Two Or More Carboxylic Acid Or Derivatives Or Mixtures Thereof Patents (Class 528/302)
  • Patent number: 11912821
    Abstract: The present invention provides alkoxylated polymers. The alkoxylated polymers have two or more alkoxylated sites. The alkoxylated polymers can comprise any monomers and/or oligomers that contain one or more functional groups with an active hydrogen. The alkoxylated polymers are useful in any application for which polymers are generally used. For example, the alkoxylated polymers are useful as additives in ink and coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ramasamy Krishnan, Ralph Arcurio, Russell Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11898003
    Abstract: A polyester resin has excellent adhesiveness and excellent grindability. The polyester resin includes a constitutional unit A derived from a carboxylic acid having a cyclic structure and containing 5 or more carboxyl groups, a constitutional unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid, and a constitutional unit derived from a polyhydric alcohol. The constitutional unit A has a content of 0.01 parts by mole or more and 45 parts by mole or less with respect to 100 parts by mole of the constitutional unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid. The hydroxyl value of the polyester resin is 6 mgKOH/g or more and 27 mgKOH/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Yuka Tachibana, Tadahiro Ozawa, Asako Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11898004
    Abstract: An eco-friendly biodegradable molded article, which includes a polyester resin including a diol, an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein a biodegradability per hydrolysis degree of the biodegradable molded article is 1.35 or more, wherein the biodegradability per hydrolysis degree is obtained by dividing a biodegradability after nine weeks by a hydrolysis degree after one week, wherein the biodegradability after nine weeks and the hydrolysis degree after one week are measured by a measurement method below.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ecovance Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Youn Kim, Seong Dong Kim, Hoon Kim, Jun Su Byeon
  • Patent number: 11535744
    Abstract: An amorphous polyester or copolyester composition comprises the reaction product of a crystalline or semicrystalline polyester or copolyester, optionally derived from a recycled waste stream, at least one diol or aromatic diacid or an ester of a diacid or a hydroxycarboxylic acid or a lactone or a dianhydride, and a catalyst, wherein the amorphous composition has a weight average molecular weight of at least 10,000 g/mol (polystyrene equivalent molecular weight) as measured by gel permeation chromatography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DDP SPECIALTY ELECTRONIC MATERIALS US, LLC.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Barger, Stephane Costeux, Michal Elizabeth Porter, Patrick Heider
  • Patent number: 10851202
    Abstract: The present invention concerns polyester resins of General Formula I (HO—[R1R2C(CH2—)]a[—OCOCxHyCO2—]b[—CpHzO—]c—H) or General Formula II (HO—[R1R2C(CH2—)2]a[—OCOCxHyCO2—]b[—CH2CR3(CO2H)CH2O]d—H), wherein R1, R2, a, b, c, d, x, y, p, and z are as defined herein, for use in inks and coating compositions. The polyester resins of the present invention are particularly, but not exclusively, suitable to enhance the adhesion between a printing ink or coating composition and a substrate, especially a plastic substrate, to which it is applied. The polyester adhesion promoters of the invention are compatible with urethane-based inks and coating compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Sun Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph Arcurio, Alex Chudolij, Ramasamy Krishnan, Mark Schneider, Paul Hunt, Paul Smales
  • Patent number: 10836899
    Abstract: A semi-crystalline polyester comprising a repeat unit of the formula: wherein A is an aliphatic, aromatic, or heterocyclic group; R1 is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol residue and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residue; R2 is neopentanediol residue; m is between 50 and 99 inclusive; n is between 1 and 50 inclusive; x is between 1 and 200 inclusive; and wherein said semi-crystalline polyester exhibits a minimum crystallization half-time of about 0.3 minutes or greater, or about 0.5 minutes or greater or about 0.6 minutes or greater or about 0.7 minutes or greater is described. The polyesters of the present invention may in various embodiments demonstrate one or more desirable performance characteristics and accordingly are particularly useful in applications and utilities wherein those high levels of performance for such characteristics are required. A process for forming the semi-crystalline polyester is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: David Scott Porter, Wentao Li, Sarah Exley Goetz, Aireal Denise Pressley, Amit Vasant Desai, Yue Rachel Hu, Steven J. Adams
  • Patent number: 10800877
    Abstract: Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues and/or modifying aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues and 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles, coatings, or sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Howard Smith Carman, Jr., Jack Irvin Killman, Jr., Emmett Dudley Crawford, Jason Christopher Jenkins
  • Patent number: 10774238
    Abstract: A method for curing of a coating of RMA crosslinkable compositions, to RMA crosslinkable compositions and A method for curing of a coating of an RMA crosslinkable composition involving two or more different curing mechanisms, wherein the two or more different curing mechanisms involve a) RMA crosslinking in combination with a second crosslinking reaction between hydroxy groups on the RMA crosslinkable components with polyisocyanates or siloxanes; or b) RMA crosslinking in combination with a second crosslinking reaction with polyamines, with crosslinkable components comprising component B and/or with epoxy groups on the RMA crosslinkable components; or c) RMA crosslinking in combination with a second crosslinking reaction based on auto-oxidative drying of unsaturated groups on the RMA crosslinkable components; or d) RMA crosslinking in combination with a second radical crosslinking reaction of reactive components B on the RMA crosslinkable components; or f) combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Allnex Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Gessner, Dirk Emiel Paula Mestach, Ramesh Subramanian, William Jay Degooyer, Ajaya Nanda, Eric Matthew McCracken
  • Patent number: 10344307
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for the formation of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), in particular 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (2,5-FDCA), and mono- and diester derivatives thereof, via a multistep biocatalytic oxidation reaction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) using, for example, an enzyme selected from the group consisting of xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), galactose oxidase variant M3-5, aldehyde dehydrogenase, and/or ketoreductase. The invention also relates to copolymers that comprise the furandicarboxylic acid monomers and derivatives thereof, processes for the formation of the copolymers and uses for the copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BIOME BIOPLASTICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Law, Paul Mines, Andrew Carnell, Shane Mckenna
  • Patent number: 10174159
    Abstract: Methods of functionalizing ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers and coupling ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers are provided. Suitable ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers include ?-halogenated polyesters and ?-halogenated acrylate-based inimers. Methods include coupling ?-halogenated polyesters and functionalizing ?-halogenated polyesters without polymer cleavage. Certain ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers may be functionalized, crosslinked or, intiate polymerization by inducing the ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers to make a dioxolenium ion intermediate. The ?-halogenated hydroxy acid-based polymers may also be functionalized using a radical trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Coleen Pugh, Colin Wright, Carolyn Scherger, Xiang Yan, Zheng Zhang, Zewei Wang
  • Patent number: 9428316
    Abstract: A two-component curable oxygen-absorbing composition comprises a polyester comprising structural units derived from an acid component (A) and an acid component (B), wherein the ratio of the acid component (A) to total acid components is 70 mol % to 95 mol %, the ratio of the acid component (B) to total acid components is 0 mol % to 15 mol %, the polyester has a glass transition temperature of ?20° C. to 0° C., the resin is cured using a diisocyanate hardening agent, and the acid component (A) is a tetrahydrophthalic acid or a derivative thereof, or a tetrahydrophthalic acid anhydride or a derivative thereof, and the acid component (B) is a phthalic acid or an analog thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Ohta, Yoichi Ishizaki, Yui Asano
  • Patent number: 9181387
    Abstract: Described are polyester compositions comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising 80 to 100 mole % terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 30 to 40 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues, where said 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues comprise at least 55 mole % cis-2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol; and 60 to 70 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Emmett Dudley Crawford, David Scott Porter, Gary Wayne Connell
  • Patent number: 9090636
    Abstract: The present invention discloses new catalyst systems based on complexes of divalent metals supported by chelating phenoxy ligands for immortal ring-opening polymerisation of cyclic esters and cyclic carbonates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: TOTAL RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY FELUY, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Jean-François Carpentier, Yann Sarazin, Valentin Poirier, Marion Helou
  • Publication number: 20150141562
    Abstract: To provide a polyester resin for an antifouling coating material that has improved storage stability while maintaining low VOC, thereby allowing preparation in a one-pack form, and that allows increased curability to be achieved and can provide a satisfactory antifouling property and coating property for prolonged periods, as well as a method for producing it, and an antifouling coating material composition. The polyester resin for an antifouling coating material is obtained by reacting a (a) trihydric or greater alcohol, a (b) dibasic acid or its anhydride and a (c) divalent alcohol, and then further reacting with an (d) alicyclic dibasic acid or its anhydride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: Chugoku Marine Paints, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiro Fukuta, Jyunji Niimoto, Isao Tada, Kazuo Aizu
  • Patent number: 9012573
    Abstract: This invention relates to a biodegradable polyester which is particularly suitable for use for the manufacture of wrapping films for packaging, comprising units deriving from at least one diacid and at least one diol, characterized by a high static friction coefficient in comparison with conventional biodegradable polyesters. A further object of this invention is a wrapping film comprising the said biodegradable polyester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Novamont S.p.A.
    Inventors: Catia Bastioli, Stefano Facco, Roberto Ponti, Angelos Rallis
  • Publication number: 20150105518
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyester prepared from a mixture of reactants including: a) an aromatic monoacid, where the aromatic monoacid includes from 25 to 60 weight % based on the total weight of reactants; b) a polyacid, where the polyacid includes less than 90 mole % isophthalic acid; and c) a polyol having at least 3 hydroxyl groups. The mixture of reactants is substantially free of a non-aromatic monoacid, and said polyester has a dynamic viscosity of greater than 15,000 centipoise at 40° C. as measured by a Physica MCR 301 rheometer with 25 mm parallel plate and 0.1 mm gap as a function of increasing shear rate (0.1 to 10 s?1), and an acid value of less than 15 mg KOH/g. The polyacid can also be an aliphatic polyacid. Coatings comprising the same and substrates coated at least in part with such coatings are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Ljiljana Maksimovic, Anthony M. Chasser, Edward R. Millero, John E. Schwendeman, Jonathan P. Breon, Robert E. Jennings
  • Patent number: 8999512
    Abstract: The use of a composition which is liquid under standard conditions (20° C., 1 bar) as a coating material, wherein the composition comprises a) an unsaturated polyester resin composed of ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids, polyols, and optionally further compounds, b) compounds with vinyl ether groups (vinyl ethers for short), and c) optionally ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids or their monoesters or diesters, where the sum of the double bonds of the ?-olefinically unsaturated polycarboxylic acids from a) and optionally of the compounds c) to the double bonds of the vinyl ethers b) is in a molar ratio of 1.3:1 to 0.8:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Matthias Fies, Ulrich Poth, Oliver Seewald, Wolfgang Bremser
  • Patent number: 8992805
    Abstract: A liquid crystal polyester resin composition of the present invention comprises: 100 parts by mass of a liquid crystal polyester; and 50 to 150 parts by mass of titanium oxide, wherein the liquid crystal polyester comprises 2 to 30 mole % of a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (1), and 40 to 80 mole % of a repeating structural unit represented by the following formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
    Inventors: Kiichiro Nishimura, Lu Shi, Satoshi Murouchi
  • Patent number: 8993686
    Abstract: Biodegradable saturated and unsaturated polyester amides (PEA)s made from multiamino acid monomers and methods of making biodegradable saturated and unsaturated PEAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Cornell University
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Chu, Mingxiao Deng
  • Publication number: 20150087799
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for synthesizing semi-crystalline polylactides (PLA) even from a lactide mixture including meso-LA and rac-LA. According to the invention, when a mixture of racemic lactide and meso-lactide ispolymerized using a catalyst capable of iso-selectively polymerizing L-lactide and D-lactide, an amorphous poly (meso-lactide) block is formed from meso-lactide and a semi-crystalline poly (racemic lactide) block is formed from racemic lactide by separately polymerizing racemic lactide and meso-lactide by taking advantage of a difference in physicochemical properties between racemic lactide and meso-lactide, whereby polylactide which is semi-crystalline as a whole is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: HITACHI ZOSEN CORPORATION, NATUREWORKS LLC, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA UNIVERSITY, TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
    Inventors: Hisanori Kishida, Takashi Hasegawa, Nobuyoshi Nomura, Makoto Takahashi, Joseph Schroeder, Manuel Natal
  • Publication number: 20150080545
    Abstract: In a process for producing 3,4? and/or 4,4? dimethyl-substituted biphenyl compounds, a feed comprising toluene is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydroalkylation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a hydroalkylation reaction product comprising (methylcyclohexyl)toluenes. At least part of the hydroalkylation reaction product is dehydrogenated in the presence of a dehydrogenation catalyst under conditions effective to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising a mixture of dimethyl-substituted biphenyl isomers. The dehydrogenation reaction product is then separated into at least a first stream containing at least 50% of 3,4? and 4,4? dimethylbiphenyl isomers by weight of the first stream and at least one second stream comprising one or more 2,x? (where x? is 2?, 3?, or 4?) and 3,3? dimethylbiphenyl isomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jihad M. Dakka, Lorenzo C. DeCaul, Keith H. Kuechler, Neeraj Sangar, Michael Salciccioli, Alan A. Galuska, Gary D. Mohr
  • Patent number: 8969507
    Abstract: A method of producing an aliphatic polyester resin by continuously esterifying and melt polycondensing an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol; and at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid; and at least one of an aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids, wherein the total amount of the at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid and the at least one of aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids is from 0.0010 to 0.50 mol % of the total amount of the aliphatic polyester resin; and the total amount of the at least one aliphatic hydroxycarboxylic acid is from 1.0 to 7.0 in terms of a molar ratio to the total amount of the at least one of aliphatic unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and cis- and trans-isomers of aliphatic unsaturated tricarboxylic acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Toyomasa Hoshino, Shinichiro Matsuzono, Hiroyuki Kaneko, Toshiyuki Hamano, Takayuki Aoshima, Tadashi Ueda
  • Patent number: 8969506
    Abstract: An amorphous copolyester comprising the reaction product of: (a) a monomer of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 are each independently hydrogen or a C1-3 alkyl group, a is 0-1, b is 0-4, c is 0-4 and d is 0-3, and each R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1-3 alkyl group; (b) a virgin monomer selected from terephthalic acid, a di(C1-3 alkyl) terephthalate, and combinations thereof, and (c) 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol; wherein the residue of monomer (a) is present in an amount from 7 to less than 12 mole % of the copolyester based on moles of repeat units in the polyester; and the copolyester has a glass transition temperature of at least 107° C., an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dl/g, and a molded sample has a Notched Izod value of at least 290 J/m determined in accordance with ASTM D256.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Ganesh Kannan
  • Publication number: 20150057424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to copolymers, in particular poly(butylenesuccinate-co-furanoate) (PBSF) copolymers, which have advantageous mechanical properties, and also to polymeric compositions comprising them. It also relates to a process for preparing these polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Nicolas Jacquel, Rene Saint-Loup, Francoise Fenouillot-Rimlinger, Jean-Pierre Pascault, Alain Rousseau
  • Patent number: 8945711
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a water-based composite resin composition which has an excellent long-term storage stability and which enables formation of a coating film having an excellent water resistance and solvent resistance. The present invention relates to a water-based composite resin composition and a coating agent; the water-based composite resin composition containing composite resin particles (A) and an aqueous medium (B), the composite resin particles (A) containing polyester resin (a1) particles having a sulfonate group and an epoxy resin (a2) of which some or all parts are encapsulated in the polyester resin (a1) particles, wherein a mass ratio [(a1)/(a2)] of the polyester resin (a1) to the epoxy resin (a2) in the composite resin particles (A) is in the range of 95/5 to 30/70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomokazu Higeshiro, Mitsuru Kitada
  • Patent number: 8937135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to biodegradable polymer mixtures comprising i) 40% to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds; ii) 5% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of polyalkylene carbonate, particularly polypropylene carbonate; iii) 0% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to iii, of at least one biodegradable homo- or copolyester selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid, polycaprolactone and polyhydroxyalkanoate, and/or of an inorganic or organic filler; iv) 0% to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of an epoxy-containing copolymer based on styrene, acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester, and v) 0% to 15% by weight of an additive selected from the group consisting of lubricant, antiblocking agent, antistat, UV absorber, UV stabilizer, thermal stabil
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Tobias Heinz Steinke, Hans-Helmut Görtz, Jürgen Ahlers, Freddy Gruber, Gabriel Skupin
  • Patent number: 8936852
    Abstract: A breathable, heat-sealable composite film comprising first and second layers of polymeric material wherein (i) the polymeric material of the first layer comprises copolyester comprising monomeric units derived from one or more diol(s); one or more dicarboxylic acid(s); and one or more poly(alkylene oxide)glycol(s); and (ii) the second layer is a heat-sealable polymeric layer, and a process for the production thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: DuPont Teijin Films U.S. Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Stephen William Sankey, Dominic Hoy, David Turner
  • Publication number: 20150018513
    Abstract: A method for producing a polymer, including: (i) continuously supplying and bringing at least a first monomer, which is ring-opening polymerizable, and a compressive fluid into contact with each other, to thereby allow the first monomer to carry out ring-opening polymerization to continuously generate an intermediate; and (ii) bringing the intermediate and a second monomer, which is identical to or different from the first monomer in kind, into contact with each other, to thereby allow the intermediate and the second monomer to carry out polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8916187
    Abstract: The current invention relates to poly(amide) and poly(ester-amide) polymers, coatings including the polymers, and narrow polydispersity drug delivery particles including the polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Huy Ngo, Mikael O. Trollsas, Thierry Glauser, Jinping Wan, Bozena Zofia Maslanka
  • Publication number: 20140371420
    Abstract: A method for producing polymer particles, including (A) polymerizing and granulating a ring-opening polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid with a catalyst in the presence of a surfactant, or (B) polymerizing and granulating an addition polymerizable monomer in a compressive fluid in the presence of a silicone surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Mase, Takeshi Sako, Idzumi Okajima, Shunsuke Mori, Keishi Mizuno, Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Jyun Ishiduka
  • Patent number: 8907130
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel ?-hydroxyalkylamides, to a method for their production and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Grenda, Emmanouil Spyrou, Thomas Weihrauch, Christoph Lammers, Holger Loesch, Klaus Behrendt
  • Patent number: 8901273
    Abstract: An amorphous copolyester comprising the reaction product of (a) a monomer of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 are each independently a C1-3 alkyl group, a is 0-1, b is 0-4, c is 0-4 and d is 0-3, and each R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1-3 alkyl group; (b) a terephthalyl component selected from terephthalic acid, a di(C1-3 alkyl) terephthalate, and combinations thereof, derived from a terephthalyl-containing polyester; and (c) 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol; wherein the monomer (a) units are present in an amount from 7 to less than 12 mole % of the copolyester based on the total moles of repeat units in the copolyester; and the copolyester has a glass transition temperature of at least 107° C., an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dl/g, and a molded sample has a Notched Izod value of at least 290 J/m determined in accordance with ASTM D256.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Ganesh Kannan
  • Patent number: 8895689
    Abstract: An alkyd resin formed by reacting waste cooking oil, one or more aromatic polycarboxylic acids, aliphatic polycarboxylic acids, or esterified polymerization products, and one or more polyols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas John Melnyk, Gregory B. Hayes
  • Patent number: 8895660
    Abstract: A method for preparing poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate)copolymer includes reacting (i) poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate)oligomers, wherein the oligomers comprise at least one polymer residue derived from a polyethylene terephthalate component and a quencher, with (ii) a chain extender under conditions sufficient to form the poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate)copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Husnu Alidedeoglu, Ganesh Kannan
  • Patent number: 8889255
    Abstract: A radiation-cure removable type pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet includes: a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer made from a polyester-based pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a polyester including at least a lactic acid unit, a dibasic acid unit, and a glycol unit, a radiation-cure resin, a radiation reaction initiator, and a crosslinking agent. The dibasic acid unit includes a dimer acid, the polyester has a glass transition temperature of ?70 to ?20° C., a weight average molecular weight of 20,000 to 200,000, and a hydroxyl value of 1 to 60 mgKOH/g, the composition contains 30 to 70 parts by weight of the radiation-cure resin based on 100 parts by weight of the polyester and contains 3 to 10% by weight of the radiation reaction initiator based on the amount of the radiation-cure resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Hitoshi Takahira, Satomi Yoshie
  • Patent number: 8889820
    Abstract: An amorphous copolyester comprising the reaction product of (a) a monomer of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, and R5 are each independently a C1-3 alkyl group, a is 0-1, b is 0-4, c is 0-4 and d is 0-3, and each R4 is independently hydrogen or a C1-3 alkyl group; (b) a terephthalyl component selected from terephthalic acid, a di(C1-3 alkyl) terephthalate, and combinations thereof, derived from a terephthalyl-containing polyester; and (c) 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol; wherein the monomer (a) units are present in an amount from 7 to less than 12 mole % of the copolyester based on the total moles of repeat units in the copolyester; and the copolyester has a glass transition temperature of at least 107° C., an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.7 dl/g, and a molded sample has a Notched Izod value of at least 290 J/m determined in accordance with ASTM D256.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Navinchandra S. Asthana, Ganesh Kannan
  • Publication number: 20140301757
    Abstract: A toner including at least a crystalline resin as a binder resin, wherein a tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner includes 5.0% or more as a peak area of a component having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater in a molecular weight distribution measured by gel permeation chromatography, and the tetrahydrofuran soluble content of the toner has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 60,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Shingo Sakashita, Shinya Nakayama, Masahide Yamada, Atsushi Yamamoto, Hideyuki Santo, Yukiko Nakajima, Suzuka Amemori
  • Patent number: 8846825
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixtures comprising of biodegradable polyesters comprising at least one polymer of natural origin and at least two aliphatic-aromatic polyesters of the diacid-diol type of which at least one with a high content of long chain aliphatic diacids of renewable origin showing excellent mechanical properties, sufficiently high melting temperatures, adequate crystallization rates, improved biodegradability properties as well as stability of physical properties over time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Novamont S.p.A.
    Inventor: Catia Bastioli
  • Publication number: 20140288215
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester resin composition with excellent hydrolysis resistance, wherein an unsaturated compound or an anhydride thereof is introduced into a molecular structure, and specifically, the aliphatic-aromatic copolyester resin composition can be manufactured into all molded products by extrusion, injection and the like, by solving problems with respect to physical properties, processability, reaction rates and water solubility of conventional biological resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: Gio-Soltech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Cheol Kim, Jung Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20140275439
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biodegradable polymer comprising an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 or more carbon atoms at at least one terminal of the polymer chain, wherein the biodegradable polymer has a weight-average molecular weight of not less than 35,000 when the biodegradable polymer has a 2-pyrrolidone polymer or copolymer as its main chain and stearic acid at the terminal of the polymer chain; a molded article comprising the biodegradable polymer; and a method for controlling biodegradability of a biodegradable polymer, comprising introducing an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group into the terminal of the polymer chain of the biodegradable polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Naoko Yamano, Norioki Kawasaki, Atsuyoshi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 8809488
    Abstract: A film of a carboxylated polymer of formula (I): wherein the sum of x, y and z is an integer from 10 to 10,000 and degree of hydrolysis is 0.05 or greater provides gas separation materials in which the degree of hydrolysis may be used to tune the selectivity of the gases to an optimal required range. Such films may be prepared by casting a film of a polymer of formula (II): wherein n is an integer from 10 to 10,000, and hydrolyzing all or a portion of the —CN groups to form —COOH groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Naiying Du, Michael D. Guiver, Gilles P. Robertson, Jingshe Song
  • Patent number: 8802740
    Abstract: The present invention provides environmentally friendly demulsifiers for the breakdown of petroleum oil applications. The demulsification formulations of the present invention are biodegradable and are low in toxicity. The demulsifiers include a poly(tetramethylene glycol) and an alkylene glycol copolymer linked to the poly(tetramethylene glycol) by a difunctional coupling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Nalco Energy Services L.P
    Inventors: Steven P. Newman, Carl Hahn, Robert D. McClain
  • Publication number: 20140221598
    Abstract: A biodegradable polyester is provided. The biodegradable polyester is composed of a poly(terephthalate-di-(?-caprolactone) unit, a poly(terephthalate-butylene-terephthalate) unit, a poly(terephthalate-butylene-?-caprolactone) unit, a poly(?-caprolactone-butylene-?-caprolactone) unit, and a poly(tri(?-caprolactone) unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: C. Will Chen, Ching-Huang Wang, Ping-Hsun Tsai
  • Publication number: 20140194021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polyester fiber that can be used as fabric for an airbag. In particular, the present invention relates to a process for producing polyester fiber comprising conducting an esterification reaction of a dicarboxylic acid composition and glycol in a predetermined ratio; conducting a polycondensation reaction of the oligomer produced by the esterification reaction; conducting a solid state polymerization of the polymer produced by the polycondensation; and melt spinning and drawing the polyester chip produced by the solid state polymerization, fiber for an airbag produced thereby, and fabric for an airbag comprising the same. The polyester fiber prepared according to the present invention has low modulus, high strength, and high contraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Young-Jo Kim, Byoung-Wook An, Sang-Mok Lee, Young-Soo Lee, Gi-Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 8758828
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are process for preparing cyclic esters comprising unsaturated functional groups. Also disclosed are copolymers prepared from the cyclic esters. The copolymers can be used to form microparticles, polymer micelles, etc., which are useful in drug delivery applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Evonik Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Markland, Xi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8754173
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the continuous production of polymer mixtures comprising: a) from 10 to 80% by weight of a biodegradable polyester (Q) composed of aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and of aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, and b) from 20 to 90% by weight of one or more polymers (T) selected from the group consisting of: polylactic acid, polycaprolactone, polypropylene carbonate, polyglycolide, aliphatic polyester, cellulose acetate, and polyhydroxyalkanoate, where i) a mixture composed of the aliphatic dihydroxy compounds, of the aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and, if appropriate, of further comonomers (component C) is mixed, without addition of any catalyst, to give a paste or, as an alternative, the liquid esters of the dicarboxylic acids are fed into the system, as also are the dihydroxy compound and, if appropriate, further comonomers, without addition of any catalyst, and in a first stage this mixture, together with the entire amount or with a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Robert Loos, Uwe Witt, Motonori Yamamoto, Günther Mair, Andreas Garbe
  • Publication number: 20140148514
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester of poly(butylene-co-adipate terephthalate) that is prepared from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in the presence of titanium catalyst and a phosphorous containing compound. The copolyester is contaminated with little or no ethylene glycol and/or isophthalic acid, which are artifacts of preparing the copolyester from recycled PET. Advantageously, because there is little or no contamination from ethylene glycol and/or isophthalic acid in the copolyester, there is essentially no depression in the material's melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventors: HUSNU ALP ALIDEDEOGLU, Ganesh Kannan
  • Patent number: 8722754
    Abstract: This invention provides an economical process for extruding a PLA resin into a low density foam with a high closed cell content. Excellent quality, low density foam is produced easily and reproducibly. The PLA resin in the foam has a weight average molecular weight of at least 500,000 and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 1.4 deciliters/gram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: NatureWorks LLC
    Inventors: James Nangeroni, Jed Richard Randall
  • Patent number: 8712655
    Abstract: A control system is provided for shifting an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle, which includes, but is not limited to a speed controller, and an electronic control device. Through the electronic control device the parameters vehicle speed, position of the speed controller and acceleration of the speed controller can be captured. Through the electronic control device and through comparison of the captured values of the parameters with predetermined reference values a shifting time is determined for shifting the automatic transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Martin Gentile, Gernot Becker
  • Publication number: 20140114013
    Abstract: A hot melt ink composition includes a copolyester, the copolyester consisting essentially of a condensation product of a first type of monomer, a second type of monomer and a third type of monomer, wherein the first type of monomer comprises at least one monomer A selected from the group of polyhydroxyl alcohols comprising X hydroxyl functional groups, wherein X?3, wherein the second type of monomer comprises at least one monomer B selected from the group of monomers being able to form an ester linkage with an alcohol and wherein the third type of monomer comprises at least one monomer C selected from the group of aromatic monocarboxylic acids. A method for preparing such copolyesters and a hot melt ink composition includes a mixture of such copolyesters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: OCE-TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
    Inventors: Ronald GROOTHUIJSE, Richard VAN HAMEREN, Peter R. MARKIES, Marjon M.H. JANSSEN, Emile A. SNIJDERS