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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8440783 | Enhanced oligomeric polyols and polymers made therefrom Enhanced oligomeric polyols are reported. The enhanced oligomeric polyols may be prepared by a method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an oligomeric polyol that comprises at least one glycerol fatty acid ester having at least one glycerol fatty acid ester bond... | 05/14/2013 |
| 7935780 | High-temperature spin-on temporary bonding compositions New compositions and methods of using those compositions as bonding compositions are provided. The compositions are preferably thermoplastic and comprise imides, amideimides, and/or amideimide-siloxanes (either in polymeric or oligomeric form) dispersed or dissolved... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7411032 | Method for making polyetherimides A method for making polyetherimides is provided by reacting a high purity dianhydride with an aromatic diamine under condensation polymerization conditions. The dianhydrides employed are purified by a method comprising contacting a first solution containing a dianhy... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7342077 | Acrylic composition and a method of forming the same via free-radical polymerization An acrylic composition, or star acrylic polymer, includes the reaction product of an initiator, a first compound, and a highly-branched, polyfunctional core molecule. The initiator has a radical-forming portion and a functional group. The first compound, which inclu... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7300972 | Water-soluble polyimide precursor, aqueous polyimide precursor solution, polyimide, impregnated material with polyimide binder, and laminate A water-soluble polyimide precursor, which can be suitably applied for aromatic polyimides and exhibits a low reduction in heat resistance and mechanical properties, an aqueous solution of the polyimide precursor and a polyimide obtained from the precursor. A heat-r... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7279543 | Anti-bacterial polymer and method for the preparation thereof, anti-bacterial polymer film and method for the preparation thereof, and article having such a film on the surface thereof An anti-bacterial polymer of the present invention consists of a vapor deposition-polymerization reaction product of a diaminobenzoic acid monomer or halogen atom-containing diamine monomer and a monomer reactive with these monomers. The anti-bacterial polymer can b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7270858 | Inclined optical compensation film, method for producing the same and liquid crystal display including the same An inclined optical compensation film formed from a non-liquid-crystal polymer, which is useful in a TN mode liquid crystal display. A substrate is coated with a non-liquid-crystal polymer to thereby form a coating film; the non-liquid-crystal polymer of the coating... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265197 | Polymeric dispersant A polymeric dispersant of the structure: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, and a combination thereof, and n is an integer from 4 to 200, for use in printing inks. | 09/04/2007 |
| 7186454 | Dielectric films and materials therefor A material for dielectric films is a polymerizable composition containing an organic solvent, and an adamantanepolycarboxylic acid derivative represented by following Formula (1): wherein X is hydrogen atom, a hy... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183352 | Water-dilutable polyesters with cyclic imide structure The present invention relates to novel polyesterpolyols with cyclic imide structure and to their use in coating compositions. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7169878 | Diamines, polyimide precursors and polyimides produced by using the diamines, and liquid crystal aligning agents A diamine compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R1 is a trivalent organic group, each of X1 and X2 is a bivalent organic group, X3 is an alkyl or fluoroalkyl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7148314 | Process for preparation of functionalized polyimides A method for preparation of a sulfonic and or sulfonic acid salt containing polyimide resins comprising melt reaction of a polyimide resin with an organic compound, wherein the organic compound contains at least one aliphatic primary amine functionality and at least... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148307 | Water-dilutable polyesters with cyclic imide and isocyanurate structure The present invention relates to novel polyesterpolyols with cyclic imide and isocyanurate structure and to their use in coating compositions. ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129318 | RTM and RI processable polyimide resins Polyimide resins that are suitable for processing by resin transfer molding (RTM) and resin infusion (RI) methods at reduced processing temperatures are provided. The inventive RTM and RI processable polyimide resins exhibit melting at temperatures of less than abou... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7090925 | Dielectric films and materials therefor A material for dielectric films is a polymerizable composition containing an adamantanepolycarboxylic acid represented by following Formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom, a carboxyl group or a hydrocarbon group; and Y1, Y2, Y3 | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089420 | Authentication method and system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficul... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078477 | Process for producing solvent-soluble polyimide In the process of the present invention, a solvent-soluble polyimide is produced by polycondensing at least one tetracarboxylic acid component with at least one diamine component in a solvent in the presence of a tertiary amine. The tetracarboxylic acid component is... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074882 | Polyimide resin for electrical insulating material The present invention provides a polyimide resin for an electrical insulating material which comprises a polyimide resin having a repeating unit represented by general formula (I): wherein R1 represent... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070864 | Laminate for electronic materials This invention relates to a laminate which is excellent in heat resistance after moisture absorption required in a lead-free solder joint, and is suitable for use in flexible printed wiring boards or HDD suspensions. The laminate for electronic materials of this inv... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071282 | Benzimidazole diamine-based polyetherimide compositions and methods for making them Disclosed herein are polyetherimide compositions comprising structural units of the formula: derived from at least one benzimidazole diamine, wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected fro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7053168 | Method for preparing polyimide and polyimide prepared thereby A method for preparing a polyimide includes introducing a mixture of an oligomer and a solvent to an extruder, removing solvent via at least one extruder vent, and melt kneading the oligomer to form a polyimide. The polyimide has a low residual solvent content. The ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045241 | Proton conductive solid polymer electrolyte and method for producing the same A monomer to produce polybenzimidazole is dissolved in polyphosphoric acid. For example, polysulfated phenylene sulfonic acid (acidic group-possessing polymer) is further dissolved in this solution. In this procedure, the acidic group-possessing polymer and the mono... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7046443 | Anisotropic light scattering element, anisotropic light scattering polarizing plate using the same, and image display device using the same The present invention provides an anisotropic light scattering element that is further improved in controlling of the viewing angle and also reduced in the thickness. The anisotropic light scattering element has an anisotropy in the scattering intensity, and include... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041773 | Polyimide sulfones, method and articles made therefrom Polyimide sulfone resins are provided with a glass transition temperature of from 200–350° C., residual volatile species concentration of less than 500 ppm and a total reactive end group concentration of less than about 120 milliequivalents/kilogram resin. The re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041778 | Processable thermally stable addition polyimide for composite applications A novel polyimide resin consisting essentially of 3,3′,4,4′-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,4,3′,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), 2,2 bis (3′,4′-dicarboxy phenyl) hexafluoro propane dianhydride (6FDA), 2-(3,4-dicarboxyphen... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7034098 | Photoactive polymer A photoactive side-chain polymer from the class of polyimides, polyamide acids and esters thereof, comprising as a side-chain a dendritic block incorporating photoactive groups at its surface. The dendritic block preferably represents a unit of formulae Ia, Ib or a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026436 | Low temperature polyimide adhesive compositions and methods relating thereto The present invention relates to a polyimide adhesive composition having a polyimide derived from an aromatic dianhydride and a diamine component, where the diamine component is preferably about 50 to 90 mole % of an aliphatic diamine and about 10 to 50 mole % of an... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022809 | Polyimides for anchoring liquid crystals, display devices including same and method for the preparation of said devices The present invention relates to novel polyimides derived from 6FDA and from 3,3-dihydroxy-4,4′-diaminobiphenyl and novel polyimides derived from PMDA and from Bis-AP-AF, having alkyl, arylalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, (cycloalkyl)alkyl, fluoroalkyl or siloxane side gro... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7022810 | Proton exchange membrane materials for the advancement of direct methanol fuel-cell technology A new class of hybrid organic-inorganic materials, and methods of synthesis, that can be used as a proton exchange membrane in a direct methanol fuel cell. In contrast with Nafion® PEM materials, which have random sulfonation, the new class of materials have ordere... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019103 | Polyamic acid oligomer, polyimide oligomer, solution composition, and fiber-reinforced composite material A terminal-crosslinkable polyamic acid oligomer having 1) heat resistance indicated by Tg of 300° C. or more and a pyrolysis temperature of 500° C. or more, 2) toughness, and 3) capability of allowing an increase in concentration. The polyamic acid oligomer is obt... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7015304 | Solvent free low-melt viscosity imide oligomers and thermosetting polyimide composites This invention relates to the composition and a solvent-free process for preparing novel imide oligomers and polymers specifically formulated with effective amounts of a dianhydride such as 2,3,3′,4-biphenyltetra carboxylic dianydride (a-BPDA), at least one aromat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011694 | CO-selective membranes containing amino groups Novel compositions suitable for fabrication of CO2-selective membranes are disclosed. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to compositions comprising polyimide/polyamine blends and copolymers, and to compositions comprising interfacially polym... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7001606 | Biocidal polymers based on guanidine salts The invention relates to biocidal polymers based on guanidine salts characterized in that they are representatives of a number of polyoxyalkylene guanidines and their salts and are a product of a polycondensation of guanidine salts with diamines which include two am... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6998753 | Multilayer co-extrusion rotor slot armor and system for making the same A slot armor component for use in a rotor of a dynamo-electric machine comprises a plurality of profile co-extruded polymer layers. The composite cross-section of the profile co-extruded layers may include a first leg portion and a second leg portion disposed at an ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6987163 | Modified polybenzimidazole (PBI) membranes for enhanced polymer electrochemical cells The invention relates to a modified polybenzimidazole (PBI), membranes that are fabricated from these polymers, and their use in electrochemical applications. These membranes have high ionic conductivity and are suitable for solid polymer electrolytes in electrochem... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984714 | Siloxane-modified polyimide resin This invention relates to a siloxane-modified polyimide resin which shows excellent adhesiveness and can be bonded by thermocompression at high temperature even after subjection to thermal hysteresis in the manufacturing step for electronic parts. This polyimide res... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979721 | Substituted cyclohexene endcaps for polymers with thermal-oxidative stability This invention relates to polyimides having improved thermal-oxidative stability, to the process of preparing said polyimides, and the use of polyimide prepolymers in the preparation of prepregs and composites. The polyimides are particularly useful in the preparati... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6956098 | High modulus polyimide compositions useful as dielectric substrates for electronics applications, and methods relating thereto The substrates of the present invention comprise a polyimide base polymer derived at least in part from collinear monomers together with crankshaft monomers. The resulting polyimide material has been found to provide advantageous properties, particularly for electro... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6949618 | Polymer compound, precursor for the same and thin film-forming method using the same polymer precursor Provided are polyimide and a thin film thereof which have a three-dimensional structure and therefore are excellent in a mechanical strength and a heat resistance as compared with those of conventional linear polyimide. The polyimide is obtained from a salt of multi... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6949619 | Phenolic hydroxyl-bearing polyimide resin, making method and polyimide resin composition A polyimide resin having phenolic hydroxyl radicals in its skeleton is prepared using a diamine bearing an aromatic ring having an amino radical attached thereto and another aromatic ring having a phenolic hydroxyl radical. The polyimide resin and a composition comp... | 09/27/2005 |