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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7799873 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition A thermoplastic elastomer composition containing (i) a thermoplastic resin, (ii) an elastomer component discontinuously dispersed in the thermoplastic resin and (iii) a molecular chain extender, wherein the dispersed state of the particles of the elastomer component... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7582705 | Particulate water absorbent agent and production method thereof, and water absorbent article A particulate water absorbing agent of the present invention includes a water absorbent resin, having a cross-linking structure, whose surface has been cross-linked by adding a surface treatment agent, wherein: (i) a mass average particle diameter (D50) ranges from ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7432330 | Hydrolytically stable maleimide-terminated polymers The present invention is directed to hydrolytically stabilized maleimide-functionalized water soluble polymers and to methods for making and utilizing such polymers and their precursors. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432331 | Hydrolytically stable maleimide-terminated polymers The present invention is directed to hydrolytically stabilized maleimide-functionalized water soluble polymers and to methods for making and utilizing such polymers and their precursors. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427644 | Water based adhesive An adhesive composition of between 10-70% by weight of a latex emulsion, between 30-80% by weight of an acrylic, between 0.05-5% by weight of a surfactant, and between 1-50% by weight of water, and an adhesive application system for applying the adhesive composition... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420019 | Method for preparation of polyolefins containing exo-olefin chain ends The present invention is directed to a method for preparation of polyolefins containing exo-olefin chain ends. The method involves quenching a cationic quasi-living polyolefin polymer system with one or more hindered secondary or tertiary amines. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402630 | Curing compositions for fluoropolymers A curative composition comprising a cation and an anion of the formula Anq−Qpm+, wherein m, n, p, and q are positive integers, wherein m*p=n*q, wherein Qm+ is an organo onium, and Aq− is an anion,... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402631 | Acrylic rubber and cross-linkable acrylic rubber composition An acrylic rubber, comprising an alkoxyalkyl(meth)acrylate monomer unit in an amount of 70.1 to 99.8 wt %, a methacrylonitrile monomer unit in an amount of 0.1 to 9.9 wt % and a butenedionic acid monoester monomer unit in an amount of 0.1 to 20 wt %; and a cross-lin... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390855 | Concrete admixture additive A new family of concrete admixture additives can be derived from reacting a mixture of olefins/cyclic olefins-maleic anhydride copolymers and methoxy polyethylene glycol amines and/or polyethylene glycol monoalkyl ethers, or a mixture of styrene-maleic anhydride cop... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7375163 | Cement admixture for improved slump life Described are polymers and cement admixtures which reduce drop in fluidity with time. Said admixture comprises at least one polymer of the present invention and at least one polymer A. The polymer of the present invention comprises side chains of which at least 10 w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7348387 | Thermoplastic polymer, process for producing the same, and molded article A thermoplastic polymer containing glutaric anhydride units of the following general formula (1) and having an absorbance at a wavelength of 280 nm of at most 0.5 (the absorbance is a value of the polymer film having a thickness of 100 μm, measured with a UV-visibl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339007 | Low sediment process for thermally reacting highly reactive polymers and enophiles A process for forming an ene reaction product wherein an enophile, such as maleic anhydride, is reacted with reactive polyalkene having a terminal vinylidene content of at least 30 mol. %, at high temperature in the presence of a free radical inhibitor. The polyalke... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339005 | Process for producing modified diene polymer rubber There is provided a process for producing a both end-modified diene polymer rubber comprising the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer or a combination thereof with an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of a co... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335705 | Thermosetting coating compositions comprising a copolymer formed from chlorotrifluoroethylene and methods of making copolymers formed from chlorotrifluoroethylene Fluoropolymers are disclosed. The fluoropolymers include (i) units derived from a fluoromonomer composition comprising chlorotrifluoroethylene, and (ii) units derived from at least one donor monomer composition. In the disclosed fluoropolymers, units (i) and (ii) ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332545 | Fluoropolymers, methods for their production, and thermosetting compositions containing them Fluoropolymers are disclosed. The fluoropolymers include (i) units derived from a fluoromonomer having the formula F2C═CXY, where X is CF3 and Y is either F or CF3, and (ii) units derived from at least one donor monomer. In the dis... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7312293 | Release agent composition and release liner An acrylic resin type release agent composition comprising (A) a polymer which comprises a (meth)acrylate containing a constituent unit represented by the following formula (1) and (B) a crosslinking agent which comprises an amino resin, wherein a weight ratio (A)/(... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297748 | Direct to metal polyurethane coating compositions The invention is directed to a direct to metal coating composition containing an acrylic polyol synthesized with a phosphated monomer having improved adhesion and corrosion resistance characteristics. The invention is also directed to a method for producing a direct... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291679 | Recyclable polymer and process for production thereof A novel resin is provided which is renewable with less energy. A process for renewing the resin is also provided. The present invention includes a polymer having the repeating unit represented by Structural Formula (1) below, and a process for producing the polymer:... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291681 | Polyisobutenamines Polyisobutenamines of the formula I: R—X (I) where R is a polyisobutenyl radical having a number average molecular weight Mn of from 500 to 1500 and a polydispersity Mw/ Mn of less than... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7271223 | Norbomene compounds with cross-linkable groups and their derivatives The present invention provided a norbornene compound with cross-linkable groups and their derivative polymers, wherein said cross-linkable groups were olefin or epoxy groups. Norbornene polymers with cross-linkable side chain and their block copolymers as well as mo... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250476 | Multi-functional polymers A multi-functional polymer defined by the formula (Q—RnZ—P2—Y where (Q—R)n is a functionality cluster, Q is a functional group, R is a multi-valent organic group, P2 is a long-chain p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247681 | Preparation method of copolymer The present invention provides a method for preparing a copolymer useful for the manufacture of tires by coupling the ends of a living polymer obtained from copolymerization of a diene monomer and a vinyl aromatic monomer in the presence of an organolithium catalyst... | 07/24/2007 |
| RE39617 | Butadiene polymers having terminal functional groups Hydrogenated butadiene polymers having terminal functional groups have minimum viscosity at any molecular weight when the 1,2-addition is between 30% and 70% Hydrogenated butadiene polymers having about two terminal hydroxyl groups per molecule have surprisingly low... | 05/08/2007 |
| RE39559 | Butadiene polymers having terminal functional groups Hydrogenated butadiene polymers having terminal functional groups have minimum viscosity at any molecular weight when the 1,2-addition is between 30% and 70%. Hydrogenated butadiene polymers having about two terminal hydroxyl groups per molecule have surprisingly lo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192534 | Low-VOC stuffing agents, the use thereof in the production and/or treatment of leather and skins and corresponding production or treatment method Agents for the fatliquoring of, in particular, leathers and hides tanned in the absence of chromium comprise A) at least one modified natural oil and B) at least one stabilizer LnR | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179866 | Vibration damping rubber composition A vibration damping rubber composition having an excellent vibration damping performance includes the following (A) to (C) as essential components: (A) a diene-based rubber; (B) a vulcanizing agent of a bismaleimide compound represented by ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176263 | Acrylic rubber composition and crosslinked product An acrylic rubber composition comprising a carboxyl group-containing acrylic rubber (A) comprising 0.1 to 30% by weight of structural units derived from methacrylonitrile, and a polyamine crosslinking agent (B) and a monoamine compound (C); wherein the amount of eac... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169856 | Vulcanizable acrylic rubber composition and vulcanizate A vulcanizable acrylic rubber composition comprising (A) 100 weight parts of an acrylic rubber comprising units of an acrylic acid ester monomer (a) and units of a carboxyl group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b), (B) 0.05–5 weight parts of a primar... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163982 | Process for preparing fluorine-containing polymer and method of forming fine pattern using same There is provided a method of forming a fine pattern by using a practicable fluorine-containing polymer which has a high transparency to exposure light having a short wavelength such as F2 laser and can undergo resolution of a fine pattern. The method com... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160957 | Process for reducing monomer content in N-vinyl compound polymers A method for residual monomer diminution by which a residual monomer is speedily removed from an N-vinyl compound polymer or the like without posing a problem such as an increase in ash content; and a process for producing an N-vinyl compound polymer solution or pow... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157538 | Covalently-bound, hydrophilic coating compositions for surgical implants Covalently-bound, hydrophilic copolymer coatings for implants are disclosed. The copolymer coatings comprise a hydrophobic aryl acrylic monomer, a hydrophilic monomer selected from the group consisting of hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylates, n-vinyl pyrrolidone and acrylam... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151141 | Stabilized fluorine-containing polymer and method for stabilizing fluorine-containing polymer To a fluorine-containing polymer, 0.1 to 10% of a compound having an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal in terms of the number of atoms of the alkali metal or the alkaline earth metal based on the total number of the above terminal groups, 0.1 to 10% of ammonia... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138441 | Bioabsorbable blends and surgical articles therefrom Blends made of bioabsorbable materials including glycolide, lactide, caprolactone, dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate, alkylene glycols, esteramides, etc., and polymers and copolymers thereof with cyanoacrylates are described. Processes for making the polymers and su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7098271 | Thermally cross-linked fluoropolymer Melt-fabricable thermoplastic fluoropolymer having pendant functional groups is thermally cross-linked in the presence of polyfunctional nucleophile. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094838 | Fluorine-containing polymer powder and method for production thereof and coated article A stabilized fluorine-containing polymer powder having an average particle size of 5 to 100 μm is prepared by contacting a fluorine-containing polymer powder, which is prepared by milling the fluorine-containing polymer and removing fine particles, fibrous particle... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091285 | Adducts of mid-range vinylidene content polyisobutylene polymer products and methods for making the same A reaction product comprising an adduct of a mid-range vinylidene content PIB polymer composition and maleic anhydride, a phenolic compound or a compound having a reactive site for subsequent amination. The PIB composition comprises a relatively low molecular weight... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078464 | Acid salts of amine-functionalized SMA imide resins Compositions comprising acid salts of amine-functionalized styrene-maleic anhydride resins are disclosed. The salts can be dissolved in organic solvents, UV/EB polymerizable monomers and/or oligomers, and/or water and act as a polymeric surfactants to disperse pigme... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067594 | Functionalized isobutylene-polyene copolymers and derivatives thereof A carboxylic derivative composition derived from a carboxylated isobutylene-polyene copolymer having n ranging from about 200 to about 10,000, said copolymer having thereon from about 0.8 to about 7 moles per mole of copolymer of groups derived from at least one α,... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056986 | Ethylene-acrylic copolymer rubber composition An ethylene-acrylic copolymer rubber composition, which comprises (A) a carboxyl group-containing ethylene-acrylic copolymer rubber, (B) at least one monoamine compound selected from the group consisting of a primary amine, a secondary amine and a tertiary amine, (C... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034087 | Aldehyde scavengers for preparing temporary wet strength resins with longer shelf life Aldehyde scavengers which are adducts of choline or a choline salt and an optionally substituted acrylamide monomer can be used to stabilize glyoxalated polyacrylamide compositions and to provide supplementary cationic charges for the polymer backbone. ... | 04/25/2006 |
