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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7282261 | Method of enhancing the stability of electroactive polymers and redox active materials This invention relates to a method of enhancing the stability of electroactive polymers, redox active materials, or a composite comprising an electroactive polymer and a redox active material, which comprises depositing on the electroactive polymers, the redox activ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7240371 | Solvent free aqueous polyurethane dispersions and adhesive films therefrom for stretch fabrics Novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions and adhesive films formed therefrom are provided. The aqueous polyurethane dispersions are provided in solvent-free systems of a prepolymer comprising at least one polyether or polyester polyol, a mixture of MDI isomers, and a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236139 | Low backscatter polymer antenna with graded conductivity Polymer antenna structures having low reflectivity and high efficiency are disclosed. Wire antennas can be configured from coaxial cable having center conductors and outer conductors made from conductive polymer. Fabrics can also be configured with conductive polyme... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6790562 | Separator for alkaline secondary battery, method for preparing the same alkaline secondary battery In an alkaline secondary battery provided with a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a separator to be interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte solution, the above-mentioned separator has carbon-carbon d... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6406768 | Semiconducting floor covering A semiconducting floor covering which consists of a layer (2) of conductive material parallel to the surface of the covering and at least one layer (1, 3) of polyvinyl chloride based material adhered to the layer of conductive material. As plasticizer for... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6235660 | Anti-static cleanroom products and methods of making same Anti-static cleanroom products having a coating of conductive polymeric particulates which decreases the surface resistivity of the products. Preferably, the particulates are pyrrole polymers. The anti-static properties are achieved by depositing conducti... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6001749 | Patterned conductive textiles A patterned conductive textile is provided by applying a finish to selected parts of a fabric which inhibits the formation of a conductive polymer coating on those areas. A conductive polymer is then oxidatively synthesized onto the remaining areas from a... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5968204 | Article for cleaning surfaces Sheets capable of developing a positive electostatic charge are used for a variety of surface cleaning operations. Polyester fabric, non-woven and chemically bonded with an acrylic latex is used to dust surfaces, to clean clothes, furniture and carpets. A... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5736469 | Anti-static cleanroom products and methods and methods of making same Anti-static cleanroom products having a coating of conductive polymeric particulates which decreases the surface resistivity of the products. Preferably, the particulates are pyrrole polymers. The anti-static properties are achieved by depositing conducti... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726143 | Anti-static device The present invention relates to an article for improving anti-static protection of clothing dried in a clothes dryer. The article includes a substrate, a layer comprising a first quaternary ammonium anti-static agent that has a first melting point. The l... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5716893 | Method of enhancing the stability of conductive polymers A method of depositing a conductive polymer film on a textile fabric substrate is provided by the oxidative polymerization of a pyrrole compound in the presence of a dopant anion and a stabilizing agent having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R | 02/10/1998 |
| 5508099 | Composition and method for treating substrates to reduce electrostatic charge and resultant article Antistatic agents and their use in processing textiles or formed plastic substrates. The antistatic agent comprises a compound having a fluorocarbon moiety and an ethoxylated quaternary ammonium moiety. The antistatic composition increases the electrolyti... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5478865 | Method of recycling a discarded polyurethane foam article A method of recycling discarded PU foam articles comprises a first step of grinding the discarded PU foam articles into fine particles, which are then mixed with a predetermined amount of a powdered plastic to form a mixture. The mixture is heated to beco... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5476599 | Dryer-activated fabric conditioning and antistatic compositions containing biodegradable compounds having unsaturation The present invention relates to dryer-activated fabric softening compositions comprising: (A) quaternary ammonium compounds; (B) a carboxylic acid salt of a tertiary amine and/or a tertiary amine ester; and (C) optionally, a nonionic softener; wherein th... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5407699 | Electrically conductive pyrrole polymers A process is provided for forming an electrically conductive polymer of a pyrrole monomer, optionally substituted at the 3- and 4- positions. The process comprises dispersing a polymerization initiator selected from the group consisting of anhydrous halid... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5393610 | Stabilizing shelf life conductivity of conductive substrate coatings A method for stabilizing shelf life conductivity of conductive coatings such as polypyrrole or nickel sulfide on a substrate such as fiberglass, by incorporating in such conductive coating a polyphenol or a polysiloxane. The polyphenol is derived from a p... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5122411 | Electrostatic recording material An electrostatic recording material comprising a conductive having on at least one side thereof an electroconductive layer and a recording layer in this order is disclosed, wherein said support is made of fabric having a weaving density of at least 30 yar... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5108829 | Anthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid doped conductive textiles A textile material, such as fibers, filaments, yarns and fabrics made therefrom, is rendered electrically conductive by a polypyrrole film deposited on the textile material by chemical oxidation of pyrrole in an aqueous solution also containing an oxidizi... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5089327 | Anti-static sheet for use in high pressure laminates An anti-static paper sheet for use in high pressure laminates comprised of Pontiac hardwood, high alpha hardwood, and cotton linters, the sheet being initially treated with a wet strength resin and saturated with a water soluble polycationic quaternary am... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5030508 | Method for making electrically conductive textile materials Fabrics are made electrically conductive by contacting the fiber under agitation conditions with an aqueous solution of an aniline compound, oxidizing agent and a doping agent or counter ion and then depositing onto the surface of individual fibers of the... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4975317 | Electrically conductive textile materials and method for making same Fabrics are made electrically conductive by contacting the fabric under agitation conditions with an aqueous solution of a pyrrole or aniline compound, and an oxidizing agent and a doping agent or counter ion; and then epitaxially depositing onto the surf... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4923734 | Laminates of polynorbornene and polyolefins derived from C2 -C4 monomers Printed wiring boards useful for high frequency applications are obtained by laminating a conductive foil pretreated with a silane to a polynorbornene prepreg wherein a sheet of polyolefin film derived from C2 -C4 monomers is laminat... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4923678 | Low dielectric constant prepreg based on blends of polynorbornene and polyolefins derived form C2 -C4 monomers This invention provides improved prepregs for producing laminates and improved laminates using such prepregs. Processes for producing the prepregs and the laminates are also provided. Processes for producing the prepreg include the steps of providing a di... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4877646 | Method for making electrically conductive textile materials Fabrics are made electrically conductive by contacting the fiber under agitation conditions with an aqueous solution of a pyrrole compound, an oxidizing agent and a doping agent or counter ion and then depositing onto the surface of individual fibers of t... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4808086 | Articles and methods for treating fabrics Dryer-added fabric conditioning articles and methods utilizing a fabric softener agent and a polymeric soil release agent. More specifically, damp fabrics are commingled with softener active and polymeric soil release agent in an automatic soil release be... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4711730 | Capped 1,2-propylene terephthalate-polyoxyethylene terephthalate polyesters useful as soil release agents Capped 1,2-propylene terephthalate-polyoxyethylene terephthalate polyesters useful as soil release agents are disclosed. Preferred polyesters have the formula: ##STR1## wherein each R1 is a 1,4-phenylene moiety; the R2 are ... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4697001 | Chemical synthesis of conducting polypyrrole Production of electrically conductive polypyrrole of enhanced stability by treating a liquid pyrrole with a solution of a strong oxidant, capable of oxidizing pyrrole to a pyrrole polymer, and oxidizing the pyrrole by such strong oxidant in the presence o... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4692225 | Method of stabilizing conductive polymers A method of stabilizing electrically conductive polymers to hostile environments is disclosed. The method comprises encapsulating the conductive polymer, e.g., polypyrrole or polyaniline, as a powder, a free-standing film or preferably in the form of a co... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4617228 | Process for producing electrically conductive composites and composites produced therein Production of electrically conductive composites comprising a dielectric porous substance, e.g., fiberglass fabric, and a pyrrole polymer in the pores of such substance, by treating the porous substance with a liquid pyrrole, and then treating the resulti... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4480001 | Antistatic laminates containing metal salts A static-dissipating laminate is made, containing at least a bottom core layer and a top decorative layer, both layers containing fibrous material which is impregnated with a resin, where at least the decorative layer has a metal salt distributed through ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4374639 | System for preventing static electricity on laundered textile materials A system for preventing static cling among textile materials such as clothes in a washer by using in a liquid bath containing the textile materials a static preventing member having a textile substrate or the like reacted with a static preventing material... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4362779 | Process of silvering articles having a base of polyamides Process of silvering articles such as textile articles in order to make them conductive and the articles silvered by this process. The articles are subjected to the action of a reducing agent which swells the substrate and then to the action of an ammoniacal s... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4310426 | Durable, antistatic, soil release agent Yellowing resistant, durable antistatic soil release agent: ##STR1## wherein X is an aminoplast resin moiety having amino nitrogen atoms and 4 to 6 methylene groups, each of which methylene groups is attached to an amino nitrogen atom; Y1 ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4293610 | Electrostatic printing medium An improved aqueous process for making a conductive medium for electrostatic printing and the conductive medium therefrom, the process comprising applying to one side of a high density basestock a partially insolubilizable aqueous conductive latex precoat... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4293595 | Aqueous process for making a conductive medium for electrostatic printing An improved aqueous process for making a conductive medium for electrostatic printing and the conductive medium therefrom, the process comprising applying to one side of a high density basestock a partially insolubilizable aqueous conductive latex precoat... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4279960 | Application of durable, antistatic, soil release agent Yellowing resistant, durable antistatic soil release agent: ##STR1## wherein X is resin moiety having amino nitrogens and 4 to 6 methylenes, each methylene being attached to amino nitrogen; Y1 is O(C2 H4 O)5-20 ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4256800 | Antistatic agents for coating the backing of carpets and other flat textile articles The antistatic composition for application to flat fibrous articles such as textiles, carpets, fabrics and the like which comprises a salt of a polymeric acid with an amine of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A=H, --OR2, ##STR2## ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4201824 | Hydrophilic polyurethanes and their application as soil-release, anti-soil redeposition, and anti-static agents for textile substrates Novel linear hydrophilic polyurethane polymers are presented. The polymers provide outstanding soil-release, anti-soil redeposition and anti-static properties when applied to natural and synthetic textile substrates, especially textile substrates containi... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4170565 | Substrate article for cleaning fabrics An article useful in a process for cleaning fabrics utilizing a water-insoluble substrate, having specifically defined air permeability and surface area characteristics, is disclosed. This article is added to the automatic washer at the beginning of its l... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4164535 | Antistatic textile materials Textile materials are made with a binder to which is added an alkylene-urethane thermosensitive copolymer of the formula: wherein R is an aliphatic or aromatic moiety which contains a biuret, urethane or isocyanate group; R' is hydrogen, C1 to C | 08/14/1979 |
