Phillips Petroleum Company

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC

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Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP

Raytheon Company

Conocophillips Company

Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.

Chevron Philips Chemical Company, LP

Kenvue Brands LLC

Patel, Bharat

Bharat B Patel

Yadollah Delaviz

Raymond Marshall Breindel

Roland R Loh

Mark E Polasky

Marc Alary

Jan-Joo Liu

Mitchell Zane Weekley

Marshall D Bishop

Peyton L Hopson

Michael L Stephens

Wayne S Stewart

Ahmad Moradi-Araghi

Iqbal Ahmed

Klin Aloysius Rodrigues

Emanuel P Morano

Hermann Statz

Stanley R Shanfield

Erik Lunde

Vipul Davé

T George Muller

Olusegun M Falana

Henry L Hsieh

Billy L Swanson

Nathan E Stacy

Xia Cao

L James Lee

Manoj Choudhary

Kelly B Fox

Alvin Evans

Jeffrey A Russell

Karim Alhussiny

George G Dixon

Sam B Ledbetter

Jiong Shen

Manoj K Choudhary

Peyton Hopson

Carefully coordinated patches having camouflaging and/or benefit properties can be formed for application to a desired region of human skin. The patches include a flexible film having a first, adhesive, outwardly facing major surface and a second outwardly facing surface which is textured to correspond to skin covered by the patch during use; wherein the flexible film further comprises at least one pigmented region and at least one region adapted to modify one or more optical properties selected from the group consisting of light transmission, light reflection, and light absorption. Methods of custom use of such patches may include 3D printing processes.

Multi-functional personalized patch with therapeutic properties

A dermal delivery device includes a film having first and second outwardly facing major surfaces; at least one liquid reservoir contained within the film; at least one microfluidic channel having a transverse dimension between about 100 nm and 0.5 mm disposed within the film and in fluid communication with the at least one liquid reservoir; and at least one outlet port operatively connected to the first outwardly facing major surface of the film in fluid communication with the at least one microfluidic channel.

Three-dimensional microfluidics devices for the delivery of actives

A transdermal delivery device includes a film having first and second outwardly facing major surfaces; at least one liquid reservoir contained within the film; at least one microfluidic channel having a transverse dimension between about 100 nm and 0.5 mm disposed within the film and in fluid communication with the at least one liquid reservoir; and at least one outlet port associated with at least one microneedle operatively connected to the first outwardly facing major surface of the film in fluid communication with the at least one microfluidic channel.

An array of differing microneedles can be accurately achieved including a film having first and second, outwardly facing major surfaces. The first, outwardly facing major surface has a plurality of stratum corneum piercing microneedles extending therefrom, and the plurality of microneedles includes a plurality of first microneedles having a first benefit agent and a plurality of second microneedles having a second benefit agent.

Microneedle arrays and methods for making and using

A system includes an applicator mask having an applicator surface having a three-dimensional shape corresponding to the isolated body part; and at least one membrane releasably disposed on the applicator surface and having an outer surface in facing relation with the applicator surface and inner adhesive surface opposite thereof. The membrane includes one or more benefit agents disposed in one or more treatment zones.

System for targeted application of topical agents to an isolated body part

Disclosed is a method for making polystyrene foam which utilizes one or more atmospheric gases, particularly CO, as the blowing agent in combination with a polymer processing aid (PPA), typically an ester that is relatively non-volatile at the extrusion temperature range. The blowing agent and the PPA may both be introduced into the molten thermoplastic polystyrene resin or the PPA may be incorporated in the solid source polystyrene resins. The resulting foam will be substantially free of residual blowing agent and dimensionally stable at ambient temperatures.

Method of manufacturing polystyrene foam with polymer processing additives

Polymer extruded foams that contain cell size enlarging agents are provided. The inventive composition includes a foamable polymer material, at least one blowing agent, and at least one cell size enlarging agent. The blowing agent utilized in the inventive composition is preferably selected such that the composition has a zero ozone depletion and low global warming potential. Examples include any inorganic blowing agents and/or non-hydrogenated chlorofluorocarbons (non-HCFCs). The foamable polymer material is preferably polystyrene. The cell size enlarging agent may be chosen from ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and/or ethylene methyl acrylate (EMA). The cell size enlarging agent permits the formation of a foam with large cell sizes that are desirable to achieve a high insulation value and to optimize the physical properties of the foamed product. In addition, the cell size enlarging agent provides an increased cell size to the foamed product without detracting from the physical and thermal properties.

Cell size enlargers for polystyrene foams

Polymer extruded or expanded foams that contain modifier-free nanoclays are provided. The addition of modifier-free nano-clays to extruded or expanded foam products improves the thermal properties, mechanical properties, and fire performance properties. Water or a water-containing compound is used as a carrier for the modifier-free nanoclays. The final foamed products may be utilized in building application such as foamed insulation products and in underground applications such as highway insulation. A preferred modifier-free nanoclay is NaMMT. Modifier-free nanoclay particles may be injected into a polymer during an extrusion foaming process. In another embodiment of the invention, polymer beads containing water/nanoclay particles are formed using inverse emulsion/suspension polymerizations and expanded or extruded into a foamed product. In a further embodiment, a modifier-free nanoclay particle is encapsulated in a super-absorbent material, which may be used in an expanding or extruding process.

Polystyrene foam containing a modifier-free nanoclay and having improved fire protection performance

Provided are methods for producing a high strength, but easily deformed, polystyrene foam board that can endure repeated deformations from its original configuration into more complex curved shapes without damaging the board integrity or substantially reducing its structural strength. Also provided are rigid polystyrene foam boards produced by this method that exhibit improved bending and impact resistance while substantially retaining or improving other properties, for example, the thermal dimensional stability and fire resistance, exhibited by corresponding conventional XPS foam boards. The foamable compositions may incorporate one or more of a variety of polymer processing aids for the purpose of altering the performance of the final foam products, thereby allowing the properties of the final foam product to be customized to some degree.

Deformable, rigid polystyrene foam board

Polymeric foam and polymeric foam products that contain a foamable polymer material, at least one blowing agent, an infrared attenuating agent, and a polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer are provided. In exemplary embodiments, the blowing agent contains an HFC. The maleic anhydride-styrene copolymer grafted with polyethylene oxide increases the cell size of the polymer foam and offsets or even negates the decreased cell size caused by an HFC blowing agent and/or infrared attenuating agents. In addition, the copolymer of maleic anhydride-styrene grafted with polyethylene oxide has a positive affect on the processability of the blowing agent(s) in the composition by both widening the process window and enhancing the solubility of the blowing agent in the polymer melt. Thus, the polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer present in the inventive composition acts as a cell enlarger, a plasticizer, and a processing aid. A method of forming an extruded foam product is also provided.

Polystyrene/polyethylene oxide copolymer cell size enlarger for foam

A dressing suitable for topical application to the body, including a carrier substrate having a first side and opposing second side; and a layer of a foamed adhesive composition applied to the second side of the carrier substrate, where the layer of foamed adhesive composition includes a substantially homogeneous distribution of closed cells having an inert gas contained therein.

Dressings with a foamed adhesive layer

A lamp base having an electrical device recharging receptacle configured to receive a plug from a recharging device for a portable rechargeable electronic device. The receptacle is configured as a standard automobile cigarette lighter receptacle. The receptacle includes standard cigarette lighter receptacle electrical contacts that are connected to a voltage and current conversion circuit for receiving standard household voltage and converting it into standard automotive voltage and current. An adapter receptacle is provided in the lamp base with securable replacement electrical and mechanical connection mechanism, wherein the conversion circuit provides a voltage and current to the adapter receptacle. A replaceably securable USB adapter plug comprising a second conversion circuit for converting the voltage and current provided to the adapter receptacle into a standard USB voltage and current. The replaceably securable USB adapter plug may be electrically and mechanically disconnected and replaced with an upgraded replaceably securable USB adapter plug having a third conversion circuit to convert the voltage and current provided to a different USB voltage and current.

Lamp base with upgradeable recharging port and method

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Bartlesville, OK, United States of America

Bharat B Patel