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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8148475 | Melt spun polyether TPU fibers having mixed polyols and process Thermoplastic polyether polyurethane polymers are disclosed which are mixed with a crosslinking agent to achieve long run times in a melt spinning process to make elastic fibers. The crosslinking agent is preferably a polyether or polyester polyol reacted with a dii... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7357889 | Melt spun TPU fibers and process Thermoplastic polyether polyurethane polymers are disclosed which are mixed with a non-polyether crosslinking agent to achieve long run times in a melt spinning process to make elastic fibers. The crosslinking agent is preferably a polyester polyol reacted with a di... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7309753 | Process for the preparation of moisture-curable, polyether urethanes with terminal cyclic urea reactive silane groups A process for preparing a moisture-curable, polyether urethane containing terminal cyclic urea/reactive silane groups by reacting at an NCO:OH equivalent ratio of 1.5:1 to 2.5:1 a) a hydroxyl component containing i) a polyether containing two hydroxyl g... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297750 | Clear paint for golf balls and golf ball A clear paint for golf balls includes essentially a base polymer including a polyurethane resin, and a graft polymer including a comb polymer having a backbone portion formed of an acrylic resin and a branch portion formed of polyorganosiloxane. The backbone portion... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7276570 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of anionic moieties attached thereto. These co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268203 | Polymer dispersant having hyperbranched structures Polyurethanes having hyperbranched structures, selected from hyperbranched polyurethanes containing at least one pigment affinity group and modified hyperbranched polyurethanes, are used as polymeric dispersing additives for pigments. A preferred process for prepari... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265195 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of cationic moieties attached thereto. These c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256249 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. The compositions comprise at least one regioselective polyisocyanate having an asymmetric structure and comprising at least a first NCO group and a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253245 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253242 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable materials are presently disclosed. The materials have a rebound height percentage of greater than 60% and are formed from compositions comprising at least one resilient polyamine polydiene and/or ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7235152 | Storage stable, thermofusible, thermosetting adhesive paste A storage stable adhesive paste composition is described. It contains a plurality of first solid particles comprising a surface protected polyisocyanate and a plurality of second solid particles of polymer having functional groups that react with the polyisocyanate.... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7202284 | Foamed thermoplastic polyurethanes Process for the preparation of foamed thermoplastic polyurethanes characterized in that the foaming of the thermoplastic polyurethane is carried out in the presence of thermally expandable microspheres. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198849 | Solvent-containing coating compositions A solvent-containing coating composition contains at least one hydroxyl-containing saturated copolyester, a phenol-formaldehyde resin, a benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resin and/or a blocked polyisocyanate, a catalyst and at least one solvent, and can further contain a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186312 | Adhesive which hardens in several stages A hotmelt adhesive having a melting point of at least 40° C. is provided which may be hardened in multiple stages and which is useful in the production of laminates. The hotmelt adhesive may contain a polymer with at least one functional group that is reactive towa... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7163522 | Block copolymer elastomer catheter balloons Balloons for medical devices, particularly balloon agioplasty catheters, which have hybrid compliance curves in which growth rate slows at higher pressures are made from block copolymer thermoplastic elastomers. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160973 | Urethane polymers that reduce the effect of polylactone linkages A composition comprising a reaction product of a diisocyanate, a chain extension agent having at least difunctional reactivity with an isocyanate, and a material comprising a blend of i) a primary carbamate material having at least one functional group reactive with... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157545 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157536 | Coating composition for ambient cure containing an alkoxylated amine A composition that can be used as a component in auto clear coat and primer is disclosed. The composition comprises or is an alkoxylated amine having the formula of (A)[N(R1H)2]p including an isomer or mixture of isomers thereof. Als... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138476 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one fatty compound chosen from fatty polyamines and fatty polyamine telechelics. These elastomer compositions c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138466 | Reactive hot melt adhesive with improved properties High green strength reactive hot melt adhesives are prepared using relatively low levels of reactive acrylic, and may be prepared with one or more difunctionals having cyclic or polycyclic structures. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138475 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one amine-terminated polyamide and at least one isocyanate-containing prepolymer. These elastomer com... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138437 | Polyurethane composition containing a property-enhancing agent A composition comprising at least a part A and a part B is disclosed. The part A comprises at least one polyol and the part B comprises at least one isocyanate. At least one part further comprises at least one of the following: a strength enhancer having a softening... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138477 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7115703 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise reaction products of polyacids and polyamines. The polyacid is chosen from polymerized fatty polyacids and polyacid telechelics. T... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112631 | Moisture cured reactive hot melt adhesive with monofunctional reactants as grafting agents High green strength reactive hot melt adhesives are prepared using crystalline monofunctional reactants. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108826 | High compliance, high strength catheter balloons useful for treatment of gastrointestinal lesions Balloon especially useful for dilatation of gastrointestinal lesions have a burst pressure of at least 9 atmospheres, a diameter at 3 atmospheres of about 5 mm or more, and an average compliance over the range of from 3 atmospheres to burst of at least 3% per atmosp... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105628 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105623 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one poly(urethane-co-urea) prepolymer and at least one curative. These elastomer compositions can be ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105583 | Radiation-curable compositions for optical fiber coating materials Compositions for use in optical fiber coatings, optical fibers and optical fiber arrays using these coatings and methods for making the same are disclosed. The composition comprises a combination of two different radiation curable urethanes, and can further comprise... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101951 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate having a generic structure of: where R1... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098274 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate copolymer formed from at least one polyol telechelic and at least one carbonate-forming compound; | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090799 | Golf ball and method for preparing golf ball The invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover of one or more layers, characterized in that at least one layer which constitutes the cover is formed primarily of a mixture of (A) a thermoplastic resin composition selected from among a thermoplastic... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064154 | Radiation-curable composition for optical fiber coating materials Compositions for use in optical fiber coatings and optical fibers and optical fiber arrays using these coatings are disclosed, as are methods for making the same. The compositions comprise a combination of two different radiation curable urethane oligomers, and can ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037402 | Reactive hot melt adhesive with non-polymeric aromatic difunctionals High green strength reactive hot melt adhesives are prepared using relatively low levels of reactive acrylic, and may be prepared with liquid crystalline or crystalline diols. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037963 | Golf ball A golf ball comprising a core and two or more outer layers covering said core, wherein the first outer layer is formed mainly from a mixture of a non-ionomer thermoplastic elastomer and an isocyanate compound and the second outer layer is formed mainly from a mixtur... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022206 | Coolant resistant and thermally stable primer composition A coolant-resistant and thermally stable primer composition comprising an organic-functional silane, preferably the reaction product of at least one amino-functional silane and at least one isocyanato-functional silane, is provided. The primer composition may additi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015299 | Melt spun thermoplastic polyurethanes useful as textile fibers Melt spun thermoplastic polyurethane polymers useful as textile fibers and having good tenacity and recovery and substantially no gelation are disclosed. The polymers are prepared by a three-step polymerization process including: preparation of “hard” segment ol... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7001931 | Blends of crystalline and amorphous compounds which can be activated by actinic radiation, method for the production and use thereof A blend activatable with actinic radiation and solid at room temperature, comprising (A) at least one crystalline compound containing on average per molecule at least one reactive functional group having at least one bond which can be activated with actinic radiatio... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6987135 | Photoactivatable water borne coating composition Photoactivatable water born coating composition comprising a) a (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane dispersion, with the (meth)acryloyl-functional polyurethane comprising 5 to 18 wt. % of alkylene oxide groups while the (meth)ac... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6939924 | Golf ball incorporating urethane composition Golf ball covers and intermediate layers incorporate the reaction product of a thermoplastic urethane and a modified isocyanate to form a crosslinked polyurethane. The layers exhibit the ease of processing of a thermoplastic urethane, with the superior mechanical pr... | 09/06/2005 |
