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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057592 | Cationic electrodepositable coatings comprising rosin Cationic electrodepositable coatings comprising rosin, wherein the rosin forms part of the cationic resin backbone, are disclosed. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7655085 | Thermally stable anthrapyridone An anthrapyridone composition of the formula: is disclosed, where “A” and “B” are independently selected from substituted or unsubstituted cyclic ketone groups having from about 10 to about 20 ring carbon atoms; “... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7479184 | Resin composition comprising a phosphorous containing surfactant for pressure sensitive adhesives A resin composition contains a tackifying resin and at least one phosphorous containing surfactant having branched alkyl and/or alkenyl group and a polyoxyalkylene group. The resin composition is particularly suitable for use in pressure sensitive adhesives. ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7303944 | Microelectronic devices having underfill materials with improved fluxing agents Microelectronic packages formed by using novel fluxing agents are disclosed. In one aspect, a microelectronic package may include a microelectronic device, a substrate, and an interconnect structure including a solder material coupling the microelectronic device wit... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7205262 | Friction reducing composition and method Water soluble nonionic friction reducers and added to coacervate gels having excellent shear viscosities and other properties. A preferred gel comprises poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, a lesser amount of sodium lauryl sulfonate, and lauryl alcohol. Excellen... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7183239 | Gel plugs and pigs for pipeline use Coacervate gels having excellent shear viscosities and other properties are made with anionic or cationic polymers, a smaller amount of a surfactant having a charge opposite that of the polymer, and a hydrophobic alcohol. The Zeta Potential of the gel is maintained ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7118616 | Paint compositions comprising esters of rosin and process of production thereof A paint composition comprising silylesters of rosin. Silylesters of rosin are used in self-polishing antifouling paints alone or in combination with other binder components. A process is also defined for the addition of silylesters to paint compositions. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7026376 | Fluxing agent for underfill materials An underfill material, such as a no flow underfill material, containing an anhydride adduct of a rosin compound is disclosed. In one aspect, the anhydride adduct of a rosin compound contains an organic rosin acid moiety and a substitute moiety for a hydroxyl group o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6960555 | Resin bonded particulate anti-seize agent, lubricating system made therefrom and methods of making and using same A coating and bonding composition is disclosed which includes a suspending agent, bonding agent, thinning agent, and a particulate fluoride anti-seize agent designed to bond a particulate fluoride film to the thread surface to prevent seizing and galling. A anti-sei... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6939944 | Inhibition of rosin crystallization The invention relates to the inhibition of crystallization in rosin and rosin-based materials through the use of crystallization inhibitors. More specifically, the crystallization inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids and the salts of c... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6921559 | Powder coating composition having a mixture of first and second component powder coating compositions. A powder coating composition comprises a mixture of first and second component powder coating compositions which are separate, preferably widely separated, in a triboelectric reference series indicative of the extent to which powder coating compositions may be disti... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916369 | Beneficiated water reducing compositions Exemplary compositions comprise at least one aldopentonic acid, such as xylonic acid; and further comprise a lignin, a lignosulfonic acid or its salt, an additional sugar acid such as a aldohexonic acid or salt, a conventional admixture (such as a polyacrylate super... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906138 | Stringed instrument bow resin An improved stringed instrument bow resin made from synthetic hydrocarbon resin and optionally modified with olefinic and elastomeric polymers, fillers, plasticizers, colorants, and antioxidants. The composition is hypoallergenic, hydrophobic, non-corrosive, and res... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6887306 | Rosin phenolic resins for printing inks Rosin modified phenolic resins are prepared by reacting together rosin, fatty acid, phenol and aldehyde. The fatty acid may be Monomer (derived from the fatty acid dimerization process). The reaction mixture may optionally include α,β-olefinically unsaturated carb... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6817152 | Fiber mats for materials of construction having improved tear strength and process for making same The invention relates to a coated fiber mat of improved tear strength upon dividing pieces of the coated mat and the coating which comprises a cured, non-woven, fiber glass mat containing a polysiloxane wherein the fibers are fixedly distributed in a formaldehyde ty... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6730150 | Phase change ink formulation containing a combination of a urethane resin, a mixed urethane/urearesin, a mono-amide and a polyethylene wax Phase change ink carrier compositions comprising an admixture of (1) at least one urethane resin; and/or (2) at least one mixed urethane/urea resin; and/or (3) at least one mono-amide; and/or (4) at least one polyethylene wax are provided. In addition, a phase chang... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6620228 | Isocyanate-derived materials for use in phase change ink jet inks Resins and waxes made by reacting selected nucleophiles, including alcohols and/or amines, with an isocyanate are disclosed. The order of addition of the isocyanate and the different nucleophiles can tailor the distribution of di-urethane, mixed urethane/... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6613723 | Overbased barium complexes of C8 to C10 carboxylic acids The present invention provides a process for preparing an overbased barium complex and an overbased barium complex prepared thereby. The process includes the steps of: heating a mixture of barium hydroxide monohydrate and an isomeric mixture of from about... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6582506 | Pigment flakes Pigment flakes having cores preferably composed of resins, polymers, thermoplastics, and/or thermosets with colorant (pigment and/or dyes) deposited thereon, coating applications thereof, and a method for making pigment flakes which includes providing a c... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6562888 | Light-colored rosin esters and adhesive compositions Rosin esters that are both light-colored and color stable may be produced by reacting rosin with an organic compound containing two or more hydroxyl groups each separated from each other by at least four carbon atoms. With appropriate choices for the este... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6544911 | Fiber mats for materials of construction having improved tear strength and process for making same The invention relates to a coated fiber mat of improved tear strength upon dividing pieces of the coated mat and the coating which comprises a cured, non-woven, fiber glass mat containing a polysiloxane wherein the fibers are fixedly distributed in a form... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6436181 | Sizing composition and a method of sizing A sizing composition and a method of sizing a cellulosic fiber material are disclosed. The sizing composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of a rosin material and a polyaluminium compound, and is characterised in that the polyaluminium compound is a po... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6423773 | Coating composition Polymer coating composition for a plastics substrate including a polymeric binder and an inert filler. The composition also includes polyamide epichlorohydrin and an ionic insolubilizing agent that is capable of reacting with the binder to render the bind... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6368457 | Internal paper sizing agent The present invention comprises an alum/rosin composition for internally sizing paper which is useful in any papermaking furnish with moderate to high hardness, as well as methods for preparing such alum/rosin composition. Employing the invention alum/ros... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6200672 | Surface-treated metal plate and metal surface treating fluid A surface treated metal sheet which is coated with a layer comprising, as main components, a complex and/or salt between a rare earth metal element and an organic compound having in the molecule one or more functional groups selected from among --O--, .db... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6124350 | Method of stabilizing biocidal compositions of haloalkynyl compounds This invention is directed to a method for stabilizing a composition which comprises a mixture of a halopropargyl compound. The composition can be used broadly in industrial systems and more particularly with substrates such as paints, coatings, stucco, c... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6123760 | Compositions and methods for preparing dispersions and methods for using the dispersions Compositions and methods useful stabilizing dispersions containing paper sizing agents are provided. The dispersions comprise a hydrophobically modified water-soluble polymer having a viscosity average molecular weight less than about 200,000. Dispersions... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6048439 | Modified rosin emulsion The invention disclosed herein is directed to a modified rosin emulsion, to methods for making the modified emulsion and to uses for the emulsion. The modified emulsion of the invention is made by mixing emulsified rosin solids with a water soluble salt o... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5863599 | Sun protector The present invention provides a film for application to a surface of a material capable of transmitting heat and/or light. The film comprises: a solvent comprising at least one volatile organic compound in an amount sufficient to maintain flowability of ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5846308 | Emulsifier system for rosin sizing agents A dispersed rosin sizing composition comprising rosin stabilized by a cationic colloidal coacervate dispersing agent, the coacervate dispersing agent comprising an anionic component and a cationic component, the anionic and cationic components being prese... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5817214 | Rosin emulsion sizing agent for paper making and method for paper sizing using the same A rosin emulsion sizing agent for paper making comprising a rosin substance, a dispersing agent and water, the rosin substance comprising (a) a rosin or a fortified rosin and (b) a rosin ester or a fortified rosin ester, the dispersing agent comprising a ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5795374 | Coating composition A coating composition comprising a rosin compound, a polymer containing organosilyl ester groups, and an antifoulant as essential components is disclosed. This rosin-based coating composition gives a coating film which forms no residue layer on the surfac... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5782966 | Isocyanate-derived materials for use in phase change ink jet inks Resins and waxes made by reacting selected nucleophiles, including alcohols and/or amines, with an isocyanate are disclosed. The order of addition of the isocyanate and the different nucleophiles can tailor the distribution of di-urethane, mixed urethane/... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5746961 | Method for enhancement of the surfaces of molded plastic products An enhancement composition and a method for its use in a molding process. The enhancement composition is applied to the interior surfaces of the mold cavity used in a molding process such as blow molding, injection molding, thermoforming or rotational mol... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5708078 | Modified natural-resin acid-aldehyde adducts Modified natural-resin acid esters comprising units of compounds of each of the groups A) natural resins and natural-resin acids, B) aldehydes and aldehyde acetals, C) alcohols having at least two hydroxyl groups, D) metal salts and, if desired, of compou... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5635592 | Process for the continuous preparation of rosins Disclosed is a process for the continuous production of rosins which have consistent, uniform properties and are suitable for use as printing ink resins, the process comprising reacting the reaction mixture in a continuously operated reaction vessel casca... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5556454 | Modified natural resin esters, processes for their preparation and their use as binder resins in printing inks Toluene-soluble modified natural resin esters suitable as binder resins in ground pigments and printing inks for halftone gravure printing prepared by reacting at least one compound from each of the following substance groups A) to D) A) natural resins an... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5534053 | Composition for reducing or eliminating static charge in adhesive film Antistatically modified fixturing cements useful in the polishing of silicon wafers are disclosed. The fixturing adhesives disclosed generally comprise: (a) a solvent carrier having a boiling point no greater than 200° F. under a vacuum of 25 inches of m... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5510003 | Method of sizing and aqueous sizing dispersion The invention relates to a method of sizing paper and similar cellulose products containing precipitated calcium carbonate as a filler. According to the method, an aqueous suspension of pulp is dewatered and dried in the presence of an aqueous dispersion ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503759 | Mixtures of alkylated aromatic amines and phenothiazines The invention relates to reaction products suitable as antioxidants which are substantially liquid at room temperature and which are obtained by the reaction of olefins with mixtures of diphenylamines and phenothiazines which may be alkylated. These produ... | 04/02/1996 |
