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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7598310 | Non-flammable waterproofing composition A composition of matter and a solvent system for use in providing a water resistant coating to a surface of a roof is disclosed. The solvent system comprises a chlorinated solvent blend. The solvent system and coating composition have no flash point, are non-flammab... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7405255 | Solutions and dispersions of organic semiconductors The present invention relates to solutions and/or dispersions of organic semiconductors in a solvent mixture of at least two different organic solvents, characterized in that A. Each of the solvents on its own has a boiling point of below 200° C. and a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7105589 | Flame-resistant black thermoplastic molded masses The invention relates to thermoplastic molded masses, comprising A) 10 to 97 wt. % of at least one thermoplastic polyester, B) 1 to 30 wt. % of a flame-resistant agent combination with, based on 100 wt. % B), b1) 20 to 99 wt. % of a halogenated flame resistant agent... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6214926 | Silicone membranes formed without the use of 1-1-1 trichloroethane A solvent mixture to disperse or dissolve a copolymer of methyl-trifluoropropyl siloxane and dimethylsiloxane, the solvent mixture comprising perchlorethylene, a selected acid ester, and a selected ketone. The invention also comprehends the combination of... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6087439 | Aqueous crosslinking polymer dispersions and their use for the preparation of water-based adhesives The invention relates to aqueous crosslinking polymer dispersions which are characterized in that they consist of A) 98 to 80 wt. % of a 40 to 60% aqueous alkaline polymer dispersion based on 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene, with a pH of ࣙ9.5 and a chloride cont... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5959011 | Resist removing method, and curable pressure-sensitive adhesive, adhesive sheets and apparatus used for the method A method for removing a resist pattern formed on a semiconductor wafer, and a curable pressure-sensitive adhesive, adhesive sheets and an apparatus used for the method. The resist-removing method comprising adhering an adhesive tape on an upper surface of... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5869560 | Sealing materials and building components useful for clean rooms Materials not releasing gaseous organic materials during use are used as a dry-type sealing material such as a gasket disposed upon mounting an air filter to an opening of a ceiling or the like, a wet-type sealing material filled and used in a gap for con... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5852091 | Solid alcohol-filled PVC pipe cement Disclosed is a solvent-based cement for bonding joints of polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings. The cement of the composition contains at least about 10% by weight of a polyvinyl chloride resin, at least about 2% by weight of a solid alcohol having a melt... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5428079 | Solution of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene Solution of UHMWPE in an organic solvent having a total PE concentration of at least 15% by weight and in which some of the PE present is crosslinked.... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5387636 | Flame-retarded hips formulations with enhanced impact strength The impact strength of articles made from a flame-retarded formulated HIPS resin containing an impact modifier is increased by forming a concentrate or masterbatch containing the flame retardant and impact modifier, blending the concentrate with HIPS resi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5357026 | Flame retardant SRIM compositions Flame retardant reaction injection molded (RIM) or structural RIM (SRIM) resins having improved time retardant properties may be produced by the addition of a halogenated vinyl resin. Suitable halogenated resins include polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and chlori... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5326797 | Fire resistant roofing asphalt composition A roofing system incorporates a fire resistant asphalt composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomer modified bitumen, a filler, a brominated diphenyl ether, antimony oxide, and zinc borate. The asphalt composition is utilized with and impregnated into... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5239021 | Flame retarded polycarbonates Flame retarded plastic composition are described, comprising a polycarbonate and a flame-retardant additive selected from pentabromobenzyl-monoacrylate, tribromostyrene and tribromophenyl maleimide, and their mixtures. The flame-retardant polycarbonates s... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5112896 | High-impact polystyrene containing low molecular weight brominated polystyrene Effective amounts of low molecular weight brominated polystyrenes unexpectedly provide good property retention and yet achieve desired flame retardance, for example, UL-94 VO in high impact polystyrene. In contrast, high molecular weight brominated styren... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5112897 | High impact polystyrene containing low molecular weight brominated polystyrene Effective amounts of low molecular weight brominated polystyrenes unexpectedly provide good property retention and yet achieve desired flame retardance, for example, UL-94 VO in high impact polystyrene. In contrast, high molecular weight brominated styren... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5112898 | High impact polystyrene containing low molecular weight brominated polystyrene Effective amounts of low molecular weight brominated polystyrenes unexpectedly provide good property retention and yet achieve desired flame retardance, for example, UL-94 VO in high impact polystyrene. In contrast, high molecular weight brominated styren... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5077337 | Flame retardant graft copolymers of polypropylene Described are polypropylene polymer compositions which have suprisingly good physical properties in combination with flame retardancy, which include graft copolymers represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein n is >1, P is polypropylene, and S is a... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4992496 | Flame retardant modified polyphenylene oxide composition It was unexpectedly found that a brominated phosphate ester, tris(2,4-dibromophenyl)phosphate when employed in flame retardant quantities in a modified polyphenylene oxide resin resulted in discoloration of the resin on aging. Neither phosphate esters, fl... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4719258 | Derivatives of diphenylhexafluoropropane and resins thereof Derivatives of diphenylhexafluoropropane having the formula: ##STR1## where R is an unsubstituted or substituted alkylene, an epoxy, a silyl or alkoxysilyl group; and where X and Y are hydrogen or halogen. The derivatives are useful in formulating po... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4606848 | Radar attenuating paint A radar attenuating composition is described for which incident microwave diation is absorbed and/or scattered, causing a significant decrease in retroreflectance of the object to which the composition is applied, that is, a reduction in the radar cross-s... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4563496 | Self-extinguishing thermoplastic moulding compositions of polycarbonate and ABS-polymers This invention relates to self-extinguishing thermoplastic moulding compositions of an aromatic polycarbonate containing a co-condensed halogen, a thermoplastic copolymer containing nucleus-alkylated styrene and an ABS as graft copolymer.... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4530880 | Granular organohalide flame retardant additive A granular flame retardant additive is provided comprising from 70 to 99.5% by weight of an organohalide flame retardant and from 0.5 to 30% by weight of thermoplastic synthetic resin as a binder. The additive is easy to handle and resistant to disintegra... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4474924 | Stabilized slurries of isoolefin polymers Polymerization slurries of elastomeric isoolefin homopolymers and copolymers, such as butyl rubber, in diluents such as methyl chloride are effectively stabilized against agglomeration of polymer particles through addition of minor proportions of an hydro... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4438234 | Compositions comprising a thermoplastic resin and a vinyl ether mold release agent A composition comprising a thermoplastic resin and a mold release effective amount of a vinyl ether.... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4358560 | Stabilized slurries of isoolefin polymers Polymerization slurries of elastomeric isoolefin homopolymers and copolymers, such as butyl rubber, in diluents such as methyl chloride are effectively stabilized against agglomeration of polymer particles through addition of minor proportions of (i) a pr... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4312914 | Process for coating porous webs The subject of the invention is a process for coating porous webs, wherein an aqueous, spreadable composition which has a pH value of 3 to 6 and contains at least (A) an emulsion copolymer comprising (a) an alkyl acrylate, (b) acrylonitrile, (c) an ethyle... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4277567 | Flame-retardant vinyl aromatic polymer compositions Vinyl aromatic polymer compositions contain a flame-retarding amount of 1,1,2,3,4,4-hexabromobutene-2.... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4156671 | Process for the preparation of chloroprene polymer solutions suitable for contact adhesives Production of a solution of a chloroprene polymer, suitable for use as a component for an adhesive, by dissolving the polymer in a solvent, and heating the solution, adding a free-radical catalyst and contacting the solution with a molecular oxygen contai... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4115338 | Metallic tone coating composition A metallic tone coating composition which comprises a coating resin, a polymer-encapsulated metal powder containing a metal component in an amount between 0.1 part by weight and 50 parts by weight, inclusive per 100 parts by weight of the coating resin an... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4107230 | Flame-retardant thermosetting resinous compositions 1,1,2,3,4,4-Hexabromobutene-2 is used to impart flame-retardance to epoxy resins, polyesters, and other thermosetting organic polymers that are normally susceptible to burning.... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4100340 | Copolymers containing perfluoroalkyl groups Copolymers of (A) perfluoroalkylethyl acrylate Cn F2n+1 CH2 CH2 OCOCH.dbd.CH2 (b) higher alkyl acrylate Cm H2m+1 OCOCH.dbd.CH2 (c) vinylidene chloride CH2 .dbd.CCl | 07/11/1978 |
| 4097451 | Flame-retardant resinous compositions 1,1,2,3,4,4-Hexabromobutene 2 is used to impart flame-retardance to polyolefins and other thermoplastic organic polymers that are normally susceptible to burning.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4086191 | Particulate expandable styrene polymers for the manufacture of foams Particulate expandable styrene polymers which contain from 0.0001 to 0.2% by weight, based on the styrene polymer, of an inhomogeneously distributed nucleating agent for expandable polystyrene, the nucleating agent being present only in a peripheral zone ... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4086212 | Poly(ethylene/alkylene) terephthalates which crystallize rapidly Terephthalic copolyesters, the diol component of which mainly consists of ethylene glycol units, crystallize more rapidly than pure polyethylene terephthalate and can be moulded in a way comparable to polybutylene terephthalate.... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4059561 | Flame-resistant composition containing a norbornene derivative polymer A flame-resistant composition of (a) a ring-opening polymerization product of a norbornene derivative and (b) a halogen-containing multicyclic compound or bromine-containing aromatic compound. The composition is employed in shaped articles and structural ... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4059545 | Crosslinked styrene polymer foam having suppressed ignition properties A monovinylidene aromatic polymer foam having reduced propensity to ignite is produced by (1) foaming a copolymer of monovinylidene aromatic monomer and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic anhydride wherein a portion of the copolymer contains halogen ... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4053445 | Solutions of ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymers Solutions of a copolymer of about 55 to 95 mol percent chlorotrifluoroethylene and about 45 to 5 mol percent ethylene in an organic solvent. The solutions may optionally contain an organic silane, preferably an aminosilane.... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4034136 | Flame-retardant resin compositions This specification discloses that certain polychlorinated or polybrominated aromatic hydrocarbon compounds can be incorporated in thermosetting polymer compositions to make the thermosetting compositions flame retardant without injuring the desirable phys... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3980596 | Process for reducing filler loss The agglomeration of finely-divided granular tetrafluoroethylene polymer particles to produce agglomerated particles having improved flow properties is carried out by agitating the finely-divided particles in an aqueous dispersion containing a substantial... | 09/14/1976 |
| 3968094 | Photodegradable plastics containing haloolefins Polyolefins capable of photodegradation are prepared by incorporating in the polyolefin an additive which contains chlorine, bromine, or iodine and an olefinic linkage.... | 07/06/1976 |
