Patents Issued in May 15, 2007
  • Patent number: 7217744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to polymeric networks, which are characterised by particular mechanical properties and which, furthermore, allow the control of thermal and mechanical properties by simple variation of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: mnemoScience GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Lendlein, Annette Schmidt, Nok Young Choi
  • Patent number: 7217745
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laser-markable transparent or translucent plastics which comprise pearlescent pigments in combination with laser-sensitive pigments which themselves do not exhibit any pearlescent effect. The pigment combination considerably improves the scanner legibility of applied laser markings. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the plastics, to the use of the plastics for producing moldings, to moldings produced in this way, and generally to the use of a mixture made from pearlescent pigment and laser-sensitive pigment in laser-markable plastics, for improving the scanner legibility of laser markings applied to the plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
    Inventor: Gerhard Edler
  • Patent number: 7217746
    Abstract: Coating materials comprising polymeric particles in a geometrically ordered array are disclosed. The particles can be formed from materials having different glass transition temperatures; this allows for phase segregation between areas of different glass transition temperatures within each particle. Typically, at least 50 percent of the particles will form a hexagonal array, capable of exhibiting Bragg diffraction. Because the particles within the array do not coalesce to any appreciable extent, significant surface area is provided by the present coating materials. Thus, the present materials have particularly good sound deadening properties. Substrates coated with the present materials are also disclosed, as are methods for inhibiting sound transmission through a substrate using these coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Calum H. Munro, Charles M. Kania, Umesh C. Desai
  • Patent number: 7217747
    Abstract: The plastics additives powder compositions of the present invention are provided as powder particles having impact modifier particles and processing aid particles which are coagulated and dried. When blended in thermoplastic resins, such as PVC, the subject plastics additives powders both increase the impact strength and improve process efficiency and melt strength. The impact and processing properties achieved by the present invention are more efficient than using separate impact modifier and processing aid powders. The method of preparing the powder compositions of the present invention also enable impact modifier particles having rubber weight fractions greater than 88% to be isolated as free-flowing powders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Jane Elizabeth Weier, Morris Christopher Wills, Robert William Coyle
  • Patent number: 7217748
    Abstract: A polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule. The polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule includes a carbon nanocapsule and at least one kind of polymer chain grafted thereon, forming a polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsule in which the carbon nanocapsule is the core thereof. The polymer-chain-grafted carbon nanocapsules have the following formula: F(-P)m, in which F is the carbon nanocapsule, P is the polymer chain, and m is the number of the polymer chain. By grafting high-purity carbon nanocapsules with polymer chains, the application thereof is expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Gan-Lin Hwang, Abraham Joseph K
  • Patent number: 7217749
    Abstract: A process for rapidly infusing a synthetic resinous substrate with an alkali metal nitrite, comprises (a) essentially completely dissolving the alkali metal nitrite in supercritical carbon dioxide to form a solids-free solution having from about 1 to 15% by weight of the alkali metal nitrite; (b) contacting the synthetic resinous substrate with the solution for a time sufficient to transfer at least a portion of the alkali metal nitrite into the synthetic resinous substrate while maintaining the carbon dioxide under supercritical conditions; and, (c) decreasing pressure or temperature, or both, on the synthetic resinous material sufficiently to evolve carbon dioxide and leave micronized solid alkali metal nitrite crystals in an amount less than 2% by weight essentially uniformly distributed in the synthetic resinous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Northern Technologies International Corporation
    Inventors: Mehmet A. Gencer, Sunggyu Lee, Abhay Sardesai, Donald A. Kubik
  • Patent number: 7217750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to various processes that utilize one or more supercritical fluids to disperse various inorganic and organic materials, including crystalline materials, into polymeric compositions, substrates or pre-formed articles without the utilization of melt processing of the polymeric compositions or exposing the various inorganic and organic materials and the polymers (or polymeric precursors) to a hot environment. The present invention also describes the unique properties that can be imparted to a polymer/resin composition or article once it has been subjected to a process according to the present invention versus those normally attributable to conventionally treated/processed polymer materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Northern Technologies International Corporation
    Inventors: Mehmet A. Gencer, Sunggyu Lee, Abhay Sardesai, Donald A. Kubik
  • Patent number: 7217751
    Abstract: A tire or tire tread incorporating an elastomeric composition having improved vulcanization kinetics, based on at least a diene elastomer, a reinforcing inorganic filler and, as (inorganic filler/elastomer) coupling agent, a bis-alkoxysilane tetrasulfide of the formula: in which: the symbols R1, which may be identical or different, each represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from among the group consisting of alkyls, whether straight-chain or branched, having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and alkoxyalkyls, whether straight-chain or branched, having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms; R2 and R3, which may be identical or different, each represent a monovalent hydrocarbon group selected from among the group consisting of alkyls, whether straight-chain or branched, having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and the phenyl radical; and x is between about 3 and about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A.
    Inventors: Olivier Durel, Roland Rauline, Nathalie Guennouni
  • Patent number: 7217752
    Abstract: A stable, aqueous composition containing a substantially crosslinked alkali-swellable acrylate copolymer rheology modifier, a surfactant, an alkaline material, and various compounds therein, as for example substantially insoluble materials requiring suspension or stabilization, such as a silicone, an oily material, or a pearlescent material. Additionally, this invention also relates to the formation of a rheologically and phase stable cationic hair dye composition. The invention further relates to the incorporation of an acidic material after the addition of an alkaline material to reduce the pH of the composition without negatively impacting the viscosity of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Noveon, Inc.
    Inventors: Julie F. Schmucker-Castner, Hal Ambuter, Marcia Snyder, Ashley A. Weaver, Sahira Kotian
  • Patent number: 7217753
    Abstract: A fire retardant intumescent coating composition comprises: (a) 30 to 60% by weight of a phosphorous containing material which decomposes to produce phosphoric acid when the coating is exposed to fire; (b) 10 to 30% by weight of a thermosetting binder; (c) 2.5 to 10% by weight of a curing agent for the thermosetting binder; and (d) 5 to 40% by weight of a thermoplastic binder, wherein the active groups of the thermosetting and thermoplastic binders are chosen so as to impart charring and blowing functions to the intumescent coating composition. The thermosetting binder is advantageously a hydroxylated thermosetting binder, suitably an epoxy resin. The thermoplastic binder is advantageously an oxygenated heterocyclic thermoplastic binder, suitably an aldehyde and/or ketone resin. The coating composition may contain 1 to 10% by weight of a colouring agent, suitably titanium dioxide. The coating composition may contain 0.1 to 10% by weight of melt viscosity modifier, suitably hydrogenated castor oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignees: Rohm and Haas Company, Chance & Hunt Limited
    Inventors: Michael John Sinclair, James Edward Watts
  • Patent number: 7217754
    Abstract: Composites which include a polymer matrix having natural free volume therein and an inorganic or organic material disposed in the natural free volume of the polymer matrix are disclosed. In addition, methods for making a composite are described. A polymer matrix having free volume therein is provided. The free volume is evacuated, and inorganic or organic molecules are infused into the evacuated free volume of the polymer matrix. The inorganic or organic molecules can then be polymerized under conditions effective to cause the polymerized inorganic or organic molecules to assemble into nanoparticles or other types of macromolecular networks. Alternatively, where the polymer matrix contains a functionality, the inorganic or organic molecules can be treated under conditions effective to cause the inorganic or organic molecules to interact with the polymer matrix's functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Integument Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy S. Koloski, Terrence G. Vargo
  • Patent number: 7217755
    Abstract: Nanocomposite materials having a composition including an inorganic constituent, a preformed organic polymer constituent, and a metal ion sequestration constituent are disclosed. The nanocomposites are characterized by being single phase, substantially homogeneous materials wherein the preformed polymer constituent and the inorganic constituent form an interpenetrating network with each other. The inorganic constituent may be an inorganic oxide, such as silicon dioxide, formed by the in situ catalyzed condensation of an inorganic precursor in the presence of the solvated polymer and metal ion sequestration constituent. The polymer constituent may be any hydrophilic polymer capable of forming a type I nanocomposite such as, polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyethyleneoxide (PEO), polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyvinyl acetate (PVAc), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and combinations thereof. Nanocomposite materials of the present invention may be used as permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) to remediate contaminated groundwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Mason K. Harrup, Frederick F. Stewart
  • Patent number: 7217756
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous primer composition for use in manufacturing flexographic printing plates. The aqueous primer composition comprises a polyurethane, a copolymer, a layered silicate, and optionally a surfactant and/or a dye or pigment. The use of the layered silicate as a filler in the primer composition produces an improved primer composition with a stronger water/solvent resistance and less delamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Napp Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Yuxin Hu, Elizabeth Olsen, David H. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7217757
    Abstract: To provide a thermoplastic resin composition capable of affording a molded article which has excellent flame retardancy and compressive strength, which has good dimensional accuracy and which has good appearance. A thermoplastic resin composition including (A) 0.5 to 99.9 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer terminated with an aromatic compound, (B) 0 to 99.5 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate terminated with an aromatic compound, (C) 0.1 to 5 mass % of fine silica, and (D) 0 to 2 mass % of a polytetrafluoroethylene resin, and a molded article thereof, which are compounded together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akio Nodera
  • Patent number: 7217758
    Abstract: An aqueous coating composition comprising a crosslinkable water-dispersible oligomer(s), a dispersed polymer(s) and optionally a non-crosslinkable water-dispersible oligomer wherein the crosslinkable oligomer(s) and non-crosslinkable oligomer(s) comply with Equation 1 as follows: - 15 × 10 4 < L = Mw × PDi 0.8 A × ( 1 + Q ) 0.5 + { ( Mw × PDi 0.8 ) / A } 0.5 × V - Y - Z < 40 × 10 4 .
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Alfred Jean Paul Buckmann, Emilio Martin, Gerardus Cornelis Overbeek, Johannes Ludovicus Martinus Van Hilst, Jurgen Scheerder, Pablo Steenwinkel, Ronald Tennebroek
  • Patent number: 7217759
    Abstract: A composition containing (i) an anti-microbial agent that comprises a polymeric biguanide, either alone or in combination with at least one other microbiologically active component and (ii) an amphoteric co-polymer of the Formula (1):
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Arch UK Biocides Limited
    Inventors: David John Hodge, David Alan Pears, John Jeffrey Gerrard, Paula Louise McGeechan
  • Patent number: 7217760
    Abstract: A fluoropolymer-based water-and-oil repellant composition which comprises a copolymer comprising units derived from (a) an ethylenic monomer having a perfluoroalkyl group, (b) an ethylenic monomer having a group comprising an aromatic ring and a halogen atom or halogenomethyl group bonded thereto, and (c) an ethylenic monomer copolymerizable with these. The composition imparts excellent water and oil repellency through cold cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Yoshioka, Masato Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 7217761
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a compound with an alkylene oxide chain as a thickener of aqueous compositions, containing a filler and/or pigmented, white or colored, with the aim of supplying pigmentary compositions for paint which provide excellent pigmentary compatibility and a high viscosity at small and medium shear stress gradient. The invention also relates to the said non-ionic thickener as well as the aqueous composition, containing a filler and/or pigmented, white or colored, containing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Coatex S.A.S.
    Inventors: Denis Ruhlmann, Jean-Marc Suau
  • Patent number: 7217762
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of monodisperse polymer particles which are formed by contacting monomers with aqueous dispersions comprising monodisperse swellable seed polymers/oligomers, and initiating polymerization in the presence of a steric stabilizer. The resulting swollen seed particles are characterized by the particle mode diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Invitrogen Corporation
    Inventors: Arne Jørgedal, Elin Marie Aksnes, Geir Fonnum, Astrid Evenrød Molteberg, Rolf Nordal, Henning Pettersen, Tollef Taarneby, Solveig Marle Staale, Ellen Weng, Finn Knut Hansen, Silje Steinbakk Nordbø, Oddvar Arnfinn Aune, Arvid Trygve Berge, John Olav Bjørgum, Turid Ellingsen, deceased, Arvid Tryge Berge, legal representative, John Ugelstad, deceased, Viola Ugelstad, legal representative
  • Patent number: 7217763
    Abstract: The present invention relates to acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer transparent resin having superior chemical resistance and transparency and preparation thereof, and particularly to acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer transparent resin having superior chemical resistance and transparency by graft-copolymerzing on a) conjugated diene rubber latex, b) methacrylate alkylester or acrylate alkylester compound, c) aromatic vinyl compound and d) vinyl cyanide compound, and preparation thereof. In addition, according to the present invention, chemical resistance and ESCR can be further improved by further adding e) polyester-amide copolymer to the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer transparent resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong-Su Choi, Sung-Hee Kim, Hyoung-Min Bahn, Keun-Hoon Yoo
  • Patent number: 7217764
    Abstract: Golf equipment having improved cut and shear resistance that includes a polyurea-based composition or polyurethane-based composition, preferably saturated and/or water resistant, formed of a prepolymer, a functionalized block copolymer, and optionally further cured or chain extended with a curing agent, where the prepolymer is incorporated at the terminal end of the functionalized block copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: Shenshen Wu, Murali Rajagapalan, Kevin M. Harris
  • Patent number: 7217765
    Abstract: A composite composition is disclosed that comprises the reaction product of a mixture of a styrenic polymer, as defined herein, a polar component having nucleophilic functional groups, and from 0.5 to 10 wt % of a compatibilizer having the formula: Ry(I)-(styrene)n-[(styrene)m(X)]p—I(Ry) wherein: R is the residue of a nitroxide used to regulate the polymerization of the compatibilizer; I is the residue of a radical initiator used to initiate polymerization of the compatibilizer; n is an integer from 50 to 750; m is an integer from 0 to 10; p is an integer from 1 to 50; and y is an integer from 0 to 1; and X is any polymerized monomeric moiety having at least one functional group capable of reacting with the nucleophilic functional groups present in the polar component of the composite at the temperature at which the composite components are mixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Crompton Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Chul Hong, Qinggao Ma, Paul Edwin Stott, John M. Wefer, Leigh Cameron Allen
  • Patent number: 7217766
    Abstract: Hetero phase polymer compositions are described. The compositions may have polypropylene component, a modifier component and a compatibilizer component. The modifier component may in some embodiments be an ethylene ?-olefin copolymer with a density ?0.905 g/cm3. In other embodiments the modifier component may be a blend of a copolymer with a density of ?0.905 g/cm3, and an ethylene ?-olefin copolymer of lower, more traditional density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Sudhin Datta, Narayanaswami Raja Dharmarajan, Prasadarao Meka
  • Patent number: 7217767
    Abstract: It has been discovered that the properties of sheet or film materials of broad molecular weight distribution ethylene/propylene rubber impact-modified heterophasic copolymer (ICP) can be improved by blending the ICP with a second polyolefin. The second polyolefin may be a syndiotactic polypropylene (sPP), a random copolymer (RCP) of propylene and comonomer (e.g. ethylene and/or butene) made using a Ziegler-Natta or metallocene catalyst, medium density polyethylene (MDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), or low crystalline copolymer of propylene/?-olefin. Improvements include, but are not necessarily limited to, reduced motor amps, lower secant modulus, increased dart drop strength, increased gloss, reduced haze, increased elongation to yield, elimination of stress whitening, improved puncture resistance, and decreased seal initiation temperature. This sheet of film materials may be co-extruded with other resins or laminated with other materials after extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Juan Jose Aguirre, Mike McLeod, Rodolfo Mier, Nguong van Nguyen
  • Patent number: 7217768
    Abstract: A paintable impact copolymer composition is produced by in-reactor blending of a xylene insoluble polypropylene fraction and a xylene soluble ethylene-propylene rubber (EPR) fraction. The composition comprises from about 5 wt. % to about 50 wt. % a xylene-soluble portion and from about 50 wt. % to about 95 wt. % a xylene-insoluble portion. The ratio of the weight average molecular weight of said xylene-soluble portion to that of said xylene-insoluble portion is from about 0.5 to about 1.8. The intrinsic viscosity of said xylene-soluble portion is from about 0.5 to about 7.0 dL/g. The xylene-soluble portion comprises from about 30 to about 70 mole percent ethylene units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sunoco, Inc. (R&M)
    Inventors: Jeff S. Salek, Kimberly M. McLoughlin, Dan Rosenthal, Andrew Schnitgen
  • Patent number: 7217769
    Abstract: A medical device with a hydrophilic and lubricious coating, wherein the coating includes a hydrophilic polymeric unit layer deposited on the medical device and cross-linked with a plasma deposited double bond monomer. The hydrophilic polymeric unit can include ethylene oxide with one or more primary or secondary alcohol groups or glycosaminoglycans such as hyaluronic acid, and the double bond monomer includes monomers containing at least one double bond, preferably a C?C, C?N or C?O bond, including N-trimethylsilyl-allylamine, ethylene, propylene and allyl alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul O. Zamora, Meng Chen, Shigemasa Osaki, Ting-Ting Hsieh, Ray Tsang
  • Patent number: 7217770
    Abstract: A biocompatible stable composition containing a hydrophobic drug, such as paclitaxel. The composition, which forms a syringeable polymeric micellar solution in aqueous or body fluids, is a freeze-dried product comprising a hydrophobic drug, i.e. paclitaxel, and an amphiphilic block copolymer wherein a hydrophobic group having affinity or attraction with the hydrophobic drug, such as paclitaxel, is incorporated on its end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Samyang Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Hyo Seo, Yil-Woong Yi, Jae-Won Yu
  • Patent number: 7217771
    Abstract: Compositions containing: (a) a liquid epoxy resin; (b) an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic primary monoamine and/or an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic disecondary diamine; (c) a latent curing agent for the epoxy resin (a) which does not react until temperatures above 70° C. (measured by means of DSC at a heating rate of 10° C./min); (d) a photopolymerizable compound; and (e) a photoinitiator; the ratio of the number of equivalents of epoxy groups to that of photopolymerizable groups being 1:0.01 to 1:0.7, are suitable as impregnating resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Frans Setiabudi
  • Patent number: 7217772
    Abstract: A process for producing propylene homopolymers comprises producing a homopolymer in a reactor train having a first stage and a second stage, wherein the first stage is normally used for homopolymer production and the second stage is normally used only in the production of copolymer blends, and is left idle during homopolymer production. According to the invention, during the production of propylene homopolymer, the polymerization is carried out sequentially in both the first stage and second stage reactors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Sunoco, Inc. (R&M)
    Inventors: Rubén A. Migone, Sehyun Kim
  • Patent number: 7217773
    Abstract: A process is described for preparing polyisobutene having a content of terminal vinylidene groups of at least 75 mol % by polymerizing isobutene or isobutenic hydrocarbon mixtures in the liquid phase in the presence of a boron trifluoride complex catalyst of the composition (BF3)a.L1b.L2c.L3d where L1 is water, a primary C1–C5-alkanol and/or a secondary C3–C5-alkanol, L2 is at least one aldehyde and/or one ketone, L3 is an ether having at least 5 carbon atoms, a secondary alkanol having at least 6 carbon atoms, a primary alkanol having at least 6 carbon atoms and/or a tertiary alkanol, the b:a ratio is in the range from 0.9 to 3.0, the c:a ratio is in the range from 0.01 to 0.5, and the d:a ratio is in the range from 0 to 1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans Peter Rath, Thomas Perner, Helmut Mach
  • Patent number: 7217774
    Abstract: Disclosed are polymers comprising 2-(7-benzothiazolyl-9,9-disubstituted fluorene) structural units of the formula wherein R1 and R2 are each independently an alkyl group, an aralkyl group, an aryl group, or an —Si(R)3 group wherein R is an alkyl group; R3 is selected from the group consisting of an electron-donating substituent and an electron-withdrawing substituent; x has the value of from zero up to the number of hydrogens available for substitution on the aromatic ring; Z and Q are each independently a group which is in conjugation with both the fluorene group and the benzothiazole group; and the parameters j and k each independently have the value of 0–2. Electroactive devices comprising said polymers, methods for preparing said polymers, and monomers for preparing said polymers are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kyle Erik Litz, Joseph John Shiang, Christian Maria Anton Heller
  • Patent number: 7217775
    Abstract: A rubber composition having improved processability and which provides a vulcanized rubber exhibiting excellent wear resistance and good tensile strength to service temperatures of up to about 150° C. The composition comprises (1) a crosslinked polymer particle having as repeat units (a) up to about 25% of a conjugated diene unit, (b) at least 70% of an aromatic vinyl unit, (c) about 15% to about 30% of a crosslinking monomer, and (d) about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventor: Eric Sean Castner
  • Patent number: 7217776
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel gel forming methacrylic blocking copolymers that exhibit cationic pH-sensitive behavior as well as good water solubility. The copolymers are constructed by polymerization of a tertiary amine methacrylate with either a (poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide)-b-poly(ethylene oxide) polymer, such as the commercially available Pluronic® polymers, or a poly(ethylene glycol)methyl ether polymer. The polymers may be used for drug and gene delivery, protein separation, as structural supplements, and more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Surya K. Mallapragada, Brian C. Anderson
  • Patent number: 7217777
    Abstract: Polyammonium-Polysiloxane compounds in which siloxane and alkylene oxide substructures are joined with each other through ammonium structures, useful as wash resistant softners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: GE Bayer Silicones GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Horst Lange, Roland Wagner, Anita Witossek, Karl-Heinz Stachulla, Siegfried Teuber, Martin Kropfgans, Karl-Heinz Sockel, Annette Möller
  • Patent number: 7217778
    Abstract: The present invention discloses to a high refractive index polysiloxane (co)polymer comprising refractive index modifying groups chemically bonded in clustered configuration to the polysiloxane backbone. The invention also discloses methods for the preparation of such high refractive index polysiloxane (co)polymers. A polysiloxane according to the invention is very suitable for use as a material for the production of intra-ocular lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Ophtec B.V.
    Inventors: Miriam Adrienne Lambertina Verbruggen, Eelco Christoffer Brian van der Flier, Theodorus Adrianus Cornelius Flipsen, Hendrik Smit
  • Patent number: 7217779
    Abstract: A phosphoric ester demulsifier composition prepared by reacting one or more alkylphenol-formaldehyde resin alkoxylates or one or more polyalkylene glycols, or a mixture thereof, with about 0.001 to about 1.0 molar equivalents of one or more phosphorous compounds selected from phosphorous oxychloride, phosphorous pentoxide and phosphoric acid and a method of using the demulsifier composition to resolve water-in-oil emulsions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Nalco Company
    Inventor: Frank T. Lang
  • Patent number: 7217780
    Abstract: There are disclosed, a polyether ketone having a primary particle size of 50 ?m or less; and a method of producing a polyether ketone by a desalting polycondensation, which contains a step of conducting a polymerization reaction under a condition of deposition of the polymer. The polyether ketone obtained by the present invention has small particle size, high molecular weight and sufficiently small content of impurities such as alkali metal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toriida, Takashi Kuroki, Takaharu Abe, Akira Hasegawa, Kuniyuki Takamatsu, Yoshiteru Taniguchi, Isao Hara, Setsuko Fujiyoshi, Tadahito Nobori, Shoji Tamai
  • Patent number: 7217781
    Abstract: A polyphosphate polymer which includes both (i) ionic or ionizable moieties; and (ii) fluorine-containing moieties. Such polymers may be used as matrices for pharmaceuticals, as multilayer coatings for fuel cell membranes, as dopant for electrically conductive polymers, or as multilayer coatings for biomedical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Parallel Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander K. Andrianov, Alexander Marin
  • Patent number: 7217782
    Abstract: Energy savings are realized during the commercial production of polyethylene terephthalate by partially cooling polyethylene terephthalate pellets exiting a solid stating reactor by contact with water, and using the residual heat stored in the pellets to vaporize associated water to form dry pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Richard Gill Bonner, A Bob Debenport
  • Patent number: 7217783
    Abstract: An oxytetramethylene glycol copolymer obtained by copolymerizing tetrahydrofuran and neopentyl glycol which has a specific number average molecular weight Mn, a specific molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn, a specific neopentyl glycol copolymerization whole ratio Nw and a specific neopentyl glycol copolymerization partial ratio Nh; a method for producing the same; and a method for purifying an oxytetramethylene glycol copolymer using fresh tetrahydrofuran.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tamotsu Kodama, Toshihiko Fukuzono, Satoshi Furubeppu
  • Patent number: 7217784
    Abstract: A pure, water-soluble polypeptide containing one or more monomers of a VP1 protein of a foot-and-mouth disease virus; or a pure, water-insoluble polypeptide comprising two or more monomers of a VP1 protein of a foot-and-mouth disease virus. Also disclosed are a vaccine containing the polypeptide, a method of producing the polypeptide, and a method of inducing an immune response in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of the polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Shu-Mei Liang, Jeng-Hwan Wang, Jeng-Jer Shieh
  • Patent number: 7217785
    Abstract: The term “homology” or “homologous” means an amino acid similarity measured by the program, BLAST (Altschul et al (1997), “Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs”, Nucleic Acids Res. 25:33 89–3402), and expressed as —(% identity n/n). In measuring homology between a peptide and a protein of greater size, homology is measured only in the corresponding region; that is, the protein is regarded as only having the same general length as the peptide, allowing for gaps and insertions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventor: John K. Bielicki
  • Patent number: 7217786
    Abstract: The invention discloses a useful and novel factor (polypeptide) which plays an important role for morbid vascular smooth muscle in restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronany angioplasty (PTCA) and arterial sclerosis in the field of cardiovascular system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Honjo, Kei Tashiro, Kazuhiro Kobuke
  • Patent number: 7217787
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of the present invention fused to heterologous polypeptide sequences, antibodies which bind to the polypeptides of the present invention and to methods for producing the polypeptides of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Genentech, Inc.
    Inventors: Audrey Goddard, Paul J. Godowski, J. Christopher Grimaldi, Austin L. Gurney, William I. Wood
  • Patent number: 7217788
    Abstract: The invention relates to human TNF delta and TNF epsilon polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, methods for producing the polypeptides, in particular by expressing the polynucleotides, and agonists and antagonists of the polypeptides. The invention further relates to methods for utilizing such polynucleotides, polypeptides, agonists and antagonists for applications, which relate, in part, to research, diagnostic and clinical arts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Guo-Liang Yu, Jian Ni, Reiner L. Gentz
  • Patent number: 7217789
    Abstract: Fluorescent timer proteins, which undergo a spectral shift over time after synthesis, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. Also provided are fragments of the subject proteins and nucleic acids encoding the same, as well as antibodies to the subject proteins and transgenic cells and organisms including the subject nucleic acid molecules. The subject protein and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of different applications. Finally, kits for use in such applications that include the subject nucleic acid compositions are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Clontech Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Arcady Fedorovich Fradkov, Alexey Terskikh
  • Patent number: 7217790
    Abstract: Novel secreted and membrane bound tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, antibodies and related compositions and methods are disclosed. The polypeptides may be used for detecting ligands, agonists and antagonists. The polypeptides, polynucleotides and antibodies may also be used in methods that modulate inflammation, tumor growth and metastasis, infection, immunity, and cellular maturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: ZymoGenetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Xu, Catherine E. Lofton-Day, Randal M. Henne, Scott R. Presnell, Yue Yao, Julia E. Novak
  • Patent number: 7217791
    Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides, polysaccharide-polypeptide conjugates, and expression vectors for treating or preventing pneumococcal infection. The compositions induce an anti-pneumococcal immune response when administered to a mammal. The compositions can be used prophylactically to vaccinate an individual and/or therapeutically to induce a therapeutic immune response in an infected individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Synergy America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Chen, Chuang-Jiun Chiou, Zhongming Li, Dong-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 7217792
    Abstract: Novel cell surface molecules recognized by monoclonal antibodies against a cell surface molecule of lymphocytic cells that play an important role in autoimmune diseases and allergic diseases have been isolated, identified, and analyzed for their functions. The cell surface molecules are expressed specifically in thymocytes, lymphocytes activated by ConA-stimulation, and peripheral blood lymphocytes, and induce cell adhesion. Antibodies against the cell surface molecules significantly ameliorate pathological conditions of autoimmune diseases and allergic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takuya Tamatani, Katsunari Tezuka
  • Patent number: 7217793
    Abstract: Proteins useful as sphingomyelin detecting probes, which specifically recognize sphingomyelin and have low cytotoxicity. The proteins of the present invention may be obtained by deletion of between about 110 to 170 amino acid residues from the N terminal or C terminal of earthworm toxin Lysenin 1. Kits for detecting sphingomyelin are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Riken
    Inventors: Toshihide Kobayashi, Etsuko Kiyokawa, Akiko Hasegawa