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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7344784 | Fibrous sheets coated or impregnated with biodegradable polyhydroxybutyrate polymers or polymer blends Fibrous sheets are coated or impregnated with a biodegradable composition to render the sheets more resistant to penetration by liquids. Biodegradable polymer blends suitable for use in coating or impregnating a fibrous sheet can be manufactured from at least one ty... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7276294 | Nylon barrier board structure A paperboard laminate useful for making gable top juice cartons is provided. The laminate provides for a high melting point polymer such as a semi-crystalline nylon to be applied directly to a board surface as an oxygen barrier layer. An anti-scalping layer is also ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7240712 | Wood-gluing and clamping system and products The invention relates to a wood-gluing system enabling the continuous production of glued pieces of lumber for panels and the like. The system includes a deck, a horizontal displacement system for advancing lumber across the deck, a braking system, a one-way clampin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7229678 | Barrier laminate structure for packaging beverages A barrier laminate packaging material comprising from its outermost surface to the innermost surface contacting the contents of the container to be prepared therefrom, a first exterior layer of a low density polyethylene polymer, a paperboard substrate, a first inte... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7211309 | Antistatic laminated polyester film An antistatic film having an antistatic coating film on at least one surface of a polyester film, the antistatic coating film comprising a polymer having a polymerized unit represented by the following formula (1): | 05/01/2007 |
| 7172814 | Fibrous sheets coated or impregnated with biodegradable polymers or polymers blends Fibrous sheets are coated or impregnated with a biodegradable composition to render the sheets more resistant to penetration by liquids. Biodegradable polymer blends suitable for use in coating or impregnating a fibrous sheet can be manufactured from at least one â€... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157126 | Tear resistant bag for consumables The invention is a tear-resistant container or bag made with a multilayer film comprising a composite structure of relatively inexpensive polymers and paper. The multilayer composite structure generally consists of an oriented polymer film layer adhered to a reinfor... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7122248 | Security articles This invention provides security articles comprising fibers, threads and fiber sections (“dots”) possessing multiple verification characteristics. The fibers possess unique and difficulty duplicated combinations of complex cross-sections, components, and multipl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112259 | High temperature paper Provided is a paper structure comprised of two outside layers and at least one inside layer. The two outside layers are comprised of substantially cellulosic pulp fiber, and the inside layer is comprised of a high temperature fiber and a polymeric binder, and prefer... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6921563 | Multi-layer laminate, packaging material and packages made therefrom A multi-layer laminate comprising at least one layer of fiber material and at least one layer of plastic laminated thereto, which plastic layer comprises at least 50 weight percent of a cycloolefin copolymer. Also disclosed are packaging materials and packages made ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6905777 | Laminate material A laminate composite that includes a phosphoric acid anodized metal layer that includes an anodic film of from between about 0.005 mils to about 0.015 mils thick as measured through standard acid dissolution testing; an adhesive layer; a top layer adhered to the met... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902769 | Process for preparing coatings on porous and/or absorbent materials The present invention relates to a process for process for preparing a coating by a) applying to a porous and/or absorbent substrate a liquid coating composition containing at least one component having (meth)acryloyl groups and a ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6761972 | Direct drawing type lithographic printing plate precursor A direct drawing type lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a water-resistant support and an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer comprising a filler and a binder resin, wherein the filler comprises a porous filler, and the binder resin compri... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6746736 | Oil and grease resistant coating composition The present invention is a composition for use as an oil and grease resistant coating for packaging materials including a radiation sensitive monomer; a photopolymerization initiator; and an additive, wherein the additive preferably is a chlorinated paraffin. Prefer... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6740415 | Powder paint binder composition The invention relates to a radiation curable powder paint binder composition comprising a radiation curable compound being a mono or multi valent carboxylic ester of a β, γ, δ, or ε-hydroxyalkylamide group containing compound, in which the carboxylic ester is de... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6677048 | Foodstuff package coverstructure The lid structure for a food packaging container comprises a paper-based body layer and, on the side that is to be against the packaging container, plastic layers that function as a barrier and as heat-sealable layers. The lid structure comprises, as the ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6599638 | Colloidally stabilized emulsions A filter substrate impregnated with an emulsion polymer, the emulsion polymer being substantially devoid of phenolics and stabilized using a protective colloid.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582808 | Multilayer paperboard packaging structure including polyolefin/polyamide blend layer A packaging laminate for a container which enables a blend monolayer to be effectively extrusion coated onto the paperboard substrate as the product contact layer without the need for tie layers or multilayer co-extrusion equipment. The blend monolayer ha... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6576304 | Composite container having barrier property A composite container having a barrier property and comprising a packaging material which comprises an inner surface layer, a barrier layer, and a base material layer wherein the barrier layer comprises one selected from nylon MXD 6 and a semi-aromatic po... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6489040 | Wallboard with improved roll-up resistance A gypsum wall board is disclosed in which at least one of the paper cover sheets is made with neutral size and a small amount of a cationic polyamide resin is added to the stock used to make the cover sheet. The paper cover sheets provide improved resista... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6458468 | Photocurable coatings for polyester articles Coated articles having improved chemical resistance comprising an article formed from a moldable polymer coated on at least one surface with a coating composition comprising at least one vinyl ether oligomer compound, and at least one photoinitiator are d... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6451444 | Wood based plate provided with surface and method to provide the surface A surfaced wood-based board comprises a substrate (1) made of wood material and, on it, a surfacing (2) comprising at least one thermoplastic layer. The surfacing incorporates a polyamide film (2b), which has been glued to the surface of the substrate (1)... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6420045 | Multilayer structure comprising a material covered with a copolymer having polyamide blocks and hydrophilic blocks The present invention relates to a multilayer structure comprising a material covered with a copolymer having polyamide blocks and hydrophilic blocks where the copolymer has a melting point of less than 135° C.... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6406644 | Oxygen scavenging packaging Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace o... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6352784 | Wood decorative material coated with resin composite film and process for producing the same A wood decorative material coated with resin composite film, comprising a laminate of, arranged in the following order, a wood substrate; a heat bonding layer (A) formed from a heat bonding resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a thermoplast... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6346332 | Laminate substrate with oxygen barrier properties This invention relates to a laminate substrate. An exemplary embodiment comprises a paperboard layer with a heat sealable layer secured substantially adjacent to one side of the paperboard layer. A co-extruded layer is secured substantially adjacent to th... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6333087 | Oxygen scavenging packaging Oxygen scavenging materials incorporated into or attached to a package such as a gable-top or rectangular carton, used to package foods, beverages or other oxygen sensitive materials, and thereby increase shelf-life by decreasing oxygen in the headspace o... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6322899 | Plastic laminate A plastic laminate with two or more plastic layers, at least one of which is polyhydroxyalkanoate, such as hydroxybutyrate/hydroxyvalerate copolymer. Next to the polyhydroxyalkanoate layer and attached to it is a layer of biodegradable polyester amide.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6312822 | Dispersion aids for optical brighteners in polyolefins A thermoplastic polyolefin composition suitable for use as a coating for a photographic support includes an optical brightener and a polar additive. The polar additive substantially compatibilizes the polar optical brightener with the non-polar polyolefin... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6303212 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a binder and a polymeric mordant, the image-recording layer providing a total concentration of charged polymeric binding sites greater than about 3Ă—10 | 10/16/2001 |
| 6303207 | Wood laminates A fiber glass mat especially useful for bonding to wood contains glass fibers and a "B" staged resin, and the method of making the mat, are disclosed. A substantial portion of the resin binder can be a furfural alcohol, phenol formaldehyde, melamine forma... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6271303 | Vinyl fluoride interpolymers of low crystallinity An interpolymer consisting essentially of units derived from vinyl fluoride and at least two highly fluorinated monomers, at least one of the highly fluorinated monomers introducing into the polymer a side chain of at least one carbon atom. Films from the... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6210792 | Advanced compatible polymer wood fiber composite The invention relates to a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and wood fiber composite that can be used in the form of a linear extrudate or thermoplastic pellet to manufacture structural members. The polymer, the fiber or both can be modified... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6180172 | Process and apparatus for treating surfaces A process and apparatus for edge coating a substrate is provided. A process provides a layer of a formable coating material on a transfer belt which layer of formable material has a variable thickness over the width of the layer, applying a layer of the f... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168870 | Polymer plastic plug impregnated with wood preservative and method for making the same A method of impregnating a polymer plastic plug with wood preservative. A first step involves dehydrating a polymer plastic plug to reduce its naturally occurring moisture content. A second step involves introducing liquid wood preservative into the polym... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6132854 | Security paper with shrinking polymer security feature A security paper with a thermoshrinking polymer layer as a security feature wherein the layer of thermoshrinking polymer shrinks and distorts the security paper when heated, demonstrating its authenticity.... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132822 | High gloss barrier coatings and coated sheets This invention relates to an economical coating composition for porous substrates that provides extremely glossy surfaces, is capable of supporting holographic images, provides good oxygen barrier properties as well as good oil, grease, solvent and water ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6110548 | Extended long life juice carton structure and method of construction An extend long life juice carton structure is provided which has low oxygen permeability, is leak free, has minimal flavor loss, and excellent bulge resistance and durability characteristics without sacrificing the ability to skive the side seam or use hy... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6051301 | Reinforced wood structural member using cellulose bond line interface material A reinforcement panel with a cellulose surface material improves adhesion of the panel to one or more wood segments in wood structural members such as laminated beams, wood I-beams, and trusses to provide a cellulose material-to-wood segment interface tha... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6040060 | High uniform gloss ink-jet receivers An image recording element for inkjet ink images is disclosed. The element comprises a support, a base layer and a top layer. The base layer comprises gelatin and a material selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolido... | 03/21/2000 |
