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 |
| 8017722 | Polycarbonate containing plant-derived component and process for the preparation thereof A process for production of a plant-derived component-containing polycarbonate represented by the following formula (3): (wherein R1-R4 each independently represent a group selected from among hydrogen... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7345140 | Phenol-reacted non-ester alicyclic diepoxides The present invention provides a non-ester type epoxy resin having a low hydrolytic chlorine content and containing no ester bond that is easily hydrolyzed, and a resin composition containing the non-ester type epoxy resin as an essential ingredient. Using the non-e... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7321828 | System of components for preparing oligonucleotides Interative, preferably computer based iterative processes for generating synthetic compounds with desired physical, chemical and/or bioactive properties, i.e., active compounds, are provided. During iterations of the processes, a target nucleic acid sequence is prov... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7288609 | Coatings for drug delivery devices based on poly (orthoesters) A polymer coating for implantable medical devices based on polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating the coating are disclosed. The implantable medical devices made of polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating thereof are also disclosed. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264925 | Method for analysis of oligonucleotide analogs Disclosed are methods for separating, detecting, quantitating and/or isolating predominantly uncharged oligonucleotide analogs, by resolving duplexes of such molecules with complementary or near-complementary DNA or charged DNA analogs. The DNA or charged analog may... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7208568 | Resin curable with actinic radiation, process for the production thereof, and photocurable and thermosetting resin composition A photocurable and thermosetting resin composition comprises (A) an actinic energy ray-curable resin having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a-polymerization initiator, (C) a diluent, and (D) a polyfunctional oxetane compo... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179869 | Process for producing polyester resins In the invention, a polyester resin having dicarboxylic acid constitutional units and diol constitutional units wherein 5 to 60 mol % of the diol constitutional units has a cyclic acetal skeleton is produced by a process including an oligomerization step and a polym... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7163748 | Method for making solid, ungelled aminoplast crosslinkers Methods for preparing crosslinking agents that are the ungelled reaction product of (a) at least one aminoplast resin and (b) at least one modifying compound, wherein the crosslinking agents are essentially free of active hydrogen functional groups and have a glass ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150902 | High Tcoatings Articles are coated by applying a coating composition of a high Tg phenoxy-type material having a Tg of at least about 75° C. to at least a portion of a surface of an article, and forming a dried/cured coating of the high Tg phenoxy... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7132168 | Resin curable with actinic radiation, process for the production thereof, and photocurable and thermosetting resin composition A printed circuit board that includes a solder resist has a photocurable and thermosetting resin composition which comprises (A) an actinic energy ray-curable resin having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a polymerization ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7101942 | Dental materials based on metal oxide clusters Dental material containing a cluster according to the general formula [(M1)a(M2)bOc(OH)d(OR)e(L-Sp-Z)f] (I) in which M1, M2, independently of each other, st... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097883 | Low temperature liquid polythioether polymers Polythioether polymers, curable compositions of polythioether polymers, the process of making polythioether polymers, and the use of polythioether polymers in sealants, wherein the polythioether polymers and curable compositions are liquid at a temperature of 20° C... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7026440 | Branched polymers and their conjugates The present invention is directed to branched reactive water-soluble polymers comprising at least two polymer arms, such as poly(ethylene glycol), attached to a central aliphatic hydrocarbon core molecule through heteroatom linkages. The branched polymers bear at le... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7002006 | Protection of nucleosides A process of manufacturing protected nucleosides comprises reacting a nucleoside with a protecting reagent in the presence of a regioselective activator to produce a regioselectively protected nucleoside. In some embodiments of the inventive method, an optionally su... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995215 | Cross-linked networks from multifunctional hyperbranched polymers Hyperbranched polymers having a plurality of at least two different types of functional groups are described. Specific embodiments include hyperbranched polymers having functional groups of a first type that are substantially uniformly distributed throughout the hyp... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979719 | Coating composition comprising a compound comprising at least one bicyclo-orthoester group and at least one other functional group The invention pertains to a coating composition comprising a compound comprising at least one bicyclo-orthoester group and at least one other functional group. The invention also comprises a process for curing the present coating composition. Further, a process for ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6958214 | Polymorphic kinase anchor proteins and nucleic acids encoding the same Polymorphic A-kinase anchor proteins (AKAPs) and nucleic acids encoding the proteins are provided herein. Methods of detecting polymorphic AKAPs and nucleic acids encoding the AKAPs, and kits for use in the detection methods are also provided. Further provided herei... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6927275 | Process for producing polyester resins The process of the present invention for producing a polyester resin comprising a dicarboxylic acid constitutional unit and a diol constitutional unit having a cyclic acetal skeleton comprises a step (1) of subjecting a diol (A) having a cyclic acetal skeleton and a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6914148 | Guanidinium functionalized intermediates The present invention provides oligomers which are specifically hybridizable with a selected sequence of RNA or DNA wherein at least one of the nucleoside moieties of the oligomer is modified to include a guanidinium group. These oligomers are useful for diagnostic,... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6867282 | Photocurable and thermosetting resin composition The photocurable and thermosetting resin composition of the present invention includes (A) an actinic energy ray-curable resin having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a diluent, and (D)... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6861500 | Resins curable with actinic energy ray, process for the production thereof, and photocurable and thermosetting resin composition A photocurable and thermosetting resin composition comprises (A) an actinic energy ray-curable resin having at least one structure represented by the following general formula (1), (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a diluent, and (D) a polyfunctional oxetane compo... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6800220 | OPTICALLY ACTIVE POLYESTER, PHOTOREACTIVE CHIRAL AGENT, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, LIQUID CRYSTAL COLOR FILTER, OPTICAL FILM, RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD OF CHANGING THE HELICAL STRUCTURE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF FIXING THE HELICAL STRUCTURE OF A LIQUID CRYSTAL The present invention discloses an optically active polyester comprising at least constituent units represented by the general formula (I) and the general formula (II): wherein Ar1 and Ar2 each inde... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6783840 | Resist ink composition The present invention provides a resist ink composition comprising a compound (a) having at least one oxetanyl group and at least one epoxy group within the same molecule and a compound (b) capable of initiating cationic polymerization under irradiation by an active... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770737 | Process for producing polymers having oxetanyl group on side chain Polymers having an oxetanyl group on the side chain and being represented by the following formula (2) are provided. They are usable for reactions such as ring-opening reaction and addition reaction. The process comprises subjecting to anionic ring-opening polymeriz... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6663972 | Modified aminoplast crosslinkers and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent having reactive benzoxazine groups is provided. The crosslinking agent is an ungelled reaction product of aminoplast resin, a polyhydric aromatic compound, and at least one compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with aminopla... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6653440 | Process for producing copolyester resin In the production method of the present invention, a copolyester of intended sublimable diol proportion is produced by the reaction of a dicarboxylic acid and/or an ester-forming derivative thereof with a sublimable diol and a non-sublimable diol with an ... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6653486 | Spiroorthocarbonates containing epoxy groups Photopolymerizable compositions are provided which are the reaction products of a vinyl ether, a photoinitiator system comprising an iodonium salt, a visible light sensitizer, and an electron donor compound. These monomeric/oligomeric compositions may als... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6649733 | Polymeric thickeners for aqueous compositions Latexes are thickened by compounds of the formula: wherein: R1 and R6 are monovalent hydrophobic groups independently selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aromatic group, and a su... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646089 | Hyperbranched polymers with latent functionality and methods of making same Hyperbranched polymers having a plurality of at least two different types of functional groups are described. Specific embodiments include hyperbranched polymers having functional groups of a first type that are substantially uniformly distributed through... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6590059 | Bioerodible polyorthoesters from dioxolane-based diketene acetals Bioerodible polyorthoesters useful as orthopedic implants or vehicles for the sustained delivery of pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural agents contain hydrogen bonding groups and -hydroxy acid-containing groups.... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6589621 | Thermally stable polyetheramines Compositions comprising a blend of an inorganic base, an organic base, a monofunctional organic nucleophile or a multifunctional organic nucleophile and a thermoplastic hydroxy-functionalized polyetheramine can be formed into films and laminate structures... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6555592 | Photothermosetting composition comprising acrylated epoxy resin A photothermosetting composition is described which contains a base resin (A), a photopolymerizable photomonomer or photooligomer (B), a photoinitiator (C), an epoxide compound containing at least two epoxy groups (D), and an organic solvent. The base res... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6548566 | Laminating adhesives hardenable by radiation A method of forming a film laminate uses an adhesive containing at least three components A, B and C. The method includes providing a radiation curable adhesive that contains a) a compound bearing at least one epoxy group, b) a compound with at least thre... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6525170 | Highly branched polyesters through one-step polymerization process A polymerization process for producing highly branched polyesters is disclosed comprising reacting functional groups A and B of multi-functional branching monomer reactants of the formula A--L--Bn, where one of A and B represents an epoxide gro... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6524606 | Bioerodible polyorthoesters containing amine groups Bioerodible polyorthoesters useful as orthopedic implants or vehicles for the sustained delivery of pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agricultural agents contain amine functionalities and -hydroxy acid-containing groups.... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6495653 | Curable composition and cured article thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a curable composition retaining curability even at a low temperature of -20 to 5° C. and having a low viscosity at such low temperature, the cured product of which is an artifact having excellent water ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492449 | Polymers obtained from monomers allowing a sequential polymerization, and their use for preparing ionic conductors The present invention concerns polymers obtained by anionic initiation and bearing functions that can be activated by cationic initiations that are not reactive in the presence of anionic polymerization initiators. The presence of such cationic initiation... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6465605 | Branched polymeric surfactant reaction products, methods for their preparation, and uses therefor Polymeric compounds useful as low foaming surfactants and defoaming and stabilizing agents for aqueous-and nonaqueous-based compositions, and to processes for the preparation of the polymeric compounds, wherein the polymeric compounds are the reaction pro... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6447859 | Polyester resin and molded article The polyester resin of the present invention is produced by polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising a glycol component containing 5 to 60 mol % of a spiroglycol represented by Formula I: ##STR1## and 30 to 95 mol % of ethylene glycol, and a dicarboxylic... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6316109 | Aminoplast-based crosslinkers and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent having reactive benzoxazine groups is provided. The crosslinking agent is the ungelled reaction product of a polyhydric aromatic compound and an aminotriazine compound having one or less non-alkylated NH bond per triazine ring. The cr... | 11/13/2001 |
