From Nitrogen-containing Monomer Other Than Acrylonitrile Or Methacrylonitrile Patents (Class 524/555)
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Publication number: 20140066547Abstract: Claimed is a cationic copolymer and also its use as an admixture agent for building product systems, especially based on calcium sulfate. The copolymers of the invention effectuate accelerated setting behavior in clay-containing as well as non-clay-containing gypsums and they enable uncurtailed water reduction performance by dispersant agents used at the same time with the copolymers. The clay fractions in the gypsum system are masked by the cationic copolymer, and so the building product mixture exhibits properties of a building product mixture not containing clay. The copolymers are used as a formulation and also together with retarders.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: BASF CONSTRUCTION POLYMERS GMBHInventors: Michael Schinabeck, Frank Dierschke, Manfred Bichler, Silke Flakus, Stefan Friedrich
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Patent number: 8664324Abstract: The present invention pertains to salt modified copolymers wherein one of the monomer units contains a quaternized N-atom structure with a polar substituent. The invention further relates to the use of said copolymers as dispersant especially for color filters.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Junichi Tanabe, Mamiko Takesue
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Patent number: 8663612Abstract: Novel ampholytic ter-polymers comprising at least an ethylenically unsaturated cationic monomer, a monomer containing a carboxylic acid or sulfonic acid group and diallyamine or derivative are claimed. Further, the ter-polymers may be used in personal care or personal washing compositions optionally in the presence of conditioning agents such as silicone, fatty amines, fatty amine oxides and fatty quaternaries and/or various benefit agents. The ter-polymer compositions are especially useful in the treatment of keratin-containing substrates. Keratin substrates include, but are not limited to, animal and human hair, skin and nails.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Manuel Gamez-Garcia, Xian-Zhi Zhou
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Publication number: 20140058032Abstract: A polymer formed by controlled radical polymerization includes groups that can be modified after controlled radical polymerization to form a radical. The polymer can be the reaction product of a controlled radical polymerization of radically polymerizable monomers, wherein at least one of the radically polymerizable monomers includes at least one group that can be modified after the controlled radical polymerization to form a radical.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Inventors: JINYU HUANG, ALAN J. RUSSELL, NICOLAY V. TSAREVSKY, KRZYSZTOF MATYJASZEWSKI
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Patent number: 8652247Abstract: An aqueous paint formulation having an aqueous basecoat and an aqueous dispersion having an at least partially neutralized ethylene copolymer wax, wherein the ethylene copolymer wax contains as comonomers in copolymerized form (A) 12-40 wt % of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid of formula (I), (B) 60-88 wt % of ethylene, and (C) 0-10 wt % of a further comonomer; or the ethylene copolymer was contains as comonomers in copolymerized form (A?) 5-50 wt % of a comonomer of formula (II), (B?) 50-95 wt % of ethylene, and (C?) 0-20 wt % of a further comonomer; wherein the ethylene copolymer wax comprising the comonomers (A), (B), and optionally (C) has a molecular weight Mw of 10000 to 150000 g/mol, and the ethylene copolymer wax comprising the comonomers (A?), (B?), and optionally (C?) has a molecular weight Mw of 5000 to 40000 g/mol.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Szilard Csihony, Ivette Garcia Castro, Heike Pfistner, Eva Wagner, Pia Baum, Christian Hubert Weidl
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Publication number: 20140045965Abstract: An active ray-curable composition characterized by containing a photobase generator, a double bond-containing compound, and a ?-dicarbonyl compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicants: Tokyo University of Science Foundation, RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Soh Noguchi, Okitoshi Kimura, Koji Arimitsu
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Patent number: 8648018Abstract: The invention is directed to stable crosslinked water-soluble swellable polymers, methods for making same, and their various uses in the hygiene and medical arts, gel electrophoresis, packaging, agriculture, the cable industry, information technology, in the food industry, papermaking, use as flocculation aids, and the like. More particularly, the invention relates to a composition comprising expandable polymeric microparticles having labile crosslinkers and stable crosslinkers, said microparticle mixed with a fluid and an unreacted tertiary crosslinker that is capable of further crosslinking the microparticle on degradation of the labile crosslinker so as to form a stable gel.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2010Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: ConocoPhillips CompanyInventors: Ahmad Moradi-Araghi, David R. Zornes, Riley B. Needham, James H. Hedges, Everett L. Johnston, Faye L. Scully
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Patent number: 8642695Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink comprising a pigment, a pigment dispersant and a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the pigment dispersant is an acrylic polymer comprising, as constituent monomers, (M1) an alkyl(meth)acrylate having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms, (M2) a (meth)acrylic acid derivative having an amino group, and (M3) a (meth)acrylic acid derivative having a glycidyl group, in which the combination of all the constituent monomers comprises from 7 to 15 mol % of the monomer (M2) and from 0.5 to 3 mol % of the monomer (M3) and the molar ratio (M2)/(M3) between the monomer (M2) and the monomer (M3) is within a range from 4 to 20.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Uozumi, Ayako Mochizuki
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Publication number: 20140020598Abstract: A biodegradable component for a package for storing and dispensing a cosmetic product or a beauty care product is made from compressed fibrous biomass bound by a cosmetically compatible and compostable binder in a mold having a sidewall draft angle of 0 to 30 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Agostinho Martins, Eliot Drangeid McGuire
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Patent number: 8633274Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of reactive sizes comprise cationic polymers comprising vinylamine units as a protective colloid, the protective colloid comprising less than 0.0001% by weight, based on the protective colloid, of diketenes.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2005Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johann Bonn, Roland Ettl, Klaus Lorenz
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Patent number: 8629208Abstract: A polymeric flocculant is added to an aqueous solution comprising an organic acid and a basic compound to form a water-soluble fluid suitable for use in machining of rare earth magnet.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Yoshida, Shigeru Sakai
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Publication number: 20140011934Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of new additives in a paint formulation containing particles of titanium dioxide (TiO2) as an agent for improving the opacity of the film that is dry or in the process of drying as well as paint formulations including such agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventors: Mehdi BOUZID, Jean-Marc Suau, Denis Ruhlmann, Olivier Guerret
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Patent number: 8623938Abstract: An inkjet ink includes carbon nanotubes, flake graphites, an organic carrier, a binder, a surfactant, a film enhancer and a solvent. A method for making an inkjet ink includes dispersing the plurality of carbon nanotubes in the surfactant solvent to form a first mixture, dispersing the plurality of flake graphites in the organic carrier solvent to form a second mixture, adding the film enhancer into the second mixture to form a third mixture, and mixing the first mixture and the third mixture.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hai-Yan Hao, Bing-Chu Du, Chun-Hai Zhang, Shou-Shan Fan
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Publication number: 20140005326Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a modified PVA solution that enables physical properties such as viscosity to be adjusted even when a concentration of the modified PVA having high hydrophobicity is increased, and to provide a method for producing the modified PVA solution. The modified vinyl alcohol polymer solution of the present invention comprises: a modified vinyl alcohol polymer; an organic solvent; and water, the modified vinyl alcohol polymer: comprising a monomer unit having an alkyl group having a carbon number of 2 or greater and 29 or less;, and having a percentage content of the monomer unit being no less than 0.05 mol % and no greater than 5 mol %, and a degree of saponification of the modified vinyl alcohol polymer being no less than 20 mol % and no greater than 99.99 mol %, and in terms of Hansen solubility parameters of the organic solvent, ?d being no less than 13 MPa0.5 and no greater than 18 MPa0.5, ?p being no less than 4 MPa0.5 and no greater than 9 MPa0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: Kuraray Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinsuke Nii, Masato Nakamae, Yuta Taoka
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Publication number: 20140004368Abstract: The present invention provides rheology modifiers, which are water-soluble polymers having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1?000?000 g/mol and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 2.5 dl/g, both as determined by size exclusion chromatography, and wherein the water-soluble polymers are in the form of solid particles. It also provides mixtures of rheology modifiers comprising a first rheology modifier, which is a water-soluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1?000?000 g/mol and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 2.5 dl/g, both as determined by size exclusion chromatography, and a second rheology modifier, which has a weight average molecular weight of from 2?000 g/mol to 800?000 g/mol. It also provides coating composition containing the rheology modifiers, respectively, mixtures of rheology modifiers, a process for their preparation, a process for coating a substrate using these coating compositions and substrates coated with these coating compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Tamal Ghosh, Malcolm Skinner, Tiina Luttikhedde, Celine Hossenlopp, Laurent Brauge
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Publication number: 20130345357Abstract: A composition for use as an assay reagent comprises a solid support comprising a member of a signal producing system and a coating of a synthetic copolymer. The synthetic copolymer comprises a first polymerized monomer comprising a pendant moiety comprising a reactive functionality or a derivative of a reactive functionality and a second polymerized monomer comprising a pendant moiety comprising at least 1 carbon atoms and at least 2 heteroatoms. In some embodiments the copolymer comprises a polyethylenic backbone comprising the pendant moiety comprising a reactive functionality or a derivative of a reactive functionality and the pendant moiety comprising at least 1 carbon atom and at least 2 heteroatoms.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC.Inventors: Bhalchandra Lele, Pratap Singh, Raphael Bartz, Jason A. Kellogg
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Publication number: 20130338303Abstract: The present invention relates to highly ordered arrays of colloidal 2D crystals on a substrate and to an improved method for producing the same. The method according to the invention for producing an highly ordered array of colloidal 2D crystals on a substrate comprises the following steps: a) providing a suspension of microspheres comprising poly-N-isopropylamide (polyNIPAM), the microspheres being selected from pure poly-N-isopropylamide (polyNIPAM) hydrogel microspheres, functionalized polyNIPAM microspheres, and polymeric or inorganic beads carrying poly-N-isopropyl-amide (polyNIPAM) hydrogel chains, in an aqueous medium on a substrate, wherein the aqueous medium comprises a mixture of water and a lower alkyl alcohol, b) subjecting the suspension deposited on the substrate after step a) to a shear force, and c) drying the suspension. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the shear force is generated by applying a pulsed gas stream to the substrate surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissen.Inventors: Stefan B. Quint, Claudia Pacholski
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Publication number: 20130337161Abstract: An organic-inorganic composite film containing an organic-inorganic composite including an inorganic compound particle and a polymer bonded to the inorganic compound particles. A percentage of voids in the film is 3 to 70 volume % with reference to a volume of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATIONInventors: Mitsuyo Akimoto, Kenya Tanaka
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Patent number: 8604095Abstract: A radiation-curable ink composition contains (A) aminoacrylate at 1 mass % to 10 mass %, inclusive, (B) phenoxyethyl acrylate at 20 mass % to 50 mass %, inclusive, and (C) tetraethylene glycol diacrylate at 1 mass % to 20 mass %, inclusive, in its reaction component, as well as (E) bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)-phenylphosphine oxide at 3 parts by mass to 8 parts by mass, inclusive, (F) 2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl-diphenyl-phosphine oxide at 3 parts by mass to 5 parts by mass, inclusive, in 100 parts by mass of the reaction component, and (G) diethylthioxanthone at 1 part by mass to 3 parts by mass, inclusive, in 100 parts by mass of the reaction component.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Taketoshi Kagose, Toshiyuki Miyabayashi, Satoru Miura, Toru Saito, Hiroki Nakane, Jun Ito, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Chigusa Sato, Hiroaki Kida
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Publication number: 20130323291Abstract: A hydrophilic copolymer is designed and synthesized by copolymerization of an acidic monomer and a second hydrophilic monomer. The copolymer is non-thrombogenic, hydrophilic and incorporates reactive functional groups. The copolymer can then be covalently attached to a primer/base coat through its functional groups, to form a durable lubricious coating on medical devices. A coating formed of the polymer on a surface is non-thrombogenic and non-cytotoxic. The coating shows good stability in gamma ray, e-beam and ethylene oxide sterilization.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: December 5, 2013Applicant: BIOCOAT INCORPORATEDInventors: Junwei Li, William J. Work
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Patent number: 8598252Abstract: A compressible and highly flexible plugging agent comprises the following components in parts by weight: 70-80 parts of natural rubber, 0.5-1 part of polyacrylamide (PAM), 1.5-3 parts of polyanionic cellulose (PAC), 0.5-1 part of biopolymer XC and 10-15 parts of ultrafine calcium carbonate; and the preparation method thereof comprises the following steps: adding the components in the weight parts into the natural rubber in order according to the common preparing method at normal temperature and pressure, mixing and stirring evenly, drying and then grinding into particles of 0.05-50 mm. The plugging agent is characterized by wide raw material sources, simple process, safe application, high plugging ratio and high compressibility, which is suitable for oil recovering and geological drilling applications.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Dongying Taier Petrol Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuehua Sui, Fang Guan, Aizhao Zhou, Xiaoping Zhao, Shuai Zhang, Genyu Cui, Yuanqiang Cui, Yongquan Sui, Shuwei Wang, Lei Ge, Zhanfu Chi, Chunyu Wang, Zhijie Liu
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Publication number: 20130317165Abstract: The object of the present disclosure is to provide a crosslinked resin fine particle which has a particle diameter small enough to be used suitably for the purpose of viscosity control and can be produced inexpensively. Crosslinked resin fine particles obtained by reacting a vinyl monomer composition comprising: 5 to 50% by weight of a (meth)acrylamide-based monomer (A), 5 to 50% by weight of a crosslinkable unsaturated monomer (B), and 10 to 90% by weight of a (meth)acrylate having an alkyl group containing 8 to 24 carbon atoms (C) in an organic solvent, and having a number average particle diameter of 10 to 250 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Inventors: Sachiko MORIMOTO, Hirofumi YAMASHITA, Naoya YABUUCHI
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Publication number: 20130312970Abstract: An aqueous fluid contains an aqueous solution or dispersion of a polymer to thicken the fluid together with a cross linking agent to enhance the viscosity of the fluid by crosslinking the polymer, wherein the crosslinking agent comprises supporting structures bearing functional groups to react with the polymer molecules and has a mean particle size of 2 nanometer or more. The supporting structures may be nanoparticles and the functional groups may be boronic acid groups. The concentration of boron in a thickened fluid may be low and in some instances there is resistance to applied pressure. The fluid may be a hydraulic fracturing fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2011Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Valerie Lafitte, Laetitia Corde, Laurent Pirolli, Gary John Tustin, Bruno Drochon
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Patent number: 8592507Abstract: A polymeric flocculant is added to an aqueous solution comprising an organic acid and a basic compound to form a water-soluble fluid suitable for use in machining of rare earth magnet.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mikio Yoshida, Shigeru Sakai
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Publication number: 20130303683Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire, which improves in fuel economy, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance; and a pneumatic tire using the same. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire, including: a rubber component including a modified styrene butadiene rubber that contains a constitutional unit derived from a specific nitrogen-containing compound in a main chain; silica; and a specific silane coupling agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Akira Minagoshi, Kenichi Uesaka
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Publication number: 20130295287Abstract: A composition for forming a layer to be plated comprises a compound represented by formula (1): (In formula (1), R10 represents a hydrogen atom, a metal cation or a quaternary ammonium cation, L10 represents a single bond or a divalent organic group, R11 to R13 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted alkyl group, and n represents 1 or 2); and a polymer having a polymerizable group.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventor: Naoki TSUKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20130289173Abstract: Styrene-based copolymers having acid monomer units, dispersions, preparation method and use thereof are provided. The styrene-based copolymer is prepared by polymerizing styrene, one or more acid monomers, and optionally butadiene at a temperature of 40° C. or greater and then is vulcanized. The obtained styrene-based copolymer is used in asphalt-based systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Kostas S. Avramidis, William J. Kirk
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Patent number: 8563644Abstract: A nitrile copolymer rubber composition obtained by coagulation of a nitrile copolymer latex composition comprised of a latex of a nitrile copolymer rubber (A) having ?,?-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer units in 55 to 80 wt % and cationic monomer units and/or monomer units able to form cations in which an inorganic filler (B) is dispersed is provided. Note that, preferably, the inorganic filler is a clay. According to the present invention, a nitrile copolymer rubber composition giving a nitrile copolymer rubber cross-linked product with an extremely low gasoline permeability and superior in sour gasoline resistance can be provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Zeon CorporationInventors: Akira Imada, Haruhiko Fujita, Yoshiyuki Nakamura
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Patent number: 8563643Abstract: The invention consists of a method for manufacturing a paper coating slip containing a mineral material, using, as an agent for thickening the slip, a water-soluble polymer comprising at least one ethylene-unsaturated anionic monomer, and at least one ethylene-unsaturated oxyalkyl monomer terminating in a branched hydrophobic alkyl, alkaryl, arylalkyl, aryl chain, saturated or unsaturated, with 14 to 21 carbon atoms and two branches each with at least six carbon atoms. The polymer is added to the slip either directly, or during a prior stage when grinding, dispersing, or concentrating the mineral material in water, which may or not be followed by a drying stage. In this way, the water retention of the slip is improved, which contributes to a better printability of the paper coated by the slip.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2008Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Omya International AGInventors: Patrick Arthur Charles Gane, Jean-Marc Suau
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Patent number: 8557345Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide nanotube-containing coating compositions and methods for making and using the coating compositions. In an exemplary embodiment, the coating composition can include a plurality of nanotubes (e.g., carbon nanotubes (CNTs)) dispersed stably and uniformly in a polymer matrix containing fluoropolymers. The coating composition can further include stabilizers to allow a stable and/or uniform dispersion of the plurality of nanotubes in the fluoropolymers. The nanotube coating composition can be coated on an article surface to improve mechanical robustness, and electrical and thermal conductivity of the coated article. The coated article can be used as a fuser member, a fixing member, a pressure roller, or a release agent donor member in an electrostatographic printing machine or process.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Yu Qi, Nan-Xing Hu, Qi Zhang
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Patent number: 8552132Abstract: The present invention provides rheology modifiers, which are water-soluble polymers having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1,000,000 g/mol and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 2.5 dl/g, both as determined by size exclusion chromatography, and wherein the water-soluble polymers are in the form of solid particles. It also provides mixtures of rheology modifiers comprising a first rheology modifier, which is a water-soluble polymer having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of at least 1,000,000 g/mol and an intrinsic viscosity of at least 2.5 dl/g, both as determined by size exclusion chromatography, and a second rheology modifier, which has a weight average molecular weight of from 2,000 g/mol to 800,000 g/mol. It also provides coating composition containing the rheology modifiers, respectively, mixtures of rheology modifiers, a process for their preparation, a process for coating a substrate using these coating compositions and substrates coated with these coating compositions.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2006Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Tamal Ghosh, Malcolm Skinner, Tiina Luttikhedde, Céline Hossenlopp, Laurent Brauge
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Publication number: 20130259812Abstract: Described are novel polymers and home and personal care compositions incorporating said polymers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANYInventors: Fanwen Zeng, Miao Wang
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Patent number: 8541495Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided particularly excellent in thermal shock resistance for adhesive strength as well as high shear adhesive strength, peel adhesive strength and impact adhesive strength. The adhesive composition of the present invention contains (a) a 2-cyanoacrylate such as 2-ethoxyethyl 2-cyanoacrylate and (b) a polyfunctional cyanoacrylate having two or more 2-cyanoacryloyl groups, the number average molecular weight of the polyfunctional cyanoacrylate (b) is in the range from 1,000 to 50,000, and preferably from 2,000 to 30,000, and the content of the polyfunctional cyanoacrylate (b) is in the range from 1 to 400 parts by weight, and preferably from 1 to 200 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the 2-cyanoacrylate (a).Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Toagosei Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kenichi Ishizaki, Muneaki Kano
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Publication number: 20130242013Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a wetting agent; a colorant; and polymer microparticles, wherein the polymer microparticles are each a copolymer of a monomer represented by the following structural formula (1) or the following general formula (2), a monomer represented by the following general formula (3), and a macromonomer represented by the following general formula (4): where “R1” is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, where “Rs” are independently an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, where “l” is the number of repeating units, and an integer of 1 to 100.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: Masayasu NONOGAKI, Mitsuru Naruse, Minoru Hakiri, Keita Katoh
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Publication number: 20130245162Abstract: The present invention provides methods, admixture compositions for treating clay-bearing aggregates used for construction purposes, and aggregate compositions for construction purposes. The clay-bearing aggregates are treated with a cationic copolymer made from two and preferably three different monomer components. Cementitious compositions containing the treated aggregates are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Inventors: Lawrence L. Kuo, Ying Chen
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Publication number: 20130243958Abstract: An undercoat agent which is used for phase separating a layer including a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded formed on a substrate, wherein the undercoat agent contains a resin component, the resin component includes a structural unit having an aromatic ring and a structural unit having no aromatic ring, and the resin component includes a group which can interact with the substrate and does not include a 3 to 7-membered, ether-containing cyclic group; and a method of forming a pattern of a layer containing a block copolymer, including: a step (1) in which the undercoat agent is applied to a substrate to form a layer containing the undercoat agent; a step (2) in which a layer containing a block copolymer having a plurality of blocks bonded is formed on a surface of the layer containing the undercoat agent, followed by a phase separation of the layer containing the block copolymer; and a step (3) in which a phase containing at least one block of the plurality of blocks constituting the block coType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.Inventors: Takahiro Senzaki, Ken Miyagi, Tsuyoshi Kurosawa, Daiju Shiono, Tasuku Matsumiya, Kenichiro Miyashita, Katsumi Ohmori
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Patent number: 8536266Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a tread, the tread comprising a rubber composition comprising: a copolymer comprising a polymeric backbone chain derived from a monomer comprising at least one conjugated diene monomer and optionally at least one vinyl aromatic monomer; and polymeric sidechains bonded to the backbone chain, the sidechains comprising a polymer capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature (LCST); optionally, at least one additional diene based elastomer; and a filler selected from the group consisting of carbon black and silica.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber CompanyInventors: Ralf Mruk, Frank Schmitz, Robert Fokko Roskamp
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Patent number: 8530569Abstract: A polyalkyl benzimide polymeric dispersant produced from the reaction product of polyisobutylene amine with 1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic anhydride, and method of preparing same and colorant dispersions containing dispersant.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2003Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Sun Chemical CorporationInventors: Gregory T. Huber, Tatiana N. Romanova, Russel J. Schwartz, Terence R. Chamberlain
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Patent number: 8530017Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a styrene-butadiene copolymer having improved silica affinity through introduction of a novel reactive emulsifier. The styrene-butadiene copolymer prepared according to the disclosed method has superior affinity for thereby and thus has superior processability and tensile properties and remarkably improved dynamic properties. Therefore, when the styrene-butadiene copolymer according to the present invention is used as a tire tread material, it can greatly improve its physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gwanghoon Kwag, Dong Hyuk Na, Jun Keol Choi
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Publication number: 20130228524Abstract: Processes for recovering an organic solvent extractant phase from a solid-stabilized emulsion formed in a hydrometallurgical solvent extraction circuit are disclosed. One such process includes mixing a de-emulsifier comprising an effective amount of a polymeric aggregating agent with the solid-stabilized emulsion, thereby separating the emulsion into its aqueous, organic, and solid phase components; and removing the organic solvent extractant phase from the other components, thereby recovering the organic solvent extractant phase from the solid-stabilized emulsion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: CYTEC TECHNOLOGY CORP.Inventors: Matthew D. SODERSTROM, Christopher SEXTON
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Publication number: 20130230940Abstract: An etch-resistant composition is provided. The etch-resistant composition comprises a polymer and a first organic solvent. The polymer is prepared by copolymerizing a polymerization unit comprising styrene-based monomer(s) and acrylate-based monomer(s), and has a weight average molecular weight of at least about 35,000. Based on the total weight of the etch-resistant composition, the amount of the polymer is about 20.0 to about 60.0 wt % and the amount of the solvent is about 40.0 to about 80.0 wt %. The etch-resistant composition can be used for preparing a selective emitter of a solar cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2012Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: ETERNAL CHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Pei-Rong SHIEH, Tsai-Fa HSU, Po-Cho HSIAO
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Patent number: 8524827Abstract: Method for stabilizing polyvinylpyrrolidones, which comprises treating the polyvinylpyrrolidones with sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid or alkali metal sulfites and then with free-radical scavenger, and converting the solutions treated in this way into the powdered polyvinylpyrrolidones by drying.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2006Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Karl Kolter, Ivette Garcia Castro, Olga Pinneker, Ralf Widmaier, Karl-Hermann Strube, Bernhard Fussnegger, Manfred Kroll, Frank Höfer, Hermann Ascherl, Peter Schmidt
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Publication number: 20130222883Abstract: There is provided a display particles including: a copolymer having a repeating unit corresponding to a vinyl compound represented by the following Formula (1) and a repeating unit corresponding to a compound with a polar group and an ethylenically unsaturated bond: Ar?H2C?CH2)n??Formula (1) wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted aromatic ring or an aromatic ring substituted with an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or an aryl group having from 6 to 12 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicants: FUJIFILM CORPORATION, FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Fujifilm Corporation
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Publication number: 20130224509Abstract: An aqueous emulsion comprising at least a covalently bound vinyl oligomer and vinyl polymer, wherein said vinyl oligomer comprises 5 to 85 mol % of vinyl monomers bearing quaternary ammonium ion functional groups or quaternisable amine functional groups and is obtained by a controlled radical polymerisation of at least one vinyl monomer via a reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer mechanism in solution in the presence of a control agent and a source of free radicals; wherein said vinyl polymer is obtained by emulsion polymerisation of vinyl monomers in the presence of the vinyl oligomer; wherein the weight % ratio of vinyl oligomer to vinyl polymer is in the range of from 0.5:99.5 to 65:35.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Michael Arnoldus Jacobus SCHELLEKENS, John GEURTS, Tijs NABUURS, Gerardus Cornelis OVERBEEK
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Patent number: 8519026Abstract: A polymeric composition for making aqueous polymeric dispersions, comprises hydrophilic macromonomer (I), hydrophobic polymer (II) and bridging monomer (III), wherein the hydrophilic macromonomer (I) and hydrophobic polymer (II) are grafted together in the presence of bridging monomer (III) and the hydrophilic macromonomer (I) has a structure according to formula (1): R—C(X)?CH2, wherein R is a polymeric group and X is a radical stabilizing group. The aqueous polymeric composition is used for making a coating composition, a printing ink, an adhesive, a sealant or caulking material.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Nuplex Resins B.V.Inventors: Mohamad Deeb Shalati, Richard Hendrikus Gerrit Brinkhuis, Jeff A. Burger, Ajaya Kumar Nanda
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Patent number: 8513363Abstract: An adhesive composition, an optical member, a surface protective film, and an adhesive sheet, the adhesive composition including 100 parts by weight of a (meth)acrylic copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 100,000 to about 2,000,000 g/mol; about 0.05 to about 5 parts by weight of a carbodiimide crosslinker, based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer; and about 0.001 to about 5 parts by weight of an imidazole compound represented by Formula 1, based on 100 parts by weight of the (meth)acrylic copolymer: wherein, in Formula 1, R1, R2, and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a substituted or unsubstituted C1 to C10 straight or branched alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2011Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: Cheil Industries, Inc.Inventors: Tatsuhiro Suwa, Hiroshi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8512795Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrophilic coating formulation which when cured results in a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises a copolymeric polyelectrolyte. The invention further relates to a hydrophilic coating, a lubricious coating, use of a copolymeric polyelectrolyte in a lubricious coating, an article, a medical device or component and a method of forming on a substrate a hydrophilic coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2006Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.Inventors: Aylvin Jorge Angelo Anthanasius Dias, Guido Joseph Elisabeth Hensen, Johannes Wilhelmus Belt, Marnix Rooijmans, Nicolaes Hubertus Maria De Bont, Edwin Peter Kennedy Currie
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Patent number: 8507585Abstract: A non-aqueous pigment ink comprising a pigment, a non-aqueous solvent, and non-aqueous resin dispersion microparticles having a pigment dispersion capability, wherein the non-aqueous resin dispersion microparticles are an acrylic polymer comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate unit having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms and a (meth)acrylate unit having a urethane group. The acrylic polymer is a copolymer of a monomer mixture comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate (A) having an alkyl group of 12 or more carbon atoms and a reactive (meth)acrylate (B) having a functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, wherein the urethane group is introduced by a reaction between the functional group capable of reacting with an amino group, an amino alcohol and a polyvalent isocyanate compound, and the mass ratio within the acrylic polymer between the copolymer portion and the introduced urethane group portions is within a range from 60:40 to 99:1.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Riso Kagaku CorporationInventors: Tetsuo Hosoya, Hiroshi Hayashi, Yoshifumi Watanabe, Kazuyuki Ando, Marie Morinaga
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Publication number: 20130199818Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation curable resin composition for forming a coating layer for electrical wire; wherein the electrical wire is destined for use as automotive electrical wire. In addition, this invention relates to a radiation curable resin composition for forming a coating layer for telephone cable and electrical wire for connecting between electronic devices and inside electronic devices. The resin composition includes the following: (A) a urethane (meth)acrylate having a hard segment derived from an aromatic polyol and a soft segment derived from an aliphatic polyol in a single molecule; (B) a compound with a cyclic structure and one ethylenic unsaturated group; and (C) a radiation polymerization initiator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicant: DSM IP ASSETS B.V.Inventors: Hirofumi Uchida, Hirokazu Imai, Yuutoku Yamashita, Takahiko Kurosawa
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Publication number: 20130188120Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-sensitive compound, a polymer formed by using the compound, and a production method of the compound and polymer. More particularly, the present invention relates to a unit compound that exhibits light-sensitivity with respect to three different wavelengths, a polymer having light-sensitive, which is polymerized by using the unit compound as a monomer, and a production method of the compound and polymer. The light-sensitive compound and the polymer according to the present invention may be usefully applied to an optical film.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2010Publication date: July 25, 2013Applicant: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Dong Hack Suh, Won Jung Kim, Yun Cheol Yang, Dong Wan Han, Hong Jun Ahn, Jun Yong Hwang, Kyung Mi Lee, Hyun Jin Lee, Seong Heun Cho, Ga Young Han