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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7723447 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for a process to produce polymers utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7423100 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for polymerization processes to produce polymers utilizing boiling pool reactor systems and diluents including hydrofluorocarbons. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7365044 | Chemical for data destruction A compound and method for rendering a hard disk drive forensically unrecoverable includes a solution comprising cerium ammonium nitrate, hydrochloric acid by mass, and water. When applied to the surface of a platter, the compound sufficiently disrupts or corrupts th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7332550 | Stabilization of transition metal complexes for catalysis in diverse environments This present invention is directed towards the identification or design, preparation, and use of suitable transition metal complexes for use as catalysts. The transition metal complexes may comprise heterodonor ligands. The present invention is also directed toward ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326759 | Compositions for solid freeform fabrication Chemical compositions are disclosed. One exemplary composition, among others, includes: a basic component, an acidic component, at least one acrylate component, oxidizing agent, reducing agent, and a binder. The binder includes a viscosity modifier and a surface ten... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313829 | Sealing device for body suit and sealing method using hydrogels A sealing device for a body suit and a sealing method utilize a reactive seal that incorporates a swelling polymer activated upon contact with a fluid medium, such as water. The reactive seal can be embodied in a neck seal, wrist seal, or ankle seal of the body suit... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312268 | Water-absorbent carboxyl-containing polymers with low monomer content A water absorbent polymer with reduced residual monomer content is prepared using silver ions and/or colloidal silver. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7300990 | Zwitterionic polymers Polymers may be made from zwitterionic monomers having controlled architectures and molecular weights, using living polymerisations such as group or atom transfer radical polymerisation. For instance polymers may be formed by atom transfer radical polymerisation usi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285611 | (Meth)acrylic acid type polymer and unsaturated polyalkylene glycol type copolymer, and methods for production thereof This invention concerns a (meth)acrylic acid type polymer, wherein the value S representing the quantity of an sulfur element introduced which is defined by the formula, S=(quantity of S contained in polymer)/(total quantity of S)×100, is not less than 35. This (me... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262063 | Directed assembly of functional heterostructures The present invention relates to a systematic process for the creation of functionally organized, spatially patterned assemblies polymer-microparticle composites including the AC electric field-mediated assembly of patterned, self supporting organic (polymeric) film... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7232872 | Polymerization processes The invention provides for a process to produce polymers utilizing a hydrofluorocarbon diluent. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7205035 | Thermoset composition, method, and article A curable composition includes a functionalized poly(arylene ether), an alkenyl aromatic monomer, an acryloyl monomer, and a polymeric additive selected from polystyrene, poly(styrene-maleic anhydride), poly(styrene-methyl methacrylate), polybutene, poly(ethylene-bu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7132487 | (Meth) acrylic acid type polymer and unsaturated polyalkylene glycol type copolymer, and methods for production thereof This invention concerns a (meth)acrylic acid type polymer, wherein the value S representing the quantity of an sulfur element introduced which is defined by the formula, S=(quantity of S contained in polymer)/(total quantity of S)×100, is not less than 35. This (me... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122610 | Method of producing thermoplastic fluoropolymers using alkyl sulfonate surfactants Nonfluorinated surfactants selected from C7–C20 linear 1-alkanesulfonates, 2-alkanesulfones, and 1,2-alkanedisulfones are particularly effective for stabilizing emulsions in preparing non-elastomeric fluoropolymers containing at least 71 wt % vinylidene fluoride a... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7048874 | Process for preparing an aqueous or non-aqueous solution or dispersion of a polythionphene or thiophene copolymer A process for preparing an aqueous or non-aqueous solution or dispersion of a polythiophene or thiophene copolymer, containing structural units according to formula (I): in which R1 and R2 indepen... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7019067 | Polymer powders, pressure sensitive adhesives and methods of making the same A method for making hydrophilic homopolymers and copolymers of poly 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Also disclosed are coatings, films, hydrogels, cosmetic compositions, dermatological compositions, pressure sensitive adhesives containing the hydrophilic homopolymers o... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6992006 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device The present invention provides a method for fabricating a semiconductor device which initially performs chemical mechanical polishing with respect to a metal film made of copper formed on a semiconductor substrate to form wires composed of the metal film on the semi... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6916761 | Polymer-supported Lewis acid catalyst In order to provide a novel Lewis acid catalyst, which shows high reaction activity in aqueous medium, is easily recovered, and is excellent in reusability, a Lewis acid group expressed by the general formula (I): MXn (I) (wherein... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6897271 | Porous hydrogels The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a porous polymer; wherein a composition comprising a polymerizable component, a porogen having an inverse temperature dependent solubility and a solvent are polymerized at a temperature around the clo... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6870014 | Catalyst and method for producing polytetrahydrofurane The invention relates to a catalyst which contains a catalytically active quantity of at least one oxygen-containing molybdenum and/or wolfram compound on an oxidic support material and which has been calcinated at temperatures of 400 to 900° C. after the precursor... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6858763 | Process for preparing elastomeric ethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer The present invention relates to a process for preparing an elastomeric ethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer with excellent vulcanization properties, which comprises emulsion polymerizing ethylene, hexafluoropropylene and when in demand, a monomer copolymerizable ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6852816 | Zwitterionic polymers Polymers may be made from zwitterionic monomers having controlled architectures and molecular weights, using living polymerisations such as group or atom transfer radical polymerisation. For instance polymers may be formed by atom transfer radical polymerisation usi... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6759491 | Simultaneous reverse and normal initiation of ATRP The use of concurrent reverse and normal initiation processes in an ATRP enables the use of highly active catalysts under “reverse ATRP” conditions and leads to the synthesis of well-defined polymers with low molecular weight distributions while employing much l... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6716929 | Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination compound, has ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6696518 | Method of selectively hydrogenating ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in polymers The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating ethylenically unsaturated double bonds in polymers P by reacting an aqueous dispersion of at least one polymer P with hydrogen in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst comprising a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6624262 | Polymerization process for ionic monomers The present invention describes preparation of nanocomposite particles and structures by polymerizing monomers onto a functional inorganic colloid comprising a polymerization initiation site. The polymerization process is preferably a controlled/living po... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6579958 | Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption Superabsorbent polymers having a slow rate of absorption, and a process for their preparation. The superabsorbent polymer has a slow rate of absorption, is crosslinked with a covalent crosslinking agent and the metal of a polyvalent metal coordination com... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6573345 | Catalyst compositions and processes for olefin oligomerization and polymerization The present invention is directed to processes of polymerizing olefin monomers and copolymerizing olefin monomer(s) with functionalized alpha-olefin monomers in the presence of certain late transition metal pyrrolaldimine chelates, especially bidenate ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6555640 | Process for producing metal-containing resin and composition thereof Process that is capable of synthesizing a metal-containing resin having a good antifouling property in a short period of time without having such problems associated with the synthesis as gelation. The process for producing a metal-containing resin by con... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6515084 | High metathesis activity ruthenium and osmium metal carbene complexes Ruthenium and osmium carbene compounds that are stable in the presence of a variety of functional groups and can be used to catalyze olefin metathesis reactions on unstrained cyclic and acyclic olefins are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of making t... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6506856 | Transition metal catalyzed polymerization of olefinic monomers in a water-containing polymerization medium Polymers based on monomers having a C--C double bond and/or C--C triple bond are prepared by polymerization of these monomers in the presence of a catalyst system comprising as active constituents a transition metal compound of an early transition metal and, i... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6414094 | Olefin polymer and process for producing the same An olefin polymer of an alkenyl hydrocarbon having 5 or more carbon atoms, wherein said olefin polymer is an amorphous polymer having a Mn of 300,000 and a Mw/Mn of 2.40 or less, and substantially not having a melting point, and a process for producing sa... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6410664 | Catalyst compositions and processes for olefin polymers and copolymers The present invention is directed to processes of polymerization of olefins and copolymerization of olefins and functionalized olefins in the presence of certain late transition metal bidentate salicylaldimine chelates represented by the formula: ##S... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6399721 | Process for synthesizing styrene-butadiene rubber Conventional SBR does not have the soft and smooth chew characteristics needed in chewing gum base for soft chew applications. Conventional SBR typically also has undesirable odor and taste characteristics that have generally limited its use in chewing gu... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395846 | Catalysts for olefin polymer production The invention relates to high-activity catalysts for olefin polymerization, to efficient methods for producing them, and to efficient methods of using the catalysts for producing high-quality polyolefins. The olefin polymerization with the catalysts does ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391987 | Gas-phase polymerization process for producing propylene/1-pentene copolymers Process for producing a propylene/1-pentene polymer in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst system with the monomer reactants being in the vapor phase while the reaction is in process and with no liquid component being present in the reaction zone whi... | 05/21/2002 |
