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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101042 | Method for adhering silicone gels to plastics A method for increasing the adherence of a silicone gel to a substrate using a primer material. The method is particularly useful for adhering a medical prosthesis to a human or animal body. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7737082 | Siloxane composition, agglomerate, and method of preparing A siloxane composition, comprising from 70 to 99 parts by weight of a solid particulate having a median particle size of from 0.1 to 3000 μm and from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a binder having a median particle size of from 5 to 250 μm, wherein the composition is ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7687587 | Silicone composition and cured silicone resin A silicone composition according to the present invention comprises (A) an organopolysiloxane resin having an average of at least two silicon-bonded alkenyl groups per molecule, (B) an organohydrogensilane in an amount sufficient to cure the composition, (C) an effe... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682545 | Embossing toughened silicone resin substrates This invention relates to a method of embossing a cured silicone resin thermoset substrate to imprint patterns onto the substrate from a master mold comprising (i) stacking a master mold with a cured silicone resin thermoset substrate such that the surface of the ma... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7632890 | Silicone foam control compositions A foam control composition comprises a polydiorganosiloxane fluid comprising units of the formula where each group R, which may be the same or different, is selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms or an ary... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623214 | Liquid crystal materials A blue phase liquid crystalline material comprising a mixture comprising at least one bimesogenic compound and at least one chiral compound, wherein the material is capable of stable existence in the blue phase over a temperature range of at least 5° C. A process f... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7622193 | Coated substrates and methods for their preparation Coated substrates containing a barrier layer comprising hydrogenated silicon oxycarbide having a density of at least 1.6 g/cm3 and methods of preparing the coated substrates. ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7563515 | Silicone compositions and their use in controlling the release or transfer of printed or molded patterns and transferring processes therefore The present invention relates to silicone compositions that can be used to control the interface at which release occurs when a bi-layer or multi-layer structure comprising compositions as separate layers, and a pattern of a different material sandwiched in between,... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7407991 | Silicone foam control compositions comprising a siloxane fluid and a mixture of glycerol mono/di/triesters A foam control composition comprises a polydiorganosiloxane fluid comprising units of the formula where each group R, which may be the same or different, is selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 36 carbon atoms or an ary... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7358582 | Planar optical waveguide assembly A planar optical waveguide assembly prepared by a method comprising the steps of (i) applying a curable polymer composition to a surface of a substrate to form a polymer film; (ii) curing the polymer film to form a lower clad layer; (iii) applying a silicone composi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 6512015 | Silicone foam control compositions This invention relates to silicone foam control compositions comprising a silicone antifoam agent, mineral oil, a polydiorganosiloxane containing at least one polyoxyalkylene group, and a finely divided filler. The foam control compositions of this invent... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6498197 | Temperature insensitive one-phase microemulsions This invention relates to an optically clear one-phase microemulsion which is transparent at a temperature range of from 0-70° C. comprising (i) at least one non-aqueous polar solvent, (ii) at least one non-polar solvent immiscible with (i), and (iii) at... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6399559 | Stable bleaching agents containing bis(organosilyl) peroxides This invention relates to organosilyl peroxide compounds which are stable in aqueous systems and are used for bleaching and cleaning applications. More particularly, this invention is concerned with the stability of bis(organosilyl)peroxides when formulat... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6368535 | Condensation reaction curable silsesquioxane resin composition and methods for the synthesis and cure thereof A condensation reaction curable silsesquioxane resin composition and methods for its preparation and cure are disclosed. By modifying the silsesquioxane resin with a silyl-terminated hydrocarbon, such as a silphenylene, the resulting silsesquioxane resin ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6255373 | Curable silicone resin composition A curable silicone resin composition contains (A) 100 parts by weight of a silicone resin having condensation-reactive group, (B) 1 to 100 parts by weight of an inorganic fine powder, (C) 0.5 to 50 parts by weight of a silazane compound; and (D) an arbitr... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6242058 | Method for forming coatings from radiation curable compositions containing alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylenes A method for forming coatings from radiation curable compositions comprising an alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylene, a cationic photoinitiator, and optionally a free radical photoinitiator and/or an alkenyl ether compound which is free of isobutylene... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6242408 | Stable bleaching agents containing bis(organosilyl)peroxides This invention relates to organosilyl peroxide compounds which are stable in aqueous systems and are used for bleaching and cleaning applications. More particularly, this invention is concerned with the stability of bis(organosilyl)peroxides when formulat... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6211323 | High molecular weight alkylmethyl-alkylaryl siloxane terpolymers having low SiH content and methods for their preparation The present invention relates to triorganosiloxy-endblocked poly(methyl(C6-C40alkyl)siloxane)-poly(methyl(aralkyl)siloxane)-poly(methy l(C2-C4alkyl)siloxane) terpolymers. This invention also relates to two different methods of making these terpolymers. The... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6187834 | Radiation curable silicone compositions This invention relates to a radiation curable silicone coating composition comprising an alkoxylated resin-polymer organosilicone network containing radiation curable functionality and a cationic photoinitiator. The radiation curable silicone compositions... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6184407 | Carbosiloxane dendrimers To provide a novel branched siloxane-silalkylene copolymer whose molecule contains a plural number of silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms or silicon-bonded alkoxy groups. Carbosiloxane dendrimer that contains at least one siloxane unit with the general formula ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165968 | Particulate foam control agents This invention relates to a particulate foam control agent comprising from 1 to 30 parts by weight of a silicone antifoam, from 70 to 99 parts by weight of a zeolite carrier for the antifoam, from 1 to 60% by weight of the silicone antifoam of a surface a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162330 | Method for restricting air entrapment in a paper making process A method for restricting air entrapment in white water of a paper making process is described, which comprises adding to said white water a polysiloxane having an Si--C bonded substituent with at least one ether or alcohol oxygen. Preferably certain silox... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6162888 | Method of making silicone polyether copolymers having reduced odor The present invention relates to a method of making a silicone polyether comprising (I) reacting a mixture comprising an olefin functional polyether, an organohydrogensiloxane, and a homogeneous transition metal hydrosilylation catalyst, and (II) subjecti... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6153569 | Optically clear shampoo compositions containing aminofunctional silicone microemulsions This invention relates to the use of aminofunctional silicone microemulsions to make optically clear compositions. More particularly this invention is directed to optically clear shampoo compositions comprising (A) an aminofunctional silicone microemulsio... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6147038 | Optically clear hair conditioning compositions containing aminofunctional silicone microemulsions This invention relates to the use of aminofunctional silicone microemulsions to make optically clear hair conditioning compositions. More particularly this invention is directed to optically clear hair conditioning compositions comprising an aminofunction... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6136896 | Graft copolymers containing polydiorganosiloxane and polybutylene grafts This invention relates to graft copolymers containing polydiorganosiloxane and polybutylene grafts. More particularly this invention relates to a graft copolymer having a backbone and two or more polymeric side chains, the copolymer formed from the copoly... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136917 | Stable dispersible silicone compositions The compositions of the present invention consist essentially of (I) a reaction product, (II) a nonaqueous liquid continuous phase, and (III) a moderately hydrophobic particulate stabilizing aid. Component (I) is prepared by heating a mixture of (i) a pol... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6124419 | Release modifier compositions This invention relates to a release modifier composition comprising an alkenyl functional polyorganosiloxane and a branched olefin. This invention further relates to the use of the release modifier composition in silicone release coating emulsions and sol... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6090902 | Organopolysiloxane-modified graft copolymers This invention relates to organopolysiloxane-modified graft copolymers obtained by a method comprising heating a mixture comprising an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, a polyethylene-polybutylene macromonomer, an organopolysiloxane macromonomer, a free ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6075087 | Resin-fillers produced in-situ in silicone polymer compositions method for preparation of the compositions This invention relates to resin-fillers and compositions containing the resin-fillers. Resin-fillers are the reaction product of a resin having monofunctional siloxane (M) units and tetrafunctional siloxane (Q) units, chemically linked to a crosslinker by... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074470 | Stable, constant particle size, aqueous emulsions of nonpolar silanes suitable for use in water repellence applications This invention relates to a stable aqueous silane emulsion with constant particle size. The emulsion comprises a continuous water phase, a discontinuous silane phase, and an emulsifier system. The emulsifier system contains a primary surfactant and a cosu... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072012 | Ultra-high molecular weight, soluble siloxane resins An ultra-high molecular weight MQ resin and a method for its preparation are disclosed. The ultra-high molecular weight MQ resin has weight average molecular weight of at least 100,000, and the ultra-high molecular weight MQ resin is soluble in organic so... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069185 | Radiation curable compositions containing alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylenes This invention relates to radiation curable compositions comprising an alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylene, a cationic photoinitiator, a free radical photoinitiator, and an alkenyl ether compound which is free of isobutylene units. The radiation cura... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6054549 | Alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylenes and methods for the preparation thereof This invention relates to alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylenes. This invention also relates to a method of making alkenyl ether functional polyisobutylene polymers comprising reacting a mixture comprising an alkoxysilyl-functional polyisobutylene pol... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6046283 | Rubber-modified rigid silicone resins and composites produced therefrom Novel rubber-modified rigid silicone resins are disclosed. The novel resins are the copolymerized reaction product of (A) an organosilicon composition selected from the group consisting (I) an organosilicone resin, (II) hydrolyzable precursors of (I), and... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6040353 | Radiation curable silicone compositions This invention relates to a radiation curable silicone compositions. More particularly this invention relates to radiation curable silicone compositions comprising a vinyl ether functional silicon compound, a cationic photoinitiator, a free radical photoi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6040395 | Electrical components and method for the fabrication thereof This invention relates to a primer that improves adherence of a cured resin sealant to a cured silicone coating on an electrical element, wherein said primer is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a mixture of components (a) and (b), (ii) a reaction mix... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6028124 | Radiation curable compositions This invention relates to a radiation curable compositions. More particularly this invention relates to radiation curable compositions comprising a vinyl ether compound which is free of silicon atoms, a cationic photoinitiator, a free radical photoinitiat... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6017587 | Electrically conductive silicone compositions The present invention relates to electrically conductive silicone compositions comprising an organopolysiloxane containing at least two alkenyl groups per molecule, an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms per molecu... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6008310 | Silicone release coating compositions This invention relates to a silicone release coating comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two crosslinkable carbon-carbon double bonds in each molecule, (B) an organopolysiloxane having at least two Si-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecul... | 12/28/1999 |