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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7309728 | Freeform fabrication low density material systems A freeform fabrication system preferably includes low-density particles, a cationic polyelectrolyte component, an anionic polyelectrolyte component, and a polar solvent-based binder capable of stimulating a reaction between the cationic polyelectrolyte component and... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7282526 | Particle having an attached halide group and methods of making the same A modified particle or aggregate is disclosed wherein a particle has an attached group having the formula: wherein the substituents are defined in the disclosure. Modified particles with attached polymers are als... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7138160 | Water soluble retention agent The use, for the manufacture of paper coating colors, of a copolymer water-soluble in a neutral or alkaline medium as an agent for simultaneously adjusting the water retention of the coating colors and the Brookfield viscosity of the said coating colors; a water-ret... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7084195 | Latex composition and process for producing the same, and asphalt composition and cationic asphalt emulsion using the same A latex composition includes (i) 100 parts by mass (in terms of a solid content) of an anionic latex containing, as a main component, a conjugate diene copolymer containing (A) 55 to 99.99% by mass of a conjugate diene unit, (B) 0.01 to 5% by mass of an unsaturated ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7056533 | Medicament incorporation matrix A coating composition, in both its uncrosslinked and crosslinked forms, for use in delivering a medicament from the surface of a medical device positioned in vivo. Once crosslinked, the coating composition provides a gel matrix adapted to contain the medicament in a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056972 | Composition containing stimuli-responsive polymer, ink composition containing it, and image-forming method and apparatus using the ink composition The present invention relates to a stimuli-responsive composition that contains a polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined function. One embodiment of the composition contains a block polymer, a solvent and a substance having a predetermined functio... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049363 | Material system for use in three dimensional printing A material system for use in a 3D-printing, which exhibits a higher form stability. The material system contains binder and solvent as well as optional filler materials. The binder is soluble in the solvent, as well as two complementary polyelectrolytes, and/or an i... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6710117 | Marine paint compositions Marine paint composition comprising: a first polymer comprising from 20 to 70 wt % of monomer units A of at least one hydrolysable either tin or silicium ester of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or salt of copper, zinc, calcium of an olefinically unsatur... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6649691 | Wet adhesion monomer and derived copolymers for latex paints The reaction of unsaturated carbonates such as vinyl ethylene carbonate with N-aminoethylimidazolidone (TAM) under mild conditions generates a mixture of two vinyl and hydroxy functional imidazolidone carbamates which polymerize readily into acrylate or v... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6639016 | Method of making a graft polymer The invention provides an improved method of graft polymers comprising providing an emulsion comprising at least one or more first monomer (a), at least one or more second monomer (b), and at least one graft material (c). The emulsion is subjected to cond... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6476104 | Antimicrobial hydrogel forming absorbent polymers and process for making the same The present invention is directed to an antimicrobial hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer comprising a hydrogel-forming absorbent polymer, and an antimicrobial comprising a 1-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidone derivative represented by the formula (I); ##STR1## wh... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6475698 | Polymeric compounds Polymeric compounds for lithographic printing plates, especially plates for use in printing utilizing UV curable inks, may include a structural unit (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 represents an optionally-substituted cyclic or alkyl group, x repr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6414075 | Use of polymers as antimisting additives in water-based cooling lubricants The invention provides for the use of copolymers containing structural units derived from the compounds of the formulae 1 and 2 ##STR1## in which R1 is H or C1 -C4 alkyl, R2 is a branched or unbranched C1 ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6372818 | Water-based ink for ink-jet, and ink-jet recording method and instruments using the same Disclosed herein is a water-based ink for ink-jet, comprising a liquid composition containing a coloring material and a liquid medium, wherein the ink comprises a polymer exhibiting a heat-reversible type thickening property and a compound having a light-... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6353148 | Fracture resistant superabsorbent polymers The present invention is directed to a hydrogel-forming polymeric material including a first compound which is a superabsorbent polymer and a second compound present in the first as a dispersed phase including an elastomeric material effective to increase... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6153664 | Bioerodible polymeric semi-interpenetrating network alloys and internal fixation devices made therefrom A bioerodible cement system, which, upon mixing of the system parts, forms a cured bioerodible cement, said system comprising a first part comprising a first bioerodible polymer capable of producing acidic products upon hydrolytic degradation; and a secon... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6140387 | Gels with thermotropic properties Gels for thermotropic layers, obtainable by irradiating a mixture comprising a) an uncrosslinked polymer in amounts of less than 5% by weight, based on the sum of a), b) and c), b) monomers which can be polymerized by means of free radicals, and c) water or an... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6133338 | Adhesive agent based on thiouracil derivative The present invention relates to an adhesive having high adhesiveness to a metal, especially a noble metal and a noble metal alloy. This adhesive comprises a thiouracil derivative typified by 6-methacryloyloxyhexyl 2-thiouracil-5-carboxylate, a radical-po... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6107391 | One-component system based on coreactive latexes leading to coatings which are crosslikable at room temperature and post-crosslinkable by heat treatment, and their application in the field of coating The present invention relates to a one-component system based on coreactive latexes which is able to lead to coatings which are crosslinkable at room temperature and post-crosslinkable by heat treatment, the said system consisting of a mixture of two part... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6084023 | Oxazoline or oxazine coating compositions A coating composition which is capable of crosslinking at ambient and elevated temperatures which includes a polymerized monomer having the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group containing 1-5 carbon atoms, R1 and R... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5994431 | Amide functional ultraviolet light absorbers for polyolefins An ultraviolet light absorbing material that resists blooming and migration is made up of a carboxyl functional polymer and an amide functional ultraviolet light absorbing compound, wherein the carboxyl functional polymer and the amide functional ultravio... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5907010 | Graft copolymers of polyarylene ethers, polyamides and copolymers which contain cyclic, ,ଲ-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides as polymerized units Graft copolymers are obtainable by reacting A) polyarylene ethers, B) polyamides and C) copolymers which contain cyclic, ,ଲ-unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydrides and are used for the preparation of thermoplastic molding materials or as compatibilize... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5844039 | Polymers comprising reversible hydrophobic functionalities Polymers comprising reversible hydrophobic functionalities are disclosed. The preferred embodiment polymers comprise Lewis acid segments and Lewis base segments. The polymer segments are, by themselves, hydrophilic and will either swell or dissolve in wat... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5834080 | Controllably conductive polymer compositions for development systems Controllably conductive polymer compositions may be used in electrophotographic imaging developing systems, such as scavengeless or hybrid scavengeless systems or liquid image development systems. The conductive polymer compositions includes a charge-tran... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5739196 | Latex compositions having wet adhesion and other improved rheological properties and methods of producing same The present invention relates to latex compositions having desirable wet adhesion and other rheological properties. The processes of the invention allow for preparation of a first polymer which, upon addition of a base or neutralizing agent, substantially... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5587404 | Gels with thermotropic properties Gels for thermotropic layers, obtainable by irradiation of a mixture comprising a) an uncrosslinked polymer, b) monomers capable of free-radical polymerization and c) water or an organic solvent or mixtures thereof, with high-energy light.... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5512628 | Adhesive tape for electronic parts and liquid adhesive This invention is to provide a liquid adhesive of the present invention can be adhered and cured at a relatively low temperature and have sufficient heat resistance and reliability, etc., and an adhesive tape using the same. The liquid adhesive of this in... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5494757 | Adhesive tape for electronic parts and liquid adhesive This invention is to provide a liquid adhesive of the present invention can be adhered and cured at a relatively low temperature and have sufficient heat resistance and reliability, etc., and an adhesive tape using the same. The liquid adhesive of this in... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5486561 | Polypropylene resin composition There is disclosed a polypropylene resin composition which comprises (a) polypropylene; (b) ethylene/-olefin copolymer elastomer having a specific range of Mooney viscosity; (c) modified polyolefin having a specific functioal group at either or bot... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5482991 | Fluoroalkyl siloxane/vinyl copolymer dispersions and pressure-sensitive adhesives having improved solvent resistance prepared therefrom Novel pressure-sensitive adhesives are described which show significant resistance to solvents and working fluids such as jet fuel, hydraulic fluid, de-icing fluid and the like. Adhesive compositions comprise nonaqueous dispersions of copolymers of acryli... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5416131 | Article with a coating having friction-reducing properties in wet condition as well as a method for the production of such a coated article A method of producing an article with a coating having friction-reducing properties in wet condition, the coating including a binder (a), a hydrophilic polymer (b), as well as an osmolality-increasing compound (c), where the osmolality-increasing compound... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5376695 | Stabilized aqueous solutions of 3-isothiazolones A method for preserving a polymer emulsion comprising intimately admixing with the polymer emulsion a polymer emulsion preserving amount of a stabilized composition comprising in intimate admixture an aqueous solution of one or more 3-isothiazolones and a... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5374484 | Fluorine-containing elastomer composition and molded articles made therefrom A fluorine-containing elastomer composition consists essentially of (A) a peroxide-vulcanizable fluorine-containing elastomer containing iodine and/or bromine which becomes a vulcanizing point, (B) an organic peroxide, (C) a co-vulcanizing agent and (D) a... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5336712 | Process for making submicron stable latexes of block copolymers This invention is a process for producing stable polymer emulsions and latexes with an average particle size of less than one micron. The polymers are block copolymers of conjugated dienes and vinyl aromatic hydrocarbons which may or may not contain polar... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5331059 | Hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogels The present invention relates to a hydrophilic, highly swellable hydrogel based on (co)polymerized hydrophilic monomers or based on graft (co)polymers, characterized in that it has been surface-modified by means of a mixture of A) one or more diglycidyl p... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5292791 | Mixture suited for crosslinking polymers, and process for crosslinking polymers with extension of the scorch time The mixture consists of at least one organic peroxide, at least one hydroquinone derivative of the general formulae I and/or II and/or III ##STR1## wherein R and R1, which may be identical or different, stand for H or t-alkyl, and X stands... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5250591 | Curable adhesive composition A curable adhesive composition is disclosed, comprising a polymerizable prepolymer, a reactive diluent, and a polymerization initiator, wherein said composition further comprises an inorganic filler and/or a (meth)acrylate having an isocyanurate ring. The... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5214080 | Process for producing nonaqueous dispersion-type resin A process for the production of a nonaqueous dispersion-type resin having excellent dispersion stability and a uniform particle size, which comprises uniformly polymerizing in an aliphatic and/or alicyclic hydrocarbon-type organic solvent a vinyl monomer ... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5180760 | Anti-fogging resin film-forming composition An anti-fogging resin film-forming composition, comprising a block or graft copolymer and a surfactant, each of which block and graft copolymers consists of a hydrophilic polymer segment and a hydrophobic polymer segment having specifically limited monome... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5120795 | Nonaqueous plastics formulations A) 100 parts by weight of at least one finely divided plastic which consists of a) from 30 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate (monomer I), b) from 0 to 70% by weight of an acrylate of a C1 -C8 alkanol or of a methacrylate of a C | 06/09/1992 |
