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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 |
| 8034887 | Process for preparing microcapsules The present invention relates to a process for preparing microcapsules comprising a lipophilic capsule core and a capsule wall synthesized from 30% to 100% by weight, based on the total weight of the monomers, of one or more monomers (monomers I) from t... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8017707 | Solid homogenous mixtures of polyvinylacetate and vinylacetate-vinyl laurate copolymer prepared by sequential solution polymerization The invention provides homogeneous compositions in solid form comprising a) from 50 to 90% by weight of polyvinyl acetate and b) from 10 to 50% by weight of vinyl acetate-vinyl laurate copolymer, the weig... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7888439 | Process for the production of aqueous binder latices A process for the production of aqueous binder latices by multistage emulsion polymerization in the aqueous phase, comprising the successive steps: 1) free-radical polymerization of a monomer mixture A comprising acidic monomers in... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7799881 | Process for the preparation of latices based on polychloro-prene and use thereof as adhesives A process is described for the preparation of latices based on polychloroprene, comprising the polymerization of chloroprene in the presence of a first latex essentially consisting of polymeric particles produced in a first polymerization of a composition of monomer... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7763689 | Process for the preparation of functionalised polymer particles A process for the preparation of amine-functionalized vinyl polymer particles which process comprises suspension polymerizing minostyrene together with at least one other vinylic monomer and optionally a crosslinking agent. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7732544 | Titanium compound and process for producing optically active cyanohydrins The present invention relates to a titanium compound produced from a reaction mixture of a titanium tetraalkoxide compound with water and an optically active ligand represented by the following general formula (1), or a titanium oxoalkoxide compound and an optically... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7632902 | Method for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion The invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous polymer dispersion having a polymer solids content of ≧50% by weight by carrying out the radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds (monomers). The inventive... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7595368 | Nanofilm compositions with polymeric components Nanoflims useful for filtration are prepared from amphiphilic species and one or more polymeric components. The amphiphilic species or components may be oriented on an interface or surface. A nanofilm may be prepared by coupling one or more of the components. The na... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7411020 | Water-based release coating containing fluorochemical In one aspect, the invention provides a water-based release coating composition comprising a mixture of: A. from 0.1 to about 5 wt % of a fluoro(meth)acrylate (co)polymer or a fluorochemical urethane compound containing at least one fluorinated group having the form... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7393891 | Graft copolymer latex and method for preparing dried powder thereof The present invention is related to a method of manufacture of a graft copolymer latex and its dried powder including a step of manufacture of a latex using a reactive surfactant for a surfactant in manufacturing of the graft copolymer latex containing acrylic polym... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7332554 | Polymers with new sequence distributions The invention relates to new polymerization processes including diluents including hydrofluorocarbons and their use to produce novel polymers with new sequence distributions. In particular, the invention relates to copolymers of an isoolefin, preferably isobutylene,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332555 | Polymers with new sequence distributions The invention relates to new polymerization processes including diluents including hydrofluorocarbons and their use to produce novel polymers with new sequence distributions. In particular, the invention relates to copolymers of an isoolefin, preferably isobutylene,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323232 | Resin composition for spacer, spacer, and liquid crystal display device To provide a resin composition for spacer useful for the formation of a pixel-patterned spacer on a substrate in a liquid crystal display device, a spacer using the composition, and a liquid crystal display device that can display high-quality images, a resin compos... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317060 | Aqueous suspensions of pentabromobenzyl acrylate Suspensions of PBBMA, characterized in that they comprise PBBMA in the form of finely ground particles and contain suspending agents chosen from among xanthene gums, anionic or nonionic purified, sodium modified montmorilonite, naphthalene sulfonic acid-formaldehyde... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317056 | Synthetic resin emulsion, easily water-swellable pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions containing the same and process for production of the emulsion There is provided a synthetic resin emulsion comprising polymer particles having a core/shell structure, wherein the shell comprises a copolymer of an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a hydrophilic comonomer, the core comprises a copolymer of a monomer mixture compri... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303821 | Material and process for precisely controlled polymeric coatings This invention provides a chemically coated surface for the electrophoretic separation application. The surface comprises of block copolymers prepared from addition monomers selected from a group consisting of acrylates and its derivatives, metharylates and its deri... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7291565 | Method and system for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid using fluorosilicic acid A method and system is described for treating a substrate with a high pressure fluid, such as carbon dioxide in a supercritical state. A process chemistry is introduced to the high pressure fluid for treating the substrate surface. The process chemistry comprises fl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285590 | Aqueous dispersions containing multi-stage emulsion polymers Aqueous dispersions are disclosed, having a minimum film formation temperature no greater than about 50° C., that include a multi-stage emulsion polymer made by a process that includes a first polymerization stage, in which a first monomer mixture having a calculat... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7247387 | Material and process for controlled thin polymeric coatings on plastic surface This invention provides a chemically coated surface for the plastics surface such as contact lens. The chemical surface coating comprises of at least one addition polymer prepared from addition monomers selected from a group consisting of acrylates and its derivativ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7235617 | Organoborane amine complex polymerization initiators and polymerizable compositions The invention is a two part composition useful for initiating cure of one or more polymerizable monomers which cure when exposed to free radicals comprising in one part an organoboraneamine complex and in a second part an isocyanate which is capable of decomplexing ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233068 | Filling small dimension vias using supercritical carbon dioxide Suitable particles may be deposited within an extremely small high-aspect ratio via by flowing the particles in a suspension using supercritical carbon dioxide. The particles may be made up of diblock copolymers or silesquioxane-based materials or oligomers of phobi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7232872 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for a process to produce polymers utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214750 | Polymerization processes The invention relates to new processes to produce polymers utilizing bayonette cooled slurry reactor systems and diluents including hydrofluorocarbons. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205363 | Polymerization processes using antistatic agents The invention relates to a process for the polymerization of olefins using an antistatic agent. In particular, the invention relates to a polymerization process to produce propylene polymers using a supported metallocene catalyst system and an antistatic agent. The ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7173098 | Process for producing fluoropolymer The present invention has for its object to provide a method of producing fluoropolymers with high productivity under comparatively low temperature and low pressure conditions which are conducive to reduced cost of commercial-scale production equipment. The present ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173082 | Acrylic impact modifier prepared by multi-stage polymerization and method for preparing the same The invention relates to an acrylic impact modifier having a core-shell structure that provides an acrylic impact modifier composition comprising (a) a rubber core containing an alkyl acrylate polymer comprising at least two layers having different cross-linking den... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160949 | Olefin block copolymers, processes for producing the same and uses thereof Olefin block copolymers (A-1) are disclosed represented by the formula (I) PO1-g1-B1 . . . (I) wherein PO1 is a segment comprised of repeating units derived from an olefin having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, g1 is an e... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148280 | Polymer microspheres containing latent colorants and method of preparation The present invention relates to a polymer microsphere comprising at least one polymer and at least one bound latent colorant, wherein the microsphere is stabilized by at least one stabilizing polymer. The invention also includes a method of preparing polymer micros... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7122060 | Phosphate fluorosurfactants for use in carbon dioxide A method of removing water from a composition of matter comprises contacting a first composition of matter comprising water with a second composition of matter comprising: (1) at least one surfactant comprising at least one phosphate group and (2) a solvent comprisi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118048 | Apparatus and method for droplet steering An apparatus and method for droplet steering is disclosed herein. A throated structure having a nozzle defines a converging throat with an inlet and an outlet and a vectored fluid stream directed therethrough. The fluid stream is driven through the system via a vacu... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116467 | Structured fluid compositions for electrophoretically frustrated total internal reflection displays A structured fluid composition comprising: (a) a low refractive index liquid; (b) particles including light absorbing charged particles such as pigments, non-light absorbing uncharged particles such as teflon, sili... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7094369 | Processes for manufacturing polymeric microspheres Processes of manufacturing polymeric microspheres facilitate the generation of polymeric microspheres of size ranges smaller than 600 microns diameter by forming beads of a predetermined size from a starting material which may include a template polymer, and subsequ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087803 | Method for the recovery of perfluorinated sulphonic acid Method for the recovery of a perfluorinated sulphonic acid from a viscous organic residue by aqueous extraction of the acid from the residue in presence of a solvent containing aromatic compounds. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078455 | Aqueous plastic material dispersions method for producing the same and use thereof The present invention relates to aqueous plastic material dispersions based on vinyl ester copolymers, having a solids content of up to 80% by weight and a minimum film formation temperature below 20° C., which is substantially stabilized by ionic components, the v... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7079304 | Structured fluid compositions for electrophoretically frustrated total internal reflection displays A structured fluid composition comprising: (a) a low refractive index liquid; (b) particles including light absorbing charged particles such as pigments, non-light absorbing uncharged particles such as teflon, sili... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074839 | Crosslinkable hydrophilic materials from reactive oligomers having pendent photoinitiator groups The present invention provides crosslinkable compositions useful in the preparation of hydrophilic gels, and are prepared from oligomers having pendent hydrophilic, poly(alkylene oxide) groups, pendent photoinitiator groups, and optionally polymerizable functional g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067188 | Polymeric articles having a textured surface and frosted appearance Disclosed is a polymeric article having a frosted and/or surface textured finish made from a polymeric resin comprised of a polymeric matrix and polymeric particles which are substantially spherical, highly crosslinked, have a mean particle size of between 15 and 70... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067578 | Method for preparing latex Process for the preparation of latices by batchwise radical polymerization of one or more monomers, comprising the participation, in the polymerization, of: (a) one or more fine dispersions of one or more finely dispersed monomers and (b) one or more seed latices of... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7060422 | Method of supercritical processing of a workpiece An apparatus for supercritical processing and non-supercritical processing of a workpiece comprises a transfer module, a supercritical processing module, a non-supercritical processing module, and a robot. The transfer module includes an entrance. The supercritical ... | 06/13/2006 |
