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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163850 | Thermosetting polyester coating compositions containing tetramethyl cyclobutanediol Disclosed are polyester resins and solvent borne thermosetting coating compositions that include these resins in combination with at least one crosslinker. The polyester resins contain 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol and exhibit a combination of good solubil... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8039559 | Unsaturated polyester resin or vinyl ester resin compositions The present invention relates to a two-component composition comprising a first component and a second component, wherein the first component being a non-aqueous resin composition comprising an unsaturated polyester resin or vinyl ester resin, a transition metal com... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7544747 | Photoactive materials and related compounds, devices, and methods The present invention relates to fullerene derivatives including a pendant group that may be reacted to prepare a composition including a plurality of covalently bound fullerenes. The pendant group may be a cyclic ether, such as an epoxide. The present invention als... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7425594 | Copolymer of glycidyl ester and/or ether with polyol A copolymer and a process of making the copolymer are disclosed. The copolymer is produced from reacting a glycidyl ester and/or ether with a polyol comprising a functionality of at least 2 wherein at least 50% by weight of the copolymer comprises a minimum of 3n+X ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7396882 | Styrene-free unsaturated polyester resin compositions Styrene-free unsaturated polyester resin compositions are provided which have low volatile organic compounds and hazardous air pollutants emissions when these resin compositions are used in open molding applications. A process for the manufacture of these resin comp... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390857 | Crosslinkable and crosslinked polymers Crosslinkable polymeric materials are disclosed useful for the temporal stabilization of a poling-induced noncentrosymmetric host lattice containing guest nonlinear optical chromophores. The materials are also suitable as crosslinkable coatings in the absence of chr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364788 | Fiber-filled molded articles Polymer molding processes, such as injection-molding processes, include use of a viscosity-reducing supercritical fluid additive resulting in less breakage of reinforcing fibers upon introduction into the mold. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7339017 | Acryl-modified polyester resin composition and method of preparing the same A condensation polymerization of apolyhydric alcohol and a polybasic acid in a solvent is performed to give a polyester resin. The polyester resin and an unsaturated polybasic acid are polymerized to give a polyester resin intermediate of following formula (1) havin... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7297370 | Curable encapsulant composition, device including same, and associated method An encapsulant for encapsulating electronic components and a method of making and/or using the encapsulant may be provided. An electronic device that includes the encapsulant may be provided. The curable encapsulant composition may include a mixture of a functionali... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7244786 | Flame-retardant resin composition, moldings thereof and flame retardant A flame-retardant resin composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a rubber-reinforced polystyrene resin, from 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of an epoxy-modified phenolic resin, and from 1 to 30 parts by weight of an aromatic phosphate has good flame retardancy and g... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223477 | Coating powders having enhanced flexability Coating powders having a low curing temperature are comprised of an acid functional acrylic resin having an acid number between about 40 and 220, triglycidyl isocyanurate, and a curing catalyst comprising tetrabutyl ammonium bromide. Such coating powders have a stoi... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7173100 | Receiving-layer-forming resin for use in thermal-transfer image-receiving sheet and thermal-transfer image-receiving sheet using such a resin The present invention relates to a receiving-layer-forming polyester resin for use in a thermal-transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising: not less than 70 mol % of isophthalic acid and not more than 30 mol % of terephthalic acid as acid components; an... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169860 | Amorphous-crystalline block copolymers Biodegradable block copolyesters obtained from crystalline blocks and amorphous blocks, wherein the repeating units of both blocks are of the dicarboxylic acid/diol type. Said copolyesters are characterized by a melting temperature equal to or less than 15% lower th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157526 | Aqueous primary dispersion, substantially or completely devoid of volatile organic substances, method for the production thereof and use of the same Aqueous primary dispersion, substantially or entirely free of volatile organic compounds, and comprising dispersed and/or emulsified, solid and/or liquid polymer particles and/or dispersed solid core/shell particles with a particle diameter≦500 nm, preparable by f... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151139 | Antimicrobial polymeric surfaces Bactericidal compositions are disclosed that comprise a polymeric compound immobilized on a material. Medical devices are also disclosed which comprise such a bactericidal composition. Methods are disclosed for covalently derivatizing the surfaces of common material... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151143 | Blends containing macrocyclic polyester oligomer and high molecular weight polymer The invention provides blends of macrocyclic polyester oligomer (MPO) with high-molecular-weight polymer and polymerization catalyst as friable, one-component, ready-to-polymerize materials with long shelf life. The invention also provides methods for preparation an... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148293 | Method for the production of hyperbranched water-soluble polyesters Process for preparing essentially uncrosslinked hyperbranched, water-soluble or water-dispersible polyesters from dicarboxylic acids and polyether polyols having at least 3 OH groups. Water-soluble hyperbranched polyesters which are obtainable by such a process and ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7147928 | Compositions and methods for imparting stain resistance The invention concerns a stain resist composition comprising: (a) a component selected from the group consisting of (1) a naphthalene condensate, (2) a lignin sulfonate, (3) a phenol sulfonate derivative, a mixture thereof and (4) a (meth)acrylic polymer comprising ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144605 | Curable coating composition and coating film forming method A curable coating composition comprises (a) a component having an active methylene group and/or an active methane group, (b) a component having a methacrylate group and/or an acrylate group, (c) a ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138464 | Functionalized, absorbable, segmented copolyesters and related copolymers Absorbable heterochain polymers carrying acid or basic groups, capable of ionic conjugation with basic or acidic bioactive agents, respectively, are produced by free-radical addition of unsaturated functional monomers onto absorbable liquid polymers and subsequent g... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138465 | Polymer-modified resins Binders for coating materials that exhibit high flexibility and good hardness contain a polymer-modified resin, containing I) at least one polyester having a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group or both, and II) at least one glycidyl-containing polyacrylate. The polye... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7119152 | Thermoplastic polyester compositions having improved impact properties The present invention relates to thermoplastic polyesters, which comprise, by weight: (i) a thermoplastic polyester; (ii) an impact modifier comprising: (a) a core-shell copolymer (A); (b) an ethylene c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7056983 | Block copolymer Processes for producing an AB block copolymer, an ABA block copolymer or a multiblock copolymer are provided, which comprises adding an alkenyl-containing polymer (I) to a living or to an atom transfer radical polymerization system or a living cationic polymerizatio... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056988 | Polymer compound, process for producing the same, molded article and process for producing the same A polymer compound contains a cyclic structure represented by the following general formula (1): wherein each of X and Y represent an alkylene group or the like, where X and Y may be the same or different, Z repr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7048995 | Polyester resin, molded product made thereof and process for production of polyester resin A polyester resin produced by polycondensing a dicarboxylic acid component containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or its ester-forming derivative as the main component and a diol component containing ethylene glycol as the main component in the presence of at leas... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7030198 | Curable compositions comprising an epoxidised unsaturated polyester and mineral fillers A curable composition includes an unsaturated polyester and an unsaturated monomer copolymerisable with the unsaturated polyester in the presence of polymerisation accelerators and initiators. The unsaturated polyester is an epoxidised unsaturated polyester obtainab... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7026412 | Process for forming molded articles, particular by blow molding, utilizing compositions that include calcium reactants in blends containing copolyether ester elastomers and ethylene(meth)acrylate/unsaturated epoxide copolymers A process for forming molded articles, partcularly for forming by blow molding, by providing and forming articles from compositions made from blends containing (A) two copolyether ester elastomers that include acid end-groups, (B) an ethylene copolymer that includes... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7005474 | Epoxy polyester, its emulsion and its preparation as well as water-base coatings containing the emusion The invention discloses an acrylic acid-modified epoxy polyester resin and the preparation process thereof. The resin comprises 100 pbw of a copolymer (A) formed from an unsaturated fatty acid-modified polyester and a bisphenol A type epoxy resin, and 20-40 pbw of p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6986948 | Polyester-based dimethacrylates designed for laminating applications A laminate formed from a first fiber-reinforced ply joined by a laminating resin composition to a second fiber-reinforced ply. The laminating resin composition is the cured residue of a polyester resin being end-terminated with an alkyl acrylate group and diluted wi... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984675 | Formaldehyde-free binder compositions for simultaneous warp sizing and coloration of filament yarns An aqueous dispersion has an addition polymer (B) formed in situ on a sulfopolyester (A). The sulfopolyester (A) is formed as a polycondensation product of first and second reaction mixtures. The first reaction mixture includes at least about 70 mol. % of terephthal... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6977282 | Preparation of dicyclopentadiene-containing unsaturated polyesters A process for making dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-containing polyesters is disclosed. The process comprises reacting 2-methyl-1,3-propanediol with maleic anhydride to form an acid terminated prepolymer and then reacting the prepolymer with a low grade DCPD to form DCPD-... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6905778 | Powder coating composition, method for the curing thereof, and articles derived therefrom A powder coating composition includes an acid-functional polyester resin and a matting agent selected from styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers and acid-functional acrylic resins. The compositions provide low gloss finishes at low curing temperatures, as well as cons... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906147 | Catalytic systems This invention relates to single-component and multi-component catalytic systems using aryl titanates. Aryl titanate compounds are useful as catalysts and co-catalysts in single-component and multi-component catalytic systems (e.g., for the polymerization of macrocy... | 06/14/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6900267 | Methods of CO2-assisted reactive extrusion Methods of carrying out a reactive extrusion processes are described that include combining at least one polymer, oligomer, or combination thereof, a carbon dioxide containing fluid, and at least one reactant in an extruder to form a mixture such that the carbon dio... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6890989 | Water-responsive biodegradable polymer compositions and method of making same The present invention is a hydrolytically modified, biodegradable polymer and a method of making a hydrolytically modifiable a biodegradable polymer. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a method of grafting polar groups onto biodegradable polymers and modifi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6890991 | Thermoplastic resin composition The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition which has an improved impact resistance while maintaining mechanical properties such as strength and rigidity. In the present invention, a thermoplastic resin (A) is mixed with a polytetrafluoroethyl... | 05/10/2005 |
