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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7416559 | Micromantled drug-eluting stent Pharmacologically active, easy-to-deploy, biomechanically compatible, inflatable endovascular, drug-eluting stent are formed of a primary expandable polymeric or metallic construct, intimately mantled with a biomechanically compatible, polymeric microporous, microfi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390851 | Toughened cyanoacrylate compositions This invention relates to toughened cyanoacrylate compositions which exhibit improved peel strengths and fixture speeds. The toughened cyanoacrylate compositions include a toughening agent comprising poly(vinychloride-co-vinyl acetate) and poly(methylmethacrytlate).... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7256436 | Thin-film field-effect transistors and making method In a thin-film field-effect transistor having a MIS structure, the insulator layer is formed of cyanoethylated dihydroxypropyl pullulan. The TFT is prepared by applying a cyanoethylated dihydroxypropyl pullulan solution onto a gate electrode in the form of a metal l... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7064155 | Luminescing and/or fluorescing radiation-curable, cyanoacrylate-containing compositions A radiation-curable composition which includes a cyanoacrylate component or a cyanoacrylate-containing formulation; a metallocene component; a photoinitiator; and a luminescent and/or fluorescent dye. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6986902 | Polyanionic polymers which enhance fusogenicity The present invention relates generally to the amphiphilic polyelectrolyte, poly(2-ethylacrylic acid) and covalently bonded lipids to generate Lipo-PEAA. These Lipo-PEAA are then used to make pH-sensitive liposomes which become unstable, permeable or fusogenic with ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6933348 | Method of producing powdery coating material Disclosed is a method of producing a powdery coating material by using a curable acrylic resin (A) having a number average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 20,000 and a glass transition temperature of from 30 to 90° C. obtained by polymerizing a starting monomer c... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921454 | Elastomer toughened radiation curable adhesives A radiation curable adhesive composition which includes: a) an α,β-olefinically unsaturated ether monomer component consisting of one or more compounds having the formula: R[O—CH═CHR1]n (I) where R is... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6835780 | Nitrile rubber composition and vulcanized rubber article A rubber composition comprising a nitrile rubber and incorporated therein an organic sulfonic acid salt. A vulcanized rubber article obtained by vulcanization of the rubber composition exhibits a reduced deterioration in tensile strength and elongation when kept in ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6822052 | Toughened cyanoacrylate adhesives containing alkene-acrylate copolymers and method for production A toughened cyanoacrylate adhesive composition including a cyanoacrylate monomer and an elastomeric copolymer soluble in the monomer, the copolymer being the reaction product of an olefin C2-20 and a (meth)acrylate ester. The invention further discloses n... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6699940 | Cyanoacrylate-capped heterochain polymers and tissue adhesives and sealants therefrom The present invention is directed toward cyanoacrylate-based tissue adhesive or sealant compositions comprising cyanoacrylate-capped heterochain polymers, such as those comprising one or more oxyalkylene, alkylene carbonate, and ester-units derived from c... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6602970 | 2-cyanoacrylate composition A 2-cyanoacrylate composition comprising a cyclic phenol sulfide derivative. The composition has a high curing rate and is excellent in moist-heat resistance, surface curability and clearance curability.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6586530 | Low surface tension (meth) acrylate containing block copolymer prepared by controlled radical polymerization A block copolymer including a block of residues of a low surface tension (meth)acrylate monomer; a block of residues of a monomer free of hydroxyl group and amine group residues; and, optionally, a third block of residues of a monomer free of hydroxyl gro... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6414089 | Method of manufacturing polymer films having second order non-linear optical properties, polymer films, and non-linear optical element A method of manufacturing a polymer film having second order non-linear optical properties which has excellent stability of orientated molecules and does not become disorientated, and a polymer film and a non-linear optical element are provided. A polymer... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6214922 | Nitrile polymer vulcanizate and process for the production thereof A nitrite polymer vulcanizate having improved hot air aging characteristics is described. The nitrite polymer vulcanizate may be produced admixing a composition comprising: (i) a nitrite polymer; (ii) a filler; (iii) an additive selected from the group co... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5994464 | Cyanoacrylate adhesive composition According to the present invention there is provided a cyanoacrylate adhesive composition having high shear bond strength, peeling bond strength and impact bond strength and superior particularly in hot-cold cycle resistance and heat resistance. The cyano... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5948879 | Maleimide-based copolymer and resin composition comprising the same A maleimide-based copolymer containing maleimide monomer units (a-1), aromatic vinyl monomer units (a-2) and other vinyl monomer units (a-3), wherein, (I) the content of residual maleimide monomer in the copolymer is 0.1% by weight or less, and the conten... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5777038 | High dielectric graft copolymer This invention provides an organic dispersion-type electroluminescence (abbreviated as "EL") element comprising a backing electrode, a reflective insulating layer, a luminescent layer, and a transparent electrode, wherein said reflective insulating layer ... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5658415 | Composition and process for attaching artificial nails A process and a composite adhesive composition for applying artificial nails eliminate the need for fabrics or the application of initiators, solvents or catalysts as part of the nail application process. A preferred form of the composition comprises: cya... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5516834 | Aqueous coating composition An aqueous coating composition constitutes an aqueous graft copolymer and an amino resin, the graft copolymer being obtained by neutralizing, with a base, the carboxyl groups of a copolymer which is obtained by copolymerizing the following components (a),... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5512635 | Process for preparing linear monofunctional and telechelic difunctional polymers and compositions obtained thereby This invention relates to a process for preparation of non-crosslinked linear monofunctional and telechelic difunctional unsaturated polymers wherein the functional groups are reactive terminal groups other than vinyl groups. The average functionality num... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5483005 | Preparation of polymers with NLO-active side groups and the use thereof A process for preparing (meth)acrylate polymers with lateral non-linear optical chromophores and molecular weights of from 5000 to 500,000, comprises reacting polymers of (meth)acryloyl isocyanate in solution with D-ω-hydroxyalkyl chromophores of the for... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5461125 | Waterborne core-shell latex polymers The present invention provides: A core-shell insert latex composition comprising latex particles, each latex particle comprising: (a) a core comprising a (co)polymer comprising (meth)acrylate ester; (b) a shell, surrounding the core, comprising a copolymer, wherein... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5455306 | Aqueous coating composition An aqueous coating composition constitutes an aqueous graft copolymer and an amino resin, the graft copolymer being obtained by neutralizing, with a base, the carboxyl groups of a copolymer which is obtained by copolymerizing the following components (a),... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5418285 | Magnetic recording medium Proposed is a novel vinyl chloride-based copolymeric resin suitable as an electron beam-curable binder resin for forming a magnetic recording layer of a magnetic recording medium. The binder resin is a vinyl chloride-based copolymeric resin containing mon... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5395556 | Tricyanovinyl substitution process for NLO polymers Base polymers devoid of non-linear optical properties exhibiting second order non-linear optical properties after the covalent attachment of tricyanovinyl groups to pendant side chains of the base polymer. Methods of preparing a polymer having second orde... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5359008 | Second-order nonlinear optical polymer and method for producing the same The present invention provides a second-order nonlinear optical polymer including a polymer backbone and side groups bonded to the polymer backbone, wherein the side groups include one or more of a first nonlinear optical group represented by the followin... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5281673 | Superabsorbent polymers Polymer compositions which are highly absorbent to aqueous electrolyte solutions are prepared by copolymerization of an ampholytic monomer having the formula of ##STR1## where one and only one of the substituted groups R1, R2, R... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5268452 | RLP modified unsaturated polyester resins blended with reactive liquid polymers Unsaturated polyester resins of the type already having reactive liquid polymers reacted into the backbone of the resins, are cured in the presence of a reactive liquid polymer additive admixed with the prereacted unsaturated polyester resin. Heating of t... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5231140 | Preparation of polymers with side groups with NLO activity, and the use thereof The invention relates to a process for the preparation of (meth)acrylate polymers with side-chain, non-linear optical chromophores and molecular weights of from 5000 to 5000000, which comprises reacting polymers of (meth)acryloyl chloride in solution with... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5212250 | Poly(maleic anhydride) copolymers with side chains exhibiting nonlinear optical response In one embodiment this invention provides poly(maleic anhydride) side chain copolymers which exhibit nonlinear optical susceptibility and which can be formed into crack-free thin film waveguiding media. An invention copolymer is illustrated by the recurri... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5194511 | Organic nonlinear optical materials derived from vinylidene cyanide-vinyl-p-acetoxy-benzoate copolymers There is disclosed an organic nonlinear optical material which comprises a polymer having the following constitutional units, in amounts of 5 to 100 mole % of (I) and 0 to 95 mole % of (II), and a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the polymer being ... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5187234 | Vinyl polymers exhibiting nonlinear optical response This invention provides novel vinyl polymers with pendant side chains which exhibit nonlinear optical response. The polymers have utility as a transparent optical media in optical devices. An invention vinyl polymer is illustrated by the acrylate copolymer of ... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5151481 | Polymers having liquid crystal phases containing 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester group The invention relates to polymer materials which contain liquid crystal phases and have mesogenic groups which are bonded chemically directly or via a spacer and contain a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester unit.... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5149580 | Vinylidene cyanide-vinyl benzoate derivative nonlinear optical polymers There is disclosed an organic nonlinear optical material which comprises a polymer having the following constitutional units, in amounts of 5 to 100 mole % of (I), 0 to 50 mole % of (II) and 0 to 50 mole % of (III), and a weight average molecular weight (... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5021511 | Polymer compositions derived from acryloxyalkylcyanoacetamides Novel polymers are prepared from at least one cyanoacetamide monomer having the formula: ##STR1## where R1 is --CH3, --(CH2)m CH3 or --H; R2 and R3 independently are --H, (C... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5011871 | Impact resistant thermoplastic molding composition and use thereof An impact resistance thermoplastic molding composition contains, each percentage being based on A+B, from 80 to 55% by weight of a hard matrix A of a copolymer containing at least 95% by weight of an aromatic vinyl monomer a11 of from 8 to 10 c... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4975478 | Weather-resistant polyacetal resin composition and molded articles therefrom The weather and UV-light resistance of polyacetal resin compositions is improved by incorporating into polyacetal resin a stabilizing package comprised of at least one stabilizing agent selected from benzotriazoles, benzophenones, aromatic benzoates, cyan... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4885320 | Polymeric opaque particles and process for making same Polymer opaque particles and a process for making same are disclosed. These particles comprise an emulsion polymerized core copolymer having, as one constituent thereof, between about 15% and about 40% by weight of a monomer having the general formula: ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4833208 | Composite acrylic resin particles Composite acrylic resin particles prepared by effecting an emulsion polymerization of a monomer mixture of (A) at least one crosslinking monomer having in its molecule two or more radically polymerizable mono- or 1,1-di-substituted ethylenic unsaturation ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4829102 | Polymeric opaque particles and process for making same Polymer opaque particles and a process for making same are disclosed. These particles comprise an emulsion polymerized core copolymer having, as one constituent thereof, between about 15% and about 40% by weight of a monomer having the general formula: ... | 05/09/1989 |
