Polymerizing In The Presence Of A Specified Material Other Than A Reactant Patents (Class 528/371)
  • Patent number: 11613507
    Abstract: A high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst, a method for fabricating the same, and applications of the same are disclosed. An organic complexing ligand, which is formed via mixing fatty alcohols and alicyclic carbonates, is used to generate a high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst. The high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst includes at least one double-metal-cyanide compound, at least one organic complexing ligand, and an optional functionalized compound. The double-metal-cyanide catalyst of the present invention has a higher activity than the conventional double-metal-cyanide catalysts. The polyols generated by the present invention has an insignificant amount of high-molecular-weight compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ORIENTAL UNION CHEMICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Hsu, Hsi-Chin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11602740
    Abstract: A high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst, a method for fabricating the same, and applications of the same are disclosed. An organic complexing ligand, which is formed via mixing fatty alcohols and alicyclic carbonates, is used to generate a high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst. The high-activity double-metal-cyanide catalyst includes at least one double-metal-cyanide compound, at least one organic complexing ligand, and an optional functionalized compound. The double-metal-cyanide catalyst of the present invention has a higher activity than the conventional double-metal-cyanide catalysts. The polyols generated by the present invention has an insignificant amount of high-molecular-weight compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ORIENTAL UNION CHEMICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan Hsu, Hsi-Chin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11286342
    Abstract: A polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance that includes structural units represented by general formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11214633
    Abstract: A colloidal suspension includes an organic phase and a complex of Formula I as precursor for Ziegler-Natta catalyst synthesis: XTiClp(OR1)4?p·YMg(OR2)q(OR3)t??(I). In Formula I, a molar ratio of X to Y (X/Y) is from 0.2 to 5.0, p is 0 or 1, 0<q<2, 0<t<2, the sum of q and t is 2, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a linear or branched alkyl, a linear or branched heteroalkyl, a cycloalkyl, a substituted cycloalkyl, a substituted heterocycloalkyl, a substituted aryl, or a (heteroaryl)alkyl; and R2 is not the same as R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Braskem America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonas Alves Fernandes, George S. Ostace, Dana Hess
  • Patent number: 10894861
    Abstract: A polyether carbonate polyol with a nominal functionality of 3 or more includes an equivalent molecular weight between 20,000 and 500,000 Da, and content of between 0.5 wt % and 35 wt % of CO2 based on the total weight of the polyether carbonate polyol. The polyether carbonate polyol has adhesive and impact modifying properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: REPSOL, S.A.
    Inventors: José Román Galdämez Peña, María Dolores Blanco Gonzälez, Sonia Segura Fernández, Laura Marín Perales, Carolina Ruiz Orta, Ana Isabel Real Guerrero, Mónica García Ruiz
  • Patent number: 10767007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance. The above problem, according to one embodiment, can be solved by a polycarbonate resin including structural units represented by general formula (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Kato, Mitsuteru Kondo, Kentaro Ishihara, Munenori Shiratake, Koji Hirose, Shinya Ikeda, Kensuke Oshima, Shuya Nagayama, Shoko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10662211
    Abstract: The present invention provides unimolecular metal complexes having increased activity in the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxides. Also provided are methods of using such metal complexes in the synthesis of polymers. According to one aspect, the present invention provides metal complexes comprising an activating species with co-catalytic activity tethered to a multidentate ligand that is coordinated to the active metal center of the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Saurdi Aramco Technologies Company
    Inventors: Scott D. Allen, Anna E. Cherian, Chris A. Simoneau, Jay J. Farmer, Geoffrey W. Coates, Alexei A. Gridnev, Robert E. LaPointe
  • Patent number: 10641775
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SIRIGEN II LIMITED
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10590237
    Abstract: A process for preparing a hyperbranched polycarbonate polyol includes reacting a polyfunctional alcohol and an ester or carbonate in the presence of a catalyst and then heating the reaction mixture under azeotropic reflux conditions to form an alcohol or water. The alcohol or water by-product is then removed from the reaction mixture, thereby pushing the reaction forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Paul Share, Sebastian Berger, David Tuerp
  • Patent number: 10501576
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for synthesizing cyclic carbonates, glycocarbonates, and polyglycocarbonates by reacting polyol glycans with carbon dioxide. Synthesis can include selective polycondensation of polyol glycan hydroxyl moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yves Gnanou, Debasis Pati, Xiaoshuang Feng, Nikolaos Hadjichristidis
  • Patent number: 10481161
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SIRIGEN II LIMITED
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10458989
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SIRIGEN II LIMITED
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10365285
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Sirigen II Limited
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10302648
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: SIRIGEN II LIMITED
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10288620
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SIRIGEN II LIMITED
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 10094838
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Sirigen II Limited
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan T. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 9957356
    Abstract: Polyurethane compositions are disclosed herein, as well as methods of making and using such polyesters. In some embodiments, the polyurethanes are formed from monomers derived from natural oils. In some embodiments, the polyurethanes are formed without the use of monomers bearing isocyanate groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Keren Zhang, Ashley M. Nelson, Timothy E. Long, Paul A. Bertin, Allyson Beuhler
  • Patent number: 9951096
    Abstract: The present invention provides unimolecular metal complexes having increased activity in the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and epoxides. Also provided are methods of using such metal complexes in the synthesis of polymers. According to one aspect, the present invention provides metal complexes comprising an activating species with co-catalytic activity tethered to a multidentate ligand that is coordinated to the active metal center of the complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Saudi Aramco Technologies Company
    Inventors: Scott D. Allen, Anna E. Cherian, Chris A. Simoneau, Jay J. Farmer, Geoffrey W. Coates, Alexei Gridnev, Robert E. LaPointe
  • Patent number: 9260562
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polycarbonate polyols, characterized in that cyclic carbonates are polymerized in the presence of DMC catalysts and chain-transfer agents consisting of polyether carbonate polyols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: BAYER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Ernst Müller, Christoph Gürtler, Anthony Kermagoret, Yvonne Dienes, Igor Busygin, Burkhard Köhler, Walter Leitner, Ganna Lyashenko
  • Patent number: 9139869
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions and articles of manufacture involving neutral conjugated polymers including methods for synthesis of neutral conjugated water-soluble polymers with linkers along the polymer main chain structure and terminal end capping units. Such polymers may serve in the fabrication of novel optoelectronic devices and in the development of highly efficient biosensors. The invention further relates to the application of these polymers in assay methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Sirigen Inc.
    Inventors: Brent S. Gaylord, Glenn P. Bartholomew, Russell A. Baldocchi, Janice W. Hong, William H. Huisman, Yongchao Liang, Trung Nguyen, Lan P. Tran, Jean M. Wheeler, Adrian Charles Vernon Palmer, Frank Peter Uckert
  • Patent number: 9050743
    Abstract: Provided is a molded body in which at least one surface layer made of a copolyester polymer is laminated on one surface or both surfaces of a base layer made of aliphatic polycarbonate. When coextruding aliphatic polycarbonate and copolyester polymer, two layers adhere well to each other and are hardly delaminated from each other even without an adhesive and a tie layer, oxygen barrier property and low-temperature heat seal property can be provided as compared with a case where the copolyester polymer alone is used, the cost can be reduced because a separate adhesive or a tie layer is not required, and the manufacturing cost can be significantly reduced because the constitution of layers is simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: MoonJung Choi, MinHo Jeon, JiEun Yoo, MyungAhn Ok, KwangJin Chung
  • Publication number: 20150148516
    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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Carpentier, Yann Sarazin, Valentin Poirier, Marion Helou
  • Patent number: 9040654
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a polycarbonate, having a glass transition temperature greater than or equal to 50° C., includes: a step (1) of introducing into a reactor a monomer of formula (I) and R1 and R2 being identical or different alkyl groups; a step (2) of introducing into the reactor at least one cyclic diol or a mixture of diols (B) including at least 20 mol % of cyclic diols; a subsequent step (3) of polycondensation via transesterification of the mixture of monomers including the monomers (A) and (B); a step (4) of recovering the polycarbonate formed during step (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ROQUETTE FRERES
    Inventors: Mathias Ibert, Emilie Josien, Herve Wyart
  • Publication number: 20150126703
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of polyesters or polycarbonates including (i) the provision of cyclic esters or cyclic carbonates, (ii) polymerizing by ring-opening in the presence of a betaine based metal-free catalyst showing formula ?X—R1—Y+(R2)3 wherein X is S, O or Se, Y is N or P, R1 is linear or cyclic alkyl or aryl, and R2 is linear or cyclic alkyl. and under polymerizing conditions in the presence of an alcohol or amine based initiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Universite de Mons
    Inventors: Philippe Ghilain Dubois, Brieuc Guillerm, Olivier Coulembier
  • Patent number: 8969489
    Abstract: The invention is a thermosetting coating composition comprised of an aliphatic polycarbonate resin and a cross linker. The aliphatic polycarbonate resins are derived from hydroxyl containing compounds including 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol (TMCD) and 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol (CHDM). The coatings made of these polycarbonates exhibit exceptional toughness; they possess a high degree of hardness while maintaining a high level of flexibility/impact resistance. These polycarbonate resins also exhibited better hydrolytic stability as compared to their polyester counterparts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Jianhui Zhou, Angela Jones Johnson
  • Patent number: 8952126
    Abstract: A method of making a pure block copolymer includes forming a crude block copolymer; heating a solution of the crude block copolymer and alcohol; and cooling the solution to promote precipitation of a purified block copolymer, wherein an amount of impurities remaining in the purified block copolymer is from about 0 to about 5 wt % based on a total weight of the purified block copolymer; a ratio of a polydispersity index of the crude block copolymer to a polydispersity index of the purified block copolymer is from about 1.02 to about 1.25; a ratio of a molecular weight of the crude block copolymer to a molecular weight of the purified block copolymer is from about 0.75 to about 1.0; and a ratio of a number average molecular weight of the crude block copolymer to a number average molecular weight of the purified block copolymer is from about 0.65 to about 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Xerox Corporation, National Research Council of Canada
    Inventors: Andrew J. Myles, Karen A. Moffat, Jordan H. Wosnick, Valerie M. Farrugia
  • 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: 8921511
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming polymer crumb comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5 (6) amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride (TCl), comprising the steps of: i) forming a slurry of b mole percent DAPBI in a solvent system comprising organic solvent and c weight percent of an inorganic salt, wherein the inorganic salt is present in an amount of at least 5 weight present of the organic solvent; ii) contacting the slurry with a less than stoichiometric amount of terephthaloyl chloride to form an prepolymer solution; and iii) contacting the prepolymer solution with y mole percent of PPD and additional TCL to form a polymer solution; wherein the total amount of TCL added in steps ii) and iii) is a stoichiometric amount based on the total amount of DAPBI and PPD added in steps i) and iii); the DAPBI and PPD are added in an amount sufficient for providing a polymer solution having a weight percent solids of 12 percent or greater on a polymer basis;
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Frederick K Mallon
  • Patent number: 8921512
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming polymer crumb comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5(6)amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a slurry of b mole percent DAPBI and y mole percent PPD in a solvent system comprising organic solvent and c weight percent of an inorganic salt, wherein the inorganic salt is present in an amount of at least 5 weight percent of the organic solvent, DAPBI and PPD being present in an amount sufficient for providing a polymer solution having a weight percent solids of 12 percent or greater on a polymer basis; and (b) contacting the slurry of step a) with a stoichiometric amount of terephthaloyl dichloride to form a product comprising the polymer; wherein the sum of y+b is 100 and the product of b×c is 225 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Frederick K Mallon
  • Publication number: 20140378648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing a compound comprising at least one ?-hydroxy-urethane unit and/or at least one ?-hydroxy-urethane unit, consisting in reacting a compound (A) comprising at least one cyclocarbonate reactive unit with a compound (B) comprising at least one amino reactive unit (—NH2) in the presence of a catalyst. The invention also relates to the use of a catalyst comprising at least one organometallic complex and a co-catalyst chosen from the group of Lewis bases and/or tetra-alkyl ammonium salts, in order to catalyse the method of the invention. The invention relates to the technical field of preparing urethane derivatives.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Aurélien Soules, Sylvain Caillol, Jean-Paul Joubert, José Martins, Bernard Boutevin
  • Patent number: 8907048
    Abstract: The present invention is a production method of a polycarbonate resin, including a step of performing melt polycondensation by continuously feeding a dihydroxy compound (A) having a predetermined moiety in a part of the structure and a carbonic acid diester each in a liquid state to a reactor, wherein the residence time from liquefaction of the dihydroxy compound to its feeding to a reactor is from 0.1 to 10 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Takehito Nagao
  • Patent number: 8907052
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5(6)amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a slurry of DAPBI in a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; (b) adding less than a stoichiometric amount, relative to the amount of DAPBI, of terephthaloyl dichloride to the slurry; (c) agitating the slurry to react the DAPBI and terephthaloyl dichloride to form an oligomeric solution; (d) adding PPD to the oligomeric solution and agitating until essentially all of the PPD is dissolved, followed by the addition of terephthaloyl dichloride to form a prepolymer solution; and (e) allowing the prepolymer solution to form a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kiu-Seung Lee
  • Patent number: 8907051
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5(6) amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine (PPD), and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a solution of oligomers having amine end groups from two moles of DAPBI and one mole of terephthaloyl dichloride in a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; (b) adding PPD to the solution of oligomers; and (c) adding additional terephthaloyl dichloride to form a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kiu-Seung Lee
  • Publication number: 20140357834
    Abstract: The present invention concerns yarn comprising polymer, the polymer comprising imidazole groups, the yarn having a sulfur content of 0.01 to 3.0 percent by weight, based on weight of the yarn, the yarn having a tenacity of 30 cN/dtex (33.3 gpd) or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher William Newton, David J. Rodini, Joseph Lenning Lowery, Steven R. Allen, Vlodek Gabara
  • Patent number: 8895663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition, comprising: a polycarbonate resin containing a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by the following formula (1) [provided that a case where the moiety represented by formula (1) is a moiety constituting —CH2—O—H is excluded]; and an elastomer composed of a core•shell structure, wherein a core layer of the elastomer is at least one member selected from the group consisting of an alkyl (meth)acrylate and a (meth)acrylic acid, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin composition: CH2—O??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Sasaki, Tomohiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8889790
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition, comprising: a polycarbonate resin containing a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound having a moiety represented by the following formula (1) [provided that a case where the moiety represented by formula (1) is a moiety constituting —CH2—O—H is excluded]; and an elastomer composed of a core?shell structure, wherein a core layer of the elastomer is composed of a butadiene-styrene copolymer, and a polycarbonate resin molded article obtained by molding the polycarbonate resin composition: CH2—O??(1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Haruo Sasaki, Tomohiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8871895
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing polycarbonate includes:—a step (1) of introducing into a reactor a particular composition (A) of at least one dianhydrohexitol carbonate bearing two alkyl carbonate functions; a step (2) of introducing a diol or a mixture of diols (B); a subsequent step (3) of polycondensation by transesterification of the mixture of monomers including (A) and (B); a step (4) of recovering the polycarbonate formed during step (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Roquette Freres
    Inventors: Mathias Ibert, Emilie Josien, Herve Wyart
  • Patent number: 8865859
    Abstract: The present invention is a production method of a polycarbonate resin, including a step of performing melt polycondensation by continuously feeding a dihydroxy compound (A) having a predetermined moiety in a part of the structure and a carbonic acid diester each in a liquid state to a reactor, wherein the residence time from liquefaction of the dihydroxy compound to its feeding to a reactor is from 0.1 to 10 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Takehito Nagao
  • Patent number: 8865855
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate copolymer containing a plant-derived raw material, which is excellent in the mechanical strength and heat-resistant and assured of small refractive index, large Abbe number, small birefringence and excellent transparency. The present invention provides a polycarbonate copolymer containing a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit derived from an alicyclic dihydroxy compound, wherein the Abbe number is 50 or more and the 5% thermal reduction temperature is 340° C. or more; and a method of producing this polycarbonate copolymer by reacting a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and an alicyclic hydroxy compound with a carbonic acid diester in the presence of a polymerization catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Michiaki Fuji, Minako Akita, Tomohiko Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140308196
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of fixing carbon dioxide by condensation polymerization in an acidic aqueous medium, thereby increasing fixation efficiency and remarkably reducing the volume of generated material compared to conventional carbon dioxide fixation methods; a polymer material prepared by the method; and a method of recovering carbon therefrom. According to the current invention, the method of fixing carbon dioxide is characterized by introducing carbon dioxide pressurized to a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure into a reactor containing a acidic aqueous medium, so that carbonic acid resulting from dissolving carbon dioxide is made into a polymer material by condensation polymerization, thereby fixing carbon dioxide, and heating the polymer material so as to recover carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Jang-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8853331
    Abstract: Hyperbranched polycarbonates having stabilizing groups, prepared by reaction of (a) at least one compound having at least three alcoholic hydroxyl groups per molecule with (b) at least one reagent of the general formula I (c) and at least one reagent of the general formula X3-(A1)m-X4, where the variables are defined as follows: X1, X2 are identical or different and are selected from among halogen, C1-C10-alkoxy, C6-C10-aryloxy and O—C(?O)-halogen, X3 is a functional group selected from among OH, SH, NH2, NH—C1-C4-alkyl, iso-cyanate, epoxy, COOH, COOR12, C(?O)—O—C(?O), C(?O)—Cl, R12 is C1-C4-alkyl or C6-C10-aryl, A1 is a spacer or a single bond, m is zero or one. X4 is a group selected from among phenol groups, benzophenones, aromatic amines and nitrogen-comprising heterocycles, in each case substituted or unsubstituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bernd Bruchmann, Jens Aβmann, Claudius Schwittay, Harald Schäfer
  • Publication number: 20140296473
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polycarbonate copolymer containing a plant-derived raw material, which is excellent in the mechanical strength and heat-resistant and assured of small refractive index, large Abbe number, small birefringence and excellent transparency. The present invention provides a polycarbonate copolymer containing a constitutional unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and a constitutional unit derived from an alicyclic dihydroxy compound, wherein the Abbe number is 50 or more and the 5% thermal reduction temperature is 340° C. or more; and a method of producing this polycarbonate copolymer by reacting a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1) and an alicyclic hydroxy compound with a carbonic acid diester in the presence of a polymerization catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michiaki FUJI, Minako AKITA, Tomohiko TANAKA
  • Patent number: 8835600
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5 (6) amino phenyl benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine, and terephthaloyl dichloride, comprising the steps of: a) forming a solution of DAPBI and paraphenylene diamine dihydrochloride in a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; b) cooling the solution to a temperature of 30° C. or less; c) adding a stoichiometric amount of terephthaloyl dichloride, relative to the total amount of the DAPBI and the paraphenylene diamine dihydrochloride, to the solution; and d) agitating the solution of step c) to form a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kiu-Seung Lee
  • Patent number: 8822632
    Abstract: The invention concerns processes for forming a polymer comprising residues of 2-(4-amino phenyl)-5 (6) amino benzimidazole (DAPBI), paraphenylene diamine, and terephthaloyl dichloride, the process comprising: (a) forming a solution of oligomers having chloride end groups from one mole of paraphenylene diamine and 1.3 to 5 moles of terephthaloyl dichloride a solvent system comprising an organic solvent and an inorganic salt; and (b) adding DAPBI and terephthaloyl dichloride to the solution of oligomers to form a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: E I du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Kiu-Seung Lee
  • Publication number: 20140221602
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the activation of double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts with heterocumulenes for the preparation of polyether carbonate polyols by catalytic copolymerization of carbon dioxide (CO2) with alkylene oxides in the presence of one or more H-functional starter substances, and to a process for the preparation of polyether carbonate polyols from one or more H-functional starter substances, one or more alkylene oxides and carbon dioxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst, characterized in that (?) under an inert gas atmosphere, under an atmosphere of an inert gas/carbon dioxide mixture or under a pure carbon dioxide atmosphere, at temperatures of from 90 to 150° C., the DMC catalyst is mixed with a heterocumulene and H-functional starter substance, (?) alkylene oxide is added at temperatures of from 100 to 150° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Ernst Müller, Christoph Gürtler, Yvonne Dienes, Julien Barruet, Burkhard Köhler, Walter Leitner
  • Publication number: 20140213754
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a polymer, which contains: bringing an intermediate polymer, which has been obtained through ring-opening polymerization of a ring-opening polymerizable monomer, into contact with, and melting the intermediate polymer in a compressive fluid having a density of 230 kg/m3 or greater, at temperature lower than a melting point of the intermediate polymer, at a ratio of 0.05 to 10, to dissolve a low-molecular-weight compound contained in the intermediate polymer in the compressive fluid, to thereby extract the low-molecular-weight compound, wherein the ratio is a ratio of a mass of the intermediate polymer to a mass of the compressive fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventors: Taichi NEMOTO, Chiaki Tanaka, Satoshi Izumi, Yoko Arai, Yasuo Kamada, Tatsuya Morita
  • Patent number: 8785565
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a polycarbonate having excellent characteristics such as hue and mechanical properties with a stable quality and a high yield by solving a plurality of problems as those described above in producing a polycarbonate by using a specific dihydroxy compound exhibiting low thermal stability as compared with bisphenols and having a —CH2—O— structure. The polycarbonate obtained by polycondensation in the present invention is a polycarbonate having an appropriate viscosity despite decrease in the reaction temperature, providing for a color tone less susceptible to yellowing, and exhibiting excellent mechanical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Namiki, Yasuhiro Oda
  • Publication number: 20140200326
    Abstract: To provide a polymer product, which is substantially free from an organic solvent and a metal atom, and has a number average molecular weight of 12,000 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Chiaki Tanaka, Taichi Nemoto, Kazumi Suzuki, Keiko Osaka, Shinichi Wakamatsu, Satomi Sabu
  • Publication number: 20140163197
    Abstract: Ethylene carbonate is polymerized by itself or together with another cyclic monomer such as 1,2-propylene oxide in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst. Most of the ethylene carbonate adds to the chain to form a terminal carbonate group, which decarboxylates to produce a hydroxyethyl group at the end of the polymer chain. The polymerization of more ethylene carbonate onto the chain end results in the formation of poly(ethyleneoxy) units. Therefore, the process provides a method for making poly(ethyleneoxy) polymers without the need to polymerize ethylene oxide. The process is useful for making polyethers that are useful as water-absorbable polymers, surfactants and as raw materials for polyurethanes. The process is also useful for increasing the primary hydroxyl content of a polyether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Esther E. Quintanilla, Hanno R. Van Der Wal, Daniel C. Floyd, Myriam Linke, Francois M. Casati, Carlos M. Villa, Jean-Paul Masy, Ricco B. Borella, Paul Cookson
  • Publication number: 20140163194
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a polymer, which contains: bringing a compressive fluid and a ring-opening polymerizable monomer into contact with each other, followed by adding a catalyst thereto, to thereby allow the ring-opening polymerizable monomer to carry out ring-opening polymerization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Taichi Nemoto, Chiaki Tanaka, Yoshitaka Yamauchi