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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8148562 | Substituted organopolysiloxanes and use thereof The present invention provides a compound of Formula 1: The compound of Formula 1 is useful as a scavenger for the removal of unwanted organic and inorganic compounds, for solid phase extraction, for solid phase synthesis, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8142953 | Hydrophilic adjuvant Disclosed is an adjuvant capable of imparting a hydrophilic or superhydrophilic function to various materials or interfaces. The hydrophilic adjuvant comprises: a composite metal oxide containing Si and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8110692 | Organic-inorganic hybrid silicates and metal-silicates having an ordered structure The present invention relates to new organic-inorganic hybrid silicates and metal-silicates called ECS, characterized by an X-ray powder diffraction pattern with reflections exclusively at angular values higher than 4.0° of 2θ, preferably at angular values higher ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7985869 | Compositions of AU-11 nanoparticles and their optical properties As demonstrated herein, the ligand exchange chemistry of phosphine-stabilized Au11 clusters with ω-functionalized thiols is a powerful synthetic method that provides convenient access to a diverse family of functionalized Au11 clusters. The ge... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7816548 | Method of preparing a hydrocarbylated metal-organic compound The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrocarbylated metal organic compound, comprising a hydrocarbyl group, a spectator ligand and optionally a ligand, by contacting a metal-organic reagent with a spectator ligand in the presence of at least ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7772415 | Radiation absorbing compositions, methods and articles incorporating such compositions Infrared (IR) radiation absorbing compounds of metal or metalloids with ligands are beneficial for many applications. Schiff base biquinone (SBB) ligands surrounding a metal or metalloid center may be used for laser welding applications, as one example, wherein effe... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7754906 | Ti, Ta, Hf, Zr and related metal silicon amides for ALD/CVD of metal-silicon nitrides, oxides or oxynitrides An organometallic complex represented by the structure: wherein M is a metal selected from Group 4 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and R1-4 can be same or different selected from the group consisting of dia... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7728159 | Organopolysiloxanes containing phosphonic groups, method for the production and use thereof The invention relates to new compounds of the formula, wherein R and R1 are each independently hydrogen, a linear or branched C1-40 alkyl, C2-40 alkenyl or C2-40 alkynyl group, an aryl or C1-40 alkylaryl group o... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7615659 | Method for the production of compounds containing palladium(0) The present invention relates to a process for preparing a palladium(0) compound, comprising the reaction of a palladium compound with one or more compounds of the general formula I, II or III in the presence of a base: Ter... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7598408 | Intermediates for synthesis of vitamin D derivatives The present invention provides a novel intermediate for synthesizing vitamin D derivatives by using a less expensive material. That is, the present invention provides a compound which is synthesized by using carvone as a starting material and which is represented by... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7365103 | Compositions for dark-field polymerization and method of using the same for imprint lithography processes A composition is provided and a method of using the same to form a pattern on a substrate using imprint lithography employing dark-field polymerization is disclosed. The composition includes a polymerizable bisvinylether and an initiator that produces an acid in res... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7351678 | Catalyst systems for Ziegler-Natta propene polymerisation The invention relates to the use of nitrogenous aluminium organyl complexes of general formula (I) as co-catalysts in heterogeneous polymerisation reactions of propene. In said formula: R, R′, R1 and R1′ independently of one another represe... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335625 | Organoammonium tungstate and molybate compounds, and process for preparing such compounds Novel organoammonium compounds are provided, which are useful as additives for improving the antiwear and friction-reducing properties of lubricating compositions. The compound is formed by reacting a metal acid hydrate with one or more alkyl amines. Particular exam... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320754 | Method of preparing multi-modal anion-exchange ligands The invention relates to a method of preparing multi-modal anion-exchange ligands, which comprises providing a cyclic three-functional scaffold comprising an amine, a carbonyl and a thiol; optionally derivatisation of the amine of the scaffold to provide an anion-ex... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314845 | Supported catalyst systems The present invention relates to a supported catalyst system. The supported catalyst of the present invention comprises an inorganic support having attached to at least one surface thereof non-acidic, hydrophilic, hydroxyl-containing organic R10 groups ha... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312150 | Method of forming cobalt disilicide layer and method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same A method of forming a cobalt disilicide layer and a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the same are provided. The method of forming a cobalt disilicide layer includes forming a cobalt layer on at least a silicon surface of a semiconductor device us... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309380 | Gas storage system A container for uptaking, or storing, or releasing, or uptaking and storing, or uptaking and releasing, or storing and releasing, or uptaking, storing and releasing at least one gas, comprising a metal-organic framework material comprising pores and at least one met... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7285608 | Metallocene ligands, metallocene compounds and metallocene catalysts, their synthesis and their use for the polymerization of olefins A catalyst system includes a metallocene compound having the formula R9 L1 L2 M1 R1 R2 wherein R9 is a bridge between ligands L1 and L2 and M1 is a metal of... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7238122 | Ormocer composites for golf ball components A golf ball comprising a core; a cover layer; and a barrier layer disposed between the core and the cover layer, the barrier layer being formed from a composition comprising an organically-modified ceramic material (also referred to as ormocers, ceramers, ormosils, ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238822 | Ruthenium compound and process for producing a metal ruthenium film A ruthenium compound from which high-quality film-like metal ruthenium can be obtained and a process for producing a metal ruthenium film from the ruthenium compound by chemical vapor deposition. The ruthenium compound as a material for chemical vapor deposit... | 07/03/2007 |
| RE39561 | Metallocenes containing ligands of 2-substituted indenyl derivatives, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts The novel metallocenes of the formula I in which, preferably, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, R5 and R6 are alky... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202374 | Fullerene derivatives and their metal complexes A metal complex contains at least one ligand, each having the form of a molecule of a fullerene derivative or an anion of the fullerene derivative, where the fullerene derivative, with a solubility in n-hexane of not lower that 0.1 mg/ml at 250° C., includes a full... | 04/10/2007 |
| RE39532 | Metallocenes containing ligands of 2-substituted indenyl derivatives, process for their preparation, and their use as catalysts The novel metallocenes of the formula I in which, preferably, M1 is Zr or Hf, R1 and R2 are alkyl or halogen, R3 and R4 are hydrogen, R5 and R6 are alky... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172657 | Cleaning method of treatment equipment and treatment equipment In a state of the inside of a treatment chamber of treatment equipment being evacuated, therein a cleaning gas containing trifluoroaceticacid (TFA) as a cleaning agent is supplied. Metal such as copper used in the formation of an interconnection or an electrode and ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166213 | Solid compositions for selective adsorption from complex mixtures The present invention relates to a solid and method useful in separating chemical components in a complex mixture when at least one of the chemical components of the mixture is capable of being selectively adsorbed. The solid of the present invention comprises an in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163907 | Aluminum-free monocyclopentadienyl metallocene catalysts for olefin polymerization This invention relates to a catalyst system for the production of polyolefins comprising: (A) a Group IV B transition metal component represented by one of the two general formulae wherein (C5 | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157529 | Multi-layered macromolecules and methods for their use Multi-layered macromolecules wherein the layers are covalently bonded together and wherein the macromolecules are covalently bonded to solid particulate substrates, methods for the preparation of such compositions, and methods for their uses in a multitude of end us... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148174 | Non-metallocene catalyst system The present invention describes a novel group of specific transition metal compounds, referred to as nonmetallocene compounds, and catalyst systems prepared therefrom. These catalyst systems which have become obtainable for the first time are suitable for the polyme... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148356 | Process for the catalytic synthesis of biaryls and polymers from aryl compounds A process for producing organic substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic compounds including biaryl and biheteroaryl compounds in a two-step reaction. In the first step, the aromatic or heteroaromatic compound is borylated in a reaction comprising a borane or diborane... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7138520 | Coordination complexes having tethered therapeutic agents and/or targeting moieties, and methods of making and using the same In part, the present invention is directed to coordination complexes comprising a therapeutic agent. In one aspect, the subject compositions comprise a platinum metal center and a covalently attached therapeutic agent. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7125937 | Polyorganosilsesquioxane supported metallocene catalysts Supported stereospecific catalysts and processes for the stereotactic propagation of a polymer chain derived from ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as the polymerization of propylene to produce syndiotactic polypropylene or isotactic polypropylene. The support... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119219 | Organometallic building materials and method for producing the same An organometallic framework material is prepared by a process which comprises reacting a fluid mixture comprising a metal salt with at least one at least bidentate organic compound capable of coordination to metal ions in the presence of at least one base and a solv... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7094351 | Purification of substances by reaction affinity chromatography The invention relates to the separation of at least one target from a sample composition using a naturally reversible reaction comprising the formation of at least one covalent bond. One embodiment of the invention is a chromatographic method in which the affinity o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077977 | Bulky borate activations A discrete polyolefin catalyst activator is disclosed. A salient feature of invention borate-based activators is that at least one of the ligands on the borate non-coordinating anion (NCA) comprises a fluorinated aryl group linked to the boron atom through an acetyl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074865 | Azaborolyl group 4 metal complexes, catalysts and olefin polymerization process Metal complexes, catalysts derived therefrom, and polymerization processes using the same, characterized by the presence of one or more nitrogen and boron containing, anionic 5-membered cyclic ligand groups, especially 1,2-azaborolyl groups, are disclosed. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7064224 | Organometallic complexes and their use as precursors to deposit metal films This invention is related to organometallic precursors and deposition processes for fabricating conformal metal containing films on substrates such as silicon, metal nitrides and other metal layers. The organometallic precursors are N,N′-alkyl-1,1-alkylsily... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7045059 | Universal bonded phase material for chromatographic separation The invention provides a new universal bonded phase material used for separation of a wide variety of organic and inorganic substances by liquid chromatography. The material is produced by bonding a charge-bearing hydrophobic functional group to the surface of a sup... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045457 | Film forming material, film forming method, and silicide film A technique is provided of forming silicide films usable for next-generation transistors through a CVD process. In the technique of forming a silicide film formed of Ni and Si, where one or more chemical compounds represented with the following general formula [I] a... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045586 | Adhesives having improved chemical resistance and curable silicone compositions for preparing the adhesives This invention relates to a composition that can be cured to form an adhesive. The adhesive is useful in the electronics industry. The composition is prepared by mixing components including: (I) a polyorganosiloxane having an avera... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041841 | Process for producing crystalline poly-α-olefins with a monocyclopentadienyl transition metal catalyst system The invention is a catalytic process using a Group IV B transition metal component and an alumoxane component to polymerize α-olefins to produce high crystallinity and high molecular weight poly-α-olefins. ... | 05/09/2006 |
