Starch, Starch Flour Or Meal, Or Derivative As Chemical Reactant Patents (Class 525/54.24)
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Patent number: 9034986Abstract: A material comprising crosslinked polyrotaxanes which exhibits desired viscoelasticity, particularly stress-strain characteristics with a wide low-stress region, in spite of being free from solvent; and a process for production of the same. The material comprises a first polyrotaxane bearing first cyclic molecules and a second polyrotaxane bearing second cyclic molecules, and the first and second polyrotaxanes are crosslinked via the first and second cyclic molecules. The material is free from solvent and exhibits a stress of 2.0 MPa or below at 50% strain.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2014Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Advanced Softmaterials Inc.Inventors: Yuki Hayashi, Toru Kobayashi, Junko Suda, Michiko Ito
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Publication number: 20150134048Abstract: The present invention is directed to polymeric materials comprising biodegradable, dioxanone-based copolymers and implantable devices (e.g., drug-delivery stents) formed of such materials. The polymeric materials can also contain at least one additional biocompatible moiety, at least one non-fouling moiety, at least one biobeneficial material, at least one bioactive agent, or a combination thereof. The polymeric materials are designed to improve the mechanical, physical and biological properties of implantable devices formed thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2015Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventor: Ni Ding
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Patent number: 8864893Abstract: An aqueous binder composition is provided that includes a carbohydrate and a crosslinking agent. In exemplary embodiments, the carbohydrate-based binder composition may also include a catalyst, a coupling agent, a process aid, a crosslinking density enhancer, an extender, a moisture resistant agent, a dedusting oil, a colorant, a corrosion inhibitor, a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and combinations thereof. The carbohydrate may be natural in origin and derived from renewable resources. Additionally, the carbohydrate polymer may have a dextrose equivalent (DE) number from 2 to 20. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the carbohydrate is a water-soluble polysaccharide such as dextrin or maltodextrin and the crosslinking agent is citric acid. Advantageously, the carbohydrates have a low viscosity and cure at moderate temperatures. The environmentally friendly, formaldehyde-free binder may be used in the formation of insulation materials and non-woven chopped strand mats.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLCInventors: Christopher M. Hawkins, Jesus M. Hernandez-Torres, Liang Chen
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Publication number: 20140308331Abstract: This invention relates to compositions and applications for an interpolymer network delivery system containing iodine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEYInventors: Joachim B. Kohn, Carmine P. Iovine, Niraj Ramachandran
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Publication number: 20140303322Abstract: Polysaccharide fibres, such as cellulose or starch, modified by grafting an amino-containing antimicrobial polymer (ACP) onto the fibres or starch using a co-polymerization reaction, exhibits high antimicrobial activity. For example, the presence of 1.0% by weight grafted polymer in the cellulose fibres or starch fibres results in excellent antimicrobial activity (over 99% inhibition). The application further discloses that including triclosan or butylparaben into a novel cationic ?-cyclodextrin polymer or nanocapsule yields a bacteriostat.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: University of New BrunswickInventors: Huining Xiao, Yong Guan
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Patent number: 8852747Abstract: The invention relates to coextrusion binders including renewable and/or biodegradable polymers having good adhesion properties: at least one renewable and/or biodegradable polymer (A) grafted with a functional monomer including at least one reactive function, the grafting ratio being <1% in weight of the grafted polymer (A); at least one non-grafted renewable and/or biodegradable polymer (B) identical to (A) or compatible with (A) optionally a softener (C); and optionally a starch-based material (D). The invention also relates to multilayered structures including the binder of the present invention, in which the layers are preferably made of renewable and/or biodegradable compounds. The multilayered structures are advantageously useful in the field of food packaging.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Fabrice Chopinez, Johann Laffargue, Jeau-Laurent Pradel, Damien Rauline, Samuel Devisme
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Patent number: 8785552Abstract: A material comprising crosslinked polyrotaxanes which exhibits desired viscoelasticity, particularly stress-strain characteristics with a wide low-stress region, in spite of being free from solvent; and a process for production of the same. The material comprises a first polyrotaxane bearing first cyclic molecules and a second polyrotaxane bearing second cyclic molecules, and the first and second polyrotaxanes are crosslinked via the first and second cyclic molecules. The material is free from solvent and exhibits a stress of 2.0 MPa or below at 50% strain.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Advanced Softmaterials Inc.Inventors: Yuki Hayashi, Toru Kobayashi, Junko Suda, Michiko Ito
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Publication number: 20140199370Abstract: This application discloses cyclodextrin-modified materials for carrying drugs and other active agents, such as nucleic acids. Compositions are also disclosed of cyclodextrin-modified materials that release such active agents under controlled conditions. The invention also discloses compositions of cyclodextrin-modified polymer carriers that are coupled to biorecognition molecules for assisting the delivery of drugs to their site of action.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: CERULEAN PHARMA INC.Inventors: Suzie Hwang Pun, Nathalie C. Bellocq, Mark E. Davis
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Publication number: 20140044669Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: CERULEAN PHARMA INC.Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark E. Davis, Kay T. Khin
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Patent number: 8563652Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer material containing starch is shown and described, which can be obtained by homogenizing a mixture containing 40 to 85 wt.-% starch and/or starch derivative, 15 to 55 wt.-% softener, and 0.01 to 7 wt.-% of a polymer which contains an epoxy group, while supplying thermal and/or mechanical energy and setting the water content of the mixture to less than approximately 12 wt.-%. The polymer material according to the invention is characterized by outstanding mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Harald Schmidt, Christoph Hess, Johannes Mathar, Ralf Hackfort
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Patent number: 8513354Abstract: A thermoplastic polymer material containing starch is shown and described, which can be obtained by homogenizing a mixture containing 40 to 85 wt.-% starch and/or starch derivative, 15 to 55 wt.-% softener, and 0.01 to 7 wt.-% of a polymer which contains an epoxy group, while supplying thermal and/or mechanical energy and setting the water content of the mixture to less than approximately 12 wt.-%. The polymer material according to the invention is characterized by outstanding mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Biotec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Harald Schmidt, Christoph Hess, Johannes Mathar, Ralf Hackfort
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Publication number: 20130190450Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: CERULEAN PHARMA INC.Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark E. Davis, Kay T. Khin
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Patent number: 8445588Abstract: A water soluble copolymer includes first and second hydrophilic block segments or graft chains. The first hydrophilic block segment or graft chain contains cyclodextrin groups in at least a majority of its repeating units, and the second hydrophilic block segment or graft chain contains repeating units other than cyclodextrin groups. The first and second block segments or graft chains are covalently linked.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2009Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: The Regents of The University of MichiganInventors: Peter X. Ma, Jianxiang Zhang
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Patent number: 8445604Abstract: The present invention relates to articles made of a thermoformable resin comprising a biodegradable polymer having polybutylene succinate (PBS) via extrusion using an extruder which comprise: a biodegradable polymer having: (a) a Ts value of up to about 160° C. (e.g., in the range of from about 50° to about 150° C.); (b) a heat distortion index of up to about 150° C. (for example, up to about 120° C.); and (c) optionally, a Tm in the range of from about 70° to about 160° C. (e.g., in the range of from about 80° to about 150° C.). Thermoformed article such as a food or beverage cup, lid, cutlery item, foodservice item, molded tray, food storage container, etc provide the ability to resist deformation during higher temperature conditions that may occur during storage and distribution.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: International Paper CompanyInventors: Wei Li, Richard A Tedford, Bruce J Thoman, Thomas Robert Christie
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Patent number: 8404662Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: Cerulean Pharma Inc., Insert Therapeutics, Inc., Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark Davis, Kay T. Khin
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Patent number: 8399431Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compositions of therapeutic cyclodextrin containing polymeric compounds designed as a carrier for small molecule therapeutics delivery and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. These cyclodextrin-containing polymers improve drug stability and solubility, and reduce toxicity of the small molecule therapeutic when used in vivo. Furthermore, by selecting from a variety of linker groups and targeting ligands the polymers present methods for controlled delivery of the therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to methods of treating subjects with the therapeutic compositions described herein. The invention further relates to methods for conducting pharmaceutical business comprising manufacturing, licensing, or distributing kits containing or relating to the polymeric compounds described herein.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Assignees: Cerulean Pharma Inc., Insert Therapeutics, Inc., Calando Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventors: Jianjun Cheng, Mark E. Davis, Kay T. Khin
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Publication number: 20130066013Abstract: Polysaccharide fibres, such as cellulose or starch, modified by grafting an amino-containing antimicrobial polymer (ACP) onto the fibres or starch using a co-polymerization reaction, exhibits high antimicrobial activity. For example, the presence of 1.0% by weight grafted polymer in the cellulose fibres or starch fibres results in excellent antimicrobial activity (over 99% inhibition). The application further discloses that including triclosan or butylparaben into a novel cationic ?-cyclodextrin polymer or nanocapsule yields a bacteriostat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICKInventors: Huining Xiao, Yong Guan
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Publication number: 20130046057Abstract: Disclosed are (1) a method of preparing a polyimide membrane, including cross-linking polyimides via thermal labile side chains and decomposition of the thermal labile side chains; and (2) polyimide membranes thus prepared.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPOREInventors: Youchang Xiao, Tai-Shung Chung, Mei Ling Chua, Mohammad Askari, Rui Chin Ong
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Publication number: 20130030120Abstract: The present invention relates to polymers, nanomaterials, and methods of making the same. Various embodiments provide an amphiphilic multi-arm copolymer. The copolymer includes a core unit and a plurality of amphiphilic block copolymer arms. Each block copolymer arm is substituted on the core unit. Each block copolymer arm includes at least one hydrophilic homopolymer subunit and at least one hydrophobic homopolymer subunit. In some examples, the copolymer can include a star-like or bottlebrush-like block copolymer, and can include a Janus copolymer. Various embodiments provide a nanomaterial. In some examples, the nanomaterial can include Janus nanomaterials, and can include nanoparticles, nanorods, or nanotubes. The nanomaterial includes the amphiphilic multi-arm copolymer and at least one inorganic precursor. The inorganic precursor can be coordinated to at least one homopolymer subunit of one of the amphiphilic block copolymer arms to form the nanomaterial.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Inventors: Zhiqun Lin, Xinchang Pang
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Patent number: 8334342Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer blend, comprising (a) at least one hydrophobic polymer, as component A, (b) at least one hydrophilic polymer, as component B, and (c) at least one structural unit that crosslinks component A and/or B and derives from at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aldehydes, dialdehydes, diketones, aldehyde ketones, derivatives of the abovementioned compounds, and mixtures thereof, as component C, and to processes for the production thereof and to the use thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Henning Althöfer, Robert Loos
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Patent number: 8334343Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, continues, closures, laminates can comprise a modified vinyl polymer said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a cyclodextrin compound. The cyclodextrin compound, locked into the polymer structure, can absorb impurities, permeants, or other undesirable volatile materials. The cooperation between the cyclodextrin grafted onto the thermoplastic polymer and the polymer structure can provide barrier properties to a film, web or other polymer structure. A permeant or a contaminant can be complexed or trapped within the polymer and held within the film or Web preventing the permeant or contaminant from passing into the interior of a container or enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Cellresin Technologies, LLCInventors: Willard E. Wood, Neil J. Beaverson, Kasyap V. Seethamraju
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Patent number: 8299172Abstract: A method for producing biodegradable plastic from natural materials containing polysaccharides by treating the polysaccharide-containing materials with a basic aqueous solution, subsequently treating the mixture with a modifying material that converts pendant hydroxyl groups at any carbon atom of the anhydroglucose units of the saccharide to create polysaccharide carboxylate, and then reacting the product with proteins to produce a biodegradable copolymer with electrostatic chemical bonds between protein and polysaccharide carboxylate molecules. The process provides relatively inexpensive methods for preparing biodegradable plastics that are useful for manufacturing various articles.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Saginaw Valley State UniversityInventors: Christopher H. Schilling, David S. Karpovich, Piotr Tomasik
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Patent number: 8278374Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for processes for manufacture of a dry strength paper, methods for imparting dry strength to paper using a cationic starch graft polymer, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Kemira OyjInventors: Bernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hubbe, Bernhard Jansen
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Patent number: 8252866Abstract: The present invention relates to polysaccharides that have been modified by providing azetidinium functionality thereto. Such functionality can be provided by crosslinking a polysaccharide with a resin having azetidinium functional groups. In one or more aspects, the polysaccharide can comprise one or more of starch, guar gum, alginate or derivatives thereof. Polysaccharides having azetidinium functionality according to the present invention are suitable for multiple uses. Such uses include, but are not limited to, removal of one or more solid materials from a liquid, beneficiation of an ore, removal of metallic ions from a liquid; providing oil from bitumen; and removal of mercury from synthetic gypsum. Other uses of the functionalized polysaccharides of the present invention include hydroseeding, dust control and erosion control.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLCInventors: Michael J. Bush, John B. Hines, James T. Wright
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Patent number: 8188185Abstract: A biodegradable packaging film is provided. The film is formed from a blend that contains a thermoplastic starch and polylactic acid. Starch is a relatively inexpensive natural polymer that is also renewable and biodegradable. Polylactic acid is likewise an inexpensive synthetic polymer that is biodegradable and renewable, yet also capable of providing increased tensile strength to the film. Although providing a good combination of biodegradability/renewability and increased tensile strength, the polylactic acid is also relatively rigid and can result in films having a relatively high stiffness (e.g., high modulus of elasticity) and low ductility. While more ductile than polylactic acid, the thermoplastic starch is often difficult to melt process in film forming processes and very sensitive to moisture and water vapor, reducing its ability to be used as a stand alone packaging film.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: James H. Wang, Sara A. Funk
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Publication number: 20120077905Abstract: The invention relates to a biodegradable polymer composition comprising the following components (a)-(f) and/or product(s) formed from a reaction between the components: (a) one or more biodegradable polyesters; (b) polysaccharide; (c) polymer having pendant carboxylic acid groups; (d) transesterification catalyst; (e) polyepoxide; and (f) fatty acid sodium salt.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: March 29, 2012Inventors: Changping Chen, John Scheirs
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Patent number: 8129450Abstract: Durable and disposable articles are provided which include a thermoplastic polymer composition, which includes a blend of a polymer and a modified polymer. The modified polymer has covalently bonded pendant substituents derived from cyclodextrin. The articles can be a films, coatings, nonwoven webs, or monolithic articles. An article can have the polymer composition as one part of the article, such as in one distinct area of the article, or on the surface of the article, for example as a coating or surface film. The article can be, for example, a multilayer barrier film, a nonwoven sheet or pad, an absorbent article, or a storage container.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2007Date of Patent: March 6, 2012Assignee: Cellresin Technologies, LLCInventors: Willard E. Wood, Timothy H. Bohrer, Stanley R. Kellenberger, Neil J. Beaverson
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Publication number: 20110183380Abstract: Porous, carbohydrate-based foam structures and associated methods are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method can include using a starch solution. The starch solution can be precipitated to form starch nanoparticles having a predefined void structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITYInventors: Khaled El-Tahlawy, Renzo Shamey
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Patent number: 7985794Abstract: A starch-polyester graft copolymer and chemically modified starch-polyester graft copolymer composition comprising a chemically modified starch or chemically modified starch-nanoclay product is described. The composition can be produced continuously in a twin-screw co-rotating extruder. The starch-polyester graft copolymer can be solvent cast, melt cast and blown into clear transparent film particularly for use in single use disposable applications and can be biodegradable.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Ramani Narayan, Sunder Balakrishnan, Yogaraj Nabar, Jean-Marie Raquez, Philippe Dubois
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Patent number: 7960453Abstract: Crosslinking systems suitable for use in a polymer melt composition wherein the polymer melt composition comprises a hydroxyl polymer; polymeric structures made from such polymer melt compositions; and processes/methods related thereto are provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Stephen Wayne Heinzman, Linda Evers Smith, Gregory Charles Gordon, Larry Neil Mackey, John Gerhard Michael, Mark Ryan Richards
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Publication number: 20110124807Abstract: The present invention relates to a polymer blend, comprising (a) at least one hydrophobic polymer, as component A, (b) at least one hydrophilic polymer, as component B, and (c) at least one structural unit that crosslinks component A and/or B and derives from at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aldehydes, dialdehydes, diketones, aldehyde ketones, derivatives of the above-mentioned compounds, and mixtures thereof, as component C, and to processes for the production thereof and to the use thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Henning Althöfer, Robert Loos
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Patent number: 7915340Abstract: A cationic starch graft copolymer is prepared by polymerization of monomers a) to d) a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide or mixtures thereof, b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer; c) 0.005-1.5% by weight of at least one bifunctional or higher-functional crosslinking agent, d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c) in the presence of a grafting base e) e) 15˜70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative, the sum of a) to e) being 100% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Inventors: Bernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hübbe, Bernhard Jansen
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Publication number: 20100305271Abstract: A novel starch-based composition includes: (a) at least 45% by weight of at least one soluble starch, (b) at most 55% by weight of at least one non-biodegradable, non-amylaceous polymer, and (c) a bonding agent carrying at least two functional groups capable of reacting with molecules carrying functions including an active hydrogen, these amounts being expressed with respect to solids and relative to the sum of (a) and (b). A method for preparing such a starch-based composition and a thermoplastic composition prepared by heating such a composition are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2009Publication date: December 2, 2010Applicant: ROQUETTE FRERESInventors: Leon Mentink, Didier Lagnieux, Jerome Gimenez
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Publication number: 20100294725Abstract: The present invention relates to polysaccharides that have been modified by providing azetidinium functionality thereto. Such functionality can be provided by crosslinking a polysaccharide with a resin having azetidinium functional groups. In one or more aspects, the polysaccharide can comprise one or more of starch, guar gum, alginate or derivatives thereof. Polysaccharides having azetidinium functionality according to the present invention are suitable for multiple uses. Such uses include, but are not limited to, removal of one or more solid materials from a liquid, beneficiation of an ore, removal of metallic ions from a liquid; providing oil from bitumen; and removal of mercury from synthetic gypsum. Other uses of the functionalized polysaccharides of the present invention include hydroseeding, dust control and corosion control.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: November 25, 2010Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLCInventors: Michael J. Bush, John B. Hines, James T. Wright
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Patent number: 7838592Abstract: There is provided a starch-based coating composition with excellent storage stability as a one-pack type paint, which can form coating films with excellent drying property, finished appearances, pencil hardness, mar resistance, adhesion, alkali resistance, solvent resistance and weather resistance, as well as coated articles that have been coated with the starch-based coating composition. The starch-based coating composition comprises as the binder a resin composition obtained by reacting (A) starch and/or modified starch with (B) an isocyanate group-containing compound obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate compound (b1) and a polyhydric alcohol (b2), or by reaction of these components with a resin obtained by radical polymerization of a mixture comprising an aromatic-based radical polymerizing unsaturated monomer, a hydroxyl group-containing radical polymerizing unsaturated monomer and optionally another radical polymerizing unsaturated monomer.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chikara Kawamura, Kenichi Umezawa
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Publication number: 20100285183Abstract: Oil resistant package material and packages prepared therefrom have cyclodextrin incorporated in or adjacent to a film layer of the package to reduce the permeation of oil through the package material, and particularly out of the package. The film layer comprises a polymer that coordinates or bonds with a cyclodextrin compound in an amount sufficient to reduce the permeation of oil through the film layer as compared to a like film layer that does not contain cyclodextrin.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: Diamond Foods, Inc.Inventors: Marcia A. Popa, Randal J. Monforton, David W. Plank, Jonathan W. DeVries
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Publication number: 20100249321Abstract: Ethylenically unsaturated, particularly acrylic, monomers are polymerised using a catalyst system including a manganese carbonyl initiator, an organic halogen reactive substrate and an allylic halide chain termination agent. Desirably the manganese carbonyl initiator is a dimanganese compound, particularly dimanganese decacarbonyl (Mn2(CO)10). The catalysis mechanism appears to involve initiator homolysis, abstraction of halogen from the reactive substrate forming an organic free radical which acts as a chain initiator for polymerisation and eventual reaction of the propagating chain radical with the chain terminating agent. The speed or extent of reaction may be modified by the inclusion of Lewis acids in the reaction mixture. The resulting polymers are telechelic and may have different end groups. The polymers can be reacted further to functionalise them and/or to form block copolymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Croda International PLCInventors: Richard J. Harrison, Bruce C. Gilbert, Andrew F. Parsons, Derek J. Irvine
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Publication number: 20100176053Abstract: A modified bioreactor support material having high surface area for removing a contaminant (16) from fluids can include a substrate (10) having a functionalized surface, The functionalized surface can have inorganic or organic non-living functional groups, such that the functional groups bind to or chemically alter the contaminant. A method for making a modified bioreactor support material can include activating a suitable substrate (10) and attaching a biologically-derived functional group carrier such as living microbes (18) or non-living materials (14) derived from living materials to the activated substrate (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventors: D. Jack Adams, Jan D. Miller
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Publication number: 20100137514Abstract: A cationic starch graft copolymer is prepared by polymerization of monomers a) to d) a) 20-80% by weight of acrylamide, methacrylamide or mixtures thereof, b) 3-20% by weight of at least one basic or cationic vinyl monomer; c) 0.005-1.5% by weight of at least one bifunctional or higher-functional crosslinking agent, d) 0-10% by weight of at least one nonionic or anionic vinyl monomer which differs from the monomers mentioned under a) to c) in the presence of a grafting base e) e) 15˜70% by weight of at least one starch or one starch derivative, the sum of a) to e) being 100% by weight.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: KEMIRA OYJInventors: Bernd Hauschel, Bernd Thiele, Thomas Hübbe, Bernhard Jansen
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Publication number: 20100043990Abstract: The invention concerns the use of a combination of an anionic polysaccharide having a preferred carboxyl content of 0.2-0.4 per monosaccharide unit and an aldehyde content of less than 0.5 aldehyde group per anionic acid group, and a cationic polymer, as a wet strength additive for papermaking.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPASTNATUURWETENSInventors: Jan Matthijs Jetten, Harm Jan Thiewes, Jeffrey Wilson Thornton
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Patent number: 7638560Abstract: A foamed starch-polyester graft copolymer and chemically modified starch-polyester graft copolymer composition comprising a chemically modified starch or chemically modified starch-nanoclay product is described. The composition can be produced continuously in a twin-screw co-rotating extruder in the presence of a blowing agent. The foams are biodegradable.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Ramani Narayan, Yogaraj Nabar
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Publication number: 20090312491Abstract: A compound or material having safety, namely, biocompatibility that exhibits such a nongel-gel transition that the state of being nongel is presented on the side of low temperature while the state of being crosslinked, for example, gel is presented on the side of high temperature. There is provided a crosslinked polyrotaxane at least two molecules of polyrotaxane consisting of cyclodextrin molecules having a linear molecule included in a skewed manner in cavities thereof and having capping groups at each end of the linear molecule so as to prevent detachment of the cyclodextrin molecules, the above at least two molecules of polyrotaxane crosslinked with each other via physical bonds, characterized in that the hydroxyls (—OH) of the cyclodextrin molecules are partially or wholly substituted with non-ionic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2005Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: The University of TokyoInventors: Kohzo Ito, Masatoshi Kidowaki
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Patent number: 7629405Abstract: A starch-polyester graft copolymer and chemically modified starch-polyester graft copolymer composition comprising a chemically modified starch or chemically modified starch-nanoclay product is described. The composition can be produced continuously in a twin-screw co-rotating extruder. The starch-polyester graft copolymer can be solvent cast, melt cast and blown into clear transparent film particularly for use in single use disposable applications and can be biodegradable.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Ramani Narayan, Sunder Balakrishnan, Yogaraj Nabar, Jean-Marie Raquez, Philippe Dubois
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Patent number: 7625961Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition, which can be referred to as a biopolymer, including fermentation solid and thermoactive material. The present invention also includes methods of making the biopolymer, which can include compounding fermentation solid and thermoactive material. The present biopolymer can be formed into an article of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2004Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: POET Research, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Riebel
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Publication number: 20090275699Abstract: Binder compositions are described that include a carboxyl-containing polymer, a cross-linking agent, and a starch compound having a molecular weight greater than about 10,000 g/mol. In addition, fiber products are described that include mineral or polymeric fibers and a binder prepared from an aqueous composition that includes a carboxyl-containing polymer, a cross-linking agent, and a starch having a molecular weight greater than 10,000 g/mol.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Kiarash Alavi Shooshtari, Jawed Asrar, Uranchimeg Lester, Mary Margaret Georgene Bauer
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Patent number: 7605199Abstract: Thermoplastic polymer compositions, films, continues, closures, laminates can comprise a modified vinyl polymer said modified polymer having a moiety comprising a cyclodextrin compound. The cyclodextrin compound, locked into the polymer structure, can absorb impurities, permeants, or other undesirable volatile materials. The cooperation between the cyclodextrin grafted onto the thermoplastic polymer and the polymer structure can provide barrier properties to a film, web or other polymer structure. A permeant or a contaminant can be complexed or trapped within the polymer and held within the film or Web preventing the permeant or contaminant from passing into the interior of a container or enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Cellresin Technologies, LLCInventors: Willard E. Wood, Neil J. Beaverson, Kasyap V. Seethamraju
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Publication number: 20090253609Abstract: The invention relates to novel hybrid compounds comprising at least one silicone entity (Sil) in which at least one of the silicons of Sil is substituted by at least one unit—Ro-B, B being an entity of a variable nature, for example polymer, hydrocarbonated or mineral, selected from a group comprising polyols (e.g. saccharides), silicones, polyalkylene glycols, polyamides, polyesters, polystyrenes, alkyls, alkenyls, alkynyls or aryls, in addition to mineral materials such as silica and the combinations thereof. The bond Ro between the entity Sil and the entity B is obtained by means of “click chemistry” and corresponds to formula (II.1) or (II.2), Z representing a carbon atom or a nitrogen atom. Said hybrid components can be used as emulsifiers, especially for cosmetics.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2007Publication date: October 8, 2009Applicants: RHODIA OPERATIONS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE-CNRSInventors: Etienne Fleury, Sami Halila, Hugues Driguez, Sylvain Cottaz, Thierry Hamaide, Sebastien Fort
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Patent number: 7588794Abstract: A polymer coating for implantable medical devices based on polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating the coating are disclosed. The implantable medical devices made of polyorthoesters and methods for fabricating thereof are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2007Date of Patent: September 15, 2009Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
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Publication number: 20090227735Abstract: Disclosed are polyester blends useful for the preparation of heat-shrinkable films, and heat-shrinkable films prepared therefrom. The heat shrinkable film may be oriented in the machine direction to produce films with high machine-direction shrinkage but low transverse growth or shrinkage. The films are useful for roll-fed, shrink-on label applications. Also disclosed are heat-shrinkable roll-fed labels prepared from reactor-grade polyesters.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2009Publication date: September 10, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Wayne Ken Shih, Rondell Paul Little, JR.
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Publication number: 20090160095Abstract: The disclosure relates to a starch-polyester graft copolymer, for example formed by the reactive blending of a thermoplastic starch (TpS) and/or a modified thermoplastic starch (MTpS) with a biodegradable polyester. The thermoplastic starch includes starch (e.g., a high-amylose starch) and a plasticizer, and can further include a chemical modifier and an optional initiator. The graft copolymer preferably is completely (or substantially completely) biodegradable, for example based on the biodegradability of each of its components. The graft copolymer can be formed into sheets of material that can be subsequently thermoformed, for example into single-use, disposable articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Board of Trustees of Michigan State UniversityInventors: Ramani Narayan, Jacqueline Stagner, Vanessa Dias Alves