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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168683 | Fluorinated vinylidene cationic surfactant A fluorinated pyridinium cationic compound of formula (I) wherein, Rf is F(CF2)6(CH2CF2)m(CH2CH2)n... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8128959 | Polymeric pharmaceutical agent for treatment of cancer and method for production of the same The present invention provides a polymeric agent which can incorporate a large amount of a drug, accumulate selectively in a tumor site, and has a molecular size of more than that for renal excretion. A metalloporphyrin derivative (such as zinc protoporphyrin) is as... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8119041 | Non-resonant two-photon absorption induction method and process for emitting light thereby The present invention provides a two-photon light-emitting compound represented by formula (1), an optical data recording medium comprising a compound represented by formula (1), a two-photon polymerizable composition comprising a polymerizable monomer or polymeriza... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8076378 | Dispersants A dispersant comprising a polyester chain obtainable by polymerising a hydroxy carboxylic acid or lactone thereof such as ε-caprolactone with a cyclic alkylene carbonate such as 5,5-dimethyltrimethylene carbonate. The dispersant may be in the form of a phosphate es... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8044106 | Saponified fatty acids as viscosity modifiers for viscoelastic surfactant-gelled fluids Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities affected (increased or reduced) by the indirect or direct action of a composition that contains at least one fatty acid that has been affected, modified or reacted with an alkali meta... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039517 | Colloidal particle sols and methods for preparing the same A method of preparing an organic sol of particles is provided. Steps include: a) providing a suspension of particles in an aqueous medium; b) adding an organic liquid to form an admixture where the concentration of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030363 | Polyorganosiloxane demulsifier compositions and methods of making the same The invention relates to a method for separating emulsions of oil and water, the method comprising incorporating a demulsifying-effective amount of a polyorganosiloxane demulsifier into an emulsion comprising an oil phase and an aqueous phase. The invention also rel... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026288 | Defoaming method A defoaming method capable of destroying foams generated when a container is filled with drink, or the like, efficiently at a high speed and destroying foams effectively even in the case of a container having a narrow mouth. Liquid surface (6) in a container ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022265 | Reduced weight decontamination formulation utilizing a solid peracid compound for neutralization of chemical and biological warfare agents A reduced weight decontamination formulation that utilizes a solid peracid compound (sodium borate peracetate) and a cationic surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride) that can be packaged with all water removed. This reduces the packaged weight of the decontam... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7994095 | Antifoaming formulations Aqueous concentrates and aqueous compositions (e.g., agrochemical) containing a water-insoluble liquid antifoam agent (e.g., liquid silicone-containing antifoam agent) are disclosed. The water-insoluble liquid antifoam agent is incorporated into the concentrate or c... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989504 | Chemomechanical production of functional colloids A method for producing a functional colloid during which particles are reactively fragmented in a mechanical manner in a dispersant in the presence of a modifying agent so that the modifying agent is chemically bound, at least in part, to the fragmented colloid part... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987866 | Zwitterionic surfacant together with an anionic ether-containing surfactant as a drag-reducing agent The present invention relates to the use of a zwitterionic surfactant in combination with an ether sulphate or ether carboxylate surfactant in a water-based system as a drag-reducing agent. The combination has besides a high drag-reducing effect also a low sensitivi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981979 | Siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers A composition comprising one or more siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers wherein said siloxane cross-linked demulsifiers are prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates, one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with up t... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7960440 | Highly dispersible carbon nanospheres in an organic solvent and methods for making same The particle sizes of agglomerates of carbon nanospheres are reduced by dispersing the carbon nanospheres in an organic solvent. The carbon nanospheres are multi-walled, hollow, graphitic structures with an average diameter in a range from about 10 nm to about 200 n... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7947745 | Reducing the viscosity of an aqueous fluid An aqueous fluid having a viscosity greater than the viscosity of water is contacted with a water soluble material for a time and at a temperature sufficient to reduce the viscosity of the aqueous fluid to a value which is less than about 10 percent of the initial v... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7923475 | Electroluminescent arrangements 3,4-Polyalkylenedioxythiophene dispersions comprising polyanions and cationic 3,4-polyalkylenedioxythiophenes, in particular those of the formula (I) in which n is an integer from 3 to 100, preferably from 4 to... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919535 | Silica-based sols The invention relates to an aqueous sol containing silica-based particles which sol has a specific surface area of at least 115 m2/g aqueous sol and an S-value within the range of from 10 to 45% or contains silica-based particles having a specific surface... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7897648 | Silica aerogels This invention relates to silica aerogels and to a method for their preparation from rice husk. Rice husk is very rich in silica, and its ash can contain up to 92-97% of amorphous silica. The rice husk ash is prepared by burning the rice husk on a heating plate with... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893115 | Defoamer emulsion compositions for pulp mill applications An oil-in-water emulsion useful as a defoamer for pulp and paper mill applications is described. The defoamer has an oil blend (of a triglyceride oil or a mixture of triglyceride oils and silicone), a stabilizing agent (to make the oil blend stable in the emulsion),... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883646 | Thixotropic, porous, chemiluminescent reactant composition The thixotropic composition of the instant invention may be cured to a more or less rigid form without the use of a mold. The shaped thixotropic composition includes one of the two components which when combined result in chemiluminescent light. The cured solid is u... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7879917 | Defoamers for pulp and papermaking applications A defoamer made from a composition that has at least one triglyceride oil or triglyceride oil mixture, at least one silicone, at least one silicone-triglyceride stabilizing agent, hydrophobic silica particles, optionally one or more surfactants and/or dispersants, a... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868048 | Heavy oil emulsion stabilizers containing saccharide based emulsion stabilizer Heavy oil emulsions, comprising decant oils and No. 6, No. 5 and No. 4 oils, and water are stabilized by adding certain saccharide-based esters. Preferably, the saccharide-based esters are naturally-occurring saccharide esters such as gallotannins, saponin, red gum,... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7829600 | Alkenyl succinic acid anhydride half ester emulsifier The present invention relates to a starch emulsifier product prepared by sufficiently solubilizing a starch and subsequently sufficiently derivatizing the sufficiently solubilized starch product, in one embodiment by reacting the sufficiently solubilized starch with... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829599 | Tensio-active glucoside urethanes Methods of making emulsions comprising: adding an emulsifying agent comprising glucoside alkyl urethanes of formula: A(O—CO—NH—R)S, wherein A represents a glucosyl unit having a Dextrose Equivalent (D.E.) ranging from 1 to 47, an... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7825163 | Biologically degradable compositions A process for making a biodegradable composition involving: (a) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of C8-22 fatty alcohol; (b) providing from about 20 to 80% by weight of a ring opening product of a C8-18 1,2-epoxyalkane with ethylene gly... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820723 | Method of preparing a stable lead zircon-titanate sol and method for preparing films based on same A method of preparing a sol of lead zirconium titanate, known as PZT, of formula PbZrxTi(1−x)O3 with 0.45≦x≦0.7, comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a concentrated sol in a diol, the sol comprising a titanium-bas... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7807735 | Lignocellulosic products and methods for their manufacture Disclosed are methods for improving the water resistance of a lignocellulosic composite product prepared by mixing lignocellulosic material with a binder to form a mixture and solidifying the mixture in a selected configuration to form the composite product comprise... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7786178 | Process for producing fine silver particle colloidal dispersion, fine silver particle colloidal dispersion, and conductive silver film A process for producing a fine silver particle colloidal dispersion which can simply form conductive silver layers and antimicrobial coatings by screen printing or the like. The process is characterized by having a reaction step of allowing an aqueous silver nitrate... | 08/31/2010 |
| RE41585 | Method for controlling the rheology of an aqueous fluid and gelling agent therefor A method for controlling the rheology of aqueous systems, particularly for those intended for underground use, includes injecting an aqueous fluid containing a surfactant gelling agent into the system. The surfactant gelling agents are, for example, fatty aliphatic ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7776930 | Methods for inhibiting naphthenate salt precipitates and naphthenate-stabilized emulsions Inhibiting naphthenate salts that can form precipitates or emulsions during crude oil production or processing. An effective amount of a naphthenate inhibitor, such as a hydrotrope, is provided into the production fluids for contact with mixtures of oil and water in... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7776931 | Low dosage naphthenate inhibitors Low dosage naphthenate inhibitors, such as a surfactant or hydrotrope, delivered into production fluids for contact with mixtures of oil and water, such as in a hydrocarbon producing formation, production equipment, or processing systems. Inhibitor compounds such as... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7771588 | Separatory and emulsion breaking processes The invention pertains to the use of a class of acetylenic surfactants to resolve or break water and oil emulsions. The surfactants are of particular advantage in resolving crude oil emulsions of the type encountered in desalter and similar apparatus designed to ext... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772288 | Group III nitride coatings and methods The invention provides a composition that is a dispersion made from a Group III nitride, a solvent system, and a dispersant. The dispersion can be used to prepare Group III nitride thin films on a wide range of substrates, for example, glass, silicon, silicon dioxid... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767721 | Copper oxide ultrafine particles A soft agglomerate of copper oxide ultrafine particles which has an average primary particle diameter of not more than 100 nm and an average secondary particle diameter of not less than 0.2 μm and of producing the soft agglomerate by (1) forming ultrafine co... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763664 | Defoaming agent and/or deaerator for aqueous media tending to foam A defoaming agent and/or deaerator for aqueous foamable media based on oil-in-water dispersions. The oil phase contains at least one compound from fatty alcohols, fatty acid monoglycerides, diglycerides, and triglycerides, fatty acid ester of fatty acids and monoval... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750054 | Means for and methods of using a selected energy factor to apply a paper coating A continuous output system makes paper coating by combining an emulsifier with ASA (alkenyl succinic anhydride) particles having a mean average size in the low to sub-micron region. A turbine, pump, blender or other device exposes the ASA to a number of repeated epi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745497 | Electrostatic aerosol compositions An electrically neutral composition in the form of a water-in-oil or an oil-in-water emulsion is imparted with a unipolar electrostatic charge on spraying from an aerosol spray device by incorporating into the composition a non-ionic surfactant and at least one pola... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737187 | Process for producing inorganic oxide organosol A process for producing an inorganic oxide organosol that has good dispersibility and low viscosity, has excellent transparency, and shows good compatibility with resin solutions, and includes the steps (A) and (B) of: (A) adding silicon alkoxide having two or more ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736910 | One-step production of gold sols The present invention comprises novel “one-step” methods for the production of gold sol and gold sol conjugates. The methods disclosed herein produce gold sol and colloidal gold conjugates with product with yields on the order of about 20 ODs. Since current meth... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728044 | Saponified fatty acids as breakers for viscoelastic surfactant-gelled fluids Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities affected (increased or reduced, e.g. gels broken) by the indirect or direct action of a composition that contains at least one fatty acid that has been affected, modified or reacted w... | 06/01/2010 |
