From Reactant-containing Atom Other Than O, N, C, Halogen, Or Hydrogen Patents (Class 524/547)
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Publication number: 20150112016Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising and a method for preparing a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of vinyl acetate and a phosphorous acid monomer. The composition of the present invention provides vinyl acetate/phosphorus acid based polymer particles that improve hiding efficiency in pigmented coatings formulations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2012Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: James C. Bohling, Qiaoqiao Cai, Edwin H. Nungesser, Morris C. Wills, Tingke Zhang
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Publication number: 20150109382Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a pigment; and a polymer including a first structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and M+ represents at least one member selected from the group consisting of alkali metal ions, organic amine ions and hydrogen ions; and a second structural unit represented by the following formula (2) or (3): wherein each of R2 and R3 represents a methyl group or a hydrogen atom; n represents an integer of 18; x represents 0 or an integer of 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Akihiko Matsuyama, Keita Katoh, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
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Publication number: 20150099102Abstract: In one embodiment, a material includes a plurality of particles, a solvent system and one or more stabilizing agents; the particles are configured to complete a self-propagating and/or self-sustaining reaction upon initiation thereof. In another embodiment, a method includes dispersing a plurality of particles in solution to form a dispersion and adding a stabilizing agent to the dispersion in an amount sufficient to cause the dispersion to exhibit one or more predetermined rheological properties; again, the particles in the dispersion are configured to complete a self-propagating and/or self-sustaining reaction upon initiation thereof. In still another embodiment, a method includes depositing a material on a substrate; the material includes a plurality of particles configured to complete a self-propagating and/or self-sustaining reaction upon initiation thereof, a solvent system and one or more stabilizing agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLCInventors: Kyle Sullivan, John M. Densmore, Eric Duoss, Alexander E. Gash, Joshua Kuntz, John Vericella
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Publication number: 20150093508Abstract: A composition for pattern formation includes a block copolymer that includes a block represented by formula (I) and a block represented by formula (II). R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group. R2 represents a monovalent organic group. R4 represents a hydrocarbon group having a valency of (1+b) and having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R5 represents a monovalent group having a hetero atom. m and n are each independently an integer of 10 to 5,000. a is an integer of 0 to 5. b is an integer of 1 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoki NAGAI, Shinya Minegishi, Takuo Sone, Yuji Namie
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Patent number: 8993701Abstract: The invention relates to a copolymer of (a) 5 to 40% by weight of isoprenol, (b) 5 to 93% by weight of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated C3 to C8 monocarboxylic acid, an anhydride or salt of same, (c) 2 to 90% by weight of one or more sulfonic acid group-comprising monomers.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Torben Gädt, Jürgen Detering, Stephan Nied
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Publication number: 20150076721Abstract: The present invention provides an ink and a method of using the ink for making colored contact lenses. The ink comprises at least one colorant, a silicone-containing binder polymer, a solvent, a vinylic-monomer mixture, and optionally a photoinitiator or thermal initiator. The silicone-containing binder polymer is a copolymerization product of a polymerizable mixture including (i) at least one hydrophilic vinylic monomer; (ii) at least one functionalizing vinylic monomer containing at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl group —OH, amino group —NHR (wherein R is hydrogen or C1 to C8 alkyl), carboxylic group —COOH, epoxy group, amide group —CONHR, and combinations thereof; (iii) at least one silicone-containing vinylic monomer or macromere.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Michael Hugh Quinn, Gregory Carlson, Barry L. Atkins
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Patent number: 8980995Abstract: The present invention comprises a hybrid latex polymer composition with one or more hydrophobic compound which is a solid or has a 50% distillation temperature of at least 200° C. and one or more matrix polymer, wherein the hydrophobic compound is entrapped in the structure of the matrix polymer. Further, the invention is a method of improving resistance to water staining and color rub-off in latex paints by including a hybrid latex polymer.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Columbia Insurance CompanyInventors: Yong Yang, Vincent R. Libero, Luz Clarena Shavel, Glenn M. Cooper, Johanna L. Garcia de Visicaro, George M. Amrich, Robert J. Sheerin, Steve Minassian
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Patent number: 8980956Abstract: A method for producing polymerizable solution which comprises dissolving an ethylenically unsaturated zwitterionic monomer in a co-monomer system comprising a functionalized ethylenically unsaturated monomer in which the zwitterionic monomer is soluble, a siloxane group-containing monomer or macromer, and a crosslinking agent is disclosed. The polymerizable solution is biocompatible and can be used to produce polymers and articles such as contact lenses.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Vertellus Specialities Inc.Inventors: Michael Driver, Qingpu Hou, Jin Hai Wang
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Publication number: 20150068603Abstract: Provided is a coating composition excellent in antifouling properties, transparency and hydrophilicity, wherein the coating composition contains (A) a metal oxide particle having a number average particle size of 1 nm to 400 nm; and (B) a polymer particle, in which the content of an aqueous-phase component in the component (B), represented by the expression (I), is 20 mass % or less, where (I) (%)=(dry mass of a filtrate obtained by filtering the component (B) at a molecular cutoff of 50,000)×(100?total mass of solid content)/(mass of the filtrate?dry mass of the filtrate)×100/the total mass of solid content.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: ASAHI KASEI E-MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Takanohashi, Junichi Hirose, Waka Goto, Shuichiro Ogawa, Kentaro Shiraishi
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Patent number: 8974895Abstract: An inkjet ink that contains at least water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a pigment; and a copolymer or a salt thereof. The copolymer or the salt thereof has at least a structural unit represented by Formula 1, a structural unit represented by Formula 2, and a structural unit represented by Formula 3 or 4.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mitsuru Naruse, Masayasu Nonogaki, Keita Katoh, Akihiko Matsuyama, Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke Koizuka
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Publication number: 20150065643Abstract: A solution is a liquid organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) as described below: wherein, X is each independently a group represented by formula (I), formula (II) or formula (III) as described below, and when the number of the group represented by formula (I) per one molecule of the liquid organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) is defined as a, the number of the group represented by formula (II) per one molecule thereof is defined as b, and the number of the group represented by formula (III) per one molecule thereof is defined as c, 0?a?3.5, 0?b?3.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: KIICHI KAWABATA, AKIO TAJIMA, TAKASHI MATSUO, KIYOSHI SAKAI, KOICHI AYAMA
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Publication number: 20150065639Abstract: Disclosed is a conjugated diene random copolymer having an alkoxysilane unit, which is prepared by subjecting a conjugated diene monomer, an aromatic vinyl monomer and an alkoxysilane monomer having a specific structure to emulsion polymerization, and in which the copolymer contains an alkoxysilane unit in the backbone thereof and is thus enhanced in the degree of dispersion and affinity to an inorganic reinforcing material such as carbon black or silica, and is useful as a rubber material for tires having superior mechanical and dynamic properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Dong Hyuk NA, Gwanghoon KWAG, Hanjoung CHO, Jun Keol CHOI
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Patent number: 8968885Abstract: Polymers which can be used in p-type materials for organic electronic devices and photovoltaic cells. Compounds, monomers, dimers, trimers, and polymers comprising: Good photovoltaic efficiency and lifetime can be achieved. The R group can provide solubility, environmental stability, and fine tuning of spectroscopic and/or electronic properties. Different polymer microstructures can be prepared which encourage multiple band gaps and broad and strong absorptions. The carbonyl can interact with adjacent thiophene rings to provide backbone with rigidity, induce planarity, and reduce and/or eliminate intramolecular chain twisting defects. Polymers comprising benzodithiophene and/or benzothiadiazole structures can show particularly high performance.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2010Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Solvay USA, Inc.Inventors: Christopher T. Brown, Christophe René Gaston Grenier, Chad Landis, Elena E. Sheina, Atta Gueye
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Publication number: 20150056425Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording includes water; a hydrosoluble solvent, a pigment, and a copolymer including a salt of a diphosphonic acid group. The copolymer including a salt of a diphosphonic acid group includes structural units having the following formulae (1) and (2): X represents an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, M+ represents an alkali metal ion, an organic ammonium ion or a proton and Z1 represents a hydrocarbon group having 6 to 22 carbon atoms. The alkali metal ion or the organic ammonium ion and the proton may be mixed, and half or more of the M+ are alkali metal ions or the organic ammonium ions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2014Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Kazukiyo Nagai, Yuusuke KOIZUKA, Mitsuru NARUSE, Masayasu NONOGAKI, Akihiko MATSUYAMA, Keita KATOH, Shigeyuki HARADA, Masayuki FUKUOKA
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Publication number: 20150051336Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous opaque coating formulation comprising (A) and aqueous solvent; (B) an inorganic material; and (C) a chelating polymer which comprises units derived from one or more aminocarboxylate compounds or their salts, one or more other polymerizable monomers, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers and, optionally, one or more crosslinking monomers. For example, the aminocarboxylate compounds or their salts may be one or more of iminodiacetic acid (IDA), iminodisuccinic acid (IDS), ethylenediamine triacetic acid (ED3A) and ethylenediamine disuccinic acid (EDDS), or their salts. Suitable polymerizable monomers may be one or more of glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), allyl glycidyl ether (AGE), vinylbenzyl chloride (VBC), allyl bromide, and their derivatives. The inorganic material may be a pigment, such as titanium dioxide (Ti02) or cadmium sulfide (CdS), or an extender or filler, such as talc (Mg3Si4Oio(OH)2), calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or mica, or even combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Afua S. Karikari, Monica A. Luckenbach, Ozzie M. Pressley, Theodore Tysak
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Patent number: 8957174Abstract: A process for preparing an aqueous polymer dispersion of a polymer P by radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerization of ethylenically unsaturated compounds, which comprises radically initiated aqueous emulsion polymerizing a monomer composition. The use of the aqueous polymer in tile adhesives is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Yeni Burk, Timo Mangel, Reiner Liedy, Martina Feil, Bogdan Moraru
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Patent number: 8957173Abstract: Disclosed is a respiration-assisting tube whereby tissue damages in vivo can be prevented and, as a result, inflammatory reactions and infections can be avoided. The respiration-assisting tube is developed based on the finding that adhesion of cells to a respiration-assisting tube can be inhibited by coating the respiration-assisting tube with a polymer containing 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine (MPC). Also, the respiration-assisting tube is developed based on the finding that, by coating a respiration-assisting tube with a polymer containing MPC, mucosa peeling and tissue damages, which occur after using the respiration-assisting tube, can be prevented and, as a result, inflammatory reactions can be avoided.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignees: Next21 K.K., The University of Tokyo, NOF CorporationInventors: Yuichi Tei, Nobuo Sasaki, Shigeki Suzuki
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Publication number: 20150038639Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of crosslinkable polymer particles, a peroxidase enzyme, and a hydrophobic hydroperoxide having a 10-hour half life temperature of at least 100° C. The composition provides a robust one-pot peroxidase mediated cure for latex particles bearing a variety of polymerizable functional groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventor: Selvanathan Arumugam
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Publication number: 20150030833Abstract: Optically clear hydrophobic and superhydrophobic coatings and solutions and methods for preparing them. Branched polysilicate structures having surface hydroxyl groups are formed by at least partially hydrolyzing an alkoxy silane precursor via water and an acid catalyst in a solvent, and catalyzing the hydrolysis product with a base to form a gel. The structures are dispersed to form a colloidal suspension, and then hydrophilic hydroxyl groups on the structures are reacted with a silylating agent and replaced with hydrophobic and/or oleophobic ligands. Additional solvent may be added to form a coating which is optically clear.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventor: David J. Kissel
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Publication number: 20150030773Abstract: An undercoat agent used for phase separating a layer containing a block copolymer having a block of a structural unit derived from an (?-substituted) acrylate ester on a substrate, and which contains a resin component including a structural unit represented by formula (ba0-1), and/or a structural unit represented by formula (ba0-2), and a structural unit (ba0-3) having a substrate interacting group, wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R1 and R2 represent a halogen atom or an organic group of 1 to 20 carbon atoms which may contain an oxygen atom, a halogen atom, or a silicon atom, and n is 1 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Takehiro Seshimo, Tasuku Matsumiya, Takaya Maehashi, Takahiro Dazai, Yoshiyuki Utsumi
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Publication number: 20150029641Abstract: A composition for forming an electroactive coating is described, including an acid as a polymerization catalyst, at least one functional component, and at least one compound of formula (1) as a monomer: wherein X is selected from S, O, Se, Te, PR2 and NR2, Y is hydrogen (H) or a precursor of a good leaving group Y? whose conjugate acid (HY) has a pKa of less than 30, Z is hydrogen (H), silyl, or a good leaving group whose conjugate acid (HY) has a pKa of less than 30, b is 0, 1 or 2, each R1 is a substituent, and the at least one compound of formula (1) includes at least one compound of formula (1) with Z=H and Y?H.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: January 29, 2015Inventors: Chien-Chung Han, Ting-Chia Ku, Jo-Wen Chiang
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Patent number: 8940812Abstract: The present invention relates to a silicone polymer comprising a sulfonic acid component formed from reactive components comprising (i) at least one silicone component and (ii) at least one sulfonic acid-containing component, wherein the sulfonic acid-containing component is comprised of a non-polymerizable, hydrophobic cation and a polymerizable sulfonic acid.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2013Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.Inventors: Adam C. Reboul, Shivkumar Mahadevan, Michelle Carman Turnage
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Publication number: 20150025172Abstract: The present invention relates to a process comprising the steps of a) contacting an aqueous dispersion of a TiO2 slurry containing adsorbing dispersant with an adsorbing latex to form a mixture, wherein the pH of the mixture of the TiO2 slurry and adsorbing latex are sufficiently high to inhibit interaction between the TiO2 and the adsorbing latex; then b) lowering the pH of the mixture of step a) sufficiently to promote interaction between the TiO2 and the adsorbing latex, thereby forming a composite. The process of the present invention provides for improved hiding and reduced grit for coatings compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2011Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventors: James C. Bohling, Deborah G. Fradkin, Wei Gao, John W. Hook, III, Tao Wang, Tao Wang
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Publication number: 20150011092Abstract: A resist underlayer film-forming composition for forming a resist underlayer film having both dry etching resistance and heat resistance. A resist underlayer film-forming composition comprising a polymer containing a unit structure of Formula (1): In Formula (1), R3 is a hydrogen atom, and both n1 and n2 are 0. A method for producing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an underlayer film on a semiconductor substrate using the resist underlayer film-forming composition; forming a hard mask on the underlayer film; further forming a resist film on the hard mask; forming a resist pattern by irradiation with light or electron beams and development; etching the hard mask using the resist pattern; etching the underlayer film using the hard mask patterned; and fabricating the semiconductor substrate using the patterned underlayer film.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: NISSAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasunobu Someya, Keisuke Hashimoto, Tetsuya Shinjo, Hirokazu Nishimaki, Ryo Karasawa, Rikimaru Sakamoto
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Publication number: 20150011668Abstract: Material comprising submicrometer particles dispersed in a polymeric matrix. The materials are useful in article, for example, for numerous applications including display applications (e.g., liquid crystal displays (LCD), light emitting diode (LED) displays, or plasma displays); light extraction; electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, ophthalmic lenses; face shielding lenses or films; window films; antireflection for construction applications; and construction applications or traffic signs.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYInventors: William B. Kolb, Brant U. Kolb, Samuel J. Carpenter, Lindsay E. Corcoran, Taylor K. Hodne, Hui Luo, Kari A. McGee, Ta-Hua Yu
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Publication number: 20150011661Abstract: The present invention relates to a fast curing compositions comprising a (meth)acrylamide functionalized hydrophilic silicone monomers having a polyether moiety containing a branched linking group. In one embodiment, such compositions are useful for preparing water-absorbing silicone-hydrogel films for contact lens applications. In one embodiment, the (meth)acrylamide monomers disclosed here have a branched linking group on the polyether moiety which makes it possible to produce hydrophilic polyether modified silicone copolymers without the need to separate various by-products including, but not limited to, unreacted, isomerized polyether and associated high molecular weight by-products.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Anubhav Saxena, Shreedhar Bhat, Senthilkumar Umapathy, Kenrick M. Lewis
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Publication number: 20150005410Abstract: Disclosed herein are a thermoplastic copolymer, which is a polymer of a monomer mixture including: a phosphorus (meth)acrylic monomer represented by Formula 1; an aromatic vinyl monomer; and a vinyl cyanide monomer. The thermoplastic copolymer can exhibit excellent flame retardancy with minimal or no deterioration in heat resistance, and is eco-friendly. wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C20 hydrocarbon group; R3 and R4 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted C6 to C20 cyclic hydrocarbon group; m is an integer from 1 to 10; and n is an integer from 0 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Cheil Industries Inc.Inventors: Yong Hee KANG, Man Suk KIM, Hwan Sung CHEON
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Publication number: 20150005440Abstract: A method for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer is provided, in which compounds of formulas (2) and (3) and a conjugated diene compound are polymerized using a compound of formula (1), and then a compound containing a nitrogen atom and/or a silicon atom is reacted with an active end of the polymer formed via the polymerization, R11 represents a hydrocarbylene group, R12 and R13 each represent an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group or a trihydrocarbylsilyl group, or R12 is bonded to R3 and the group in which R12 is bonded to R13 represents a hydrocarbylene group optionally having a nitrogen and/or oxygen atom, —Si(R14)2—(CH2)x—Si(R14)2—, or —Si(R15)2—(CH2)y?, and M represents an alkali metal atom, E2-A2??(2) E3-A3??(3) E2 and E3 each represent a hydrocarbyl group having a polymerizable carbon-carbon double bond, A2 represents a substituted amino group or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, and A3 represents a substituted silyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventor: Mana Fujii
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Publication number: 20140378606Abstract: Aqueous pigment dispersions having components in the dispersant capable of interacting with cellulose are described. These components include a heterocycle substituted to the oxygen atom of an acrylate ester. The heterocycle is selected based on its Hansen solubility parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: C. Chad Roberts, Christian Jackson, Patrick F. Mcintyre
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Publication number: 20140378605Abstract: Preparation and application of poly[[2,6?-4,8-di(5-ethylhexylthienyl)benzo[1,2-b;3,3-b]dithiophene][3-fluoro-2[(2-ethylhexyl)carbonyl]thieno[3,4-b]thiophenediyl]] as a semiconducting polymer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: 1-MATERIAL INCInventors: Shuyong Xiao, Yali Yang
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Publication number: 20140377707Abstract: A composition for forming a liquid immersion upper layer film includes a polymer component including a polymer having a structural unit represented by a formula (1); and a solvent. R1 represents a carboxy group or a group represented by a formula (2); X represents a single bond, a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms or a divalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and a valency of (n+1), a fluorinated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and a valency of (n+1), or one of these groups each including between adjacent two carbon atoms thereof —CO—, —COO—, —O—, —NR?—, —CS—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2— or a combination thereof; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: JSR CORPORATIONInventors: Shinya MINEGISHI, Kiyoshi TANAKA, Kazunori KUSABIRAKI
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Publication number: 20140377570Abstract: A curable silicone composition which comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane represented by an average unit formula; (B) an organopolysiloxane that has not more than 10 silicon atoms wherein from 30 to 60 mole % of all silicon-bonded organic groups therein are C2-6191 alkenyl groups; (C) an organopolysiloxane represented by a general formula; (D) an organopolysiloxane that has at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in one molecule wherein from 20 to 70 mole % of all silicon-bonded organic groups therein are phenyl groups; (E) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst; (F) a white pigment; (G) a nonspherical silica or a glass fiber; and (H) a spherical silica, exhibits an excellent moldability and forms a cured product that exhibits little heat- and/or light-induced discoloration, little heat- and/or light-induced decline in mechanical strength, a high light reflectance, and an excellent dimensional stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Dow Corning Toray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazuo Hirai, Makoto Yoshitake
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Patent number: 8912273Abstract: Process for the preparation of an aqueous polymer dispersion using RAFT compounds.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2009Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Rajan Venkatesh, Vijay Immanuel Raman
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Patent number: 8906997Abstract: Multivinyl siloxane oligomer-based compositions and methods for their preparation and use are described herein. The multivinyl siloxane oligomer-based compositions can be prepared as aqueous polymer dispersion. The aqueous polymer dispersions can include water and a polymer derived from at least one multivinyl siloxane oligomer having an Si—O—Si backbone and at least one alkoxy group and one or more additional monomers. Further described herein are products including the aqueous polymer dispersions and methods for their preparation and use.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventor: Armin Burghart
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Patent number: 8906982Abstract: A coating containing pigment particles and a polymer matrix is provided. The coating contains pigment particles that have a scattering coefficient with a linear or quasi-linear relationship to the pigment volume concentration of those pigment particles. The coating has improved hiding and is useful as a protective coating or an aesthetic coating on an underlying substrate. Also provided are compositions useful for preparing the coating, including covalently bonded composite particles and aqueous dispersions containing composite particles. The composite particles each contain a pigment particle with a plurality of polymer particles attached by adsorption on the outer surface of the pigment particle or by covalent bonding to the pigment particle through a coupling agent. Methods to prepare the composite particles and coating compositions containing the composite particles are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2009Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: James Keith Bardman, Ward Thomas Brown
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Patent number: 8907004Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition which comprises a stable aqueous dispersion of discrete polymer particles and a water-soluble dispersant adsorbed onto the surfaces of pigment particles, wherein the polymer particles comprise structural units of a sulfonic acid monomer or a salt thereof. The present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a way to improve the hiding efficiency of compositions containing pigment such as TiO2 and associative rheology modifiers.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Kevin J. Henderson, Thomas H. Kalantar, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera, Anurima Singh, Antony K. Van Dyk
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Publication number: 20140353552Abstract: The present invention relates to newly functionalized polythiophenes and the syntheses thereof. The present invention also demonstrates that the new polythiophenes and their derivatives are suitable for fabricating organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), light emitting diodes (PLEDs), organic photovoltaic devices (OPVs) and conducting polymers for printed electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: NANO AND ADVANCED MATERIALS INSTITUTE LIMITEDInventors: Paul Kwok Keung HO, Wing Leung WONG
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Publication number: 20140350169Abstract: The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol polymer having a mercapto group and having excellent reactivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: KURARAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuma Kaneshima, Yusuke Amano, Keisuke Morikawa, Naoki Fujiwara, Kensuke Nagashima, Katsuji Ujita
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Patent number: 8889755Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a branched aromatic ionomer, and a process of making it, by co-polymerizing a first monomer comprising an aromatic moiety and an unsaturated alkyl moiety and a second monomer represented by the general formula: [R-AZ]y-MX wherein R is a hydrocarbon chain having from 2 to 40 carbons and at least one polymerizable unsaturation; A is an anionic group; M is a cationic group; Z is ?1 or ?2; X is +1, +2, +3, +4, or +5; and y is an integer having a value of from 1 to 4. The branched aromatic ionomer has a melt flow index ranging from 1.0 g/10 min. to 13 g/10 min. Optionally the melt flow index ranges from 1.3 g/10 min. to 1.9 g/10 min.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Fina Technology, Inc.Inventors: John Gaustad, Juan Aguirre, Joe Shuler
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Publication number: 20140335367Abstract: A composition is provided, which comprises a water-soluble salt of a divalent metal; a complexing agent having an affinity for the divalent metal; and an optical brightening agent. Methods of using the composition, and recording sheets which include the composition, are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Inventors: ZHENG TAN, JINGXIU WAN, BENNY J. SKAGGS, SEN YANG, BENJAMIN THOMAS LIGUZINSKI
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Publication number: 20140336329Abstract: A coating composition comprising a hydrolyzable silyl-containing (meth)acrylic copolymer which is obtained from copolymerization of an alkyl (meth)acrylate with a silane compound having a long-chain alkylene linker between a hydrolyzable functional group and a radically polymerizable unsaturated group, and an organometallic catalyst is low-temperature curable and isocyanate-free. Even though the silane content is increased for coating hardness, the composition maintains alkali resistance and has good adhesion and solvent resistance when applied onto substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tetsuro YAMADA, Yuji YOSHIKAWA, Kazuhiro TSUCHIDA, Munenao HIROKAMI
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Publication number: 20140336308Abstract: Provided are cold process formulation aids (CPFAs), methods for their manufacture, and personal care products made using them. CPFAs include (i) a polymer having an aliphatic backbone and a plurality of pendant groups thereon that are pendant ionic or ionizable groups, or pendant groups having at least one permanent dipole that includes an acid, alcohol, thiol, ester, amine, amide, imide, imine, or nitrile moiety, and (ii) a wax selected from natural waxes and synthetic waxes, wherein if the wax is not micronized and is not self-emulsifying, the ratio, by weight, of the non-micronized wax to the polymer having an aliphatic backbone is from about 60:40 to 80:20, and if the wax is a micronized wax or a self-emulsifying wax, the ratio, by weight, of wax to polymer backbone is 70:30 to 98:2.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2014Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Jeen International CorporationInventors: Juan R. Mateu, Adam Perle
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Patent number: 8883946Abstract: Here is provided a charge control resin which is prompt in charge rising up, excellent in electrostatic charging propensity and easy in manufacturing. This charge control resin contains a polymer as an active ingredient having a constituent unit represented by following Formula (1) in the Formula (1), R1 is independent of one another, and is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxy-containing group, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, or a straight-chained or branched alkoxy group having 1-18 carbon atoms; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxy-containing group, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, or a straight-chained or branched alkoxy group having 1-18 carbon atoms; g is a number of 1-3; h is a number of 1-3; and M is a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, a straight-chained or branched alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, an ammonium radical or a mixture of any of these.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masashi Yasumatsu, Kaori Inoue, Satoko Ozaki
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Publication number: 20140329957Abstract: The present invention is a process for preparing a multistage polymer by contacting under emulsion polymerization conditions an acrylic monomer, a sulfur acid monomer, and a phosphorous acid monomer as described herein. The present invention is also a composition comprising a nonionic surfactant and a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles comprising structural units of butyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, a sodium vinylbenzenesulfonate, and phosphoethyl methacrylate; wherein the polymer particles have a Tg of less than 10° C. The composition of the present invention is useful as a binder for coatings compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: James C. Bohling, Arnold S. Brownell, Catherine A. Finegan
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Publication number: 20140329267Abstract: It is provided a self-healing polymer network comprising transition metal thiolates, particularly thiolates of a transition metal that is able to self-assemble by metallophilic attractions, and more particularly Au(1), Ag(1), Cu(1) thiolates, or a mixture thereof, and, optionally, disulfide bonds, thiol and other thiolate groups. It is also provided several processes for the preparation of the self-healing polymer networks of the invention, as well as uses thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Ibón Odriozola, Pablo Casuso, Natividad Díaz, Iraida Loinaz, Germán Cabañero, Hans-jürgen Grande
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Publication number: 20140329956Abstract: Provided are a latex for dip molding, a composition for dip molding, a preparation method of a dip molded product, and a dip molded product prepared thereby. The latex for dip molding includes a conjugated diene monomer, an ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer, and an ethylenically unsaturated acid monomer, wherein the latex further includes sodium methallyl sulfonate as a copolymerizable ionic monomer. A dip molded product having excellent tensile strength, elongation, and touch may be obtained from a composition using the latex according to the present invention, and the generation of limitations, such as non-uniformity of physical properties and difficulties in product management, may be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2014Publication date: November 6, 2014Inventors: Seung Hun YANG, Ho Yeul CHOI, Jung Su HAN, Byoung Yun KIM, Jung Eun KIM
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Publication number: 20140315030Abstract: The antifouling coating composition according to the present invention includes a silylacrylic copolymer including a structural unit (1) derived from triisopropylsilyl methacrylate (i), a structural unit (2) derived from triisopropylsilyl acrylate (ii) and a structural unit (3) derived from a polymerizable monomer having a polymerizable double bond (iii), which excludes the above (i) and (ii), the silylacrylic copolymer satisfies specific requirements. Thus, an antifouling coating composition that is excellent in long-term storage stability and gives a coating film excellent in long-term antifouling properties and long-term water resistance can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: CHUGOKU MARINE PAINTS, LTD.Inventors: Jyunji Niimoto, Junnai Ikadai, Kenji Yamamoto, Hideyuki Tanaka
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Patent number: 8865822Abstract: A hot melt adhesive composition including a) at least one thermoplastic silane grafted poly-?-olefin that is solid at 25° C.; and b) at least one reaction product of a polyisocyanate having an isocyanate-reactive silane, wherein the isocyanate-reactive silane includes exactly one group reactive to an isocyanate group, selected from a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, and an amino group, and wherein the reaction product includes a molecular weight Mw of less than 1500 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: SIKA Technology AGInventors: Kai Paschkowski, Doreen Janke
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Patent number: 8865827Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-soluble dispersant comprising structural units of a sulfonic acid monomer or a salt thereof and a co-monomer. The dispersant of the present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a way to improve the hiding efficiency of coatings compositions.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignees: Dow Global Technologies, LLC, Rohm and Haas CompanyInventors: Kevin J. Henderson, Thomas H. Kalantar, Lidaris San Miguel Rivera, Anurima Singh, Antony K. Van Dyk
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Patent number: 8846855Abstract: Described herein are compositions including heterocyclic organic compounds based on fused thiophene compounds, polymers based on fused thiophene compounds, and methods for making the monomers and polymer along with uses in thin film-based and other devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Corning IncorporatedInventors: Mingqian He, Jianfeng Li, James Robert Matthews, Weijun Niu, Arthur L Wallace