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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381755 | Inkjet ink composition and ink/receiver combination An aqueous ink jet ink composition including a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant. An ink and receiver combination for a non-absorbing substrate is also disclosed. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375157 | Melt-processible polymer composition comprising fluoropolymer having long chain branches A polymer melt additive that is suitable for use as a processing aid in the extrusion of a non-fluorinated polymer. The polymer melt additive composition includes a fluoropolymer that has a long chain branching index (LCBI) of at least 0.2 and a zero shear rate visc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7332051 | Method of binding a plurality of pages A method of binding a plurality of pages together is provided. The method comprises the steps of: conveying a plurality of pages along a paper path, each page being conveyed past a first adhesive applicator and a second adhesive applicator; applying a first part of ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7217760 | Water-and-oil repellant composition with improved suitability for cold cure A fluoropolymer-based water-and-oil repellant composition which comprises a copolymer comprising units derived from (a) an ethylenic monomer having a perfluoroalkyl group, (b) an ethylenic monomer having a group comprising an aromatic ring and a halogen atom or halo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7108033 | Synthetic rubber that exhibits low hysteresis This invention discloses a rubbery polymer which is comprised of repeat units that are derived from (1) at least one conjugated diolefin monomer, and (2) 0.1 weight percent to 2 weight percent of at least one monomer having the structural formula: ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7019096 | Synthetic rubber that exhibits low hysteresis This invention discloses a rubbery polymer which is comprised of repeat units that are derived from (1) at least one conjugated diolefin monomer, and (2) at least one leaving group-bearing monomer having the structural formula: | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994137 | Tire with component of carbon black rich rubber composition which contains alkylphenoxypoly (alkyleneoxy) alkanol A pneumatic rubber tire having at least one visually exposed component (e.g. sidewall) comprised of a carbon black reinforced rubber composition and contains a significant amount of at least one alkylphenoxypoly(alkyleneoxy) alkanol. Such tire component particularly... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6884827 | Seal ring and seal device A seal ring seals operating oil hermetically and is attached to an annular seal ring groove provided on an outer circumference of a shaft member. The seal ring comprises fluororesin, metal powder having a hardness equal to or more than that of any of a side surface ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878231 | One-part solvent-based adhesive for bonding polymer materials What is disclosed are adhesives and bonding methods employing a single coat of a solvent-based adhesive that effectively bonds thermoplastic polymers and especially thermoplastic elastomers. The adhesive components are a organosilane component selected from organosi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6852791 | Anti-reflection coating forming composition An anti-reflection coating-forming composition is provided. This composition includes a polymer and a solvent. The polymer has a structural unit represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 is a monovalent ato... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6818692 | High strength non hazardous air pollutant rubber cement composition This invention pertains to rubber cement compositions containing a rubber elastomer, a tackifier, and an organic solvent that is not a hazardous air pollutant (HAP). This invention also includes the method of making this rubber cement composition and of using this a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6790894 | Rubber-based soundproofing material A rubber-based soundproofing material comprises a mixture of a rubber blend, a metal or its oxides, alloys or salts, and conventional mixing ingredients. The mixture is either a non-blended chlorobutyl rubber, bromobutyl rubber or acrylate rubber, or a blend of nitr... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6759477 | Method for preparing imides from sulfonyl fluorides This invention discloses a method for preparing imides (I) and (II) from compounds having a sulfonyl fluoride functional group. The imides so prepared are useful in a variety of catalytic and electrochemical applications. (I) or polymer comprising the unit (II) | 07/06/2004 |
| 6740721 | Plastic lens composition, plastic lens, and process for producing the plastic lens A plastic lens composition having a low viscosity, a plastic lens by curing the composition, and a method for producing the plastic lens are disclosed. The plastic lens composition contains a bromine-containing (meth)allyl ester-based compound and exhibits low visco... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737468 | Base coat and its use for producing color and/or effect-producing base coatings and multi-layer coatings The use of a copolymer (A) preparable by free-radical polymerization of a) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer and b) at least one olefinically unsaturated monomer different than the olefinically unsaturated monomer (a) and of the general for... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6737467 | Low gloss powder coatings Powder coating compositions containing 5 to 60 wt % of spherical or near spherical particles having a median diameter of greater than 10, and most preferably of greater than 15 microns exhibit lower gloss without undesirable side effects such as loss of coating flow... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6673870 | Compositions of polyolefins and hyperbranched polymers with improved tensile properties A composition of polyolefin, ester additive, and hyperbranched polymer with improved tensile energy-to-break value compared to polyolefins wihtout the hyperbranched polymer. The concentration of the hyperbranched polymers can be between about 0.1% and abo... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6653381 | Process for preparing a coating composition and product thereof Novel compounds derived from traditional semi- drying and non-drying oils featuring internally plasticizing and crosslinkable properties are disclosed and claimed. Preferred embodiments include acrylate or methacrylate esters of hydroxy long-chain olefini... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6599972 | Latex compositions containing ethylenically unsaturated esters of fatty compounds and applications thereof Novel latex or emulsion compositions containing internally plasticizing and crosslinkable monomers derived from traditional semi-drying or non-drying oils are disclosed and claimed. The monomers are ethylenically unsaturated derivatives of long-chain olef... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6541561 | Resin reinforced cross-linkable printing inks and coatings A method is disclosed of making a polymerizable printing ink which comprises mixing a powdered polymer with a liquid composition comprising at least one polymerizable monomer or oligomer, said oligomer or monomer being polymerizable and the powdered polym... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6495625 | Chloroprene type rubber composition A chloroprene type rubber composition which comprises a chloroprene type rubber, a carbon black having an average stacking height Lc of at least 2 nm in a C axis direction of the layer planes in the crystallites, and a zinc powder.... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6469082 | Low VOC solvent-based polychloroprene contact adhesive A solvent based polychloroprene contact bond adhesive having less than 250 grams per liter volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at high solids content is disclosed. The composition contains polychloroprene polymer, phenolic and tackifying resins, a zinc resi... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6437019 | Glass ionomer cement The present invention provides a multiple part ionomeric cement system comprising an organic composition that is substantially free of added water, and an aqueous composition comprising water. The organic composition contains at least a hydrophilic compon... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6429253 | Papermaking methods and compositions Papermaking processes are provided which utilize mixtures of wet strength agents and dry strength agents in amounts that provide paper formed therefrom with decreased wet strength, and hence increase repulpability, without unduly compromising dry strength... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6335395 | Method of preparing a stable coating A process for making a stable coating comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder and an organic, cationic mordant comprising: a) mixing the inorganic, anionic pigment with the organic, cationic mordant; b) lowering the pH of the ... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6271303 | Vinyl fluoride interpolymers of low crystallinity An interpolymer consisting essentially of units derived from vinyl fluoride and at least two highly fluorinated monomers, at least one of the highly fluorinated monomers introducing into the polymer a side chain of at least one carbon atom. Films from the... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6261700 | Ceramer containing a brominated polymer and inorganic oxide particles Described are coatings, composite structures containing coatings, and compositions for preparing and methods of preparing coatings and composite structures, wherein the compositions comprise inorganic oxide particles and polymerizable brominated compounds... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6225395 | Aqueous stable dispersions based on water-soluble polymers containing a cationic dispersant comprising hydrophobic units Water-in-water dispersions based on water-soluble polymers can be prepared using a polymer dispersant containing hydrophobic units. The dispersions of the invention are stable on storage and are of low viscosity.... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6174948 | Latex compositions containing ethylenically unsaturated esters of fatty compounds and applications thereof Novel latex or emulsion compositions containing internally plasticizing and crosslinkable monomers derived from traditional semi-drying or non-drying oils are disclosed and claimed. The monomers are ethylenically unsaturated derivatives of long-chain olef... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6136885 | Glass ionomer cement The present invention provides a multiple part ionomeric cement system comprising an organic composition that is substantially free of added water, and an aqueous composition comprising water. The organic composition contains at least a hydrophilic compon... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6103815 | Fluorinated carbon filled latex fluorocarbon elastomer A composition comprising a latex fluorocarbon elastomer and fluorinated carbon, xerographic component surfaces comprising such latex fluorocarbon elastomer and fluorinated carbon compositions, and image forming apparatii including such xerographic compone... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103798 | Polymer compositions containing hydrocarbon amine oxides and hydrocarbon amine oxide stabilizer compositions Thermoplastic compositions are provided containing a saturated hydrocarbon amine oxide and stabilizer compositions are provided containing a saturated hydrocarbon amine oxide and a second stabilizer. The thermoplastic compositions exhibit good melt flow r... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6004668 | Advanced polymer wood composite A composition in the form of pellets comprising a thermoplastic and wood fiber composite material suitable for forming structural members as a replacement for wood in the manufacture of doors and windows. The composite has less than about 10 wt % water ba... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5891948 | Coating material for forming variegated patterns of granite tone and resin flakes One-coating and one-package type coating material in which wall surfaces or the like of a building are finished into natural granite tone are disclosed. A group of flexible resin flakes having more than three kinds of colors and a binder which is turned t... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5741847 | Polymer polyols containing halogenated aromatic monomers and polyurethane foam made therefrom A polymer polyol is produced by a process comprising free radical polymerizing an addition polymerizable di-(substituted phenyl)monomer (e.g., methacrylic ester of diglycidylether of tetrabromobisphenol A) component in the presence of a polyol, wherein th... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5652296 | Water-based adhesives A water-based adhesive comprising water-soluble polymers having carboxy groups and quaternary ammonium groups wherein the polymers can be derived by copolymerizing one or more unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid monomers, such as acrylic acid and/or met... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5605953 | Crosslinkable surface coatings A novel aqueous polymeric formulation is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the polymeric formulation, and of using the polymeric formulation to produce a crosslinked polymeric surface coating on a substrate. One embodiment of the novel polym... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5597858 | Hydrophobically associating dispersants used in forming polymer dispersions An improved process for the preparing a dispersions of water soluble cationic polymers in an aqueous salt solution is disclosed. The improvement comprises using as a polymeric dispersion stabilizer a water soluble hydrophobically associating copolymer of ... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5498659 | Crosslinkable surface coatings A novel aqueous polymeric formulation is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making the polymeric formulation, and of using the polymeric formulation to produce a crosslinked polymeric surface coating on a substrate. One embodiment of the novel polym... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5468803 | Medical implement, polymer composition, and optical material A polymer composition including a thermoplastic norbornene polymer which preferably has a number average molecular weight of 10,00-200,000 as determined by gel permeation chromatography in toluene solvent and calculated as styrene and a content of norborn... | 11/21/1995 |
