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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5296569 | Complex microspheres, method of making same, and thermoplastic films containing same Complex microspheres consist of polysiloxane and vinyl polymers which are unistructurally mixed together and substantially free of covalent bonds therebetween. Polysiloxane and vinyl polymer are contained at ratio of 97/3~30/70 by weight, the average diam... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5296534 | Flame retardant composition A flame retardant composition comprising: (i) a thermoplastic resin; (ii) magnesium hydroxide; and (iii) an organopolysiloxane modified styrene elastomer.... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5294668 | Polyolefin pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions containing macromonomers The invention provides pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) compositions comprising a graft copolymer of one or more of ethylene and C3 -C18 -olefins and one or more of a new class of macromonomers. The adhesive composition compr... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5281666 | Process for making block copolymers of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons and/or conjugated dienes and polydimethylsiloxane The present invention is an improvement upon the process for making block copolymers of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons and/or conjugated dienes, and polydimethylsiloxane by first anionically polymerizing the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon to make a living polyme... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5276095 | Star block copolymers of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons and polydimethylsiloxane and method of synthesis A star block copolymer comprised of vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and/or conjugated diene polymer arms and polydimethylsiloxane arms radiating outwardly from a polyalkenyl aromatic coupling agent core is produced by first anionically polymerizing a vinyl aro... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5260363 | Organopolysiloxane/olefin copolymers A composition comprising: (i) a crosslinkable thermoplastic resin; (ii) an aliphatic monomeric compound having two or more carbon to carbon double bonds; (iii) an organic peroxide crosslinking agent; and (iv) a linear organopolysiloxane/alpha-olefin copolymer havin... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5260377 | Crosslinkable carbosilane polymer formulations Crosslinkable carbosilane polymer formulations are prepared from saturated or unsaturated carbosilane polymers containing reactive silicon hydride radicals in the polymer chain combined with polycyclic polyene crosslinkers having two or more double bonds ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5246995 | Film-forming organopolysiloxane composition A film-forming organopolysiloxane composition is disclosed which imparts an excellent releaseability and lubricity to the surface of various types of rubber materials. The composition comprises a solvent dispersion of (a) 50 to 90 weight percent of a block org... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5244938 | Room temperature curable organopolysiloxane composition The present invention is characterized by adding and mixing an organosilicon compound having alkoxy, groups and an ester linkage in the molecule represented by the following formula: ##STR1## in an amount of 1 to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by w... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5242744 | Silicone flame retardants for thermoplastics There are provided flame retardant thermoplastic additives effective for rendering normally flammable thermoplastic resins flame retardant. The additives generally comprise a silicone oil, a silicone resin soluble in the silicone oil and magnesium hydroxi... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5242979 | Organosilicon compositions containing hydrocarbon elastomers This invention is directed to a polymeric composition comprising (a) a continuous phase of a cross-linked organosilicon polymer comprised of alternating (i) polycyclic hydrocarbon residues derived from polycyclic polyenes having at least two non-aromatic,... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5239035 | Curable organosiloxane gel compositions The amount of solvent-extractable materials present in organosiloxane gels cured by a platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation reaction can be reduced without sacrificing other desirable properties the gels when the curable composition used to prepare the gel c... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5212249 | Method for preparing asymmetric radial polymers A method for preparing asymmetric radial polymers wherein the different polymeric arms are contacted sequentially with a nonpolymerizable coupling agent. Contacting of the final step in the process, which frequently but not necessarily always will be the ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5210150 | Moisture-curable melt-processible ethylene copolymer adhesives Moisture-curable melt-processible adhesives are obtained by reacting certain ethylene copolymers containing an n-alkyl acrylate and a carefully limited amount of a carboxylic acid with a stoichiometric amount of an epoxy-silane. A process of preparing the... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5202190 | Method of making vinyl-silicone copolymers using mercapto functional silicone chain-transfer agents and release coatings made therewith A method of preparing vinyl-silicone copolymers which involves the use of a mercapto-functional silicone compound as a macromolecular chain transfer agent. Release coatings and low adhesion backsizes comprising the vinyl-silicone copolymers.... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5194184 | Flame-retardant resin composition A flame-retardant resin composition comprising (i) a mixture comprising (A) 50 to 90% by weight of a polyolefin resin, (B) 10 to 50% by weight of a polyamide resin, (C) 1 to 5% by weight of a polyolefin resin modified by an unsaturated carboxylic acid or ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5179142 | Polylactone-modified organopolysiloxane compounds A polylactone-modified organopolysiloxane compound, wherein a polylactone-containing group represented by the formula (I) is bound to a silicon atom located at at least either of the terminal positions and/or intermediate positions to impart excellent pro... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5175214 | Pressure-sensitive conductive elastomer compound The invention relates to a pressure-sensitive conductive elastomer compound which exhibits high resistance (insulating performance) when it is in non-pressed condition and the resistance of which, as the compound is pressed, varies according to the magnit... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5171787 | Silicone-based composite rubber composition and uses thereof A silicone-based composite rubber composition having good processability on rolls which is obtained by compounding a rubber-forming polymer (A) comprising a polyorganosiloxane and an organic rubber, a silicon compound (B) having at least two hydrolyzable ... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5169900 | Polyolefin coatings and films having release characteristics Polyolefin coatings and films that may be used as release sheets, processes for the manufacture thereof and the related compositions are disclosed. The release sheets are formed from a composition of polyolefin, a dimethyl polysiloxane having functional e... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5154974 | Adhesive composition having improved cutting properties Adhesives compositions having improved cutting properties described herein. Compositions comprise a normally tacky, pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive containing, as an additive to reduce edge flow, from about 2 to about 10 percent by weight dry basis, p... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5149731 | Polyarylene sulfide resin composition The polyarylene sulfide resin composition is improved in impact strength and rigidity and useful as engineering plastics. It is prepred by mixing 100 parts by weight of a resin component comprising (A) 99 to 20 parts by weight of a polyarylene sulfide resin an... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5145901 | Aqueous dispersions of crosslinkable silicones/alkenyloxysilanes Aqueous dispersions of a silicone crosslinkable into elastomeric state by elimination of water therefrom, include: (A) 100 parts of an oil-in-water emulsion of an ,ω-(dihydroxy)polydiorganosiloxane, stabilized with an anionic and/or nonionic surfa... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5120888 | Surface-segregatable, melt-extrudable thermoplastic composition A surface-segregatable, melt-extrudable thermoplastic composition suitable for processing by melt extrusion to form a fiber or film having a differential, increasing concentration of an additive from the center of the fiber or film to the surface thereof,... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5115023 | Siloxane organic hybrid polymers Siloxane organic hybrid polymers and a method of making them by condensation polymerization reaction of organoalkoxysilane in the presence of organic film-forming polymers are disclosed.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5112911 | Moisture-crosslinkable primer composition The invention relates to a moisture-curable primer composition comprising a reaction product between a maleic anhydride-modified styrene-ethylene-butene-styrene copolymer and an epoxysilane compound. This primer composition is particularly useful for the ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5096942 | Organic/inorganic composites Polymers such as phenyltrimethoxysilylterminated polystyrene are prehydrolyzed and then condensed with a metal alkoxide using acid catalyzed sol-gel reactions. The product is an organic/inorganic composite in which a metal polycondensate core is covalentl... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5079300 | Method of curing organpolysiloxane compositions and compositions and articles therefrom The present invention provides curable gel compositions and also cured gel compositions which possess unexpectedly superior combinations of physical properties and aging resistance. These compositions are particularly useful for environmentally protecting... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5079293 | Thermoplastic compositions containing combined modifiers Polyphasic resin blends and particularly polycarbonate/polyester blends, are prepared with modifiers comprising combinations of polyorganosiloxane/polyvinyl-based graft copolymer(s), polyorganosiloxane-based graft copolymer(s) and/or diene rubber-based ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5051472 | Method for forming a crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesive construction containing an aminoxysilicon compound and an amidosilicon compound The invention relates to a method of contacting two components to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) construction, wherein the first component comprises a conventional PSA and an aminoxysilicon compound and the second component comprises the same PS... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5049617 | Organopolysiloxane compound Organopolysiloxane compounds represented by the following general formula (I), which can fully achieve their effects as functional group when introduced as cross-linking groups into moisture cross-linkable polymers: ##STR1## (wherein R' represents me... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5049616 | Method for forming a crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesive construction containing a diorganopolysiloxane and an acyloxysilane The invention relates to a method of contacting two components to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) construction, wherein the first component comprises a conventional PSA and a hydroxy-functional diorganopolysiloxane and the second component compri... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047476 | Process for crosslinking hydrolyzable copolymers A process for crosslinking comprising the following steps: (a) admixing, in a processing zone, a copolymer containing at least one hydrolyzable silane moiety; a dihydrocarbyltin oxide; and (i) a carboxylic acid; (ii) a compound bearing at least one carboxylate moie... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5037887 | Crosslinkable composition A composition comprising: (i) a crosslinkable thermoplastic resin; (ii) an organic peroxide crosslinking agent; and (iii) a linear polyorganosiloxane having the following recurring unit: ##STR1## wherein R is a saturated aliphatic or aromatic group and each R... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5037886 | Crosslinkable pressure-sensitive adhesives containing a liquid copolymeric organopolysiloxane The invention relates to a method of contacting two components to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) construction, wherein the first component comprises a conventional PSA and a liquid copolymeric organopolysiloxane and the second component comprise... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5037868 | Vulcanizable rubber composition A vulcanizable ethylene-propylene rubber composition with improved thermal aging resistance is made from ethylene-propylene rubber, an alkoxysilane such as N-(N-vinylbenzylaminoethyl)-gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane or its hydrochloride, a reinforcing f... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5025042 | Flame retardant composition A composition comprising: (i) a thermoplastic resin; and (ii) magnesium hydroxide, the surface of which has been treated with an organic aminosilane.... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5017654 | Thermosetting organosiloxane composition The combination of a microencapsulated hydrosilylation catalyst selected from the group consisting of metals from the platinum group of the periodic table and compounds of these metals and a known inhibitor for this type of catalyst impart excellent stora... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5015691 | One part heat curable organopolysiloxane compositions A one part heat curable organopolysiloxane composition is provided having an olefinically unsaturated organopolysiloxane, and an organohydrogenpolysiloxane, and a platinum catalyst encapsulated in an organic polymer such as a thermoplastic organic polymer... | 05/14/1991 |
| 5010135 | Moulding compounds of aromatic polyesters, vinyl copolymers and grafted silicone rubber Moulding compounds of fully aromatic polyesters, vinyl copolymers and grafted silicone rubber of a specified composition may be worked up into moulded products with excellent low temperature toughness and surface quality and very high resistance to stress... | 04/23/1991 |