From Fluorine-containing Monomer Patents (Class 524/544)
Fluorine-containing monomer contains f and c only or only f, c, and h (Class 524/545)
  • NOVEL FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER AND MEMBRANE
    Publication number: 20120148818
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing copolymer, containing: chlorotrifluoroethylene monomer units (A); and monomer units (B), which are obtained by polymerizing a monomer selected from the group consisting of (i) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CHCOON(R0)2, wherein each R0 is independently a hydrogen or an alkyl group; (ii) N-vinylcaprolactam; (iii) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CR1CH2OCH2CR2?CH2, wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen, a fluorine, or a methyl group; (iv) a monomer having a formula: CH2?CHCH2CH(CH3)—R3, wherein R3 is a linear alkyl group comprising 1 to 7 carbons; and (v) a monomer of methyl 2-fluoroacrylate, wherein a ratio, (A)/((A)+(B)), is from 3 to 99 mol %, a fluorine content of the copolymer is from 15 to 75 mol %, and a molecular weight of the copolymer is from 1,000 to 1,000,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Safir L. ADAM, Song Li, Shinji Okada, Nobuyuki Kasahara, Katsuya Ueno, Yoshitomi Morizawa, Takashi Okazoe
  • Process for preparing fluorine-containing polymer and fluorine-containing polymer prepared by said preparation process
    Patent number: 8193308
    Abstract: The present invention provides the process for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer which can easily and efficiently separate a fluorine-containing polymer and water from an aqueous dispersion of a fluorine-containing polymer, and the fluorine-containing polymer obtained by the mentioned preparation process. Further the present invention provides the molded article obtained by crosslinking a curable composition comprising the above-mentioned fluorine-containing polymer and a crosslinking agent. The preparation process is a process for preparing a fluorine-containing polymer comprising a step for heat-treating an aqueous dispersion of a fluorine-containing polymer having a concentration of 3 to 70% by weight to obtain the fluorine-containing polymer having a water content of not more than 1% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Irie, Yosuke Nishimura, Manabu Fujisawa
  • Fluorocopolymer and water and oil proofing composition, and processes for their production
    Patent number: 8193276
    Abstract: A fluorocopolymer capable of exhibiting excellent water and oil resistance even with its perfluoroalkyl group being a short chain, and a water and oil proofing composition containing it, are provided. A water and oil proofing composition containing a fluorocopolymer (A) comprising from 40 to 98 mass % of polymerized units (a?) having a C1-6 perfluoroalkyl group, from 1 to 50 mass % of polymerized units (b?) having an alkylene oxide and from 1 to 10 mass % of polymerized units (c?) based on a monomer represented by CH2?C(COOH)-Q-COOH (wherein Q is a C1-4 alkylene group, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuichiro Sugimoto, Takao Hirono, Eiji Morimoto
  • Water/oil repellent composition, method for its production and method for treating article
    Patent number: 8193277
    Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to the surface of an article and which presents a low environmental impact, a method for its production and a method for treating an article. A water/oil repellent composition which comprises a copolymer having structural units based on the following monomer (a) and structural units based on the following monomer (b) and having a mass average molecular weight of at least 40,000, and a medium, is used. Monomer (a): a compound represented by (Z—Y)nX, wherein Z is a C1-6 polyfluoroalkyl group or the like, Y is a bivalent organic group or the like, n is 1 or 2, and X is a polymerizable unsaturated group. Monomer (b): an olefin, a homopolymer of which has a glass transition temperature of from ?50° C. to 50° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otozawa, Kazunori Sugiyama, Minako Shimada, Yuuichi Oomori
  • POLYMERS OBTAINABLE FROM OXETANE BASED MACROMONOMERS, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND THE USE THEREOF AS ADDITIVES IN COATING AGENTS AND PLASTICS
    Publication number: 20120130007
    Abstract: A polymer obtainable by free-radical polymerization of one or more oxetane-based macromonomers and optionally one or more further, free-radically polymerizable comonomers, the oxetane-based macromonomer(s) being obtainable by cationic ring-opening polymerization of at least one hydroxyoxetane with a terminally ethylenically unsaturated starter molecule free of allyl groups in a molar ratio (hydroxyoxetane(s):starter molecule) of (100:1) to (1:1) in the presence of at least one suitable catalyst. Processes for preparing the polymer and the use thereof as an additive in coating compositions and plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: BYK-CHemie GmbH
    Inventors: Wojciech Jaunky, Albert Frank, Alfred Bubat, Jürgen Omeis, Petra Della Valentina, Bernd Göbelt
  • Fluoropolymer emulsion coatings
    Patent number: 8178612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aqueous/oil emulsion containing fluoropolymer that is capable of forming thick coatings in a single pass, which coatings after drying and baking are free of cracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Jurgen Hofmans
  • Crosslinkable elastomer composition and molded article using the same
    Patent number: 8173727
    Abstract: The present invention provides a crosslinkable elastomer composition, in which generation of HF under high temperature conditions is reduced, the decrease in weight to both NF3 plasma treatment and O3 treatment in the semiconductor manufacturing process is small and generation of foreign substances (particles) in these treatments is suppressed significantly. Specifically, the present invention relates to a crosslinkable elastomer composition comprising a crosslinkable elastomer and a filler having a specific surface area of at least 0.5 m2/g and containing a synthetic polymer having a thermally and chemically stable aromatic ring in the main chain, a crosslinkable elastomer composition comprising a crosslinkable elastomer and nonoxide ceramics and a crosslinkable elastomer composition wherein the decrease in weight by NF3 plasma irradiation is at most 0.20%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Nishibayashi, Takafumi Yamato, Katsuhiko Higashino, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Noguchi
  • (Per)fluoroelastomeric compositions
    Patent number: 8168714
    Abstract: A (per)fluoroelastomeric composition curable by peroxidic way comprising: 100 phr as (per)fluoroelastomer as filler, 0.5-50 phr of silica having a pH value, determined according to the DIN ISO 787-9 standard, higher than 7, preferably higher than 8, as crosslinking agent, from 0.5 to 10 phr of a bis-olefin having general formula: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, equal to or different from each other, are H or C1-C5 alkyls; Z is selected between a C1-C18 linear or branched alkylene or cycloalkylene radical, optionally containing oxygen atoms, preferably at least partially fluorinated, or a (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene radical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Milena Stanga, Giovanni Comino, Margherita Albano
  • Ink composition, inkjet recording method, and printed material
    Patent number: 8168695
    Abstract: This invention provides an ink composition capable of forming an image which has favorable curing sensitivity, is excellent in rubbing resistance and blocking properties, and has controlled surface stickiness and improved surface curing properties, an inkjet recording method using the ink composition, and a printed material; and the ink composition containing a polymer (a) including a partial structure selected from the group consisting of fluorine-substituted hydrocarbon group, a siloxane skeleton group, and a long-chain alkyl group; a radical polymerizable group, and a tertiary amine structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Yokoi, Yuuichi Hayata
  • Adhesive composition and optical member including the same
    Patent number: 8168704
    Abstract: An adhesive composition includes a base polymer, the base polymer including a copolymer having at least one (meth)acrylic ester with a halogen element and at least one (meth)acrylate in a copolymeric unit, and an antistatic agent, the antistatic agent including an ionic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ogawa, Tatsuhiro Suwa, Cheong Hun Song
  • POLYMER, ORGANIC THIN FILM COMPRISING THE POLYMER, AND ORGANIC THIN-FILM ELEMENT INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20120091437
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a polymer having a low LUMO, a high charge transport property, and further high solubility in a solvent. The present invention provides a polymer having a repeating unit represented by the formula (I): wherein Ar0 means an aromatic ring that may have a substituent or substituents, or a heterocycle that may have a substituent or substituents, and X1 and X2 are the same or different and each mean an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicants: OSAKA UNIVERSITY, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yutaka Ie, Atsuki Yoshimura, Yoshio Aso, Masato Ueda
  • ACRYLATE-BASED FLUORINATED COPOLYMERS FOR HIGH-SOLIDS COATINGS
    Publication number: 20120083568
    Abstract: A series of low, medium, and high molecular weight copolymers containing methyl methacrylate, n-butyl acrylate. 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, and 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl methacrylate were synthesized by solution polymerization under monomer-starved conditions. The copolymers were crosslinked with a methylated melamine formaldehyde resin in order to obtain thermosetting acrylics. Lower wettability, higher oxygen permeability, and lower refractive index were observed for higher concentrations of fluorinated monomer in the copolymer composition and high number-average hydroxyl functionality of the high molecular weight copolymers increased the crosslink density of the acrylic films, thereby resulting in improved tensile strength and tensile modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., University of Akron, Toyota Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Mark D. Soucek, Cynthia G. Templeman, Elif Alyamac, Masahiko Ishii
  • Fluorine-Containing Compound, Fluorine-Containing Polymer Compound, Resist Composition, Top Coat Composition And Pattern Formation Method
    Publication number: 20120077126
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer of the present invention contains a repeating unit (a) of the general formula (2) and has a mass-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 1,000,000. This polymer is suitably used in a resist composition for pattern formation by high energy ray radiation of 300 nm or less wavelength or electron beam radiation or a top coat composition for liquid immersion lithography and is characterized as having high water repellency, notably high receding contact angle. In the formula, R1 represents a polymerizable double bond-containing group; R2 represents a fluorine atom or a fluorine-containing alkyl group; R8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or the like; and W1 represents a single bond, a substituted or unsubstituted methylene group or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Kazunori Mori, Yuji Hagiwara, Masashi Nagamori, Yoshimi Isono, Satoru Narizuka, Kazuhiko Maeda
  • FLUORORUBBER MOLDED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120077924
    Abstract: To provide a fluororubber formed product having excellent heat resistance and excellent mechanical properties at high temperatures. A formed product comprising: a cross-linked fluororubber product obtained by cross-link-molding a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber product having a loss modulus E? of 400 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of a measurement temperature of 160° C., tensile strain of 1%, initial force of 157 cN, and frequency of 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke OTA, Junpei TERADA, Masanori KITAICHI, Yutaka UETA, Shigeru MORITA, Kazuyoshi KAWASAKI, Tatsuya MORIKAWA, Shoji FUKUOKA
  • SEALING MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20120077925
    Abstract: To provide a sealing material which is excellent in sealability under high-temperature conditions as well as crack resistance at high temperatures and high compression. A sealing material comprising a cross-linked fluororubber layer obtainable by cross-linking a fluororubber composition containing a fluororubber (A) and a carbon black (B), the cross-linked fluororubber layer having a loss modulus E? of 600 kPa or higher and 6,000 kPa or lower determined by a dynamic viscoelasticity test under conditions of measurement temperature: 160° C., tensile strain: 1%, initial force: 157 cN, and frequency: 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junpei TERADA, Daisuke OTA, Masanori KITAICHI, Yutaka UETA, Shigeru MORITA, Kazuyoshi KAWASAKI, Tatsuya MORIKAWA, Shoji FUKUOKA
  • DELIVERY METHOD AND COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20120067447
    Abstract: A method of delivering a concentrated quantity of sealing elements to a leak site in a vessel (1) comprises the steps of deploying a flexible body of material (4) and at least one sealing element (3) into fluid (2) flowing within the vessel upstream of the leak site whereby the body of material transports the sealing elements through the vessel to the leak site where the body of material is drawn to the leak by fluid flow created by a pressure differential at the leak site, and wherein the sealing element(s) are constrained by the body of material at the leak site such that the sealing element(s) become(s) entrained within the leak.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Nicholas John Ryan
  • SELF-FORMING TOP ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND, PHOTORESIST MIXTURES AND METHOD OF IMAGING USING SAME
    Publication number: 20120070782
    Abstract: A composition of matter. The composition of matter includes a polymer having an ethylenic backbone and comprising a first monomer having an aromatic moiety, a second monomer having a base soluble moiety or an acid labile protected base soluble moiety, and a third monomer having a fluoroalkyl moiety. Also a photoresist formulation including the composition of matter and a method of imaging using the photoresist formulation including the composition of matter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wu-Song Huang, Irene Popova, Pushkara Rao Varanasi, Libor Vyklicky
  • FLUORINE-CONTAINING 1,6-DIENE ETHER COMPOUND AND FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER
    Publication number: 20120065320
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing polymer obtained using a 1,6-diene ether compound represented by formula [1] is a high-performance polymer exhibiting a low refractive index, high glass transition point, a high degree of transparency, and solubility in solvents. There are many potential uses, such as use as a coating material or bulk material. For example, said polymer could be effectively used in high-tech fields such as: optical materials such as low-reflection films and optical waveguide cladding; semiconductor materials such as pellicles and resists in semiconductor lithography; and protective film materials, insulating film materials, and water-repellent materials. (In the formula, R1 represents a C6-18 aryl group or a C1-12 alkyl group, which may be substituted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicants: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., IBARAKI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Toshio Kubota, Ko-ichi Yanai, Takehiro Nagasawa, Akira Hirooka, Makoto Hirooka, Eiko Hirooka
  • RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INSULATING LAYER
    Publication number: 20120053287
    Abstract: The problem to be solved is to provide a resin composition for an organic thin film transistor insulating layer which can cross-link without being subjected to a treatment at a high temperature for a long time to form an insulating layer excellent in surface adhesion property. The solving means is a resin composition for an organic thin film transistor insulating layer comprising (A) a macromolecular compound comprising a repeating unit having a photosensitive group s linked through a urea bond or a urethane bond, (B) a curing agent and (C) an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd
    Inventor: Isao Yahagi
  • Electrostatically dissipative fluoropolymers
    Patent number: 8124679
    Abstract: A composition of fluoropolymer and dispersed conductive particulate provides an electrically conductive polymeric material resistant to static charge buildup. Radiation curing, especially electron beam radiation curing, is favored for curing fluoroelastomer-based precursor articles into desired electrically conductive articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership
    Inventor: Edward Hosung Park
  • Top Coating Composition
    Publication number: 20120040294
    Abstract: Disclosed is a top coating composition formed on a resist film, for protecting the resist film, the top coating composition being a top coating composition for photoresist, characterized by containing a fluorine-containing polymer having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1). This composition is capable of controlling developing solution solubility and has a high water repellency. [In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, fluorine atom, methyl group or trifluoromethyl group, R2 represents a heat-labile protecting group, R3 represents a fluorine atom or fluorine-containing alkyl group, and W is a bivalent linking group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Maeda, Takamasa Kitamoto, Haruhiko Komoriya, Satoru Narizuka, Yoshimi Isono, Kazunori Mori
  • UV-curable antireflective coating composition, antireflective coating film using the same, and its manufacturing method
    Patent number: 8110249
    Abstract: An antireflective coating composition includes a photopolymerizable acrylate monomer (C1); a particle-type metal fluoride (C2) with a refractive index of 1.40 or less; a photopolymerization initiator (C3); and at least one liquid dispersion-enhancing chelating agent (C4) selected from the group consisting of Mg(CF3COO)2, Na(CF3COO), K(CF3COO), Ca(CF3COO)2, Mg(CF2COCHCOCF3)2 and Na(CF2COCHCOCF3). This composition ensures good mechanical strength, excellent adhesion to a substrate, short curing time by UV curing, prevention of dust attachment, good erasure of stain, good dust removal and good scratch resistance, so it is usefully for making an antireflective coating film of a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Koo Kang, Mi-Young Han, Young-Eun Lee, Young-Jun Hong, Yeong-Rae Chang
  • LOW-STAINING ROOM TEMPERATURE CURABLE COATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120029140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-staining room temperature curable coating composition having an excellent low-staining property and recoatability, and comprising (A) a hydroxyl-containing resin, (B) an isocyanate based curing agent, (C) an organosilicate based hydrophilizing agent, (D) a recoatability modifier and (E) an organic solvent, in which the recoatability modifier (D) comprises at least (D1) an amide-containing polymer and (D2) a silane coupling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Chida, Shinya Murakami, Susumu Wada
  • UPPER LAYER-FORMING COMPOSITION AND RESIST PATTERNING METHOD
    Publication number: 20120021359
    Abstract: A liquid immersion lithography upper-layer film-forming composition includes (A) a polymer that includes a structural unit (I) shown by the following formula (1), and (S) a solvent. R1 in the formula (1) represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. The polymer (A) preferably further includes a structural unit (II) that includes a sulfo group. The polymer (A) preferably further includes a structural unit (III) shown by the following formula (3). R2 in the formula (3) represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or a trifluoromethyl group. R3 represents a linear or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a monovalent alicyclic group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, provided that at least one hydrogen atom of the hydrocarbon group or the alicyclic group is substituted with a fluorine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: JSR Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro HAYAMA, Kazunori Kusabiraki, Yukio Nishimura, Ken Maruyama, Kiyoshi Tanaka
  • NORBORNENE POLYMER COMPRISING PHOTOREACTIVE FUNCTIONAL GROUP HAVING HALOGEN SUBSTITUENT GROUP, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND ALIGNMENT LAYER USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120009359
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a photoreactive norbornene polymer comprising a photoreactive norbornene monomer, a process for preparing the same, and an alignment layer using the same. The photoreactive norbornene polymer includes a photoreactive functional group having a halogen, in particular, a fluorine substituent group so that it gives a compositional gradient in the alignment layer to improve an orientation rate, an orientation, and an adhesion property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Dong-Woo YOO, Sung-Ho Chun, Dai-Seung Choi, Young-Chul Won
  • TRIAZINE CONTAINING FLUOROELASTOMERS HAVING LOW GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
    Publication number: 20120009438
    Abstract: There is provided a curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising i. a first compound which comprising repeating units derived from a fluorinated olefin and further comprising at least one functional group, ii. a second compound comprising repeating units selected from (—C4F8O—), (—C2F4O—) or (—CF2O) or a combination thereof and further containing at least one functional group capable of reacting with the at least one functional group of the first compound either directly or in the presence of a curing compound to form a triazine unit, wherein the composition after curing by forming triazine units has a glass transition temperature of less than ?60° C. Also provided are shaped articles comprising the cured compositions, methods of making cured compositions and methods for making shaped articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Rudolf J. Dams, Steven G. Corveleyn, Werner M. A. Grootaert, Gregg D. Dahlke, Miguel A. Guerra
  • POLYMER FOR FORMING RESIST PROTECTION FILM, COMPOSITION FOR FORMING RESIST PROTECTION FILM, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING THE COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20120003589
    Abstract: A polymer for forming a resist protection film which is used in a liquid immersion lithography process to protect a photoresist layer, a composition for forming a resist protection film, and a method of forming a pattern of a semiconductor device using the composition are disclosed. The polymer for forming a resist protection film includes a repeating unit represented by Formula 1 below. In Formula 1, R1 is a hydrogen atom (H), a fluorine atom (F), a methyl group (—CH3), a C1-C20 fluoroalkyl group, or a C1-C5 hydroxyalkyl group, R2 is a C1-C10 linear or branched alkylene group or alkylidene group, or a C5-C10 cycloalkylene group or cycloalkylidene group, X is wherein n is an integer of 0 to 5 and * denotes the remaining moiety of Formula 1 after excluding X, and m, the stoichiometric coefficient of X, is 1 or 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jong Kyoung Park, Man Ho Han, Hyun Jin Kim, Deog Bae Kim
  • AIRCRAFT INSULATING FOAM
    Publication number: 20110318564
    Abstract: An aircraft insulating foam includes a base foam and a coating. The base foam is an open celled foam with a plurality of interconnected open cells. The interconnected open cells and the outside of the base foam define a surface area. The coating is deposited on the surface area. The coating includes a water repellant material and a fire resistant material. The aircraft insulating foam may be made by providing a base foam having a plurality of interconnected open cells, providing a coating including a water repellant material and a fire resistant material, and depositing the coating upon the surface area of the provided base foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Feng Qin, Ken Van Nimwegen
  • Method for producing polymer-dispersed polyol
    Patent number: 8084562
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a polymer-dispersed polyol which has high compatibility with a polyol for rigid polyurethane foams and is excellent in storage stability and which provides good heat-insulating performance when it is formed into a rigid polyurethane foam. Also a method for producing a polymer-dispersed polyol for rigid polyurethane foams, having polymer particles dispersed in a polyol, which comprises polymerizing a monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated group in a polyol (X), wherein the polyol (X) contains a polyether polyol (Y) having an oxyethylene group content of at least 10 mass %, and the monomer having a polymerizable unsaturated group contains a fluorinated acrylate or a fluorinated methacrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Teruhiko Yasuda, Hisashi Sato, Hiroshi Wada, Yasuhito Adachi, Tomohiro Hayashi, Chitoshi Suzuki
  • Coating Composition
    Publication number: 20110311826
    Abstract: Coating compositions are disclosed which include a copolymer prepared from a reaction mixture comprising an ethylenically unsaturated hydrolysable silane, an ethylenically unsaturated polyoxyalkylene, an ethylenically unsaturated fluorinated polyether and an initiator. The coating composition may also include a curable sol-gel dispersion. The coating compositions can be used to prepare hardcoats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Zai-Ming Qiu, Encai Hao
  • RESIST TOP COAT COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110305979
    Abstract: The invention provides a resist top coat composition wherein the composition contains polymer (P1-1) with a weight-average molecular weight of 1,000 to 500,000, having at least repeating units represented by the following general formulae (1a), (1b-1), and (1c). There can be a resist top coat composition having excellent water repellent and water sliding properties with fewer development defects and with a good resist pattern profile after development, and a patterning process using this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji HARADA, Taku MORISAWA, Takeru WATANABE, Yuki SUKA
  • FLUOROPOLYMER ADDITIVE FOR COATINGS
    Publication number: 20110293943
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising a solvent-based fluoropolymer and its use as a coating additive, and a coating composition comprising the fluoropolymer. The coating composition comprising the solvent-based fluoropolymer provides desirable properties including uniform spreading, and cleanability and increased contact angle to a coated substrate. There is further provided a method of treating a substrate using the coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: GERALD ORONDE BROWN, XIANJUN MENG
  • High purity transparent perfluoroelastomer parts and a process to produce the same
    Patent number: 8063150
    Abstract: Crosslinkable perfluoroelastomer compositions having low metal content and low compression set when crosslinked, and processes for producing the same, are provided. Compositions comprising terpolymers of TFE, PAVE, and CNVE having a metal content of less than 3000 ppb may be formed into high purity transparent perfluoroelastomer parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Ping Xu, Jack Hegenbarth, Xin Kang Chen, Jian Hou
  • Process to prepare fluoropolymer dispersions and membranes
    Patent number: 8058319
    Abstract: Described is a process to prepare fluoropolymer organic-liquid dispersions containing a homogeneous mixture of reacted and unreacted sulfonyl halide groups. The dispersions are useful in the preparation of crosslinked membranes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert D. Lousenberg
  • Pattern Hardening Coating Agent
    Publication number: 20110275746
    Abstract: A pattern hardening coating agent useful in a method for forming a fine pattern, comprising: an addition copolymer comprising a repeating unit derived from a fluoro alkyl (meth)acrylic ester and a repeating unit derived from a glycidyl (meth) acrylic ester and an organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Jae Chang Jung
  • METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUOROOLEFIN COPOLYMER SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATING COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20110275753
    Abstract: To provide a method for producing a fluoroolefin copolymer solution, whereby good storage stability of the copolymer solution is obtainable, and coloration of the solution can be suppressed, and a method for producing a coating composition. A method for producing a fluoroolefin copolymer solution, which comprises subjecting at least one fluoroolefin (a) and at least one monomer (b) other than the fluoroolefin (a) to a solution polymerization in an organic solvent in the presence of potassium carbonate and hydrotalcite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuji HARA, Kiyoshi Kasahara, Shou Masuda
  • Electrostatic induction conversion device
    Patent number: 8053948
    Abstract: There is provided an electrostatic induction conversion device which is small, has high conversion efficiency between electric energy and kinetic energy, and can prevent degradation of an electret. The electret is formed by injecting an electric charge into the vicinity of the surface of an insulating material, is disposed between two conductors, and is constructed so that it moves relatively to at least one of the conductors opposite to the electret and converts between electric energy and kinetic energy. As the insulating material forming the electret, it is preferable to use a polymer having a fluorine-containing aliphatic cyclic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Yuji Suzuki, Nobuhide Kasagi, Yasuhiro Arakawa
  • Fluoroelastomer gasket compositions
    Patent number: 8048550
    Abstract: A gasket elastomer precursor of admixed fluoroelastomer particulate, curing agent, and metallic oxide reduction-agent optionally admixed with any of microspheres, inert particulate, PTFE particles. In one embodiment, the composition is applied to a substrate and cured to provide a fuel cell gasket. The admixtures provide a basis for designed cured admixtures having internally differentiated regions interbonded by cured elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventors: Hui Liang Yuan, Yingjie Kong
  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRET, AND ELECTROSTATIC INDUCTION CONVERSION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110263785
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing an electret which has high stability with time and thermal stability of retained electric charge and which has excellent charge retention performance, and an electrostatic induction conversion device comprising such an electret. A process for producing an electret, which comprises a step of thermally treating a composition comprising a fluorinated polymer and a silane coupling agent, wherein the fluorinated polymer has an alicyclic structure in its main chain and has a carboxy group or an alkoxycarbonyl group as its terminal group; the silane coupling agent has an amino group; and the weight average molecular weight of the fluorinated polymer is at least 200,000. An electrostatic induction conversion device comprising such an electret.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Kimiaki KASHIWAGI
  • Fluorine-containing elastomer composition
    Patent number: 8044132
    Abstract: A fluorine-containing elastomer composition, which comprises (A) a fluorine-containing elastomer consisting of a copolymer comprising (a) tetrafluoroethylene, (b) perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) or perfluoro-(alkoxyalkyl vinyl ether), and (c) a cyano group-containing perfluorovinyl ether, (B) a cross-linking agent, and (C) spherical silica, wherein the spherical silica is high purity amorphous silica particles obtained by calcining metallic silica powders, and cooling the resulting vaporous silicon oxide. The present fluorine-containing elastomer composition can provide seal materials having distinguished processability, product appearance, plasma resistance, etc. by the cyano group-containing perfluoroelastomer having a good heat resistance and only silica as contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Unimatec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuru Maeda, Yasunori Yanai
  • WATER-AND OIL-REPELLENT
    Publication number: 20110257327
    Abstract: A water- and oil-repellent includes, as an active ingredient, a fluorine-containing copolymer including as a copolymer unit (A) at least one of perfluoroalkylalkyl acrylates and corresponding methacrylates, (B) benzyl acrylate or benzyl methacrylate represented by the general formula: CnF2n+1CmH2mOCOCR?CH2 (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; n represents 4, 5, or 6; and m represents 1, 2, 3, or 4), (C) a fluorine-free polymerizable monomer other than benzyl acrylate and benzyl methacrylate, and (D) a cross-linkable group-containing polymerizable monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: UNIMATEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Shan JIN, Satoshi KURIHARA, Sumiko MOURI, Katsuyuki SATO
  • Top Coat Composition
    Publication number: 20110245395
    Abstract: Disclosed is a top coat composition for photoresist, which is characterized by containing a fluorinated polymer having a repeating unit represented by general formula (5). In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom, or a trifluoromethyl group; n represents 0 or 1; m represents an integer of 1 to (3+n); and R2 or R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a protecting group. The top coat composition has a proper degree of solubility in a developing solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Haruhiko Komoriya, Shinichi Sumida, Kenjin Inomiya, Takashi Mori, Takamasa Kitamoto, Yusuke Kanto
  • Fluorinated polymer and fluorinated polymer composition containing it
    Patent number: 8017709
    Abstract: To provide an amorphous fluorinated polymer which is soluble in a fluorinated solvent having a boiling point of at most 70° C., and a fluorinated polymer composition containing it. An amorphous fluorinated polymer characterized by having a fluorine content of at least 50 mass % and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.03 g/dL and less than 0.05 dL/g as measured in perfluoro(2-butyltetrahydrofuran) at 30° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Otozawa, Toyomichi Shimada
  • Composition for aqueous coating material and process for its production, and two-component curable aqueous coating material kit
    Patent number: 8013071
    Abstract: A composition for aqueous coating material which has a low content of an organic solvent and presents little burden on the environment and which is excellent in storage stability. A composition for aqueous coating material, which comprises a synthetic resin containing a fluorinated copolymer (A) comprising from 40 to 60 mol % of a fluoroolefin unit, from 3 to 50 mol % of an alkyl vinyl ether or alkyl vinyl ester unit, from 4 to 30 mol % of a hydroxyl group-containing vinyl ether unit and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Naoko Sumi, Takashi Morizumi, Isao Kimura
  • ARTICLES CONTAINING FLUORINATED HYBRID COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20110200826
    Abstract: Described are articles containing a coating comprising a fluorine and silicon containing polymer, with a reactive diluent, and optionally non-reactive oligomeric additives, crosslinkers, or inorganic particles, which provides with a good balance of adhesion, mechanical properties, scratch resistance, low surface energy, repellency, and transparency. The articles are useful as a topcoat, particularly in optical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Lech Wilczek
  • WATER/OIL REPELLENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20110196067
    Abstract: To provide a water/oil repellent composition which is capable of imparting sufficient dynamic water repellency and post-air-drying water repellency to the surface of an article and which presents a low environmental impact, and a method for its production. A water/oil repellent composition which comprises a copolymer having structural units based on the following monomer (a), structural units based on the following monomer (b) and structural units based on the following monomer (c), and a medium, wherein the molar ratio of the structural units based on the monomer (a) to the structural units based on the monomer (b) (i.e. (a)/(b)) is at least 1: monomer (a): vinyl chloride; monomer (b): a vinyl ether having no polyfluoroalkyl group and having a crosslinkable functional group; and monomer (c): a monomer having a polyfluoroalkyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Nobuyuki OTOZAWA, Yuuichi Oomori, Minako Shimada, Toyomichi Shimada
  • Nonlinear polymer composites and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 7989530
    Abstract: A nonlinear composition comprises a polymeric material and at least one ferroelectric, antiferroelectric, or paraelectric particle, wherein the composition has a permittivity greater than or equal to about 5. A method of making a nonlinear composition comprises combining a polymeric material, and at least one ferroelectric, antiferroelectric, or paraelectric particle. The composition has a permittivity greater than or equal to about 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Qi Tan, Patricia Chapman Irwin, Yang Cao, Venkat Subramaniam Venkataramani
  • Process for producing dispersions of highly fluorinated polymers
    Patent number: 7989513
    Abstract: A process for producing a dispersion of a highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer is provided in which a dispersion of a highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer in a first liquid that includes at least 10 wt % of an organic liquid is atomized and released into a heated gas to produce flowable particles of highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer having dry surface/exteriors and an internal residual moisture content of at least 4 wt %. The particles are dispersed in a second liquid to produce a second dispersion of highly fluorinated ion exchange polymer from which proton exchange membranes and electrodes for fuel cells may be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Vinci Martinez Felix, Kelly D. Barton
  • Water-based fluoropolymer composition
    Patent number: 7985790
    Abstract: A fluoropolymer composition comprising: at least one thermoplastic partially fluorinated fluoropolymer [polymer (F)]; water; less than 15% wt (based on total weight of composition) of a water-soluble solvent mixture [mixture (M)] comprising: at least one alcohol solvent [solvent (A)]; at least one glycol derivative solvent having a boiling point of at least 100° C. [solvent (GD)], wherein the solvent (GD) is a derivative of a compound comprising at least two hydroxyl groups, wherein at least one of the hydroxyl group has been derivatized to yield an ether or an ester bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Solvay Solexis, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Polastri, Tiziana Poggio, Julio A. Abusleme
  • Oil-, water- and soil-repellent perfluoroalkylethyl methacrylate copolymers
    Patent number: 7976583
    Abstract: Short-chain perfluoroalkylethyl methacrylates copolymerized with vinyl chloride and/or vinylidene chloride, a C12-C22 alkyl (meth)acrylate and one or more thermally crosslinkable or isocyanate-reactive monomers are useful for oil-, water- and soil-repellent finishing of fibrous substrates under particularly mild conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Hans Goetz, Florian Bauers, Wolfgang Knaup