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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7329710 | Radiation-curable resins based on ketone-aldehyde and/or urea-aldehyde resins and a process for preparing them A radiation-curable resin, containing a reaction product of A) at least one ketone-aldehyde resin; and/or B) at least one urea-aldehyde resin; and C) at least one compound having at least one ethylenically unsaturated moiety and at least one moiety which is reactive... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319115 | Adhesives A hardener composition and pine bark tannin-containing resin composition are disclosed. The resin composition is formulated to neutral pH in order to reduce the extent of self-polymerisation and provide a satisfactory shelf life. The hardener composition may be mixe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7186273 | Treatment of textiles with fluorinated polyethers A polymer adapted for the Shrink resist treatment of textile materials imparting water, stain and/or oil repellency. The polymer includes a fluorinated polyether. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 6534602 | Hydroxyl-functionalized polymer compositions A process for reducing the carbonyl group of a polyketone consisting of a carbon monoxide ethylene-based copolymer, comprising reacting a blend of carbon monoxide ethylene-based polymer with a metal alkoxide in a molten condition in proportions to provide... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6114434 | Water-dilutable resins, process for preparing them, and their use Resins AB which are dilutable in water following neutralization and have an acid number of from 25 to 160 mg/g, obtainable by reacting mass fractions, based in each case on the sum of the masses of the solids in the reaction mixture, of A from 30 to 90% o... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6071986 | Ink composition for a meltable ink An ink composition for a meltable ink, usable in printing devices in which ink droplets are ejected from ducts, which composition contains a meltable base material, wherein the ink composition also contains an amorphously setting monomer compound and an a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5962582 | Hydrophilic synthetic resins, esterified for stability to hydrolysis, which are particularly suitable for aqueous systems Hydrophilic, hydrolytically-stable synthetic resins obtainable by reacting a hydroxyl-functional synthetic resin such as a ketone, ketone/aldehyde and/or urea/aldehyde and/or a hydrogenated product of the hydroxyl-functional synthetic resin thereof with a... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5834537 | Homo-, co- or multicomponent thermoplastic polymer dispersed in a thermoset resin The present invention relates to a curable thermosetting resin composition having enhanced fracture toughness as a results of the incorporation of reactive thermoplastic oligomers therein. More specifically, the present invention relates to a composition ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5824742 | Polyacetal resin composition and molded article thereof An objective of the invention is to provide a polyacetal resin composition which has excellent resistance to heat aging and grease resistance, has welded sections with no decrease in physical properties, and has improved friction characteristics, and mold... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5719239 | Top coated cellulosic panel A coated panel formed from a self-supporting cellulosic substrate and a top coating containing a thermoset resin having about 0.1-1.5 wt % free formaldehyde admixed with said resin; and (b) a thermoplastic polymer thoroughly admixed with said resin, where... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5705599 | Graft polymers of ketone-aldehyde condensation and co-condensation products Graft polymers of ketone-aldehyde condensation and co-condensation products and/or the monovalent or polyvalent metal compounds thereof are described, in which condensation product consists a) of symmetrical or asymmetrical ketones containing aliphatic, a... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705597 | Ketone-aldehyde resin with wide compatibility, process for its preparation, and composition containing same Ketone-aldehyde resins with wide compatibility, process for their preparation, and their use. The invention relates to ketone-aldehyde resins with wide compatibility comprising cycloaliphatic ketones and, in particular, formaldehyde and, if desired, furth... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5693725 | Crosslinked Mannich-Michael polycondensates Novel polymers of general formula: ##STR1## wherein where n is a whole number from 2 to 10; R is a spacing group comprising (a) at least one of m methylene units where m is a whole number from 1 to 20, m' methine units where m' is a whole number from... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5677414 | Acetal derivatives of resole compounds Cyclic acetal derivative of a resole includes the reaction product of an ortho resole compound with a carbonyl compound or a carbonyl compound derivative. The cyclic acetal derivatives of phenolic resole compounds exhibit enhanced storage stability and ca... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5677380 | Planarizing material and planarizing method A planarizing material comprising a resin capable of having its practical temperature for a planarizing step set at a level lower than 200° C., and a melamine-type heat-curing agent and/or an epoxy-type heat-curing agent.... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5627261 | Aldehyde resins with reduced and stabilized free-formaldehyde content A ketone/formaldehyde crosslinking additive having reduced and stabilized free-formaldehyde content and which are useful in starch based alkaline corrugating adhesive compositions are provided by a process wherein the ketone/aldehyde additives are treated... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5574115 | Process for polymerization with suppressed polymer scale formation A polymer scale preventive agent for use in polymerization of a monomer having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, comprising an alkaline solution containing: (A) a condensation product of (A-1) a condensate of acetone with a hydroxybenzene compound... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5384376 | Organic/inorganic hybrid materials A novel organic/inorganic hybrid material has been discovered comprising a functionalized silsesquioxane and an organic component having reactive endgroups wherein the organic backbone of the organic component is selected from polyimides, polyquinoxolines... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5336708 | Gelatinous elastomer articles Novel composites are formed from a low rigidity gelatinous elastomer composition of poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) triblock copolymer and high levels of a plasticizing oil. The gelatinous elastomer composition is physically interlocked with an op... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5281644 | Ambient temperature hardening binder compositions There are disclosed methods and compositions for retarding the ambient temperature hardening of a phenolic resole resin alone or with an aggregate when such resin is contacted with a nitroalkane and a hardening agent such as lightburned magnesium oxide, a... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5093471 | Novel mesogenic amines and liquid-crystalline-side-group polymers incorporating same Novel mesogenic amine curing agent for reactive monomers, such as epoxy resins and diisocyanates, comprises a mesogenic moiety, a primary amine, and a flexible alkyl spacer connected between the mesogenic moiety and the primary amine and wherein the alkyl... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4960840 | Epoxidized modified acetophenone/formaldehyde resins Polyglycidyl ethers which are obtainable by reacting acetophenone with 0.7 to 1.4 mol of formaldehyde per mol of acetophenone, in the presence of an alkaline catalyst and in the temperature range from 50° to 100° C., to a carbonylated acetophenone/forma... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4743663 | Aromatic oligomers Compositions comprising an oligomer which (a) on average comprises at least one in-chain residue of the general formula ##STR1## wherein Ar1 is an aromatic group, R1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbyl group, X is a group which activat... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4731434 | Alkyl aryl ketone/formaldehyde resin having high softening point Condensation resins obtained by the polycondensation of alkyl aryl ketones and formaldehyde, wherein the polycondensation mixture contains 0.05 to 5% by weight, based on the alkyl aryl ketone, of an activator having the formula (A) ##STR1## wher... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4666979 | Metal compounds of acid group-containing condensation products and co-condensation products of ketones and aldehydes The present invention provides metal compounds of acid group-containing condensation products or co-condensation products of ketones and aldehydes, obtainable by the reaction of acid group-containing ketone-aldehyde condensation products and/or co-condens... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4625000 | Process for preparing sulfonated poly(aryl ether) resins Poly(aryl ether) resins having repeat units of the structure wherein E is the residuum of a dihydric phenol and E' is the residuum of a benzenoid compound having an inert electron withdrawing group in at least one of the positions ortho and para to the valence... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4605441 | Ink composition for indicating progress and completion of vulcanization of rubber products An ink composition for indicating progress and completion of vulcanization of rubber articles comprising, per 100 parts by weight of the composition, (i) 0.01 to 10 parts by weight of at least one methine dye, (ii) 1 to 40 parts by weight of at least one member sel... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4542194 | Naphtha-soluble, hydrogenated alkyl aryl ketone/formaldehyde resins and process for their production A naphtha-soluble, hydrogenated C1-4 -alkyl C6-10 -aryl ketone/formaldehyde resin, having an oxygen content of at least 6% by weight and a softening point of at least 70° C. can be produced by a process comprising the step of hydrog... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4530883 | Complementary color high pressure decorative laminate Polymethylol ketones are disclosed as ingredients in various resins which find use as the resin component of heat and pressure consolidated laminates, especially decorative laminates having a core of a color complementing that of the decor sheet.... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4507462 | Low molecular weight aromatic polymers with biphenylene end groups Biphenylene end-capped low molecular weight thermally stable aromatic polymers and the process for their preparation. The invention is further directed to crosslinked biphenylene end-capped aromatic polymers and to the process for their preparation. The p... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4491653 | Controlled surface-fluorination process Disclosed is a method for fluorinating the surface of a polymeric solid for improving a surface property of such solid while substantially maintaining the bulk physical properties of said solid. This method comprises contacting the polymeric solid with di... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4433119 | Liquid thermosetting compositions containing hemiformals of phenol There are described liquid compositions of a hemiformal of phenol and/or a hemiformal of a methylolated phenol with a miscible polymers such as phenol-formaldehyde resoles, phenol-formaldehyde, novolacs, aromatic polyesters, unsaturated polyesters, poly(a... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4352914 | Binder composition for foundry sand molds and cores A novel binder composition for foundry sand molds or cores comprises (a) an organic polyisocyanate compound and (b) a certain polyol compound selected from a formaldehyde-modified bisphenol and a formaldehyde-modified cyclic ketone, or a partially alkoxyl... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4281114 | Method for preparing difurfurylideneacetone oligomer A method for preparing difurfurylideneacetone oligomer which comprises heating difurfurylideneacetone with a moisture content of 15 to 40% at a temperature ranging from 80° to 90° C. under progressively increasing vacuum from the atmospheric pressure to... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4175065 | Method for glueing with curable, formaldehyde-based adhesives and a curing composition for use in the method A hardener composition for precondensates or liquid resins containing resorcinol and formaldehyde or resorcinol-phenol and formaldehyde and a method for glueing by using them. The hardener composition contains powdered paraformaldehyde suspended in a susp... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4034012 | Acetone-formaldehyde-resorcinol resin compositions and adhesives prepared therefrom Disclosed are liquid, hydrophilic, 2-stage resin compositions produced by reaction of (1) an acetone-formaldehyde resin, (2) free formaldehyde, and (3) resorcinol in an aqueous solution at elevated temperatures at least until substantially all the free fo... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3931110 | Rapid curing adhesive compositions comprising the reaction product of a ketone aldehyde condensation polymer and a primary aromatic amine This invention describes resin products having particular utility as rapid curing adhesives for wood and other materials, and processes for making the resin compositions. The reaction products are made by reacting an aldehyde condensation polymer, such as... | 01/06/1976 |