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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7405262 | Preparation of functionalized anionic polymerization initiators A process for preparing a functionalized polymerization initiator, the process comprising combining a functionalized styryl compound and an organolithium compound. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7351777 | Retarded anionic polymerization of vinyl aromatic monomers using insoluble or heterogeneous retardants This invention is a process to manufacture high quality vinyl aromatic polymer that is essentially free of unreacted vinyl aromatic monomer using retarded anionic polymerization wherein the retardant is insoluble and can be removed from the polymerization at an inte... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7321017 | Amine containing catalyst system and methods of use thereof The present invention is directed to an amine containing catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber, having a high trans microstructure. The catalyst system, in one embodiment, includes (a) an organol... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7291687 | Catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers having a high trans microstructure content The present invention is directed to a catalyst system for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber, having a high trans microstructure. The catalyst system, in one embodiment, includes (a) a barium salt of an alcohol ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285605 | Batch process for synthesizing rubbery polymers having a high trans microstructure content The present invention is directed to a batch process for synthesizing rubbery polymers, such as styrene-butadiene rubber, having a high trans microstructure. In one embodiment, the batch process involves mixing a catalyst system with styrene and butadiene monomers i... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279531 | Rubbery polymers containing tin coupling agents and rubber compounds including the same The present invention is directed to rubbery polymers, such as polybutadiene rubber or styrene-butadiene rubber, that contain tin coupling agents and provide desirable dispersion of carbon black in rubber compounds, such as for use in tire treads. The tin coupling a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7238844 | Olefin oligomerization This invention is to a method of oligomerizing an olefin feed stream. The olefin feed stream contains at least one C2 to C12 olefin to obtain an olefin feed stream and has less than 1,000 ppm by weight oxygenated hydrocarbon. The olefin is olig... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7205360 | Preparation process for block copolymers for tire tread compositions, and such copolymers A preparation process for a copolymer having two blocks usable in a sulphur-cross-linkable rubber composition of reduced hysteresis in the cross-linked state, such a block copolymer in which one of the blocks is a polyisoprene and the other a diene elastomer other t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7189792 | Catalyst for synthesizing high trans polymers The process and catalyst of this invention can be utilized to synthesize homo and copolymers of conjugated diene monomers and vinyl aromatic monomers having high trans contents of greater than 60% with low melting points. These homo and copolymers of conjugated dien... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7125940 | Conjugated diene polymers and copolymer blocks and process for preparing same Disclosed is a process for preparing polymers and copolymer blocks of conjugated dienes with varying amounts of branching comprising the use of a microstructure control agent and a microstructure control agent deactivant. The polymerization can be started with or wi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7048023 | Pneumatic tire having a component containing high trans styrene-butadiene rubber The invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition, wherein the vulcanizable rubber composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans r... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6800582 | Process of preparation of amino functionalized diene polymers, polymers of such type, rubber composition and tire casing containing those polymers The present invention provides a process for preparing amino functionalized diene polymers with 1,4-trans linkage content equal to or greater than 70%. The invention also concerns polymers of such type, a rubber composition and a tire casing containing those polymer... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6787661 | Tin-containing organolithium compounds and preparation thereof The present invention relates to a tin-containing organolithium compound which can be used as anionic polymerization initiators, represented by the following formula (1): R4−xSn(Ya—Zm—Yb—Li)x | 09/07/2004 |
| 6777511 | Process for producing poly (meth) acrylates having reduced metal content An industrially excellent process for producing a poly(meth)acrylate having a reduced metal content which comprises contacting a mixture of a poly(meth)acrylate and an organic solvent with an acidic aqueous solution, such as an aqueous solution obtained by dissolvin... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6767976 | Process for polymerizing a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester (1) A methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester is anionically polymerized, using a polymerization initiator compound comprising an addition reaction product of a conjugated diene compound and an organic alkali metal compound, in the presence of a tertiary organoaluminu... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6758251 | Pneumatic tire having a component containing high trans styrene-butadiene rubber The invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component comprising a vulcanizable rubber composition, wherein the vulcanizable rubber composition comprises, based on 100 parts by weight of elastomer (phr), from about 30 to 100 phr of high trans r... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6703446 | Hetero-telechelic polymers and processes for making same Hetero-telechelic polymers having the formula: wherein FG is a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group derived by incorporation of a compound selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene hyd... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6630554 | Process for polymerizing a methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester (1) A methacrylic ester or an acrylic ester is anionically polymerized, using a polymerization initiator compound comprising an addition reaction product of a conjugated diene compound and an organic alkali metal compound, in the presence of a tertiary or... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627715 | Group IIa metal containing catalyst system The group IIa metal containing catalyst system of this invention can be utilized to synthesize rubbery polymers having a high trans microstructure by solution polymerization. Such rubbery polymers having a high trans microstructure content, such as polybu... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6455651 | Uniform initiation of anionic polymerization using organo-substituted alkali metal initiators The present invention is an improvement in a method of anionically polymerizing monomers by contacting them with an anionic polymerization initiator which is an organo-substituted alkali metal compound in the presence of low amounts of an accelerator/prom... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6410654 | Highly rigid, high-tenacity impact-resistant polystyrene An anionically polymerized impact-modified polystyrene has a yield stress of at least 24 MPa, measured at 23° C. to DIN 53455 and a hole impact strength of at least 11 kJ/m2, measured at 23° C. to DIN 53753, measured in each case on a specime... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6388032 | Cyclic olefin polymer containing little catalyst residue A cyclic olefin polymer having a small content of a catalyst residue, a production process for the same and use of the same as an optical material. Catalysts used for polymerization and/or hydrogenation reaction for forming the cyclic olefin polymer are d... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6329480 | Preparation process of acrylic acid ester polymer A process for the preparation of an acrylic acid ester polymer, includes carrying out polymerization of an acrylic acid ester or block copolymerization of an acrylic acid ester and another (meth)acrylic monomer in the presence of an organolithium compound... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6150487 | Multifunctional organic alkali metal initiator and its synthesis, anionic polymerized star polymers and their preparation This invention relates to a multifunctional organic alkali metal initiator for the preparation of various kinds of star polymers by anionic polymerization, a process for making the initiator, a process using said initiator for making star polymers and the... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6103842 | Process and catalyst system for synthesizing random trans SBR with low vinyl microstructure The process and catalyst system of this invention can be utilized to synthesize a highly random styrene-butadiene rubber having a high trans content by solution polymerization. The styrene-butadiene rubber made by the process of this invention can be util... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103846 | Process for making anionic polymeric di-and polyfunctional polymers using protected functional initiators The preparation of di- or polyfunctional polymers by anionic polymerization using functionalized initiators having the structure R1 R2 R3 Si--A--B, wherein each R is methyl and A is a hydrocarbon bridging group containing ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5936029 | Macrocyclic polymers having low hysteresis compounded properties The present invention provides a method of anionic synthesis of stable macrocyclic polymers that are compounded to form vulcanizable elastomeric compounds exhibiting reduced hysteresis properties. Cyclic organometallic compounds containing divalent metal ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5900464 | Processes for making methacrylate and acrylate polymers Polar polymers having the following formula: FG--(Q)d --Rn --Z--J--A(R1 R2 R3)!x(I) wherein FG is H or a protected or non-protected functional group; Q is a polar hydrocarbyl group derived by incor... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5877336 | Synthesis of tributyltin lithium Triorgano substituted-tin lithium initiators are made in a dimethyl ether solvent. The substitution of dimethyl ether as the solvent for the traditional tetrahydrofuran solvent results in an initiator for anionic polymerizations that can produce less 1,2-... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5849847 | Telechelic polystyrene/polyethylene copolymers and processes for making same Polyalkenylaromatic-polyethylene copolymers are prepared using protected functional organolithium initiators. Polymerization of an alkenylsubstituted aromatic monomer followed by ethylene, results in a protected functional block polystyrene-co-polyethylen... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5753579 | Trans microstructure directing initiator system The process of this invention can be utilized to synthesize polymers having a high trans microstructure. The polymers which can be prepared utilizing the procedure of this invention include high trans-1,4-polybutadiene, styrene-isoprene-butadiene terpolym... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5717043 | Process for preparing a polymer using lithium initiator prepared by in situ preparation In a polymerization process of at least one of monomers selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene compounds such as butadiene and vinylaromatic compounds such as styrene, an organolithium compound such as butyllithium is added to the polymeri... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5700888 | Synthesis of macrocyclic polymers having low hysteresis compounded properties The present invention provides a method of anionic synthesis of stable macrocyclic polymers that are compounded to form vulcanizable elastomeric compounds exhibiting reduced hysteresis properties. Cyclic organometallic compounds containing divalent metal ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5637661 | Molecular weight regulator for anionic polymerizations The subject invention discloses a technique for controlling the molecular weight of synthetic polymers which are made by anionic polymerization. This invention is based upon the discovery that the molecular weight of diene polymers made by anionic polymer... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5587420 | Diene polymer obtained by adding a tin compound in the polymerization with an organolithium initiator In one of several methods of producing polybutadiene or a butadiene-styrene copolymer with an organolithium initiator, an organotin compound such as tetraallyltin, tetrabenzyltin and tetraphenyltin is added to the polymerization system in a period of grow... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5508363 | Preparation process of organosilicon compounds and production of silicon carbide Disclosed herein are a novel process for the preparation of alkylsilanes and alkenyl silanes by hydrosilylation of their corresponding silanes and unsaturated hydrocarbons in the presence or absence of a catalyst, a process for the preparation of polyalke... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5502129 | Triorganotin lithium, process to prepare same and anionic polymerization initiated therewith Solutions of triorganotin lithium are described having low residual concentrations (preferably less than 2,000 ppm) of halide. These are produced by a two-step process. Triorganotin halide is reacted with lithium to produce hexaorgano ditin and a precipit... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5463003 | Process for polymerizing conjugated dienes with lithium-tin-nitrogen initiators A method for preparing a polymer having low hysteresis loss value and good breaking properties using a novel lithium initiator compound for polymerization of a conjugated diene and/or an aromatic vinyl hydrocarbon. Polymers produced in accordance with thi... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5463004 | Process for polymerizing conjugated dienes with lithium-tin-nitrogen initiators A method for preparing a polymer having low hysteresis loss value, good breaking properties and good processability with good productivity is provided by adding a tin compound during the propagation step of polymerization of a conjugated diene and/or an a... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5268439 | Tin containing elastomers and products having reduced hysteresis properties An anionic polymerization initiator comprising the reaction product of a an organatin halide and lithium in a suitable solvent. Elastomeric polymers prepared with these initiators have tin containing functional groups on substantially every polymer chain ... | 12/07/1993 |
