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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7737237 | Controlled structure copolymer comprising an amphoteric or zwitterionic part The present invention concerns a controlled structure copolymer comprising at least two different parts, a first part A, amphoteric or zwitterionic, including anionic or potentially anionic units, and cationic or potentially cationic units, or zwitterionic units, an... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7399818 | Curable composition and use thereof A curable composition including a compound, containing as polymerized units, carboxylic acid groups, anhydride groups, or salts thereof, and a styrene, α-methyl styrene, butyl (meth)acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl (meth)acrylate, mono-alkyl (meth)acrylamide, o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393908 | Cross-linked, water-swellable polymer and method for producing the same The invention relates to a cross-linked, water-swellable polymer that contains polymerized into it moieties of a) water-soluble, monoethylenically unsaturated monomers, and b) 0.001 to 5 mole % based on the monomer... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7371783 | Alkali-soluble maleimide copolymer and liquid crystal display comprising the same Provided is an alkali-soluble maleimide-based copolymer which comprises, as essential constituents, 5 to 50% by mass of a maleimide monomer unit which is at least one unit selected from the group consisting of a N-cyclohexylmaleimide monomer unit, a N-benzylmaleimid... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7282318 | Photoresist composition for EUV and method for forming photoresist pattern using the same The present invention relates to photoresist compositions for EUV and methods for forming photoresist patterns. More specifically, fine photoresist patterns: of less than 50 nm without collapse are formed with EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) as an exposure light source by... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279505 | Radiation-curable prepolymers The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268199 | Use of alkoxylated polyvinyl amines for the modification of surfaces The present invention relates to the modification of surface properties of particulate, linear, sheet-like, or three-dimensional structures using alkoxylated polyvinylamines. The invention further relates to novel alkoxylated polyvinylamines, and also to a process f... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250462 | Amphoteric water-soluble polymer dispersion and use thereof The invention relates to an amphoteric water-soluble polymer dispersion containing polymer particles with particle diameters of 100 μm or smaller and produced by dispersion-copolymerization of a monomer mixture comprising a methacrylate monomer containing a quatern... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223826 | Amide-functional polymers, compositions, and methods Amide-functional polymers, and compositions including such polymers, are disclosed. The compositions, which optionally may be hardenable, are useful for treating a surface. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208550 | Blends of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers having shape memory properties Blends of amorphous and semicrystalline polymers having shape memory properties were prepared by blending a crystalline polymer such as poly(vinylidene fluoride), polylactide, poly(hydroxxybutyrate), poly(ethylene glycol) polyethylene, polyethylene-co-vinyl acetate,... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198881 | Photoresist composition for EUV and method for forming photoresist pattern using the same The present invention relates to photoresist compositions for EUV and methods for forming photoresist patterns. More specifically, fine photoresist patterns: of less than 50 nm without collapse are formed with EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) as an exposure light source by... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183366 | Electroactive fluorene copolymers and devices made with such polymers The present invention is generally directed to copolymers of fluorene. It further relates to devices that are made with the copolymers. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173096 | Crosslinked polycyclooctene Chemically crosslinked polycyclooctene having excellent shape recovery properties and a method for its synthesis via ring-opening methathesis polymerization of cyclooctene using the dihydroimidazolylidene-modified Grubbs catalyst are disclosed. The polycyclooctene p... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7101605 | White, biaxially oriented polyester film White, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer B which comprises a thermoplastic polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate, and which comprise substantially only TiO2 as a white pigment, whose R value is less than 43 daN/mm2 | 09/05/2006 |
| 7091297 | Shape memory polymers based on semicrystalline thermoplastic polyurethanes bearing nanostructured hard segments Thermoplastic polyurethanes having an alternating sequence of hard and soft segments in which a nanostructured polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane diol is used as a chain extender to form a crystalline hard segment constituting SMPs. The polyurethanes are formed by... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7081325 | Photoresist polymer and photoresist composition including the same Photoresist polymers and photoresist compositions containing the same are disclosed. A negative photoresist composition containing a photoresist polymer comprising a repeating unit represented by Formula 4 prevents collapse of patterns when photoresist patterns of l... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078472 | Bicarboxyl monomers, copolymers and preparation process of the same The present invention relates to a bicarboxyl monomer of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 independently is H, alkali metal, or NH4. A dispersant composition containing copolymer mad... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7060776 | Monomers useful in the preparation of separation matrices The invention relates to an acrylic monomer defined by formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are H or CH3; R4 | 06/13/2006 |
| 7030202 | Graft copolymers and method to prepare same A thermally processable graft copolymer formed from a water soluble polymer and a water insoluble polymer, wherein the graft copolymer forms a hydrogel upon exposure to water. A method to form such a hydrogel-forming graft copolymer by copolymerizing a water soluble... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6994791 | Adsorbent material and method of preparing an adsorbent material The present invention relates to an adsorbent material for chromatography comprising a polymer immobilized onto a support, wherein the polymer backbone is attached to the support by one or more linkages which comprise one or more amide groups. It further relates to ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995192 | Radiation-curable prepolymers The present invention provides a radiation-curable prepolymer. The radiation-curable prepolymer of the invention is prepared by reacting an isocyanate-capped polyurethane with an ethylenically unsaturated amine or an ethylenically unsaturated monohydroxy compound or... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962962 | Optically active polymer of chiral alkoxy-substituted phenylacetylene The invention provides an optically active polymer which is a product obtained by polymerizing a chiral alkoxy-substituted phenylacetylene such as p-(2-methylbutoxy)phenylacetylene, of which the 2-methylbutoxy group has chirality, in an organic solvent such as triet... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6939912 | Compositions comprising copolymers of N-vinylcarboxamides and monomers with a hydrophobic radical, and use of these copolymers Compositions comprising at least one water-insoluble ingredient and at least one copolymer of A) from 5 to 99% by weight of at least one N-vinylcarboxamide of the formula I where R1 and R2 ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6852815 | Conditioning/styling tetrapolymers What is described herein are conditioning/styling tetrapolymers of vinyl caprolactam (VCL), vinylpyrrolidone (VP), dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide (DMAPMA) and C8-C24 alkyl quaternized dimethylaminopropyl (meth)acrylamide or methacrylic acid... | 02/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6691715 | Water soluble polymer composition and method of use Novel water soluble polymers in solution or water-in-oil emulsion form are disclosed containing quaternary ammonium monomers; and optionally (meth)acrylic acid or 2-(meth)acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid; methylene bis-acryamide and the like; and ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6683145 | Hydrophobic lattices and coating compositions containing them A coating composition containing an emulsion polymer prepared with up to about 20% by weight, based on total polymerizable monomers, of addition polymerizable esters of the glycidyl esters of tertiary acids having 9 or more carbon atoms, preferably up to ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6613856 | Bifunctional polymers Novel polymers are provided having phosphonated and sulphonated substituent groups such that the polymer is multifunctional in its use. Optional amide substituents are used to reduce electrostatic charge density or for hydrogen bonding. An advantage of th... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6585873 | Polymer gels and methods for their preparation A crosslinked hydrophilic gel in which the crosslinker used in a compound of Formula I or Formula II ##STR1## or combination thereof. These crosslinked hydrophilic gels provide enhanced separation in electrophoresis. The use of the crosslinkers of Formula... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6573348 | Curable resin composition A curable resin composition containing (A) an aromatic diallyl compound, (B) an acid derivative or an aliphatic group-containing compound having at least 4 (meth)acryl groups in one molecule, (C) divinylbenzene, and (D) a polythiol compound having at leas... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6538089 | Gels with a shape memory A physically cross-linked copolymer comprising hydrophobic monomers, hydrogen bonding monomers, and thermosensitive monomers, said thermosensitive monomers having a distinct phase change at its lower critical solution temperature (LCST) when existing as a... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534250 | Photo-reactive benzocyclobutenones and polymers thereform for self-photocuring, photo-crosslinking and photopatterning without catalysts Functionalized derivatives of benzocyclobutenone of formula I and II herein are photoreactive and may be employed in the production of a variety of self-curable polymer composition which may be employed as photoresist compositions, pressure sensitive adhe... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6512069 | Durable refinish coating Disclosed is a carbamate-functional acrylic polymer having an epsilon-caprolactone moiety beta to a carbamate group and a coating composition containing the acrylic polymer of the invention. The coating composition is particularly useful as a refinish coa... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6448311 | Cement fluid loss additive A novel method for making improved cement fluid loss additives comprising copolymers of acrylamide having desirable viscosity and fluid loss control properties. The method combines (1) the use of oxygenated make-up water to dissolve acrylamide monomers, d... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6444770 | Acrylamide and trialkylammonium salt copolymer, method for obtaining same and coated textile A copolymer of acrylamide or of an acrylamide derivative and of trialkylammonium salts which is a radical polymerization product, in the presence of an initiator, of at least a first monomer chosen from acrylamide and its derivatives of formula H2 | 09/03/2002 |
| 6420487 | Process for the preparation of thermoprecipitating affinity polymers The present invention relates to a process for the preparation, of thermoprecipitating affinity polymers useful in the enhanced recovery of enzymes. The process comprises polymerising a monomer comprising a spacer and a co-monomer with a polymerisation in... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6403731 | Process for preparing polymer solution Disclosed is a process for preparing a polymer solution having a reduced unreacted unsaturated monomer content, comprising radically polymerizing at least one unsaturated monomer in a solvent in the presence of a radical polymerization initiator, the at l... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6384111 | Polymers containing carboxyl groups and polyalkylene ether side- chains as additives in mineral building materials Additives for mineral building materials made of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers containing a carboxyl group, optionally in latent form, and at least one side chain of formula I: --X--Y--[O--(Alk--O)n --R]k (I) wherein k is 1... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6313252 | Functionalized ethylene/vinyl or vinylidene aromatic interpolymers Novel substantially random functionalized interpolymers and processes for making them are disclosed. The novel interpolymers include those prepared from ethylene and vinyl aromatic monomers such as ethylene-styrene interpolymers which are then functionali... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6294628 | Dispersant-viscosity improvers for lubricating oil compositions A polyacrylate ester, and more particularly a polymethacrylate ester based dispersant-viscosity improver for lubricating oil compositions. Specifically, the dispersant viscosity improvers of this invention are nitrogen-containing copolymers comprising uni... | 09/25/2001 |
