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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6730744 | Method for copolymerization and resulting copolymers The invention concerns a method for preparing block copolymers comprising steps which consist in: polymerising a first monomer using an organolanthanide catalyst wherein said catalyst in the form of a hydride complex of a trivalent metal from the group of rare earth... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6612343 | Use of polymer compositions for coating surfaces, and surface coatings comprising such compositions The invention describes the use of compositions containing at least one thermoplastic polymer and an epoxy resin modified by at least one aromatic polyamine to coat surfaces, especially pipes through which oil is transported. The polymer compositions used... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6602562 | Electro-optical liquid-crystal display The invention generally relates to an electro-optical liquid-crystal display having a re-alignment layer, for re-aligning the liquid crystals, whose field has a component parallel to the liquid-crystal layer which is desirable for the re-alignment, includ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6601877 | Piping structure of a working machine A piping structure of a working machine, which prevents damage to the hoses that are so arranged as can be flexibly bent on the working machine. The piping structure of a working machine comprises a guide cylinder in which is slidably inserted an intermed... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600082 | Process for dehydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of a supported bimetallic catalyst with a strong interaction between a group VIII metal and tin A process for dehydrogenating organic compounds, in particular paraffins and naphthenes, is carried out in the presence of a supported catalyst comprising a group VIII metal such as platinum, and tin, at least a portion of which interacts strongly with th... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6596060 | Water-repellent composition The present invention relates to a water-repellant composition consisting essentially of at least one hydrophobic agent and at least one solvent which is compatible with the at least one hydrophobic active agent, this solvent being other than a fluorinate... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6596253 | Regeneration of a desulfurizing catalytic solution by means of an ejector In the desulfurization of a gaseous feed containing hydrogen sulfide, comprising contacting the gaseous feed with a catalytic solution containing a chelated polyvalent metal under suitable conditions for oxidation of the hydrogen sulfide to elementary sul... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6596890 | Aluminum alkyl complexes as cocatalysts Organometallic aluminum compounds of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where X1 is NH, NH2 *, NH--A*, N--A, N(A)2 *, O, OA*, O-Aryl*, S, SA*, P, P(A)2 * or a single bond, X2 is NH, N--A, O, S, PA or X1... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6589494 | Process for eliminating halogen-containing compounds contained in a gas or liquid using an adsorbent composition based on at least one metallic element The present invention provides a process for eliminating halogen-containing compounds contained in a gas or a liquid, characterized in that the gas or liquid is brought into contact with a composition based on an alumina and/or a hydrated alumina and at l... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579355 | Interference pigments The present invention relates to an interference pigment based on multiply-coated platelet-shaped substrates, comprising at least one layer sequence of (A) a high refractive index coating comprising a mixture of TiO2 and Fe2 O3 | 06/17/2003 |
| 6342201 | Complex compounds for diagnosis of vascular diseases The present invention concerns novel complexes for use in the diagnosis of vascular diseases, methods of manufacturing such complexes and diagnostic agents containing them. These complexes strongly enrich themselves in atherosclerotic plaques and are thus... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6323197 | Condensed 2,3-benzodiazepine derivatives and their use as AMPA-receptor inhibitors The invention concerns compounds of formula (I), in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 mean hydrogen or different substituents; X means hydrogen or halogen; Y means C1-6 alkoxy or X and Y together mean --O--(CH | 11/27/2001 |
| 6291065 | Pigment flakes Described are pigment flakes having a chiral liquid crystalline polymer material, the polymer material serving as a carrier material or being coated onto a carrier material. The pigment flakes have at least one dye that is chemically bound to the polymer.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6284280 | Microparticles containing active ingredients, agents containing these microparticles, their use for ultrasound-controlled release of active ingredients, as well as a process for their production The invention relates to new microparticles containing active ingredients, which contain at least one gas or a gaseous phase in addition to the active ingredient(s), agents containing these particles (microparticulate systems), their use for ultrasound-co... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284032 | Multilayer interference pigments Multilayer interference pigment consisting of plateletlike titanium dioxide as carrier material, coated with alternating layers of metal oxides of low and high refractive index, the difference in the refractive indices being at least 0.1, which is obtaina... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284210 | Combustion catalyst and combustion process using such a catalyst A combustion catalyst comprising a monolithic substrate, a porous support based on refractory inorganic oxide and an active phase formed by cerium, iron and at least one metal selected from the group formed by palladium and platinum, the content of porous... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284937 | Process and unit for carrying out a reaction on an organic feed, such as dimerisation or metathesis, in the presence of a polar phase containing a catalyst A process for carrying out a reaction on an organic feed, for example dimerization, co-dimerization, oligomerization or metathesis of olefins, as described in which the catalyst is a catalytic metal compound dissolved in a non-aqueous ionic medium which i... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280520 | Multilayer pearl luster pigment based on an opaque substrate Multilayer pearl luster pigment based on an absorbing platelet-shaped substrate which is coated with alternating layers of a material of low refractive index and a material of high refractive index, or with a metal, the difference in the refractive indice... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6281215 | 4-(1-piperazinyl) benzoic acid derivatives, process for preparing them and their therapeutic applications New 4-(1-piperazinyl)benzoic acid derivatives of the formula (I) are described. Also described is methods for making these compounds and their use as therapeutic agents. In particular, the compounds find use in the treatment of diabetes.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6280989 | Sialyltransferases The present invention relates to isolated sialyltransferases, such as human or mouse GM3 synthase, human or mouse 4ST3GalVI, or human 7STGalNAcV sialyltransferase polypeptide, biologically-active polypeptide fragments thereof, and nucleic acids which code... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6281256 | Open pore biodegradable matrices The invention is directed to a process for preparing porous polymer materials by a combination of gas forming and particulate leaching steps. The invention is also directed to porous polymer material prepared by the process, particularly having a characte... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6277571 | Sequential consensus region-directed amplification of known and novel members of gene families A method of sequential consensus region-directed amplification comprising, (a) amplifying a first segment of at least one target DNA in a DNA mixture, using a first and second oligonucleotide primer, each of which hybridizes to the target DNA, and a nucle... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275775 | Method for determining at least one physico-chemical property of a petroleum fraction A method for determining at least one physico-chemical property of a petroleum fraction is described in which a conventional analysis of the property is done for a reference petroleum sample set; each reference sample is analyzed by gas chromatography cou... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270563 | Pigment composition The invention relates to a non-dusting homogeneous pigment composition comprising at least 50 % by weight of one or more effect pigments, 0.1-50 % by weight of plasticizer or a mixture of plasticizer/nitrocellulose, and 0-49.9 % by weight of a solvent or solve... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6271403 | 7-(xi-aminoalkyl)-estratrienes, process for their production, pharmaceutical preparations which contain these 7-(xi-aminoalkyl-estratrienes as well as their use for the production of pharmaceutical agents This invention describes new, substituted 7-(&3xb5;-aminoalkyl)-estratrienes of general formula I ##STR1## in which side chain SK is a radical of partial formula ##STR2## The new compounds represent compounds with very strong antiestrogenic ac... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6261632 | Process for improving the adhesion of metal particles to a carbon substrate The present invention relates to a process for improving the adhesion of metal particles to a carbon substrate, characterized in that, before the said metal particles are deposited on the carbon substrate, the said substrate is treated in an alkaline medi... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6262788 | Process for preparing an optical retardation film The invention relates to a process for preparing an optical retardation film comprising at least one layer of an anisotropic polymer material, to a method of rubbing a substrate for the alignment of liquid crystal or mesogenic material that can be used in... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258804 | Triazepinones, process for their preparation and their therapeutic application Described are compound of the formula (I) defined herein which are useful, for example, in the treatment of diabetes. Also described is a method for preparing the compounds.... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6258799 | Aqueous coating composition and process for preparing solid pharmaceutical preparation An aqueous coating composition comprising hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose trimellitate typically having a mean particle size of up to 10 .mu.m and a plasticizer is applied to a solid pharmaceutical preparation to form a coating film having acid resistance ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6255257 | Silicone grease composition A silicone grease composition having high thermal conductivity, comprising (A) 50 to 95 weight % of a mixture of an aluminum nitride powder having an average particle size of 0.5 to 5 μm and an aluminum nitride powder ଲ having an average pa... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6254886 | Multilayer tablet The invention relates to multilayer tablets which are constructed of two, three or more layers, one layer containing probiotic microorganisms, while the other layers contain foodstuff ingredients valuable in nutritional physiology, such as vitamins, miner... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6245320 | Inhibition of mucin release from airway goblet cells by polycationic peptides Polycationic peptides have been shown to be effective inhibitors of mucin secretion. Inhibition of mucin secretion using these polycationic peptides may be an important tool in the treatment of diseases associated with mucin hypersecretion, including asth... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6245220 | Selective hydrogenation of diolefins to the olefins employing catalysts containing palladium, also tin and/or lead For transforming unsaturated diolefinic hydrocarbons to a -olefinic hydrocarbons at rates which are at least 1.5 times higher than the rate of hydrogenation of -olefinic hydrocarbons to saturated compounds, the catalyst contains palladium di... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6242151 | Polymers, resist compositions and patterning method The invention provides a novel polymer in the form of a novolac resin in which some of the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups are replaced by 1,2-naphthoquinonediazidosulfonyl ester groups and some of the hydrogen atoms of the remaining hydroxyl groups... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241967 | Process and device for the production of liquid, disperse systems A continuous process for the production of liquid, disperse systems is described, which is characterized in that a predispersion is extruded under a high pressure of 6.6 to 250 MPa sequentially over 1 to 8 filter stages of decreasing pore size between 0.0... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6242662 | Process for obtaining butene-1 For obtaining butene-1 from butene-2, a charge containing at least one of the isomers of butene-2 is introduced into a distillation zone linked to a hydro-isomerization zone. Part of the effluent from the bottom of the distillation column is removed from ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6239098 | Water-repellent detergent By reacting (A) a fluorinated alkyl group-containing alkoxysilane or a mixture of a fluorinated alkyl group-containing alkoxysilane and a fluorine-free monovalent hydrocarbon group-containing alkoxysilane with (B) an amino group-containing alkoxysilane, t... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6238472 | Metal oxide coated titanium dioxide lamellas Colored pearl luster pigment consisting of a core of platelet shaped titanium dioxide and one or more layers of other metal oxides or metal oxide hydrates obtainable by solidifying an aqueous solution of a thermally hydrolyzable titanium compound on a con... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6231954 | Low-hardness silicone rubber fixing rolls A silicone rubber layer is formed on a metal mandrel by curing an addition reaction curing type liquid silicone rubber composition so as to provide a resilience of 5-30% according to JIS K-6301, and an organic resin layer having a low surface energy is pr... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6229029 | 11ଲ-aryl substituted 14,17-ethanoestratriens, method for the production of these compounds and their use in the production of medicaments This invention describes 11ଲ-aryl-substituted 14,17-ethanoestratrienes of general formula (I). The new compounds are selective estrogens whose action occurs in a tissue-selective manner. The estrogenic action occurs in particular on bone, in the car... | 05/08/2001 |
