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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7910674 | Polymerized cycloolefins using transition metal catalyst and end products thereof Methods for the addition polymerization of cycloolefins using a cationic Group 10 metal complex and a weakly coordinating anion of the formula: [(R′)zM(L′)x(L″)y]b[WCA]... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7528203 | Cyclic olefin copolymers, and methods of making the same Copolymers of an olefin or alpha-olefin and a cyclic olefin where the cyclic olefin comprises greater than 50 mole percent by weight of the copolymer have been discovered. These copolymers have unique properties, including low density, high chemical resistance, low ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7439315 | Polymer film and method for producing the same A copolymer film having a decreased dielectric constant which is produced by supplying at least two organic monomers as raw materials, forming a film of a copolymer comprising a backbone based on said at least two monomers on a surface of a substrate, and heating th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7393907 | Polar group-containing olefin copolymer, process for preparing the same, thermoplastic resin composition containing the copolymer, and uses thereof The present invention is a polar group-containing olefin copolymer having excellent adhesion properties to metals or polar resins and excellent compatibility therewith. A process for preparing the copolymer, a thermoplastic resin composition containing the copolymer... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385017 | Silicone resin compositions and molded articles thereof This invention relates to a silicone resin composition which exhibits high heat resistance, high transparency and high dimensional stability and thus can be suitably used for optical applications such as a lens, an optical disc, an optical fiber, a substrate for a p... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381782 | Polymerizable composition and molded articles produced by using the same The present invention provides a polymerizable composition and a resin formed object capable of providing a crosslinked cycloolefin resin formed object and a crosslinked cycloolefin resin composite excellent in heat resistance, more specifically, a polymerizable com... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358283 | Radiation curable compositions useful in image projection systems A radiation curable composition comprising: A) at least one urethane poly(meth) acrylate compound; B) at least one poly(meth)acrylate compound; C) at least one polyester poly(meth)acrylate compound; D) at least one silicone poly(meth)acrylate compound; E) at least o... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7344820 | Chemically amplified polymer having pendant group with dicyclohexyl and resist composition comprising the same The present invention relates to a chemically amplified polymer having a pendent group with dicyclohexyl bonded thereto, a process for the preparation thereof, and a resist composition comprising it, and more particularly, to a novel (meth)acrylic or norbornene carb... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7312292 | Polycyclic polymers containing pendant ion conducting moieties A polymer comprising polycyclic repeating units having recurring ion conducting groups and optional crosslinkable groups is disclosed. The present invention provides the capability of tailoring polymers to impart unique properties to membranes fabricated from the po... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7297751 | Photocontrolled photochromic electroluminescent and electroconductive polymers for photonics The invention relates to photochromic monomers based on benzothiophenes and a method for preparing them, and to photochromic polymers-polyazomethines that are reversibly photocontrollable due to the introduction of photochromic fragments from the class of dihetaryle... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291686 | Method of producing polymer network Process for the preparation of a polymeric network, in which (i) one or more polymers are made available which can be crosslinked with one another intramolecularly or intermolecularly or intra- and intermolecularly by covalent or non-covalent bonding, | 11/06/2007 |
| 7276568 | Copolymer, adhesive containing the same and laminate A copolymer of a strait chain α-olefin and a vinyl compound (I) represented by the general formula CH2═CH—R, wherein R is a hydrocarbon group, the steric parameter Es of the substituent R is −1.64 or less and the steric parameter B1 of the substitu... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273915 | Crosslinkable resin composition and resin formed body produced therefrom A crosslinkable resin composition is provided which can be a forming material having excellent adhesion to metals and excellent heat resistance. The crosslinkable resin composition comprises; a cycloolefin resin (A) obtained through metathesis polymerization of a cy... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271231 | Polymerization of olefins Disclosed herein are processes for polymerizing ethylene, acyclic olefins, and/or selected cyclic olefins, and optionally selected olefinic esters or carboxylic acids, and other monomers. The polymerizations are catalyzed by selected transition metal compounds, and ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262250 | Scorch-retardant composition The present invention relates to the prevention of scorching before crosslinking of a thermoplastic and/or elastomeric composition with peroxides or azo compounds. This is achieved by using a family of specific nitroxides as additive. ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7232874 | Interlayer insulating film, method for forming the same and polymer composition The interlayer insulating film of this invention is composed of a polymer in which a first monomer having four substituted acetylenyl groups and polymerizable in the three-dimensional direction and a second monomer having two substituted cyclopentanonyl groups and p... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230059 | Process for producing olefin copolymer A process for producing an olefin-based copolymer, which comprises copolymerizing at least one olefin selected from the group consisting of ethylene and straight chain α-olefins, and a vinyl compound (I) and a polyene (II) described below: Vinyl compound (I)... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214751 | Radical polymerization method performed in the presence of disulfide compounds The invention relates to a method of preparing a composition of living polymers comprising a non-photoinitiated radical polymerization step using a composition consisting of: at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, preferably a methacrylic monomer, at least ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196143 | High-softening-point copolymer, process for producing the same, and product of hydrogenation thereof Provided are a high melting point copolymer prepared by heat-polymerizing cyclopentadiene and/or dicyclopentadiene and a vinyl-substituted aromatic compound, wherein a use amount of a solvent in heat polymerization is 0.1 time or more and less than 0.5 time based on... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193003 | Copolymer, adhesive containing the same and laminate A copolymer of a strait chain α-olefin and a vinyl compound (I) represented by the general formula CH2═CH—R, wherein R is a hydrocarbon group, the steric parameter Es of the substituent R is −1.64 or less and the steric parameter B1 of the substitu... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7153918 | Random ethylene/alkyl acrylate copolymers, compounds and elastomeric compositions thereof with improved low temperature properties Disclosed are random copolymers derived from ethylene and at least two different alkyl acrylate comonomers, with or without an acid cure site-containing comonomer. In particular, disclosed are copolymers derived from copolymerization of (a) from 10 to 50 weight % of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148303 | Butyl-type rubber with high hardness The present invention relates to an elastomeric polymer having repeating units derived from at least one isomonoolefin monomer, at least one multiolefin monomer, at least one diisoalkenylbenzene monomer, and optionally further copolymerizable monomers, wherein the p... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129197 | Synthesis of poly-alpha olefin and use thereof One or more oligomers of an olefin are prepared in the presence of a single-site catalyst. Preferably, the olefin is an α-olefin, and the oligomers are a poly-alpha-olefin (PAO). The PAO so prepared is completely or substantially free of tertiary hydrogen resulting... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125943 | Fluorine-containing compounds and their polymers useful for anti-reflection film materials and resist compositions A fluorine-containing compound represented by the formula 1, where R1 is a methyl group or trifluoromethyl group, each of R2 and R3 is in... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7115688 | Nanoparticles with polymer shells The invention provides a method of preparing nanoparticles having at least one polymer shell attached to them, each polymer shell having a selected property or properties. The method comprises attaching initiation monomers to the surfaces of the nanoparticles, conta... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105269 | Copolymer, polymer mixture, and radiation-sensitive resin composition 1. A copolymer having recurring units of the following formulas (1), (2), and (3), wherein R1, R4, R5, and R6 are a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2, R | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105617 | Metal 8-hydroxyquinoline-functionalized polymers and related materials and methods of making and using the same This invention relates to the synthesis of Mqn-containing monomeric compounds, comprising a polymerizable moiety, an Mqn-moiety, and an optional chemical spacer therebetween, wherein q, in each instance, comprises an 8-hydroxyquinoline residue,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087691 | Photo-imageable compositions of norbornene and acrylate copolymers and use thereof Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass photo-imageable compositions that include polymers of acrylate-type monomers and norbornene-type monomers. In some embodiments a catalyst system comprising a cationic or a neutral Pd(II) dimer component ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7037974 | Process for the oligomerization of α-olefins having low unsaturation, the resulting polymers, and lubricants containing same A poly(α-olefin) copolymer obtained from the polymerization of at least one α-olefin having from 2 to about 20 carbon atoms and at least one bulky olefin, the process comprising polymerizing the monomers in the presence of hydrogen and a catalytically effective am... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022789 | Telechelic alkadiene polymers with crosslinkable end groups and methods for making the same The present invention relates to telechelic polymers having crosslinkable end groups of the formula and methods for preparing the same wherein n is an integer; is an alkadi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015276 | Melt-moldable thermoplastic norbornene resin composition and molded article and optical film both comprising the same A melt-moldable, thermoplastic norbornene resin composition characterized by being obtained by compounding (A) a base polymer comprising a thermoplastic norbornene resin with (B) an olefin compound having a number-average molecular weight of 200 to 10,000 and a soft... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6995228 | Copolymer of conjugated cyclodiene A cyclic conjugated diene copolymer comprising a main chain comprised of (A) cyclic conjugated diene monomer units, (B) monomer units obtained from vinyl aromatic monomers each having a hydrogen atom at the α-position thereof, and optionally (C) monomer units obtai... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6987156 | Film for fastening cargo during transportation and method for fastening cargo using the same A film and method for fastening cargo during transportation wherein the film has a percentage strain change 100 hours after applying a load of 3.5 MPa at a temperature of 23° C. of not more than 2.0%, and a percentage strain change 100 hours after applying a load o... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984704 | Fluorinated compound, fluoropolymer and process for its production To provide a fluoropolymer which has a high concentration of functional groups to provide adequate characteristics of the functional groups and which brings about no decrease of Tg. A fluoropolymer having monomer units formed by cyclopolymerization of a funct... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6965003 | Block copolymer, process for producing the same, and molded object A block copolymer comprising a polymer block [A] and a polymer block [B]. The polymer block [A] contains mainly a repeating unit having an alicyclic structure, and the polymer block [B] contains the repeating unit having an alicyclic structure and a repeating unit d... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964798 | Multi-layered polymer based thin film structure for medical grade products A multiple layer structure comprising a first and a second skin layer, each skin layer composed of a polypropylene containing polymer, and a radio frequency (“RF”) susceptible layer adhered to and between the first and second skin layers. The RF layer has a firs... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6946523 | Heterobifunctional monomers and uses therefor In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel heterobifunctional monomers and users for the same. Invention compounds have many of the properties required by the microelectronics industry, such as, for example, hydrophobicity, high Tg | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946532 | Catalysts containing per-ortho aryl substituted aryl or heteroaryl substituted nitrogen donors Catalyst compositions useful for the polymerization of olefins are disclosed. These compositions comprise a Group 8-10 metal complex comprising a bidentate or variable denticity ligand comprising one or two nitrogen donor atom or atoms independently substituted by a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6942821 | Process for triggering, storing, and distributing an oxygen scavenger, and a stored oxygen scavenger A method includes triggering an oxygen scavenger; and storing the scavenger in a container configured such that the oxygen scavenger exhibits no substantial oxygen scavenging activity while inside the container. The triggered oxygen scavenger can later be removed fr... | 09/13/2005 |
