Patents Represented by Attorney Andrew E. C. Merriam
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Patent number: 8334021Abstract: The present invention provides methods for reducing the level of free aldehydes in coatings for flexible substrates, such as tanned leather, and substantially aldehyde free substrates. The methods comprise applying to the substrate a composition of one or more aqueous emulsion or suspension composition of an acrylic polymer or silicon containing polymer that is made from, or contains one or more lower alkyl alcohol or degrades on storage or in use to form such an alcohol, and one or more water-insoluble to slightly water soluble aldehyde scavenger compound, followed by drying or curing the applied composition to form a coating. In addition, the methods provide enhanced aldehyde scrubbing, especially for acetaldehyde, by applying to a substrate an aqueous acrylic polymer or silicon containing polymer emulsion or suspension comprising a aldehyde scavenger compound that is substantially deprotonated, i.e. by raising the pH composition to 5.5 or higher.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Joseph M. Hoefler, Kelley L. Klein, Jill A. Ottinger
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Patent number: 8329798Abstract: A curable composition, useful as a thermosetting binder, having a polycarboxy polymer or co-polymer and a multifunctional polyol.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Guy Joseph Germaine Clamen, Nolwenn Colmou
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Patent number: 8309651Abstract: A binder composition comprising an emulsion copolymer, and a polyol crosslinker.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: William C. Finch, Griffin M. Gappert, Michael D. Kelly, Hal C. Morris, Xun Tang
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Patent number: 8304461Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making composite materials comprising combining particles of crosslinked rubber with coagulated aqueous polymer dispersions to form a mixture in aqueous dispersion, and subjecting the aqueous dispersion mixture to solid state shear pulverization to form materials that can be processed as thermoplastics at crosslinked rubber concentrations of from 10 to as high as 95 wt. %, based on the total solids of the material. The method may further comprise kneading the pulverized product to form useful articles, such as roofing membranes and shoe soles.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Carlos A. Cruz, Willie Lau, Joseph M. Rokowski, Qi Wang
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Patent number: 8304460Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making shapeable composites in the form of finely divided materials or articles and the materials and articles produced by the methods, the methods comprising forming mixtures by (i) treating an aqueous thermoplastic acrylic or vinyl polymer to increase the particle size thereof to a weight average particle size of 1 ?m or more, and, optionally, dewatering to form a crumb mixture; and (ii) combining a thermoplastic acrylic or vinyl polymer with one or more waste rubber vulcanizate having a sieve particle size ranging from 10 to 600 ?m in the amount of from 15 to 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of polymer and rubber to form a crumb slurry, such that (ii) can take place before, during, after (i) but before any dewatering, or after any dewatering; and (iii) thermoplastic processing the mixture. Thermoplastic processing can directly form articles, like sheets or films. The shapeable composites have excellent adhesion to other materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Willie Lau, Donald C. Schall, Harry R. Heulings, IV, Kimberly B. Kosto, Joseph M. Rokowski
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Patent number: 8304462Abstract: The present invention provides methods of making composite materials comprising combining particles of crosslinked rubber with one or more aqueous polymer dispersion of a suspension polymer to form a mixture in aqueous dispersion, and, optionally, subjecting the aqueous dispersion mixture to solid state shear pulverization to form materials that can be processed as thermoplastics at crosslinked rubber concentrations of from 10 to as high as 95 wt. %, based on the total solids of the material. The method may further comprise kneading and/or compression molding the pulverized product to form useful articles, such as roofing membranes and shoe soles.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Willie Lau, Rachel Z. Pytel, Joseph M. Rokowski
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Patent number: 8299153Abstract: A curable composition useful as a thermosetting binder, comprising a polycarboxy polymer or copolymer, a polyol, and, optionally, a phosphorous containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Michael Dewayne Kelly
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Patent number: 8299174Abstract: A curable binder composition consisting essentially of one or more ammonium salt of an inorganic acid and at least one carbohydrate, and the use thereof as a thermosetting binder. Also described are composite materials comprising the curable binder composition, and methods of application.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Jean Marie Brady, Michael DeWayne Kelly, Barry Weinstein
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Patent number: 8268927Abstract: A water redispersible polymer powder is produced by drying an aqueous mixture of a high Tg carboxylated styrene butadiene polymer and a low Tg carboxylated styrene butadiene polymer, where the ratio of the mean or average particle size of the high Tg polymer to the particle size of the low Tg polymer is from 1:1 to 5:1, preferably from 1:1 to 3:1, and the amount of the high Tg polymer is from 20 wt. % to 35 wt. %, preferably from 25 wt. % to 30 wt. %, based upon the total weight of the high Tg polymer and the low Tg polymer. Cement compositions such as mortars, which contain the redispersible polymer powder exhibit unexpectedly superior high bond strength and high impact resistance.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Robert Baumann, Juergen Dombrowski, Hartmut Kuehn, Etienne Lazarus, Gerold A Lohmuller, Margarita Perello, Yafei Zhu
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Patent number: 8236431Abstract: A coating for paperboard comprises an aqueous dispersion of a hollow core binder comprising a first polymer that, when dry, has at least one void, the first polymer being substantially encapsulated by at least one second polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from more than ?15° C. and up to and including 30° C., wherein the weight ratio of the said second polymer to the said first polymer ranges from 1:1 to 4:1. One or both of the first polymer and the second polymer may be formed from, as polymerized units, at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The hollow core binder allows for glossy, bright and smooth paperboard coatings while reducing the amount of binder and opacifying pigment necessary to achieve such coating properties. The present invention also provides coated paperboard articles, as well as paper and paperboard that is made from a mixture of pulp with the inventive hollow core binder.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Ravi Mukkamala
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Patent number: 8232334Abstract: A curable aqueous binder composition comprising one or more amine reactant selected from the group consisting of: a protein, a peptide, an amino acid, an ammonium salt of a polycarboxylic acid, an ammonium salt of a (poly)hydroxy-(poly)carboxylic acid; one or more carbohydrate; and one or more emulsion polymer; and the use thereof as thermosetting binders. Also described are composite materials comprising the curable binder composition, and methods of application.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2010Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Michael DeWayne Kelly, Haksu Lee, Barry Weinstein
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Patent number: 8178600Abstract: A curable binder composition comprising an emulsion polymer and a natural binder.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: Michael DeWayne Kelly
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Patent number: 8142563Abstract: A stable aqueous soy flour slurry comprising defatted soy flour, water, and a water soluble polymer dispersing agent having a molecular weight in the range of from 1,000 to 20,000, wherein the viscosity of the slurry is in the range from 200 to 2,000 cps as measured by a DV-III Ultra LV Viscometer viscometer at 6 rpm using spindle #31 at 25° C.; and a method for providing such a slurry.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Michael DeWayne Kelly, Joseph Manna
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Patent number: 8112966Abstract: We form a weather-resistive barrier on a building by applying a compressible latex foam on the joints between adjacent sheets of construction sheathing, with the sheets having been coated with an aqueous coating composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Michael Damian Bowe, Iain Crerar, Janah Cecelia Szewczyk
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Patent number: 7968637Abstract: A curable composition, useful as a thermosetting binder, having a polycarboxy polymer or co-polymer, an emulsion polymer, and a multifunctional polyol.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Guy Joseph Germaine Clamen, Nolwenn Colmou
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Patent number: 7919540Abstract: A foam comprising the reaction product of one or more multifunctional acrylates with one or more multifunctional aceto- or cyano-acetate compounds in the presence of a base and a blowing agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Martin Heuts, David Goodro Kelly, David Wayne Wolf
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Patent number: 7919556Abstract: The present invention provides compositions that enable excellent hardness in coating applications, the compositions containing one or more copolymer having as copolymerized units one or more acrylic monomer with a phosphorus acid-functional group, a polymeric side chain containing multi-acid functional groups, a salt thereof, or a combination thereof, one or more polyurethane dispersion made from a high molecular weight polyol, and one or more coalescent having a normal boiling point of 190° C. or higher. The compositions may be ambient curable.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2009Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Kathleen A. Koziski, Gary R. Larson, William J. Rosano, Aurelia de las Cuestas Sheppard
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Patent number: 7906591Abstract: A method for preparing acid-containing polymers by reacting them in the presence of end-capped polyols or amines in the presence of phosphorous-containing compounds.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Barry Weinstein, Kenneth Bruce Laughlin, William C. Finch
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Patent number: 7893131Abstract: The present invention provides fast drying aqueous compositions, suitable for use in making roadway markings, as well as the road markings made therefrom, the compositions comprising one or more anionically stabilized binder having a phosphorus acid functional polymer component having a glass transition temperature (Tg) range of from ?30° C. to 60° C. and a polyfunctional amine component in combination with one or more volatile base in an amount sufficient to stabilize the composition by at least partially deprotonating the polyfunctional amine, and one or more phosphorus acid surfactant, such as an alkyl ethoxylated phosphate. Further, the present invention provides two component compositions comprising the above composition as one component and a second component comprising an absorber and/or the polyfunctional amine component. The fast-drying compositions are viscosity stable and provide wear resistant fast dry coatings even in humid application conditions.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Mary Anne R. Matthews, Donald Craig Schall
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Patent number: 7875656Abstract: A foamable sealant composition having a density, when foamed, of from 0.4 to 1.8 g/cc, and containing a latex binder, foam-generating composition, foam stabilizer, rheology modifier and water, is provided. Also provided is a method of sealing a vehicle using the foamable sealant composition.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2005Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventor: William Edward deVry