Solid Polymer Derived From Nitrogen Heterocycle Monomer Patents (Class 524/516)
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Patent number: 7838588Abstract: The invention relates to a dried emulsion. In particular, the invention relates to a dried emulsion containing a liquid hydrophobic phase and a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric matrix whose hydrophobic phase content is high. The invention also relates to a method for producing the dried emulsion and to uses of this emulsion. The utilized water-soluble matrix contains block copolymers.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2005Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventors: Sophie Deroo, Alain Senechal, Jean-Michel Mercier, Nadia Martin
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Publication number: 20100239644Abstract: A method of selecting components for use in water-absorbing pressure-sensitive adhesive compositions is provided. The method involves selecting a film-forming polymer, a ladder-like non-covalent crosslinker that is capable of forming a ladder-like interpolymer complex with the film-forming polymer selected, and selecting a carcass-like non-covalent crosslinker that is capable of forming a carcass-like complex with at least one of the film-forming polymer selected or the ladder-like non-covalent crosslinker selected. The adhesive hydrogels provide high adhesion in a swollen state and bridge the gap between conventional pressure sensitive adhesives and bioadhesives. Methods for preparing and using the resulting compositions are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Inventors: Mikhail M. Feldstein, Danir F. Bairamov, Nicolai A. Platé, Valery G. Kulichikhin, Anatoly E. Chalykh, Gary W. Cleary, Parminder Singh
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Publication number: 20100181037Abstract: Aqueous slurries of finely divided fillers which are at least partly coated with a composition comprising at least one water-soluble amphoteric copolymer and at least one latex.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2008Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Anton Esser, Hans-Joachim Haehnle, Marc Schroeder
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Publication number: 20100179274Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition having excellent workability, fracture characteristics and wear resistance and low heat buildup, which comprises not less than 20 parts by mass of a reinforcing filler (B) and 5 to 60 parts by mass of a modified aromatic vinyl compound-conjugated diene compound copolymer (C) having at least one functional group, an aromatic vinyl compound content of 5 to 80% by mass, a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound portion of 10 to 80% by mass and a weight average molecular weight as measured through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of 5,000 to 500,000 based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) containing not less than 10% by mass of a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having at least one functional group.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2006Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventors: Naohisa Jinbo, Noriko Mori
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Publication number: 20100086694Abstract: It is disclosed an over-coating agent for forming fine-line patterns which is applied to cover a substrate having thereon photoresist patterns and allowed to shrink under heat so that the spacing between adjacent photoresist patterns is lessened, further characterized by comprising a water-soluble polymer which contains at least methacrylic acid and/or methyl methacrylate as the constitutive monomer thereof. Also disclosed is a method of forming fine-line patterns using the over-coating agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Yoshiki Sugeta, Fumitake Kaneko, Toshikazu Tachikawa, Naohisa Ueno
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Publication number: 20100047598Abstract: This present invention provides coating compositions that may at least partially block tannin migration and methods of blocking tannin migration. Specifically, the coating composition comprises at least one resin binder, and at least one vinyl pyrrolidone based polymer or copolymer, or a combination thereof. The coating compositions described herein at least partially block tannin migration.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Inventors: Carl J. Sullivan, Alan Douglas Roberts, Stephen R. Shearon, Ryan P. Thomas, Jeffrey Danneman
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Patent number: 7666935Abstract: Aqueous solutions comprising: one or more polymeric components selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof; and hydrogen peroxide; wherein the hydrogen peroxide is present in an amount of 100 to 5000 ppm; and methods of stabilizing aqueous solutions containing one or more polymeric components selected from the group consisting of homopolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, copolymers of N-vinylpyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Erik Bohrer, Dieter Faul, Ivette Garcia Castro, Norbert Gebhardt, Peter Hössel, Peter Mendera, Olga Pinneker, Bernd de Potzolli, Stefan Stein, Karl-Hermann Strube, Ralf Widmaier, Josef Neutzner, Simone Lehnert
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Publication number: 20100036045Abstract: The invention relates to aqueous pigment dispersions comprising at least one dispersed pigment, an aqueous carrier and a copolymer prepared by polymerization of at least one macromonomer (1) having a terminal olefinic unsaturation with a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (2), wherein the macromonomer (1) comprises 1a) 5-100% by weight of at least one polymerized acid functional unsaturated monomer, 1b) optionally at least one polymerized hydroxy functional unsaturated monomer, and optionally 1c) at least one further polymerized olefinically unsaturated monomer, and wherein the mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers (2) comprises 2a) 5-80% by weight of at least one unsaturated vinyl aromatic monomer, 2b) 5-50% by weight of at least one vinyl monomer with at least one polar heterocyclic group with a 5 or 6 membered ring containing at least one ring nitrogen atom which is not connected to a hydrogen atom, and optionally 2c) other olefinically unsaturated monomers.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: Josef Theresia Huybrechts, Paul P. Bruylants, Alexander K. Sorser, Michael Koerner
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Publication number: 20090325733Abstract: Provided herein are compositions comprising an ionomer and a polyamine or a tertiary polyamide. The polyamine and the tertiary polyamide have a molecular weight of greater than 500 Da and do not contain an ester moiety or a primary amine moiety. The polyamine comprises at least three moieties that are tertiary amines or hindered secondary amines, and the polyamide comprises tertiary amide moieties and no secondary or primary amide moieties. The compositions may optionally include a filler. Further provided are articles such as golf balls and films containing these compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventors: Peter A. Morken, Charles John Talkowski
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Publication number: 20090275691Abstract: A method for removing residual styrene monomers from co-extrudates comprising polystyrene and water-insoluble, crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, which comprises subjecting an aqueous suspension of the particulate solid co-extrudate to a heat treatment at temperatures of 60 to 99° C., the weight ratio of solid co-extrudate to water in the suspension being 1:1.5 to 1:20, and the concentration of the suspension being kept constant during the treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Helmut Meffert, Marianna Pierobon, Ates Erk, Hermann Josef Feise, Robert Bayer
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Patent number: 7579400Abstract: The invention relates to particles comprising: at least one ionically-charged water-soluble polymer; at least one surfactant having an ionic charge opposite to that of said polymer; and at least one water-soluble block copolymer having at least one non-ionic hydrophilic block and at least one non-ionic hydrophobic or ionic block. The invention also relates to a method of obtaining such particles consisting in: preparing a first aqueous mixture comprising the water-soluble, ionically-charged polymer and, if necessary, the water-soluble block copolymer if said copolymer has the same charge; subsequently, a second mixture is added to the above mixture, said second mixture comprising the surfactant and, if necessary, the water-soluble block copolymer if said copolymer has the same charge as the surfactant or if it is not ionically charged.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2002Date of Patent: August 25, 2009Assignee: Rhodia ChimieInventors: Bruno Bavouzet, Jochen Beyermann, Pascal Herve
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Patent number: 7541400Abstract: Thermoplastic compositions comprising polyacrylonitriles that contain greater than 90% acrylonitrile as monomer, or copolymers of such polyacrylonitriles with an olefinic unsaturated co-monomer, can be formed by the use of certain compatibilizers and/or thermal stabilizers. Other thermoplastic compositions comprising the high nitrile polyacrylonitriles can be obtained by melt blending the polyacrylonitriles with certain aromatic engineering thermoplastic polymers in the presence of compatibilizers and thermal stabilizers. All of the foregoing high nitrile compositions have been found to possess good optical and gas barrier properties, and good stress crack resistance.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Inventors: H. Harald Lutzmann, James D. Idol, Gerald W. Miller
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Publication number: 20090101295Abstract: The invention concerns a fibrous pulp comprising polypyridobisimidazole fiber, the pulp having a Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) of no more than about 650 ml, a specific surface area of from 0.5 to 50 square meters per gram, a length-weighted average length of from 0.5 to 2.0 mm, and a equilibrium moisture content of greater than 10 percent by weight. Also provided are papers made from such pulp and processes for making the pulp.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2006Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Edmund A. Merriman, Kevin A. Mulcahy, Mikhail R. Levit
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Publication number: 20090105400Abstract: There is provided a fluorine-containing polymer having an ionic group which has a heteroaromatic ring and is useful as a material comprising various heteroaromatic ring compounds having a stable fluorine-containing heteroaromatic ring, and further a fluorine-containing polymer having a heteroaromatic ring which is useful as a starting material of the above-mentioned polymer or a curing agent. Also, there is provided a fluorine-containing polymer having a heteroaromatic ring such as imidazole in its side chain, a polymer salt thereof, and a polymer composition comprising such a polymer and a polymer salt and a nano filler.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Applicant: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Yuzo Komatsu, Haruhiko Mohri, Hirokazu Aoyama
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Publication number: 20090035582Abstract: The invention provides a PTFE-containing aqueous dispersion composition which is excellent in mechanical stability and scarcely allows the formation of agglomerates due to fibrillation of the PTFE resin during transportation or processing thereof. This invention is a polytetrafluoroethylene-containing aqueous dispersion composition comprising a polytetrafluoroethylene resin (A), a hydrocarbon-derived nonionic compound (B) and a water-soluble high-molecular compound (C) having no oxygen atom in the main chain thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2006Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasukazu Nakatani, Toshirou Miura, Yasuhiko Sawada, Hiroshi Torii
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Publication number: 20090018255Abstract: A composition for reducing fugitive dust for spray paint according to the present invention comprises 5 to 23 parts by weight of a natural rubber, 1 to 10 parts by weight of a filler, 1 to 10 parts by weight of an adhesive agent, 1 to 3 parts by weight of a coupling agent, 1 to 3 parts by weight of a stabilizer, and 20 to 95 parts by weight of a solvent for dissolving the foregoing components. A spray paint compound for reducing fugitive dust may be prepared by mixing conventional paint for spraying with 3 to 10% by weight of said composition for reducing fugitive dust.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventor: Hee Young Kim
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Publication number: 20090011262Abstract: The present invention relates to a prepreg, a composite film, and a laminated material for circuit used for thermosetting composite resin compositions and printed circuit boards, and particularly to a thermosetting composite resin composition mixed with COP (Cyclo Olefin Polymer) and thermally cross-linkable resin, wherein the COP having excellent electrical characteristics at a high frequency and thermally cross-linkable resin are blended to allow having a less dielectric constant and a less dielectric loss than those of the conventional composite resin composition, and inorganic fillers such as ceramic material, metal material, carbon black are added to allow having dielectric characteristics covering from a low dielectric constant to a high dielectric constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: Myong Jae Yoo, Woo Sung Lee, Seong Dae Park, Se Hoon Park
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Publication number: 20080255289Abstract: The invention relates to a dried emulsion. In particular, the invention relates to a dried emulsion containing a liquid hydrophobic phase and a water-soluble or water-dispersible polymeric matrix whose hydrophobic phase content is high. The invention also relates to a method for producing the dried emulsion and to uses of this emulsion. The utilized water-soluble matrix contains block copolymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2005Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Sophie Deroo, Alain Senechal, Jean-Michel Mercier, Nadia Martin
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Publication number: 20080241533Abstract: The present invention relates to sizing compositions, glass fibers at least partially coated with sizing compositions, and glass fiber reinforced composite materials. In one embodiment, a sizing composition comprises at least one maleic anhydride copolymer, at least one coupling agent, and a reaction product of an alkoxylated amine and a polycarboxylic acid, which is further reacted with an epoxy compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Jacob Cornelis Dijt, Jacob Hendricus Antonius Van Der Woude, Ronald Boelman
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Publication number: 20080241450Abstract: Use of a hindered amine light stabiliser as an additive in a thermoplastic moulding composition comprising polyethylene terephthalate and an acetaldehyde scavenger for reducing the degree of discolouration and/or degree of light transmission of a moulded article formed from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: COLORMATRIX EUROPE LIMITEDInventors: Fuquan Zeng, Mark Frost
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Patent number: 7413784Abstract: A thermoplastic vulcanizate comprising a dynamically-cured rubber, a thermoplastic polymer, and at least 2 percent by weight, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic vulcanizate, of a polyalphaolefin oligomer, where the polyalphaolefin oligomer is characterized by a kinematic viscosity per ASTM D445 at 100° C. of at least 35 cSt.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Advanced Elastomer Systems, L.P.Inventor: Trazollah Ouhadi
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Patent number: 7393901Abstract: A pressure sensitive adhesive is described comprising an acrylate copolymer, silica nanoparticles and crosslinked by a polyfunctional aziridine crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2007Date of Patent: July 1, 2008Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Timothy D. Filiatrault, Kevin M. Lewandowski, Kelly S. Anderson, Babu N. Gaddam, Eugene G. Joseph
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Publication number: 20080153972Abstract: A reduced oil rubber composition includes (a) a silica filler, (b) a N-substituted polyalkylene succinimide derivative, and (c) a rubber matrix. In certain embodiments, the composition may comprise a reduced amount of oil, especially a reduced amount of aromatic oil or even no aromatic oil. Rubber articles manufactured from such composition, such as tires and power belts, have improved properties such as reduced rolling resistance, improved wet/snow traction and winter softness, improved dynamic stiffness, improved tensile strength, easy handling, and/or compatibility with higher environmental standard, among others.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventors: Xiaorong Wang, Victor J. Foltz, William L. Hergenrother, Koji Masaki
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Patent number: 7338706Abstract: A resin composition for capstock, comprising 100 to 30 parts by weight of an impact resistance modifier having a multilayer structure, and 0 to 70 parts by weight of a methyl methacrylate (co)polymer containing 50 to 100% by weight of methyl methacrylate and 50 to 0% by weight of a monomer which is copolymerizable therewith, wherein the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer is 100 parts by weight, wherein the outer layer of said impact resistance modifier and/or said methyl methacrylate copolymer is copolymerized with 0.5 to 40% by weight of a reactive monomer based on the total amount of the impact resistance modifier and the methyl methacrylate (co)polymer as a polymer component, and wherein the homopolymer of said reactive monomer has an SP value of 9.8 (cal/cm3)/1/2 or more.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2002Date of Patent: March 4, 2008Assignees: Kaneka Corporation, Kaneka Texas CorporationInventors: Riichi Nishimura, Takahiko Sugaya
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Patent number: 7300969Abstract: An ink jet recording medium including an ink receiving layer disposed on at least one side of a support, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by applying an ink receiving layer coating solution. The ink receiving layer coating solution includes a water-soluble resin and a fine silica dispersion that has been prepared by finely dispersing a preliminary silica dispersion. The preliminary silica dispersion includes fumed silica, a cationic polymer having an I/O value of 2.4 or less, and alcohol.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2004Date of Patent: November 27, 2007Assignee: Fujifilm CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Nakano, Shinji Fujimoto, Masanobu Takashima
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Patent number: 7297733Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of water-soluble polymers of N-vinylcarboxamides contain, based on 100 parts of water, (A) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of water-soluble polymer containing N-vinylformamide units and/or N-vinylacetamide units and having particle sizes of from 50 nm to 2 ?m and (B) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polymeric dispersant which is incompatible with the water-soluble polymers (A) in aqueous solution, which dispersions are prepared by polymerizing (A) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of N-vinylformamide and/or N-vinylacetamide, if desired together with other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which form water-soluble polymers therewith, and (B) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polymeric dispersant which is incompatible with the polymers, formed from the monomers (A), in aqueous solution, in 100 parts by weight of water, at from 30 to 95° C. in the presence of from 0.001 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2006Date of Patent: November 20, 2007Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Anton Negele, Werner Gauweiler, Hubert Meixner, Norbert Mahr, Martin Ruebenacker
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Publication number: 20070142533Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a nano-silver infused polymeric compound are presented including: combining a colloidal nano-silver solution with a polymeric compound to form a pre-mix; concentrating the pre-mix to a desired concentration; discharging the pre-mix through a die such that a raw material is formed; drying the raw material at a first temperature; and combining the raw material with another polymeric compound to form the nano-silver infused polymeric compound to a desired concentration, the nano-silver infused polymeric compound suitably disposed for a molding process. In some embodiments, methods further include: after the concentrating the pre-mix, storing the pre-mix; and after the discharging the pre-mix, reducing the raw material to a desired size. In some embodiments, the colloidal nano-silver solution includes: a colloidal concentration of at least 10,000 ppm of nano-silver particles, the nano-silver particles having a diameter of less than 10 nm; and a colloidal solvent.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2005Publication date: June 21, 2007Inventors: Gil Sun Ok, Youn Jae Lee
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Patent number: 7179858Abstract: The present invention features novel methods and compositions for coating textile substrates, wherein the coating compositions are composed of a coating agent selected from one of (a) an azetidinium polymer, (b) a guanidine polymer, (c) a mixture of an azetidinium polymer and a guanidine polymer, and (d) a copolymer of an azetidinium monomer and a guanidine monomer. Textile substrates coated with the compositions provide high quality printed images when printed with an ink containing a reactive dye having ionizable and/or nucleophilic groups capable of reacting with the coating agent in the textile coating composition. Images printed on a textile substrate coated with a coating composition of the invention are bleed-resistant, water-resistant (e.g., water-fast), detergent-resistant (e.g., detergent-fast), and/or are characterized by an enhanced chroma and hue.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2004Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: SRI InternationalInventor: Asutosh Nigam
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Patent number: 7034068Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of water-soluble polymers of N-vinylcarboxamides contain, based on 100 parts of water, (A) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of water-soluble polymer containing N-vinylformamide units and/or N-vinylacetamide units and having particle sizes of from 50 nm to 2 ?m and (B) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polymeric dispersant which is incompatible with the water-soluble polymers (A) in aqueous solution, which dispersions are prepared by polymerizing (A) from 5 to 80 parts by weight of N-vinylformamide and/or N-vinylacetamide, if desired together with other monoethylenically unsaturated monomers which form water-soluble polymers therewith, and (B) from 1 to 50 parts by weight of at least one polymeric dispersant which is incompatible with the polymers, formed from the monomers (A), in aqueous solution, in 100 parts by weight of water, at from 30 to 95° C. in the presence of from 0.001 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1999Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Anton Negele, Werner Gauweiler, Hubert Meixner, Norbert Mahr, Martin Rübenacker
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Patent number: 7019046Abstract: This invention relates to an improved aqueous suspension concentrate for water insoluble chemicals comprising a mixture of an anionic suspension agent and a homo- and/or a co-polymer of a heterocyclic vinyl lactam combined in a mole ratio of between about 0.1:1 and about 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.Inventors: Kolazi S. Narayanan, Domingo I. Jon
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Patent number: 7015273Abstract: The invention relates to water-dilutable binding agents and coating agents with particularly quick drying surfaces. The invention also relates to a method for the production and use thereof. The water-dilutable binding agents are based on polymer dispersions, which are characterized in that they contain at least one poly acid/polyvinylpyrrolidone complex and optionally one or several water-soluble zircon compounds. The inventive binding agents have a quick drying surface and are suitable for use in the production of primers, paints and plasters with quick drying surfaces or quick-acting wash-fastness.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2000Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Celanese Emulsions GmbHInventor: Ivan Cabrera
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Patent number: 6916856Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applications, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventors: Stephen M. Dershem, Dennis B. Patterson, Jose A. Osuna, Jr.
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Patent number: 6866936Abstract: A water-based coating composition suitable for preparing hydrophilic surfaces on various articles is provided which includes a supporting polymer having functional moieties capable of undergoing crosslinking reactions, said supporting polymer soluble in or emulsified in an aqueous based medium; and a hydrophilic polymer, said hydrophilic polymer associated with the supporting polymer. The composition is characterized in that, when crosslinked at the functional moieties, the supporting polymer forms a three-dimensional network which substantially minimizes disassociation of the hydrophilic polymer.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2001Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Surface Solutions Laboratories, Inc.Inventor: Margaret P. Opolski
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Patent number: 6852814Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applictions, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: February 8, 2005Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventors: Stephen M. Dershem, Dennis B. Patterson, Jose A. Osuna, Jr.
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Patent number: 6844391Abstract: Acrylate copolymer pressure-sensitive adhesive constructions are described which provide excellent retention of rivet properties. Tenting around rivets is minimized even after undergoing thermal aging while in contact with additive rich films like PVC. This is achieved by the inclusion of a synergistic amount of an N-vinyl lactam monomer and acid monomer with the bulk of the monomers being an alkyl acrylate save and/or methacrylate esters. A concomitant increase in cohesive strength is also achieved which affords good removal characteristics. The use of appropriate adhesive blends is further disclosed which allows retention of these features while also improving cold temperature properties.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 1999Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Pradeep Iyer, Gerhild Lamb, Prakash Mallya
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Publication number: 20040266941Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of polymeric moldings, such as medical device moldings and optical and ophthalmic lenses, preferably contact lenses and intraocular lenses. The invention also relates to a polymeric precursor mixture useful in polymeric moldings and to methods of making and using the polymeric precursor mixture. The semi-solid polymerizable precursor mixture comprises (i) a polymer blend, wherein the polymer blend consists of at least two dissimilar prepolymers or at least one prepolymer and a dead polymer, (ii) at least one non-reactive diluent; and (iii) optionally, at least one reactive plactisizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2004Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Michael R. Houston, Toshiaki Hino, David S. Soane
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Patent number: 6825245Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel thermosetting resin compositions which do not require solvent to provide a system having suitable viscosity for convenient handling. Invention compositions have the benefit of undergoing rapid cure. The resulting thermosets are stable to elevated temperatures, are highly flexible, have low moisture uptake and are consequently useful in a variety of applications, e.g., in adhesive applications since they display good adhesion to both the substrate and the device attached thereto.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventors: Stephen M. Dershem, Dennis B. Patterson, Jose A. Osuna, Jr.
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Patent number: 6825279Abstract: An ink receptive media suitable for use in a passport is disclosed. A media in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, and an image receptive layer comprising a plurality of particles. In a preferred embodiment, the image receptive layer comprises a plurality of crosslinked poly(vinylpyrrolidone) particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2002Date of Patent: November 30, 2004Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Mark F. Schulz
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Patent number: 6822040Abstract: A basecoat composition includes an acrylic polymer prepared from a combination of monomers including at least about 30% by weight ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or a combination of these. The basecoat composition also includes methylated melamine-formaldehyde resin and up to about 10% by weight of a butylated melamine-formaldehyde resin, based on the weight of the basecoat composition vehicle and butylated melamine resin. An at least partially cured layer of the basecoat composition offers improved adhesion with a coating composition layer applied over it and cured, whether the coating composition layer applied over it is another layer of the basecoat composition itself or a layer of a clearcoat composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2001Date of Patent: November 23, 2004Assignee: BASF CorporationInventors: Leslie G. Baugh, David K. K. Lau, Thomas C. Balch, Sergio E. Balatan, Walter H. Ohrbom, James A. Laugal, David J. Law
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Patent number: 6806309Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, there are provided adhesive compositions and methods for use thereof, comprising at least one maleimide-containing monomer, at least one cure initiator, and a plurality of spacer elements constructed from one or more organic polymers. Invention adhesive compositions are useful for controlling bond line thickness and planarity between a device and a substrate. Bond line thickness and planarity is largely determined by the size of the spacer elements in the adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2002Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Henkel CorporationInventor: Richard E. Jaeger
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Patent number: 6803405Abstract: The invention relates to the aqueous preparation of a polymer. Said preparation contains a copolymer consisting of a) 30 to 79.5 wt. % N-vinylpyrrolidone, b) 20 to 69.5 wt. % vinylacetate, c) 0.5 to 25 wt % of a monovinyl ester of a C4 to C20 monocarboxylic acid and d) 0 to 40 wt. % of an additional, copolymerisable, ethylenically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Schnell, Michael Kerber, Eberhard Schupp, Eckehardt Wistuba
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Patent number: 6743850Abstract: Provided are a new cationic polymer and an inkjet recording sheet exhibiting a superior printing density of an image without lowering ink receptivity. A cationic polymer represented by the following general formula (A): An inkjet recording sheet, that has, on a substrate, a colorant-accepting layer containing cationic polymer modified inorganic pigment particles, which are obtained by bonding inorganic pigment particles to a cationic polymer having, at its terminal, a group that can be bonded to the inorganic pigment particles.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: June 1, 2004Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kousaku Yoshimura, Ryoichi Nakano, Shigetomo Tsujihata
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Patent number: 6710117Abstract: Marine paint composition comprising: a first polymer comprising from 20 to 70 wt % of monomer units A of at least one hydrolysable either tin or silicium ester of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid or salt of copper, zinc, calcium of an olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid, the balance being monomer units C selected from the group consisting of esters of ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids with C1-C18 alcohols, styrene, alpha-methyl styrene, vinyl toluenes, and mixtures thereof; a second polymer comprising from 5 to 40 wt % of at least one monomer B selected from the group consisting of the N-vinyl lactam monomers of general formula CH2═CH—NR′″″—CO—R′, the N-vinyl amides of general formula CH2═CH—N—CO—R″, the monomer of general formula CH2═CR′″—COO—R″″—NR′″″—CO—R′, the monomers of general formula CH2═CR′″—COO&mType: GrantFiled: January 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 23, 2004Assignee: Sigma Coatings B.V.Inventors: Michel Gillard, Marcel Vos, Jos G. M. Prinsen
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Patent number: 6703437Abstract: A resin composition for electrostatic coating, comprising a rubber-reinforced aromatic vinyl resin (A), a polyamide elastomer (B), a modified vinyl polymer (C) containing at least one functional group selected from among carboxyl, epoxy, amino and amido, and an alkali metal salt (D); a formed resin article excellent in electrostatic coatability which is formed from the resin composition; and a formed resin article having electrostatic coating film which is produced by coating the articles electrostatically.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2000Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignees: Nippon A & L Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Shiro Kamiyama, Katsumi Kohama, Hiromichi Aoki, Hajime Sakano, Yasunobu Takagawa
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Patent number: 6649691Abstract: The reaction of unsaturated carbonates such as vinyl ethylene carbonate with N-aminoethylimidazolidone (TAM) under mild conditions generates a mixture of two vinyl and hydroxy functional imidazolidone carbamates which polymerize readily into acrylate or vinyl acetate based emulsion polymers. The polymers show enhanced wet adhesion (wet scrubbability) in latex paints and coatings.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2002Date of Patent: November 18, 2003Assignee: Air Products Polymers, L.P.Inventors: Robert Krantz Pinschmidt, Jr., Khalil Yacoub, Christian Leonard Daniels, Kien Van Phung
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Patent number: 6632887Abstract: Hydrophilic coatings for implantable ophthalmic lenses are disclosed. The coatings, which are applied to the edge surface of the ophthalmic lens, comprise a hydrophobic (meth)acrylic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer. When hydrated, the coatings reduce or eliminate edge glare.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 14, 2003Assignee: Alcon Universal Ltd.Inventors: Albert R. LeBoeuf, John W. Sheets, Jr.
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Publication number: 20030109628Abstract: The present invention relates to improved liquid absorbing thermoplastic materials useful for example as absorbent materials for disposable absorbent articles. The liquid absorbing thermoplastic materials comprise A) thermoplastic compositions comprising thermoplastic polymers and suitable compatible plasticisers and B) superabsorbent particles dispersed in the thermoplastic compositions. Such liquid absorbing thermoplastic material, preferably in form of hot melt compositions, can be utilised in the absorbent cores of disposable absorbent articles, such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, disposable diapers, nursing pads and the like for completely or partially substituting said absorbent cores.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2002Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lidia Bonfanti, Italo Corzani, Enrico Spina, Denis Gonzales
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Publication number: 20030060560Abstract: A basecoat composition includes an acrylic polymer prepared from a combination of monomers including at least about 30% by weight ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, or a combination of these. The basecoat composition may also include a combination of methylated melamine resin and butylated melamine resin. An at least partially cured layer of the basecoat composition offers improved adhesion with a coating composition layer applied over it and cured, whether the coating composition layer applied over it is another layer of the basecoat composition itself or a layer of a clearcoat composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Leslie G. Baugh, David K. K. Lau, Thomas C. Balch, Sergio E. Balatan, Walter H. Ohrbom, James A. Laugal, David J. Law
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Publication number: 20030055155Abstract: A high internal phase emulsion composition comprising: a) at least three components; b) component A is a polymer, monomer or mixture thereof; c) component B is a polymer; d) component C is a compatiblizer; e) substantially no voids; and wherein the volume fraction of component A represents at least about 80% by volume of the total volume of components A, B and C; and wherein the volume fraction of component B represents less than about 20% by volume of the total volume of components A, B and C; and wherein at least two phases are formed, a phase containing a majority of component A is discrete and a phase containing a majority of component B is continuous.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2002Publication date: March 20, 2003Inventor: Glenn Fredrickson
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Patent number: 6518329Abstract: A non-erasable liquid ink for a marking instrument including a colorant and a solvent and having a water content of about 0-15% by weight and a viscosity of about 15 to 4,500 cps. Also disclosed is a marking instrument filled with an ink of such a viscosity or lower in its reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Berol CorporationInventors: Nan-Jae Lin, Andrew R. Klassman, Roy Nicoll, Charles Christopher Packham, Vliet Hulse, John Thompson