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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026325 | Co-polymerization of an isoolefin with a halogenated co-monomer A co-polymer of isobutene and 4-bromo-3-methyl-1-butene formed by direct co-polymerization in a single-step process. A continuous process for forming the co-polymer preferably comprises periodic or semi-continuous addition of catalyst to a mixed monomer solution. Se... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7803892 | Aqueous emulsion composition An aqueous emulsion composition comprising (A) an aqueous resin emulsion comprising a fluorine-containing polymer and (B) a surfactant of the formula: R1O—(CH2CH2O)p—(R2O)q—R3 | 09/28/2010 |
| 7763692 | Ultraviolet-curing resin composition, paint, ink, adhesive, sealing agent and primer An ultraviolet-curing resin composition of (a) 5 to 35 parts by mass of a chlorinated polyolefin with a chlorine content of 15 to 40 mass %, (b) 15 to 60 parts by mass of an alicyclic hydrocarbon mono(meth)acrylate, and (c) 5 to 80 parts by mass of a polypropylene g... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7348389 | Method for achieving recoat adhesion over a fluorinated topcoat A method for repairing a basecoat/clearcoat finish or coating comprised of a fluorinated organosilane topcoat. A fluorinated urethane additive is added to the fluorinated organosilane topcoat composition to improve recoat adhesion with the repair basecoat. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7279154 | Use of comb copolymers based on acryloyldimethyltaurine acid in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological products The invention relates to uses of comb polymers of acryloyldimethyltaurine and/or acryloyldimethyltaurates in cosmetic, pharmaceutical and dermatological applications as thickeners, dispersing agents, suspending agents, emulsifiers, stabilizers, solubilizers, conditi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7160971 | pH-sensitive methacrylic copolymers and the production thereof The present invention provides novel multi-functional methacrylic copolymers that exhibit cationic pH-sensitive behavior as well as good water solubility under acidic conditions. The copolymers are constructed from tertiary amine methacrylates and poly(ethylene glyc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7135132 | Photochromic fluorescent polymer and preparation method thereof The present invention relates to a photochromic fluorescent polymer and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a photochromic fluorescent polymer having bonds between diarylethenes and aryethene-vinylene precursors with a weight average molecular we... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7097853 | Matrix for transdermal drug delivery A transdermal drug delivery device involving a macromonomer-containing acrylate or methacrylate copolymer, a softener, and a drug. Also a pressure sensitive skin adhesive involving a macromonomer containing acrylate or methacrylate copolymer and a softener. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7056413 | Acrylate copolymers and pressure-sensitive adhesives obtainable therefrom for bonding low-energy surfaces An acrylate copolymer for use in pressure-sensitive adhesives, particularly suitable for the bonding of low-energy surfaces, is composed of the following monomer components: A) 60 to 95% by weight of one or more monomers selected from alkyl acrylates and alkyl metha... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041762 | Polyvalent imprinted polymer and process of preparation thereof The present invention relates to a polyvalent imprinted polymer useful in medicine and biotechnology and to a process for the preparation thereof. More particularly it relates to the said polymer of formula (1) herein below | 05/09/2006 |
| 7037991 | TFE copolymers Copolymers formed by TFE and FMVE containing FMVE in percent by moles from 2.5% to 8%; the % TFE moles being the complement to 100% of the FMVE moles. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6994904 | Pressure sensitive adhesive fibers with a reinforcing material This invention is directed to a reinforced adhesive fiber that includes a pressure sensitive adhesive component and a reinforcing material within the pressure sensitive adhesive component. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6969749 | Azlactone initiators for atom transfer radical polymerization Initiators for atom transfer radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967232 | High-molecular gelling agent precursor for electrolyte A high-molecular gelling agent precursor for an electrolyte comprises a copolymer formed of (A) a hydrophobic monomer having a hydrophobic group, which forms a carboxyl group upon saponification, and (B) a hydrophobic polyfunctional monomer. The saponification produ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6903169 | LTMC polymerization of unsaturated monomers A process for polymerizing unsaturated monomers is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing, in the presence of a late transition metal catalyst (LTMC), a variety of unsaturated monomers which are traditionally, some of which are exclusively, made by free radic... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6903151 | Wet-stick adhesives, articles, and methods A wet-stick pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises: at least one copolymerized monoethylenically unsaturated (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, wherein the (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer, when homopolymerized, has ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6897278 | Branched polyolefin synthesis This invention relates to a process for the synthesis of addition polymers containing branches upon branches and having a polymerizable olefin end group by a convenient one-pot polymerization of selected vinyl monomers with chain polymerization initiators and a meth... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6891007 | Method for polymerizing polar substituted cycloalkenes This invention relates to a process for polymerizing polar substituted norbornenes and/or cycloalkenes, optionally, in the presence of another unsaturated compound. The method is characterized in that the polymerization is carried out in the presence of one or more ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6858696 | Method for synthesis of hybrid silicon and organic copolymers by controlled free radical polymerization The invention concerns a method for preparing by thermal activation of hybrid silicone and organic polymers comprising the motifs RxUySiO[4−(x+y)]/2 (I) wherein: x is equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, y is equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3 with 2≦(x+y)≦3 and y is different from 0 fo... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6855762 | Method for producing water soluble polymer of esters from ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and polyalkylene glycols A process for the preparation of water-soluble polymers of esters of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids and polyalkylene glycols by azeotropic esterification, in the presence of organic solvents which form an azeotrope with water, of ethylenically unsaturate... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6855747 | Method of producing ion sensitive film for ion sensor There is disclosed a method of easily producing a long-lived ion sensitive film having excellent durability and used in an ion sensor. The method starts with preparing a monomer mixture consisting chiefly of monomer units including a functional group and a second gr... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852817 | Pigment dispersing resin and water-based pigment dispersion which contains the same This invention provides a pigment dispersing resin which is a copolymer of: (A) sulfonic group-containing polymerizable unsaturated monomer, (B) polyoxyalkylene chain-containing nonionic polymerizable unsaturated m... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6849703 | Water-soluble polymers of esters made from acrylic acid and alkylpolyalkylene glycols Water-soluble polymers of esters made from acrylic acid and alkylpolyalkylene glycols, obtainable by azeotropic esterification of a mixture of acrylic acid and alkylpolyalkylene glycol in a molar ratio of from 2 to 3:1 in the presence of at least 85% by weight, base... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846888 | Stabilized organic peroxydicarbonate compositions Thermally stabilized initiator compositions comprising: (a) at least one dialkyl peroxydicarbonate, and (b) a stabilizing effective amount of a compound of Structure I: | 01/25/2005 |
| 6825308 | Copolymers and preparation thereof The present invention relates to copolymers for applications in medicine and biotechnology and preparation thereof. Copolymers comprises polyvalent N-Acetyl Glucosamine(NAG) in polyvalent form and bind more efficiently to lysozyme than NAG itself. The copolymers exh... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6825302 | Process for synthesizing tackifier resin This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the reactivity of the most important monomers commonly used in synthesizing tackifier resins with aluminum halide catalysts can be enhanced by conducting the polymerization in the presence of an allylic hali... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6822062 | Supported group 8-10 transition metal olefin polymerization catalysts Methods for preparing olefin polymers, and catalysts for preparing olefin polymers are disclosed. The polymers can be prepared by contacting the corresponding monomers with a Group 8-10 transition metal catalyst and a solid support. The polymers are suitable for pro... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6822061 | Well cement additives, compositions and methods Improved well cement additives, compositions and methods of using the compositions are provided. The well cement additives are basically comprised of a first monomer selected from the group of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, 2-allyloxy-2-hydroxy-1-propan... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6794438 | Thermoset polymers with dispersed fluorocarbon additives A mixture comprising a cross-linkable thermosetting resin and a fluorocarbon additive which is curable to form a thermoset resin composition having a gradient concentration of the fluorocarbon additive through a cross-section thereof. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6784264 | Azlactone initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization Initiators for nitroxide-mediated radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6784265 | Ring-opened azlactone initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization Initiators for nitroxide-mediated radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6756456 | Adhesive latex based on carboxyl-functionalized polychloroprene with low water retention A process for the polymerization of chloroprene or of a mixture of chloroprene and of up to 20% by weight of a copolymerizable monomer, in aqueous emulsion in the presence of radical initiators, at a temperature of between 5° C. and 70° C., characterized in that t... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6743881 | Chemically amplified resist and a resist composition The present invention relates to a polymer for a chemically amplified resist and a resist composition using the same. The present invention provides a polymer represented by the Formula (1) and a chemically resist composition for deep ultraviolet light comprising th... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6734246 | Polyvinylacetal-grafted polymers Polyvinylacetal-grafted polymers in the form of their aqueous dispersions or water-redispersible powders, and based on emulsion or suspension polymerized base polymers of one or more monomers from the group consisting of vinyl esters, (meth)acrylates, vinylaromatics... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6723814 | Amphiphilic copolymer planar membranes Membranes made from amphiphilic copolymers are disclosed. The amphiphilic copolymers can be ABA copolymers, where one of A and B is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic. The copolymers may be crosslinked to form more stable structures. Crosslinking can be accomp... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6710147 | Process for synthesizing tackifier resin This invention is based upon the unexpected discovery that the reactivity of the most important monomers commonly used in synthesizing tackifier resins with aluminum halide catalysts can be enhanced by conducting the polymerization in the presence of an allylic hali... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6689856 | WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS WITH A WATER-SOLUBLE BACKBONE AND SIDE UNITS WITH A LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THEM, AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM AND COSMETIC USE THEREOF Water-soluble polymers having a water-soluble backbone and side units having in water a lower critical solution temperature, LCST, the polymers being obtainable by free-radical precipitation polymerization of water-soluble monomers and of macromonomers co... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6680362 | Ring-opened azlactone initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization Initiators for nitroxide-mediated radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677413 | Azlactone initiators for nitroxide-mediated polymerization Initiators for nitroxide-mediated radical polymerizations are described. The initiators have an azlactone or ring-opened azlactone moiety to provide telechelic (co)polymers.... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6639027 | Production process for vinyl-based polymer A production process for a vinyl-based polymer is provided. The production process comprises a step for polymerizing a vinyl-based monomer by a radical reaction within an aqueous medium in a polymerization vessel, and a step for supplying a reaction inhib... | 10/28/2003 |