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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442721 | Durable biocompatible controlled drug release polymeric coatings for medical devices Disclosed herein are biocompatible durable controlled drug releasing polymeric coatings for medical devices. The drug release rates of the polymers are controlled by adjusting monomer ratios and glass transition temperatures Tgs. The polymers are durable; they do no... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7402627 | Precursor colorant composition for latex paint The present invention relates to copolymer surfactants and their use in, e.g., coatings such as latex paint and solvent-based paint, and to a method of dispersing colored pigments using the copolymer surfactant, colorant compositions in which at least one pigment is... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7368494 | Emulsion for damping materials and chipping-resistant materials The present invention provides an emulsion composition for vibration damping materials which is capable of giving water-based vibration damping materials exhibiting very satisfactory thermal drying characteristics and vibration damping properties through improved di... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7321006 | Admixture for cement There are provided an admixture for cement which enhances water reducing property and flowability of a cement composition, and is excellent in slump retaining performance to retain the flowability with time, a polycarboxylic acid-based polymer for an admixture for c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312268 | Water-absorbent carboxyl-containing polymers with low monomer content A water absorbent polymer with reduced residual monomer content is prepared using silver ions and/or colloidal silver. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264866 | Laminate film The object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film excellent in light resistance, scratch resistance, transparency, dimensional stability and adhesion to a hard coating layer. The present invention is a laminated film comprising a base material layer... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259212 | (Meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated trimethylolpropane The present invention relates to novel (meth)acrylic esters of polyalkoxylated trimethylolpropane of the formula where EO is O—CH2-CH2- PO is independently at each instance O—CH2-CH(CH3)- or O—... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250481 | Method for the production of esters of polyalcohols Unsaturated acids are esterified with polyalcohols. The resulting reaction mixtures have utility. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247662 | Cement dispersant, its production process, and cement composition using the cement dispersant Disclosed are the following: a cement dispersant which is excellent in initial dispersibility and further in flow retainability of cement, because of using a polymer having a proper molecular weight distribution; a process for producing this cement dispersant; and a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7183345 | Superabsorbent carboxyl-containing polymers with odor control properties and method for preparation This invention relates to a water-absorbent, water insoluble polymer comprising silver complex ions. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7132468 | Thickener for high-surfactant aqueous systems An aqueous composition comprising at least 18% surfactant and colloidal inorganic clay. This composition is stable with regard to phase separation at 40° C. for at least three months and exhibits increased low-shear viscosity relative to a composition without clay.... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7094852 | Water soluble copolymers prepared using phosphorus containing chain transfer agents Processes for making acrylic acid/allyl ether copolymers are provided wherein hypo phosphorous acid and its salts are used as chain transfer agents during the polymerization process. The hypo phosphorous acid feed time is regulated in comparison to the feed time of ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066934 | Adhesive including medicament and device and method for applying same The present invention provides a device and method for safely applying cyanoacrylate or other adhesives to skin lacerations. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6946505 | Cement dispersant, its production process, and cement composition using the cement dispersant Disclosed are the following: a cement dispersant which is excellent in initial dispersibility and further in flow retainability of cement, because of using a polymer having a proper molecular weight distribution; a process for producing this cement dispersant; and a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6914099 | Water absorbent resin particles of crosslinked carboxyl-containing polymers with low monomer content Superabsorbent polymers having reduced levels of residual monomer are produced using a peroxodisulfate salt. ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911236 | Method for forming a craft coating A method for forming a craft coating on a glass or ceramic substrate is provided. The method generally includes applying a coating composition comprising an acetoacetoxy functional monomer to a glass or ceramic substrate to form a craft coating thereon. The glass or... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6900275 | (Meth) acrylic acid (salt) polymer and its production process There is provided: a (meth)acrylic acid (salt) polymer which has high properties and is little colored; and a process which can produce this polymer with a high polymerization conversion without causing the corrosion of the reaction vessel. When a (meth)acrylic acid... | 05/31/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6784249 | Rubbery polymer There is a need for polymers that offer a high level of heat and ultraviolet light resistance. It is particularly critical for polymers that are utilized in making skin compounds for automotive instrument and door panels to display excellent heat and ultraviolet lig... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6762269 | High temperature viscosity stable thickener A hydrophobe-containing alkali soluble or swellable copolymer thickener comprising an emulsion polymerization product of (A) an ethylenically unsaturated copolymerizable surfactant monomer having a cloud point of from about 65° C. to about 95° C., wherein the surf... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6762220 | Cement additive A cement additive comprising a polycarboxylic acid type copolymer and/or a salt thereof and a polyalkylene glycol derivative, wherein said polycarboxylic acid type copolymer contains one or more species of copolymers composed of at least an unsaturated polyalkylene ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6743520 | Polymeric film A primer useful in the preparation of an anti-fouling surface contains (I) a copolymer formed from acrylates, free carboxyl group containing monomer and an aromatic sulfonic acid or salt, an acrylic polymeric resin and a cross-linking agent. ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6673885 | Process for the production of (meth)acrylic polymers Disclosed in the present invention is a process for preparing a (meth)acrylic acid-based polymer having a stable quality and suitable as a dispersant for cement. That is, the present invention provides a process for preparing a (meth)acrylic acid-based po... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6569976 | Amphiphilic polymer composition Polymer compositions derived from selected monoethylenically unsaturated (C3 -C6)carboxylic acid monomers, (C1 -C4)alkyl (meth)acrylate ester monomers and alkoxylated (meth)acrylate monomers used in certain weig... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6566472 | Binder formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions Binder formulations based on aqueous polymer dispersions having a minimum film-forming temperature of below 10° C. and comprising at least one binder polymer P in the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising at least one anionic emulsifier and at least o... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6545083 | Cement additive The present invention is thus directed to a cement additive which comprises a copolymer (A) obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture (K), wherein; said monomer mixture (K) comprises a polyalkylene glycol ester monomer (I) represented by the general formula (... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6524697 | Temperature sensor and electronic equipment using the same A temperature sensor for prevention of an overcurrent condition in circuits of electronic equipment such as personal computers. The temperature sensor including a temperature sensitive layer provided on opposing electrodes on an insulating substrate and p... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6462110 | Concrete admixture The present invention provides a concrete admixture which is useful in the field of a highly strong concrete, which has a high flowability and which is excellent in an applicability of a concrete paste. That is, the present invention provides a concrete a... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6444747 | Water soluble copolymers A water soluble or water dispersible polymer composition is disclosed. The polymer has the repeat units characterized by the formula I: ##STR1## Wherein E is the repeat unit remaining after polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated compound; preferab... | 09/03/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6369143 | Polymer for radiation-sensitive resist and resist composition containing the same A radiation-sensitive polymer and a chemical amplification resist composition based on the polymer, which can be easily controlled in sensitivity by regulating the content and kind of the carboxylic acid-grafted norbornene derivatives in the matrix polyme... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6323292 | Method of producing aqueous dispersions as a base for hot sealing adhesives Poly(meth)acrylate dispersions, comprised of: (A) 50-90 wt. % methacrylic acid esters; (B) 5-30 wt. % acrylic acid alkyl esters; (C) 2-10 wt. % of another functionalized monomer; (D) 2-10 wt. % of a radically polymerizable carboxylic acid or a polycarboxy... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6310159 | Low foaming paper surface sizing composition The present invention refers to a paper surface sizing composition comprising a copolymer having: a) structural units derived from ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbons; structural units derived from monomers selected from esters of ethylenically unsaturated ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6306994 | Inks with enhanced substrate binding characteristics The present invention relates to block copolymer dispersants comprising a hydrophobic block and a hydrophilic block having at least one polymerized monomer including a primary amine functionality. The inventive block copolymer dispersant is used to make a... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6288190 | Materials which can be thermally coated with a polymerizable component The invention relates to reactive polysols with a reactive monomer portion which is polymerized during thermal coating. The polysols exhibit good mechanical properties. A monofunctional (meth)acrylate monomer of formula (1) is used as reactive monomer com... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6239241 | Concrete admixture The present invention is directed to a copolymer for use in a concrete admixture which improves the workability of hydraulic compositions such as cement paste, mortar, concrete and the like. Namely, the admixture effectively reduces the viscosity of the h... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6166112 | Cement admixture and cement composition The invention provides: a cement admixture which has excellent cement dispersibility and can afford high slump retainability; and a cement composition which has excellent cement dispersibility and high slump retainability. The cement admixture comprises a... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6140435 | Cross-linked acrylic copolymers in aqueous emulsion with improved thickening and suspending properties Cross-linked copolymers possessing high thickening and suspending properties obtainable by polymerization of monomeric systems comprising a) 10-97% of at least one unsaturated carboxylic acid, b) 0-80% of at least one alkyl ester of an unsaturated acid, c... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6103789 | Hydrosoluble acrylic copolymers Acrylic copolymers containing the following repeating units: ##STR1## wherein RA, RB, RC, RI, RII, equal or different, are H or CH3 ; M+ is H or a cation belonging to group IA, I... | 08/15/2000 |
