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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163861 | Beta-amino ester compounds and uses thereof Hair treatment compositions are disclosed comprising a β-amino ester compound in a cosmetically acceptable vehicle, such as a spray or cream. In embodiments, the compounds include a polybutadiene moiety. Methods of treating hair with the compositions to impart volu... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8114949 | (Meth)acrylate, polymer and resist composition A polymer contains a constituent unit having a specific acetal skeleton. This polymer is able to be used as a resist resin in DUV excimer laser lithography, electron beam lithography, EUV lithography, or the like. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8088875 | (Meth)acrylate, polymer and resist composition A polymer contains a constituent unit having a specific acetal skeleton. This polymer is able to be used as a resist resin in DUV excimer laser lithography, electron beam lithography, EUV lithography, or the like. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8053541 | Catalysts for catalytic chain transfer Cobaloxime derivatives and methods of producing cobaloxime derivatives are disclosed herein. Methods of producing decolorized homo- and co-polymers through polymerization of monomers in presence of the cobaloxime derivatives and decolorization of the produced polyme... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7964690 | Methacrylic resin and process for producing thererof A methacrylic resin comprising 80 to 98.5 wt % of methyl methacrylate monomer unit and 1.5 to 20 wt % of at least one different vinyl monomer unit copolymerizable with methyl methacrylate, characterized in that the methacrylic resin has a weight average molecular we... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7956144 | Acrylic resin for use in fluorocarbon coating compositions and method of forming the same An acrylic resin and method of forming the acrylic resin for use in fluorocarbon coating compositions are disclosed. The fluorocarbon coating composition generally comprises a fluorocarbon resin, a cross-linking agent, and the acrylic resin. The acrylic resin compri... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956143 | Toughened two-part adhesive compositions demonstrating improved impact and/or peel strengths when cured Compositions for bonding substrate surfaces, particularly steel, aluminum, and urethane-primed galvanized steel, are disclosed. Desirably, the compositions include a stable emulsion including: (a) at least one curable (meth)acrylate component; (b) at least three dif... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951887 | Process for producing a polymer The object of the present invention is to provide a process for industrially advantageously producing a polymer having a high molecular weight and a narrow, monodispersed molecular weight distribution, and more particularly, a block copolymer of an anionic polymeriz... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951888 | Block copolymer, composition comprising it and cosmetic treatment process The present invention relates to a linear ethylenic block copolymer comprising in each block at least one ionic hydrophilic unit, which may be different from one block to another, the said ionic hydrophilic unit being present in each block in a proportion of from 2%... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943714 | Label adhesive and activation method for polymeric label A water activated adhesive system is described that is particularly suited for applying non-paper polymeric labels to surfaces which have low moisture permeability. The adhesive system is characterized by a dry non-tacky surface that becomes tacky in less than one s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932340 | Photo radical generator, photo sensitive resin composition and article The invention provides a radical generator, although being a self-cleavage type initiator, which is capable of suppressing volatilization of low molecular weight decomposition materials at the time of light radiation and post-baking, and leaving no low molecular wei... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7888442 | Size selective catalysis with ion exchange resins A method of preparing oligomeric compounds from polyfunctional reactants in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts that exhibit size selective characteristics, such that further reaction between first generation products or first generation products and reactants i... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7855262 | Size selective catalysis with ion exchange resins A method of preparing oligomeric compounds from polyfunctional reactants in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts that exhibit size selective characteristics, such that further reaction between first generation products or first generation products and reactants i... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842768 | Process for macroporous acrylic resins A macroporous core-shell resin bead having carboxylic acid groups; the bead has from 3% to 100% of monomer residues derived from crosslinker, an average pore diameter of at least 1.5 nm, and an average particle size from 10 μm to 900 μm; wherein at least 90% of th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7772343 | Polymeric product for film formation The present invention relates to core/shell vinyl polymers wherein an at least partially crosslinked core is formed from a monovinyl monomer and/or a di/tri/ or higher multivinyl monomer wherein the degree of crosslinking in the core ranges from slight to high depen... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763693 | Curable composition A curable composition comprising (1) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of a silicon compound having a silanol group or a functional group for forming a silanol group upon hydrolysis and no radically polymerizable group, such as γ-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, (2) 100 pa... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7728093 | Copolymers as dewaxing additives The invention relates to copolymers which are suitable for producing additives for solvent deparaffination of paraffin-containing mineral oil distillates and which consist of radically polymerized monomers of formulas A and B, wherein the radicals have the meaning c... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7696292 | Low-polydispersity photoimageable acrylic polymers, photoresists and processes for microlithography The invention pertains to low polydispersity acrylic polymers useful for photoimaging and photoresist compositions, and to the photoimaging processes which use these compositions. The low polydispersity polymers of this invention are prepared using controlled radica... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7652111 | (Meth)acrylic acid esters of unsaturated aminoalcohols and preparation thereof Disclosed are novel (meth)acrylic esters of unsaturated amino alcohols, a process for their preparation and their use for preparing crosslinked swellable hydrogel-forming polymers and crosslinked swellable hydrogel-forming polymers. ... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7652112 | Polymeric extenders for surface effects A polymer extender composition comprising monomers copolymerized in the following percentages by weight: (a) from about 5% to about 90% of a monomer of the formula I: R1—OC(O)—C(R)═CH2 (I) (b) fro... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7642328 | pH sensitive macromer based copolymer and a process for the preparation thereof The present invention discloses a novel pH sensitive copolymer synthesized from lactide macromers and basic monomers. This composition comprises an acrylate or methacrylate ester of low molecular weight oligomeric lactide copolymerized with basic monomer. These copo... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642329 | Oligomeric lactide macromer based copolymer and a process for the preparation thereof A macromer based novel copolymer comprising an acrylate or methacrylate ester of low molecular weight oligomeric lactide copolymerized with basic monomer is provided. These copolymers show unusual dissolution behavior in that they are soluble over a wide range of pH... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7632905 | Block copolymer, composition comprising it and cosmetic treatment process The present invention relates to a linear ethylenic block copolymer comprising in each block at least one ionic hydrophilic unit, which may be different from one block to another, the said ionic hydrophilic unit being present in each block in a proportion of from 2%... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7531612 | pH sensitive polymer and process for preparation thereof The present invention relates a novel pH sensitive polymer which exhibits pH dependant swelling/dissolution behavior. The composition is useful for taste masking of bitter drugs and also for the gastric delivery of the drugs. The said polymer comprises a hydrophobic... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7514515 | Method for the production of acrylate adhesive materials using metal-sulphur compounds A process for preparing a pressure-sensitive polyacrylate adhesive, characterized in that a polyacrylate composition including the atomic sequence C—S—C is admixed with at least one metal compound of type (L)yM where M=metal atom or metal... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7442724 | Dispersants for preparing aqueous pigment pastes The invention relates to the use of copolymers with styrene-oxide-based, vinyl-functionalized polyethers for preparing aqueous pigment preparations. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442753 | Polymer compound and block polymer compound A compound represented by the following general formula (1): (1) wherein A represents an alkenyl ether group which may be substituted; B represents a linear or branched alkylene group having 1 to 15 carbon atoms which may be substituted; m represents an integer from... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438978 | Transparent conductive film, transparent conductive plate, and touch panel A touch panel having excellent durability, in which depression is scarcely generated on the surface of the touch panel by pushing the surface with a pen, and a transparent conductive film and plate useful in the touch panel are provided. The transparent conductive f... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7423104 | Hyperbranched copolymer comprising monomers of choice, a composition, and a cosmetic method Disclosed is a hyperbranched copolymer comprising at least two polymeric branches, which may be identical or different, each comprising at least one at least trifunctional branch point, wherein a first polymeric branch comprises at least one first monomer chosen fro... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423102 | Star polymer The present invention provides a star polymer which comprises a central core and three or more branches bonded to the central core, and has a weight average molecular weight of from 1,000 to 100,000, wherein at least one of the branches containing at least one repea... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416559 | Micromantled drug-eluting stent Pharmacologically active, easy-to-deploy, biomechanically compatible, inflatable endovascular, drug-eluting stent are formed of a primary expandable polymeric or metallic construct, intimately mantled with a biomechanically compatible, polymeric microporous, microfi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411033 | Vinyl ethers and compositions containing them Disclosed are vinyl ethers and related compositions. The vinyl ethers are the conjugate addition reaction product of reactants comprising a vinyl ether group-containing acrylic ester and a nucleophile. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7405264 | Polycarboxylic acid copolymer, production method and use thereof It is an object of the present invention to provide a polycarboxylic acid polpolymer which improves the water reducing capacity and workability of cement compositions and the like and making them easier to handle when the fluidity and water reducing capacity are at ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405263 | Polymer for water treatment A description is given of (meth)acrylic acid copolymers comprising methacrylic acid units and units based on isopropanol, the polymer being functionalized with aminoalkylsulfonic acid. In addition, a description is given of a process for the preparation thereof and ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402626 | Top coat composition The present invention relates to a top coat composition, which is characterized in that it is applied to a photoresist top surface by using a polymer containing at least one structure represented by the formula [1], [2] or [3]. It is possible to produce a top coat c... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399570 | Water-soluble negative photoresist polymer and composition containing the same Photoresist patterns are formed using a photoresist composition, which includes water, a negative photoresist polymer having a salt-type repeating unit, and a photoacid generator, so that a developing process can be performed not by using conventional TMAH solution ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399811 | Nanohybrid polymers for ophthalmic applications The present invention relates to novel materials particularly useful for ophthalmic applications and methods for making and using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to relatively soft, optically transparent, foldable, high refractive index ma... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399813 | Flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition A flexible superabsorbent binder polymer composition including a monoethylenically unsaturated polymer, such as carboxylic acid, sulphonic acid, or phosphoric acid, or salts thereof, and an acrylate or methacrylate ester that contains an alkoxysilane functionality, ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7393909 | Porous, molecularly imprinted polymer and a process for the preparation thereof A porous, molecularly imprinted polymer and a process for its preparation are described. The porous, molecularly imprinted polymer is characterized in that it is obtainable by providing a porous silica; attaching a molecular template to the surface of the porous sil... | 07/01/2008 |
