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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7884176 | Epoxy/modified silicon dioxide corrosion resistant nanocomposite material and preparation method thereof An epoxy/modified silicon dioxide corrosion resistant nanocomposite material and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: dispersing TS(TEOS-SiO2) or APTES/TEOS-SiO2 (TAS) in solvent so as to form TS solutio... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7619056 | Thermoset epoxy polymers from renewable resources Novel thermoset epoxy polymers using the bisglycidyl ethers of anhydrosugars, such as isosorbide, isomannide, and isoidide, are disclosed. The bisglycidyl ethers are useful as substitutes for bisphenol A in the manufacture of thermoset epoxy ethers. The anhydrosugar... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7432330 | Hydrolytically stable maleimide-terminated polymers The present invention is directed to hydrolytically stabilized maleimide-functionalized water soluble polymers and to methods for making and utilizing such polymers and their precursors. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432325 | Nonionic associative thickener containing condensation polymer backbone Nonionic associative thickeners are provided having a nonionic water soluble polymer backbone with at least two pendant polymeric chains attached to the nonionic water soluble polymer backbone. The pendant polymeric chains have terminal chain segments containing pol... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7432331 | Hydrolytically stable maleimide-terminated polymers The present invention is directed to hydrolytically stabilized maleimide-functionalized water soluble polymers and to methods for making and utilizing such polymers and their precursors. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423111 | Reacting alkylene oxide with active hydrogen initiators to produce polyoxyalkylenes The problem is to efficiently produce an active hydrogen group-containing oxyalkylene polymer as a starting material of a hydrolyzable silicon group-containing oxyalkylene polymer which has a low viscosity while maintaining a plasticity of a cured product and which ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417075 | Cationically polymerizable composition, actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink, and production method of cationically polymerizable composition A cationically polymerizable composition containing a cationically polymerizable compound and a cationic polymerization initiator, wherein a total content of a cationic compound, a metal compound and a strong acid compound contained in the cationically polymerizable... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399822 | Isotactic specific catalyst for direct production of highly isotactic poly (propylene oxide) or highly isotactic poly (butylene oxide) (Salph or methoxy salph) Co (initiating ligand) catalyze homopolymerizing rac-PO to produce pure highly isotactic PPO and rac-1-butylene oxide to produce pure isotactic poly(butylene oxide). A product is unfractionated isotactic PPO of m-dyad content >81%, normally ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399821 | Alkylated poly(allylamine) polymers and methods of use The invention relates to a method for removing bile salts from a patient in need thereof and compositions useful in the method. The method comprises administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of an alkylated and crosslinked polymer. Th... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381350 | Fluorene derivatives and polymers thereof The compound (1) or (2), a composition containing the compound and a polymer obtained by polymerizing the composition. R1 is fluorine, cyano, alkyl, and so forth; R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, and so forth; R... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365147 | Epoxy resin composition, process for producing epoxy resin, novel epoxy resin, novel phenol resin In the technical field where a difunctional epoxy resin having increased molecular weight is used to impart flexibility or improving dielectric properties, the present invention has remarkably improved moisture resistance and water resistance when used to produce a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341783 | Functionalized polyphenylene ether An object of the invention is to provide a functionalized polyphenylene ether useful for polymer alloys or electrical or electronic materials such as printed boards or insulating sealants. The invention relates to a functionalized polyphenylene ether having an avera... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341995 | Use of SARP-1 for the treatment and/or prevention of scleroderma The invention relates to the use of SARP-1 for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of scleroderma, in particular of systemic sclerosis. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7312260 | Epoxide adducts and their salts as dispersants The invention relates to addition compounds suitable for use as wetting agents and dispersants and obtainable by reacting monofunctional or polyfunctional aromatic epoxides with polyoxyalkylenemonoamines having a number-average molecular weight of >400 g/mol, one pr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7261880 | Methods of treating Syndrome X with aliphatic polyamines The invention relates to a method for treating Syndrome X, or inhibiting the onset of symptoms of Syndrome X in a patient, and includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a salt of at least one alkylated and cross-linked polymer, or a copolymer ther... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247699 | Process for purification of crude polyether and adsorbent A process for purifying a crude polyether, comprising contacting a crude polyether obtained by addition polymerizing an active hydrogen-containing compound with an alkylene oxide compound in the presence of an alkali metal-containing basic catalyst to an adsorbent c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232877 | Preparation of oligomeric cyclocarbonates and their use in ionisocyanate or hybrid nonisocyanate polyurethanes A method and apparatus for synthesis of oligomeric cyclocarbonates from epoxy compounds and carbon dioxide in the presence of a catalyst. Star epoxy compounds and their preparation and use in making star cyclocarbonates, star hydroxy urethane oligomers, and star NIP... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7223832 | Double-metal cyanide catalysts which can be used to prepare polyols and the processes related thereto The present invention is directed to polyols prepared in the presence of double metal cyanide catalysts (“DMC”) which are prepared by combining i) at least one metal salt; ii) at least one metal cyanide salt; iii) at least one organic complexing ligand; iv) at l... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217769 | Medical device with plasma cross-linked hydrophilic coating A medical device with a hydrophilic and lubricious coating, wherein the coating includes a hydrophilic polymeric unit layer deposited on the medical device and cross-linked with a plasma deposited double bond monomer. The hydrophilic polymeric unit can include ethyl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196145 | Heterofunctional copolymers of glycerol and polyethylene glycol, their conjugates and compositions The present invention relates to heterofunctional copolymers of glycerol and polyethylene glycol, conjugates of these heterofunctional copolymers with bioactive agents, nanoparticles, hydrophobic polymers and/or lipids; and to compositions containing these conjugate... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175740 | Reduced by product polyamine-epihalohydrin resins Processes for rendering a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin storage stable, including processes that prepare a storage stable resin and/or processes that treat resins. A composition containing a polyamine-epihalohydrin resin which includes CPD-forming species can be tre... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169858 | Polyfluorinated compounds useful as surfactants, foam control agents and/or rheology modifiers Reaction products prepared by processes which comprise reacting: A) at least one compound having the general formula I: R1(X)3 (I) wherein each X group independently represents a halog... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166657 | Article utilizing highly branched polymers to splay layered materials The present invention relates to a splayed layered material comprising a layered material splayed with a highly branched polymer. Additional embodiments include a splayed layered material comprising a matrix polymer and layered material wherein said layered material... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157549 | Polymerization of oxiranes with a lithium-containing initiator A method is provided for polymerizing oxiranes by employing a lithium-containing polymerization initiator in a liquid reaction medium devoid of polymerization additives. Linear and star polymers can be produced by practicing the subject method. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7112650 | Method for the production of thermoplastic poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) A process for preparing thermoplastic poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) with a molar mass greater than 6 000 g/mol and a melting point in the range from 70 to 170° C., by reacting an oxirane compound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a transition metal catalyst which... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112551 | Double metal complex catalyst Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated w... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112635 | Acid catalyzed copolymerization of water, tetrahydrofuran and multifunctional epoxides and uses thereof Non-gelled polymeric polyols are prepared by the acid catalyzed copolymerization of water, tetrahydrofuran and multifunctional epoxy resins. The polyols can be cured with OH reactive crosslinkers such as amino resins and polyisocyanates to yield thermosetting coatin... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101595 | Photo-curable fluorene derivative and composition containing the same The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1) defined in the specification. The invention further provides a liquid crystal composition comprising at least two compounds, which at least one compound out of them is the above compound. The inven... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087702 | Epoxy resin composition, process for producing epoxy resin, novel epoxy resin, novel phenol resin In the technical field where a difunctional epoxy resin having increased molecular weight is used to impart flexibility or improving dielectric properties, the present invention has remarkably improved moisture resistance and water resistance when used to produce a ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087710 | Polymeric surfactants derived from cyclic monomers having pendant fluorinated carbon groups A fluorine containing polymer which acts as a wetting, flow or leveling agent, and has at least one polar group. The polymer has at least one pendant or ether side chain containing from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms with at least 25% of the hydrogen atoms being r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7084237 | Use of stannylenes and germylenes as polymerization catalysts for heterocycles The use of stannylenes and germylenes of general formula (I) wherein: M represents a tin or geranium atom; L1 and L2 independently represent a group of formula: -E14(R14) (R′14) (R″14), -E15 | 08/01/2006 |
| 7060201 | Optical brighteners their composition their production and their use Optical brighteners (PAB) of formula wherein each n independently signifies 1 or 2, the group SO3M shown with the floating bond is linked ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060647 | Double metal complex catalyst Process comprising treating a double metal cyanide complex catalyst with sound waves and/or electromagnetic radiation, process for polymerising alkylene oxide in which such catalyst is used, and double metal cyanide complex catalyst which catalyst has been treated w... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056978 | Toughened epoxy-anhydride no-flow underfill encapsulant A curable underfill encapsulant composition which is especially useful in the no-flow underfill encapsulation process. The composition contains an epoxy resin, a fluxing agent, a linear polyanhydride, a core shell polymer and a catalyst. In an alternative embodiment... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034065 | Ink jet ink composition An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a pigment, a humectant and a hyperbranched polymer having end groups consisting essentially of hydrophilic moieties, said hyperbranched polymer having the following formula: HB—Xg ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022772 | Optical film comprising polyarylates containing bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-fluorene-ortho-disubstituted bisphenols The present invention refers to a polymeric optical film the polymer of the polymeric optical film consisting essentially of one or more polyarylates having repeating units represented by the general structure: wherein ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008900 | Double metal cyanide catalysts for producing polyether polyols The invention provides new double metal cyanide (DMC) catalysts for preparing polyetherpolyols by the polyaddition of alkylene oxides to starter compounds which contain active hydrogen atoms, wherein the catalyst comprises a) double metal cyanide compounds, b) bile ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009033 | Heterofunctional polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide, process for their manufacture Heterofunctional polyethylene glycol or polyethylene oxide, represented by one of the following formula (I) to (IV): wherein: m is an integer from 5 to 10,000; n is an... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7001977 | Adducts of polyalkylene glycol monoglycidyl ethers and amine compounds The present invention relates to adducts obtainable by reaction of: A) an amine compound containing 2 or more than 2 amino groups: with B) a polyalkylene glycol monoglycidyl ether of general formula (I), in which R independently of one another (for n>1), is an —H ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979722 | Process for production of alkyllene oxide polymers According to a process for production of alkylene oxide polymers offered by the present invention, an alkylene oxide is subjected to a polymerization reaction under presence of a catalyst in a solvent containing an aliphatic hydrocarbon having from five to seven car... | 12/27/2005 |
