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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8436102 | Polychloroprene latex composition, process for production of same, and products of forming thereof Provided are a polychloroprene latex composition giving immersion-molded articles superior in releasability from the mold during immersion molding and also superior in flexibility, a production method thereof and a molded article prepared by using the same. A... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8415435 | Conjugated diene-based polymer, method for manufacturing the same, and conjugated diene polymer composition An object of the present invention is to provide a conjugated diene-based polymer capable of providing a polymer composition which is excellent in a reduction in fuel consumption when silica is incorporated as a filler, a process for producing the conjugated diene-b... | 04/09/2013 |
| 7358298 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive/adhesive and block copolymer suitable for use therein The present invention provides an adhesive composition containing a block copolymer, wherein the block copolymer has a polymer block (A) which is principally composed of a α-methyl styrene unit, and a polymer block (B) which is principally composed of a conjugated ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351767 | Composition for monovinylrenic-based shrink label films We disclose a composition comprising (i) a monovinylarene-conjugated diene copolymer and (ii) an acrylate terpolymer. The composition can be in the form of a film. We also disclose a container comprising a container structure and a shrink label in contact with the c... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7290367 | Tear resistant gel articles for various uses A soft gelatinous elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait, floss, liner and other uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene block copolymer(s) and one or m... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7271207 | Bituminous composition A bituminous composition which comprises a bituminous component and a block copolymer which comprises at least two blocks of a conjugated diene and at least two blocks of a monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon, being of the general formula: S1—B1—... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7234560 | Inflatable restraint cushions and other uses A vehicular safety system comprising an inflatable restraint gel cushion having a gel rigidity of from about 50 gram Bloom to about 1,200 gram bloom. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226484 | Tear resistant gels and articles for every uses Soft, tear resistant gel, gel composites and gel articles for various uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more block copolymers with or without one or more selected other polymers and additives in combination with one or more selected plasticizers being in s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222380 | Tear resistant gels, composites, and cushion articles SEEPS gel and gel foam molded shape articles for use in medical and sport health care, such use include therapeutic hand exercising grips, dental floss, crutch cushions, cervical pillows, bed wedge pillows, leg rest, cushions, mattress, bed pads, elbow padding, derm... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214247 | Polymers for laundry cleaning compositions The present invention relates to the use of polymers comprising a block copolymer containing at least one group A and at least one group B in which each group A is a polymeric block built up from an ethylenically unsaturated polymerisable monomer and each group B is... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208184 | Gelatinous food elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait A soft gelatinous food elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a thermoplastic elastomer block copolymers) and one or more plasticizers and a food or components of food. The plasticizers being in suffic... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205360 | Preparation process for block copolymers for tire tread compositions, and such copolymers A preparation process for a copolymer having two blocks usable in a sulphur-cross-linkable rubber composition of reduced hysteresis in the cross-linked state, such a block copolymer in which one of the blocks is a polyisoprene and the other a diene elastomer other t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202310 | Polymers, processes for producing the same, and curable compositions produced therefrom An alkenyl- or crosslinkable silyl-terminated vinyl polymer is provided. Such a functional group is introduced into its terminus at a high ratio, not via sulfur atoms. Those polymers can be prepared by polymerizing a vinyl monomer for obtaining a halogen-terminated ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193024 | Alpha-Olefin based branched polymer A polymer comprising units (1) derived from an alpha-olefin having at least 3 carbon atoms (1′), units (2) derived from divinylbenzene or C1-10hydrocarbyl substituted derivatives thereof (2′), and units (3) derived f... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193002 | Adherent gels, composites, and articles Adherent gels and adherent gel composites which can be made by applying an adherent gel onto one or more selected substrates of foam, plastic, fabric, metal, concrete, wood, wire screen, refractory material, glass, synthetic resin, synthetic fibers, and the like. Su... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7160952 | Process for preparing linear block copolymer The present invention relates to a linear block copolymer and a process for preparing the same, particularly to a linear block copolymer and a process for preparing the same which can improve transmissivity of a block copolymer and remarkably lower a Haze value by i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134236 | Gelatinous elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait A non-tacky fishing bait made from a soft gelatinous elastomer composition comprising one or more of a linear, radial or multiblock copolymer(s) and in combination with one or more of a low and high viscosity plasticizers in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigid... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7129294 | Functional groups-terminated vinyl polymers A vinyl polymer which has at least one terminal functional group per molecule and has a ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight of less than 1.8 as determined by gel permeation chromatography, said terminal functional group being ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125834 | Functional substances derived from oligoolefins having functional groups at the ends This invention provides the following: an amphiphilic functional substance with lipophilicity, affinity for supercritical CO2, and if necessary hydrophilicity comprising an oligoolefin chain and a perfluoroalkyl group(s) at a single end thereof or at both... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7108873 | Gelatinous food elastomer compositions and articles A soft gelatinous food elastomer composition and article useful as simulated food formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a thermoplastic elastomer block copolymer(s) and one or more plasticizers and a food or components of food. The plasticizers being in suf... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105607 | Tear resistant gels, composites, and articles Novel gelatinous compositions, composites, and articles are formed from an intimate melt blend admixture of one or more of a high viscosity poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene)n... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093316 | Gels for force gauging For effective plaque removal, a combination of a gel force gauging component and a plaque removing gel component are employed to prevent tooth and gum damage over gel rigidity range of from about 75 gram Bloom to about 300 gram bloom. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093599 | Gels, composites, and health care articles Gel and gel composites health care articles, including masks, pads, blood bags, tubings, male and female tubing connectors, and needle protector sheath. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094833 | Block copolymer Provided are a block copolymer including a polymer block containing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile as a principal constituent, which is excellent in heat resistance, weatherability, oil resistance, flame retardancy, and low-temperature resistance and which can b... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7067591 | Block copolymers and process for their preparation A block copolymer having structural formula A-B or A-B-A, wherein A is a crystallizable isotactic polypropylene block segment and B is an amorphous olefin elastomeric block segment; the novel crystallizable block copolymer may be used as it is as a molding material,... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067583 | Tear resistant adherent gels, composites, and articles Adherent gels and adherent gel composites which can be made by applying a tear resistant adherent gel of SEEPS onto one or more selected substrates of foam, plastic, fabric, metal, concrete, wood, wire screen, refractory material, glass, synthetic resin, synthetic f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056985 | End-capped polymer chains and products thereof According to an aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a double diphenylethylene compound is reacted with a polymer that contains a carbocationically terminated chain thereby providing a 1,1-diphenylene end-functionalized chain. Subsequently,... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7049373 | Process for preparation of graft polymers A polymerization process is provided for the preparation of graft (co)polymers. An embodiment of the polymerization process of the present invention comprises copolymerizing macromonomers with (co)monomers utilizing a macroinitiator to form a graft (co)polymer. A fu... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037980 | Monovinylarene/conjugated diene copolymers having lower glass transition temperatures We disclose a monovinylarene/conjugated diene block copolymer, comprising: (i) a random (conjugated dienex/monovinylareney)m block, wherein x is about 2.5 wt % to about 10 wt %, y is from about 90 wt % to about 97.5 wt %, and x+y is ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7019082 | Polymers, supersoft elastomers and methods for preparing the same Embodiments of the present invention include a material comprising a polymer having a modulus of elasticity less than 105 Pa and a material comprising a polymer having a modulus of elasticity of less than 5×104 Pa. Embodiments also include a m... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7009000 | Coupled styrenic block copolymers and process for preparing same Disclosed is an improvement to a process for preparing coupled styrenic block copolymers wherein adding from about 0.01 to about 1.5 equivalents of a metal alkyl compound per equivalent of living polymer chain ends to the cement, during or after polymerization, impr... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005394 | Tackified thermoplastic-epoxy pressure sensitive adhesives A pressure sensitive adhesive composition comprised of: a) 75 to 99.9 weight percent of a tackified thermoplastic polymer component comprising 1) 1–99 weight percent of a thermoplastic polymer substantially without epoxy-binding or ester functions, and 2) 1–99 w... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6964996 | Pentablock copolymer and manufacturing method of the same The present invention relates to a ternary copolymer represented by the following formula (1) of the penta-block structure, wherein the molecular weight is 50, 000 to 400,000, pB is more than 70% of 1,4 structure, the content of pS is in range of 5% to 50%, and pB a... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6921793 | Rubber compositions and vulcanizates including comb-branched polymers A vulcanizate comprising a rubber, and a damping component that is prepared by preparing a mixture of living polymers that include living polymers with at least two living ends and living polymers with one living end to form a mixture of living polymers, and couplin... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6916885 | Method for breaking a chain during anionic polymerisation A process for the preparation of linear polymers or block copolymers of styrene by anionic polymerization comprises carrying out the chain termination with an n-alkyl glycidyl ether or a dialkyl ketone. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6894114 | Block copolymer A block copolymer is obtained by anionic polymerization, includes two or more polymer blocks A miscible with each other, and at least one (meth)acrylic ester polymer block B immiscible with the polymer blocks A, has a ratio [Mn(Amax)/Mn(Amin)] ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891019 | Protected aminofunctionalized polymerization initiators and methods of making and using same Anionic polymerization initiators useful in the preparation of polymers having a protected amine functional group. The amine functionality includes a first protecting group, which can be aralkyl, methyl, allyl or tertiary alkyl group. The other of the amine protecti... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6875812 | Resin composition containing graft copolymer An object of the present invention is to provide an agent serving both as a compatibilizer and an impact strength-imparting agent, which is freed from layer separation phenomenon and capable of improving compatibility to a polyphenylene ether and/or a polyolefin wit... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6831134 | Method for preparing transparent block copolymer resin, copolymer prepared thereby, and usage thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing a copolymer containing a combined linear and nonlinear block, that is, mikto block, a copolymer prepared from the method, and usages of the copolymer. More particularly, the present invention provides a novel m... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6806321 | Process for producing modified polymer rubber There is provided a process for producing a modified polymer rubber, which comprises the steps of: (1) polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer, or the conjugated diene monomer and an aromatic vinyl monomer in the presence of an alk... | 10/19/2004 |
