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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7858711 | Lead-free insulation compositions containing metallocene polymers Novel additive systems for lead-free filled cable insulation are disclosed. These systems provide improved electrical and mechanical properties. The base polymer may be metallocene based, non metallocene based or combinations thereof. The additives may contain one o... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7439309 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, photographic emulsion, and mercapto group-containing polymer compound used for them Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, which has at least one polymer compound having a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring having a mercapto group represented by the formula Z-SH wherein Z represents a nitrogen-containing aromatic ring as... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7288593 | Enhanced oxygen barrier performance from modification of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH) Herein is disclosed a modified ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer (EVOH) comprising an oxygen scavenging functional group. Preferably, the modified EVOH comprises structures IV, V, and VI: wherein x is an integer great... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262253 | Process for the preparation of amphiphilic poly (N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) block copolymers The instant invention provides a two-step polymerization process for preparing amphiphilic poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone), (PVP)-block-polyester copolymers and other diblock and triblock copolymers consisting of PVP as one block. The block copolymers of the invention c... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256231 | Silica-reinforced rubber compounded with blocked mercaptosilanes and alkyl alkoxysilanes The invention provides a sulfur vulcanizable silica-reinforced elastomeric compound having improved tensile mechanical and dynamic viscoelastic properties. The compounds are formed by mixing an elastomer optionally having an alkoxysilane terminal group, with silica ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7247390 | Compatible blend systems of oxygen barrier polymers and oxygen scavenging polymers Herein is disclosed an oxygen barrier composition comprising an oxygen barrier polymer and an oxygen scavenging polymer. Preferably, the oxygen barrier polymer is selected from polymers or copolymers of vinyl alcohol, polyesters, polymers or copolymers of vinylidene... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238300 | Process for subjecting to actinic radiation and storing an oxygen scavenger, and a stored oxygen scavenger A method comprises subjecting ant oxygen scavenger to actinic radiation; and then optionally storing the oxygen scavenger in a container, the container configured such that the oxygen scavenger exhibits no substantial oxygen scavenging activity while inside the cont... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7186464 | Compatible blend systems of oxygen barrier polymers and oxygen scavenging polymers Herein is disclosed an oxygen barrier composition comprising an oxygen barrier polymer and an oxygen scavenging polymer. The composition can be in the form of a physical blend or a cross-linked blend, and can further comprise a compatibilizer, a transesterification ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7160955 | Sulfoxides or sulfones grafted onto polymers Polymers grafted with a compound of formula I, formula (I) wherein the general symbols are as defined in claim 1, have outstanding stability against oxidative, thermal, dynamic, light-induced and/or ozone-induced degradation [R1—SOm... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7122590 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers Disclosed herein is a process of manufacturing a filled rubber comprising the steps of: mixing a rubber, an inorganic filler, and a blocked mercaptosilane of a structure defined herein, to produce a rubber mixture; | 10/17/2006 |
| 7097890 | Polymer with pendent cyclic olefinic functions for oxygen scavenging packaging A family of polymers containing selected cyclic allylic pendent groups for oxygen scavenging packaging which has minimal organoleptic by-products after oxidation. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087277 | Enhanced oxygen barrier performance from modification of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH) Herein is disclosed a modified ethylene vinyl alcohol polymer (EVOH) comprising an oxygen scavenging functional group. Preferably, the modified EVOH comprises structures IV, V, and VI: wherein x is an integer gre... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081500 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers Blocked mercaptosilanes are provided in which the blocking group contains and unsaturated heteroatom or carbon chemically bound directly to sulfur via a single bond. This blocking group optionally may be substituted with one or more carboxylate ester or carboxylic a... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078551 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers A blocked mercaptosilane of the structure: G-C(═O)—S—CH2CH2CH2SiX3 is disclosed wherein each X is an independently selected RO— group or R— group wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074876 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers Disclosed herein is a blocked mercaptosilane selected from the group consisting of [[(ROC(═O))p—(G)j]k—Y—S]r—G—(SiX3)s; and (1) [(X3Si)q—G]... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056565 | Container having oxygen-scavenging core layer Rigid containers are provided comprising oxygen scavenger compositions that produce only low levels of volatiles or by-products as a consequence of oxygen scavenging. In particular, a family of polymers containing selected cyclic olefinic pendent groups are used in ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045579 | Coating composition comprising an acetal-functional binder The invention relates to a coating composition comprising an acetal-functional binder and a thiol-functional cross-linker, wherein the acetal-functional binder is represented by the following formula wherein P is... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026417 | Enhanced oxygen barrier performance from modification of vinyl alcohol polymers (PVOH) or ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymers (EVOH) Herein are disclosed modified vinyl alcohol polymers (mPVOH), wherein the mPVOH can comprise structure VII: and at least one structure comprising structure IX: or structure... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022258 | Oxygen scavenging compositions comprising polymers derived from benzenedimethanol monomers Herein is disclosed an oxygen scavenging composition, comprising (i) an oxygen scavenging polymer comprising structure I: X—R—X—O—CH2—Ar—CH2—O, (I) wherein —R— is selected from the ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019052 | Liquid substance mixtures and (co)-polymers, method for their production and use thereof for producing complex reactive mixtures Liquid compositions and homopolymers or copolymers of olefinically unsaturated compounds, preparable by (co)polymerizing olefinically unsaturated compounds and reactive diluents for thermally curable multisubstance mixtures as reaction medium, and their use to prepa... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6946175 | Oxygen scavenging polymers as active barrier tie layers in multilayered structures Herein is disclosed multilayer packaging articles comprising an oxygen barrier layer comprising ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) (an “EVOH oxygen barrier layer”); an oxygen scavenging layer adjacent thereto, wherein the oxygen scavenging layer comprises a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6784256 | End-functionalized polymers by controlled free-radical polymerization process and polymers made therefrom A controlled free-radical polymerization process for forming end-functionalized polymers is disclosed, particularly by degenerative iodine transfer. The end-functionalized polymers are characterized by a polydispersity less than 2.5 and a predetermined molecular wei... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6683135 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers Disclosed herein is a rubber composition comprising: a) a blocked mercaptosilane of a defined structure, wherein the blocking group contains an unsaturated heteroatom or carbon chemically bound directly to sulfur via a single bond and, optionally, may be s... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6541572 | Method of making high refractive index ophthalmic device materials Disclosed is a two-step method of making soft, high refractive index, acrylic ophthalmic device materials. In the first step, a copolymer containing pendant oxirane groups is formed by copolymerizing one or more aryl acrylic hydrophobic monomers with one ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6521715 | Graft copolymer pigment dispersants A polymer dispersant for pigments based on an acrylic graft copolymer wherein the graft copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 3,000-100,000 and comprises a polymeric backbone and macromonomer side chains attached to the backbone, wherein (1) ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6476183 | Coating composition comprising an oxidatively drying polyunsaturated condensation product, a polythiol, and a siccative Coating composition and its use in a one-pot system. The coating composition comprises: an oxidatively drying polyunsaturated condensation product, such as an alkyd, having pendant groups in an amount of more than 20% by weight of the condensation product... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6437012 | Low-swelling, macroporous polymer-supported reagents for organic synthesis and purification A low-swelling, highly crosslinked, macroporous polystyrene resin containing functional groups which are capable of selectively binding to reaction impurities, such as excess reactant or reaction by-products, which are contained in a reaction medium. The ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6420489 | Polymer bromination process in solution An improved process is provided for the bromination of isoolefin-conjugated diolefin polymers by brominating said polymer in solution in selected halogen-containing hydrocarbons as solvent. There is also provided an improved product of said process wherei... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6414061 | Blocked mercaptosilane coupling agents for filled rubbers This invention describes novel blocked mercaptosilanes wherein the hydrogen atom of the mercaptan functionality has been substituted. The invention includes methods of preparation for the blocked mercaptosilicon compounds as well as their use in filled ru... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6372857 | Microgel-containing rubber mixtures with masked bi-functional mercaptans and vulcanization products produced therefrom The invention relates to rubber mixtures of at least one rubber containing double bonds, at least one rubber gel and at least one masked bismercaptan, and to vulcanization products and rubber shaped articles produced therefrom. The vulcanization products ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6365666 | Electrodepositable coating compositions comprising onium salt group-containing polymers prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization Disclosed are thermosetting compositions which are comprised of a resinous phase dispersed in an aqueous medium, the resinous phase comprising (a) an ungelled active hydrogen group-containing polymer which contains onium salt groups, the polymer having be... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6346637 | Ether containing siloxy compounds The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from alkoxy radicals having from 1 to 8 carbon atoms; R4 and R5 are independently sele... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6346577 | Heat-resistant rubber composition The heat-resistant rubber composition of the invention is a vulcanizable composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a specific ethylene--olefin-nonconjugated polyene copolymer rubber (A) composed of ethylene, an -olefin or 3 to 20 carbon ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6319994 | Solution rubbers containing hydroxyl groups The invention relates to rubber blends containing said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl groups, synthesized from diolefins and vinylaromatic monomers, wherein said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl gr... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6252008 | Solution rubbers containing hydroxyl groups The invention relates to rubber blends containing said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl groups, synthesized from diolefins and vinylaromatic monomers, wherein said at least one solution-polymerized rubber containing hydroxyl gr... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248841 | Elastomer treatment process to decrease peroxide levels A novel process has been developed for the treatment of crosslinked ethylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) elastomer material to decrease its residual peroxide levels. EPDM is used to form the seats and neck gaskets of metering valves used in metered-dos... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6221970 | Curable perfluoroelastomer composition Curable perfluoroelastomer compositions are disclosed that comprise ammonia and uncured perfluorinated elastomers having copolymerized units of nitrile-containing cure site monomers. Such compositions are curable at low temperatures. In addition, curable ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6221976 | Polymers containing partially neutralized silanols A shelf-stable water-borne dispersion or solution that cures rapidly and at low temperatures when coated onto a substrate can be prepared with an aqueous-based solution or stable aqueous dispersion of a polymer having a backbone containing pendant silanol... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6204339 | Elastomeric composition comprising a blocked mercaptosilane coupling agent and a deblocking agent This invention describes the use of blocked mercaptosilanes wherein the hydrogen atom of the mercaptan functionality has been substituted to manufacture coating, adhesive, sealant and elastomeric compositions. The blocked mercaptosilanes described are uni... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6127327 | Polymeric multifunctional lubricant additives Described are products suitable as lubricant and fuel additives which are obtainable by reacting a polyunsaturated polymer, for example polybutadiene, polyisoprene, ring-opening polymerised polycyclooctenamer or polynorbomene, with at least one enophilic ... | 10/03/2000 |
