Adding Material To Maintain A Stated Equilibrium Condition Wherein The Added Material Does Not Merely Displace An Equal Amount From The Treatment Zone Patents (Class 523/305)
  • Patent number: 11041032
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based copolymer, a conjugated diene-based copolymer prepared therefrom, and a rubber composition including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: In Sung Jo, Byoung Yun Kim, Hyung Woon Yoon, Jae Min Lee, Woo Seok Choi
  • Patent number: 10723905
    Abstract: A new binder composition comprising, by dry weight based on the total dry weight of the binder composition, i) from 93% to 99.96% of polymer particles comprising, as polymerized units, by dry weight based on the total weight of the polymer particles, from 25% to 95% of a vinyl acetate; and from 5% to 75% of a vinyl ester of versatic acid and/or a vinyl ester of 2-ethyl hexanoic acid; and ii) from 0.04% to 7% of a low water soluble cyclodextrin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Qiaoqiao Cai, Tingke Zhang, Alvin M. Maurice
  • Patent number: 8222318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to (1) a process for producing a water dispersion for ink-jet printing containing colorant-containing polymer particles which includes a step I of obtaining a dispersion of colorant-containing polymer particles; a step II of obtaining a water dispersion of the colorant-containing polymer particles from the dispersion obtained in the step I; a step III of mixing the water dispersion obtained in the step II with an organic solvent (B) to suitably control a relative dielectric constant of a mixed solvent in the resultant dispersion, thereby precipitating the colorant-containing polymer particles; and a step IV of separating precipitates obtained in the step III from the dispersion and re-dispersing the precipitates in a water-based solvent; (2) a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which is excellent in ejection stability and optical density; (3) a process for purifying a water dispersion for ink-jet printing; and (4) a process for producing a dispersion containing groups of fine p
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Ryuma Mizushima, Nobuyuki Takizawa
  • Patent number: 8178597
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet recording ink including pigment particles coated with a water-insoluble resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent including at least one hydroxy group, wherein the water-insoluble resin has a salt-forming group and a structural unit which is derived from a methacrylate and has an aromatic ring linked via a linking group to an atom in the main chain of the water-insoluble resin, and the water-insoluble resin satisfies the condition that when the water-insoluble resin, an organic solvent, one equivalent of a neutralizing agent with respect to the salt-forming group, and water are mixed with a total content of the water-insoluble resin and the organic solvent being 35% by mass relative to the total mass of the mixture, an emulsion is formed without precipitation of the water-insoluble resin, and after the emulsion is allowed to stand for three hours, a transparent single phase is formed, or two separate phases are formed and at least an aqueous phase of the two phases is transparent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Misato Sasada, Takafumi Hosokawa
  • Patent number: 8110616
    Abstract: An aqueous inkjet recording ink including at least a resin (A), a pigment (B) dispersed with the resin (A), a resin emulsion (C), and an aqueous liquid medium (D), wherein the resin (A) includes hydrophobic structural units (a) and hydrophilic structural units (b), the hydrophobic structural units (a) include a hydrophobic structural unit (a1) in an amount of 40% by mass or more of the resin (A), the hydrophobic structural unit (a1) having an aromatic ring indirectly linked to an atom for forming the main chain of the resin (A), and a hydrophobic structural unit (a2) in an amount of 15% by mass or more of the resin (A), the hydrophobic structural unit (a2) being derived from a C1 to C4 alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, the hydrophilic structural units (b) include a structural unit (b1) derived from an acrylic acid or a methacrylic acid, and the content of the hydrophilic structural units (b) is 15% by mass or less in the resin (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventors: Misato Sasada, Takafumi Hosokawa, Takahiro Kato
  • Patent number: 7923492
    Abstract: An inexpensive and durable polymer electrolyte composition exhibiting high ionic conductivity even in the absence of water or a solvent, characterized by comprising a molten salt and an aromatic polymer having a carbonyl bond and/or a sulfonyl bond in the main chain thereof and containing a cation exchange group. The aromatic polymer is preferably an aromatic polyether sulfone having a specific structural unit and containing a cation exchange group, an aromatic polyether ketone having a specific structural unit and containing a cation exchange group, or an aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer and/or an aromatic polyether ketone block copolymer, the block copolymers comprising a hydrophilic segment containing a cation exchange group and a cation exchange group-free hydrophobic segment. The polymer electrolyte composition containing the block copolymer as an aromatic polymer exhibits high structural retention even in high temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: UBE Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kinouchi, Tetsuji Hirano, Nobuharu Hisano
  • Patent number: 7888412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to processes utilizing ionic liquids for the dissolution of various polymers and/or copolymers, the formation of resins and blends, and the reconstitution of polymer and/or copolymer solutions, and the dissolution and blending of “functional additives” and/or various polymers and/or copolymers to form advanced composite materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
    Inventors: John D. Holbrey, Richard P. Swatloski, Ji Chen, Dan Daly, Robin D. Rogers
  • Patent number: 7563850
    Abstract: An inexpensive and durable polyelectrolyte composition includes both an aromatic polymer containing carbonyl linkages and/or sulfonyl linkages in the backbone chain and bearing cation-exchange groups and a fused salt exhibits a high ionic conductivity even in the absence of water or a solvent. The aromatic polymer is preferably an aromatic polyether sulfone comprising specific structural units and bearing cation-exchange groups, an aromatic polyether ketone comprising specific structural units and bearing cation-exchange groups, an aromatic polyether sulfone block copolymer consisting of at least one hydrophilic segment bearing cation-exchange groups and at least one hydrophobic segment free from cation-exchange groups, and/or an aromatic polyether ketone block copolymer consisting of at least one hydrophilic segment bearing cation-exchange groups and at least one hydrophobic segment free from cation-exchange groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Kinouchi, Tetsuji Hirano, Nobuharu Hisano
  • Patent number: 6812278
    Abstract: An aqueous tinting composition containing a pigment and a select dispersing resin is disclosed. In addition, a method of improving the viscosity stability of an aqueous coating composition upon the addition of the aqueous tinting composition containing a pigment and a select dispersing resin is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Rohm and Haas Company
    Inventors: Jerome Michael Harris, Henry Jude Eichman, Homayoun Jamasbi, Dennis Paul Lorah, John Michael Friel
  • Patent number: 6780918
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of protective colloid-stabilized aqueous dispersions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: PolymerLatex GmbH & Co.KG.
    Inventor: Davide Brizzolara
  • Patent number: 6110454
    Abstract: A process is described for making substantially homogeneous copolymers comprising 20-99% of vinyl pyrrolidone (VP) and 1-80% of N-3,3-dimethylaminopropyl methacrylamide, (DMAPMA), preferably 50-95% VP and 5-50% DMAPMA, and, most preferably, about 80:20, by weight, having a weight average molecular weight of about 200,000 to 1,500,000, as a clear, low viscosity aqueous solution of the homogeneous copolymer, at a 5-20% solids level, preferably about 10-15%, by weight of the solution, having a viscosity of about 5,000 to 80,000 cps, preferably about 10,000 to 70,000 cps. The solution obtained herein has lower viscosity and better clarity, and provides hair care products with enhanced curl retention (hold), when compared to non-homogeneous copolymers of the same composition, or related existing commercial products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Kou-Chang Liu, Lowell R. Anderson, Eugene E. Hardy, Yakir Reuven
  • Patent number: 6057388
    Abstract: A process of preparing a concentrate which is useful as a thickener for aqueous compositions is provided. The process comprises obtaining a solution of an associative thickener compound in an organic solvent capable of forming a low boiling azeotrope with water. The solution is essentially free of water at this point and is at a temperature above the boiling point of said low boiling azeotrope. Water is added to said solution and an azeotrope of water and said organic solvent is distilled. The rate of addition of water is sufficient to replace said azeotrope with water, but is insufficient to cause a second phase to form in the resulting mixture of said solution and said water. The process yields a concentrate of an associative thickener in water, which concentrate is essentially free of volatile organic solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Henkel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Wiggins, Dipak Shah, Reuben H. Grinstein
  • Patent number: 5869601
    Abstract: A method of stabilizing a composition containing a thickening agent which is adversely affected by the increasing ionic strength of the composition, by blanketing the solution in a vessel with a sufficient amount of gas capable of diluting or displacing the atmospheric air in the headspace of the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Svoboda
  • Patent number: 4397968
    Abstract: A process for the production of an aqueous dispersion stabilized by a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol and based on copolymers that comprise at least 60% by weight of monomer units selected from the group consisting of esters of acrylic acid, esters of methacrylic acid, styrene, and substituted styrene and mixtures thereof, consisting essentially of subjecting a stabilized dispersion of a monomer mixture containing at least 60% by weight of monomers selected from the group consisting of esters of acrylic acid, esters of methacrylic acid, styrene, substituted styrene and mixtures thereof, said dispersion being an aqueous dispersion stabilized by a water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol, to polymerization at a temperature in excess of 60.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbH
    Inventors: Herbert Eck, Klaus Adler, Manfred Hannebaum, Wilhelm Lechner