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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163846 | Chlorinated ethylene-based polymers and compositions and articles prepared therefrom The invention provides a chlorinated ethylene-based polymer, process for preparing the same, and compositions and articles prepared from the same. The chlorinated ethylene-based polymer has a low residual crystallinity, for example, less than 8 percent, a relatively... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7371800 | Derivatized novolak polyhydroxystyrene from hydroxyphenylmethylcarbinol A process for preparing derivatized poly(4-hydroxystryrene) having a novolak type structure which comprises the steps of (i) supplying a solution of methanol containing 4-hydroxyphenylmethylcarbinol, (ii) subjecting said solution to an acid catalyzed displacement re... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7323516 | Peroxide curable butyl formulations for rubber articles The present invention is directed to a peroxide curable rubber compound containing a butyl rubber polymer and an olefin polymer of ethylene and at least one α-olefin. The present invention is also directed to a peroxide curable rubber compound containing a butyl po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7294676 | Styrenic resin composition and articles produced therefrom Styrenic resin composition comprising a rubber modified styrene maleic anhydride copolymer and polybutene. The resin is prepared by several methods including adding polybutene into the reactor, or adding polybutene to the syrup exiting the reactor and prior to enter... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7250470 | Crystallization of polypropylene using a semi-crystalline, branched or coupled nucleating agent A method of nucleating a propylene homo- or copolymer, the method comprising contacting the propylene polymer with a semi-crystalline branched or coupled polymeric nucleating agent under nucleation conditions. In one embodiment, the propylene homopolymer is characte... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7226649 | Laser weldable flexible medical tubings, films and assemblies thereof The present invention provides a tubing assembly having a sidewall having a first layer. The first layer is fabricated from a first polymer blend comprising a first component of a material not thermally responsive to laser beam and selected from the group consisting... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199191 | Impact modifier compositions with improved flowability Physical blends of solid particulates of chlorinated polyolefins and elastomeric ethylene copolymers yield a blended product with anti-blocking characteristics superior to that defined by the weight proportion-based linear interpolation of either blend component. Th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7153588 | UV resistant naphthalate polyester articles Naphthalate polyester articles can be coated with polymerizable compositions containing a vinyl-functional crosslinkable film former, a large amount of benzotriazole and a copolymerizable monomer that solubilizes the benzotriazole. The cured compositions help protec... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7060753 | Thermoplastic elastomers having improved barrier properties Thermoplastic vulcanizates having improved barrier properties, comprising a high melt flow index thermoplastic olefin resin, butyl rubber and an oligomer of isobutylene and butene. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060754 | Crystallization of polypropylene using a semi-crystalline, branched or coupled nucleating agent A method of nucleating a propylene homo- or copolymer, the method comprising contacting the propylene polymer with a semi-crystalline branched or coupled polymeric nucleating agent under nucleation conditions. In one embodiment, the propylene homopolymer is characte... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7041739 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition and process for producing the same A thermoplastic elastomer composition characterized in that the composition comprises a resin component and at least two kinds of rubber components, wherein at least one kind of the rubber components makes a continuous phase and/or a network-like phase, and the rema... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7022773 | Fluoroelastomer compositions Fluoropolymers comprising a fluoroelastomer matrix incorporating therein particles of a semicrystalline fluoropolymer formed of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) homopolymers or copolymers, wherein the average particle sizes of the semicrystalline fluoropolymer latex range ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6979715 | Thermoplastic halogenated polymer compositions, method for preparing same and use thereof Thermoplastic halogenated polymer compositions characterized by an RMFI value of between 1.1 and 6; process for preparing them; use for the manufacture of films, sheets, panels, foamed tubing, tubes, pipes, foams, bottles or products that are theromoforme... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6927256 | Crystallization of polypropylene using a semi-crystalline, branched or coupled nucleating agent A method of nucleating a propylene homo- or copolymer, the method comprising contacting the propylene polymer with a semi-crystalline branched or coupled polymeric nucleating agent under nucleation conditions. In one embodiment, the propylene homopolymer is characte... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916508 | Method of coating a plastic molding, ultraviolet-curable under coating for metal evaporation, and plastic moldings It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of coating a plastic molding which is appropriately applicable to various plastic substrates, an ultraviolet-curable under coating for metal evaporation, which is to be used in that method of coating, and ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6884483 | Multilayer blow molded container Multilayer blow molded containers, which comprise a layer of an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having an ethylene content of 5 to 60% by mol and a degree of saponification of 85% or more and a layer of a resin composition (B), characterized in that the resin c... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6875814 | Process aid for melt processable polymers Extrusion processability of non-fluorinated melt-processable polymers is improved by introducing a fluoropolymer process aid by means whereby the weight average particle size of the fluoropolymer is greater than 2 microns as it reaches the extruder die entrance.... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872780 | Butyl polymer composition having improved cold flow properties A butyl polymer composition having improved cold flow properties is described. The composition comprises a butyl polymer (preferably a halogenated butyl polymer) and a styrene monomer. The styrene monomer is a copolymer of α-methylstyrene and another styrenic monom... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6858675 | Vibration damping rubber member and process of producing the same A process of producing a vibration damping rubber member, wherein a rubber material A which enables the vibration damping rubber member to have a low degree of dynamic spring stiffness, a rubber material B which enables the vibration damping rubber member to have a ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6800693 | Olefin polymer composition An olefin polymer composition, which comprises a cross-linked olefin polymer composition comprising at least one cross-linking rubber like polymer (A) and an olefin resin (B), the cross-linking rubber like polymer (A) being selected from the group consisting of (1) ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6790911 | Thermoplastic elastomers having improved adhesive proterties A thermoplastic vulcanizate prepared by dynamically vulcanizing a halogenated butyl rubber within a mixture that includes the halogenated butyl rubber and from about 10 to about 100 parts by weight of a crystalline thermoplastic resin per 100 parts by weight rubber,... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6780938 | Reactor alloy of syndiotactic polystyrene having high impact resistance The reactor alloy of syndiotactic polystyrene according to the present invention is prepared by polymerizing vinyl aromatic monomer and rubbery elastomer and optionally polyphenylene ether under transition metal catalyst and cocatalyst, which comprises (a) 50-99% by... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6737476 | Rubber composition A brominated butyl rubber and a polymer based on a conjugated diolefin monomer are grafted by mixing the solid polymer at a temperature greater than 50° C. for a time sufficient to cause grafting. The grafted copolymer is useful especially in tire tread composition... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6713520 | Foams and methods for making the same A foam profile prepared by a process comprising the steps of foaming a thermoplastic vulcanizate, where the thermoplastic vulcanizate is prepared by a process comprising the step of dynamically vulcanizing a rubber within a mixture that includes from about 15 to abo... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6706820 | Vinyl chloride resin composition The present invention provides a vinyl chloride resin composition having excellent mechanical properties. The vinyl chloride resin composition comprises a chlorinated polyolefin and a resin composition containing a vinyl chloride resin and a polyolefin resin, in whi... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6670414 | Binder resin composition and uses thereof A binder resin containing a mixture of carboxyl group containing chlorinated polyolefins and an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer. The binder resin is incorporated in primer formulations for application on substrates including polyolefinic materials.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6667083 | Multilayer injection blow molded container A multilayer injection blow molded container of this invention, containing a layer of a specific ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) and a layer of a resin composition (B) comprising a thermoplastic resin (b1) having a specific functional group and polyp... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6624234 | Aqueous coating composition for automotive upholstery The present invention provides a coating composition for automotive upholstery, with which a 1-coat finish of not yet surface-treated (pretreated) plastic materials such as polyolefin materials can be performed, and which is aqueous, and excellent also in... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6620886 | NBR gels in butyl rubber compounds The rubber mixtures according to the present invention comprising uncrosslinked butyl rubbers and nitrile-containing rubber gels as well as optionally, conventional additives and auxiliary substances, are suitable for the production of vulcanizates and mo... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6608142 | Polyvinyl chloride compositions Compositions of a polyvinyl chloride resin, a polyolefin which is the metallocene-catalyzed reaction product of ethylene and an alpha-olefin monomer, and a component selected from the group consisting of chlorinated polyethylene, polycaprolactone, and com... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6599981 | Method for manufacturing olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition This invention relates to a method for manufacturing an olefinic thermoplastic elastomer composition, characterized by disposing specific kneading segment at least at one place of the screw on the occasion of manufacturing an olefinic thermoplastic elasto... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6593423 | Adhesion promoting agent and coating compositions for polymeric substrates The present invention provides an adhesion promoting agent which includes a graft copolymer formed by a halogenated polyolefin polymer with at least one reactive functionality and a substantially saturated hydrocarbon polymer having more than one reactive... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6579946 | Low-gloss biaxially oriented films comprising vinyl aromatic polymers and substantially non-spherical rubber particles A low-gloss biaxially oriented polymer film containing a vinyl aromatic polymer and substantially non-spherical rubber particles is useful for window film applications. The rubber particles, when unconstrained, are essentially spherical and have a rubber ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6562904 | Polyalkene-substituted carboxylic acid compositions having reduced chlorine content The residual chlorine content of a polyolefin-substituted carboxylic acylating agent formed by a chlorine-assisted reaction of a polyolefin and an ,ଲ-unsaturated carboxylic reactant can be reduced by heating the polyolefin-substituted carboxy... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6447913 | Thermoplastic polyester resin composition To provide a thermoplastic polyester resin composition which has a very good durability to alkaline solutions for a long period of time. That is, a thermoplastic polyester resin composition, wherein a thermoplastic polyester resin (A) is compounded with 1... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6403716 | Thermoplastic rubber composition A thermoplastic rubber composition prepared by crosslinking 1-99 parts by weight of a crosslinkable rubbery polymer (A) and 1-99 parts by weight of a polypropylene resin (B) (total amount of (A) and (B) being 100 parts by weight), wherein said (B) compris... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395834 | Fluoroelastomer compositions Fluoropolymers comprising a fluoroelastomer matrix incorporating therein particles of a semicrystalline fluoropolymer formed of tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) homopolymers or copolymers, wherein the average particle sizes of the semicrystalline fluoropolymer l... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391975 | Thermoplastic perhalogenated (CO)polymers of chlorotrifluoroethylene Chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) thermoplastic perhalogenated polymers, formed by the following polymer components: (I) 10-90% by weight of a CTFE homopolymer and (II) 90-10% by weight of a CTFE copolymer modified with comonomer (a) selected from one or more per... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6388012 | Thermosetting powder resin composition A thermosetting powder paint composition comprising (A) a resin composition component, (B) a hardener component and (C) a solid flow controlling component, wherein the component (A) contains a resin composition component having reactivity with the compone... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6333386 | Rubber composition, hose of low fuel permeation, and electroconductive hose of low fuel permeation A relatively small amount of a plasticizer having an SP value of at least 8.8 and a molecular weight of at most 550 is added to blend rubber of NBR-PVC in which NBR has an AN content of from 43 to 50% by weight. The fuel impermeability and the low-tempera... | 12/25/2001 |