Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| 20120130108 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OXIDIZED PHOSPHOLIPIDS Novel synthetic routes, which are highly applicable for industrial preparation of therapeutically beneficial oxidized phospholipids are disclosed. Particularly, novel methods for efficiently preparing compounds having a glycerolic backbone and one or more oxidized moiet... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120052210 | COALESCENT FOR AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS A coalescent composition selected from 1,3-(C6-C12alkyloxy)-2-propanol, 1,1′-oxybis[3-(C6-C12alkyloxy)]-2-propanol, and mixtures thereof is provided. Preferred coalescents are 1,3-(decyloxy)-2-propanol and 1,1′-oxybis[3-(h... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053057 | Hyperbranched Polyethers for Solubilization of Sparingly Soluble Active Ingredients The present invention provides an amphiphile of the formula (I) as described hereinafter. The invention further relates to a process for preparing the amphiphile and to a composition comprising the amphiphile and a sparingly water-soluble active ingredient. It further r... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120029246 | ALKOXYLATION PROCESSES AND CATALYSTS THEREFOR A process of contacting an alkylene oxide with 2-methoxy-1-propanol (PM1) in the presence of an oligomeric Schiff base metal complex catalyst is disclosed. Further, a process involving contacting an alkylene oxide with an alkyl alcohol using an oligomeric Schiff base me... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110306120 | ASSAY DEVICE AND METHODS The present invention relates to the use of amphipathic polymers to enhance lateral flow and reagent mixing on assay devices. More specifically, the invention relates to use of an amphipathic polymer in assay methods including a device for determining the concentration ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306803 | SEPARATION OF GLYCOL MONO-TERTIARY-BUTYL ETHER AND GLYCOL DI-TERTIARY-BUTYL ETHER A method of separating glycol mono-tertiary-butyl ether and glycol di-tertiary-butyl ether by an extraction process using hydrophilic and lipophilic extracting agents is disclosed. The separation method includes the step of separating a mixture including glycol mono-ter... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110291053 | SHRINKAGE-REDUCING AGENT FOR HYDRAULIC MATERIAL AND SHRINKAGE-REDUCING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR HYDRAULIC MATERIAL Provided are a shrinkage-reducing agent for a hydraulic material and a shrinkage-reducing agent composition for a hydraulic material including a compound represented by the general formula (1): R1—[O-(A1O)m—R2]n 12/01/2011 | |
| 20110288240 | NOVEL PHOSPHAZENE-SUPPORTED CATALYST, NOVEL COMPOUND THEREOF AND USE THEREOF A phosphazene-supported catalyst in which a support is bonded to a group represented by the general formula (1): wherein n, Zn−, a, b, c, d, R, R1 and D are all defined. The phosphazen... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110269863 | POLYETHER POLYOLS, PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYETHER POLYOLS AND THEIR USE FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANES The present invention relates to a process for preparing polyether polyols, in which at least one hydroxyl-comprising fatty acid ester and/or at least one hydroxyl-modified fatty acid ester is reacted with the aid of a double metal cyanide catalyst in at least two proce... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263469 | POLY (ALKYL EPOXIDES), PROCESS FOR MAKING, AND LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS HAVING SAME A process for making a poly(alkyl epoxide). The process has the step of polymerizing one or more alkyl epoxide monomers in the presence of a cationic catalyst according to the following sequences: wherein R | |
| 20110245509 | POLYFUNCTIONAL POLYOXYALKYLENE COMPOUND, AND PRODUCING METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE THEREOF A polyfunctional polyoxyalkylene compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Z represents a hydroxyl group-removed residue of pentaerythritol or dipentaerythritol, R represents a hydrocarbon gr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110207969 | PROCESS FOR MAKING POLYOL ETHERS The present invention generally relates to a process for making polyol ethers by reacting a polyol and a carbonyl compound together in the presence of hydrogen gas and a palladium hydrogenation catalyst on an acidic mesoporous carbon support.... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198101 | COMPOSITIONS FOR OIL RECOVERY AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Embodiments of the present disclosure include compositions for use in enhanced oil recovery, and methods of using the compositions for recovering oil. Compositions of the present disclosure include a nonionic, non-emulsifying surfactant having a CO2-philicity... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110190545 | PROCESS OF PRODUCING POLYGLYCEROL FROM CRUDE GLYCEROL Accordingly, the present invention provides a process for preparing polyglycerol from crude glycerol, wherein the crude glycerol having a glycerol content from about 60 to about 90%, soap content from about 10 to about 15% and methanol content from about 5 to about 20%,... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110160492 | Method of Producing Diethylene-Glycol Tert-Butyl Ether Using Isobutylene and Diethylene Glycol Usually an analysis of fuel displacement accident is required before operating a reactor. In the present invention, fuel displacement accident is analyzed by linearly combining calculation results of single displacement layouts and a calculation result of a default plac... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110133114 | REFRIGERATOR OIL COMPOSITION Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition including a base oil which contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of monoether compounds, alkyleneglycol diethers, and polyoxyalkyleneglycol diethers having an average repetition number of a... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110105802 | Continuous Loop Flow Process For Polyether Polyol Production The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to compositions, apparatus, methods, and systems that may be used to produce polyols, for example, polyether polyols with a narrow range of molecular weights, with little if any unsaturated byproducts, in a ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110098510 | Method of Preparing Glycerol Alkyl Ethers A process for glycerol etherification, including a recycle of glycerol and/or mono-ether, to produce glycerol alkyl ethers with low amount of mono-ether by reacting glycerol and olefinic hydrocarbon, and/or the corresponding aldehydes, ketones and alcohols, having 2 to ... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110092743 | PRODUCTION AND COMPOSITION OF GLYCEROL BASED POLYOLS The invention provides a method of efficiently producing branched, cyclic glycerol-based polyols with a co-product as anti-biodegrading agent from inexpensive readily available glycerol monomer. The method involves polymerizing glycerol or glycerol with at least another... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110040113 | Pure PEG-lipid conjugates Syntheses of polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-lipid conjugates are disclosed. Such syntheses involve stepwise addition of small PEG oligomers to a glycerol backbone until the desired chain size is attained. Polymers resulting from the syntheses are highly monodisperse. The pres... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110021667 | EARLY STRENGTHENING AGENT FOR HYDRAULIC COMPOSITION This invention relates to an early strengthening agent for a hydraulic composition, which contains a compound (A) selected from a specific glycol ether-based compound and a specific glycerin derivate-based compound, as well as an additive composition for a hydraulic com... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100324340 | SHORT CHAIN POLYETHER POLYOLS PREPARED FROM ULTRA-LOW WATER-CONTENT STARTERS VIA DMC CATALYSIS The present invention provides a process for the polyoxyalkylation of a starter involving establishing oxyalkylation conditions in an oxyalkylation reactor in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, continuously introducing into the reactor at least one a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100280282 | PHOSPHATIDYL OLIGOGLYCEROLS In order to form liposomes with a longer half-life in blood, use is made of defined compounds with the general formula (A) ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100266518 | Process for the preparation of odourless polyether alcohols using DMC catalysts and their use in cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations Cosmetic and/or dermatological preparations prepared using polyether alcohols, characterized in that, for the preparation of the polyether alcohol,
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| 20100204718 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR JOINING NON-CONJOINED LUMENS Disclosed are compositions, methods, and kits for joining together non-conjoined lumens in a patient's body including vascular lumens. More particularly, in various aspects, this invention provides compositions, methods, and kits for joining such non-conjoined lumens, i... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100197559 | NOVEL ETHER COMPOUND The present invention provides a novel ether compound represented by formula (1): wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 22 carbon atoms.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100081607 | ALKOXYLATE BLEND SURFACTANTS Surfactant compositions that include one or more nonionic surfactants derived from seed oils and having a mixture of at least 8, 10 and 12 carbon atom linear alkyl moieties find use in a number of end use applications as substitutes for petroleum derived surfactants.... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100075389 | ALKYLENE OXIDE CAPPED SECONDARY ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES AS FERMENTATION FOAM CONTROL AGENTS Provided are foam control agents and their use for controlling foam in fermentation processes. The foam control agents are of the formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4,... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100055184 | HYDROGELS FOR VOCAL CORD AND SOFT TISSUE AUGMENTATION AND REPAIR The present invention provides hydrogels and compositions thereof for vocal cord repair or augmentation, as well as other soft tissue repair or augmentation (e.g., bladder neck augmentation, dermal fillers, breast implants, intervertebral disks, muscle-mass). The hydrog... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100048940 | POLYOL ETHERS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THEM New polyol ether compounds and a process for their preparation. The process comprises reacting a polyol, a carbonyl compound, and hydrogen in the presence of hydrogenation catalyst, to provide the polyol ether. The molar ratio of polyol to carbonyl compound in the proce... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100029961 | DMC CATALYSTS, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AND USE THEREOF The invention relates to a process for preparing DMC catalysts by reaction of cyanometalate compounds with metal salts, wherein the reaction is carried out in ionic liquids as solvents or suspension media.... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100016641 | CONVERSION OF GLYCEROL TO NAPHTHA-RANGE OXYGENATES The invention provides a method of converting glycerol to oxygenates (i.e. one or more oxygen-containing hydrocarbons) of lower boiling point than glycerol itself The method involves reaction of glycerol with an alcohol under reduced pressure at a reaction temperature i... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100010194 | Method for Preparing a Polymer Conjugate Provided herein is a straightforward and efficient method for covalently attaching a polyethylene glycol polymer to an active agent.... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090306238 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS Process for producing rigid polyurethane foams by reacting
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| 20090286955 | Methods of Separating Biopolymer Conjugated Molecules From Unconjugated Molecules The invention relates to methods for separating or purifying biopolymer conjugated molecules from unconjugated molecules. In particular, methods are described for purifying a PEGylated protein or oligonucleotide from an unPEGylated protein or oligonucleotide, respective... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090275784 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLYGLYCERYL ETHER DERIVATIVE The present invention relates to a process for producing polyglyceryl ether derivatives by reacting an alcohol with glycidol in the presence of a simple metal salt of rare earth element as a catalyst which is capable of realizing a highly-selective addition reaction of ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090266764 | Agent and Process for Increasing Rejection of Nanofiltration Membrane or Reverse Osmosis Membrane, Nanofiltration Membrane or Reverse Osmosis Membrane, Process for Water Treatment and Apparatus for Water Treatment An agent for increasing the rejection of a nanofiltration membrane or a reverse osmosis membrane which comprises a compound having a polyalkylene glycol chain having a weight-average molecular weight of 2,000 to 6,000; a process for increasing the rejection of a nanofil... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090270295 | REFRIGERATOR OIL COMPOSITION Provided is a refrigerating machine oil composition including a base oil which contains at least one substance selected from the group consisting of monoether compounds, alkyleneglycol diethers, and polyoxyalkyleneglycol diethers having an average repetition number of a... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090197948 | Skin External Preparation The present invention is to provide a skin external preparation with good moisture retention, a rough skin improving effect, and an improved feeling in use. A skin external preparation comprising a polyoxyalkylene glycol/polyethylene glycol copolymer alkyl ether derivat... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090192320 | MODIFIED BIO-RELATED SUBSTANCE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND INTERMEDIATE A modified bio-related substance, wherein at least one poly(alkylene glycol)oxy group represented by the following formula (1) is combined in a molecule: wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 24 carbon... | 07/30/2009 |
