Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7311980 | Polyactive/polylactic acid coatings for an implantable device A polymeric coating for a medical device that comprises poly(lactic acid) and a block copolymer including blocks of poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(butylene terephthalate) is provided. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304122 | Elastomeric functional biodegradable copolyester amides and copolyester urethanes The present invention provides elastomeric copolyester amides, elastomeric copolyester urethanes, and methods for making the same. The polymers that are based on α-amino acids and possess suitable physical, chemical and biodegradation properties. The polymers are u... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7279174 | Stent coatings comprising hydrophilic additives A coating for implantable medical devices and a method for fabricating thereof are disclosed. The coating includes a mixture of a hydrophobic polymer and a polymeric hydrophilic additive, wherein the hydrophobic polymer and the hydrophilic additive form a physically... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7249848 | Wettable hydrogels comprising reactive, hydrophilic, polymeric internal wetting agents The present invention relates to wettable silicone hydrogels comprising the reaction product of at least one siloxane containing component and at least one reactive, hydrophilic polymeric internal wetting agent. The present invention further relates to silicone hydr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244443 | Polymers of fluorinated monomers and hydrophilic monomers A polymer of fluorinated monomers and hydrophilic monomers is provided. It is also provided a polymer blend that contains a polymer of fluorinated monomers and another biocompatible polymer. The polymer of fluorinated monomers or polymer blend described herein and o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7094256 | Coatings for implantable medical device containing polycationic peptides Coatings for implantable medical devices and methods for fabricating the same are disclosed. The coatings include carboxylated acrylates and polycationic peptides, for example R7. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087237 | Ocular solutions Containing at least one macrolide antibiotic and/or mycophenolic acid provide anti-inflammatory, anti-cell proliferation, anti-cell migration, anti-angiogenesis, antimicrobial, and antifungal effects. In one embodiment, the solution is administered intraocularly aft... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083802 | Treatment of ocular disease A formulation to treat ocular conditions such as dry eye disease, as well as other conditions, is disclosed. Rapamycin and/or ascomycin is administered intraocularly, such as by topical application, injection into the eye, or implantation in or on the eye. For examp... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083803 | Ocular solutions Ocular solutions containing at least one macrolide antibiotic and/or mycophenolic acid provide anti-inflammatory, anti-cell proliferation, anti-cell migration, anti-angiogenesis, antimicrobial and antifungal effects. In one embodiment, the solution is administered i... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070798 | Coatings for implantable medical devices incorporating chemically-bound polymers and oligomers of L-arginine A coating for an implantable medical device is disclosed. The coating comprises a polymer and an amino acid chemically bonded, attached or conjugated to the polymer. In one embodiment, the coating can include a therapeutic substance. In lieu of bonding the amino aci... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056523 | Implantable medical devices incorporating chemically conjugated polymers and oligomers of L-arginine An implantable medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed comprising an amino acid or a polypeptide bonded to a plasma polymerized film layer formed on the device. A method of manufacturing the same is also disclosed. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7033602 | Polycationic peptide coatings and methods of coating implantable medical devices Coatings for medical devices which include polycationic peptides such as L-arginine and methods for fabricating the coatings are disclosed. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011842 | Polycationic peptide coatings and methods of making the same Polycationic peptide coatings for implantable medical devices and methods of making the same are described. The methods include applying an emulsion on the device, the emulsion including a polymer and a polycationic peptide. Other methods include incorporation of th... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6994867 | Biocompatible carrier containing L-arginine L-arginine conjugated to a polymeric matrix is disclosed. The matrix can be used as, for example, a coating for an implantable medical device such as a stent. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6703476 | Method for the production of polyamides Polyamides are prepared from aminonitriles and water by (1) reacting the aminonitriles with water at from 180 to 350° C. and such a pressure in the range from 30 to 120 bar that a gaseous phase is present as well as a liquid phase, in a first reaction sta... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6686008 | Silicone/multifunctional acrylate barrier coatings The invention is a composition made by mixing a multifunctional acrylate with an aminofunctional silane and an ethylenically unsaturated acid to form a reaction product, optionally dissolved in a solvent, characterized in that the multifunctional acrylate... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6590064 | Use of heterogeneous catalysts in methods for the production of polyamides Described is the use of metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts in a process for producing polyamides by polymerization of lactams and optionally further polyamide-forming monomers wherein the metal oxides are used in a form which permits mechanical remov... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6569988 | Method for the production of polyamides In a process for producing polyamides, a mixture comprising hexamethylenediamine and aminocapronitrile and obtained from the hydrogenation of adiponitrile is reacted with water and a dicarboxylic acid.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6525167 | Method for producing polyamide 6 of a low extract content, high viscosity stability and low remonomerization rate The continuous process for producing polyamides by reacting at least one aminonitrile with water comprises the following steps: (10) reacting at least one aminonitrile with water at a temperature of from 200 to 290° C. at a pressure of from 40 to 70 bar in a ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6437089 | Process for the production of nylon 6 Process for making nylon 6 in which a feed stream containing a major portion of caprolactam and/or nylon 6 prepolymer and a minor portion of aminocapronitrile is fed to a multistage reactive distillation column in which the feed stream flows countercurren... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6353085 | Method for producing polyamides In a process for producing polyamides by polymerization of lactams in the presence of metal oxides as heterogeneous catalysts, the metal oxides are used in a form which permits mechanical removal from the reaction mixture and are removed from the reaction... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6331607 | Method for producing glucoprotamines A process for producing glucoprotamines by condensation of N-substituted propylene diamines with 2-aminoglutaric compounds in which the reaction is carried out in the presence of aminosilicones is disclosed. Glucoprotamines produced in accordance with the... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6299800 | Conducting compositions of matter The invention provides conductive compositions of matter, as well as methods for the preparation of the conductive compositions of matter, solutions comprising the conductive compositions of matter, and methods of preparing fibers or fabrics having improv... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6288207 | Continuous method for producing polyamides from aminonitriles The continuous process for producing a polyamide by reacting at least one aminonitrile with water comprises the following steps: (1) reacting at least one aminonitrile with water at a temperature from 90 to 400° C. and a pressure from 0.1 to 15×106 | 09/11/2001 |
| 6218503 | Silicone-containing prepolymers Prepolymers of Formula (I) are useful in hydrogel materials ##STR1## wherein M is a hydrophilic radical derived from at least one hydrophilic ethylenically unsaturated monomer and having a molecular weight of about 500 to 5000; each R is independently sel... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6127513 | Spherical polyamide and process for preparing the same Disclosed is a process for preparing spherical polyamide having an average grain diameter of 100 μm or less which comprises polymerizing monomers for preparing the polyamide under heating at a temperature higher than the melting points of the monomers an... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6103860 | Fluorine-containing polyamide There is disclosed an organic optical component prepared from a resin essentially comprising one or more repetitive structural units selected from the group consisting of structures represented by general formula (1); ##STR1## wherein A is eithe... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5807970 | Blood compatible, shear sensitive formulations Formulations including a high density polyester and a density reducing component. The formulations are useful for facilitating the separation of blood serum or plasma from the cellular portion of blood in blood collection applications.... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5663285 | Blood compatible, shear sensitive formulations Formulations including a high density polyester and a density reducing component. The formulations are useful for facilitating the separation of blood serum or plasma from the cellular portion of blood in blood collection applications.... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5516881 | Aminoxyl-containing radical spin labeling in polymers and copolymers Aminoxyl-containing radical is provided in polymers and copolymers by replacing a hydroxyl moiety in a carboxyl group at a chain end of a starting material biodegradable polymer or copolymer with imino or oxy linked to aminoxyl-containing radical to form ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5352756 | Poly(ethylene or propylene glycol)-containing polymer A crosslinked poly(ethylene or propylene)glycol-containing polymer which has a unique spatial structure and can be designed especially for application as a chromatographic resin or as a solid support for the synthesis of peptides, oligonucleotides or olig... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5206337 | Solvent-soluble polyimidesiloxane oligomer and process for producing the same The present invention provides an oligomer having an inherent viscosity η of 0.001-0.5 dl/g as measured at a concentration of 0.5 g/dl in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone at 30° C., which has been obtained by subjecting to polymerization and imidization (a) an ac... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5152918 | Liquid crystal-aligning coating and a liquid crystal display element An improved liquid crystal-aligning coating composed mainly of a specified high molecule, mainly a polyether polyimide or a polyimide, and capable of controlling the alignment and pretilt angle of liquid crystals; a liquid crystal display element using th... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5006636 | Process for the production of SiO2 containing polybenzamides The invention relates to a process for the production of poly-(1,4-benzamide) in admixture with SiO2 by polycondensation of 4-aminobenzoic acid in the presence of SiCl4 in 1,3-dimethyltetrahydro-2(1H)-pyrimidinone in the presence of ... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4980447 | Polyamide-polyimide and polybenzoxazole-polyimide polymer The present invention provides polyamide-polyimide and polybenzoxazole-polyimide polymers derived therefrom with improved processing and film characteristics having incorporated into the polymeric backbone the polymeric condensation residuum of novel arom... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4978734 | Polyamide-polyamide and polybenzoxazole-polyamide polymer The present invention provides polyamide-polyamide and polybenzoxazole-polyamide polymers derived therefrom with improved processing and film characteristics having incorporated into the polymeric backbone the polymeric condensation residuum of novel arom... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4696999 | Process for the production of polybenzamide with halide catalyst The invention relates to a process for the production of polybenzamides from amino benzoic acids in the presence of metal halides.... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4644051 | Catalytic reaction of polyol with bis-acyl lactam The invention concerns a simple process for preparing an ester acyllactam and/or esteramide acyllactam by the catalytic condensation of imide and alcohol, characterized in that a polyol and an acyllactam compound are reacted in the liquid state in the pre... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4598143 | Process for the preparation of aromatic polyamide in the presence of SiCl4 The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic polyamides mixed with SiO2, which is characterized in that terephthalic (isophthalic) acid is subjected to polycondensation with aromatic diamines in the presence of SiC... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4559370 | Copolyester polyol resins, polyol blends comprising the same, and resultant polyisocyanurate foams Copolyester polyol resins comprising the reaction product of an aromatic component selected from phthalic derivatives, polyethylene terephthalate, or dimethyl terephthalate, an aliphatic component selected from certain dibasic compounds, at least one prim... | 12/17/1985 |
