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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312290 | Curable formulations, cured compositions, and articles derived thereform Curable formulations comprising: (a) at least one multifunctional acrylate having a functionality of at least two, (b) at least one mono-acrylate monomer, (c) at least one heteroatom-containing diacrylate, wherein the heteroatom is sulfur or selenium; and (d) a curi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7252784 | Cyclic ketone peroxide formulations The present invention relates to a cyclic ketone peroxide formulation comprising one or more crystallizing cyclic ketone peroxides, one or more co-crystallizing compounds which solidify in said cyclic ketone peroxide formulation at a temperature above the crystalliz... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7173094 | Moldings of fluororubbers and process for their production Moldings of fluoro rubbers produced by crosslinking a tetrafluoroethylene/propylene copolymer or a tetrafluoroethylene/propylene/vinylidene fluoride copolymer, which have metal contents of 1.5% by mass or below in terms of metal elements and are suitable for use app... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7106938 | Self assembled three-dimensional photonic crystal A method of making a photonic crystal includes obtaining single spheres for use in making a self assembled opal structure. Spherical particles are placed centrifuge and separated from doublets using a relative difference in sedimentation velocity in response to cent... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7078457 | Polymer composition and process for the preparation thereof An aqueous composition including a polymer having polymerized ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer is disclosed. The aqueous composition is prepared in the presence of select organic compounds. As provided is a process to prepare the aqueous composition. The aqueo... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078147 | Polymers, resist compositions and patterning process A resist composition comprising a base polymer having sulfone or sulfonate units introduced therein is sensitive to high-energy radiation below 300 nm, is endowed with excellent adherence to substrates while maintaining transparency, and is suited for lithographic m... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063890 | Fine particle structure and optical medium Such a structure is to be provided in that in the case where a material, such as a protective film, is coated on a fine particle accumulated layer, such as a photonic crystal, penetration of the material into gaps among the fine particles is suppressed, whereby the ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7009011 | Copolymers of maleic anhydride by stable free redical polymerization A stable free radical process for preparing a polymer having acid anhydride functionality includes heating a mixture comprised of a stable free radical agent, maleic anhydride or derivative thereof, and at least one polymerizable electron donor monomer to initiate e... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6995221 | Method for producing organic peroxides and their use in the radical polymerization of monomers A process for producing organic peroxide initiators useful in the polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated monomers. The process for making the organic peroxides includes forming an aqueous emulsion of the organic peroxide. The organic peroxide is dispersed as sm... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6982308 | PTFE-based formulation for the insulation of integrated circuits A formulation based on the PTFE, homopolymer or modified, comprising: 1) latex of said PTFE having a particle diameter between 5 and 100 nm, comprising an anionic fluorinated surfactant in an amount in the range 2–25% by weight based on the PTFE;... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6974853 | Acrylate contact adhesive materials having tight molecular weight distribution An initiator system for radical polymerization, which comprises a combination of compounds of the formulae: ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960638 | Depot polymerization starter beads The invention relates to polymer beads having a high content of diacyl peroxides. A prolongation of the pot life in reaction resins based on high-boiling methacrylate esters is achieved due to this high content of peroxides. ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6956092 | Poly (meth) acrylamide with a high stereoregularity and process for producing the same The present invention provides a novel high-molecular substance having a unique function and a process for producing the same. That is, it is a poly(meth)acrylamide which has a syndiotacticity of 50% or lower and is highly isotactic or heterotactic. The poly(meth)ac... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6946528 | Hot melt adhesives The invention provides a hot melt adhesive composition including a tubular reactor copolymer of ethylene and 5 to 20 mol % of comonomer units derived from an alkyl acrylate or alkyl methacrylate, wherein the copolymer has a melt index of at least 300 g/10 min. The a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6930141 | Aqueous polymer blend composition An aqueous polymer blend composition including a predominant amount of soft polymer particles and a minor amount of hard polymer particles is provided. The soft polymer particles contain, as copolymerized units, 70 to 99.7% by weight monoethylenically unsaturated (m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6914099 | Water absorbent resin particles of crosslinked carboxyl-containing polymers with low monomer content Superabsorbent polymers having reduced levels of residual monomer are produced using a peroxodisulfate salt. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6897277 | Cure accelerators for anaerobic curable compositions The present invention relates to phenyl glycines and derivatives thereof as cure accelerators for anaerobic curable compositions. ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6887933 | Aqueous acrylic emulsion polymer composition An aqueous acrylic emulsion polymer including, as copolymerized units, 70 to 99.5% by weight, based on dry polymer weight, monoethylenically unsaturated nonionic (meth)acrylic monomer and from 0.3 to 10% by weight, based on dry polymer weight, monoethylenically unsa... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6846888 | Stabilized organic peroxydicarbonate compositions Thermally stabilized initiator compositions comprising: (a) at least one dialkyl peroxydicarbonate, and (b) a stabilizing effective amount of a compound of Structure I: | 01/25/2005 |
| 6825304 | PTFE-based formulation for the insulation of integrated circuits A formulation based on the PTFE, homopolymer or modified, comprising: 1) latex of said PTFE having a particle diameter between 5 and 100 nm, comprising an anionic fluorinated surfactant in an amount in the range 2-25% by weight based on the PTFE; ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6815517 | Mortar composition of at least two components and curable by heat initiation and a method for fastening tie rods, reinforcing steel for concrete or the like in solid substrates An at least two-component mortar composition is described, which can be cured by thermal initiation and contains at least one polymerizable monomer and/or at least one curable resin, at least one polymerization initiator for the polymerizable monomer and/or the cura... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6803435 | Curable fluoropolymers containing bromine groups having improved compression set The present invention provides a curable composition comprising a fluoropolymer comprising interpolymerized units derived from (i) CF2═CF—Rf, wherein Rf is fluorine or a C1-C8 perfluoroalkyl, (ii) at toast a... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800709 | Method of preparing polymer particles having narrow particle size distribution A method has been described of preparing monodisperse polymer particles by free radical polymerization or copolymerization of hydrophobic monomers in a water-based system in the presence of cyclodextrin, characterized in that said free radical polymerization is perf... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6777385 | Low-Molecular (meth)acrylicacid(salt)-based polymer and its production process and uses A low-molecular (meth)acrylic acid (salt)-based polymer having a good color tone is obtained by polymerizing an aqueous solution of at least one monomer component of a high concentration in the presence of an alkaline substance, wherein: 100 to 95 mol % of the at le... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6765078 | Method for producing polyacrylates A process for preparing polyacrylates, characterized in that the monomer mixture for preparing the polyacrylates is composed of at least 70% by weight of at least one acrylic monomer of the general formula where R... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6759494 | Fluoroelastomers Curable fluoroelastomers comprising monomeric units formed by a triazine iodinated derivative having general formula: wherein Y′ is independently H, Cl, F, CH3, or CF3, m′ and t′ are 0 or 1, a... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6727335 | Polymeric phosphinic acids and salts thereof The invention relates to polymeric phosphinic acids and their salts of the formula (I) in which X is hydrogen or a 1/m metal of valency m, R1 and R2 are identical or different and are ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6713557 | Redox system and process A process for preparing an aqueous emulsion polymer including providing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer and a free radical redox initiator system under emulsion polymerization conditions, the redox initiator system including an oxidant; a reductant an... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6660818 | Method for producing a fluoropolymer A method for producing a fluoropolymer, which comprises polymerizing a monomer containing a fluoromonomer having a polymerizable double bond, using an initiator, in a medium containing fluoroform and water, under a condition such that fluoroform is in a s... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6646086 | Methods and compositions involving polar monomers and multivalent cations The present invention is directed, in part, to improved polymer compositions and processes for preparing same. Specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a process for preparing a polymer, wherein the process comprises: providing a reaction mixtur... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6635725 | Method for producing ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer aqueous emulsion A method for producing an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer aqueous emulsion is provided which uses a redox catalyst comprising a transition metal salt and an erysorbic acid and/or an ascorbic acid, as the reducing agent thereof, and 1.8 to 10 mol of hydro... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632908 | Bonding system having adherence to low energy surfaces The present invention is directed to (meth)acrylate compositions useful for bonding substrates including metals, plastics, and glass to similar or different substrates, in particular, low energy surfaces. The invention also provides an initiator system fo... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6605182 | Polymers, their preparation and their use (Co)poly--hydroxyacrylic-acid-based polymers (P), optionally in lactonized form or in salt form, optionally as Mg-complexes, and which are characterized by a content in carbohydrate units and 2-hydroxy-2-carboxyethylene-1,2 monomer units, are suita... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6599998 | Method of producing a photographic copolymer coupler There is disclosed a method of producing a copolymer by polymerizing at least two monomers having different reactivity as constitutional components, comprising carrying out a polymerization while adding a monomer component B having high reactivity, to a s... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6599677 | Polymer and photoresist compositions Disclosed are spirocyclic olefin ploymers, methods of preparing spirocyclic olefin polymers, photoresist compositions including spirocyclic olefin resin binders and methods of forming relief images using such photoresist compositions.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6583234 | Process for preparing waterfastness additive Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) reacting allyl bromide with diethyl amine in a molar ratio of at least about 1 mole of allyl bromide per about 1.15 moles of diethyl amine and in a molar ratio of no more than about 1 mole of allyl bromide per ab... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6583247 | Process for producing free radical polymerized copolymers Process for the copolymerization of free radical polymerizable comonomers such as vinyl acetate with an unsaturated diester such as diakyl fumarate which is carried out in the presence of water to produce copolymers such as fumarate vinyl acetate copolyme... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6569976 | Amphiphilic polymer composition Polymer compositions derived from selected monoethylenically unsaturated (C3 -C6)carboxylic acid monomers, (C1 -C4)alkyl (meth)acrylate ester monomers and alkoxylated (meth)acrylate monomers used in certain weig... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6566469 | Enzyme-mediated polymerization methods and products A method for polymerization of substituted ethylene monomers in an enzyme-mediated process is disclosed. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions with a wide variety of monomers, and is capable of producing stereoregular polymers. In certain embodiment... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6479603 | Method for living free-radical polymerization The invention provides a process for the living free radical addition polymerization of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers using at least one free-radical polymerization initiator and in the presence of one or more stable N-oxyl radicals, wher... | 11/12/2002 |
