Aromatic Alcohol Moiety Patents (Class 560/221)
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Patent number: 6369262Abstract: Rigid-rod monomers and polymers are provided for use in applications such as rapid prototyping, composites and adhesives. The monomers can be photocured through the end groups and then thermally post cured through the acetylene groups. The result is a highly crosslinked polymer having an effective glass transition temperature well above 200° C.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: University of DaytonInventors: Richard P. Chartoff, Jayprakash C. Bhatt, Tat H. Tong
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Patent number: 6359170Abstract: Described are (alkyl,bromo)phenoxy alkyl(meth)acrylate monomers and polymers made therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1999Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: David B. Olson
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Patent number: 6268111Abstract: An oligomer is provided having tetraacrylate functionality as well as carboxylic acid functionality. The oligomer is useful as a photopolymerizable binder in photoresists for forming printed circuitry. Particular advantages of the oligomer are found in solder mask-forming compositions which must withstand the conditions of nickel/gold plating.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Lincoln Eramo, Jr., Mitchell G. Male, Robert K. Barr, Daniel E. Lundy
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Patent number: 6265132Abstract: The invention provides an oligomer having tetraacrylate functionality which provides enhanced flexibility to photoimageable compositions which function as photoresists. The enhanced flexibility is particularly advantageous in epoxy-containing, solder mask-forming photoimageable composition, as this flexibility provides improved performance in nickel/gold plating.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Lincoln Eramo, Jr., Mitchell G. Male, Robert K. Barr
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Patent number: 6255523Abstract: The present invention relates to powder coating compositions which can be cured at low temperatures. The powder coating composition of the invention include a unique combination of a branched oligoester polyol and uretdione crosslinking agent which when cured results in a coating binder with desirable hardness, flexibility, solvent resistance, corrosion resistance, weatherability and gloss.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1998Date of Patent: July 3, 2001Assignee: McWhorter Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Kamlesh Pai Panandiker, John Michael Bronk, Franklin Paul Spitler
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Patent number: 6175037Abstract: An improved process for preparing acrylate esters, methacrylate esters, polyester acrylates or polyester methacrylates by reacting acrylic or methacrylic acid with a monohydroxy containing compound or a polyhydroxy containing compound in the presence of a catalyst and polymerization inhibitor in a reaction vessel, in the presence or absence of a solvent, under microwave energy as a heating source. Advantages of using microwave energy in place of conventional thermal heating include higher temperatures coupled with shorter residence times, reduced production costs, increased capacity, lower energy costs, effective use of raw materials, and solventless processing which is environmentally friendly.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 1998Date of Patent: January 16, 2001Assignee: UCB, S.A.Inventor: Harrell Emmett Tweedy
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Patent number: 6127407Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1997Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignees: Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center CorporationInventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
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Patent number: 6049000Abstract: The invention relates to compounds with the general formula Y.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --M.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --Y.sup.2 whereinY.sup.1 and Y.sup.2 are different from each other and Y.sup.1 is an acrylate or methacrylate residue and Y.sup.2 is a vinyl ether, epoxy, or azide residue,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are identical or different residues with the general formula C.sub.n H.sub.2n in which n is a whole number from 0 to 20 and one or more methylene groups can be replaced by oxygen atoms, andM.sup.1 has the general formula --R.sup.1 --X.sup.1 --R.sup.2 --X.sup.2 --R.sup.3 --X.sup.3 --R.sup.4 -- whereinR.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 are identical or different doubly bonded residues from the group --O--, --COO--, --CONH--, --CO--, --S--, --C.tbd.C--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, --CH.sub.2 --, --N.dbd.N--, and --N.dbd.N(O)--, and R.sup.2 --X.sup.2 --R.sup.3 can also be a C--C bond, andX.sup.1, X.sup.2, and X.sup.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1997Date of Patent: April 11, 2000Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AGInventors: Peter Strohriegl, Katja Strelzyk, Andreas Stohr, Petra Grundig, Michael Gailberger, Fritz Dannenhauer, Anne Barth
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Patent number: 6043272Abstract: The present invention provides substituted 3,3-diphenyl indanone, indane and indole compounds, as well as analogues thereof, which are specific, potent and safe inhibitors of mammalian cell proliferation. The compounds can be used to inhibit mammalian cell proliferation in situ as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment or prevention of diseases characterized by abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1997Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignees: Ion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center CorporationInventors: Carlo Brugnara, Jose Halperin, Rudolf Fluckiger, Emile M. Bellott, Jr., Richard John Lombardy, John J. Clifford, Ying-Duo Gao, Reem M. Haidar, Eugene W. Kelleher, Adel M. Moussa, Yesh P. Sachdeva, Minghua Sun, Heather N. Taft
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Patent number: 6040470Abstract: There is provided a developer composition including at least one of sulfonyl compounds represented by formula (1) and at least one of sulfonyl compounds represented by formula 2: ##STR1## wherein X is H or lower alkyl, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 which may be the same or different, present H, halogen or lower alkyl and Y represents alkyl, benzenesulfonyl, benzoyl et al, A thermalsensitive recording medium having the above developer is of high sensitivity, less surface-blushing with lapse of time and is excellent in storage stability of a recorded image, particularly in heat resistance, humidity resistance and anti-plasticizer.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Sanko Kaihatsu Kagaku KenkyushoInventors: Shigeru Oda, Eiji Kawabata
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Patent number: 6040473Abstract: A transesterification process for the preparation of (meth)acrylates wherein a (meth)acrylic acid ester is re-esterified in the presence of a re-esterification catalyst comprised of calcium hydroxide or calcium hydroxide in combination with lithium chloride.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1998Date of Patent: March 21, 2000Assignee: Roehm GmbHInventors: Joachim Knebel, Werner Spalt
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Patent number: 5998499Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound, a polymeric product formed by polymerization of the liquid crystalline compound, a dental composition including the liquid crystalline compound and method of using the dental composition. Polymerization of the liquid crystalline compound results in an low volume percent shrinkage and a high conversion to polymer. The composition of the invention is useful for dental adhesive, primer, cement, pit and fissure sealant and restorative.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1996Date of Patent: December 7, 1999Assignee: Dentsply G.m.b.H.Inventors: Joachim E. Klee, Holger Frey, Dirk Holter, Rolf Mulhaupt
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Patent number: 5917084Abstract: A pine root (Deutero mycetes) fungal metabolite and analogs thereof having antifungal activity.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1996Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Inventor: Zhi-Dong Jiang
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Patent number: 5916987Abstract: A sulfur-containing O-(meth)acrylate compound of the following formula (1) is useful as a starting material for a resin composition used in optical applications such as a lens; ##STR1## wherein R represents hydrogen atom or methyl group; 1 represents an integer from 1 to 3; B is ##STR2## n is 1 or 2, m is 1, 2 or 3 and A is selected from certain arylene, aralkylene, thioether, dithioether or thiopheneylene radicals.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Seiichi Kobayashi, Nobuya Kawauchi, Toshiyuki Suzuki, Masao Imai, Kenichi Fujii
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Patent number: 5912383Abstract: A description is given of a stabilized aqueous solution of unsaturated quaternary ammonium salt(s) (I), having been obtained by reaction, in the presence of water, of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl (meth)acrylate (II) with a quaternizing agent (III), at least one stabilizing agent having been used in combination with the monomer (II). This aqueous solution contains at least one sequestering agent for metals chosen from diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, the pentasodium salt of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, N-(hydroxyethyl)ethylenediaminetriacetic acid and the trisodium salt of N-(hydroxyethyl)ethylenediaminetriacetic acid. ##STR1## R.sup.1 =H or CH.sub.3 ; R=methyl or benzyl; X=Cl, Br or CH.sub.3 --SO.sub.4.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Elf Atochem S.A.Inventors: Alain Riondel, Robert Legros
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Patent number: 5834621Abstract: A novel sulfur-containing compound represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 0 to 2; R represents a hydrogen atom, a vinyl group, a methacryloyl group, a vinylbenzyl group, a glycidyl group, an acryloyl group or an allyl group; and the case where n is 0 and R is a hydrogen atom is excluded, and a method for preparing said sulfur-containing compound. The novel sulfur-containing compound of the present invention can be copolymerized with various copolymerizable compounds to yield excellent hardened products of high refractive index. The novel sulfur-containing compound of the present invention can therefore be used as a very useful monomer for the production of optical materials, paints, adhesives, sealants, etc. having excellent properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 1997Date of Patent: November 10, 1998Assignee: Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsumasa Yamamoto, Masahito Nakano, Michio Suzuki
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Patent number: 5830835Abstract: The present invention relates to dryer-activated fabric softening compositions comprising: (A) fabric softening compounds; (B) a non-allylic perfume alcohol ester; and (C) optionally, (1) a carboxylic acid salt of a tertiary amine and/or a tertiary amine ester; and (2) a nonionic softener; wherein, preferably, the Iodine Value of the total number of fatty acyl groups present in (A), (C)(1), and (C)(2) is from about 3 to about 60. These compositions exhibit good antistatic properties as well as improved delivery from a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: November 3, 1998Assignee: Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cort Severns, Mark Robert Sivik, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, Jill Bonham Costa, Alex Haejoon Chung, Rafael Ortiz
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Patent number: 5814378Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable compound represented by Formula (I): ##STR1## where X represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; 1 represents an integer in the range of 0 to 14; m represents 0 or 1; n represents 0 or 1; p represents an integer in the range of 0 to 6; and q represents an integer in the range of 0 to 9, wherein m is 0 under the condition 1=0, and 1 under the condition 1.noteq.0.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 1996Date of Patent: September 29, 1998Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriaki Onishi, Nobuaki Yamada, Kenji Suzuki, Hoyo Mizobe, Masahiko Yoshida
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Patent number: 5770760Abstract: Novel aqueous thickener or thixotropic polymers are prepared by the copolymerization of (A) about 15-60 weight percent of a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer, preferably acrylic or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof with itaconic or fumaric acid, (B) about 15-80 weight percent of a nonionic copolymerizable C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 alpha, beta-ethylenically unsaturated monomer, preferably a monovinyl ester such as ethyl acrylate or a mixture thereof with styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride or vinyl acetate, and (C) about 1-30 weight percent of a new and novel nonionic ethylenically unsaturated nonionic biphillic monomer such as tristyrylpoly(ethyleneoxy).sub.x methyl acrylate, to provide a stable aqueous colloidal dispersion at an acid pH lower than about 5.0 but becoming an effective thickener for aqueous systems upon adjustment to a pH of about 5.5-10.5 or higher. These polymers adjusted to a pH of about 5.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Rhodia Inc.Inventor: Fred Robinson
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Patent number: 5750213Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by Formula (I): ##STR1## where X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; l and m are independently an integer of 0 to 14; Y is a single bond, --COO--, --OCO--, or --O--; n and p are independently an integer of 0 to 18; q and s are independently an integer of 0 or 1; and R.sup.A and R.sup.B are independently represented by Formula (II) or (III); ##STR2## provided that, when q=1, p.gtoreq.2; and when R.sup.A is represented by the Formula (II), R.sup.B is represented by the Formula (II).Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1997Date of Patent: May 12, 1998Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriaki Onishi, Nobuaki Yamada, Masahiko Yoshida, Hoyo Mizobe, Kenji Suzuki
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Patent number: 5736747Abstract: Organic compounds having at least one ethylenically-unsaturated group are described, the organic compounds being suitable for use in coatable compositions as reactive diluents; compounds of the invention preferably have a divalent organic linking moiety devoid of reactive groups other than optional ethylenically-unsaturated groups, and a polar organic moiety and are particularly adept in solubilizing aminoplast resins having radiation-curable pendant groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: April 7, 1998Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ernest L. Thurber, Eric G. Larson, Alan R. Kirk, Gregg D. Dahlke
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Patent number: 5728867Abstract: Carbonyloxy-substituted azulenesquaric acid dyes of the formula ##STR1## where L is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkylene which may be substituted by phenyl,R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.12 -alkenyl, which may be phenyl-substituted, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 -cycloalkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, pyrrolyl, furanyl, thienyl or pyridyl andR.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each independently of the others hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl,with the proviso that when R.sup.3 is hydrogen the positions of the substituents CH.sub.2 --L--O--CO--R.sup.1 and R.sup.4 on either or both azulene rings may also be interchanged with each other within an azulene ring, are useful in an optical recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1990Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Michael Schmitt, Wolfgang Schrott, Peter Neumann, Sibylle Brosius, Klaus Dieter Schomann, Harald Kuppelmaier
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Patent number: 5723066Abstract: An electrooptical system is disclosed in which a PDLC film is positioned between 2 electrode layers. The PDLC film contains a liquid crystal mixture forming microdroplets in an optically isotropic, transparent polymer matrix. The liquid crystal mixture comprises one or more compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R, A.sup.1, A.sup.2, Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2, X.sup.1, X.sup.2, Q, Y and n are as herein defined, and one or more reactive liquid crystalline compounds. The PDLC film exhibits improved switching times, especially at low temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: David Coates, Owain Llyr Parri, Simon Greenfield, Martin David Tillin, Mark John Goulding, Patrick Nolan
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Patent number: 5709911Abstract: A polymerizable compound represented by Formula (I): ##STR1## where X is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; Y and Z are independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; l is an integer of 0 to 14; m and n are independently an integer of 0 or 1; R is represented by Formula (II), (III), or (IV); and when m=1, l.gtoreq.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 1997Date of Patent: January 20, 1998Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanto Kagaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noriaki Onishi, Nobuaki Yamada, Masahiko Yoshida, Hoyo Mizobe, Kenji Suzuki
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Patent number: 5703272Abstract: A process for preparing a carboxylic acid ester which includes subjecting a carboxylic acid and an alcohol or a phenol to an esterification reaction in the presence of a silica-titania catalyst. The silica-titania catalyst is prepared by adding an acidic solution containing a silicon compound and a titanium compound dissolved therein to a solution of a basic compound to bring about co-precipitation, in which the acidic solution is a nitric acid-acidic solution or a sulfuric acid-acidic solution, a ratio of the amount (gram equivalent) of nitric acid or sulfuric acid to the amount (mol) of the silicon compound in the acidic solution is 0.5 to 50 and the amount of the titanium compound in the acidic solution is such that a ratio of titania (TiO.sub.2) in the silica-titania catalyst is 1 to 50% by weight.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.Inventors: Mariko Abe, Shuji Ebata, Takafumi Abe, Hirofumi Higuchi
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Patent number: 5679834Abstract: A process for producing an acrylic acid ester or a methacrylic acid ester having a benzoic acid group from a benzoic acid derivative having a hydroxyalkyl group in the presence of an acid catalyst without using an azeotropic solvent with water having a strong toxicity and also without using acrylic acid chloride which has a strong tearing property, is hard to be handled and generates a by-product in the reaction. In the above process, the solvent for the benzoic acid derivative consists essentially of (meth)acrylic acid.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1996Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Nishikawa, Haruyoshi Gotou
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Patent number: 5668102Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid and solid biodegradable fabric softener compositions combined with nonionic or anionic esters of a non-allylic alcohol perfumes. These compositions exhibit improved perfume longevity and reduced environmental impact.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 16, 1997Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John Cort Severns, Mark Robert Sivik, Frederick Anthony Hartman, Hugo Robert Germain Denutte, Jill Bonham Costa, Alex Haejoon Chung, Rafael Ortiz
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Patent number: 5663308Abstract: Organosilicon polymers, including crosslinked polymers and crosslinkable prepolymers, of cyclic polysiloxane, organic dyes, and, optionally, polyenes. The dyes include those with delocalized Pi electron systems linking electron donor groups and electron acceptor groups, and with at least two carbon-carbon double bond-containing pendant groups attached to at least two different sites from among the indicated delocalized Pi electron systems, donor groups, and acceptor groups.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1994Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Hercules IncorporatedInventors: Wayne Michael Gibbons, Robert Paul Grasso, Michael Kevin O'Brien, Paul Joseph Shannon, Shao-Tang Sun
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Patent number: 5663262Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds containing an oxamic acid group, which show high reactivity and have stability for water and are used as paints, adhesives, and plastic materials etc. in the form of a reaction material or a resin. Since into these compounds an oxamic acid group is introduced in a part of the molecule and the oxamic acid group is an ionic functional group, the compounds show superior solubility and dispersing character in water and also, since the oxamic acid group is a group of a disappearing type with heating, the compounds do not remain, after hardening, in the hardened product. Accordingly, the hardened products obtained from these compounds are superior in water-resistant and anticorrosion properties and in durability.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1989Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Shirakawa, Kazunori Kanda, Mitsuo Yamada, Kei Aoki, Satoshi Urano, Nobuaki Tomita
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Patent number: 5629445Abstract: This invention relates to (meth)acrylates represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently H or CH.sub.3 and average value of n is 1-5; resin composite comprising (A) an urethane (meth)-acrylate and/or epoxy (meth)acrylate, (B) a (meth)-acrylate represented by formula (1) above, (C) an ethylenically unsaturated compound other than component (A) or (B), and (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and cured products of said resin composites. The cured products of said resin composites of this invention have high refractive index and are superior in mold release property, shape reproducibility, restorability, and scratch resistance and suited in particular for transmission type screens.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: May 13, 1997Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Nakayama, Katsunori Shimura, Minoru Yokoshima, Nobuo Taniguchi
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Patent number: 5606104Abstract: In preparing an acyloxybenzenesulfonic acid or salts thereof by sulfonating the corresponding acyloxybenzene (1), the preparation process of the acyloxybenzenesulfonic acid wherein as an additive is added at least one selected from among carboxylic acids or esters thereof (2), alkyl phosphates (3), polyphosphoric acids (4), amides and like compounds (6), carbonic esters (7), and hydroxy compounds (8). By the process, acyloxybenzenesulfonic acid excellent in hue can be prepared on an industrial scale in an enhanced yield at enhanced selectivity and lowered cost as compared with the processes of the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1995Date of Patent: February 25, 1997Assignee: Kao CorporationInventors: Yoshio Hatayama, Katsuhisa Inoue, Hiroshi Danjo, Kohshiro Sotoya
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Patent number: 5578740Abstract: Epoxy-containing compounds which are essentially free of organic halides are prepared by (I) reacting an allyl derivative of an active hydrogen-containing compound with (II) a peroxygen-containing compound. The epoxy-containing compounds are useful in coatings, castings, laminates etc.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1994Date of Patent: November 26, 1996Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventors: Andrew T. Au, J. Lowell Nafziger
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Patent number: 5567838Abstract: The present invention relates to a new method of making the dimethacrylate ester of alkoxylated bisphenol-A via transesterification with methyl methacrylate. This transesterification reaction proceeds at low temperatures and is driven by the removal of methanol as a methanol/saturated hydrocarbon azeotrope. The lower temperature reaction advantageously inhibits polyerization of the feed ester. The reaction is catalyzed by potassium based catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Aristech Chemical CorporationInventors: Joseph Pugach, Jeffrey S. Salek, John E. Aiken
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Patent number: 5562847Abstract: The present invention relates to dryer-activated fabric softening compositions comprising: (A) fabric softening compounds; and (B) an ester of an alcohol perfume wherein the ester has at least one free carboxylic acid. The ester has the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1-C.sub.30 straight, branched or cyclic alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkylaryl, aryl group; or ring containing a heteroatom, R' is a perfume alcohol with a boiling point at 760 mm Hg of less than about 300 .degree. C.; and m and n are independently an integer of 1 or greater.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1995Date of Patent: October 8, 1996Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Scott W. Waite, John C. Severns, Mark R. Sivik, Frederick A. Hartman
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Patent number: 5559088Abstract: The present invention relates to dryer-activated fabric softening compositions comprising: (A) fabric softening compounds; (B) a non-allylic perfume alcohol ester; and (C) optionally, (1) a carboxylic acid salt of a tertiary amine and/or a tertiary amine ester; and (2) a nonionic softener; wherein, preferably, the Iodine Value of the total number of fatty acyl groups present in (A), (C)(1), and (C)(2) is from about 3 to about 60. These compositions exhibit good antistatic properties as well as improved delivery from a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1995Date of Patent: September 24, 1996Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble CompanyInventors: John C. Severns, Mark R. Sivik, Frederick A. Hartman, Hugo R. G. Denutte, Jill B. Costa, Alex H. Chung
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Patent number: 5534188Abstract: An acetylene derivative represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 3-20 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is saturated or unsaturated alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms which may optionally be substituted by halogen atom or alkoxyalkyl group having 2-20 carbon atoms, A and B represent phenylene group or the like or taken as --A--B-- represent naphthalene group or the like, m and s are each 0 or 1, n is integer of 1-6, and * means asymmetric carbon atom; a process for producing said acetylene derivative, a liquid crystal composition using the same as active ingredient, and a liquid crystal element using said composition.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 1994Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Masayoshi Minai, Takayuki Higashii, Shoji Toda, Naoyuki Takano, Kayoko Ueda, Koichi Fujisawa
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Patent number: 5531910Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid and solid biodegradable fabric softener compositions combined with nonionic or anionic esters of a non-allylic alcohol perfumes. These compositions exhibit improved perfume longevity and reduced enviromental impact.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 1995Date of Patent: July 2, 1996Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: John C. Severns, Mark R. Sivik, Frederick A. Hartman, Hugo R. G. Denutte, Jill B. Costa, Alex H. Chung
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Patent number: 5523152Abstract: Organic compounds having at least one ethylenically-unsaturated group are described, the organic compounds being suitable for use in coatable compositions as reactive diluents; compounds of the invention preferably have a divalent organic linking moiety devoid of reactive groups other than optional ethylenically-unsaturated groups, and a polar organic moiety and are particularly adept in solubilizing aminoplast resins having radiation-curable pendant groups.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1994Date of Patent: June 4, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Ernest L. Thurber, Eric G. Larson, Alan R. Kirk, Gregg D. Dahlke
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Patent number: 5510402Abstract: The novel compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which n is an integer from the range from 4 to 8 and m is an integer from the range from 1 to 4,A is the aliphatic, aromatic, araliphatic or heterocyclic radical of a monobasic to tetrabasic carboxylic acid, andR.sup.1 and R.sup.1', independently of one another, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.24 alkyl or C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, are suitable for stabilizing organic material against thermal, oxidative or actinic degradation.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1993Date of Patent: April 23, 1996Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Paul Dubs, Rita Pitteloud
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Patent number: 5506279Abstract: The invention provides novel acrylamide functional disubstituted acetyl aryl ketones and a process for their preparation in high yields uncontaminated by difunctional material. The invention further provides photocrosslinkable compositions comprising one or more ethylenically-unsaturated monomers and as photoinitiator the acrylamide functional disubstituted acetyl aryl ketone of the invention. The compositions are useful for the preparation of films and coatings, particularly pressure-sensitive adhesive coatings.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 1994Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Gaddam N. Babu, Greggory S. Bennett, Kejian Chen, Steven M. Heilmann, Howell K. Smith, II, Louis E. Winslow
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Patent number: 5502242Abstract: The present invention provides a propiolate ester compound represented by the formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy group or alkoxy group;m denotes an integer of 1 to 5;Y represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --OCH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 O--;Z represents a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkylene group which may be substituted with a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group; andR.sub.1 may be the same or different, when m is an integer of larger than 1.The invention also provides an acaricide containing the same as an active ingredient and an acaricidal method.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Akira Shuto, Hirosi Kisida, Yoji Takada, Takao Ishiwatari
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Patent number: 5488137Abstract: An electrophotographic photoconductor is composed of a substrate and a photoconductive layer formed thereon. The photoconductive layer is composed of a polymer including an acrylic acid ester moiety of formula (I) as repeat unit: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a benzyl group, a phenyl group, a phenoxyl group, chlorine or bromine; n is an integer of 1 to 4; m is 0 or 1; and k is 0 or 1.The polymer and the monomer from which the polymer is prepared are synthesized.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1994Date of Patent: January 30, 1996Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Tamura, Toshio Fukagai, Naoshi Mishima, Masaomi Sasaki
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Patent number: 5453452Abstract: This invention relates to (meth)acrylates represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently H or CH.sub.3 and average value of n is 1-5; resin composite comprising (A) an urethane (meth)acrylate and/or epoxy (meth)acrylate, (B) a (meth)acrylate represented by formula (1) above, (C) an ethylenically unsaturated compound other than component (A) or (B), and (D) a photopolymerization initiator; and cured products of said resin composites. The cured products of said resin composites of this invention have high refractive index and are superior in mold release property, shape reproducibility, restorability, and scratch resistance and suited in particular for transmission type screens.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1993Date of Patent: September 26, 1995Assignee: Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Kenji Nakayama, Katsunori Shimura, Minoru Yokoshima, Nobuo Taniguchi
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Patent number: 5440060Abstract: The demands on the properties of pigments, in particular in the areas of emulsion paints and printing inks, which are continuously becoming more specific made it necessary to develop selective and environmentally safe dispersing and emulsifying agents and coupling auxiliaries.The compounds according to the invention are alkoxylation products prepared from fatty amine dialkylenediamines which, if desired, are linked to give recurring structural units by means of esterification with dicarboxylic acids and in which, preferably, the hydroxyl end groups of these fatty amine alkylenediamine alkoxylates have been esterified with fatty acids, aromatic carboxylic acids and/or resin acids and any hydroxyl groups still present have been converted to the corresponding mono-ester-containing anionic radicals by means of dicarboxylic acids and sulfites.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1993Date of Patent: August 8, 1995Assignee: Hoechst AGInventors: Heinz Uhrig, Albert Munkel
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Patent number: 5342985Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the metathesis of olefins which comprises reacting an olefin of the formula YCZ.dbd.CZ--(CX.sub.2).sub.n R.sup.2 (II) whereinn is an integer from 1 to 28,X represents H or F,Y represents H or alkyl having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms andZ represents H or a non-aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R.sup.2 represents H, alkyl, halogen, COOR.sup.3 or OR.sup.4, wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 represent alkyl having from 1 to 15 carbon atoms or phenyl which is unsubstituted or contains from 1 to 3 substituents or wherein R.sup.4 is trialkylsilyl R.sup.5 Si, wherein R.sup.5 represents alkyl having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, at a catalyst comprising an oxidic carrier charged with a rhenium compound as defined hereinbefore.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1990Date of Patent: August 30, 1994Assignee: Hoechst AGInventors: Wolfgang A. Herrmann, Werner Wagner, Ursula Volkhardt
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Patent number: 5334749Abstract: A polymerizable phenol compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen atom, an alkylsulfonyl group, a hydroxyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; Y represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy-carbonyl group, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkyl-sulfonyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkanoyloxy group, an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group; Z represents --COO--, --O--, --SO.sub.2 -- or --SO.sub.2 NH--; R represents a divalent linkage group having an --O--, --S--, --SO.sub.2 --, --CO--, --NH--, or a cyclic structure; and P represents an acryloyloxy group or a methacryloyloxy group.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1992Date of Patent: August 2, 1994Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuuichi Fukushige, Ken Iwakura, Masato Satomura
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Patent number: 5326901Abstract: Novel 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)-acetic acid derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein A is oxygen or --NR.sub.1 --,B is C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkylene,D is oxygen, sulfur or --O--CH.sub.2 --,E is phenyl; phenyl substituted by from one to three substituents selected from the group halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 haloalkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy; a five-membered aromatic heterocycle having from one to three hetero atoms selected from the group nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, a five-membered aromatic heterocycle having from one to three hetero atoms selected from the group nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur that is substituted by one or two substituents selected from the group halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 -haloalkyl; a six-membered aromatic heterocycle having from one to three nitrogen atoms; or a six-membered aromatic heterocycle having from one to three nitrogen atoms that is substituted by one or two substituents selected from the group halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and C.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1993Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventor: Manfred Boger
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Patent number: 5326902Abstract: Oxyalkyne compounds corresponding to the formula I ##STR1## in which the substituent Y in the meta- or para-position is R.sup.1 represents CH.sub.3 or NH.sub.2, R.sup.2 represents H or CH.sub.3, R.sup.3 represents H, C.sub.1-3 -alkyl or COCH.sub.3, and Ar represents an aromatic residue selected from the group ##STR2## with the proviso that the substituents R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are the same or different and each substituent represents H, F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1-6 -alkyl, CF.sub.3 or C.sub.1-6 -alkoxy, and R.sup.7 represents H, F, Cl, Br, C.sub.1-3 -alkyl or CF.sub.3,in the form of their racemates or mixtures of diastereoisomers or in optically active form, which are suitable active ingredients in pharmaceutical compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1993Date of Patent: July 5, 1994Assignee: Gruenenthal GmbHInventors: Ulrich Seipp, Werner Vollenberg, Werner Englberger, Cornelia Geist, Michael Haurand
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Patent number: 5292927Abstract: A highly fluorinated benzene compound is reacted with acryloyl chloride to ield a fluorinated liquid product which is used to impregnate a reinforcing structure. Upon impregnation, the liquid material is polymerized at about 55.degree.C. to produce a reinforced polymeric structure, which can be a circuit board. The polymer has dielectric constant of about 2.1, which is very low compared to the polymers used presently.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 1992Date of Patent: March 8, 1994Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: James R. Griffith, Henry S. W. Hu
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Patent number: 5288912Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of alkali metal diarylphosphide compounds wherein at least one of the aryl radicals is substituted with an alkyl group. Also disclosed is the preparation of alkyl(diaryl)phosphine compounds which are obtained by the reaction of the alkali metal diarylphosphide compounds with alkyl halide alkylating agents.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1993Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventor: Thomas J. Devon