131 patents
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Method and System for Intelligent Load Optimization for Vehicles
23 Mar 23
It is disclosed a method and system for intelligent load optimization for freight vehicles.
Jaime Tadeu de Paula, Nicholas Fragoso e Silva Ferro
Filed: 6 Mar 21
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Polyethylene-based Composition and Biaxially Oriented Polyethylene-based Articles
23 Mar 23
A polyethylene-based composition may include an ethylene-based copolymer produced from ethylene and one or more C3-C10 alpha olefin comonomers, wherein the ethylene-based copolymer has: a density ranging from 945 kg/m3 to 961 kg/m3 according to ASTM D792, a melt flow rate (MFR2) ranging from 0.5 g/10 min to 3.0 g/10 min according to ASTM D1238 at 190° C./2.16 kg, a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) ranging from 3 to 25, and a stress exponent (SEx) ranging from 1.0 to 1.8.
Daiane Schilling de Vargas, Carlos Augusto Maia Faria, Francisco Carlos Ruiz, Mariele Kaipers Stocker, Adilton Lopes da Silva, Marcelo Jorge Aguiar Martins, Manoela Ellwanger Cangussu
Filed: 9 Sep 22
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Nucleated Polyolefin Compositions and Methods and Uses Thereof
23 Mar 23
Adriane Gomes Simanke, Marcia Pires Fortes Ferreira, Mariele Kaipers Stocker, Cristóvão De Lemos
Filed: 17 Oct 22
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Dynamically Crosslinkable Polymeric Compositions, Articles, and Methods Thereof
16 Mar 23
A polymeric composition may include a thermoplastic polymer including: at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters, C2-C12 olefins, and combinations thereof; and a dynamic crosslinking group; and a crosslinking agent to dynamically crosslink the thermoplastic polymer by ionic bonds or metal-ligand interaction.
Murilo Lauer Sanson, Kimberly Miller McLoughlin, Hadi Mohammadi, Nei Sebastião Domingues Junior, Ana Paula de Azeredo, Michelle Kay Sing
Filed: 1 Sep 22
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Dynamically Crosslinkable Polymeric Compositions, Articles, and Methods Thereof
9 Mar 23
A polymeric composition may include a thermoplastic polymer including: at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters, C2-C12 olefins, and combinations thereof; and a dynamic crosslinking group; and a dynamic crosslinking system to dynamically crosslink the thermoplastic polymer.
Murilo Lauer Sanson, Kimberly Miller McLoughlin, Hadi Mohammadi, Nei Sebastião Domingues Junior, Ana Paula de Azeredo, Michelle Kay Sing, Gisele Marschner Rasia, Cristiane Jaqueline Mauss, Carmem Rosane Isse Gomes, Karin Janete Stein Brito, Patrícia Cofferri
Filed: 1 Sep 22
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Polypropylene-based Compositions Incorporating Post-consumer Resin and Methods Thereof
9 Mar 23
A polymer composition may include from 10 to 90 wt. % of at least a virgin polypropylene resin selected from a group consisting of propylene homopolymers, propylene random copolymers, propylene heterophasic copolymers and combinations thereof; and from 10 to 90 wt. % of at least a recycled resin; wherein the polymer composition presents a Melt Flow Rate from 1 to 50 g/10 min measured according to ASTM D1238 (2.16 kg/230° C.), Flexural Modulus at 1% secant measured according to ASTM D790 from 900 to 1700 MPa and a Izod Impact Resistance at 23° C. measured according to ASTM D256 from 15 to 400 J/m.
Leonardo Souza Bento, Leandro de Castro Tomasi, Andre Trevisan Bertolotti
Filed: 18 Feb 21
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Degradation pathway for pentose and hexose sugars
21 Feb 23
The present application relates to recombinant microorganisms useful in the biosynthesis of monoethylene glycol (MEG) or glycolic acid (GA), or MEG and one or more co-product, from one or more pentose and/or hexose sugars.
Daniel Johannes Koch, Lucas Pederson Parizzi, Felipe Galzerani, Jean Marie Francois, Sophie Lajus
Filed: 20 Feb 20
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Anaerobic fermentative production of furandimethanol and enzymatic production of furandicarboxylic acid
14 Feb 23
The present disclosure provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for the anaerobic production of 2,4-furandimethanol from one or more carbon sources.
Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Ana Karina Brambilla Costa, Marcos Rogerio Simoes, Veronica Leite Queiroz, Aline Silva Romão Dumaresq
Filed: 1 Sep 21
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Co-production Pathway for 3-HPA and Acetyl-coa Derivatives from Malonate Semialdehyde
9 Feb 23
The present disclosure provides methods for utilizing genetically modified microbes to co-produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP) and acetyl-CoA, and derivatives thereof from malonate semialdehyde as a common single intermediate.
Beatriz Leite MAGALHAES, Paulo Moises Raduan ALEXANDRINO, Felipe GALZERANI
Filed: 1 Jul 22
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Continuous Process for Metallocene Preliminary Polymerization for Gas-phase Polymerization Process
2 Feb 23
A process for preliminary polymerization may include washing a catalyst mud comprising a supported metallocene catalyst with at least one saturated hydrocarbon at a temperature from 0° C. to 40° C., a pressure from 20 to 40 kgf/cm2, and a residence time of at least 30 minutes; continuously feeding the washed catalytic mud to a continuous pre-polymerization reactor; and pre-polymerizing, in the continuous pre-polymerization reactor, ethylene and at least one C4 to C10 α-olefin as comonomer, with the washed catalytic mud, to produce a pre-polymer; wherein an average residence time in the continuous pre-polymerization reactor is more than 90 minutes and less than 240 minutes, a reactor temperature is from 10° C. to 50° C., and a reactor pressure from 20 to 40 kgf/cm2.
Olavo Martins Junior, Fabio Andre Kunrath, Márcia Silva Lacerda Miranda
Filed: 15 Jul 22
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Method for the in vivo synthesis of 4-hydroxymethylfurfural and derivatives thereof
31 Jan 23
The present disclosure provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for the production of 4-HMF, 2,4-furandimethanol, furan-2,4-dicarbaldehyde, 4-(hydroxymethyl)furoic acid, 2-formylfuran-4-carboxylate, 4-formylfuran-2-carboxylate, and/or 2,4-FDCA from a carbon source.
Paulo Moises Raduan Alexandrino, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Veronica Leite Queiroz, Marcos Rogerio Simões
Filed: 1 Feb 21
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Method for the in vivo synthesis of 4-hydroxymethylfurfural and derivatives thereof
31 Jan 23
The present disclosure provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for the production of 4-HMF, 2,4-furandimethanol, furan-2,4-dicarbaldehyde, 4-(hydroxymethyl)furoic acid, 2-formylfuran-4-carboxylate, 4-formylfuran-2-carboxylate, and/or 2,4-FDCA from a carbon source.
Paulo Moises Raduan Alexandrino, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Veronica Leite Queiroz, Felipe Cicaroni Fernandes, Bárbara Mano
Filed: 31 Mar 21
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Furanic Diglycidyl Ethers and Esters and Use Thereof
5 Jan 23
The present disclosure provides diglycidyl ethers and esters of 2,4-furandimethanol (2,4-FDME) and of 2,4-furandicarboxylic acid (2,4-FDCA), methods of making diglycidyl ethers and esters of 2,4-FDME and 2,4-FDCA, epoxy resins derived from diglycidyl ethers and esters of 2,4-FDME and 2,4-FDCA, and methods of making epoxy resins derived from diglycidyl ethers and esters of 2,4-FDME and 2,4-FDCA.
Felipe Cicaroni FERNANDES, Iuri Estrada GOUVÊA, Nei Sebastião DOMINGUES JÚNIOR
Filed: 10 Jun 22
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Propylene Preliminary Polymerization
29 Dec 22
A process for propylene preliminary polymerization in liquid phase that occurs in a continuous preliminary polymerization reactor may include feeding a propylene monomer and a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system having (a) a pro-catalyst having an internal electron donor comprising a substituted phenylene aromatic diester, (b) a catalyst activator and optionally (c) an external donor, into the continuous preliminary polymerization reactor, wherein the feeding is carried out without pre-contact of the pro-catalyst with the catalyst activator, and also without pre-contact of the catalyst activator with the propylene monomer before entering the continuous preliminary polymerization reactor.
Olavo Martins Junior, Dihogenes Adriano Pozzer, Élita Cavalli, Thiago Roberto Almeida, Bryan Dawson
Filed: 27 Jun 22
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NADH-dependent enzyme mutants to convert acetone into isopropanol
20 Dec 22
The present disclosure relates to biological processes and systems for the production of isopropanol and/or acetone utilizing modified alcohol dehydrogenases that exhibit increased activity with NADH as a cofactor.
Verônica Leite Queiroz, Lucas Pedersen Parizzi, Iuri Estrada Gouvea, Debora Noma Okamoto, Rafael Victório Carvalho Guido, Alessandro Silva Nascimento, Igor Polikarpov
Filed: 8 Apr 19
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Production of Malonate Semialdehyde and Derivatives by Microorganisms Expressing Aspartate 1-DECARBOXYLASE
1 Dec 22
The present disclosure provides recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing malonate semialdehyde and/or related products, such as ketones, alcohols, organic acids, esters, alkenes, amino acids, and combinations thereof including 3-hydroxypropionic acid, acrylic acid, propionic acid, 1-propanol, acetone, 2-propanol, butanone, 1-butanol, 2-butanol, methyl propionate, 1,3-propanediol, isoamyl alcohol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 2,3-butanediol, lactic acid, adipic acid, glutamic acid, itaconic acid, ethyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, acetic acid, butyric acid, caproic acid, citric acid, methacrylic acid, succinic acid, propylene, butadiene, ethanol, isoprenol, leucine, isoleucine, glutamine, glycine, and isoprene, from β-alanine.
Felipe GALZERANI, Bianca Bassetto BISSONI, Karine JAILLARDON, Dominique LOUIS
Filed: 1 Jun 22
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Shrink Films Incorporating Post-consumer Resin and Methods Thereof
24 Nov 22
A shrink film may include at least one layer comprising a blended ethylene-based polymer composition, the blended ethylene-based having a PCR content varying from greater than 5 to less than 95 wt % and a virgin resin content varying from greater than 5 to less than 95 wt %, wherein the virgin resin is selected from HOPE, LLDPE, LDPE, or combinations thereof.
Gabriel Degues Müller, Leandro de Castro Tomasi, Carlos André Silva
Filed: 15 Oct 20
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Nucleated polyolefin compositions and methods and uses thereof
15 Nov 22
Adriane Gomes Simanke, Marcia Pires Fortes Ferreira, Mariele Kaipers Stocker, Cristóvão De Lemos
Filed: 5 Jul 17
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Systems and Methods for Recycling Polyolefins
10 Nov 22
Embodiments relate a method for processing recyclable polymer material.
Cesar Mariano de Carvalho, Marcelo Farah
Filed: 9 May 22
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No Break Polypropylene Impact Copolymers with Melt Flow Rate Higher Than 90 G/10 Min
10 Nov 22
Polymer compositions may include a matrix phase comprising a polypropylene-based polymer; and an elastomeric rubber phase; wherein the polymer composition has melt flow rate (MFR) according to ASTM D1238 at 230° C./2.16 kg equal to or greater than 90 g/10 min and at least one feature selected from (I) an Izod impact resistance according to ASTM D256A at 23° C. equal to or greater than 400 J/m; (II) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average total energy, equal to or greater than 17 J; or (III) an instrumented drop impact at −30° C., average percent ductility, equal to or greater than 60%.
Moisés Magalhães Werlang, Joel Carr, Tadeu Forest
Filed: 25 Jul 22