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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8017691 | Polyarylene ether ketone moulding composition having good notched impact resistance A molding composition with high notched impact resistance contains the following components: a) from 75 to 99.9 parts by weight of polyarylene ether ketone, and b) from 0.1 to 25 parts by weight of polyalkenylene having from 5 to 12 carbon atoms in the repeat unit, ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7199166 | Radiation-curable resins based on hydrogenated ketone-aldehyde and phenol-aldehyde resins and a process for preparing them Radiation-curable resins containing a carbonyl-hydrogenated ketone-aldehyde and/or a ring-hydrogenated phenyl-aldehyde resins, and a process for preparing them. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7151138 | Resin composition of poly(aryl ketone), poly(arylene sulfide) and thermosetting imide resine A resin composition comprises a resin component containing 40 to 99% by mass of a poly(aryl ketone) and 1 to 60% by mass of a poly(arylene sulfide), and 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the resin component, of at least one thermosetting imide resin s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7122612 | Porous ceramic filters with catalyst coatings Porous ceramic catalyst supports or filters to be provided with catalyst coatings via oxide washcoating processes are pre-coated with cross-linked polymer barrier layers to prevent washcoat nanoparticle intrusion into the microcracked and/or microporous surfaces of ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087679 | Thermoplastic resin composition A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99% by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of end portions ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7022772 | Optical film comprising polyarylates containing bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-fluorene-ortho-disubstituted bisphenols The present invention refers to a polymeric optical film the polymer of the polymeric optical film consisting essentially of one or more polyarylates having repeating units represented by the general structure: wherein ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6984694 | Oligomeric chain extenders for processing, post-processing and recycling of condensation polymers, synthesis, compositions and applications The invention provides chain extenders made from epoxy-functional (meth)acrylic monomers and styrenic and/or (meth)acrylic monomers. The invention further provides polymeric compositions made from the chain extenders and plastic articles made from the compositions. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6907911 | Thermoplastic blend The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobutylene) pol... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6843292 | Thermoplastic blend The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobutylene) pol... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6780481 | Melt processable thermoplastic polymer composition A melt processable polymer composition that comprises a thermoplastic non-aliphatic host polymer and a minor but effective amount of a fluoropolymer processing aid, and a method of improving the melt processability of the host polymer are provided. ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6734222 | Adhesives containing polyvinyl alkyl ethers The invention relates to a mixture, containing A) a polymer, which consists to an extent of at least 40 wt % of C1-C18 alkyl (meth)acrylates (referred to herein as polyacrylates) and B) a homopolymer or copolymer of vinyl alkyl et... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730378 | Resin-molded article and process for producing the same In the resin-molded articles comprising polyolefin resins (a) and thermoplastic resins other than the polyolefin resins (b), when thickness is defined as one along a direction vertical to the surface of the article, as morphology observed under an electron microscop... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6730740 | Aqueous cross-linkable polymer composition for use in coatings and process for producing the same The invention pertains to an aqueous cross-linkable polymer composition comprising: W a) a water-soluble first polymer comprising acid groups, which is at least partially neutralized with a volatile base; b) a dispersion of a substantially water-insolu... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6683132 | Self-crosslinking aqueous acetoacetate-functionalized sulfonated alkyd systems Self-crosslinking aqueous coating compositions are disclosed comprising a water-dispersible alkyd having both sulfonate and acetoacetate functionality, a suitable bi- or poly-functional primary amine, and a monofunctional primary or cycloaliphatic seconda... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6653429 | Process for producing polymer, the polymer, and curable composition comprising the polymer This invention provides method of producing a polymer which comprises substitution of carboxylic acid group for a terminal halogen group of a polymer obtainable by atom transfer radical polymerization. The carboxylic acid group may be a carboxylic acid sa... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6632886 | Optical film comprising polyarylates containing bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-fluorene-ortho-disubstituted bisphenols The present invention refers to an optical film comprising one or more polyarylates having at least some units represented by the general structure: ##STR1## wherein A represents one or more different bisphenolfluorene radicals having the general... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6596786 | Radiation-curable coating composition including oligomeric photoinitiator and/or oligomeric adhesion promoter There is provided a radiation-curable coating composition containing oligomers that each have two end groups X1 and X2, wherein the end groups X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are a photoinitiator ... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579942 | Melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene Melt fabricable compositions of at least 50 wt % polytetrafluoroethylene are provided, wherein the composition contains polyaryletherketone and optionally part of the polytetrafluoroethylene is PTFE micropowder.... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6552127 | Thermoplastic resin composition A thermoplastic resin composition comprising a blend obtainable by blending 0.1 to 99% by weight of (a) a fluorine-containing polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 2000 to 1000000 and having hydroxy group or epoxy group at least at one of en... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6376598 | Thermoplastic blend The invention generally relates to thermoplastic blends having improved properties. Optionally, these blends may be dynamically vulcanized. More specifically, this invention is directed to a composition comprising a blend of chloromethylated(styrene-isobu... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6346571 | Thermoplastic blend containing engineering resin A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin and a pa... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6297320 | Curable compositions comprising acetoacetoxy and imine functionality A multi-component curable composition which is reactive upon admixing of the components and which comprises: (i) an acrylic polymer having acetoacetoxy functionality; and (ii) an acetoacetoxy functional derivative of a low molecular weight polyol; and (iii) a ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6265492 | Melt-fabricable polytetrafluoroethylene Melt fabricable compositions of at least 50 wt % polytetrafluoroethylene are provided, wherein the composition contains polyaryletherketone and optionally part of the polytetrafluoroethylene is PTFE micropowder.... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6248500 | Composition for anti-reflective coating material A composition for anti-reflective coating material is disclosed, comprising a polymer compound having repeating units having specific structure, and optionally a melamine, guanamine, urea, phenol, naphthol or hydroxyanthracene compound substituted by at l... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6177518 | Blends of fluoroplastics with polyetherketoneketone Compositions of melt-flowable fluoroplastic and poly(ether ketone ketone) are provided, wherein the either the fluoroplastic or the poly(ether ketone ketone) is the matrix polymer and the other polymer is the dispersed phase, to provide improved propertie... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6117940 | Amino-ketone solid support templates A solid support template for solid phase synthesis of amino group containing compounds is provided that comprises amino-ketone core compounds of the general formula: A-L-NH(CR1 R2)n COR3 linked to appropriate insolub... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114434 | Water-dilutable resins, process for preparing them, and their use Resins AB which are dilutable in water following neutralization and have an acid number of from 25 to 160 mg/g, obtainable by reacting mass fractions, based in each case on the sum of the masses of the solids in the reaction mixture, of A from 30 to 90% o... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6107393 | Thermoprocessable fluorinated polymers A copolymer comprising: (a) from 10 to 70% by moles of ethylene, (b) from 30 to 90% by moles of a fluorinated monomer selected from tetrafluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, or their mixtures, (c) from 0.1 to 30% by moles, with respect to the total amount of mo... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6069202 | Thermoplastic elastomer triblend from an engineering thermoplastic, functionalized ethylene and or diene polymer, and brominated isobutylene p-methylstyrene copolymer Desirable thermoplastic vulcanizates can be prepared from a polar engineering thermoplastic; a halogenated copolymer of p-alkylstyrene and an isomonoolefin having from 4 to 7 carbon atoms; and either an ethylene rubbery polymer or a diene based rubbery po... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6060556 | Process for preparing reactive latex blends which are chemically and physically stable until film formation This invention provides the composition, preparation, and end-use of waterborne crosslinking technology based compositions prepared from water-based latexes. The invention provides a water-based latex comprising dispersed, waterborne amino-functional poly... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6013727 | Thermoplastic blend containing engineering resin A thermoplastic composition which may be unvulcanized or vulcanized is provided which comprises a polymer blend of an elastomeric thermoplastic engineering resin and a halogen-containing copolymer of a C4 to C7 isomonoolefin and a pa... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6013719 | Applications of low melt viscosity polytetrafluorethylene Low melt viscosity polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), i.e. having a melt viscosity of 50 to 1×105 Pa.multidot.s at 372° C., is combined with non-fluorinated thermally stable polymer such as polyarleneetherketone to provide melt-fabricability appl... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5945484 | Water-in-oil type disperse ink A water-in-oil dispersed ink comprising: (A) a water-insoluble dispersion medium comprising 20% by weight--50% by weight of a water-insoluble polar solvent of an aromatic alcohol and/or an aliphatic glycol phenyl ether, 0.5% by weight--5.0% by weight of a ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5900462 | Curable resin composition A curable resin composition comprises a compound containing a primary hydroxyl group and a compound containing a ketone group, in which the compound containing the ketone group is a compound in which at least one of the carbon atoms adjacent to the carbon... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5852129 | Method for producing hydroxyl-terminated (meth) acrylic polymer A method for producing a hydroxyl-terminated (meth) acrylic polymer which comprises converting a halogen atom in a terminal structure of the general formula (1) --CH2 --C(R1)(CO2 R2)(X) (1) wherein R | 12/22/1998 |
| 5783626 | Waterborne polymers with pendant crosslinkable groups Provided are allyl-functional polymers having pendant enamine moieties and preferably also possessing pendant methacrylate groups. The presence of such groups in the polymer allows for a free-radical crosslinking reaction to take place during film formati... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5767199 | Shelf stable compositions containing acetoacetate functional polymer and polyformal An air-curing composition is disclosed which contains an acetoacetate functional polymer and an end-blocked polyformaldehyde chain. The composition is stable to reaction until the formaldehyde is released from the polyformaldehyde chain.... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5760131 | Rigid-rod polymers Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polymers, methods for preparing the polymers and useful articles incorporating the polymers are provided. The polymers incorporate rigid-rod backbones with pendant solubilizing groups attached thereto for rendering the po... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5756581 | Rigid-rod polymers Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polymers, methods for preparing the polymers and useful articles incorporating the polymers are provided. The polymers incorporate rigid-rod backbones with pendant solubilizing groups attached thereto for rendering the po... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5654392 | Rigid-rod polymers Rigid-rod and segmented rigid-rod polymers, methods for preparing the polymers and useful articles incorporating the polymers are provided. The polymers incorporate rigid-rod backbones with pendant solubilizing groups attached thereto for rendering the po... | 08/05/1997 |
