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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7964320 | Metathesis-active adhesion agents and methods for enhancing polymer adhesion to surfaces The invention discloses an adhesion agent composition comprising at least one C3-C200 olefin compound having at least one metathesis active double bond, wherein the olefin is substituted or unsubstituted; and at least one compatibilizing functi... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7820843 | Chelating carbene ligand precursors and their use in the synthesis of metathesis catalysts Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin methathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various methathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7750172 | High metathesis activity ruthenium and osmium carbene complexes Ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds that are stable in the presence of a variety of functional groups and can be used to catalyze olefin metathesis reactions on unstrained cyclic and acyclic olefins are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the carbene ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 6987154 | Synthesis of A,B-alternating copolymers by olefin metathesis reactions of cyclic olefins or olefinic polymers with an acyclic diene This invention relates generally to synthetic procedures that include the step of ring-opening metathesis of cyclic olefins and reaction with an acyclic diene co-reactant to produce regularly repeating A,B-alternating olefin polymers. The A,B-alternating polymers ar... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6867274 | Telechelic alkadiene polymers with crosslinkable end groups and methods for making the same The present invention relates to telechelic polymers having crosslinkable end groups of the formula and methods for preparing the same wherein n is an integer; is an alka... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6841676 | Complexes of mid-transition metals and unsaturated nitrogenous ligands as single-site catalysts Novel compounds are provided which are useful as catalysts, particularly in the polymerization of addition polymerizable monomers such as olefinic or vinyl monomers. The compounds are complexes of a mid-transition metal coordinated to at least two ligands, at least ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6833408 | Methods for tissue repair using adhesive materials A method of tissue repair is provided using a biocompatible nonimmunogenic adhesive composition. The adhesive composition comprises collagen and a plurality of crosslinkable components having reactive functional groups thereon, with the functional groups selected so... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6800722 | Electroluminescent polymers and use thereof in light-emitting devices The invention provides conjugated polymers that have good solubility and semiconductivity, and that display high photoluminescent and electroluminescent efficiency. Representative polymers containing monomer units having the general structure of formula (I): | 10/05/2004 |
| 6800655 | Analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents Novel compounds useful as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites wherein the structures and substituents of the compounds are selected to enhance the compounds' overall efficacy, particula... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6784323 | Enantioselective transformation of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes using chiral organic catalysts Nonmetallic organic catalysts are provided that facilitate the enantioselective reaction of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. The catalysts are chiral imidazolidinone compounds having the structure of formula (IIA) or (IIB) o... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6784170 | Synthesis of anti-estrogenic and other therapeutic steroids from 21-hydroxy-19-norpregna-4-en-3-one Syntheses of steroids such as 3-hydroxy-7α-methyl-21-[2′-methoxy-4′-(diethylaminomethyl)-phenoxy]-19-norpregna-1,3,5(10)triene citrate (“SR 16234”) and analogs thereof are provided, wherein 21-hydroxy-19-norpregna-4-en-3-one serves as a starting material or... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780492 | Substrates prepared by chemical amplification of self-assembled monolayers with spatially localized polymer brushes A method is disclosed for providing a patterned surface wherein predetermined regions of the surface are masked with a self-assembled monolayer (“SAM”) covalently bound to a brush polymer overlayer. The remainder of the substrate surface will generally be functi... | 08/24/2004 |
