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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425597 | High molecular weight cationic polymers obtained by post-polymerization crosslinking reaction The molecular weight of cationic polymers, such as diallyldialkyl ammonium chloride, can be increased by controlled addition of a water-soluble radical initiator at an elevated reaction temperature with agitation to prepare high molecular weight, crosslinked, water-... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7407561 | Use of water-soluble crosslinked cationic polymers for controlling deposition of pitch and stickies in papermaking The present invention relates to a method for controlling pitch and stickies deposit in a pulp and papermaking process using crosslinked cationic polymers made by controlled addition of a water soluble radical initiator at reaction temperature with agitation for cha... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7371256 | Composite vascular constructs with selectively controlled properties This invention deals with a composite vascular construct, which is formed of a first, blood contacting component and a second, tissue contacting component. Preferably, the present vascular constructs are in the form of a vascular patch or vascular graft with surface... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7361711 | Compositions for use in golf balls A golf ball including a core and at least one layer disposed about the core, wherein the core or the layer is formed from a composition including a base polymer, a crosslink initiator, and an additive, wherein the additive is both an inorganic-sulfur compound and a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7312281 | Anhydrous, liquid phase process for preparing hydroxyl containing polymers of enhanced purity An anhydrous, liquid phase process for preparing hydroxyl containing polymers of enhanced purity comprising the steps of polymerization, purification, transesterification, purification, catalyst removal, and solvent exchange. The resultant polymer in solution can be... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307127 | Highly sulfonated block copolymer hydrogels and uses thereof A block copolymer composition AB is provided that has pendent groups —RZ extending from the A copolymer on at least 70 mol % of the A monomers, where R and Z are each an ionic species. The composition is included in a semipermeable membrane for use in a direct met... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7273908 | Chlorosulphonated ethylene-α-olefin copolymer and method for producing the same A chlorosulphonated ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a chlorine content of 0.5-20% by weight and a glass transition temperature in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) of −50° C. or lower and being crystalline. The chlorosulphonated ethylene-α-olefin copol... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267923 | Resist composition and patterning process Resist compositions comprising as the base resin a polymer having alkoxyisobutoxy as a reactive group which is decomposable under the action of an acid to increase solubility in alkali have advantages including a significantly enhanced contrast of alkali dissolution... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258904 | Absorber and method for producing it According to the present invention, a water absorbent material and materials to be sucked included in a water permeable bag type member form a water absorber. Thus, the water absorber is small both in weight and volume upon its transportation, and accordingly, the w... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7238752 | High molecular weight cationic polymers obtained by post-polymerization crosslinking reaction The molecular weight of cationic polymers, such as diallyldialkyl ammonium chloride, can be increased by controlled addition of a water-soluble radical initiator at an elevated reaction temperature with agitation to prepare high molecular weight, crosslinked, water-... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7205369 | High molecular weight cationic polymers obtained by post-polymerization crosslinking reaction The molecular weight of cationic polymers, such as diallyldialkyl ammonium chloride, can be increased by controlled addition of a water-soluble radical initiator at an elevated reaction temperature with agitation to prepare high molecular weight, crosslinked, water-... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195782 | Concentrated aqueous bromine solutions and their preparation Described is a process of producing a concentrated liquid biocide formulation. Mixed together are (a) bromine chloride or bromine and (b) an aqueous solution of alkali metal salt of sulfamic acid having a pH of at least about 7, in amounts such that (i) the active b... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176175 | Cleansing processing agent, cleansing method employing the agent and a molded structural member A cleansing processing agent that is able to remove harmful substances contained in a variety of waste materials and a cleansing method are disclosed. Specifically, there is disclosed a cleansing processing agent containing a polymer having at least one of styrene o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7160927 | Sulfonated aryl sulfonate matrices and method of production Porous matrices and membrane matrices comprising sulfonated aryl sulfonate polymers are prepared from a sulfonated aryl sulfonate polymer solution which is made by dissolving an aryl sulfonate polymer, and optionally a polymer other than aryl sulfonate, in a sulfona... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160928 | Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture Methods are provided to make acid functional fluoropolymers by: a) dehydrofluorinating a starting fluoropolymer with a dehydrofluorinating agent to form an unsaturated fluoropolymer; b) adding an acidifiable nucleophilic functionalizing agent to a double bond of the... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7141626 | Fiberglass non-woven catalyst The present invention relates to novel catalysts for use with a fiberglass non-woven binder. The catalyst can be a Lewis acid, an organic acid salt, a free-radical generator, or a mixture thereof. The catalyst provides stronger bonding, increased crosslinking densit... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125953 | Ion-conducting polymeric materials A method of preparing an ion-conducting polymeric material, for example, for a fuel cell, in a desired form (hereinafter “said formed polymeric material”), comprises: (i) selecting a first ion-conducting polymeric material; (ii) selecting a solvent formulation w... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119151 | Antimicrobial agent and production process thereof An antimicrobial agent utilizes a resin having acrylonitrile and styrene and/or a conjugated diene as units. The antimicrobial agent includes a metal-salt-containing copolymer, and the metal-salt-containing copolymer is obtained by treating a copolymer containing ac... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101938 | Method for forming fluorinated ionomers This invention concerns a method for forming ionomers by treatment with ammonium carbonate of copolymers having a substantially fluorinated, but not perfluorinated, polyethylene backbone having pendant groups of fluoroalkoxy sulfonyl fluoride. Ionomers derived there... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087251 | Control of biofilm A method of eradicating or at least substantially reducing biofilm on a surface in contact with water, or which comes in contact with water, which method comprises introducing into such water a concentrated aqueous biocidal composition formed from bromine chloride a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041744 | Method for cross-linking a polymer article The present invention relates to a method for cross-linking a polymer article which comprises a cross-linkable polymer with hydrolyzable silane groups and a crystallinity level of at least 30%. The cross-linking is performed in the presence of a silanol condensation... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037981 | High molecular weight flocculant A high-molecular flocculant rendered water-soluble by conversion of cyano groups contained in a high-molecular material, a method for producing the flocculant, and a method for efficiently processing water using the flocculant. A high-molecular material containing a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6977102 | Absorber and method of manufacturing the absorber According to the present invention, a water absorbent material and materials to be sucked included in a water permeable bag type member form a water absorber. Thus, the water absorber is small both in weight and volume upon its transportation, and accordingly, the w... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969743 | Method for utilizing sulfuric acid/peroxide liquid mixture A technique of utilizing a sulfuric acid/peroxide liquid mixture, for example, its waste liquid material, is to be developed so that the waste liquid can be re-utilized and effectively applied to obviate the problem resulting from disposal. To this end, there is pro... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6930154 | Method for producing a high-molecular weight flocculant A high-molecular flocculant rendered water-soluble by conversion of cyano groups contained in a high-molecular material, a method for producing the flocculant, and a method for efficiently processing water using the flocculant. A high-molecular material containing a... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919364 | Microbiological control in animal processing Fecal bacterial contamination in an animal is reduced by providing it with drinking water containing a microbiocidally-effective amount of halogen-based microbiocide resulting from mixing with water (A) a product formed in water from (i) bromine, chlorine, or bromin... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6908636 | Microbiological control in poultry processing In the processing of poultry, equipment, instruments, apparatus and/or water used in such processing, and/or carcasses and/or parts of poultry resulting from the processing of poultry, are disinfected with aqueous solutions of certain halogen-based microbiocides, es... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908887 | Suspending agent A method and composition is provided for a suspending agent for supporting components in drilling fluids, particularly oil-based drilling fluids, the suspending agent comprising the condensation product of a dimer or trimer fatty acid and diethanolamine. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6875821 | Process for production of partially protected poly(hydroxystyrene)s A process for making poly(hydroxystyrene)s whose phenolic hydroxyl groups are partially protected by acid-decomposable or -eliminable groups, by which the degree of deblocking of the phenolic hydroxyl groups is controlled. Namely, the production of a polymer contain... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6867264 | Process for removing residual silicon species from hydrocarbon solvents Removing silicon species from hydrocarbon solvents such as cyclohexane. The process comprises contacting the hydrocarbon solvent with sulfuric acid in an amount sufficient to phase separate the silicon species and removing at least 20% by weight of the residual sili... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6864324 | Anhydrous, liquid phase process for preparing hydroxyl containing polymers of enhanced purity An anhydrous, liquid phase process for preparing hydroxyl containing polymers of enhanced purity comprising the steps of polymerization, purification, transesterification, purification, catalyst removal, and solvent exchange. The resultant polymer in solution can be... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6833412 | Acid functional fluoropolymer membranes and method of manufacture Methods are provided to make acid functional fluoropolymers by: a) dehydrofluorinating a starting fluoropolymer with a dehydrofluorinating agent to form an unsaturated fluoropolymer; b) adding an acidifiable nucleophilic functionalizing agent to a double bond of the... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6828353 | Ion-exchange polymers Ion-Exchange polymers for a polymer electrolyte membrane include a moiety of formula (I), and/or a moiety of formula (II), and/or a moiety of formula (III) wherein at least some of the units I, II and/or III are sulphonated. The phenyl moieties in units I, II, and I... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6784213 | Method for preparation of strong acid cation exchange resins An improved process for preparing strong acid cation exchange resins by sulfonation of wet crosslinked copolymer in the absence of organic swelling solvents is disclosed. This process involves dewatering a crosslinked poly(vinylaromatic) copolymer to selected residu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777502 | Rheology modification of polymers prepared using metallocenes Coupled polymers are prepared by a process comprising heating an admixture containing (1) at least one polyolefin comprising ethylene and optionally at least one comonomer and (2) a coupling amount at least one poly(sulfonyl azide) to at least the decomposition temp... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6774164 | Process for producing fluoroelastomers with fluorinated anionic surfactants A novel emulsion polymerization process for the production of fluoroelastomers is disclosed wherein a partially fluorinated anionic surfactant of the formula F—(CF2CF2)n—CH2CH2SO3M, where n is an ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6759483 | Preparation of homo-, co- and terpolymers of substituted styrenes A novel one-pot cost efficient process for the preparation of homo-, co- and terpolymers of p-hydroxystyrene or substituted p-hydroxystyrene and alkyl acrylates. The process involves polymerization of esters of p-hydroxystyrene (or its substituted analogs), alkyl ac... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6727323 | Process for reducing odor emission in aqueous polymer dispersions and in polymer powders A process for reducing odor emission in aqueous polymer dispersions and in polymer powders comprises admixing an aqueous dispersion of a polymer obtained by free-radical polymerization of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, after conclusion of the polyme... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6723757 | Engineering ionomeric blends and engineering ionomeric blend membranes The present invention relates to novel compatible binary and ternary cation-exchanger polymer and anion-exchanger polymer blend membranes. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6713567 | Method for forming fluorinated ionomers This invention concerns a method for forming ionomers by treatment with ammonium carbonate of copolymers having a substantially fluorinated, but not perfluorinated, polyethylene backbone having pendant groups of fluoroalkoxy sulfonyl fluoride. Ionomers derived there... | 03/30/2004 |
