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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976955 | Vulcanized rubber composition and articles manufactured therefrom The rubber compositions described herein have been found to have an exceptionally long life as a spring-biased actuator diaphragm material that maintains its position compressed, e.g., bolted, between opposed flanges, while maintaining excellent compressibility, low... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7662480 | Butyl ionomer having improved surface adhesion A butyl rubber ionomer having improved adhesion to substrates whose surfaces have polar functional groups. Examples of such substrate materials include stainless steel, glass, mylar or Teflon®. The adhesion of the butyl rubber ionomer to the substrate is at least 2... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7422782 | Peelable/resealable packaging film The present invention describes a multilayer film suitable for use in packaging applications comprising at least a polymeric first layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface wherein the polymeric first layer comprises a heat-sealable, water-insolubl... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422791 | Joint assemblies, methods for installing joint assemblies, and jointing compositions The invention is directed to joint assemblies comprising at least two adjacent panels and a jointing composition adhering to and positioned between the at least two adjacent panels, methods for installing joint assemblies, and jointing compositions. The jointing com... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396571 | Polymeric fluorescent substance and polymer light-emitting device Provided is a polymeric fluorescent substance showing fluorescence in solid state, which has a specific carrier drift mobility, a specific repeating unit, and specific number-average molecular weight. The polymeric fluorescent substance is excellent in solubility to... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7381770 | Low activation temperature adhesive composition with high peel strength and cohesive failure The present invention provides a resin composition made from admixing starting materials comprising: (a) 0 to 90 parts by weight of a polyolefin; (b) 5 to 95 parts by weight of a functional polyolefin; (c) 5 to 40 parts by weight of a polystyrenic; and (d) 0 to 30 p... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7347242 | Tire with low thermal expansion component The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component comprising a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and an inorganic negative thermal expansion (NTE) filler comprising at least one compound selected from the gro... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7329402 | Methods of imaging and treatment Novel ultrasound methods comprising administering to a patient a targeted vesicle composition which comprises vesicles comprising a lipid, protein or polymer, encapsulating a gas, in combination with a targeting ligand, and scanning the patient using ultrasound. The... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7288323 | Vulcanized rubber composition and articles manufactured therefrom The rubber compositions described herein have been found to have an exceptionally long life as a spring-biased actuator diaphragm material that maintains its position compressed, e.g., bolted, between opposed flanges, while maintaining excellent compressibility, low... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264868 | Overmolded grip The present invention discloses an article of manufacture comprising a soft thermoplastic elastomer composition overmolded onto a hard substrate, wherein the soft thermoplastic composition includes (a) 5 to 60 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, (b) 5 to 70 pa... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247388 | Vulcanizable adhesive composition A vulcanizable adhesive composition, which comprises 100 parts by weight of phenolxylylene resin or phenolbiphenyl resin, 10 to 1,000 parts by weight of resol-type phenol resin, 0 to 1,000 parts by weight of novolak-type phenol resin, 10 to 1,000 parts by weight of ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7217463 | Machine direction oriented polymeric films and methods of making the same This invention relates to a film comprising a machine direction oriented polymeric film prepared from (A) at least one propylene homopolymer or copolymer or lend of two or more thereof, wherein (A) has a melt flow rate from about 6 to about 30 and (B) an olefin elas... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217454 | Polymer lined sealing member for a container A seal and method of manufacture is provided for sealing containers such as bottles, jars and the like. The seal (closure) can be formed with a lower sheetlike structure having a foam layer thereon. The lower structure can include foil and have a polymer layer, such... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7183354 | Room temperature curable functionalized HNBR coating The coating for substrates or materials, preferably elastomers or elastomers bonded to metal. The coating composition comprises (a) a functionalized hydrogenated copolymer comprising at least one repeat unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer; preferably includ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7146986 | Method for forming an artificial fingernail on a natural fingernail A method for forming an artificial fingernail on a natural fingernail comprises the steps of preparing a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol solution; applying the solution on natural fingernail 2 to form an adhesive layer 3 thereon; putting artificial fin... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144937 | Adhesion promoters for sealants A sealant composition comprising a sealant, an adhesive resin, and a long chain ester, particularly dimerate and trimerate esters, is capable of unexpected adhesion to substrates such as ceramic substrates (e.g., concrete), glass substrates, metal substrates such as... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138450 | Vulcanized rubber composition with a liquid adhesion promoter containing an adhesive resin and ester A rubber composition including a natural or synthetic rubber, and an adhesive resin capable of unexpected adhesion to metal, polymer and glass substrates, particularly cords in radical tires, hoses, conveyor belts, transmission belts, and the like by the addition of... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122592 | Adhesion promoters for cord-reinforced thermoplastic polymeric materials and substrate/thermoplastic polymeric material composites A thermoplastic polymeric material composition including a thermoplastic polymeric material selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic polymer and a thermoplastic polymer alloy, an adhesive resin, and a long chain ester, particularly dimerate and trimerat... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122251 | Resin composition for plating substrate and resin molding using the same, and metal plated parts The resin composition for a platable substrate of the present invention comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin composition (C) comprising 10 to 60% by weight of a graft copolymer (A) prepared by graft polymerization of a rubbery polymer (A1) and a monomer componen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105151 | Oxygen delivery agents and uses for the same The present invention describes, inter alia, oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes comprising a fluorinated gas and a stabilizing material, uses for the oxygen delivery agents or blood substitutes, and apparatus for making and delivering the oxygen delivery ag... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7094472 | Radiation treated ethylene polymers and articles made from said polymers The invention relates to ethylene polymers that are modified by ionizing radiation, prior to article formation, at a temperature less than the crystalline melt temperature and preferably under ambient atmosphere, as well as articles made from said polymers. The irra... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7090924 | Thermosetting resin composition for high performance laminates This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083572 | Therapeutic delivery systems Targeted therapeutic delivery systems comprising gas- or gaseous precursor-filled lipid microspheres comprising a therapeutic are described. Methods for employing such microspheres in therapeutic delivery applications are also provided. Targeted therapeutic d... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078104 | Bonded part and method for producing same A bonded part such as a rubber to metal bonded part and process for producing a bonded part including a rubber and metal part, and particularly for producing an automotive torsional vibration damper, comprising the steps of placing uncured elastomer composition comp... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078015 | Ultrasound imaging and treatment Methods of and apparatus for preparing temperature activated gaseous precursor-filled liposomes are described. Gaseous precursor-filled liposomes prepared by these methods are particularly usefull for example, in ultrasonic imaging applications and in therapeutic dr... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074492 | Coextrusion tie based on cografted metallacene polyethylene and LLDPE on SBS and on PE The present invention relates to a coextrusion tie comprising 10 to 35 weight % of a polymer (A) itself composed of a blend of 80 to 20 weight % of a metallocene polyethylene (A1) with a density of between 0.865 and 0.915 and of 20 to 80 weight % of a non-metallocen... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052771 | Electrically conductive covering material A covering material comprising a first layer, which forms the wearing layer of the structure and contains an ionomer, as well as a second layer next to the first layer. According to the invention, the first layer contains a wear-resistant and electrically conductive... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048343 | Endless elastomeric track with corrosion resistant cables This invention relates to annular or endless elastomeric track 10 for use in vehicles for civil engineering, construction works and agricultural works. The track 10 has a thin belt 20 which includes a primary table 59 made of corrosion re... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041379 | Room temperature curable X-HNBR coating Elastomer coating composition are disclosed which cure at room temperature, and form highly flex-resistant, durable, and flexible protective layer on elastomers and provides excellent adhesion to elastomeric and metal substrates. The coating is a solvent solution of... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037590 | Water vapor-permeable coating composite The present invention relates to a water vapor-permeable coating composite containing one or more flexible substrates, which are coated on one or both sides with one or more identical or different coating compositions, provided that at least one coating composition ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6998107 | Composition comprising low density microspheres Low density microspheres, methods for preparing same, and use of same as contrast agents are described. The microspheres have a void having a volume that comprises at least about 75% of the total volume of the microspheres, and which contains a gas or the vapor of a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6982302 | Molding for automobile An automotive molding, which is excellent in scratching resistance, has high gloss, and is excellent in weathering resistance. The automotive molding of the invention has a part composed of an elastomer material containing an olefinic random copolymer obtained by co... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6966402 | Acoustical heat shield A heat shield includes an inner portion, an outer portion, first and second insulating portions, and a deflecting portion. The inner portion includes a reflective material to reflect thermal energy that radiates from a heat/acoustic source. The outer portion include... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6939615 | Resin-metal composite structure A resin-metal composite structure having a resin molded part and a metal part integrated via a rubber adhesive layer, the resin molded part being a reactive injection molded part prepared from a polyurethane material comprising a polyol component and an isocyanate c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930148 | Enhanced polyisobutylene modified hot melt adhesive formulation An improved hot melt adhesive includes a base polymer and a PIB modifier that is made up of a homopolymer of isobutylene wherein a predominant portion of the double bonds are in either an alpha position or a beta position. The modifier may function to improve the lo... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916047 | Secure card A laminated construction that combines card stock with another card stock that has been printed with a dark pigmented coating, such as ink, to prevent the show through of information that appears beneath a scratch-off coating over the concealed information. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911264 | Gasket material A gasket material includes a steel plate, and a cured film made of a mixture of an unvulcanized rubber compound and a phenol-modified xylene resin and directly formed on one or each of opposite surfaces of the steel plate. Preferably, the unvulcanized rubber compoun... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6902766 | Two-part aqueous metal protection treatment A two-part metal protection composition includes: an aqueous metal treatment conversion coating component that includes an admixture of an acid and a coating forming component; and an aqueous protective coating component that is applied over metal treated with the a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6878782 | Thermoset composition, method, and article A curable composition includes a functionalized poly(arylene ether); an alkenyl aromatic monomer; an acryloyl monomer; and a polymeric additive having a glass transition temperature less than or equal to 100° C. and a Young's modulus less than or equal to 1000 mega... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866926 | Polymer lined sealing member for a container A seal and method of manufacture is provided for sealing containers such as bottles, jars and the like. The seal (closure) can be formed with a lower sheetlike structure having a foam layer thereon. The lower structure can include foil and have a polymer layer, such... | 03/15/2005 |
