Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7553911 | Coated polydivinylbenzene beads The present invention provides novel, polymeric supports, methods of making, and methods of using the supports, that have a fluorinated, amidated surface. The supports include polymeric microbeads, thin layers or membranes, plates, monoliths and the like. The suppor... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7396883 | Coated polydivinylbenzene beads The present invention provides novel, polymeric supports, methods of making, and methods of using the supports, that have a fluorinated, amidated surface. The supports include polymeric microbeads, thin layers or membranes, plates, monoliths and the like. The suppor... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7332002 | Low sulfur coal additive for improved furnace operation The present invention is directed to additives for coal-fired furnaces, particularly furnaces using a layer of slag to capture coal particles for combustion. The additive(s) include iron, mineralizer(s), handling aid(s), flow aid(s), and/or abrasive material(s). The... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326346 | High capacity regenerable sorbent for removal of arsenic and other toxic ions from drinking water The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate suc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7294654 | Method of making thermally regenerable salt sorbent resins A heterogenous hybrid thermally regenerable salt sorbent resin is formed from a hybrid precursor resin. The hybrid precursor resin is formed by intimately mixing a dry, solid crosslinked macroporous copolymer with a solution containing a polyunsaturated monomer, a m... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282237 | Method for surface modification, a novel support matrix and the use of the matrix A method for hydrophilization and/or surface area enlargement of a porous base matrix comprising on its inner and/or outer surfaces a polymer (P′) carrying nucleophilic groups X′. The method is characterized in (a) ethoxylating... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7238751 | Multi-layer nano-particle preparation and applications A multi-layer nano-particle composition including a polymer core and at least two additional layers is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionali... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235297 | Amphiphile solid support for peptide synthesis, bioorganic and organic chemistry The present invention fulfils desired specifications generally rarely encountered with existing solid supports such as highly amphiphile behaviour. The solid support described herein is a poly(ethylene or propylene)glycol based polymer that can be useful in solid an... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7201962 | Hemocompatible coated polymer and related one-step methods A polymer with a hemocompatible film or coating is manufactured by a one-step method comprising polymerizing monomer droplets comprising at least one crosslinking agent to form a polymer and simultaneously coating the resulting polymer using at least one dispersing ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198893 | DNA diagnostics based on mass spectrometry Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample are provided. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183235 | High capacity regenerable sorbent for removing arsenic and other toxic ions from drinking water The present invention is directed to a sorbent comprising a disordered polyvalent metal oxide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered silicate suc... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179864 | Polymer nano-strings A polymer nano-string composition is provided. The polymer nano-strings can include a poly(alkenylbenzene) core, and a surface layer comprising poly(conjugated diene). The nano-strings have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm and a length of greater th... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176175 | Cleansing processing agent, cleansing method employing the agent and a molded structural member A cleansing processing agent that is able to remove harmful substances contained in a variety of waste materials and a cleansing method are disclosed. Specifically, there is disclosed a cleansing processing agent containing a polymer having at least one of styrene o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7125934 | Functionalization of living rubbery polymers with nitrones This invention discloses a low cost process that can be used to functionalize living rubbery polymers with terminal nitroxide end-groups to promote interaction between the polymer end-groups and surface functionalities commonly found on carbon black and silica fille... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119145 | Surface graft modified resins and formation thereof Pre-formed polymer particles are chemically modified by free radical-initiated surface graft modification. The resulting resin is specifically adapted to provide enhanced chromatographic performance throughout chromatographic separations. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087223 | Preventives and/or remedies for hyperphosphatemia Provided in a phosphate ion adsorbent containing a weakly basic anion exchange resin as an active ingredient which aims at providing preventives and/or remedies for hyperphosphatemia having a high selectivity for the adsorption of phosphate ion and showing an effect... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060752 | Synthesis and use of nitrophenol resins Nitrophenol resins based upon various support materials. The nitrophenol resins are prepared by amide bond formation between a hydroxyl nitro benzoic acid and an aminoalkyl polymer support. ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048781 | Chemically-impregnated silicate agents for mercury control The present invention is directed to a contaminant removal agent comprising a polyvalent metal sulfide on the surface of an inert substrate. The substrate can be a layered silicate, such as vermiculite, an aluminosilicate such as montmorillonite, or a nonlayered sil... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7037642 | Removing compounds from blood products with porous particles immobilized in a matrix Methods and devices are provided for reducing the concentration of low molecular weight compounds in a biological composition containing cells while substantially maintaining a desired biological activity of the biological composition. The device comprises highly po... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6974851 | Halogen- and sulfur-free shaped articles containing peroxide curable compounds of butyl rubber The present invention relates to a shaped article for high purity applications containing at least one peroxide curable compound containing a substantially gel-free butyl polymer. In another of its aspects, the present invention relates to a sealing material and a m... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6956084 | Nano-particle preparation and applications A nano-particle composition including a poly (alkenylbenzene) core and a poly (conjugated diene) or a poly(alkylene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for exampl... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951713 | Absorbing pathogen-inactivating compounds with porous particles immobilized in a matrix Methods and devices are provided for reducing the concentration of low molecular weight compounds in a biological composition, while substantially maintaining a desired biological activity of the biological composition. The device comprises highly porous adsorbent p... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942840 | Method for removal and stabilization of mercury in mercury-containing gas streams The present invention is directed to a process and apparatus for removing and stabilizing mercury from mercury-containing gas streams. A gas stream containing vapor phase elemental and/or speciated mercury is contacted with reagent, such as an oxygen-containing oxid... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6919382 | Preparation and uses of conjugated solid supports for boronic acids The invention provides novel solid supports comprising dihydroxyalkyl aminoalkyl and dihydroxyalkylaminobenzyl groups, and methods for making and using them. The supports are particularly useful for immobilizing and derivatizing functionalized boronic acids for use ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911570 | Method for fixating sludges and soils contaminated with mercury and other heavy metals The invention relates to a method, composition and apparatus for stabilizing mercury and other heavy metals present in a particulate material such that the metals will not leach from the particulate material. The method generally involves the application of a metal ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6878779 | Cross-copolymerized olefin/aromatic vinyl compound/diene copolymer and process for its production A highly uniform vinyl compound polymer-cross-copolymerized olefin/styrene/diene copolymer excellent in processability, mechanical properties, high temperature properties, compatibility and transparency, and its composition and a process for its production, are prov... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875818 | Polymer nano-strings A polymer nano-string composition is provided. The polymer nano-strings can include a poly(alkenylbenzene) core, and a surface layer comprising poly(conjugated diene). The nano-strings have a mean average diameter of less than about 100 nm and a length of greater th... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872785 | Multi-layer nano-particle preparation and applications A multi-layer nano-particle composition including a polymer core and at least two additional layers is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionali... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6858299 | High solids process for preparing polymeric nanoparticles The present invention relates to an emulsion free high solids process for preparing crosslinked polymeric nanoparticles of 1-200 nm in diameter. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6841642 | Processability butyl rubber and process for production thereof A butyl polymer having improved processability is described, together with a process for production thereof. The butyl polymer derived from a reaction mixture which contains: (i) a monomer mixture comprising a C4 to C7 monoolefin monomer (preferably isobutylene) and... | 01/11/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6809146 | Rubber mixtures containing silica, carbon black and rubber gel The present invention relates to rubber mixtures based on silica and carbon black-filled solution styrene/butadiene rubbers in which the silica has been partially replaced by rubber gels. The vulcanizates produced from the rubber mixtures of the present invention ar... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6777500 | Core-shell polymer particles A core-shell particle for use as filler in rubber compositions. In one embodiment, the particle comprises a crosslinked core having repeat aromatic vinyl units. During an emulsion polymerization, a crosslinked shell comprising of conjugated diene units is grafted on... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6740712 | Polymers based on N-carbamyl-N'-dimethylsilyl methyl-piperazine traceless linkers for the solid phase synthesis of phenyl based libraries The present invention relates to polymers characterized by novel silicon linkers based on the carbamyl piperazine moiety, methods of preparing these polymers and their use in the solid phase synthesis of compounds or libraries of compounds embracing a phenyl ring in... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6723798 | Resins having vinyl ether linker for the solid phase organic synthesis The present invention relates to a resin having a vinyl ether linker and more particularly, to a resin having a vinyl ether linker expressed by formula (I), useful for the synthesis of compounds having hetero atoms such as alcohol, thiol, imidazole, triazole and tet... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6689469 | Crystalline polymer nano-particles A polymer nano-particle composition is provided. The composition includes polymer nano-particles having a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a surface layer comprising a crystalline polyolefin. The nano-particles preferably have a mean average diameter of less... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6639023 | Fluorophenyl resin compounds This invention is directed to a fluorophenyl resin compound, to methods of its preparation; and to its use in the solid phase synthesis of amides, peptides, hydroxamic acids, amines, urethanes, carbonates carbamates, sulfonamides and -substituted c... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6620882 | Solid support template for preparation of highly functionalized heterocycle compounds The present invention relates to a novel solid support template of Formula (I) and methods for producing novel highly functionalized imidazoles, pyrazinones and benzodiazepinones through a plurality of chemical reactions utilizing the solid support templa... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6579940 | Thermoplastic elastomeric material as a replacement for natural rubber latex The present invention provides functionally modified thermoplastic elastomeric compounds composed of at least one polystyrene hard domain, at least one polyolefin rubber domain and at least one cross-linkable compound interspersed within one or more of th... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6573336 | Wastewater treating agent, method for wastewater treatment, sludge dehydrant and method for sludge treatment Sulfonated styrene polymer and/or its salt, a waste water treatment material and sludge dehydrating agent each containing the sulfonated styrene polymer and/or its salt as an effective component thereof are disclosed. The waste water treatment material is... | 06/03/2003 |
