...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7880030 | Stereoregular polymer and monomer thereof and process for production of both An ester derivant having a crystal structure in which the molecules in two adjacent molecule planes are antiparallel is created from a carboxylic acid having carbon-carbon double bond and a compound having a functional group that can react to a carboxyl group of the... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7528279 | Adamantane derivatives and process for producing the same The present invention provides an adamantane derivative (I) having a structure represented by the general formula (I); an adamantane derivative (II) having a structure represented by the general formula (II); and a process for producing those adamantane derivatives.... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7473799 | Process for the preparation of synthetic retinoids with disubstituted adamantyl radical A process for the preparation of disubstituted adamantine derivatives characterized by the factor that the aromatic receptors can be a series of halide anisole, phenol, toluene, naphthalene, thiophene, or furan and their substituted derivatives. The synthesized disu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7456311 | Adamantane derivative, process for producing the same, and photosensitive material for photoresist The invention provides a novel adamantane derivative useful as a monomer for producing functional resins such as photosensitive resins particularly for use in lithography, and a method for producing the derivative. The adamantane derivative has a structure represent... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7442828 | Precursors to fluoroalkanol-containing olefin monomers, and associated methods of synthesis and use The invention provides alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors to fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters. The fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters are olefins that can be readily polymerized to provide fluoroalkanol-substitut... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7402698 | Secondary amino-and cycloamino-cycloalkanol derivatives and methods of their use The present invention is directed to secondary amino- and cycloamino-cycloalkanol derivatives, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia,... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7385079 | Process for producing α-substituted acrylic norbornanyyl compounds A process for producing an α-substituted acrylic norbornanyl compound represented by the formula [3] includes reacting an α-substituted acrylic acid anhydride represented by the formula [1] with a substituted norbornanyl alcohol represented by the formula [2].... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378542 | Precursors to fluoroalkanol-containing olefin monomers, and associated methods of synthesis and use The invention provides alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors to fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters. The fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters are olefins that can be readily polymerized to provide fluoroalkanol-substitut... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7332616 | Polymerizable compound, polymer, positive-resist composition, and patterning process using the same The present invention provides a polymer which has at least one or more of a repeating unit represented by a following general formula (1a), a repeating unit represented by a following general formula (2a) and a repeating unit represented by a followin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323518 | Norbornene compounds with cross-linkable groups and their derivatives The present invention provided a norbornene compound with cross-linkable groups and their derivative polymers, wherein said cross-linkable groups were olefin or epoxy groups. Norbornene polymers with cross-linkable side chain and their block copolymers as well as mo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321051 | Composition of vinyl ether group-containing (meth) acrylic ester and production method thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a vinyl ether group-containing (meth)acrylic ester, which has both radical polymerizability and cation polymerizability, improved in storage stability and stability in handling without impairing its polymerizabilit... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7297811 | Precursors to fluoroalkanol-containing olefin monomers and associated methods of synthesis and use The invention provides alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors to fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters. The fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters are olefins that can be readily polymerized to provide fluoroalkanol-substitut... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7241915 | Process for inhibition of polymerization of (meth)acrylate ester The present invention provides a process for inhibition of polymerization of a (meth)acrylate ester, which has an extremely higher effect of inhibition of polymerization than in cases where conventional polymerization inhibitors are used. In the process for inhibiti... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7173147 | Process for producing acrylic ester compound A process for producing an acrylic ester compound includes reacting in the presence of alkene an alcohol represented by the formula (1), wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7148363 | Process for preparing acrylate compound An acrylate compound of formula (4): is produced by allowing an acrylic acid compound of formula (1): to react with an unsaturated compound of formula (2) or... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7135595 | Photoresist composition A photoresist composition is provided that includes a polymer having at least one acrylate or methacrylate monomer having a formula where R1 represents hydrogen (H), a linear or branched alkyl group of... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128926 | Ester compound and use thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel ester compound and the use thereof as a sex attractant. The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (I) described below, and a sex attractant comprising, as an active ingredient, this c... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7087696 | Uv-curable epoxy acrylates Epoxy acrylates of the formulae (A), (B) and epoxy acrylate mixtures comprising at least one of the compounds (A) or (B) are novel and find use in coating materials or adhesives featuring high UV stability ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078562 | Adamantane derivatives and resin compositions using the same as raw material The adamantane derivatives of the present invention which are represented by the general formula (1): wherein X is a hydrogen atom, alkyl, halogen-containing alkyl, halogen, or hydroxyl-, halogen-, nitrile- or et... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071352 | Processes for preparation of 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl esters A magnesium halide salt of a 2-alkyl-2-adamantanol is reacted with a carboxylic acid halide such as acrylic chloride or the like in the presence of a tertiary amine to produce a 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl ester (the first invention). A 2-alkyl-2-adamantanol is react... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067692 | Production method of adamantyl acrylate compounds In the present invention, an adamantyl acrylate compound is produced by a process comprising a first step and a second step without using acid halide. In the first step, a 2-adamantanone compound is reacted with a hydrocarbyl halide in the presence of lithium metal ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049462 | Production process for product of dehydration reaction and apparatus used for the production It is an object of the present invention to provide a production method of a dehydration reaction product by which the occurrence of troubles in the production step or the degradation in performance characteristics or quality of various chemical products can be supp... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7026504 | Process for preparing alkyladamantyl esters and compositions There is provided a method for obtaining a high-purity alkyladamantyl ester from an alkyladamantyl ester composition containing a large quantity of alkyladamantyl halide obtained by, for example, alkylating raw material 2-adamantanone obtained through oxidation of a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012123 | Acrylic polymer and charge transport material An acrylic polymer suitable for use as a charge transport material, the acrylic polymer containing pendant π-conjugated groups represented by the following general formula (1) and having a triad syndiotacticity or triad isotacticity of at least 60%: | 03/14/2006 |
| 6858760 | Fluorine-containing cyclic compounds, fluorine-containing polymerizable monomers, fluorine-containing polymers resist compositions and patterning method A fluorine-containing cyclic compound is represented by the formula 1: wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen, alkyl group, fluorine,... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6846949 | Fluorine-containing monomeric ester compound for base resin in photoresist composition The invention discloses a novel ester compound of an unsaturated carboxylic acid represented by the general formula in which R1 is preferably a hydrogen atom or methyl group, R2 is preferably a tr... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6833462 | Process for preparing acrylate compound An acrylate compound of formula (4): is produced by allowing an acrylic acid compound of formula (1): to react with an unsaturated compound of formula (2) or (3): | 12/21/2004 |
| 6784312 | Fluorine-containing acrylate monomers The present invention relates to a polymerizable monomer represented by the general formula (1), wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydrocarbon group or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; R2... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6770777 | Process for producing 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl ester This invention discloses a process for preparing an 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl ester comprising the steps of combining a solution or suspension of 2-adamantanone and an alkyl halide with lithium metal for reacting them to generate an lithium 2-alkyl-2-adamantyl alcoholate,... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6696595 | Process of the preparation of high-purity alkyladamantyl esters There is provided a method for obtaining an alkyladamantyl ester efficiently by distilling and purifying a crude alkyladamantyl ester containing impurities which decompose the alkyladamantyl ester without decomposing the alkyladamantyl ester. The crude al... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6600060 | CLA-esters The invention is concerned with esters from conjugated linoleic acid and a food allowable alcohol from the group of terpene alcohols and sesquiterpene alcohols. These esters have good taste and display the health effects from the conjugated linoleic acid ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6576787 | Hydroxymethyl-group-containing alicyclic compound and process for producing the same Hydroxymethyl-group-containing alicyclic compounds that are useful for making photosensitive resins and other functional polymers. Processes for producing the hydroxymethyl-group-containing alicyclic compounds. Polymerizable alicyclic compounds. The alicy... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6559268 | Perfluoro group-containing compounds and hardened polymer of the same A perfluoro group-containing compound are represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## --Rf-- is a perfluoro group; and --A represents --OH or a group: ##STR2## or --Cy F2y+1 or --Cz F2z-1 and a perfluoro ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6521781 | Production of 2-hydrocarbyl-2-adamantyl acrylate compounds A 2-hydrocarbyl-2-adamantyl acrylate compound represented by the following Formula 6: ##STR1## is produced easily and stably with high yields by reacting a 2-adamantanone compound represented by the following Formula 1: ##STR2## with at least one org... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6509494 | Low odor reactive coalescent A process is provided for preparing a low odor composition containing a dicyclopentenyl ester including the steps of preparing a distillation mixture containing the dicyclopentenyl ester and from 10 to 10,000 parts per million by weight based on weight of... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6479696 | Method for synthesis and process inhibition of isobornyl (meth)acrylate Isobornyl (meth)acrylate is synthesized by a two-stage one-pot process, wherein isobornyl acetate is converted to isoborneol followed by transesterification with (meth)acrylic acid methyl ester, without isolation of the intermediates or purification of th... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6468487 | Nitration or carboxylation catalysts In the presence of an imide compound (e.g., N-hydroxyphthalimide) shown by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group and a cycloalkyl group, and R | 10/22/2002 |
| 6458908 | Sulfur-containing unsaturated carboxylate compound and its cured products A sulfur-containing unsaturated carboxylate compound comprising a sulfur-containing substituent and at least two ,ଲ-unsaturated carboxylic acid residues, which are each attached to a secondary or tertiary carbon atom via an oxygen atom; a pol... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6433215 | 8-alkyl-8-tricyclodecanyl (meth)acrylate and method of producing the same A novel tricyclodecanyl (meth)acrylate compound and a method of producing the same are provided. The compound is 8-alkyl-8-tricyclodecanyl (meth)acrylate represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl and R2 is hy... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6423865 | Compounds and their application as well as a method of producing liquid crystalline polymers therefrom The invention relates to compounds with the general formula Y1 --A1 --M1 --A2 --Y2 wherein Y1 and Y2 are different from each other and Y1 is an acrylate or methacrylate res... | 07/23/2002 |