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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163848 | Antistatic poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid) compositions Disclosed are toughened, antistatic resin composition and an article comprising the composition wherein the composition comprises or consists essentially of poly(hydroxyalkanoic acid), such as polylactic acid; an impact modifier comprising an ethylene copolymer; and... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7820766 | Branched acetylene-containing poly(alkylene oxides, oxyethylated polyols or olefinic alcohols) The invention provides water-soluble compounds that include a polymer and at least one terminal azide or acetylene moiety. Also provided are highly efficient methods for the selective modification of proteins with PEG derivatives, which involves the selective incorp... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7737226 | Acetylene group-containing poly(alkylene oxide, oxyethylated polyol or olefinic alcohol) The invention provides water-soluble compounds that include a polymer and at least one terminal azide or acetylene moiety. Also provided are highly efficient methods for the selective modification of proteins with PEG derivatives, which involves the selective incorp... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7625984 | Low shrinkage, low optical absorbance, low refractive index adhesive composition This invention is directed to fluorinated acrylate compositions, which are suitable for use as low shrinkage, low absorbance refractive index matching adhesives for use in “pig-tailing” polymeric integrated waveguides to optical fiber bundles. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7442213 | Methods of cleaning a situs with a cleaning composition comprising a polymer system The present invention relates to stable polymer systems comprising anionic and modified polyamine polymers. When such polymer systems are employed in cleaning compositions, such cleaning compositions exhibit unexpectedly improved anti-soil re-deposition and situs wh... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425594 | Copolymer of glycidyl ester and/or ether with polyol A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419723 | Base coating composition for decorated moldings, top clear coating composition for decorated moldings, and decorated moldings It is an object of the present invention to provide a base coating composition for decorated moldings containing silver plating layer and a top clear coating composition for decorated moldings containing silver plating layer, and decorated moldings obtainable by usi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7390857 | Crosslinkable and crosslinked polymers Crosslinkable polymeric materials are disclosed useful for the temporal stabilization of a poling-induced noncentrosymmetric host lattice containing guest nonlinear optical chromophores. The materials are also suitable as crosslinkable coatings in the absence of chr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388068 | Copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers and use thereof as polymerizable emulsifiers Disclosed are copolymers made of alkylene oxides and glycidyl ethers according to formula (I) in which R1 is hydrogen or a C1-C4-alkyl radical, R2 and R4 are an alkyl o... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7351787 | Process for the preparation of activated polyethylene glycols A process for preparing activated polyethylene glycols is disclosed. In some embodiments, the process includes reacting a molten polyethylene glycol with an activator. In other embodiments, the process includes reacting a polyethylene glycol with an activator in the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7300993 | Process for the preparation of polyether polyols The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether polyols, which process involves: (a) contacting a phosphorus containing compound having at least one hydroxyl group with alkylene oxide to obtain alkoxylated initi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294591 | Absorbent composite including a folded substrate and an absorbent adhesive composition An absorbent composite is provided including a substrate, at least a portion of which is coated with an absorbent adhesive composition. The substrate is folded upon itself to provide a plurality of panels. A personal care product including the absorbent composite is... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291682 | Method of producing comb or star copolymers using epoxy-functionalized nitroxylethers The present invention provides a method of forming comb or star copolymers. The comb or star copolymers are useful in surface modification of thermoplastic materials or as surfactants. The method is aimed at attaching a polymeric side chain differing in polarity and... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7247697 | Coating compositions for use in golf balls A golf ball comprising a core, a cover encasing the core, at least one coating layer encasing the cover, and at least one indicia layer immediate adjacent to the coating layer is provided. At least one of the indicia and coating layers comprises at least one two-par... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235331 | Semi-Interpenetrating polymer network electrolyte, process for producing the same and battery using the same An electrolyte with high ion conductivity, a process for producing the same and a battery using the same, and a compound for the electrolyte. The electrolyte is set between a negative electrode and a positive electrode. The electrolyte includes a first polymer compo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229810 | Polymer conjugates of proteinases Methods are provided for the stabilization of proteinases by the covalent attachment of or admixture with water-soluble polymers. The resultant stabilized proteinases have increased stability under the harsh conditions used in industrial genomics, which permits thei... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230068 | Polymer derivatives The invention provides water-soluble compounds that include a polymer and at least one terminal azide or acetylene moiety. Also provided are highly efficient methods for the selective modification of proteins with PEG derivatives, which involves the selective incorp... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223477 | Coating powders having enhanced flexability Coating powders having a low curing temperature are comprised of an acid functional acrylic resin having an acid number between about 40 and 220, triglycidyl isocyanurate, and a curing catalyst comprising tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. Such coating powders have a stoi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220805 | Process for producing contact product; catalyst component for addition polymerization; process for producing catalyst for addition polymerization; and process for producing addition polymer There are provided (1) a process for producing a contact product, which comprises the step of contacting at least a phthalocyanine complex, a porphyrin complex, or their combination with a surfactant; (2) a catalyst component for addition polymerization, which compr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216707 | Cement compositions with improved fluid loss characteristics and methods of cementing using such cement compositions The present invention provides a method of cementing in a subterranean formation that includes providing a cement composition that includes water, cement, and a fluid loss control additive that includes a water-soluble hydrophobically modified polymer or a hydrophil... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217845 | Bifunctional polyethylene glycol derivatives The present invention provides novel heterobifunctional and monobifunctional polyethylene glycol derivatives for the pegylation of therapeutically active proteins. The heterobifunctional PEGs which bear two different functional groups as well as the monobifunctional... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217769 | Medical device with plasma cross-linked hydrophilic coating A medical device with a hydrophilic and lubricious coating, wherein the coating includes a hydrophilic polymeric unit layer deposited on the medical device and cross-linked with a plasma deposited double bond monomer. The hydrophilic polymeric unit can include ethyl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7195726 | Internal mold release for low density reaction injection molded polyurethane foam A method for preparing a molded polyurethane foam article using an internal mold release composition is provided. More specifically, a method using an IMR agent and an IMR-enhancer compound to prepare a molded polyurethane foam article is provided. The method compri... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182833 | Method of bonding adherend By using a high viscosity moisture-curable adhesive composition comprising at least one polymer or resin selected from the group consisting of (A) a reactive silyl group-containing polyoxyalkylene polymer, (B) a reactive silyl group-containing saturated hydrocarbon ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7163985 | Polymer systems and cleaning compositions comprising the same The present invention relates to stable polymer systems comprising anionic and modified polyamine polymers. When such polymer systems are employed in cleaning compositions, such cleaning compositions exhibit unexpectedly improved anti-soil re-deposition and situs wh... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7153911 | Curable composition The invention provides a curable composition which comprises a polyoxyalkylene polymer having a reactive silicon group and a (meth)acrylate copolymer and exhibits excellent weather resistance for a prolonged period. This composition comprises 100 parts by weight of ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144605 | Curable coating composition and coating film forming method A curable coating composition comprises (a) a component having an active methylene group and/or an active methane group, (b) a component having a methacrylate group and/or an acrylate group, (c) a ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125558 | Process for the preparation of activated polyethylene glycols The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of activated polyethylene glycols, or PEG(NPC)2s, comprising reacting polyethylene glycol with an activator while in the presence of an aromatic nitrogen containing heterocyclic base. The proc... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118737 | Polymer-modified synthetic proteins The present invention relates to methods and compositions for modifying peptides, polypeptides and proteins with polymers, especially glyco-mimetic polymers, so as to improve their biological activity or pharmacokinetic properties. The invention further provides met... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119074 | Treatment of cancers, tumors and malignancies using amphiphilic prodrugs The present invention provides amphiphilic prodrugs comprising a therapeutic compound conjugated to an PEG-oligomer/polymer and methods for using said prodrugs to enable oral drug delivery and/or delivery of drugs across the blood brain barrier into the central nerv... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119058 | Graft polymers comprising side chains containing cyclic N-vinylamides Graft polymers containing (A) a polymeric grafting base devoid of monoethylenically unsaturated units, and (B) polymeric side chains formed by polymerization of a cyclic N-vinylamide of the general formula I | 10/10/2006 |
| 7101836 | Graft polymer with sidechains comprising nitrogen heterocycles Graft polymer, comprising (A) a polymer graft skeleton with no mono-ethylenic unsaturated units and (B) polymer sidechains formed from co-polymers of two different mono-ethylenic unsaturated monomers (B1) and (B2), each comprising a nitrogen-containing heterocycle, ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094296 | Gas generants containing silicone fuels Gas generating compositions are provided containing silicone, a metal or nonmetal perchlorate oxidizer, and a coolant selected from the group including metal carbonates, metal bicarbonates, metal oxalates, and metal hydroxides. These compositions exhibit rapid and s... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7078475 | Synergistic amine chain-extenders in polyurea spray elastomers Disclosed are derivatives of isophorone diamine exhibiting a synergistic relationship with other commonly employed chain extenders offering enhanced efficacy with regard to slowing of the polyurea elastomer cure profile, and processes employing their use. According ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067563 | Binding agents and binding agent compositions containing alkoxy silyl groups, methods of production and use A binder which is a graft polymer bearing at least two alkoxysilyl groups of the formula —Si(R1)m(OR2)3-m in which R1 and R2 are independently linear or branched alkyl groups con... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060774 | Prepolymer material, polymer material, imprinting process and their use The invention relates to a prepolymer material based on monomeric, oligomeric or polymeric compounds with at least one ethylenically unsaturated (meth)acryloyl group. The problem of imperfect imprinting properties, escpecially of an unwanted adhering to the imprinti... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056983 | Block copolymer Processes for producing an AB block copolymer, an ABA block copolymer or a multiblock copolymer are provided, which comprises adding an alkenyl-containing polymer (I) to a living or to an atom transfer radical polymerization system or a living cationic polymerizatio... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053151 | Grafted biodegradable polymer blend compositions The present invention is a hydrolytically modified, biodegradable polymer and a method of making a hydrolytically modifiable a biodegradable polymer. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a method of grafting polar groups onto biodegradable polymers and modifi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045155 | Dietary supplements comprising soy hypocotyls containing at least one isoflavone Compositions enriched with natural phyto-oestrogens or analogues thereof selected from Genistein, Daidzein, Formononetin and Biochanin A. These may be used as food additives, tablets or capsules for promoting health in cases of cancer, pre-menstrual syndrome, menopa... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041855 | Monofunctional polyethylene glycol aldehydes The present invention provides novel monofunctional polyethylene glycol aldehydes for the pegylation of therapeutically active proteins. The pegylated protein conjugates that are produced, retain a substantial portion of their therapeutic activity and are less immun... | 05/09/2006 |
