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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163844 | Methacrylic resin composition, resin modifier, and molded article A methacrylic resin composition in which a star block copolymer (B) in the form of particles is dispersed in a matrix (A) composed of a methacrylic resin comprising not less than 50% by mass of a methyl methacrylate unit. The methacrylic resin composition is obtaine... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7732529 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition and molded article The present invention provides an acrylic block copolymer composition improving melt flowability at molding and being excellent in heat resistance in addition to keep weather resistance, chemical resistance, adhesion property, flexibility and abrasion resistance whi... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7544740 | Multi-layer nano-particle preparation and applications A multi-layer nano-particle composition including a polymer core and at least two additional layers is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionali... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7459499 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on acrylate block copolymers Pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising an acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalently interlinked acrylate polymer blocks P in microphase-separated regions and each having a softening temperature of between −125 and +20° C.... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7432326 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive based on acrylate block copolymers The invention provides an acrylate-based pressure-sensitive adhesive comprising a polymer blend having (a) at least a first component Kc which comprises a first acrylate block copolymer having at least two chemically distinguishable, covalent... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425371 | Thermosetting resin composition for high performance laminates This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7419703 | Thermally curable, thixotropic blends containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups The invention provides heat-curable thixotropic mixtures containing carbamate and/or allophanate groups, including at least one oligomer and/or polymer containing at least one of carbamate and allophanate groups, and at least one thixotropic agent that is a urea der... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402624 | Graft copolymers with segmented arms and their preparation and use Graft copolymers with segmented (or block) arms and a process for preparing the same. Such polymers are particularly useful in formulating air-dry clear coat and color coat lacquers used in automotive refinishing. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7323512 | Styrene copolymer composition Disclosed is a styrene copolymer composition having: (I) a styrene/n-butyl acrylate copolymer having styrene monomer units and n-butyl acrylate monomer units in a ratio from 80/20 to 89/11, and (II) a block copolymer having a block configuration having (A) at least ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309736 | Acrylic block copolymer and thermoplastic resin composition The present invention provides a novel acrylic block copolymer rich in flexibility and excellent in mechanical strength, moldability, oil resistance, heat resistance, thermal decomposition resistance, weather resistance, and compression set, and further rich in reac... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7270928 | Isocyanate composition, microcapsule and production method thereof, and recording material The present invention provides an isocyanate composition including an adduct of a multifunctional isocyanate compound having two or more isocyanate groups in the molecule thereof with a polymer obtained by radically polymerizing in the presence of a chain transfer a... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265180 | Thermoplastic molding composition having high clarity A clear and ductile thermoplastic molding composition containing (i) a styrene copolymer and (ii) a rubber component is disclosed. The styrene copolymer is represented by styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer and the rubber component is a styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7223460 | Rubber modified styrenic copolymers and their use in disposable card applications A thermoplastic sheet that includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase, where A) the continuous phase contains a polymer composition resulting from the polymerization of a monomer mixture containing a styrenic monomer and an ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211537 | Modified aluminum oxy compound, polymerization catalyst and process for producing olefin polymer and alkenyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer A modified aluminum oxy compound (A) obtained by reacting an aluminum oxy compound (a), water (b) and a compound having a hydroxyl group (c); a polymerization catalyst component comprising the modified aluminum oxy compound; a polymerization catalyst obtained by con... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7144952 | Compositions based on semicrystalline thermoplastic resins and block copolymers, resulting materials and methods for obtaining same These compositions based on semi-crystalline thermoplastic resin and on ABC block copolymers result in materials or in items which exhibit an impact strength, an elongation at break, a resistance to cracking and to deformation under stress, and a thermal behavior wh... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7090924 | Thermosetting resin composition for high performance laminates This invention concerns a thermosetting resin system that is useful in the manufacture of high performance prepreg, laminate and composite materials as well as the prepregs, laminates and composites made from the thermosetting resin composition. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| RE39232 | Thermoplastic elastomer composition for powder slush molding and process for preparation of said composition A thermoplastic elastomer composition for powder slush molding made up of a polypropylene resin, hydrogenated styrene/butadiene rubber, a process oil and an elastomer excellent in oil absorbing power. A process for making that thermoplastic elastomer composition may... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081499 | Electrical insulating material and method for fastening a shaped body An electrical insulating material for use in electrical insulators, for example, for insulated electric wires such as internal wiring of electronic equipment, automobiles or the like, electrical insulating covers produced from the electrical insulating material and ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078106 | Thermosetting resin composition and use thereof A thermosetting resin composition comprising: (1) a copolymer resin comprising (a) a monomer unit and (b) a monomer unit respectively represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II): wherein R1 | 07/18/2006 |
| 7049364 | Aqueous dispersion The invention provides an aqueous dispersion which includes i) an aqueous dispersion (I) resulting from dispersion of a block copolymer (I) composed of at least one polymer block (A) containing olefin monomer units and at least one polymer block (B) containing 2 to ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037976 | Free flowing powder The present invention relates to a free flowing powder composition with a particle size at most 800 μm comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of one or more styrenic block copolymers, at least one of which being a block copolymer (a1) comprising at least one block S h... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026413 | Biopolymers and biopolymer blends, and method for producing same Biopolymers and biopolymer blends, including block copolymers, prepared via enzyme-mediated catalysis preferably in a microorganism host in which the reaction conditions are selected to produce biopolymers and biopolymer blends having particular chemical composition... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6965000 | Acrylic-halogenated polyolefin copolymer adhesion promoters The present invention is directed to a method for producing a copolymer and a copolymer product of the method. The copolymer is prepared by a controlled radical polymerization process, typically an atom transfer radical polymerization process, in which polymerizable... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946525 | Composition comprising polymers having a star structure, the polymers, and their use A composition, comprising, in an appropriate medium, at least one polymer with a highly specific ordered structure is disclosed. These compositions find a specific application in the field of make-up and are capable of being applied to keratinous fibers, in particul... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943219 | Polymer and epoxy resin compositions The present invention provides a vinyl polymer with an epoxy group terminally introduced therein and an epoxy resin composition comprising (A) an epoxy resin and (B) a vinyl polymer which has a main chain produced by living radical polymerization and has a reactive ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942582 | Golf ball In a golf ball comprising a core and a cover, at least one layer of the cover is composed mainly of a mixture of an amino-terminated block polymer and an ionomer resin in a weight ratio between 3/97 and 60/40. The mixture is effectively moldable, and the golf ball i... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939915 | Method for agglomerating finely divided polybutadiene latices The present invention relates to a method for agglomerating finely divided rubber latices by adding an aqueous solution of a water-soluble amphiphilic copolymer that contains at least one hydrophilic portion and at least one hydrophobic portion. ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933340 | Formulation comprising an ionic compound, a polyionic polymer, and a block copolymer The invention relates to a formulation comprising an ionic compound and a polyionic polymer. The invention more specifically relates to an improved formulation thereof, further comprising a copolymer. The improved formulation avoids phase-separation of colloidal par... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6916877 | Coating composition including a water-based copolymer cross-linking with a water-dispersible cross-linking agent, method of preparing the same, and a cured film thereof The present invention is directed to a curable, water-based coating composition utilized in waterborne coating systems such as a waterborne primer system. The coating composition is the reaction product of a water-dispersible cross-linking agent and a water-based co... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911511 | Controlled radical polymerization process using a small amount of stable free radical The invention relates to a process for the polymerization of at least one monomer which can be polymerized via a radical route, in the presence of a stable free radical and of a polymerization initiator, such that, per 100 mol of monomer, the molar amounts of stable... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906128 | Method for depositing a polymer onto a surface by applying a composition onto said surface The invention relates to a method for depositing a polymer onto a surface, by applying an aqueous composition, preferably an aqueous composition, onto said surface. The invention also relates to a method for making the composition. The composition comprise a block c... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6894114 | Block copolymer A block copolymer is obtained by anionic polymerization, includes two or more polymer blocks A miscible with each other, and at least one (meth)acrylic ester polymer block B immiscible with the polymer blocks A, has a ratio [Mn(Amax)/Mn(Amin)] ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887929 | Resin composition and golf ball An objective of the present invention is to provide a resin composition which gives a molding excellent in flexibility, impact resilience and mechanical properties and a golf ball having the better shot feel, a long carry, and the excellent cutting resistance when u... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884504 | Repositionable adhesive label for optical recording media A label for applying to an optical recording media including a film or paper layer coated with an ink receptive coating on one major surface and a layer of repositionable non-pressure sensitive adhesive coated onto the other major surface. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6878775 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive featuring low outgassing A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition based on (co)polymers of acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid and/or derivatives thereof which has an at least two-phase domain structure and also an outgassing level of less than 10 μg/g, based on the weight of the composi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6825272 | Golf ball A golf ball which is excellent in durability, sufficient to be used in a golf practice range, wherein the golf ball includes a core, a cover covering the core, and a mark printed on the surface of the cover, wherein: the cover is formed from a mixture of an ionomer ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811859 | Composition coextrudable with PVDF A composition coextrudable with PVDF comprises in parts by weight: 20 to 40 parts of PVDF; 40 to 60 parts of PMMA; 5 to 18 parts of an acrylic elastomer; 1 to 4 parts of a UV absorber; the total making 100 parts. Coextruded films comprise a layer of the above coextr... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6784245 | High-frequency weldable and low-temperature flexible polymer mixture and its use The invention concerns a high-frequency weldable and low-temperature flexible polymer mixture containing a copolymer of ethylene with a polar comonomer selected from the group of vinyl esters of saturated C2-C8 carboxylic acids, C1-C... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6762245 | Fluoropolymer-based conductive composition The present invention relates to a conductive composition comprising (i) a fluoropolymer, (ii) an electrically conductive product and (iii) a triblock copolymer ABC, the three blocks A, B and C being linked together in this order, each block being either a homopolym... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6743860 | Thermoplastic resin composition and production processes thereof The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a block copolymer comprising at least two polymeric blocks A composed mainly of a vinyl aromatic compound and at least one polymeric block B composed main... | 06/01/2004 |
