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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8063163 | Cycloolefin copolymer A novel cycloolefin copolymer that can be employed in the production of molding with fewer defects, for example, fewer gel particles (fish eyes). There is provided a cycloolefin copolymer comprising 80 to 20 mol % of repeating units derived from an α-olefin monomer... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7795362 | Olefin oligomers containing pendant maleimide groups The invention is based on the discovery that certain crosslinkable functional groups can be incorporated into olefin oligomers, thereby making these functionalized olefin oligomers useful as thermosetting resin compositions. In particular, there are provided olefin ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7449532 | Cycloolefin copolymer obtained by ring-opening polymerization, use thereof, and process for producing retardation plate comprising the copolymer A cycloolefin copolymer obtained by ring opening polymerization according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a specific structural unit and exhibiting a single peak in a derivative differential scanning calorimetry curve obtained by differential... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7396882 | Styrene-free unsaturated polyester resin compositions Styrene-free unsaturated polyester resin compositions are provided which have low volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants emissions when these resin compositions are used in open molding applications. A process for the manufacture of these resin comp... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390866 | Propylene-based elastomers and uses thereof The present invention provides curable and cured propylene-based elastomers, optionally including a diene, and having isotactic polypropylene crystallinity, a melting point by DSC equal to or less than 110° C., and a heat of fusion of from 5 J/g to 50 J/g. The pres... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385018 | Hydrogenated copolymer, process for producing the same, and hot-melt adhesive composition containing the same The present invention involves a hydrogenated copolymer obtained by hydrogenating a copolymer having a softening point falling in a range of 45 to 55° C. determined by a ball & ring method, wherein the hydrogenated copolymer has a softening point of 85 to 95° C. d... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381850 | Multifunctional unsymmetrically substituted monomers and polyarylene compositions therefrom A monomer suitable for use in forming low dielectric constant films in semiconductor devices comprising i) two dienophile groups (A-functional groups) attached to a single aromatic ring and ii) a second ring structure comprising two conjugated carbon-to-carbon doubl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7339014 | (Meth)acrylate, raw material alcohol for the (meth)acrylate, method of producing the (meth)acrylate and the alcohol, polymer produced by polymerizing the (meth)acrylate, chemically amplified resist composition, and method of the formation of a pattern A (meth)acrylate represented by the following formula (1): wherein each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group;... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332677 | Multiconductor cable assemblies and methods of making multiconductor cable assemblies A multiconductor cable assembly and a method of making a multiconductor cable assembly are disclosed. The multiconductor cable assembly comprises a conductor and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7294664 | Elastomeric blend for air barriers comprising grafted resin components A composition suitable for an air barrier such as an automotive tire innertube, innerliner, and aircraft tire innertube or innerliner, curing bladders, and other pneumatic devices is disclosed. The composition comprises an elastomer, a processing oil, and a grafted ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291689 | Thermally stable low dielectric norbornene polymers with improved solubility and adhesion property The present invention provides norbornene-based copolymers for which one monomer is at least selected from a group consisting of norbornene and dicyclopentadiene, and the other from norbornene-based comonomers of Formula 1 shown below: | 11/06/2007 |
| 7285593 | Polyolefin compositions optionally having variable toughness and/or hardness The present invention provides novel polyolefin compositions having variable hardness and/or toughness properties. The polyolefin compositions include: a polyolefin prepared by the metathesis of an olefin monomer using a ruthenium or osmium carbene catalyst; and one... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273915 | Crosslinkable resin composition and resin formed body produced therefrom A crosslinkable resin composition is provided which can be a forming material having excellent adhesion to metals and excellent heat resistance. The crosslinkable resin composition comprises; a cycloolefin resin (A) obtained through metathesis polymerization of a cy... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7262238 | Resin composition The present invention refers to a resin composition comprising an ester compound and a polymer, wherein the ester compound and the polymer are obtainable by reacting a diene, a dienophile and a carboxylic acid. The invention also refers to adhesive compositions comp... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253225 | Rubber composition for a tire tread The invention relates to a cross-linked rubber composition for a tire tread having a Shore A hardness greater than 45 and less than 57, measured in accordance with Standard ASTM D 2240, wherein the composition comprises greater tha... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7220917 | Electrical wire and method of making an electrical wire An electrical wire has a conductor and a covering. The covering includes a thermoplastic composition having a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer. The thermoplastic composition may further have a flame retardant. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217885 | Covering for conductors The covering for used with a conductor having a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition has a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer. The thermoplastic composition may further have a flame retardant. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196143 | High-softening-point copolymer, process for producing the same, and product of hydrogenation thereof Provided are a high melting point copolymer prepared by heat-polymerizing cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene and a vinyl-substituted aromatic compound, wherein a use amount of a solvent in heat polymerization is 0.1 time or more and less than 0.5 time based on... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7148302 | Catalyst for polymerization of norbornene This invention is based upon the discovery that a catalyst system which is comprised of (a) palladium or a palladium compound and (b) a fluorinated alcohol is effective for polymerizing norbornene-functional monomers into polynorbornene-functional polymers. It has b... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141631 | Non-conjugated cyclic diene, non-conjugated cyclic diene composition and method of producing polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-conjugated cyclic diene and a non-conjugated cyclic diene composition which enable the production of a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high d... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7087691 | Photo-imageable compositions of norbornene and acrylate copolymers and use thereof Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass photo-imageable compositions that include polymers of acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers. In some embodiments a catalyst system comprising a cationic or a neutral Pd(II) dimer component ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084222 | Ruthenium complexes, process for preparation thereof, and processes for producing open-ring polymer of cycloolefins and hydrogenation products thereof by using the complex as catalyst The present invention relates to ruthenium complex compound wherein a heteroatom-containing carbene compound having a six-membered ring structure is bonded to ruthenium and a process for the preparation thereof; a process for producing ring-opened cyclic olefin poly... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7084228 | Rubber composition for a tire tread A cross-linkable or cross-linked rubber composition usable to constitute a tire tread having improved wear resistance, to such a tread and to a tire incorporating this tread. The composition is particularly applicable to tires of passenger-vehicle type. The rubber c... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7045570 | Liquid asphalt modifier The present invention relates to compositions and methods for providing an improved means of modifying asphalt with a polymer. More particularly, this invention provides a solvent system that permits addition of the polymer as a liquid that is preferred over solids ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7022790 | Photosensitive compositions based on polycyclic polymers A copolymer composition including a copolymer having repeat units of structural formula I: where X is selected from —CH2—, —CH2—CH2— and O; m is an integer from 0 to 5; and eac... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015293 | Cycloolefin addition copolymer and optical transparent material A cyclic olefin addition copolymer obtained by copolymerizing a cyclic olefin compound having a side chain substituent group with a ring structure, such as endo-tricyclo[4.3.0.12,5]deca-3,7-diene or endo-tricyclo[4.3.0.12,5]deca-3-ene, with ano... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7005492 | Copolymer rubber, and foamed article, vulcanized rubber, profile extrusion molded rubber and hose for water comprising said copolymer rubber There is provided an ethylene-α-olefin-non-conjugated diene copolymer rubber satisfying the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) a ratio of a Z-average molecular chain length (Az) measured according to a gel permeation chromatog... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6995226 | Open-ring copolymer, hydrogenated open-ring copolymer, process for production of both, and compositions A ring-opened metathesis copolymer and its hydrogenated product having a desired monomer unit ratio and a high molecular weight and having hydroxyl groups or hydroxycarbonyl groups can be obtained by conducting a ring-opening metathesis copolymerization of a norborn... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977284 | Polymerizable composition and cured resin composition It is an object of the present invention to provide a polymerizable composition and a cured resin composition, linear expansion coefficients of which are significantly improved without impairment of the excellent properties such as heat resistance, mechanical streng... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6936350 | White, biaxially oriented, flame-retardant and UV-resistant polyester film with cycloolefin copolymer, its use and process for its production The present application relates to a white, biaxially oriented, flame-retardant, UV-resistant polyester film with at least one base layer which comprises, based on the weight of the base layer, from 2 to 60% by weight of a cycloolefin copolymer (COC), where the glas... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6914109 | Process for the preparation of 15-pentadecanolide The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 15-pentadecanolide by hydrogenating 15-pentadecenolide and to its use. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6914112 | Ethylene copolymer and ethylene/α-olefin copolymer composition and propylene polymer composition both containing the ethylene copolymer An ethylene-based copolymer is useful as a modifier for resins, e.g., polypropylene, and can be used in an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer composition containing the same ethylene-based copolymer. The inventive copolymer is characterize by: (a-1) having temperature (Tm... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908970 | Process for producing hydrogenated product of cyclic olefin polymer prepared through ring-opening polymerization A process for producing a hydrogenated product of a polymer prepared through ring-opening polymerization which comprises a polymerization step of polymerizing a cyclic olefin through ring-opening polymerization in the presence of a polymerization catalyst comprising... | 06/21/2005 |
| RE38676 | Thermally initiated polymerization of olefins using ruthenium or osmium vinylidene complexes The present invention generally relates to the use of certain ruthenium and osmium complexes that are substantially inactive at a first temperature (preferably about room temperature) but becomes progressively more active at a higher second temperature. This differe... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6825307 | Catalyst and methods for polymerizing cycloolefins Methods for the addition polymerization of cycloolefins using a cationic Group 10 metal complex and a weakly coordinating anion of the formula: [(R′)zM(L′)x(L″)y]b[WCA]d wherein [(R′)... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6818285 | Composition and method to achieve reduced thermal expansion in polyarylene networks A crosslinked polyarylene material with a reduced coefficient of thermal expansion at high temperatures compared with conventional crosslinked polyarylene materials is provided. In addition, an integrated circuit article containing a crosslinked polyarylene polymer ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6794459 | Modified polycyclic polymers The present invention relates to cyclic polymers and their use in photolithographic applications. The cyclic polymers contain a pendant acid labile functional group and a functional group containing a protected hydroxyl moiety. The polymers are post modified by depr... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6787623 | Unconjugated cyclopolyene copolymer, rubber composition, and use A tire provided with a tire tread made from a rubber composition comprising (A) a random copolymer based on non-conjugated cyclic polyene comprising structural units originated from one or more α-olefins (A1) and originated from one or more non-conjugated cy... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6750272 | Catalyzed reinforced polymer composites A method for making a fiber-reinforced composite comprises dispensing a reactive liquid into a mold. The mold comprises fibers and a single-component activator on the fibers. The reactive liquid comprises a cyclic olefin, and the mold comprises fibers and a single-c... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6706826 | Copolymer, process for producing the same, and resist composition The present invention relates to a copolymer for use in paints, resists, and the like; a method for manufacturing the same; and a resist composition using the same. The copolymer according to the present invention is obtained by means of polymerizing at least one mo... | 03/16/2004 |
