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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442741 | Stable aqueous dispersions of hydrophilic phenolic resins having low xylenol and bisphenol-A content Storage stable aqueous dispersions of a heat-reactive hydrophilic phenolic resin (e.g., phenol/formaldehyde) are disclosed. The dispersions comprise a base resin that is the reaction product of an aromatic alcohol and an aldehyde, and an etherified resin component s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7223455 | Duct board with water repellant mat A duct board or duct liner comprises: an insulating layer formed from fibrous material bound with a resin binder, an outer facing layer adhered to an outer surface of the insulating layer, and a water repellant mat facing adhered to an interior surface of the insula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220470 | Moisture repellent air duct products Water-resistant fibrous air duct insulation products and methods for making such products. The products may include a duct board or a duct tube including a first layer of resin-bonded fibrous mat having a second layer of durable, preferably non-woven, facing materia... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208026 | Heat-resistant filter To provide a heat resistant filter of which the reduction of tensile strength and folding endurance is small even when used as a filter material for a filter used at high temperatures, failure of the filter material is difficult even when used at high temperatures, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186772 | Coating composition for forming self-layering or self-coating lacquer systems Self-coating or self-layering lacquer systems from at least two different resins, oligomers, or polymers, which are emulsifiable or dispersible in water, have different surface tensions, and form self-layering phases. After the application, the phases separate into ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165586 | Pneumatic tire with blended composite fiber cords Disclosed is a tire having at least one reinforcing ply in the carcass, belt, or bead region of the tire. The reinforcing ply is comprised of a blended fiber cord. The cords, in combination with a preferred cure temperature adhesive, achieve a high degree of thermal... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159308 | Method of making a circuit board Provided is a method of forming a circuit board including (a) providing a first conductive sheet; (b) selectively removing one or more portions of the first conductive sheet to form a first panel having a first circuit board that is coupled to a disposable part of t... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7109265 | Autodepositable adhesive A method for bonding two substrates that includes applying an autodepositable adhesive to one of the substrates and then bonding the substrates together. This method is especially useful for bonding elastomers to metals. According to a first embodiment, the autodepo... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105227 | Flame-retardant leather-like sheet base and process for producing the same The leather-like sheet substrate of the invention comprises a nonwoven fabric of three-dimensionally entangled superfine fibers (A) of at most 0.5 dtex in fineness and a polymer elastomer (B) filled in the entangled interspaces of the nonwoven fabric, in which the s... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7078448 | Polymer dispersion with a cross-linking resin, a method for producing the same and the use thereof The invention relates to a polymer dispersion which contains water, at least one polymer that has been produced by emulsion polymerisation, at least one protective colloid, at least one water-soluble acidic metallic salt and at least one cross-linking resin that is ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7033013 | Pretreatment liquid for recording material and image recording method using the pretreatment liquid An image recording method including: applying a pretreatment liquid on a surface of a recording material; and discharging a recording ink according to image signals to form an ink image on the pretreatment liquid on the surface of the recording material before the p... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030182 | Rubber-reinforcing glass fiber treatment agent, rubber-reinforcing cord using the fiber treatment agent, and rubber product There are provided a rubber-reinforcing glass fiber treatment agent capable of improving properties, in particular the oil resistance, of a rubber product, a rubber-reinforcing cord using the fiber treatment agent, and a rubber product having high oil resistance. Th... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6972303 | Ink composition providing image excellent in light stability Disclosed are a colorant which can realize an ink compositions possessing excellent lightfastness, waterfastness, color development, and rubbing/scratch resistance, and an ink composition containing the same. The ink composition comprises at least a colorant, a poly... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6946051 | Adhesive with glycidyl (meth) acrylate A method of joining shaped parts by adhesive bonding comprises A) first coating at least one of the shaped part surfaces that are to be joined by adhesive with a polymer composed of at least 5% by weight of glycidyl (meth)acrylate and B) th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6916878 | Aqueous dispersions that are free or substantially free from volatile organic compounds, and method for their production and use thereof Aqueous dispersions entirely or substantially free from volatile organic compounds, comprising (A) at least one block copolymer preparable by two-stage or multistage free-radical copolymerization in an aqueous medium of | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906147 | Catalytic systems This invention relates to single-component and multi-component catalytic systems using aryl titanates. Aryl titanate compounds are useful as catalysts and co-catalysts in single-component and multi-component catalytic systems (e.g., for the polymerization of macrocy... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6866936 | Articles with hydrophilic coating A water-based coating composition suitable for preparing hydrophilic surfaces on various articles is provided which includes a supporting polymer having functional moieties capable of undergoing crosslinking reactions, said supporting polymer soluble in or emulsifie... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6723778 | Butadiene polymer latex An aqueous composition that includes (A) a butadiene polymer latex that is prepared by an emulsion polymerization in the presence of a styrene sulfonate stabilizer and (B) a phenolic resin. A preferred aqueous butadiene polymer latex is one that is prepared by emuls... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6689200 | Film-forming water-based water repellent coating compositions Aqueous water repellent coating compositions comprising admixtures of (i) water-based water repellent compositions and (ii) water-reducible film-forming polymers are disclosed.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6664325 | Fiber processing agent, reinforcing fiber processed by the fiber processing agent and rubber product reinforced by the reinforcing fiber A reinforcing fiber is provided, which can exhibit sufficient adhesive strength even with single layer film coating, a fiber processing agent which can enhance the strength of adhesion between the fiber and the matrix, and a rubber product employing the r... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6653392 | Adhesive system The invention relates to an adhesive system comprising (a) an etherified amino resin, (b) a polymer prepared from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, (c) a curing agent, and (d) a polyvinyl alcohol and the use thereof for gluing wood based pro... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6627691 | Aqueous resin adhesive composition having pre-bake resistance An aqueous adhesive composition, as for bonding nitrile rubbers to a metal substrate, has very good pre-bake resistance. The adhesive composition comprises a phenolic novolac or resole resin, chlorinated natural rubber, a reactive fillers, and precipitate... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6620878 | Aqueous polymeric emulsion compositions A pourable liquid composition comprising water, a water soluble or water swellable organic polymer, comprising 25 to 90 mole % monomer or monomers selected from the group consisting of C8 -C30 alkyl ethoxylated (meth)acrylates, C | 09/16/2003 |
| 6617387 | Ammonia-free polymer dispersions as additives in mineral building materials based on hydraulic binders Ammonia-free polymer dispersions containing at least one copolymer which contains, as polymerized monomers, a) from 40 to 80% by weight of at least one ester of acrylic acid with C2 -C12 -alkanols, b) from 10 to 40% by weight of a... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6494990 | Paper or board with surface of carboxylated surface size and polyacrylamide A paper or board is coated with a composition comprising from 30-95 parts by weight of a synthetic, carboxylated surface size containing at least about 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups and at least about 25 mole percent of carboxylated groups such as... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492451 | Pigmented formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions A pigment-comprising formulation for coating substrates, comprising: (i) an aqueous dispersion of at least one water-insoluble polymer P which has phosphonate groups, as a binder, said polymer P having a glass transition temperature Tg in the range of -60° to... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6489392 | Foamed resin adhesive and the use thereof of glueing wood based panels and boards A foamed resin adhesive and its use for glueing wood based panels and boards such as plywood. The adhesive comprises 40-80% of an aqueous resin solution, 2-10% of an organic filler or fillers, 1-10% of a cationic acrylamide copolymer, and 0.05-1% of a sur... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488893 | Polyamide substrate having stain resistance, composition and method A combination of a semi-soluble methacrylic polymer and a sulfonated naphthalene condensation product, optionally with a semi-soluble or insoluble ethyl methacrylate polymer of high molecular weight, provides improved resistance to staining by acid colora... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6429252 | Emulsifiers for amino resins A mixture comprises an amino resin and a polymer which consists to the extent of at least 80% by weight of C2 - to C3 alkylene oxide groups.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6395800 | Polymeric blends with zwitterionic groups The biocompatibility of various polymers are improved by blending with them a polymer including a zwitterionic group. The zwitterionic group is usually an ammonium phosphate ester zwitterionic group and the polymer containing it may be produced by the fre... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6387998 | Process for preparing a cationically modified (meth)acrylamide polymer and use of the polymer The invention relates to a process for preparing a cationically modified (meth)acrylamide polymer by the Mannich reaction. There is prepared in advance a stable aldehyde-secondary amine adduct, which is obtained as a reaction product of an aqueous solutio... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384131 | Waterborne basecoat compositions for use in basecoat/clearcoat applications Compositions containing polyurethane dispersions and water reducible resins particularly suited for use as basecoats in low VOC basecoat/clearcoat vehicle coatings.... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6281291 | Paper or board treating composition of carboxylated surface size, polyacrylamide and crosslinker A composition useful in paper and board making comprises a carboxylated surface size containing at least 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups and at least about 25 mole percent of carboxylated groups such as styrene-(meth)acrylic aicd copolymers or styre... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6228931 | Water-dilutable film-forming binders A low-solvent aqueous binder includes: a water-insoluble synthetic resin component A; and an emulsifier resin B in a mass ratio of A to B of from 70:30 to 30:70. The emulsifier resin B is a reaction product of a water-insoluble synthetic resin B1 that inc... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6207265 | Non-ionic circuit board masking agent A water soluble, non-ionic masking agent is used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards. The masking agent masks portions of the circuit board to prevent adhesion of solder, flux and the like. The masking agent includes a water soluble non-ionic bin... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6177488 | Aqueous colored base coating composition The present invention provides an aqueous colored base coating composition (A) comprising a hydroxyl- and carboxyl-containing acrylic resin (A-1), a melamine resin (A-2), an alicyclic epoxy-containing compound (A-3), a neutralizing agent (A-4) and a color... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6133365 | One-component system based on coreactive latexes leading to coating which are crosslinkable at room temperature and post-crosslinkable by heat treatment, and their application in the field of coatings The present invention relates to a one-component system based on coreactive latexes which is able to lead to coatings which are crosslinkable at low temperature and post-crosslinkable by heat treatment, the said system consisting of a mixture of two parti... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132870 | Reinforced composite and adhesive A composite including an elastomer of low unsaturation, a coated reinforcing fiber, an adhesive composition that bonds the elastomer to the coated reinforcing fiber including a halogenated polyolefin, a nitroso compound, a maleimide, the maleimide present... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6057400 | Waterborne basecoat compositions for use in basecoat/clearcoat applications Compositions containing polyurethane dispersions and water reducible resins particularly suited for use as basecoats in low VOC basecoat/clearcoat vehicle coatings.... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6008287 | Adhesive composition An adhesive composition obtainable by blending a component (C) to components (A) and (B), wherein the weight ratio of (A)/(B) is from 95/5 to 40/60, and the amount of the component (C) is from 5 to 50 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the to... | 12/28/1999 |
