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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8445616 | Polymers, compositions and methods of use for foams, laundry detergents, shower rinses and coagulants The present invention relates to a polymeric material comprising units capable of having a cationic charge at a pH of from about 4 to about 12; provided that said polymeric material has an average cationic charge density from about 2.75 or less units per 100 daltons... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8334352 | Branched polyesteramine acrylate The present invention relates to a method for preparing a branched non dendrimeric macromolecule, comprising: a) providing an addition product of an α,β-olefinically unsaturated compound and an amine comprising at least two hydroxyl groups; and b) esterifying at l... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8188204 | Polymers, compositions and methods for use for foams, laundry detergents, shower rinses and coagulants The present invention relates to a polymeric material comprising units capable of having a cationic charge at a pH of from about 4 to about 12; provided that said polymeric material has an average cationic charge density from about 2.75 or less units per 100 daltons... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8076434 | Amphoteric polymer and process for producing the same The present invention has an object to provide an amphoteric polymer having high anti-soil redeposition ability and solubility with surfactants, and a process for producing the same. The amphoteric polymer includes: a structure unit (a) derived from a cationic group... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8026326 | Light filters comprising a naturally occurring chromophore and derivatives thereof A composition comprising a polymer backbone and at least one side group, wherein the side group comprises a benzene ring-based chromophore comprising a ketone at the 1-position, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group at the 2-position, and an oxygen atom at the ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7872083 | Polymer and cosmetic preparation The present invention provides a novel polymer that can impart a moisturized feeling to the hair and skin after use. A polymer comprising an amphoteric monomer represented by the following general formula (I) and a cationic monomer represented by the following gener... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7452951 | Multifunctional self-decontaminating surface coating A coating having an adhesive hydrophilic polymer and an amphiphilic additive. The amphiphilic additive has a hydrophilic chain, a biocidal functional group bonded to the hydrophilic chain, and a hydrophobic moiety bonded to the hydrophilic chain or to the biocidal f... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7416559 | Micromantled drug-eluting stent Pharmacologically active, easy-to-deploy, biomechanically compatible, inflatable endovascular, drug-eluting stent are formed of a primary expandable polymeric or metallic construct, intimately mantled with a biomechanically compatible, polymeric microporous, microfi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399817 | Olefin copolymers containing hydrolytically cleavable linkages and use thereof in degradable products The invention is directed to olefin copolymers composed of nonhydrolyzable monomer units and hydrolyzable monomer units, the latter resulting from copolymerization of monomers containing a linkage that is hydrolytically cleavable in the presence of aqueous base or a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7378479 | Multi-purpose polymers, methods and compositions Disclosed are multi-purpose polymers that are the polymerization product of a monomer mixture comprising at least one amino-substituted vinyl monomer; at least one nonionic vinyl monomer; at least one associative vinyl monomer; at least one semihydrophobic vinyl sur... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375173 | Ecofriendly cationic polyelectrolytes The invention relates to cationic water-soluble polyelectrolytes, especially terpolymers, which are obtained by polymerising monomers of (meth)acrylamide, a quaternised (meth)acrylamide derivative, a (meth)acrylic acid derivative and/or hydrolysis-stable cationic mo... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371464 | Adhesive compositions Polydiorganosiloxane polyoxamide, linear, block copolymers and methods of making the copolymers are provided. The method of making the copolymers involves reacting a diamine with a polydiorganosiloxane precursor having oxalylamino groups. The polydioroganosiloxane p... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7351469 | Method of producing surface coatings on articles, and article having a surface coating A method for producing surface coatings on articles, such as stick surfaces, coats at least a part of the surface with a coating. The coating has expandable particles. One surface region of the coating is treated so that the particles expand, while another surface r... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342075 | Carbamate functional addition polymers and method for their preparation Disclosed is a method for making nongelled addition polymers, especially carbamate functional additional polymers from linear unsaturated anhydrides. The method comprises reacting an unsaturated linear anhydride with an active hydrogen compound to provide two monome... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339015 | Multifunctional self-decontaminating surface coating A coating having an adhesive hydrophilic polymer and an amphiphilic additive. The amphiphilic additive has a hydrophilic chain, a biocidal functional group bonded to the hydrophilic chain, and a hydrophobic moiety bonded to the hydrophilic chain or to the biocidal f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338986 | UV curable low gloss additives for overprint varnish coating formulations and coatings therefrom The invention relates to UV curable, low gloss overprint varnish coating formulations and cured coatings prepared therefrom. The low gloss overprint varnish formulations contain a Michael addition resin, a polyamide powder and a reactive monomer. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7326423 | Copolymerizable azo compounds and articles containing them Polymerizable light absorbing azo dyes are disclosed useful as monomers in the formation of devices such as, but not limited to ocular lenses. Specifically, intraocular lenses (IOL) are disclosed wherein one or more of the light absorbing dye is covalently bonded to... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309757 | Polymers for the delivery of bioactive agents and methods of their preparation Provided is a poly(amino ester) having a polymer backbone comprising at least one secondary amine linkage and at least one tertiary amine linkage in the polymer backbone. Poly(amino ester)s are prepared via the Michael addition of a bis(acrylate ester)monomer to a d... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300545 | Water-soluble polymer dispersion, process for producing the same and method of use therefor A water-soluble polymer dispersion, process for producing the same and a method of use therefor. In particular, the water-soluble polymer dispersion is one comprising water-soluble polymer fine particles of 100 μm or less diameter having at least one ionic property... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300700 | Cationic microspheres and method of making cationic microspheres An adhesive composition that incorporates cationic microspheres and a fluidizing medium effective for supporting application of the adhesive composition to a substrate. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279505 | Radiation-curable prepolymers The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276544 | Process for manufacturing intraocular lenses with blue light absorption characteristics A process for producing intraocular lenses (IOLs) capable of absorbing blue light and ultraviolet light using photo curing. Intraocular lenses so produced block blue light and ultraviolet light from reaching the retina of an eye implanted with the IOL. By blocking b... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270727 | Paper sized with a sizing agent and a selected sizing promoter Sized paper containing an amphoteric promoter resin that is a polymerization reaction product of a quaternary diallylammonium monomer, optionally a diallylammonium monomer, and an unsaturated organic acid is described. The method of sizing paper with such amphoteric... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264866 | Laminate film The object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film excellent in light resistance, scratch resistance, transparency, dimensional stability and adhesion to a hard coating layer. The present invention is a laminated film comprising a base material layer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256245 | Polymeric fluorescent substance and polymer light-emitting device Provided is a polymeric fluorescent substance showing fluorescence in solid state, which has a specific carrier drift mobility, a specific repeating unit, and specific number-average molecular weight. The polymeric fluorescent substance is excellent in solubility to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250462 | Amphoteric water-soluble polymer dispersion and use thereof The invention relates to an amphoteric water-soluble polymer dispersion containing polymer particles with particle diameters of 100 μm or smaller and produced by dispersion-copolymerization of a monomer mixture comprising a methacrylate monomer containing a quatern... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247693 | Monomer compound comprising several cationic groups, process for making the same, and polymers comprising units deriving therefrom A polymer includes repetitive units derived from a monomer compound according to formula (I): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or an ethyl group, A, which is identical or different, is a g... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232863 | Functional addition polymers and a method for their preparation Disclosed is a method for making nongelled functional addition polymers from linear unsaturated anhydrides. The method subjects a linear unsaturated anhydride compound, an active hydrogen compound, and an epoxide compound to reaction conditions such that each of the... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214752 | Homopolymers which exhibit a high level of photo-inducable birefringence Homopolymers suitable for storage of information provided optically are disclosed. The are formed from monomers which contain groupings which are at least trinuclear, which are capable of absorbing the electromagnetic radiation of ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214754 | Polymerizable polyol (allyl carbonate) compositions A polymerizable composition is described, which composition comprises a major amount of a polyol(allyl carbonate) monomer, e.g., diethylene glycol bis(allyl carbonate) monomer, and a minor amount of a radically polymerizable second monomer represented by the general... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214451 | Rewriteable optical recording material having good solubility Polymeric material suitable for the preparation of optical recording media for volume data storage is disclosed. The molecular structure of the material contains a main chain derived from any of poly(meth)acrylate, poly(meth)acrylamide, polysiloxane, polyurea, polyu... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211636 | Ionic compound, resin composition containing the same and use thereof An ionic compound comprising a cationic portion having a hydroxyl group and/or a carboxylic acid group and an anionic portion of the formula (1): [BR4]− (1) wherein R may be the same or different and represents a phen... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206490 | Electro-optic polymer waveguide devices incorporating organically modified sol-gel clads Electro-optic waveguide devices that comprise an electro-optic polymer core and a polymer buffer clad. The polymer buffer clad comprises an organically modified sol-gel and has a refractive index lower than the refractive index of the core. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201962 | Hemocompatible coated polymer and related one-step methods A polymer with a hemocompatible film or coating is manufactured by a one-step method comprising polymerizing monomer droplets comprising at least one crosslinking agent to form a polymer and simultaneously coating the resulting polymer using at least one dispersing ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199200 | Method for the production of homo-, co- and block copolymers A process is described for producing homo-, co- and block copolymers by controlled radical polymerization in aqueous solution, wherein a monomer component (A) consisting of at least one radically polymerizable monomer, an initiator component (B) consisting of at lea... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196039 | Methods of reducing fluid loss in a wellbore servicing fluid Methods of reducing the fluid loss from a wellbore servicing fluid include combining a terpolymer with the wellbore servicing fluid to reduce the fluid loss from the fluid, followed by displacing the fluid into a wellbore. In an embodiment, the following monomers ar... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193963 | Method for inputting information into a data storage medium that is optically recordable and readable In a method of entering information into an optically writable and readable data storage medium having a polymer film which can be changed locally by heating in order to store information and to which there is assigned an absorber dye (34) which is set up to ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183360 | Method for crosslinking hydrogels with morpholine-2,3-diones The invention relates to a method for gel post-crosslinking or surface post-crosslinking water-absorbing hydogels with morpholine-2,3-diones, to the post-crosslinked hydrogels and to the use thereof. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176994 | Liquid crystal display panel having reflection electrodes improved in smooth surface morphology and process for fabrication thereof A liquid crystal display panel of the type having reflection electrodes tends to have an image-forming plane undesirably yellowed due to the wavelength dependency of transparency observed in an orientation layer on the reflection electrodes; aluminum-neodymium alloy... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163984 | Waterborne coating compositions containing monomeric difunctional compounds The invention provides curable waterborne coating compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion (A) comprising an organic binder component (A1) comprising at least 5% by weight of a reactive component (a), based on the total weight of organic binder component (A1), ... | 01/16/2007 |
