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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7153575 | Particulate material having multiple curable coatings and methods for making and using same The present invention relates to coated particulate matter wherein the particles are individually coated with a first set of one or more layers of a curable resin, for example, a combination of phenolic/furan resin or furan resin or phenolic-furan-formaldehyde terpo... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6818707 | Spray dried phenolic resole molding powder with crystalline phenolic compounds A binder composition comprising a blend of a crystalline phenolic compound having two or more hydroxyphenyl groups and a thermosetting spray dried phenolic resole resin is disclosed. The binder together with a filler is particularly useful in the preparation of mold... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6780511 | N-substituted arylamino-phenol-formaldehyde condensates There is disclosed N-substituted arylamino-phenol-formaldehyde condensates which are substantially free of water, contain not more than 2% by weight of a phenol and possess unobvious properties, e.g., which have the residues of an N-substituted arylamine and 1.5 to ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6716729 | Stable bisphenolic compositions There is provided a stable single-phase composition of bisphenolic stillbottoms and methods for making such compositions. There is also provided a resole and a novolac composition that includes in the manufacture of the resins the use of a stable solution of bisphen... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6710101 | High surface area magnesia curing agent Binder compositions of the present invention are useful in refractory and foundry applications. The compositions include an aggregate, a liquid resole resin, and a magnesium hardening agent. The compositions are workable and exhibit high compressive strengths in a s... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6699958 | Colorless phenol-formaldehyde resins that cure colorless The present invention is directed to compositions and a process leading to colorless or light colored aqueous phicinol-formaldelhyde resoles. Unlike previous technologies, these compositions lead to clear storage stable fast curing, high molecular weight ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6663707 | Water-resistant gypsum formulations Emulsions are provided which are useful in imparting water resistance to gypsum products. In one embodiment, the emulsions comprise a plurality of waxes, at least one saponified wax, a complexed starch, a polymerized alkyl phenol, and a small amount of a ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6632527 | Composite proppant, composite filtration media and methods for making and using same Composite particles made of a binder and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler is finely divided mineral and optional fiber. The particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The partic... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6628866 | Optical fiber ribbons containing radiation cured encapsulating materials Optical fiber ribbons comprise at least two optical fiber subunit ribbons encapsulated within a radiation cured encapsulating material. The radiation cured encapsulating material allows separation of the subunit ribbons by hand tearing of the encapsulatin... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6620901 | High carbon yield phenolic resole A high-carbon-yield resole by reacting formaldehyde and excess phenol to an endpoint and then cross-linking with HMTA. Similar high-carbon-yield resoles result with addition of DBE-2, furfuryl alchol and furfural.... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6608162 | Spray-dried phenol formaldehyde resins The invention relates to formulations and methods of manufacturing spray-dried phenol-formaldehyde resin that contain highly reactive phenolic compounds that include resorcinol, alkyl resorcinols, meta-amino phenol or/and phloroglucinol. The powder resin ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6605354 | High nitrogen containing triazine-phenol-aldehyde condensate There is disclosed a triazine-phenol-aldehyde condensate which contains at least 15% of nitrogen, has a melt viscosity of not greater than 2,000 cps at 175° C. and a solubility of at least 80% by weight at 25° C. by the 90:10 methanol:water method. Also... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6582884 | Coated optical disks Optical disks comprise a substrate, a metallized layer and a coating formed from a radiation-curable composition. The radiation-curable composition comprises a first component selected from the group consisting of alkanediol diacrylates, alkanediol dimeth... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6582819 | Low density composite proppant, filtration media, gravel packing media, and sports field media, and methods for making and using same Low density composite particles made of a binder and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler includes low density filler and optionally other filler. The binder includes a polymer and optionally cement. The particles ma... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6572804 | Method for making building panels having low edge thickness swelling An improvement to existing board manufacturing process which utilize lignocellulose particles is described wherein the adhesive to be applied as a binder is at least partly applied before the particles are dried. Using the invention improvement in resin a... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6541576 | Composition and method for curing a resorcinol resin A catalyst curing system or hardener for resorcinolic resins, such as resorcinol-formaldehyde or phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde resins including methylolurea. The methylolurea may be used in combination with oxazolidine in ratios ranging from 5:95 to 95:,... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6528157 | Proppants with fiber reinforced resin coatings Coated particles made of particulate substrates having a coating of resin and fibrous material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The coated substrate particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The coated s... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6501890 | Heat strippable optical fiber ribbons Optical fiber ribbons comprise at least two optical fibers and a matrix material in which the optical fibers are encapsulated. The matrix material exhibits a maximum tensile strength at 100° C. of at least about 1000 psi and an elongation at break at 100... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6498883 | Optical fiber ribbon with pigmented matrix material and processes for making same Optical fiber ribbon, and a process for making same, that employs radiation-curable, colored matrix material and comprises a plurality of colored optical fibers in a fixed arrangement, preferably parallel to one another, embedded within the cured matrix m... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6478998 | Hybrid phenol-formaldehyde and polymeric isocyanate based adhesive and methods of synthesis and use Hybrid resins formed of an acylated phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resin and a polymeric phenyl isocyanate (pMDI) resin have extended shelf stability, yet cure at a rate faster than any of its components when used in conventional flakeboard, strandboard or othe... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6455607 | Peelable bonded ribbon matrix material; optical fiber bonded ribbon arrays containing same; and process for preparing said optical fiber bonded ribbon arrays A one-part, cured, radiation-curable liquid matrix composition for affixing coated and inked optical fibers in a ribbon configuration which is peelable from the coated and inked fibers without damage to the integrity of itself or the fibers is disclosed. ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449413 | Radiation-curable composition for optical fiber matrix material A curable composition is disclosed that is useful for securing color coded optical fibers in a matrix of an optical fiber cable. The matrix material can be stripped from the individual fibers without removing the color coding associated with the individua... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6406789 | Composite proppant, composite filtration media and methods for making and using same Composite particles made of a resin and filler material are provided for use in subterranean formations. The filler is finely divided mineral and optional fiber. The particles are proppants useful to prop open subterranean formation fractures. The particl... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6387501 | Phenolic coated refractory aggregates A method for forming resin coated refractory aggregates and the resulting resin coated aggregates which can be used for forming refractory shapes such as furnace linings, bricks, etc. The process includes contacting a heated refractory material in particu... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384116 | Binder composition and process The specification discloses a binder composition comprising a urea formaldehyde resin modified with a water soluble non-ionic amine oxide and optionally further modified with an anionic acrylic latex and/or a water soluble polymer comprising 40-100% by we... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6379800 | Glyoxal-phenolic condensates with enhanced fluorescence Glyoxal-phenolic condensates, epoxidized products thereof, as well as their method of manufacture are disclosed. The condensates and epoxidized products have exceptionally high fluorescence as well as good ultraviolet absorbance. There is also disclosed c... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6365646 | Method to improve humidity resistance of phenolic urethane foundry binders An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for improving the tensile strength of foundry cores and molds. More particularly, an embodiment of the present invention provides an improved binder for foundry cores and molds that include a fluori... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6316583 | Phenol-novolacs with improved optical properties The specification discloses a method for the manufacture of a fluorescent polyphenolic product with high UV absorbance, its subsequent epoxidation as well as polyphenolic products and epoxidized derivatives and compositions thereof. The polyphenolic produ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6299677 | Binders for cores and molds No-bake inorganic binder compositions for binding particulate material and methods for curing such inorganic binders. The inorganic binder compositions are composed of silicate and phosphate components. The no-bake compositions further contain curing cata... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6291723 | Diolefin/hydroxyaryl condensates and catalyst therefor A catalyst composition comprising trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (also referred to as triflic acid) and a sufficient quantity of a substance (also referred to as a retarder) to decrease but not eliminate the catalytic activity of the acid is disclosed. Als... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6239248 | Phenol-novolacs with improved optical properties The specification discloses a method for the manufacture of a fluorescent polyphenolic product with high UV absorbance, its subsequent epoxidation, polyphenolic products, epoxidized derivatives and compositions thereof as well as laminates containing fluo... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6232399 | Phenol-novolacs with improved optical properties The specification discloses a method for the manufacture of a fluorescent polyphenolic product with high UV absorbance, its subsequent epoxidation as well as polyphenolic products and epoxidized derivatives and compositions thereof. The polyphenolic produ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6232368 | Ester cured binders An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for improving the tensile strength of foundry cores and molds over what may be conventionally achieved. The use of acidic methylene compounds in binder compositions which include strongly alkaline p... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6201094 | Phenol-novolacs with improved optical properties The specification discloses epoxidized products and compositions of a polyphenol of a phenol and glyoxal wherein the polyphenol prior to epoxidation has an ultraviolet (UV) absorbance of at lest 0.260 at 365 nanometers (nm) and/or at least 0.400 at 350 nm... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6159405 | Phenolic resin system for pultrusion composites A fire resistant phenolic resole-resorcinol novolac system for a pultrusion process, having a much improved pot life of the two part mixture, lower emissions during processing and a much better surface finish of the pultruded composite when compared to a ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6150492 | Cross-catalyzed phenol-resorcinol adhesive A two-part adhesive is provided wherein the first part comprises a stable aqueous alkaline monohydroxylic phenolic resole resin solution containing a methylene donor such as oxazolidine or a methylolurea and the second part comprises a stable resorcinolic... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6140421 | Phenol-novolacs with improved optical properties The specification discloses a method for the manufacture of a fluorescent polyphenolic product with high UV absorbance, its subsequent epoxidation as well as polyphenolic products and epoxidized derivatives and compositions thereof. The polyphenolic produ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6139619 | Binders for cores and molds An inorganic binder system for foundry compositions includes a silicate and added phosphate. The composition produces a binder having the advantageous strength properties of a silicate binder system with the dispersibility properties of a phosphate binder... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6132549 | Wood-product laminated composites Discloses compositions of urea dissolved in aqueous, polymerizable phenolic resole resins, wood-product laminated composite products produced with such resins, with or without the urea, and methods for the production of wood-product laminated composites w... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6133403 | Reactive diluents for acid curable phenolic compositions Disclosed are acid hardenable phenolic resin compositions and novolac compositions modified with about 5 to about 15% by weight of at least one reactive diluent selected from the group consisting of benzylic alcohol, benzylic ether, ethylene glycol, 1,3-b... | 10/17/2000 |