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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6872424 | Durable finishes for textiles The present invention relates to textile treatment compositions for imparting desirable characteristics durably to textile fibers and fabrics, including softness, hydrophobicity, oleophobicity, surface lubricity, abrasion resistance, tear resistance, improved drape,... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6855772 | Water-repellent and soil-resistant finish for textiles The present invention is directed to polymeric treatment preparations for textiles and other fibrous substrates that impart water and oil repellency to fibers, yarns, textiles, or other fibrous substrates. More particularly, this invention comprises an aqueous solut... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6679924 | Dye fixatives This invention is directed to treatments for dyed textile goods that will improve their fastness properties. More particularly, the invention is directed to certain fixatives that, when placed on the dyed textile, allow the dye to be permanently or substa... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6638984 | Microcellular foams, their method of production, and uses and products thereof The present invention is directed to thermo-expandable microspheres and to the expanded microballoons, microcellular foam or foamed composite material that results upon heating the microspheres. The thermo-expandable microsphere of the present invention i... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6617364 | Method for synthesizing thermo-expandable polymeric microspheres The present invention is directed to thermo-expandable microspheres and to the expanded microballoons, microcellular foam or foamed composite material that results upon heating the microspheres. The thermo-expandable microsphere of the present invention i... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6617268 | Method for protecting cotton from enzymatic attack by cellulase enzymes This invention is directed to methods for the treatment of cellulose-containing fibers and yarn to provide protection to the cellulose from attack by enzymes. The method comprises the steps of exposing cellulose-containing fibers and yarn to an aqueous so... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6617267 | Modified textile and other materials and methods for their preparation Provided are compounds and methods for modifying a material to change properties of the material, as well as a variety of products obtained using the methods. The material which is modified may be, for example, a carbohydrate, and the modifiable functiona... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6607994 | Nanoparticle-based permanent treatments for textiles This invention is directed to preparations useful for the permanent or substantially permanent treatment of textiles and other webs. More particularly, the preparations of the invention comprise an agent or other payload surrounded by or contained within ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6607564 | Modified textiles and other materials and methods for their preparation Provided are compounds and methods for modifying a material to change properties of the material, as well as a variety of products obtained using the methods. In one embodiment, a material comprising one or more modifiable functional groups is reacted wit... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599327 | Modified textiles and other materials and methods for their preparation Provided are compounds and methods for modifying a material to change properties of the material, as well as a variety of products obtained using the methods. In one embodiment, a material comprising one or more modifiable functional groups is reacted wit... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6544594 | Water-repellent and soil-resistant finish for textiles The present invention is directed to polymeric treatment preparations for textiles and other fibrous substrates that impart water and oil repellency to fibers, yarns, textiles, or other fibrous substrates. More particularly, this invention comprises an aq... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6517933 | Hybrid polymer materials The invention is directed to a hybrid polymer material or system that combines naturally occurring building blocks with synthetic building blocks. The sets of naturally occurring and synthetic building blocks are mixed and joined on a molecular or nanosco... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516633 | Photochromic glass nanoparticles and methods of preparation The present invention is directed to microemulsion techniques for rapidly preparing photochromic glass nanoparticles and to the photochromic glass nanoparticles so prepared. More particularly, the method of the invention comprises the combination of two m... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6497733 | Dye fixatives This invention is directed to treatments for dyed textile goods that will improve their fastness properties. More particularly, the invention is directed to certain fixatives that, when placed on the dyed textile, allow the dye to be permanently or substa... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6497732 | Fiber-reactive polymeric dyes The invention is directed to fiber-reactive polymeric dyes, which comprise a dye covalently bound to a carboxyl-containing polymer. By "fiber-reactive" is meant that the polymeric dye will form a chemical covalent bond with the fiber, textile, or web to b... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6485530 | Modified textile and other materials and methods for their preparation Provided are compounds and methods for modifying a material to change properties of the material, as well as a variety of products obtained using the methods. In one embodiment, a material comprising one or more modifiable functional groups is reacted wit... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6472476 | Oil- and water-repellent finishes for textiles The present invention is directed to a water- and oil repellency-imparting preparation for fibrous and other substrates, the preparation comprising a fluorinated polymer and a tacking monomer, oligomer or polymer containing at least one anhydride function... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6387492 | Hollow polymeric fibers The present invention is directed to thermo-expandable fibers and to the expanded hollow fibers or microtubes, microcellular foam or foamed composite material that results upon heating the expandable fibers. The thermo-expandable fiber of the present inve... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6380336 | Copolymers and oil-and water-repellent compositions containing them The present invention is directed to a copolymer capable of forming a water- and oil-repellent agent that enables binding to textiles and other materials without the production of formaldehyde. The copolymer according to the present invention comprises a)... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6379753 | Modified textile and other materials and methods for their preparation Provided are compounds and methods for modifying a material to change properties of the material, as well as a variety of products obtained using the methods. The material which is modified may be, for example, a carbohydrate, and the modifiable functiona... | 04/30/2002 |
