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Method and apparatus for making a drink hop along a bar or counter
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7388064 | Stereoregular polymer and monomer thereof and process for production of both An ester derivant having a crystal structure in which the molecules in two adjacent molecule planes are antiparallel is created from a carboxylic acid having carbon-carbon double bond and a compound having a functional group that can react to a carboxyl group of the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7282272 | Polymerizable compositions comprising nanoparticles Polymerizable compositions comprising nanopartilces particularly useful for brightness enhancing films. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250481 | Method for the production of esters of polyalcohols Unsaturated acids are esterified with polyalcohols. The resulting reaction mixtures have utility. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7208334 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor device, acid etching resistance material and copolymer Disclosed is an acid etching resistance material comprising a compound having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1): (in the general formula (1), R1 | 04/24/2007 |
| 7147325 | Contact lens and production method for contact lens It is an object of the invention to ensure in a series of contact lenses composed of an assorted plurality of contact lenses having mutually different optical characteristics such as refractive power or the like that each contact lens is capable of exhibiting advant... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7025794 | Anionic phthalic acid ester compounds and stain resistant compounds This invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein A is an unsaturated alkylene moiety; B the residue of a polyol wherein one hydroxyl moiety is esterified with one carboxyl moiety of the phthalic acid moiety; D is... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6872793 | Ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials Disclosed are soft, high refractive index device materials having improved strength. The materials contain microphase-separated aliphatic and aromatic domains. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6818039 | Anionic polymers composed of dicarboxylic acids and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of dicarboxylic monomers such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride. Free radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of the poly... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6806337 | Ophthalmic and otorhinolaryngological device materials Disclosed are soft, high refractive index, acrylic device materials having improved strength. The materials contain cross-linked acrylate or methacrylate microspheres. ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802993 | Curable composition comprising a photochromic compound A photochromic cured product which has excellent photochromism such as high color density and high fading speed, excellent adhesion to a hard coat and high striping work efficiency. This cured product is obtained by polymerizing and curing a curable composition whic... | 10/12/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6756461 | Anionic polymers composed of dicarboxylic acids and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of dicarboxylic monomers such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride. Free radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of the poly... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6753395 | Anionic polymers composed of dicarboxylic acids and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of dicarboxylic monomers such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride. Free radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of the poly... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6706837 | Anionic polymers composed of dicarboxylic acids and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of dicarboxylic monomers such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride. Free radical polymerization is used in the synthesis of the poly... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703469 | Anionic polymers composed of dicarboxylic acids and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of dicarboxylic monomers such as maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride. Free radical polymerization is used in the synthesis ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6667374 | Polymer flocculants with improved dewatering characteristics A high molecular weight water soluble acrylamide based polymer having improved flocculating and dewatering properties is provided. The polymer is prepared by a process in which a small quantity of a chain branching agent is added to the polymerization rea... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6624274 | Polymers having novel cure system The present invention provides a polymer composition capable of being cured or crosslinked in the absence or without the use of conventional sulfur and accelerator cure systems. The polymer is formed from olefinically unsaturated monomers and includes at ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6596831 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6552140 | Auto-oxidation systems for air-activatable polymerisable compositions An air-activatable polymerisable composition useful, in the field of adhesives, sealants, surface coatings, moulding resins and composite matrices, comprises: a) at least one free-radically polymerisable monomer, b) an activator system for effective polym... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6525155 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6518382 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6515092 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515091 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515090 | Anionic vinyl/dicarboxylic acid polymers and uses thereof Biodegradable anionic polymers are disclosed which include recurring polymeric subunits preferably made up of vinylic and dicarboxylic monomers such as vinyl acetate or vinyl alcohol and maleic anhydride, itaconic anhydride or citraconic anhydride, or com... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6506860 | Regio-regular copolymer and methods of forming same A new and novel linear, regio-regular vicinal functionalized polymer methods of forming the same are described. The polymer has a linear hydrocarbon polymer backbone with vicinal functional groups having oxygen and/or nitrogen atom containing groups, such... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6447926 | Paper coating slips based on low-crosslink binders The present invention provides paper coating slips comprising a low-crosslink copolymer as their binder.... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6426373 | Photopolymerizable one-component dental material Among other things, a photopolymerizing one-component dental material is prepared, containing: 1) 80-10 weight-% of at least one polyfunctional urethane methacrylate and/or at least one polyfunctional urethane acrylate, 2) 10-30 weight-% of at least one polyfu... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6399730 | Water absorbing polymer A process for producing a substantially dry polymer particle powder. A mixture of polymerization reagents is formed from a mixture of at least one monomer source and a solvent selected from the group consisting essentially of water and organic solvents an... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6395822 | Coating composition This invention relates to a liquid coating composition that is thermally-curable in the presence of oxygen, comprising: a monomer or oligomer containing two or more acrylate and/or methacrylate functional groups; an azo initiator; and oxygen. This inventi... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6379599 | Process for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers useful for separation of enzymes The invention relates to a process for the preparation of molecularly imprinted polymers useful for separation of enzymes, which comprises the steps of reacting a complex of enzyme and affinity monomer, a comonomer and a crosslinker, with a polymerization... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6376600 | Aqueous composition Aqueous dispersion of copolymers formed by the polymerization of a monomer mixture containing 0.05% to less than 4.5% by weight of certain terminally unsaturated oligomers are useful for improving the scrub resistance, corrosion resistance, opacifying cap... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6329483 | Copolymers of carboxylic acids and quaternary ammonium compounds and the use thereof as thickeners of dispersants A copolymer obtainable by free-radical polymerization of A) 50-99.99% by weight of an olefinically unsaturated C3 -C5 monocarboxylic acid, of an olefinically unsaturated C4 -C8 dicarboxylic acid or the anhydride ther... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6306982 | Process for the production of general purpose PSA's General purpose inherently tacky acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive polymers formed of alkyl acrylates, vinyl esters, diesters of dicarboxylic acid and saturated carbocylic acids, having improved properties, a lower residual monomer content and a reduced... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6242552 | Stamp adhesive General purpose permanent, environmentally benign, pressure-sensitive adhesives and self-adhesive postage stamps and other laminate constructions are provided. In one embodiment, the PSA is an inherently, acrylic copolymer prepared by emulsion polymerizat... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6174978 | Production process of water-absorbent resin The invention provides a production process of a water-absorbent resin, by which process the polymerization temperature can be controlled in static aqueous solution polymerization. The production process of a water-absorbent resin comprises the step of po... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6147165 | Pressure-sensitive adhesives for marking films Inherently tacky, pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions useful in marking film applications are provided. The compositions comprise polymer particles prepared by emulsion polymerization of at least one monomer mixture. The monomer mixture comprises at ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6096847 | Low molecular weight structured polymer dispersants The present invention relates to novel low molecular weight, structured polymer compositions. The invention also relates to methods for inhibiting scale formation, precipitation or deposition; increasing dispersion of insoluble precipitates in process wat... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5986031 | Process for making allylic copolymer resins Allylic copolymer resins and processes for making them are disclosed. The resins are made by copolymerizing an ethylenic monomer, a monofunctional allyl monomer, and a multifunctional allyl monomer under free-radical conditions. The multifunctional allyl ... | 11/16/1999 |
