Carboxylic Acid Ester Patents (Class 524/37)
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Publication number: 20100157206Abstract: Disclosed is a polarizing plate protective film having high dimensional stability against moisture. Also disclosed are a polarizing plate using such a polarizing plate protective film, and a liquid crystal display. Specifically disclosed is a polarizing plate protective film which is characterized by containing a cellulose ester and a polymer X which is obtained by copolymerizing at least a styrene derivative monomer Xa having no hydroxyl group and an ethylenically unsaturated monomer Xb having a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group, and has a weight average molecular weight of 500-100,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2007Publication date: June 24, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.Inventors: Shigeki Oka, Kunio Shimizu
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Publication number: 20100152335Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for imparting superior fire retardancy and shape-retaining properties to polyester. The composition comprises 55 to 75% by weight of a sodium silicate solution, 0.5 to 7% by weight of carboxyl methyl cellulose, 0.7 to 10% by weight of a urethane resin, 0.7 to 10% by weight of an acrylic resin mixture and the remaining weight percent of water, based on 100% by weight of the composition, wherein the sodium silicate solution consists of Na2O and SiO2 in a molar ratio of 1:2.1 to 1:2.9, the urethane resin consists of 70 to 80% by weight of methylene diphenyl isocyanate and 20 to 30% by weight of methylpolyglycol, and the acrylic resin mixture consists of 36 to 40% by weight of a butyl acrylate monomer, 10 to 13% by weight of methyl methacrylate, 1 to 2% by weight of an emulsifier, 3 to 5% by weight of acrylic acid and the remaining weight percent of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2007Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventor: Yong Jong Lee
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Patent number: 7737200Abstract: A stable, aqueous barrier coating composition includes: (a) prolamine; (b) cold water insoluble polymer; (c) water; (d) water-soluble co-solvent; and (e) stabilizer. The composition, when applied to a substrate, produces an article having a high surface energy and resistance to oil and grease penetration. A method of producing the article involves applying the composition to a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Assignees: University of Maine System Board of Trustees, Cerealus Holdings, LLCInventors: Anthony Jabar, Jr., Michael A. Bilodeau, David J. Neivandt, Jonathan Spender
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Publication number: 20100104775Abstract: Disclosed is an ultraviolet absorbing polymer which is characterized by being derived from an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a partial structure represented by Formula (A) below in a molecule, and a monomer represented by Formula (B) below:Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Ryohei Iwamoto, Satomi Kawabe, Takatugu Suzuki, Issei Nakahara
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Publication number: 20100069535Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester optical film containing cellulose ester, a polymer (a) below and a compound (b) below: (a) a polymer obtained by copolymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having in the molecule a partial structure represented by formula (1) below with at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (2) below and a compound represented by formula (3) below,Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Takatugu Suzuki, Issei Nakahara
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Publication number: 20100040806Abstract: Disclosed is a cellulose ester optical film characterized by containing a cellulose ester, a polymer (a) defined below and a compound (b) defined below. (a) a polymer obtained by copolymerizing an ethylenically unsaturated monomer having a partial structure represented by the general formula (1) below in a molecule and at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer (b) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of carbon radical scavengers, phenol compounds and phosphorus compounds. (In the formula, R1, R2 and R3 independently represent an optionally substituted aliphatic group, an optionally substituted aromatic group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; or alternatively any two of R1, R2 and R3 may combine and form a ring structure together with a nitrogen atom or with a nitrogen atom and a carbon atom to which they are bonded to.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: February 18, 2010Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA OPTO, INC.Inventors: Takayuki Suzuki, Takatugu Suzuki, Issei Nakahara
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Publication number: 20090286905Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions comprising (a) 87 to 30 weight percent of polyacetal homopolymer, copolymer, or a combination of these; (b) 10 to 60 wt % of one or more cellulose ester(s) of C1 to C6 alkyl carboxylic acids; and (c) 3-15 wt % of at least one toughenerType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Edmund Arthur Flexman, Ramabhadra Ratnagiri
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Publication number: 20090286095Abstract: Cellulose mixed esters are disclosed having low molecular weights and low degrees of polymerization. These new cellulose mixed esters include cellulose acetate propionate and cellulose acetate butyrate. The esters exhibit solubility in a wide range of organic solvents with minimal viscosity increase, are compatible with a wide variety of resins, and are useful in coatings and inks compositions as binder resins and rheology modifiers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANYInventors: Michael Charles Shelton, Jessica Dee Posey-Dowty, Luis Guillermo Rios Perdomo, Daniel Wayne Dixon, JR., Paul Lee Lucas, Alan Kent Wilson, Kenneth Raymond Walker, Jonathan Edward Lawniczak, Roy Glenn Foulk, Hieu Duy Phan, Charlie Carroll Freeman, JR.
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Publication number: 20090143502Abstract: Aqueous dispersions containing hydrophobic materials that are useful as reduced volatile organic content may be utilized as a coating, a stain, a resin, a polymer, or an additive. Specifically, the aqueous dispersion may contain one or more of a carboxyalkyl cellulose ester, such as carboxymethyl cellulose acetate butyrate, a fluorosurfactant, such as a polyoxetane fluorosurfactant or a fluoroaliphatic polymeric ester based surfactant, a water dispersible resin, and optionally, a C-11 ketone and/or surfactant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2006Publication date: June 4, 2009Applicant: Wood Coatings Research Group, Inc.Inventor: Ronald Obie
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Publication number: 20090110713Abstract: The present invention is directed to polymeric materials (e.g., coatings) comprising biodegradable copolymers and implantable devices (e.g., drug-delivery stents) formed of such materials. The biodegradable copolymers are derived from at least two relatively polar monomers and at least one relatively nonpolar monomer. Incorporation of at least one relatively nonpolar monomer into the copolymer improves controlled release of a hydrophobic drug from the polymeric material by increasing the copolymer's miscibility with and permeability to the hydrophobic drug. The polymeric materials can also contain at least one biocompatible moiety, at least one non-fouling moiety, at least one biobeneficial material, at least one bioactive agent, or a combination thereof. The polymeric materials are designed to improve the mechanical, physical and biological properties of implantable devices formed thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2007Publication date: April 30, 2009Inventors: Florencia Lim, Michael H. Ngo, Yiwen Tang, Syed F.A. Hossainy, Mikael O. Trollsas
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Publication number: 20090005472Abstract: Biodegradable aliphatic/aromatic copolyester comprising: A) an acid component comprising repeating units of: 1) 53 to 54 mol % of an aromatic carboxylic acid; 2) 47 to 36 mol % of an aliphatic acid at least 50% of which is azelaic acid ; B) a diol component selected from the group consisting of C3, C4 and C6 diols; said AAPE being disintegrated according to the Standard ISO 20200 in 90 days.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: NOVAMONT S.P.A.Inventors: Catia Bastioli, Tiziana Milizia, Giovanni Floridi, Andrea Scaffidi Lallaro, Giandomenico Cella, Maurizio Tosin
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Patent number: 7470385Abstract: A cellulose acylate film is produced by using a cellulose acylate solution and forming a film consisting of two or more layers by the co-casting method. The cellulose acylate to be used is selected so that the association molecular weight of cellulose acylate due to the static light scattering in the solution forming the outer layer becomes smaller than the association molecular weight of cellulose acylate due to the static light scattering in the solution forming the inner layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventor: Tsukasa Yamada
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Patent number: 7393905Abstract: Method for crosslinking a carboxylated polymer using a triazine crosslinking activator, method for crosslinking a mixture of first and second carboxylated polymers a triazine crosslinking activator, a crosslinked carboxylated polymer having ionic crosslinks, and a composition comprising first and second carboxylated polymers treated with an amount of an amine compound to form plurality of amide bondsType: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: Weyerhaeuser CompanyInventor: S. Ananda Weerawarna
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Publication number: 20080085953Abstract: Coating compositions are provided comprising: a) at least one hydroxy-containing acrylic polymer; b) at least one low molecular weight hydroxy-containing acrylic polymer; c) at least one crosslinking agent; d) at least one curing catalyst; and e) at least one cellulose mixed ester. Articles comprises the coating compositions are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2007Publication date: April 10, 2008Inventors: Deepanjan Bhattacharya, Hampton Loyd Chip Williams,, Roy Glenn Foulk
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Patent number: 7335416Abstract: A mouldable pressure-sensitive hydrocolloid adhesive composition, particularly useful as a medical adhesive, comprising a dispersion of a discontinuous phase of one or more water-soluble and/or water swellable absorbent polymers in a continuous phase comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, a compatible liquid rubber, a polyisobutylene and a low-molecular weight polybutene.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: February 26, 2008Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: Roger D. A. Lipman
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Patent number: 7300965Abstract: A mixed polymer network made from reacting a carboxyalkyl cellulose and a synthetic water-soluble polymer with a crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Weyerhaeuser CompanyInventors: S. Ananda Weerawarna, Carole W. Herriott, Richard A. Jewell, Mengkui Luo, Amar N. Neogi
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Patent number: 7276546Abstract: The invention relates to methods of making carbohydrate and polyol esters suitable for use as plasticizers for polymer compositions. The invention also relates to plasticized polymer compositions comprising such carbohydrate and polyol esters. The invention also relates to articles prepared from such plasticized polymer compositions. The invention further relates to methods of using these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Charles M. Buchanan, Norma L. Buchanan, Kevin J. Edgar, Juanelle L. Lambert
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Patent number: 7241836Abstract: A method for crosslinking a mixture of first and second carboxylated polymers using a triazine crosslinking activator.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Co.Inventor: S. Ananda Weerawarna
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Patent number: 7230049Abstract: A method for crosslinking a carboxylated polymer using a triazine crosslinking activator.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2004Date of Patent: June 12, 2007Assignee: Weyerhaeuser Co.Inventor: S. Ananda Weerawarna
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Patent number: 7208534Abstract: The present invention pertains to a solvent based coating composition comprising A) at least one toner base comprising an acrylic polyol, a cellulose resin, a polyester polyol, and a pigment, B) at least one connector base comprising at least one resin compatible with the resins mentioned in toner base A), and C) at least one reducer base free of resins and pigments. It has been found that the coating composition of the present invention does not have drawbacks such as insufficient hiding, a high sensitivity for cloudiness, and a loss of brightness or color. Such drawbacks are often found in base coat compositions. Furthermore, the coating composition of the present invention provides a very flexible application window. Due to a selection of resins, additives, and/or fillers to be used in the connector base (B), the use and properties of the coating composition of the present invention can be modified.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventor: Arthur Jozef Gerardus Van Rooyen
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Patent number: 7125918Abstract: A protective film of a polarizing plate comprising a cellulose ester film, wherein a variation in a weight of the cellulose ester film is 0 to 2% under a keeping condition of 80±5° C. and 90±10% RH for 48 hours.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2002Date of Patent: October 24, 2006Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7105588Abstract: The present invention provides a screen printable hydrogel composition comprising: (a) soluble or partially soluble polymer wherein said polymer is a copolymer, interpolymer or mixture thereof; (b) initiation system; (c) thickener; (d) water; and (e) solvent; with the proviso that the composition has a viscosity of greater than about 10 Pa·s.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Haixin Yang, Lisa Marie Runge
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Patent number: 7071326Abstract: An anionic cellulose nitrate derivative is described, which has: (i) a degree of acid group substitution (DS (acid)) in the range of 0.01 to 0.2; and (ii) a nitrogen content of 10.7 wt. % to 12.3 wt. %, based on the weight of cellulose nitrate derivative. The anionic cellulose nitrate derivative is prepared by a process which includes esterifying cellulose nitrate feed material with at least one dicarboxylic acid anhydride (e.g., maleic anhydride). Aqueous dispersions according to the present invention include: (a) at least on anionic cellulose nitrate derivative according to the present invention; and (b) at least one base.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2005Date of Patent: July 4, 2006Assignee: Wolff Cellulosics GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Carsten Hüttermann, Thomas Wagner, Klaus Nachtkamp
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Patent number: 6992123Abstract: A polishing pad of the present invention contains a water-insoluble matrix material comprising a crosslinked polymer such as a crosslinked 1,2-polybutadiene and water-soluble particles dispersed in the material, such as saccharides. The solubility of the water-soluble particles in water is 0.1 to 10 wt % at 25° C., and the amount of water-soluble particles eluted from the pad when the pad is immersed in water is 0.05 to 50 wt % at 25° C. Further, in the polishing pad of the present invention, the solubility of the water-soluble particles in water is 0.1 to 10 wt % at 25° C. at a pH of 3 to 11, and solubility thereof in water at 25° C. at a pH of 3 to 11 is within ±50% of solubility thereof in water at 25° C. at a pH of 7. In addition, the water-soluble particles contain an amino group, an epoxy group, an isocyanurate group, and the like. This polishing pad has good slurry retainability even if using slurries different in pH and also has excellent polishing properties such as a polishing rate and planarity.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: January 31, 2006Assignee: JSR CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Shiho, Hiromi Aoi, Kou Hasegawa, Nobuo Kawahashi
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Patent number: 6977275Abstract: The invention relates to methods of making carbohydrate and polyol esters suitable for use as plasticizers for polymer compositions. The invention also relates to plasticized polymer compositions comprising such carbohydrate and polyol esters. The invention also relates to articles prepared from such plasticized polymer compositions. The invention further relates to methods of using these compositions.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2003Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Charles M. Buchanan, Norma L. Buchanan, Kevin J. Edgar, Juanelle L. Lambert
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Patent number: 6855753Abstract: Disclosed is an acoustical tile composition in which the conventional starch binder is replaced by a wet-strength resin, such as a polyamine epichlorohydrin resin, can be fabricated into ceiling tiles and panels using conventional water felting processes and equipment with improved efficiency. The acoustical tile compositions, with the polyamine epichlorohydrin resins binder, can be dried significantly faster than comparable compositions containing conventional starch binders.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2000Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: USG Interiors, Inc.Inventor: Mark H. Englert
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Publication number: 20040266919Abstract: Methods for producing nanoporous structures are provided. In the subject methods, two or more, e.g., first and second, different types of self-assembling molecules are combined with each other under conditions sufficient to produce a composite ordered structure from the two or types of molecules. A feature of two or more molecules that are combined in this first step is that a portion of the molecules include cross-linking functionalities not found in the other portion of the molecules. The resultant self-assembled composite structure is then subjected to conditions sufficient for cross-linking of the portion of the molecules that includes the cross-linking functionalities to produce a stabilized composite structure. Finally, the remaining non-cross-linked molecules of the stabilized composite structure are separated from the stabilized composite structure to produce a nanoporous structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventor: Janelle Gunther
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Patent number: 6825246Abstract: The present invention is directed to pressure sensitive hydrocolloid adhesive compositions having probe tack of about 300-750 grams force, tensile strength of about 500-3500 grams/cm2 and saline absorbency of about 500-5000 grams/m2/24 hours.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 1999Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventor: George Fattman
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Patent number: 6767972Abstract: The invention provides a biodegradable polymer composition comprising a biodegradable polymer and a phenol-containing compound mixed with the polymer. The phenol-containing compound is present in the biodegradable polymer at an amount sufficient to slow the degradation rate of the biodegradable polymer. The invention also pertains to a method for slowing the degradation rate of a biodegradable polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2000Date of Patent: July 27, 2004Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Gether Irick, Jr., Ronald Richard Light
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Publication number: 20040077752Abstract: The present invention relates to a cellulose acylate film having a high modulus of elasticity and a high surface hardness. The cellulose acylate film of the present invention is characterized by containing 1 vol % to 99 vol % of a metal oxide having an average particle size of 1 nm to 400 nm. The metal oxide used here is preferably a metal oxide having a Mohs hardness of at least 7, and specific examples thereof include aluminum oxide and silicon dioxide. This metal oxide may be subjected to a surface treatment. Furthermore, a functional thin film such as a hardcoat layer may be formed on the cellulose acylate film containing the metal oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2003Publication date: April 22, 2004Inventors: Akihiro Matsufuji, Yuuzou Muramatsu, Yukio Shinagawa
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Patent number: 6656983Abstract: The invention provides mixed aromatic vinyl-1,3-diene polymers stabilized by a protective colloid and present in the form of aqueous polymer dispersions or polymer powders redispersible in water as adhesives for porous substrates. The polymer dispersions and the polymer powders are obtained by emulsion polymerization of a mixture containing: a) 20 to 80 percent by weight of one or more vinylaromatics; b) 19.9 to 79.9 percent by weight of one or more 1,3-dienes; c) 0.1 to 15 percent by weight of one or more comonomers from the group consisting of N-methylolacrylamide, N-methylolmethacrylamide and the N-(alkoxymethyl)-acrylamides and N-(alkoxymethyl)-methacrylamides with a C1 to C6-alkyl radical. The sum of the above percentages adds up to 100% by weight. Emulsion polymerization is carried out in the presence of one or more protective colloids and without emulsifiers, optionally followed by drying of the resulting aqueous polymer dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: Wacker-Chemie GmbHInventors: Theo Mayer, Thomas Kohler, Reinhard Harzschel, Hans-Peter Weitzel, Bernd Schilling
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Patent number: 6652796Abstract: In manufacturing glass fiber-reinforced resin moldings a peroxide is mixed into a molding material prepared by mixing glass fibers with a thermoplastic resin, and such a molding material is molded. The peroxide is fed together with the molding material in an injection molding machine, the molding material is heated and kneaded in the molding machine, and the glass fiber mixed molten resin is injected into a mold to obtain a molded body.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: Kishimoto Sangyu Co LtdInventors: Takeshi Moriwaki, Toshiharu Sakaguchi
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Patent number: 6632862Abstract: A polymer composition includes a first component being a hydroxy-functional polymer, a second component being a natural polymer and a third component being a thermoplastic polyester. The first component, second component and third component are compounded to form a polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2001Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Biotechnology Research and Development CorporationInventors: Julius L. Willett, William M. Doane, Sterling St. Lawrence, Parvinder Walia
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Patent number: 6534155Abstract: An inkjet printing coating compositions and recording sheets having printable coating compositions on substrates which are suitable for photographic quality prints by inkjet printing technology, such as thermal and piezo. The recording sheet which comprises a substrate and a dried coating composition on the substrate, which coating composition comprises either (i) a hydrophilic or amphiphilic polyether polyurethane plus one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers or (ii) cellulose acetate trimellitate plus optionally one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers; a quaternary ammonium compound; a metal salt chelating agent; and a microcrystalline filler drying agent.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2000Date of Patent: March 18, 2003Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, David James Gibboni, Elizabeth Joyce Lanigan
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Patent number: 6506824Abstract: Biodegradable thermoplastic compositions comprising a starch component, a cellulose ester or ether, a plasticizer for the starchy phase and of the cellulose and derivatives, and a compatibilizer agent selected from polymers compatible with the cellulose and or starchy component, grafted with aliphatic or polyhydroxilated chains; copolymers obtained from hydroxy acids and/or diamines with 2-24C and aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanates; copolymers obtained from aliphatic polyesters, polyureas and polyalkylene glycols and aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanates; copolymers obtained from polymers compatible with cellulose ester or ethers and/or the starchy component by grafting starch soluble polyols; polymer capable of complexing starch; starch compatible polyols.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: January 14, 2003Assignee: Novamont S.p.A.Inventors: Catia Bastioli, Vittorio Bellotti, Roberto Lombi, Gabriele Perego
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Patent number: 6482757Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2001Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Kirkland W. Vogt, Shulong Li
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Patent number: 6475497Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-aqueous denture adhesive composition comprising a safe and effective adhesive amount of a denture adhesive; a safe and effective amount of an anticalculus agent; and a non-aqueous denture adhesive carrier; wherein the anticalculus agent is a material effective in reducing calcium phosphate mineral deposition related to calculus formation. The present invention further relates to a method of delivering an anticalculus agent to the oral cavity and teeth, by applying the above composition to dentures, directly to the oral cavity, or applying it to both, and thereafter securing the dentures to the oral cavity.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2000Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jayanth Rajaiah, Kimberly Ann Gilday-Weber, Lisa Catron Ernst
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Publication number: 20020160172Abstract: A protective film of a polarizing plate comprising a callulose ester film, wherein a variation in a weight of the cellulose ester film is 0 to 2% under a keeping condition of 80±5° C. and 90±10% RH for 48 hours.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2002Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventors: Kunio Shimizu, Toru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 6362256Abstract: A polymer composition includes a first component being a hydroxy-functional polymer, a second component being a natural polymer and a third component being a thermoplastic polyester. The first component, second component and third component are compounded to form a polymer composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 26, 2002Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Biotechnology Research and Development CorporationInventors: Julious L. Willett, William M. Doane
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Patent number: 6350794Abstract: A denture adhesive base composition comprising a polycarbophil component and ethylene oxide polymer. A denture adhesive composition including this base composition is also provided with other optional adhesive components. Also is provided a method for formulating a novel denture adhesive base composition comprising a polycarbophil component and ethylene oxide polymer.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2000Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: Block Drug Company, Inc.Inventor: Michael J. Borja
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Patent number: 6313202Abstract: This invention relates to a blend comprising (a) about 2% to about 98% by weight of at least one ester of cellulose comprising an alkanoyl chain having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and having at a D.S. of about 2.3 to about 3.0, and an inherent viscosity of about 0.2 to about 3.0 deciliters/gram as measured at a temperature of 25° C. for a 0.5 g sample in 100 ml of a 60/40 parts by weight solution of phenol/tetrachloroethane, and (b) about 98% to about 2% by weight of at least one ester of cellulose comprising an alkanoyl chain having from about 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and having a D.S. of about 1.5 to about 2.2, and an inherent viscosity of about 0.2 to about 3.0 deciliters/gram as measured at a temperature of 25° C. for a 0.5 g sample in 100 ml of a 60/40 parts by weight solution of phenol/tetrachloroethane, said percentages being based on the weight of component (a) plus component (b).Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1993Date of Patent: November 6, 2001Assignee: Eastman Chemical CompanyInventors: Charles M. Buchanan, Robert M. Gardner, Alan W. White, Matthew D. Wood
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Patent number: 6306933Abstract: Slurries of water soluble cellulose ethers are disclosed. The slurries comprise particulate cellulose ethers in an oxygenated, organic carrier which is substantially a non-solvent for the cellulose ethers, a thickening agent and optionally surfactants and other ingredients. The ingredients contained in the slurries are compatible with the ingredients used in the manufacture of latex compositions, e.g., latex paints.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 1999Date of Patent: October 23, 2001Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Luiz Roberto Eiger, Emmett Malone Partain, III, Arthur Herbert Marsh
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Patent number: 6294594Abstract: A denture adhesive base composition consisting essentially of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and ethylene oxide polymer. A denture adhesive composition including this base composition is also provided with other optional adhesive components. Also is provided a method for formulating a novel denture adhesive base composition consisting essentially of polyvinyl pyrrolidone and ethylene oxide polymer.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2000Date of Patent: September 25, 2001Assignee: Block Drug Company, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Borja, Alan A. Halecky
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Patent number: 6274653Abstract: A plasticized composition comprising 40 to 82 percent cellulose nitrate, having nitrogen content of less than 12.6% relative to the weight of said cellulose nitrate, and 18 to 60 percent formylated polyurethane, said percent, both occurrences, being relative to the weight of the composition, is disclosed. The plasticized composition is suitable for use in preparing paints.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1999Date of Patent: August 14, 2001Assignee: Wolff Walsrode AGInventors: Reinhold Hecht, Lutz Hoppe, Erhard Lühmann
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Patent number: 6271288Abstract: A raw material composition for an extrusion moldable polyolefin resin composition including (a) a polypropylene resin, (b) a polyethylene resin, (c) an esterified cellulose material obtained by esterifying a cellulose material with a polybasic acid anhydride and having a content of the polybasic acid anhydride bonded thereto of 0.5-20% based on the weight of the cellulose material, and (d) an organic peroxide compound, wherein the weight ratio of (a) to (b) ranges from 30:70 to 80:20, wherein the weight ratio of a total of (a)+(b) to (c) ranges from 30:70 to 70:30, and wherein (d) is present in an amount of 0.001 to 0.1% based on a total weight of (a)+(b)+(c). By kneading the raw material composition at 150-200° C. for 0.5 to 30 minutes, a polyolefin composition for extrusion molding is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1999Date of Patent: August 7, 2001Assignee: Okura Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Yamaguchi, Yutaka Matsumoto, Minoru Ueda, Hideaki Matsuda
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Patent number: 6245837Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a linear synthetic polymer having a molecular weight of from 5.103 to 1.107 to improve the strength, to reduce the fibrillation tendancy and to regulate the water absorption properties of a cellulose shaped body, derived from a dissolution of cellulose in a tertiary amine oxide. The linear synthetic polymer may be a polyalkylene, a polyalkylene glycol or a polyacrylate or polymetacrylate or its copolymers with other monomers.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 1999Date of Patent: June 12, 2001Assignee: Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry ABInventors: Anders Cassel, Bogumil Laszkiewicz, Zbigniew Lewandowski, Barbara Niekraszewicz, Piotr Kulpinski
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Patent number: 6225381Abstract: An inkjet printing coating compositions and recording sheets having printable coating compositions on substrates which are suitable for photographic quality prints by inkjet printing technology, such as thermal and piezo. The recording sheet which comprises a substrate and a dried coating composition on the substrate, which coating composition comprises either (i) a hydrophilic or amphiphilic polyether polyurethane plus one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers or (ii) cellulose acetate trimellitate plus optionally one or more polymers selected from the group consisting of cellulose ester polymers, cellulose ether polymers and vinyl polymers; a quaternary ammonium compound; a metal salt chelating agent; and a microcrystalline filler drying agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 1999Date of Patent: May 1, 2001Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.Inventors: Jyoti Sharma, David James Gibboni, Elizabeth Joyce Lanigan
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Patent number: 6218448Abstract: The invention pertains to mixtures or pastes comprising a cellulose ester, a binder resin, water, and optionally a plasticiser, an organic solvent, an emulsifier, and/or a thickener, wherein in that at least a portion of the binder resin is functionalized with an amino-functional acetal. The mixtures can be cured at ambient temperature. The mixtures or pastes can be used for, for example, varnishing wood, metal, synthetic material, paper, leather, glass, and plastic films, and in particular on surfaces where great value is placed on solventless coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1999Date of Patent: April 17, 2001Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.Inventors: Paulus T. F. M. Kraaijevanger, Klaas J. H. Kruithof, Jörgen E. Raasing, Reinhold Heicht, Lutz Hoppe
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Patent number: 6214907Abstract: A biologically degradable polymer mixture is proposed which consists essentially of starch and at least one hydrophobic polymer. The hydrophobic polymer is in this connection at least substantially biologically degradable and thermoplastically processable and the mixture with the starch comprising a polymer phase mediator or a macromolecular dispersing agent so that the starch is present in the mixture as disperse phase with the hydrophobic polymer as continuous phase, and the phase mediator or the dispersing agent is responsible for the molecular coupling of the two phases. As starch there is preferably used thermoplastic starch which has been prepared substantially with the exclusion of water by means of sorbitol or glycerol. The production of the biologically degradable polymer mixture is also carried out substantially with the exclusion of water.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1998Date of Patent: April 10, 2001Assignee: Bio-Tec Biologische Naturverpackungen GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Ivan Tomka
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Patent number: 6194330Abstract: A process for the production of an ultra violet absorbing polymer latex is provided. The inventive process involves the emulsion polymerization of a benzotriazole- or benzophenone-containing monomer with a vinyl functional monomer in the presence of a chain transfer agent, preferably 1-dodecanethiol. The latex provides excellent long-lasting, easy to apply, difficult to remove, ultraviolet absorption properties for many different substrates, most notably fabrics. Different articles and fabrics coated, covered, laminated, and the like, with the inventive latex are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 1998Date of Patent: February 27, 2001Assignee: Milliken & CompanyInventors: Kirkland W. Vogt, Shulong Li