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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8043424 | Aqueous coating composition Aqueous coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying resin and an alkali-soluble acrylate having an acid number of at least 15 mg KOH/g in a content of at least 1.5 wt. %. Optionally a second acrylate can also be used, such as a polyurethane acrylate. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7695557 | Efficient coalescing agents A coalescent composition for coating compositions such as paints, adhesives, and coatings comprising a blend of diesters, the blend comprising adducts of alcohol and diacids, the alcohol selected from the group consisting of ethyl, propyl, isopropyl alcohol and mixt... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7429309 | Coating compositions comprising alkyl ketene dimers and alkyl succinic anhydrides for use in paper making Additives for paper making are disclosed herein. Specifically, the additives are wax-free alternatives to conventional coatings, including ASA, AKD and optionally an acrylic containing composition. Other additives may be included in the coating, such as cationic par... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7390430 | Curable liquid compositions containing bisoxazoline Difunctional oxazoline resins, which may be produced in a convenient one-step reaction from an arylalkylene dinitrile by reaction with an amino alcohol, are used in compositions with an additional curable compound or resin containing one or more carbon to carbon dou... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385077 | Fluoroalkyl surfactants Surfactants of formula (I) wherein each R is independently hydrogen or a C1 to C4 alkyl group; A is independently hydrogen or —C(O)—O—B; ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7314512 | Treatment of surfaces to stabilize heavy metals A reactive coating composition and method for treating a surface including heavy metals by applying the reactive coating composition to the surface. The surface can be, for example, a paint layer containing heavy metals. The reactive coating composition includes a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306666 | Additives and method for reducing odor Additives and methods for reducing or eliminating odor in oil based media. The additives comprise an essential oil, an essential oil component, or mixtures thereof. ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7297757 | Resin surface treating agent and resin surface treatment The present invention relates to a resin surface treating agent containing as an effective component at least one cerium compound selected from tetravalent and trivalent cerium compounds. The surface treating method of the present invention is a method of bringing a... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7232480 | Modified carbon black carbon black dispersion liquid and water base ink There are provided a carbon black according to which long-term stable storage is possible, clogging is not prone to occurring, and the OD value is high and hence printing with a deep black color is possible, or a carbon black that can be used in a water-based ink th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220304 | Modified carbon black dispersion liquid and water base ink containing the same The present invention provides a water-based ink that is used in ink jet printer printing, with a writing instrument, or the like, that has a low settling rate and for which clogging is not prone to occurring, that can be stored stably for a long period without the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7211551 | Universal cleaner that cleans tough oil, grease and rubber grime and that is compatible with many surfaces including plastics Versatile cleaning composition that has tremendous cleaning power, yet is compatible with many surfaces. For example, the cleaning composition easily cleans oil, grease, tar, and rubber from soiled surfaces, but does not damage metals, vehicle paints, concrete, plas... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7135207 | Chemical vapor deposition method using alcohol for forming metal oxide thin film Provided is a method for fabricating a metal oxide thin film in which a metal oxide generated by a chemical reaction between a first reactant and a second reactant is deposited on the surface of a substrate as a thin film. The method involves introducing a first rea... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108795 | Composition and method for preparing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces for bonding to substrates The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under con... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7041737 | Coating powder composition, method of use thereof, and articles formed therefrom The present invention provides a low temperature curing coating powder composition comprising a mixture of a high gloss film-forming system and a low gloss film-forming system. Preferably, the high gloss film-forming system comprises a GMA (glycidyl methacrylate) re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037955 | Additives and methods for reducing odor Additives and methods for reducing or eliminating odor in oil based media. The additives comprise an essential oil, an essential oil component, or mixtures thereof. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994800 | Liquid precursors for formation of materials containing alkali metals Volatile liquid precursors are provided for use in the formation of alkali metal-containing materials. The compound includes an alkali metal and an amide ligand and is a liquid at a temperature of less than about 70° C. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6969738 | Malic acid diester surfactants This invention provides water-based compositions, particularly coating, ink, fountain solution, adhesive and agricultural compositions, manifesting reduced equilibrium and dynamic surface tension by the incorporation of a surface tension reducing amount of certain m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6953503 | Method of manufacturing molded body, slurry for molding, core for molding, method of manufacturing core for molding, hollow ceramic molded body, and light emitting container A slurry for molding an article is provided wherein a source powder including at least one of a ceramic powder and a metal powder is dispersed, introduced into a forming mold, cured in the forming mold to form the molded article, and at least a part of the forming m... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6946027 | Composition and method for preparing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces for bonding to substrates The invention is directed to a method and composition for providing chemically-resistant roughened copper surfaces suitable for subsequent multilayer lamination. In one embodiment, a smooth copper surface is contacted with an adhesion promoting composition under con... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6931304 | Scalable means of supplying power to a remotely controlled, semi-autonomous robot An automated library system having multiple storage cells for storing multiple data cartridges. Rails are provided adjacent to the storage cells to guide one or more robots among the storage cells. Primary coils are disposed proximate the rails. A power supply produ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926767 | Aqueous dispersions of nucleating agents A storage stable aqueous dispersion useful in preparing sizing compositions for glass fibers contains a normally solid nucleating agent, a nonionic surfactant, and a base. The nucleating agent is a mixture of an aliphatic monocarboxylic acid and an aliphatic dicarbo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919392 | Stabilization of vinyl halide polymers The heat and light stability imparted to vinyl halide polymers by metal compounds conventionally employed for this purpose is considerably improved by the presence of a mercapto ester such as 2-mercaptoethyl stearate. The esters can replace a substantial portion of ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911072 | Aqueous coating liquid for forming a magnesium oxide film An aqueous coating liquid for forming a magnesium oxide film comprising (a) a magnesium carboxylate derived from a carboxylic acid having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, (b) a surfactant, (c) a polyhydric alcohol compound, and (d) a solvent made substantially of water, wherein... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6899921 | Method for reducing back trap mottle and paper with reduced sensitivity for back trap mottle A method for reducing back trap mottle of coated paper, comprising adjusting the absorbency of the coated surface combined with adjusting the adhesion between the coated paper surface and the ink. Polar additives are used in the paper coating to increase the polar f... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6869471 | Process for sizing paper and sizing composition The present invention relates to a process for sizing paper comprising providing an aqueous suspension comprising cellulosic fibres, dewatering said aqueous suspension thereby forming a paper web, said process comprising adding to the cellulosic suspension an aqueou... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6863724 | Sulfur additives for paving binders and manufacturing methods Sulfur, useable in as an additive to asphalt in the preparation of asphalt binders can be plasticized by addition of carbon and further treated with amyl acetate. This plasticized sulfur can be formed into solid particles and then added to asphalt as either a minori... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6802897 | Biodiesel sulfur slurry A slurry mixture of sulfur in a liquid carrier comprising an ester derived from vegetable oils or animals fats such as biodiesel is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a mixture of asphalt, polymer and sulfur comprising blending together, at asphalt b... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6743934 | Raw material compounds for use in CVD, and chemical vapor deposition of ruthenium compound thin films This invention provides raw material compounds for use in CVD which contain organic ruthenium compounds as a main ingredient, the organic ruthenium compounds having two β-diketones plus one diene, one diamine or two organic ligands which are coordinated with ruthen... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6740359 | Ambient cure fast dry solvent borne coating compositions The present invention is directed to fast dry ambient temperature curable coating compositions especially suited for use in automotive refinish applications. A binder component of the two pack coating composition includes an epoxy resin having at least one acetoacet... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6730157 | Anti-skinning agents having a mixture of organic compounds and coating compositions containing them The invention relates to anti-skinning agents containing mixtures of organic compounds (combinations of additives), whereby the organic compounds are selected from the groups of organic hydroxylamines, and β-dicarbonyl compounds and/or selected derivatives of formi... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6702890 | Process for the production of fly ash slurry The present invention describes an improved method for forming fly ash slurry by mixing fly ash and water with an additive containing 0.5-2 wt % ammonium salt of humic acid and 0.03 to 0.05 wt % tannin extract. The product slurry does not require large am... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6689200 | Film-forming water-based water repellent coating compositions Aqueous water repellent coating compositions comprising admixtures of (i) water-based water repellent compositions and (ii) water-reducible film-forming polymers are disclosed.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6663706 | Raw material compounds for use in CVD, and chemical vapor deposition for producing iridium or iridium compound thin films This invention provides raw material compounds for use in CVD which contain an organic iridium compound as a main ingredient, the organic iridium compound consisting of tris(5-methyl-2,4-hexanedionato)iridium. According to the CVD which uses the above raw... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6461422 | Pressure sensitive ink jet media for digital printing The problems of applying ink jet inks to various known coating surfaces so as to overcome smearing, poor resolution and attack by water etc., is overcome by the use of the new ink jet receptive media. The media comprises in combination: (1) a waterproof i... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6444024 | Sizing composition The present invention relates to a substantially water-free sizing composition, an aqueous sizing dispersion and a process for the production of paper and board. The composition or dispersion comprises a cellulose reactive sizing agent and a copolymer whi... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6419791 | Amino ester that imparts optical properties when added to paper A novel method of opacifying paper, and a novel opacifier and opacifying composition which opacify as well as brighten paper, is provided. The novel opacifier comprises at least one diglyceride and at least one amino-ester compound. The opacifying composi... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6375731 | Conditioning of through holes and glass A composition and method for cleaning and conditioning a non-conductive surface defined by a through hole in a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The through hole surface is contacted with the composition of the invention to provide a cleaned and c... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6358306 | Ink-jet recording sheet and coating formulation for the production of the sheet An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic resin containing tertiary amino groups in a mol... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350306 | Coatings based on fluoropolyethers Use of fluorine containing polymers for the preparation of high dry formulations wherein the fluorine containing polymers are based on fluoropolyethers comprising a fluorine containing part RF and optionally an hydrogenated part RH, ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6348132 | Alkenyl succinic anhydride compositons and the use thereof Novel alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA) compositions and the use thereof. The disclosed ASA compositions may be derived from maleic anhydride and olefins having desirable carbon chain lengths and double bond distributions. The present ASA compositions prov... | 02/19/2002 |
