Celebrity Inventors
Actor Zeppo Marx patented a "Cardiac Pulse Rate Monitor" in 1969.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8394881 | Golf ball To provide a golf ball with excellent abrasion-resistance and resilience. A golf ball of the present invention comprises: a core; and a cover covering the core, wherein the cover is formed of a cover composition containing a (meth)acrylic polymer-modified sil... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8362134 | Film comprising silicate platelets of exfoliated from phospolipid-intercalated layered silicate A packaging film comprises a dispersed-particle composition, which comprises a plurality of particles dispersed in a matrix medium of thermoplastic polymer. The particles comprise silicate platelets. Intercalating agent of one or more phospholipids is sorbed to the ... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8324304 | Polyimide resins for high temperature wear applications Polyimide resin compositions that contain an aromatic polyimide, graphite and a sepiolite filler, or a mixture of a sepiolite filler and a kaolin filler, are found to exhibit low wear and high thermal oxidative stability. Such compositions are especially useful in m... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8283399 | Filled TPO compositions with good low temperature ductility Filled, thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) compositions having a total energy absorption during impact at −30° C. of at least 20 ft-lb-f as measured by an Instrumented Dart Impact Test (ASTM D3763) at 6.7 m/s and a peak tangent flexural modulus of>2100 MPa (305,000 p... | 10/09/2012 |
| 7858687 | Polyimide resins for high temperature wear applications Polyimide resin compositions that contain an aromatic polyimide, graphite and a kaolin filler, are found to exhibit low wear and high thermal oxidative stability. Such compositions are especially useful in molded articles that are exposed to wear conditions at high ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7666937 | Rubber composition for side reinforcement and run flat tire using the same A rubber composition for reinforcing a side having both low exothermic property and high hardness is provided. The invention relates to a rubber composition for reinforcing a side of a run flat tire, comprising 10 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black having... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7476704 | Opacified polymer composition There is disclosed a polymer composition comprising a polymer resin and, as opacifier, a flash calcined kaolin clay filler and a TiO2. The polymer composition may be formed into shaped articles, particularly polyolefin film. ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7442333 | Method for the production of polyamide nanocomposites, corresponding packaging materials and moulded bodies The invention relates to a method for the production of polyamide nanocomposites made from base polymers comprising aromatic components and organically-modified phyllosilicates in a double-screw extruder with a front-feeder and a side-feeder. Said method is characte... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442728 | Method for producing nanosilicate plates The present invention relates to an exfoliating agent and to a process for producing random form of nanoscale silicate plates. The exfoliating agent applied in the present invention has the formula: wherein n=1 to 5 and R i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439297 | Foamable fluoropolymers compositions without using foaming agents A composition comprising: A) 50-99.9% by weight of at least a copolymer (1) of ethylene (E) with chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) wherein CTFE is comprised between 53 and 70% by moles, having a crystallinity in the range 5-45%; B) 0.1-50% by ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435765 | Additive for ink jet ink An ink jet ink composition comprising from about 30 to about 90% by weight of water, from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of a pigment, from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of natural or synthetic smectite clay mineral. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7432319 | Process for making exfoliated polyolefin/clay nanocomposites Processes are disclosed relating to modifying clays with an olefinic functionalized surfactant containing a chain end polymerizable double bond, and to treating the thus modified organoclay with an olefin polymerization catalyst precursor, and polymerizing an olefin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427430 | Polyamide blend composition having excellent gas barrier performance High gas barrier, delamination-resistant polyamide compositions suitable for extended shelf-life packaging applications are provided. Also provided are polyamide compositions exhibiting high oxygen scavenging capability. The polyamide compositions comprise mXDA-IPA ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425591 | Elastomeric composition The present invention is a composition including an isobutylene-based copolymer and polybutene. The copolymers may be mixed with an exfoliating compound and clay, the entire composition forming a nanocomposite. The clay may or may not have an additional exfoliating ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420009 | Low-emission adhesive composition based on a solvent Described is a low-emission adhesive, whose polymers are dissolved in a mixture of acetone and ethanol. The adhesive is characterized by very low emissions of solvents, with otherwise equally good properties compared to standard solvent-synthetic resin based adhesiv... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7407999 | Low permeability nanocomposites The present invention is a blend of a thermoplastic engineering resin and an interpolymer of, on one embodiment, a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin, a para-methylstyrene and a para-(halomethylstyrene), the interpolymer having been pre-mixed with an exfol... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7393889 | Method of preparing rubber modified polystyrene resin composition with high gloss and impact resistance The rubber modified polystyrene resin composition with high gloss and impact resistance according to the present invention is prepared by (i) polymerizing a solution consisting of about 80 to 95% by weight of styrene (A) and about 5 to 20% by weight of polybutadiene... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393890 | Flame-retardant polyolefin compounds and their use in surface coverings A flame-retardant compound is disclosed, comprising a polyolefin alloy and a combination of frame-retardant agents. The polyolefin alloy comprises at least one polyolefin and a metallocene-catalyzed olefin copolymer. The flame-retardant agents comprise a nanoclay an... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388047 | Redispersible powders comprising pozzolanic components Water-redispersible polymer powder compositions based on homopolymers or copolymers of one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters of unbranched or branched alkylcarboxylic acids having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, methacrylic esters and acrylic est... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7378466 | Nonviscous aqueous dispersion compositions of water-swellable layered silicates and the method of producing the same Concentrated suspensions of smectite clays are obtained as either relatively “thin” or highly shear-thinning slurries that are easy to pump, by adding one or more of certain cationic polymers whose weight average molecular weight, Mw, is 50,000 or higher. It was... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371793 | Nanocomposite comprising stabilization functionalized thermoplastic polyolefins This invention relates to nanocomposites comprising organo-clay and at least one stabilization functionalized thermoplastic polyolefin. Preferably the stabilization functionalized thermoplastic polyolefin is represented by the formula: T-(R1G) | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368496 | Nanocomposite composition having super barrier property and article using the same A nanocomposite composition having superior barrier properties and an article comprising the same are provided. The nanocomposite composition includes: a polyolefin resin; a nanocomposite having barrier properties, and including intercalated clay and one or more res... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361705 | Resin composition and flexible printed circuit board A resin composition characterized as containing (A) a synthetic resin having a melting temperature of 300° C. or above and (B) a platy inorganic filler incorporated in the resin and having the following properties; pH of aqueous d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354990 | Purified polymeric materials and methods of purifying polymeric materials A method is disclosed to purify a polymeric material by filtering a melt comprising poly(arylene ether) and poly(alkenyl aromatic) through a melt filtration system. The method provides a filtered polymeric composition having reduced levels of particulate impurities.... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338999 | Rubber composition for tire tread and pneumatic tire using the same To provide a rubber composition having excellent wet grip performance while maintaining low heat build-up characteristics without lowering processability, abrasion resistance and rolling resistance. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises, based on... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329703 | Polymerized macrocyclic oligomer nanocomposite compositions The invention relates to polymers derived from macrocyclic oligomers containing organo clay fillers comprising a) a polymer derived from a macrocyclic oligomer; b) clay platelets; and c) the residue of one or more onium compounds having at least one ligand with a C | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326748 | Thermoplastic composition The subject invention discloses a thermoplastic composition which is comprised of a blend of a thermoplastic resin and an elastomer, wherein said thermoplastic resin is selected from the group consisting of polyphenylene ether and polystyrene, wherein said elastomer... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7312258 | Method for treating a mineral filler with a polydialkylsiloxane and a fatty acid, resulting hydrophobic fillers and uses thereof in polymers for breathable films The invention relates to a method for treating a mineral filler by means of a polydialkylsiloxane and a fatty acid, the hydrophobic fillers thus obtained, and the application thereof in polymers for the manufacture of films and notably “breathable” films. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309756 | Methods for converting linear polyesters to macrocyclic oligoester compositions and macrocyclic oligoesters Macrocyclic oligoesters and compositions comprising macrocyclic oligoesters are prepared from intermediate molecular weight polyesters. In one embodiment, a diol is contacted with a dicarboxylic acid or a dicarboxylate in the presence of a catalyst to produce a comp... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294663 | Compatibility improvement in aromatic polyesters with mineral fillers Liquid crystalline polymers (LCP) with relatively high melting points are prepared by a process which includes solid state polymerization of a (pre)polymer, which contains alkali metal cations, to raise the LCP molecular weight. The presence of the alkali metal cati... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291400 | Decorative sheet The present invention improves a surface protective layer in the resistance to marring to the extent not achieved even if the surface protective layer is made of a crosslinked cured product of an ionizing radiation-curable resin and added with silica. When forming a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291665 | Emulsion polymerization methods involving lightly modified clay and compositions comprising same Processes for utilizing various emulsion polymerization procedures for preparing aqueous nanocomposite dispersions are disclosed. The disclosed processes include both in-situ polymerizations in the presence of at least partially exfoliated, lightly modified clays as... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291677 | Adherent, modified thermoplastic elastomeric blends, articles, and methods A thermoplastic elastomer that is adherent to polar materials may be made from a dynamically vulcanized blend of propylene resin, ethylene/alpha-olefin/non-conjugated diene elastomers, and a bonding agent via a curing system containing a free radical initiator, at l... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288585 | Acrylic dispersing agents in nanocomposites The instant invention discloses a composition, preferably a nanocomposite material, comprising (a) a synthetic polymer, (b) a filler such as for example a natural or synthetic phyllosilicate or a mixture of such phyllosilicates, preferably in nanoparticles, and (c) ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285589 | Polyester molding for use with a casing By molding a biodegradable plastic material which is treated with a compound reactive to the active hydrogen in the biodegradable plastic material, a biodegradable plastic material and molding having long-term reliability are obtained. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284686 | Mounting method of bump-equipped electronic component and mounting structure of the same In a mounting method for mounting a bump-equipped electronic component 5 with a plurality of metallic bumps 6 on a substrate 2 with a plurality of electrodes 3, during the process of connecting the metallic bumps 6 to the electrode... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279521 | Nylon nanocomposites A method for modifying the properties of a nylon block copolymer comprising: supplying a nylon block copolymer wherein the nylon block copolymer has a flexural modulus, a tensile modulus, and an unnotched Izod impact strength. Incorporated into the nylon block copol... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273899 | Materials and method for making splayed layered materials The present invention relates to a splayed material comprising a layered material splayed with a particle having a diameter equal to or less than 3 micrometers. Another embodiment of the invention includes an article comprising a matrix and a layered material splaye... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270862 | Polyamide and polyolefin blends with a polyamide matrix and containing nanofillers The present invention relates to polyamide (A) and polyolefin (B) blends containing nanofillers in which the polyamide forms the matrix. These blends can also be referred to as “polyamide (A), polyolefin (B) and nanofiller blends in which the polyamide forms the m... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
