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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7999054 | Golf ball An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having a polyurethane cover, which is in excellent in abrasion resistance and durability without lowering the productivity. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover covering... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7759447 | Low surface energy, ethylenically unsaturated polyisocyanate addition compounds and their use in coating compositions The present invention is directed to polyisocyanate addition compounds which i) are substantially free from isocyanate groups and are prepared from one or more a) polyisocyanate adducts and/or b) NCO prepolymers, ii) contain urethane groups... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7622541 | Polyurethane coating A polyurethane coating made by: applying to a surface a polyol composition and an isocyanate composition, such that a mixture of the polyol composition and the isocyanate composition is formed during the application; and allowing the mixture to cure to the polyureth... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612160 | Polyether urethane containing allyl groups The present invention relates to a mono- and/or polyallyl-polyether-urethane, to water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers which comprise such a polyether-urethane in copolymerized form, and to cosmetic or pharmaceutical compositions which comprise a water-soluble... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601793 | Polyurethane composition and molded article thereof A polyurethane composition containing (A) a urethane compound obtained by reacting 100 parts by weight of a polyol with a polyisocyanate such that the NCO/OH equivalent weight ratio is greater than 0.5 but smaller than 15, and (B) a compound selected from a linear o... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7417107 | Compositions for use in golf balls A golf ball having a core and at least one layer disposed about the core is disclosed. The at least one layer is formed from a composition having multiple reactive and/or non-reactive ingredients. At least one of these ingredients is a telechelic polydiene polyahl h... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405259 | Silylated polymer derived from butadiene and solvent-resistant pressure sensitive adhesive composition containing same A silylated polymer contains repeating units derived from butadiene. The polymer when partially silylated is especially useful for pressure sensitive adhesives where it imparts superior solvent resistance performance thereto. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7375150 | Anti-static composition and method for production thereof An antistatic composition that is excellent in thermo stability, is free from the problem of bleeding-out, exhibits its effect independently of humidity, has immediate effectiveness, and also exhibits excellent and persistent antistatic properties, and a method for ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371511 | Polydiacetylene polymer blends Polymer blend compositions that include diacetylene segments are provided. The polymers containing diacetylene segments are capable of a calorimetric indication in response to stimuli, such as heat, an analyte or exposure to certain environmental factors, despite be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364918 | Colorimetric sensors constructed of diacetylene materials Colorimetric sensors comprising a receptor incorporated within polydiacetylene assemblies to form a transducer capable of indicating a color change when contacted with an analyte are disclosed. Methods of using the colorimetric sensor and a kit for the colorimetric ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361723 | Low-viscosity allophanates containing actinically curable groups A process for preparing binders containing allophanate groups which contain, at the oxygen atom of the allophanate group that is bonded via two single bonds, organic radicals with activated groups capable of participating in a polymerization reaction with ethylenica... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7323532 | Low-viscosity radiation-curing and thermally curing polyisocyanates The present invention concerns a process for producing low-viscosity polyisocyanates or secondary products thereof, which carry activated, radiation-curable double bonds and can optionally also cure thermally, and low-viscosity polyisocyanate mixtures or secondary p... | 01/29/2008 |
| RE39936 | Crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes The present invention relates to crosslinked, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethanes of A) at least one water-soluble or water-dispersible polyurethane prepolymer having terminal isocyanate groups of ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294656 | UV curable coating composition The present invention is directed to a non-aqueous composition curable by UV radiation broadly comprising a mixture of two UV curable urethane acrylates. The invention is also directed to a coating process using such composition. One of the urethane acrylates is the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7276570 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of anionic moieties attached thereto. These co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276265 | Method of making a surface covering having gloss-in-register Surface covering components that include a topcoat layer with different gloss levels in various regions on the top coat layer, and methods of manufacturing such surface covering components, are disclosed. The surface covering components include a coating layer that ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7268202 | Polyisocyanate composition having allophanate group and high-solid coating material A polyisocyanate composition comprising an allophanate group, which is obtained from an aliphatic diisocyanate(s), wherein in a state substantially free of a solvent and the aliphatic diisocyanate(s), (i) the content of components ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265195 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of cationic moieties attached thereto. These c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256249 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. The compositions comprise at least one regioselective polyisocyanate having an asymmetric structure and comprising at least a first NCO group and a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253245 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253871 | Efficient room-temperature source of polarized single photons An efficient technique for producing deterministically polarized single photons uses liquid-crystal hosts of either monomeric or oligomeric/polymeric form to preferentially align the single emitters for maximum excitation efficiency. Deterministic molecular alignmen... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253242 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable materials are presently disclosed. The materials have a rebound height percentage of greater than 60% and are formed from compositions comprising at least one resilient polyamine polydiene and/or ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250480 | Acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same An acrylic composition includes the reaction product of an acrylic polymer, a carbamate having anhydride-reactive functionality and carbamate functionality, and a carboxylic acid anhydride that is reactive with the carbamate to form a carboxylic acid carbamate. The ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247697 | Coating compositions for use in golf balls A golf ball comprising a core, a cover encasing the core, at least one coating layer encasing the cover, and at least one indicia layer immediate adjacent to the coating layer is provided. At least one of the indicia and coating layers comprises at least one two-par... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7238306 | Conformal tribocharge-reducing coating Tribocharging-reducing conformal coating are provided for a flexible circuit, which reduce tribocharge voltage of a coated flexible circuit to less than about 15V, preferably less than about 10 V. Coating formulations include at least about 1% of a polypyrrole. Flex... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235152 | Storage stable, thermofusible, thermosetting adhesive paste A storage stable adhesive paste composition is described. It contains a plurality of first solid particles comprising a surface protected polyisocyanate and a plurality of second solid particles of polymer having functional groups that react with the polyisocyanate.... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235587 | Diesters containing two crylene or fluorene moieties, sunscreen compositions containing the same, and methods of photostabilizing a sunscreen compositions containing the same Diesters that include one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety, and sunscreen compositions including a mixture of a photoactive compound and one or more of a diester that includes one or more of a crylene and/or a fluorene moiety are described herein. Also ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220811 | Acrylic composition and a curable coating composition including the same An acrylic composition includes the reaction product of an acrylic polymer and carbon dioxide. The acrylic polymer includes the reaction product of a functionalized monomer, a first compound reactive with the functionalized monomer to form a functionalized intermedi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207732 | Coated optical fiber and curable compositions suitable for coating optical fiber The present invention provides materials suitable for use as secondary coatings of optical fibers or the re-coating of spliced optical fiber junctions. With regard to the latter use, the coating materials a preferably characterized by a Young's modulus that is at le... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198713 | Installation for the removal and the deactivation of organisms in the ballast water Installation for the removal and the deactivation of organisms in the ballast water, with the following characteristic features: a first feed pump for conveying the ballast water, an equipment for gravity precipita... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7186789 | Bioabsorbable, biobeneficial polyester polymers for use in drug eluting stent coatings This disclosure covers polymers, some of which are useful in medical device applications. Some of these medical devices are implantable within a mammalian body, such as in a body lumen. The copolymers comprise at least one alcoholic moiety derived from a diol, triol... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183355 | Waterborne thermosetting compositions containing alternating copolymers of isobutylene type monomers A curable, aqueous film-forming composition is provided, comprising: (a) a copolymer containing reactive functional groups and comprising at least 30 mol % of residues having alternating structural units: -[DM-AM]- | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179882 | Low viscosity polymer polyols The present invention relates to low viscosity polymer polyols and to a process for the preparation of these low viscosity polymer polyols. These polymer polyols comprise the free-radical polymerization product of (A) a base polyol, (B) a pre-formed stabilizer, and ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179877 | Innovative polyestersiloxane acrylates, their use as additives in radiation-curable coatings and printing inks, and processes for preparing them Innovative polyestersiloxane acrylates obtainable by reacting one or more organically modified polysiloxanes with one or more polyisocyanates having in each case at least two isocyanate groups and one or more polyester acrylates or polyester methacrylates and their ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169534 | Photopolymer composition suitable for lithographic printing plates Radiation-sensitive elements are described whose radiation-sensitive coating comprises both a photopolymerizable oligomer with a biuret structural unit and a photopolymerizable phosphazene oligomer. ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163471 | Golf balls having sound-altered layers and methods for making them Golf ball covers incorporate base material compositions including a sound-altering material for selectively enhancing or dampening the acoustic output of a golf ball when it is struck. A ratio in the composition by weight of base material to sound-altering material ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160973 | Urethane polymers that reduce the effect of polylactone linkages A composition comprising a reaction product of a diisocyanate, a chain extension agent having at least difunctional reactivity with an isocyanate, and a material comprising a blend of i) a primary carbamate material having at least one functional group reactive with... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160975 | Methacrylates as stabilizers for polymer polyols This invention relates to ethylenically unsaturated macromers which contain reactive unsaturation, and to a process for preparing these ethylenicallly unsaturated macromers which contain reactive unsaturation. The process of preparing these ethylenically unsaturated... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157536 | Coating composition for ambient cure containing an alkoxylated amine A composition that can be used as a component in auto clear coat and primer is disclosed. The composition comprises or is an alkoxylated amine having the formula of (A)[N(R1H)2]p including an isomer or mixture of isomers thereof. Als... | 01/02/2007 |