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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6429256 | Aqueous coating composition and a polyol for such a composition Aqueous coating composition, for example for use as a clear or pigmented top coat or a primer, comprising: a) a polyol or a mixture of polyols having at least two hydroxy groups per molecule and: i a content C of carboxylate- and/or carboxylic acid-functional ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6429254 | Aqueous polyurethane dispersions containing polybutadiene units Storage-stable polyurethane dispersions preparable by reacting polydienes A which carry at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, polyols B which carry at least one acid group, polyfunctional isocyanates C and chain extenders D, wherein the acid groups of ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6420478 | Binder compositions and their use in aqueous coating and adhesive compositions The present invention relates to a binder composition containing A) 70 to 99% of a polyurethane dispersion having an OH number of | 07/16/2002 |
| 6420034 | Binder composition and process for manufacturing board by using the binder composition The present invention provides, in the preparation of a hot press molded board from a lignocellulose or an inorganic material as a main raw material, an isocyanate-based binder composition with which a board having eternally good releasability from a hot ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6420477 | Aqueous coating composition for metal sheets, surface-treated metal sheets and surface treating method An aqueous coating composition for metal sheets which comprises, as indispensable components, the following (C) alone or two or more of the following (A), (B) and (C), and water, and does not contain a photopolymerization initiator: (A) a polyurethane res... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414079 | Water dilutable binders for soft feel coating materials Water dilutable binder for soft feel coating materials, comprising an aqueous dispersion of a hydroxyl-containing polyester-urethane A, preparable by reacting a polyester A1 with hydroxyl groups as functional groups, formed from difunctional or polyfuncti... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6407158 | Water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric salts The present invention relates to a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric salt, to a cosmetic or pharmacuetical composition which comprises at least one such polymeric salt, and to the use of the polymeric salts.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6403702 | Diurethane plasticizer containing one-shot polyurethane cast elastomers This invention relates to a process for the preparation of one-shot polyurethane cast elastomers containing liquid, diurethane non-migrating plasticizers. This process comprises reacting via the one-shot process an organic diisocyanate, an isocyanate-reac... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403701 | Mixing system for producing water-dilutable coating agents A mixer system, for preparing two-component water-dilutable coating agents, includes a plurality of substantially water-free base colors and a pigment-free aqueous component. One or more of the base colors can be mixed together with a suitable amount of t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6399735 | Hydrophilic polyurethanes A hydrophilic, high molecular weight nonionic polyurethane, characterized by solubility in water and by a specific viscosity of at least 0.4 (1% by weight solution at 20° C.) is provided. Examples of such polyurethanes are those characterized by the foll... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395824 | Aqueous dispersions containing polyurethanes with carbodiimide groups Aqueous dispersions comprising a polyurethane which comprises carbodiimide structural units of the formula (I) --N.dbd.C.dbd.N-- (I).... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395820 | Aqueous polymer emulsion-polyester polyol blend for reducing or eliminating flooding and floating in water-based two component polyurethane coatings A substantially solvent free, aqueous, pigmented, two component polyurethane-polyurea dispersion comprising: (a) an aqueous mixture of an acid-containing polymeric polyol and a polyol free of acid groups, wherein the mixture has an average hydroxyl functi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391964 | Aqueous nail polish compositions A system of aqueous nail polish compositions is provided, including base coat, color coat, and top coat formulations. The base coat formulation comprises aqueous emulsions of acrylic polymer and vinyl acetate/acrylic copolymer. The color coat formulation ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389602 | Thin walled elastic polyurethane articles Soft, thin-walled elastic articles such as condoms and gloves are made of films of a linear polyurethane which has been so made as to have physical properties close to those of a similar film of natural rubber. The polyurethane is made from poly(propylene... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6387994 | Combination of a solid solvent and a melt-processible block copolymer A new class of solid solvents selected from adipamides, bisacetamides, biscarbamates, and dibenzamides has been found effective to reduce the melt viscosity of certain block copolymers while not substantially adversely affecting the mechanical properties ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384131 | Waterborne basecoat compositions for use in basecoat/clearcoat applications Compositions containing polyurethane dispersions and water reducible resins particularly suited for use as basecoats in low VOC basecoat/clearcoat vehicle coatings.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6376602 | Coating compositions, a process for their production and their use for coating water-resistant substrates The present invention relates to water-borne coating compositions wherein the binder contains a mixture of a) a polyol component dispersed in water or a water/solvent mixture which contains at least one polymer prepared from olefinically unsaturated monom... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376592 | Water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition A water dispersion type water and oil repellent composition obtained by polymerizing the following polymerizable monomer mixture (b) in the presence of a compound (a) having a blocked isocyanate group and no polymerizable unsaturated group: (b) a mixture ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6372875 | Process for the preparation of polyurethane resins and their use and the use of ethoxyethyl propionate for the preparation of polyurethane resins The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyurethane resins, in which, in an ester as solvent, a) at least one compound having 2 hydroxyl and/or amino groups, b) at least one di- and/or polyisocyanate, c) at least one compound containing 2... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6365697 | Water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes with terminal acid groups, the production and the use thereof The present invention relates to water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of a water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups and a primary or secondary amine having at least one ionogenic or ionic group, and to the sa... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6362359 | One-component thermoset coating compositions The present invention relates to compounds containing modified hydrazide groups and corresponding to formula I ##STR1## wherein R represents the residue obtained by removing the isocyanate groups from a monomeric polyisocyanate, a polyisocyanate adduct or... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6362273 | Aqueous polymer dispersions Aqueous polymer dispersion containing a water-dispersed polyurethane polymer and a vinyl (preferably acrylic) polymer in a weight ratio of from 30/70 to 5/95, wherein said polyurethane polymer is the reaction product of: A) an isocyanate-terminated polyur... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6359060 | Oxidatively drying polyurethane dispersions Oxidatively drying aqueous polyurethane dispersions obtainable by reacting drying and/or simidrying oils with low molar mass hydroxy compounds having two or more hydroxyl groups to give compounds containing on average at least one hydroxyl group and at le... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6359059 | Paint compositions containing reactive urea/urethanes Low VOC automotive paint compositions containing reactive urea/urethanes are disclosed. Clearcoat and single stage topcoat formulations are found to be especially useful according to this invention.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6350811 | Aqueous polyurethane dispersions containing phenolic resin moieties A water-dispersible polyurethane resin is disclosed. The resin comprises recurring units of an alkoxylated phenolic resin, a carboxylate-containing diol, and a multifunctional isocyanate. The resin, which can be neutralized, and/or chain-extended, is disp... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6348548 | Method for producing and using storage-stable, latent-reactive layers or powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersion polymers with functional groups The invention relates to methods for producing storage-stable, latent-reactive layers and powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersions or aqueous solutions of isocyanate reactive polymers, which can be used as adhesives and coveri... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6348521 | Stable and high solids aqueous dispersions of blocked polyisocyanates A stable and high-solids aqueous dispersion of blocked isocyanates, containing auxiliary solvent, is prepared by (1) preparing a solution of a polyisocyanate mixture of from 20-70% by weight of a blocked, hydrophilically modified polyisocyanate (A) and fr... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6339125 | Cationic polyurethane dispersion and composition containing same A polyurethane dispersion which is the reaction product of a prepolymer and a water or hydrazine chain extender. The prepolymer is the reaction product of a hydroxylated polyalkadiene, a bis(hydroxyalkyl) quaternary ammonium-group-containing diol and a po... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6337366 | Method of improving viscosity stability of aqueous compositions A method of improving the viscosity stability of an aqueous composition by the addition to the aqueous composition of a mixture of at least one multiphobe and at least one monophobe is disclosed. The method is particularly useful for stabilizing the visco... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6335397 | Dispersions containing a polyurethane and a radiation-hardenable prepolymer Aqueous dispersions which are essentially free from protective colloids or emulsifiers, comprise, in dispersed form, A. a polyurethane (A) comprising hydrophilic groups, which bring about the water-dispersibility of the polyurethane, this polyurethane (A) bein... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6335381 | Aqueous coating compositions containing urethane (meth)acylates having UV-hardening isocyanate groups The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition containing a) a urethane (meth)acrylate having (meth)acryloyl groups and optionally free isocyanate groups, b) optionally a further polyisocyanate, c) a UV initiator which initiates polymerization by a... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6325887 | Heat-activatable polyurethane/urea adhesive in aqueous dispersion A stable colloidal aqueous dispersion of a partially and homogeneously crosslinked polyurethane/polyurea is made by inserting an integral emulsifier and an internal dispersion stabilizer into a polyurethane having a polyester- or polycaprolactone diol bac... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6319981 | Coating compounds, a process for their production and their use for the production of coatings The present invention relates to coating compounds of which the binder consists essentially of a combination of a) a polyol component dissolved and/or dispersed in water or a water/solvent mixture, and b) a polyisocyanate component emulsified in the solution a... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6316539 | Water dilutable resin, a process for their production and application thereof Water-dilutable resins ABCD, obtainable by converting aldehyde or ketone resins A, multi-functional isocyanates B, aliphatic acids C, each with at least one acid group and one group that can react with isocyanates to form a urethane or urea structure, and... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6316540 | Hydrophilically end-capped polyurethane thickeners This invention relates to polyurethane thickeners having particular utility in paints and coatings comprising the reaction product of an isocyanate functional material, a polyether polyol, and a difunctional hydrophilic endcapping material that is reactiv... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6316535 | Coating system and method of applying the same An aqueous, two component system for coating a substrate includes either a filler incorporated in both components prior to combining the components or an elevated amount of a filler, such as 50% by dry volume, in either component. The filler is preferably... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6309707 | Coating composition comprising at least 3 components, process for its preparation, and its use The present invention relates to a coating composition comprising at least three components, characterized in that component (I) contains as binder at least one acrylate copolymer which is dissolved or dispersed in organic solvent and has a number-average ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6303707 | Hydroxyl group-containing resin and amidoalcohol-blocked polyisocyanate There is disclosed a resin composition for electrodeposition paint comprising (A) a resin containing hydroxyl groups, and (B) a polyisocyanate compound blocked with an amidoalcohol having at least one amide bond and at least one alcoholic hydroxyl group in the... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6300410 | Monomers and polymers and latices therefrom There is provided a polymer useful in coating, ink and adhesive compositions. The polymer has monomeric units derived from a monomer having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R1 is alkylene having about 2 or 3 carbon atoms; R2 is alkylen... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6291578 | Blocked polyisocyanates containing phenolic groups The present invention relates to novel blocked polyisocyanates that are soluble or dispersible in water and which contain phenolate anions in a chemically bound form as groups which provide their solubility or dispersibility. It also relates to a process ... | 09/18/2001 |
