Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182926 | Protective films for textured substrates Surface protection films are disclosed that comprise an outer surface contact layer, an outer stiffening layer, and optionally a core layer, wherein the surface contact layer consists essentially of (A) a mixture of a tackified quadblock styrene block copolymer elas... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8147977 | Thermoplastic resin composition and composite molded product A thermoplastic resin composition that includes 100 parts by mass of a first vinyl (co)polymer (I) that is produced by (co)polymerization of at least one monomer component selected from the group consisting of aromatic vinyl compounds, vinyl cyanide compounds, and o... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147978 | Composition suitable for single-sided, low-noise, stretch cling film and films made therefrom The invention is directed to a composition suitable for use in a single-sided stretch cling film, the composition having from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of a propylene-based copolymer having substantially isotactic propylene sequences, and having from 80 to 99 perc... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8129031 | Films containing microlayer structures Films containing microlayer structures are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides an autoclavable film containing a first microlayer of a heat resistant polymer and a second microlayer of a flexible polymer attached to the first microlaye... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124243 | Films for use in high strength bags Thermoplastic films particularly suited for use in bags including at least a core layer comprising an ethylene copolymer, wherein the films are subjected to post-quench biaxial orientation are provided. Optionally, the films may have a first skin layer and/or a seco... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8092920 | High clarity, high stiffness films A multi-layer heat film having at least three layers is disclosed wherein the film has high optical properties, high stiffness and desirable shrinkage in the cross direction. The inner layer, or layers, comprises at least one stiffening polymer selected from the gro... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8080320 | Metallized laminated structure and method of making a plastic article A metallized laminated structure suitable for making a rigid container having a metallic appearance is provided. The laminated structure includes a metallized film and a thermoplastic sheet. At least a portion of the thermoplastic sheet is bonded to the metallized f... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071223 | EVA blend compositions suitable for RF welding applications Disclosed are films obtained from blends of ethylene copolymers with organic acid salt-modified potassium ionomeric copolymers. The films of the present invention can be welded using RF energy. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8057911 | Twist-wrap film and use thereof as packaging film The invention relates to a twist-wrap film (1, 2, 3) which is produced by coextrusion of a plurality of plastic layers. The inventive film is characterized in that at least a) one or more plastic layer(s) (4, 4′) consist of one or more semicrystallin... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053085 | Heat-shrinkable film A multilayer heat-shrinkable film having an uncommon but valuable combination of properties is disclosed. The film comprises a core layer of HDPE. Each skin layer comprises linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE), or mixtures thereof... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8043712 | Heat-sealable multilayer polypropylene resin film and packaging material [Problem] Provision of a heat-sealable multilayer polypropylene-based resin film having heat seal strength sufficient for packaging a heavy article and tight-sealing property, and a packaging material using the film. [Solving means] A heat-sealable multilayer... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029911 | Adhesive for circuit connection, circuit connection method using the same, and circuit connected structure There are provided an adhesive for connecting a circuit to be interposed between substrates having circuit electrodes thereon opposed to each other and to electrically connect the circuit electrodes on the substrates opposed to each other to the pressurizing directi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021759 | Heat shrinkable films containing single site catalyzed copolymers The present invention is directed to a heat-shrinkable, thermoplastic film or bag which contains at least one homogeneous ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of at least 0.90 g/cc. Oriented films made in accordance with the present invention exhibit imp... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7985483 | Digital printing of low volume applications A method of coating low density polyethylene (LDPE) and linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), or combinations of the two, is disclosed. The method includes treating the polyethylene with a coating and then digitally printing the coated polyethylene substrate. The... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7923120 | Adhesive of (meth)acrylate polymer, peroxide and isocyanate laminated on optical film Provided herein is a pressure sensitive adhesive for an optical film comprising: 100 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic-based polymer (A) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a1) and a (meth)acrylic-based monomer containing a hydroxyl group (a2), as a copolymerizable ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923121 | Photo-crosslinkable polyolefin compositions A photo-crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprises a polyolefin, a source of functionality receptive to crosslinking by UV radiation, a cationic photoinitiator and optionally includes a free-radical photoinitiator, a crosslinking accelerator or sensitizer, and o... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7871709 | Modified tie-layer compositions and improved clarity multi-layer barrier films produced therewith Tie-layer adhesive compositions which are blends of modified and unmodified polyolefins and containing a saturated bicyclic modifier compound and multi-layer barrier films having improved clarity produced therewith are provided. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7794849 | Thermoplastic film structures with a low melting point outer layer A film structure including at least a base layer containing a thermoplastic polymer and at least an outer layer containing a low melting point polymer. Methods of manufacturing the film structure, including the steps of coextruding melts corresponding to the individ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794848 | MDO multilayer polyethylene film A multilayer film and a method of making the film are disclosed. In the method a multilayer film is post-oriented uniaxially in the machine direction resulting in a film that has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 2.5 g-mil/m2-day and an oxygen ... | 09/14/2010 |
| RE41576 | Conformal thermal interface material for electronic components A thermally-conductive interface for conductively cooling a heat-generating electronic component having an associated thermal dissipation member such as a heat sink. The interface is formed as a self-supporting layer of a thermally-conductive material which is form-... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7763361 | Metallized laminated structure and method of making the same A metallized laminated structure suitable for making a rigid container having a metallic appearance is provided. The laminated structure includes a metallized film and a thermoplastic sheet. At least a portion of the thermoplastic sheet is bonded to the metallized f... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7754341 | Films with superior impact resistance and improved catastrophic failure resistance under high strain rate Stretch films which exhibit good puncture and impact resistance while also exhibiting resistance to defect propagation are desired. The films of the present invention have an ultimate stretch of at least 200 percent, a dart impact strength of at least about 700 gms/... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7740950 | Composition suitable for single-sided, low-noise, stretch cling film and films made therefrom The invention is directed to a composition suitable for use in a single-sided stretch cling film, the composition having from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of a propylene-based copolymer having substantially isotactic propylene sequences, and having from 80 to 99 perc... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740951 | Multilayered polymeric structure and methods Multilayered structures formed from two or more polymeric layers are fabricated to obtain a single structure preferably having advantages of each of the separate layers. Polyolefin-based substrates can provide a layer with a good balance of stiffness and impact resi... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7709098 | Multi-layered thermally conductive sheet There is provided a multi-layered thermally conductive sheet having superior thermal conductivity and flame retardancy as well as superior handleability and adhesion even without using any of a halogen-containing flame retardant, red phosphorous, and silicone resin.... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704608 | Method of preparing nano-structured surface coatings and coated articles The invention relates to new processes for the preparation of antireflective coatings and coated substrates, as well as articles produced by these processes. These coatings can include one or more layers made of materials which form nano-structured and/or nano-porou... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7695822 | Tie-layer for polyolefin films A laminate film including a first polyolefin layer comprising of a blend of 50-95% ethylene-propylene copolymer and 50-5% ethylene polar terpolymer with a polar polymer layer on one side of said first polyolefin resin-containing layer is disclosed. The laminate film... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7655317 | Stretch-cling films The invention concerns films having a cling layer of an elastomeric propylene-based polymer with a low heat of fusion derived from isotactic propylene type crystallinity, as determined by DSC of less than 40 J/g, optionally blended with a crystalline isotactic propy... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7651780 | Single ply thermoplastic (TPO) roofing membranes having superior heat seam peel strengths and low temperature flexibility Roofing membranes of single ply heat seamable thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) sheets are made with a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene (MPO) blend. The membranes exhibit superior heat seam peel strengths and low temperature flexibility. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7638204 | Tier sheet A new and improved tier sheet comprises a three-layer laminated extrusion comprising outer layers of a suitable polypropylene homopolymer, and an inner core layer comprising a suitable polypropylene copolymer blended with a suitable elastomer selected from the group... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7618716 | Wave plate A wavelength plate, which comprises a cyclic olefin based resin-containing material and is obtained by combining plural sheets of a retardation film that provides a specific retardation. The resulting wavelength plate (retardation plate) has the same polarizing char... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7618715 | Wavelength plate The present invention is intended to provide wave plates which have excellent initial properties, are hardly influenced by the usage environment or the production environment and have excellent long-term reliability. The first wave plate of the invention is a wave p... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7611776 | Propylene polymer composition and oriented film prepared thereby The present invention provides a propylene polymer composition for producing a biaxially oriented film, comprising propylene random copolymer and propylene homopolymer; wherein the propylene random copolymer is a copolymer of propylene and ethylene, optionally compr... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608343 | Composition for the protection of a shaped article against corrosion The invention relates to a composition for the protection of a shaped article against corrosion, said composition (comprising (a) a polyisobutene having a glass transition temperature of less than −20° C. and surface tension of less than 40 mM/m at a temperature ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604869 | Olefinic thermoplastic elastomer laminate The present invention proposes a molded product having excellent moldability and ability to be processed into parts, as well as excellent scratch resistance. The invention provides a multilayered laminate composed of two or more layers, having a structure in ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7588830 | Heat shrinkable films containing single site catalyzed copolymers The present invention is directed to a heat-shrinkable, thermoplastic film or bag which contains at least one homogeneous ethylene alpha-olefin copolymer having a density of at least 0.90 g/cc. Oriented films made in accordance with the present invention exhibit imp... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7572519 | Multilayer stretch film having cling properties, a method of preparation thereof and its use for stretch wrapping operations A multilayer stretch film comprising at least a first layer (i) with cling properties comprising an olefin (co)polymer composition, a second layer (ii) with slip properties comprising another olefin (co)polymer composition and if desired at least one core layer (iii... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7553548 | Laminated sheet for molding A laminated sheet for molding comprising: a film layer which comprises thermoplastic acrylic resin, wherein the film layer is one of transparent or translucent; an intermediate layer which comprises a curable resin including a polyisocyanate compound and an acrylic ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7488541 | Superabsorbent polymer aqueous paste and coating The present invention is directed to an aqueous superabsorbent polymer paste comprising from about 1 to about 5 wt % of superabsorbent particles and from about 95 to about 99 wt % of an aqueous water-soluble solution having from about 0.5 to about 5%, preferably fro... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7476447 | Elastomeric materials The present invention is directed to improved elastic materials. More specifically, the present invention is directed to low basis weight elastic webs, such as elastic films and elastomeric fibrous meltblown or spunbond webs which may include elastomeric fibers and/... | 01/13/2009 |
