured fibrous products comprising fibers in contact with a carbohydrate reactant and a polyamine are also disclosed. The binder composition may be cured to yield a fibrous product comprising fibers bound by a cross-linked polymer. Further disclosed are methods for binding fibers with the carbohydrate reactant and polyamine based binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: KNAUF INSULATION
    Inventors: Charles Fitch Appley, Carl A. Hampson, Gert R. Mueller, Benedicte Pacorel
  • Patent number: 8389661
    Abstract: The invention relates to an amphiphilic-BMP polymer complex which is physically and chemically stable and soluble in water, characterized in that: the amphiphilic polymers comprise a hydrophilic polysaccharide skeleton functionalized with hydrophobic substituents and hydrophilic groups the BMP is selected from the group of therapeutically active BMPs (Bone morphogenetic Proteins), the polymer/BMP mass ratio is lower than or equal to 700. The invention also relates to the process for preparing the amphiphilic-BMP polymer complex in an aqueous medium and in the absence of organic solvents likely to denature the protein. The invention also relates to therapeutic compositions of an amphiphilic-BMP polymer complex according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: ADOCIA
    Inventors: Gerard Soula, Olivier Soula, Remi Soula
  • Publication number: 20130046071
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic cellulosic composition for preparing a cellulose-based masterbatch and/or a cellulose-based fiber with a networked structure. In one example, the thermoplastic cellulosic composition includes an esterified cellulose present in a range of about 80 wt % to about 95 wt %, polyethylene glycol present in a range of about 4.5 wt % to about 12 wt %, a tri-functional cross-linking agent present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 3 wt %, an initiator present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.15 wt %, and a dispersing agent present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Taiwan Textile Research Institute
  • Patent number: 8372933
    Abstract: Hyperbranched, water-soluble polymers, obtainable by Michael polyaddition of ?-, ?-, or ?-cyclodextrins and amines to bisacrylamides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: L'Urederra Fundacion Para el Desarrollo Tecnologico y Social
    Inventors: Paolo Ferruti, Elisabetta Ranucci, Francesco Trotta, Roberta Cavalli, Claudio Fernandez
  • Patent number: 8354004
    Abstract: A novel filler treatment comprising the preparation of swollen starch compositions, prepared in the presence or absence of co-additives, and the addition of the said composition to a filler suspension, has been developed. Use of the treated filler during papermaking improves filler retention and produces filled papers where addition of the filler has only a minimal negative effect on strength properties. The swollen starch compositions can be prepared in a batch or jet cooker, or by mixing with hot water under controlled conditions (i.e., temperature, pH, mixing, mixing time) in order to make the starch granules swell sufficiently to improve their properties as a filler additive but avoiding excess swelling leading to their rupture. The swollen starch composition is then rapidly mixed with the filler slurry, preferably in a static mixer, and added to the papermaking furnish at a point prior to the headbox of the paper machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: FPInnovations
    Inventor: Makhlouf Laleg
  • Patent number: 8354368
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of water-soluble graft copolymers prepared by free-radically initiated graft polymerization of 40 to 90% by weight of component (A), selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and derivatives thereof, with 5 to 40% by weight of monomers (B), selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated C3-C10 monocarboxylic acids or the alkali or ammonium salts thereof, and 10 to 50% by weight of monomers (C), selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated N-containing monomers and/or ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing sulfo-groups, in cleaning compositions which, as well as the graft polymer, comprise at least one surfactant component, for hydrophilization and/or improvement of shine retention of hard surfaces which have been brought into contact with these cleaning compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Schunicht, Thomas Albers, Ute Lemke, Michael Langen, Rainer Eskuchen
  • Publication number: 20120329974
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer film excellent in performance of inducing Rth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inada, Ryo Nakamura, Masaki Noro
  • Publication number: 20120270210
    Abstract: Provided is a nucleic acid substrate which has nucleic acid substrate characteristics equivalent to those of dATP, has a low substrate specificity for luciferase, exerts no negative effect on enzymatic reactions such as a complementary-strand synthesis, and therefore is particularly suitable for the pyrosequencing method. As a nucleic acid substrate complementary to nucleotide T, a 7-substituted deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate whose 7-position of a purine group is modified by a substituent is used as a substitute for a nucleotide ?-thiotriphosphate analog.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: Masayasu Kuwahara, Tomoharu Kajiyama, Hideki Kambara
  • Patent number: 8278374
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for processes for manufacture of a dry strength paper, methods for imparting dry strength to paper using a cationic starch graft polymer, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Kemira Oyj
    Inventors: Bernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hubbe, Bernhard Jansen
  • Patent number: 8258250
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising a superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer and a carrier and composition comprising a superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer, a micellar thickener and a carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fevola, Frank C. Sun, Joseph J. LiBrizzi, Joseph B. Gardner, Russel M. Walters
  • Patent number: 8232334
    Abstract: A curable aqueous binder composition comprising one or more amine reactant selected from the group consisting of: a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, an ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid, an ammonium salt of a (poly)hydroxy-(poly)carboxylic acid; one or more carbohydrate; and one or more emulsion polymer; and the use thereof as thermosetting binders. Also described are composite materials comprising the curable binder composition, and methods of application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Michael DeWayne Kelly, Haksu Lee, Barry Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20120149006
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and article for storing genetic material or analytes from a biological sample by contacting said biological sample with a cellulose substrate comprising structural units of Formula I wherein X and Y are independently N—O-L-A or O, with the proviso that when Y is O, then X is N—O-L-A, and when X is O, then Y is N—O-L-A; L is a direct bond, an aliphatic radical, an aromatic radical, a cycloaliphatic radical, or a combination thereof; and A=COOH, SO3H, or a combination thereof. The invention also relates to a cellulose substrate comprising the structural units of Formula I, and a method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Omayra Liz Padilla De Jesus, David Roger Moore, William Christopher Alberts
  • Publication number: 20120035340
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reductive amination of a water soluble carbohydrate. An aminated water soluble carbohydrate is a prerequisite in processes for further modification of cellulose. The synthesis of this molecule comprises, providing a water soluble carbohydrate, an amine and a reducing agent, which are reacted under acidic conditions, isolated to give an aminated water soluble carbohydrate with a yield larger than 60%. The invention also relates to an aminated hemicellulose molecule with a molecular weight of at least 1 kDa, especially xyloglucan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: SWETREE TECHNOLOGIES AB
    Inventors: Rikard Slättegård, Marcus Ruda, Harry Brumer
  • Publication number: 20110245447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a thermoplastic cellulosic composition for preparing a cellulose-based masterbatch and/or a cellulose-based fiber with a networked structure. In one example, the thermoplastic cellulosic composition includes an esterified cellulose present in a range of about 80 wt % to about 95 wt %, polyethylene glycol present in a range of about 4.5 wt % to about 12 wt %, a tri-functional cross-linking agent present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 3 wt %, an initiator present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 0.15 wt %, and a dispersing agent present in a range of about 0.01 wt % to about 5 wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: TAIWAN TEXTILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Su-Chen Chen, Sheng-Jen Lin, Nai-Yun Liang, Chao-Huei Liu, Wei-Peng Lin
  • Patent number: 8017553
    Abstract: Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) products for use in agricultural applications, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. Certain of the SAPs include a monomer or a mixture of monomers, selected from acrylic acid, acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylamide, 2-acryloamido-2-methyl-propanesulfonic acid, methacrylic acid, vinyl sulfonic acid, ethyl acrylate, potassium acrylate, derivatives thereof or mixtures thereof, that is graft polymerized onto a starch in the presence of an initiator to form a starch graft copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Absorbent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William McKee Doane, Steven William Doane, Milan H. Savich
  • Publication number: 20110137004
    Abstract: A method of grafting galactomannan-type polysaccharide polymers, preferably guar, to a functional group by irradiation with high energy electron beams in the presence of an unsaturated monomer-compressing the described functional group. The method may include the depolymerization of the grafted polymer to a pre-selected low molecular weight. The preferred galactomannans for treatment according to this method are guar gum, guar splits and hydroxypropyl guar. In a preferred embodiment the guar gum is also depolymerized, preferably to a molecular weight of below about 700,00 Daltons, and most preferably to a molecular weight of between about 100,00 Daltons to about 250,00 Daltons. The depolymerized guar most preferably has a polydispersity of less than about 3.0 and is useful in oil well fracturing to enhance oil production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: RHODIA, INC.
    Inventors: Leo Zhaoqing LIU, Christian PRIOU
  • Patent number: 7947765
    Abstract: Binders to produce or promote cohesion in non or loosely assembled matter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Knauf Insulation GmbH
    Inventors: Brian Lee Swift, Ruijian Xu, Ronald E. Kissell
  • Publication number: 20110118168
    Abstract: Disclosed is the use of water-soluble graft copolymers prepared by free-radically initiated graft polymerization of 40 to 90% by weight of component (A), selected from the group consisting of monosaccharides, oligosaccaharides, polysaccharides and derivatives thereof, with 5 to 40% by weight of monomers (B), selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated C3-C10 monocarboxylic acids or the alkali or ammonium salts thereof, and 10 to 50% by weight of monomers (C), selected from the group consisting of ethylenically unsaturated N-containing monomers and/or ethylenically unsaturated monomers containing sulfo-groups, in cleaning compositions which, as well as the graft polymer, comprise at least one surfactant component, for hydrophilization and/or improvement of shine retention of hard surfaces which have been brought into contact with these cleaning compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: COGNIS IP MANAGEMENT GMBH
    Inventors: Christoph Schunicht, Thomas Albers, Ute Lemke, Michael Langen, Rainer Eskuchen
  • Patent number: 7915340
    Abstract: A cationic starch graft copolymer is prepared by polymerization of monomers a) to d) a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide or mixtures thereof, b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer; c) 0.005-1.5% by weight of at least one bifunctional or higher-functional crosslinking agent, d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c) in the presence of a grafting base e) e) 15˜70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative, the sum of a) to e) being 100% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventors: Bernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hübbe, Bernhard Jansen