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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026314 | Plasticizer preparations The present invention relates to plasticizer preparations based on triacetin with short gel time, and to their use, and to polyvinyl chloride preparations. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| RE42048 | Linerless double-sided pressure sensitive adhesive tape The present invention relates to a double-sided pressure sensitive adhesive foam tape. In certain embodiments the foam tape does not require the use of a release liner. Elimination of the release liner reduces the cost of the tape and also avoids problems associated... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7432320 | Processing aid for vinyl chloride resin and vinyl chloride resin composition There is provided a vinyl chloride resin composition, which is excellent in processability and can produce a processed article having excellent physical property or a formed molding having excellent property. A processing aid having specific viscosity of at least 0.... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7393900 | Fluid and heat resistant chlorinated polyethylenes (CPE) A chlorinated rubber composition which is resistant to various fluids such as transmission fluids comprises a blend of a chlorinated polyethylene elastomer, an ethylene acrylic elastomer and/or polyacrylic rubbers, and optionally a chlorosulfonated polyethylene. The... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393901 | Acrylate adhesives containing silica nanoparticles crosslinked with polyfunctional aziridines A pressure sensitive adhesive is described comprising an acrylate copolymer, silica nanoparticles and crosslinked by a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7375161 | Emulsion-type pressure sensitive adhesive and process for producing the same A process for producing an emulsion pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises (co)polymerizing a main monomer in the presence of a protective colloid, the protective colloid being an acrylic copolymer comprising (A-1) at least one hydrophilic monomer selected from the g... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7332544 | Chlorinated vinyl chloride resin composition A chlorinated vinyl chloride-based resin composition in which from 2 to 9 parts by weight of an MBS resin and from 0.5 to 3 parts by weight of chlorinated polyethylene are blended to 100 parts by weight of a chlorinated vinyl chloride-based resin with a chlorine con... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317043 | Impact modifier, process for producing the same, and thermoplastic resin composition There is disclosed an impact modifier which comprises a graft copolymer comprising a rubber polymer (A) obtained from a mixture of one or more kinds of (meth)acrylic monomers as major ingredients, having a glass transfer temperature of 0° C. or lower, and forming p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300977 | Acrylic modified chlorinated polyolefin resin, process for producing the same, and coating composition containing the same for polyolefin material This method for preparing an acrylic-modified chlorinated polyolefin resin comprises graft-copolymerizing an acid-modified chlorinated polyolefin resin with a monomer mixture containing a (meth)acrylate ester monomer having one hydroxyl group and another vinyl monom... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279234 | Methods for identity verification using transparent luminescent polymers Disclosed are methods of using a transparent, luminescent polymer for transparent marking and/or labeling for identity verification purposes. Also disclosed are sheets, films, markers, labels and taggants comprising transparent, luminescent polymers. Also disclosed ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7235612 | Polymer alloy and method for manufacturing polymer alloy This invention is a method for manufacturing a polymer alloy, by making at least two resins used as components miscible, and inducing the spinodal decomposition for causing phase separation, for forming a co-continuous structure with a wavelength of concentration fl... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7211622 | Aqueous resin composition and its uses An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous resin composition and its uses, wherein the aqueous resin composition combines the blocking resistance and the frost damage resistance and thereby can secure the durability over a long period of time even u... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195816 | Acrylic film and laminates comprising the same To provide an acrylic film, composed of a resin composition (C) that includes an acrylic graft copolymer (A) containing an acrylic ester rubber-like polymer and a methacrylic polymer (B) containing 80% by weight or more of methyl methacrylate, wherein (1) the conten... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7186772 | Coating composition for forming self-layering or self-coating lacquer systems Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179863 | Use of a film based PVDF, PMMA or a blend thereof for covering articles made of a thermoset The present invention relates to the use of films, formed from an adhesive layer and a layer (A), for coating articles made of a thermoset, the adhesive layer comprising, by weiqht: 0 to 60 parts of PVDE, 10 to 100 parts of functionalized PMMA, 0 to 50 parts of an a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176258 | Water-based emulsion for vibration damper A water-based emulsion for vibration damper is provided for the formation of an excellent vibration damper. In an aspect, the emulsion for vibration damper contains a particle including a core part formed of an acrylic copolymer (A) and a shell part formed of an acr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7175832 | Aqueous dispersions of crystalline polymers and uses Aqueous dispersions of crystalline polymers based on hydrophobic monomers, preferably on a mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers which contains a crosslinking monomer, particularly side chain crystalline (SCC) polymers. The dispersions are useful for provi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166675 | Low gloss powder coating composition A thermosetting protective and/or decorative coating composition that includes a co-reactable solid, particulate mixture of a film-forming material that includes a copolymer containing functional groups and a crosslinking agent having at least two functional groups ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144957 | Polymer mixture of hydrogels with different pH value The present invention relates to polymer mixtures comprising hydrogel forming polymers capable of absorbing aqueous fluids, having different pH values and each being preparable by polymerization of olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acids or derivatives thereof, th... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7112624 | Ethylene alkyl acrylate copolymers with improved heat resistance The invention provides a copolymer of ethylene and at least 5 mol % of comonomer units derived from an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate, wherein the copolymer has a melt index of from 1 to 10,000 g/10 min, and a maximum peak melting temperature of at least 100°... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7105601 | Adhesive resin with high damping properties and method of manufacture thereof An adhesive resin composition comprising, based on the total weight of the composition, a first resin component having one or more glass transition temperatures of about −15 to about 50° C.; optionally, up to about 49 weight percent of a second resin component ha... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098272 | Method for producing hydroxyl group-containing polymer particles The present invention provides a method for producing hydroxyl group-containing polymer particles including causing cross-linked polymer particles containing a (meth)acrylate polymer to react in the presence of a metal-containing ester-exchange reaction catalyst wit... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094836 | Compatibilizers for fluoropolymers and polyolefins; blends thereof A compatibilizer including a first portion compatible with a fluoropolymer and a second portion compatible with a polyolefin. Compatibilized compositions comprising a polyolefin, a fluoropolymer, and a compatibilizer are also disclosed. Methods for forming both the ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094832 | Polymer particles and process for production thereof The present invention suggests thermoplastic polymer particles for molding, which can solve all at once the problem of fine powder caused by suspension polymerization process, the problem of reducing energy consumption when drying caused by emulsion polymerization p... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094827 | Thixotropic agents comprising ethylene terpolymer waxes The invention relates to a method for producing thixotropic agents containing 0.1–30 wt.-% of at least one ethylene terpolymer wax, 5–7 wt.-% of at least one solvent, which is incompatible with the ethylene terpolymer wax, 5–85 wt.-% of of at least one solvent... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091281 | Curable coating composition A curable coating composition is provided which comprises an acrylic resin having an epoxy group and a hydroxyl group in the side chain (A) and a compound having an amino group (B). The composition may further comprise a silane compound having an epoxy group or an a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7049368 | Impact-modified compositions and method The present invention relates to a rubber modified thermoplastic resin composition comprising a discontinuous elastomeric phase dispersed in a rigid thermoplastic phase, wherein at least a portion of the rigid thermoplastic phase is grafted to the elastomeric phase,... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7041738 | Cold flow improvers for fuel oils of vegetable or animal origin The present invention provides an additive for improving the cold flow properties of vegetable or animal fuel oil. The additive comprises A) a copolymer of ethylene and 8–21 mol % of at least one acrylic or vinyl ester having a C1–C1... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6998442 | Organic anti-reflective coating polymers, anti-reflective coating composition comprising the same and preparation methods thereof An organic anti-reflective polymer which prevents back reflection of lower film layers and eliminates standing wave that is occurred by a thickness change of photoresist and light, in a process for fabricating ultrafine patterns that use photoresist for lithography ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6992140 | Curable unsaturated resin composition The present invention provides a curable unsaturated resin composition, which has less odor characteristics and high safety and is also superior in thin film coating characteristics in a coating film. The curable unsaturated resin composition contains a polymerizabl... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979714 | 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 functional... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939917 | Impact-resistant composition based on thermoplastic methacrylic (co)polymer The impact-resistant thermoplastic compositions comprising (A) a rigid thermoplastic methacrylic polymer or copolymer matrix P containing mostly methyl methacrylate units, (B) at least one impact-modifying additive and (C) at least one elastomer copolymer which cont... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936661 | Medical contact adhesive comprising a two phase adhesive matrix of polyacrylates and polyamine salts A medical pressure sensitive adhesive based on polyacrylates and neutral polyamine salts is characterized in that it has a pressure-sensitive adhesive matrix of two polymer components A and B, with polymer component A being a polyacrylate pressure-sensitive adhesive... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933339 | Nitrile rubber composition, vulcanizable nitrile rubber composition, and vulcanizate A vulcanizable nitrile rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a nitrile rubber, 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a metal silicate and 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a vulcanizing agent. Vulcanization of this vulcanizable rubber composition gives a vulcanizat... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933343 | Styrene polymer resin and composition thereof The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a styrene-based polymer having the steps of continuously feeding raw materials into one end of two or more polymerization vessels connected in series; polymerizing a styrenic monomer in the coexistence of a (... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933337 | Plastisol compositions comprising vinyl chloride polymers and mixtures of aromatic and aliphatic esters of diols as plasticizers Mixtures of esters produced by reacting a mixture of aromatic and aliphatic monocarboxylic acids with a diol containing from 2 to 12 carbon atoms are effective plasticizers for plastisols containing dispersion grade polymers of vinyl chloride. The freezing point of ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930146 | 1,2-polybutadiene, thermoplastic elastomer composition and polymer composition A polymer composition and a thermoplastic elastomer composition containing 1,2-polybutadiene having a 1,2-bond content in the butadiene unit of 70% by weight or more, a melting point in the range of 50 to 140° C., a total halogen content of 30 ppm or less, a viscos... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927257 | Resin composition and sheet for optical screen A resin composition comprising (A) an elastomeric copolymer which comprises styrene monomeric units and diene monomeric units, and (B) a copolymer which comprises styrene monomeric units and (meth)acrylate monomeric units, which has a saturated water absorption of 0... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921791 | Thermoplastic elastomer Disclosed is a product and process for a substantially halogen-free thermoplastic elastomer. The thermoplastic elastomer can be incorporated into a decorative surface covering as a binder with the addition of an optional filler. The substantially halogen-free thermo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920901 | Heat resistant fuel hose The present invention provides a heat resistant fuel hose comprising a rubber inner pipe with an inner layer and an outer layer in the inner pipe. The inner layer of the inner pipe comprises a hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (H-NBR) that is mixed with zi... | 07/26/2005 |