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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300979 | Powder coating compositions comprising urethane (meth)acrylates and micronized waxes and their use Light-stable and weather-stable coating films contain a powder coating composition, containing from 30 to 98.5% by mass of a binder containing at least one urethane (meth)acrylate having a melting point of from 40 to 130° C.; from 1 to 20% by mass of at least one m... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7262247 | Binder resin solution composition, coatings, inks, adhesives and primers The present invention provides a binder resin solution composition, and a coating, ink, and adhesive containing the composition as an active ingredient, the binder resin solution composition having a solid content of 10 to 50 wt. % and comprising (a) a chlorinated p... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241830 | Organic solvent-free film-forming compositions, multi-layer composite coatings, and related methods Provided is a film-forming composition substantially free of organic solvent which includes an aqueous dispersion of polymeric microparticles prepared by emulsion polymerization of a monomeric composition containing (1) at least 10 percent by weight of one or more v... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7173085 | Salt sensitive aqueous emulsions This invention relates to aqueous emulsions comprising a water-dispersible copolymer which is non-dispersible in aqueous solutions containing 0.5% or more of an inorganic salt, comprising acidic ethylenically unsaturated monomers and ethylenically unsaturated monome... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7141519 | Ion triggerable, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same The present invention is directed to ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7056847 | Binder for high wet-strength substrates The present invention is directed to a fibrous substrate made of chemically bonded fibers, where the fibers are bound with a polymeric binder in an amount which is sufficient to bind the fibers together to form a self-sustaining web, and where the binder is characte... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6908524 | Alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant package for polymer emulsions This invention is directed to formation of a creped nonwoven web. The creped web is formed in a creping process using a polymer emulsion binder formed in an alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant system. The surfactant system comprises a combination of a specific ac... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6844385 | Latex for dip forming and molded object obtained by dip forming A latex for dip forming which comprises a copolymer prepared by polymerizing 10 to 90% by weight of a conjugated diene monomer, 0.1 to 20% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer and 10 to 89.9% by weight of other ethylenically unsaturated monomer or ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6683129 | Salt sensitive aqueous emulsions This invention relates to aqueous emulsions comprising a water-dispersible copolymer which is non-dispersible in aqueous solutions containing 0.5% or more of an inorganic salt, comprising acidic ethylenically unsaturated monomers and ethylenically unsatur... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6656983 | Vinylaromatic/1,3-diene copolymer stabilized with protective colloids as adhesives for porous substrates The invention provides mixed aromatic vinyl-1,3-diene polymers stabilized by a protective colloid and present in the form of aqueous polymer dispersions or polymer powders redispersible in water as adhesives for porous substrates. The polymer dispersions ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6639049 | Process for the preparation of polymers having a reduced content of volatile components The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymers stabilized with protective colloids in the form of water-redispersible powders or aqueous dispersions thereof having a reduced content of volatile components, by a) polymerizing by emu... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6482890 | Aqueous curable resin composition An object is to remarkably improve the water resistance and weather resistance of the cured coating film in the aqueous curable resin composition. An aqueous dispersion is used as a main agent which contains, as essential components, gel-like resin disper... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6461728 | Gamma radiation polymerized emulsion-based (meth)acrylate pressure sensitive adhesives and methods of making and using same Pressure sensitive adhesives can be formed using gamma irradiation. One embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive which is a polymeric reaction product formed by gamma ray irradiation of an emulsion composition. The emulsion composition includes water; ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6372675 | Nonwoven fabric non-cellulose fibers having improved wet tensile strength A nonwoven fabric of chemically bonded non-cellulose fibers having improved wet tensile properties. The fabric includes a random arrangement of non-cellulose fibers and an essentially formaldehyde free latex binder. The latex binder contains at least abou... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6339117 | Whitened polymers and the use thereof in coating slips for coating substrates The present invention relates to polymers whitened with optical brighteners obtained by (a) emulsion polymerization of acrylonitrile with or without a comonomer in the presence or absence of a graftable substrate, and (b) addition of an optical brightener befo... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6248815 | Dry bond film laminate employing acrylic emulsion adhesives with improved crosslinker The present invention relates to a water based laminating adhesive composition and a method of using thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to a water-based laminating adhesive comprising: a first component comprising at least one aqueous vinyl... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6111009 | Deinking processes polymers-in-water emulsion for use in deinking processes Flexographic or other printed paper is deinked by a process which comprises pulping in the presence of an emulsion of crosslinked, insoluble, ionisable and swellable polymer particles. The emulsion preferably provides a viscosity (at 3%) in the ionised st... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6093299 | Stove-enamel coating media and the use thereof This invention relates to a stove-enamel coating medium based on at least one binder vehicle selected from amino(meth)acrylate resins and/or epoxide-amine addition products comprising cationic groups and/or groups which can be converted into cationic grou... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5998543 | Stable amino-containing polymer latex blends This invention provides the composition, preparation, and end-use of waterborne crosslinking technology based compositions prepared from water-based latexes. The invention provides a water-based latex comprising dispersed, waterborne amino-functional poly... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5936020 | High solids vinyl acetate-ethylene emulsions A vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer emulsion having a solids content of at least about 65 percent by weight comprises about 5 to 40 percent by weight ethylene; about 60 to 95 percent by weight vinyl acetate; greater than about 3.0 percent by weight of a po... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5912293 | Aqueous polymer dispersions for coating wood The invention provides an aqueous polymer dispersion in which the copolymer is formed from 70 to 90% by weight alkyl methacrylate provided by 0 to 30% by weight C1-3 alkyl methacrylate and 50 to 90% by weight C4-12 alkyl methacrylate... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5912294 | Aqueous polymer emulsion, processes of making said aqueous polymer emulsion and methods of using said aqueous polymer emulsion Aqueous polymer emulsions are obtained by polymerizing a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomers by the free radical aqueous emulsion polymerization method and using, as the dispersing medium, a mixture of water and an or... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5756574 | Process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion A process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer emulsion, in which an aqueous emulsion of a polymer which contains at least one chemically bonded monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group is produced in a manner known per se so that ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5696185 | Aqueous polymer dispersions Aqueous dispersions of polymers which have a high glass transition temperature and a low average molecular weight and contain a specific amount of methacrylic acid as polymerized units are suitable, in liquid or dried form, as additives for improving the ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5532300 | Water-borne, water redispersible, laminating adhesives for nonwoven applications A specific class of water-borne, water redispersible laminating adhesives is disclosed which is desirable for bonding nonwoven substrates to themselves or to other substrates. The adhesives provide improved bond strength and improved water redispersibilit... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5512629 | Aqueous polymer dispersions Aqueous dispersions of polymers which have a high glass transition temperature and a low average molecular weight and contain a specific amount of methacrylic acid as polymerized units are suitable, in liquid or dried form, as additives for improving the ... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5494963 | Low formaldehyde, high gel fraction latex binder A low formaldehyde high gel fraction latex binder is made utilizing a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R', independently, is an alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R4 is hydrogen, or wherein R3 and R | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492965 | Compositions containing block copolymers composed of latent thiol mercaptan chain transfer agents This invention relates to a polymer composition of a block copolymer dispersed in water wherein the block copolymer is composed of: a) at least one first block of polymerized units of at least one first ethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one l... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5432229 | Aqueous crosslinkable resin composition An aqueous crosslinking resin composition comprising (I) an aqueous resin dispersion obtained by emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture consisting of (a) 2 to 50% by weight of an unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, (b) 0.5 to 60% by weight of a car... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5358998 | Aqueous polymer dispersions Aqueous polymer dispersions containing polymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of unsaturated monomers, and sugared starch, and the use thereof.... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5326853 | Low formaldehyde, high gel fraction latex binder A low formaldehyde, high gel fraction latex binder is made utilizing a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein R and R', independently, is an alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R4 is hydrogen, or wherein R3 and R | 07/05/1994 |
| 5214096 | Water soluble acrylic polymerizable materials, polymers made from them, and processes of making them Water soluble polymerizable acrylic prepolymers can be formed from ethylenically unsaturated monomers that include monomers that provide a pendant group that is a blocked, saturated, ethylenic group, followed by unblocking the pendant saturated ethylenic ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5185397 | Water-based varnishes A polymeric emulsion comprising a (i) polymer, (ii) water, and (iii) a surfactant is useful as a binder for a water-based varnish that is resistant to water, 50% ethanol, and alkali. The polymer comprises about 20 to about 40 weight percent of a soft mono... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5185396 | Water-based varnishes A polymeric emulsion comprising a (i) polymer, (ii) water, and (iii) a surfactant is useful as a binder for a water-based varnish that is resistant to water, 50% ethanol, and alkali. The polymer comprises about 20 to about 40 weight percent of a soft non-... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5130367 | Polyacrylate copolymer, polyacrylate dispersion comprising the polyacrylate copolymers, and process for preparing the same Acrylate copolymers comprising (a) repeating units derived from at least one acrylic or methacrylic ester and, by weight of the total copolymer, (b) about 0.1 to 3% of repeating units derived from at least one water-soluble monomer possessing conjugated u... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5109063 | Vinyl acetate/ethylene/NMA copolymer emulsion for nonwoven binder applications A process for making an aqueous vinyl acetate/ethylene/N-methylolacrylamide copolymer emulsion comprising: (a) adding an initial charge containing all the vinyl acetate monomer to be polymerized and an effective amount of an emulsifying system consisting ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5093449 | Styrene-butadiene latex compositions A styrene-butadiene composition containing about 0.1 to 10 weight % of a monoester of maleic acid or fumaric acid provides improved bonding strength. In addition, small amounts of a functional monomer can also be included.... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5082895 | High solids, large particle size latex compositions This invention relates to high solids, large particle size latexes useful as, and in, corrosion resistant coating compositions.... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5017646 | Aqueous vinyl resin emulsion (A) 1 to 50% by weight of at least one end carboxyl bearing reactive vinyl monomer of the formula: ##STR1## in which R1 is hydrogen or methyl group; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydrocarbon having 2 to 10 carbo... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4997879 | Novel adhesive dispersions Novel pressure-sensitive aqueous adhesive dispersions comprising 40 to 65% by weight, based on the dispersion weight, of a copolymer produced by radical emulsion polymerization of ethylene, vinyl esters of saturated carboxylic acids of 2 to 12 carbon atom... | 03/05/1991 |
