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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7423093 | Base paints containing fatty acid-modified epoxy esters, methods for the production thereof and their use The present invention relates to basecoat materials comprising one or more water soluble, fatty acid modified epoxy esters and/or one or more fatty acid modified alkyd resins, to processes for preparing them, and to their use. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7323239 | Protective films Multilayer protective films that adhere well to many different surfaces and can be removed without leaving residues are provided. The films consist of a polyolefin backing layer(s) and an adhering layer consisting of an ethylene unsaturated ester copolymer layer con... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320829 | Fluorinated polymer and amine resin compositions and products formed therefrom A reactive fluorinated polymer having polyester and polyether segments is mixed with a reactive melamine resin to form a coating composition. The polyether segment can include monomeric units from an oxetane monomer having pendant fluorine groups that are linked to ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7265187 | Process for production of polyamide composite material In the process of the present invention, a polyamide A1 and an organized clay B are mixed mainly by dispersive mixing, and after added with a polyamide A2, mixed mainly by distributive mixing in a corotating intermeshing twin-screw extruder so designed as to effect ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7220802 | Self-crosslinking alkyd dispersion A coating composition is produced by forming an aqueous dispersion of a crosslinking agent and a resin that comprises the reaction product of an alkyd polymer, an optional surfalkyd, diacetone acrylamide, another acrylate monomer and optionally aromatic monomers whe... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214432 | Coating compositions, their preparation, and coated articles made therefrom A coating composition comprising components A, B and optionally C, wherein component A comprises at least one hydroxy-terminated polyarylate. Component B is an organic species which can react with the hydroxy terminal groups of component A, and component C is a cata... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195855 | Negative-type photosensitive resin composition containing epoxy compound A negative-type photosensitive resin compositions containing an epoxy compound are provided. These compositions use poly(p-vinylphenol) as the base resin and have good development performance when using an aqueous developer, such as tetramethylammonium hydroxide sol... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7163748 | Method for making solid, ungelled aminoplast crosslinkers Methods for preparing crosslinking agents that are the ungelled reaction product of (a) at least one aminoplast resin and (b) at least one modifying compound, wherein the crosslinking agents are essentially free of active hydrogen functional groups and have a glass ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157525 | Thermoplastic elastomer resin The present invention relates to a thermoplastic elastomer resin which has good melt viscosity, melt tension, and thermal resistance, wherein it is prepared by introducing a chain extender and a stabilizer for hydrolysis to a thermoplastic elastomer resin produced t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141308 | Aminoplast crosslinkers derived from aromatic heterocycles containing nitrogen and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent that is an ungelled reaction product of (a) at least one aminoplast resin and (b) at least one aromatic heterocycle containing at least one nitrogen atom wherein the crosslinking agent is essentially free of active hydrogen functional groups and... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132383 | Polymerization catalyst for polyester, polyester produced with the same, and process for producing polyester A polymerization catalyst for polyester production which contains neither a germanium compound nor an antimony compound as a major component. It contains aluminum as the main metallic ingredient, has excellent catalytic activity, and gives a polyester which is effec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115686 | Water-dilutable polyester resins A water-dilutable polyester resin ABCD having a mass fraction of from 1 to 10% of units derived from unsaturated cocondensed building blocks, an olefinic double bond content of from 10 to 2 000 mmol/kg, and a sulfonic acid group content of from 20 to 300 mmol/kg, mo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7087710 | Polymeric surfactants derived from cyclic monomers having pendant fluorinated carbon groups A fluorine containing polymer which acts as a wetting, flow or leveling agent, and has at least one polar group. The polymer has at least one pendant or ether side chain containing from about 1 to about 20 carbon atoms with at least 25% of the hydrogen atoms being r... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087683 | Sulfonamide modified aminoplast crosslinkers and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent that is an ungelled reaction product of (a) an aminoplast resin and (b) a compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with the aminoplast resin such that the crosslinking agent is essentially free of functional groups reactive with an aminop... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7060357 | Powder coatings containing symmetrical additives A coating composition contains solid particulates of a mixture of an aminoplast crosslinking agent, a solid polymer having functionality reactive with the aminoplast crosslinking agent, and a crystalline, carbamate-functional additive. The crystalline, carbamate-fun... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7005002 | Branched, amorphous, polyester-based macropolyols of narrow molecular weight distribution Branched, amorphous, polyester-based macropolyols having a narrow molecular weight distribution and a process for making the macropolyol. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001560 | Molding resin composition and method of molding The present invention provides a resin composition suitable for molding a microscopic structure that has small cure shrinkage, good mold transfer properties and excellent properties for post-processing such as polishing processing and laser processing. Such a resin ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001943 | Chip resistant primer composition useful for producing two-tone finishes A curable coating composition with holdout capability, and methods of use thereof, useful in providing a chip resistant two-tone finish in a reduced number of coating steps and curing cycles, which contains a hydroxyl-functional polyester resin, or a plurality of hy... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6992149 | Use of carbamate-modified aminoplast resins to improve the appearance and performance of powder coatings A powder coating composition comprising at least about 0.1% by weight of a reaction product of an aminoplast and a compound having one carbamate group has improved smoothness. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6974631 | High-reflectivity polyester coating The present invention provides a high reflectivity lighting fixture, comprising a coated reflector and a light source. The reflector is coated with a composition that includes a cycloaliphatic group containing polyester resin and a pigment. The present invention als... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6930155 | Powder coatings based on thermoset-modified polymers and polyesters A polyurethane composition comprising: A) from 3 to 35% by weight of a polymeric composition comprising 1) at least one polymer and 2) at least one thermoset in amounts of from 0.5 to 50% by weight, based on... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6903166 | Process for the manufacture of glycidylester compositions A process for the manufacture of glycidylester compositions by (a) reacting: (i) at least one cyclohexyl anhydride compound A; (ii) at least one di-secondary or di-primary hydroxyl compound B containing two (cyclo)aliphatic hydroxyl groups; (iii), at least one di-se... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6902820 | High solid coating compositions Coating compositions comprising: A) least one hydroxy-functional polyester with at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, wherein at least one of which hydroxyl groups is a tertiary hydroxyl group, and the polyester has a number a... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6852403 | Decorative components having an elastomeric outer surface and methods of making such components The aromatic polyurethane elastomers of the present invention are particularly suited for methods of making objects in a mold cavity. The objects generally include an elastomeric layer formed from an aromatic polyurethane and a foam layer which is subsequently appli... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6849693 | Hydroxyl group-containing polymers, their preparation and use Hydroxyl group-containing polymers which comprise moieties of polyesters and of addition polymers formed from olefinically unsaturated monomers, the polyesters containing units from aliphatic cyclic or polycyclic dihydroxy or polyhydroxy compounds or diepoxy or poly... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6822054 | Polytrimethylene ether esters A random polytrimethylene ether ester prepared by polycondensation of 1,3-propanediol reactant and about 10 to about 0.1 mole % of aliphatic or aromatic diacid or diester, as well as its manufacture and use thereof. ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6809161 | Modified aminoplast crosslinkers and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers A crosslinking agent is provided which is an ungelled reaction product of (a) an aminoplast resin and (b) a compound having active hydrogen groups reactive with the aminoplast resin (a) such that the crosslinking agent is essentially free of functional groups reacti... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6806314 | Coating of Hydroxy-functional polymer(s), crosslinker, and 1,3- and 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanols A coating composition comprising at least one hydroxyl functional polymer, a crosslinker capable of crosslinking with said hydroxyl functional polymer (a) to form a film, and a reactive diluent comprising 1,3-cyclohexane dimethanol and 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol. | 10/19/2004 |
| 6756452 | Glycidyl ester of cooh polyester and curing agent A composition comprises a curing agent or coreactant and a glycidyl ester produced by reacting a carboxyl-functional polyester having an acid value of less than 280 mg KOH/gram with excess epihaloydrin in the presence of a base and, optionally, a catalyst, wherein t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6740402 | Polyester fiber Polyester fibers comprising a copolyester which simultaneously satisfies the following respective requirements (a) to (c), (a) a terephthalic acid component in an amount of 0 to 100 mol % and a 2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid component in an amount of 100 to... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6734255 | Graft polymer, process for the production thereof and solution-type water-and oil-repellent compositions containing the polymer A graft polymer, which is obtained by grafting a branch polymer having a fluoroalkyl group onto a trunk polymer through a linkage having a —C(═O)NH— group, gives a solvent-based water- and oil-repellent composition having high water- and oil-repellency, high p... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730730 | Resin for a mineral wool binder comprising the reaction product of an amine with a first and second anhydride Resin for a binder suitable for mineral fibers such as glass or stone wool, said resin comprising the reaction product of a polymer free mixture of an amine with a first anhydride and a second anhydride, characterized in that the first and second anhydrides are diff... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727344 | Monohydric polyfluorooxetane polymer and radiation curable coatings containing a monofunctional polyfluorooxetane polymer Monofunctional polyfluorooxetane oligomers and polymers are prepared by the cationic polymerization of fluorooxetane monomers with a monoalcohol. The fluorooxetane oligomers or polymers can be copolymerized with generally cyclic ethers. Alternatively, the polyfluoro... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6713182 | Aminoplast-based crosslinkers and powder coating compositions containing such crosslinkers Provided is a crosslinking agent which is the ungelled reaction product of a polyester polyol and an aminotriazine compound having one or less non-alkylated NH bond per triazine ring. The polyester polyol is the reaction product of a cycloaliphatic polyol and a cycl... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6689457 | Electrically conductive coatings applied by internally charged electrostatic sprayers The present invention provides compositions comprising a graphite, binder precursor and low polarity solvent that upon hardening form layers of an electrically conductive material. The compositions of the present invention are sprayable by an internally c... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6686051 | Cured polyesters containing fluorinated side chains A polyester polymer includes at least one hydroxyl terminated polyoxetane block containing repeat units derived from polymerizing at least one oxetane monomer having a pendant --CH2 --O--(CH2)n --Rf group wherein said Rf g... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6683137 | Intermediate coating composition, method for forming multilayered coating films and multilayered coating films In an intermediate coating composition comprising high-acid-value polyester resin, low-acid-value polyester resin, melamine resin containing an imino group and pigments, a ratio (AV1 /AV2) of acid value (AV1) of high-acid-... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6680358 | Bonding agent combination for water-proof coatings that are produced by coil coating The present invention relates to a new liquid, storage-stable coating composition, which is suitable for the production of coatings which have an outstanding resistance to external weathering, and binders thereof which are composed of a hardener component... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6657016 | Polyester resin composition A polyester resin composition comprising 50 equivalents/ton or more of an aromatic ring in the resin and at least one thermosetting resin selected from the group consisting of melamine resin, urea resin, benzoguanamine resin and phenol resin. The aromatic... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6653411 | Anti-reflective coating compositions comprising polymerized aminoplasts Improved anti-reflective coating compositions for use in integrated circuit manufacturing processes and methods of forming these compositions are provided. Broadly, the compositions are formed by heating a solution comprising a compound including specific... | 11/25/2003 |